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VOL.67 NO. 3 JANUARY 19,1989-SHEVAT13 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. USflAKY, QHIO HISTORICAL S004**rY V382 VfefcMtt.; AVE ...'■■ '.■'!. 43211 OQtU. 0, cxch Scholarships Available For Soviet Jews NEW YORK (JTA) — The need for Russian speaking rabbis, educators and social and community workers to serve Soviet Jewish emigre communities has prompted the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture to institute an annual $5,000 scholarship program, "There are an estimated 500,000 Soviet Jews—including children born to them since leaving the USSR — living in Israel, the United States and other countries," explained Lord Jakobovits, chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth and president of the foundations. "They heed rabbis, cantors, shochtim and moha- lim," he said^ "Our goal is to encourage more men and women from their own^anks to enter careers serving the community of which they are a part." | The foundation is especially interested in Russiari- speaking students training for careers as Jewish educators, deadline for ap- piic^tipns■■'■i&Jan.- 31.^Write Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, 15 E. 26th St., New York, N, Y. 10010, or contact Jewish Family Service at 231-1890. Shabbat Services To Be ion WASHINGTON (JTA) - Shabbat services will be conducted at two Washington synagogues for the inauguration of George Bush as president, the first time Jewish services have been part of. the official inaugural program. The services will take place on Jan. 21 — the day after Bush and Vice President-elect Dan Quayle are inaugurated — at Washington's Conservative Adas Israel Congregation and Orthodox Beth Sholom Congregation. 1 Tu B'Shevat New Year Of The Trees Saturday, Jan. 21 France Formally Asks Syria To Extradite Nazi PARIS (JTA) — France has asked Syria for the extradition of Alois Brunner, one of the last major Nazi war criminals known to be alive. The French ambassador to Syria, Alain Grenier, presented the formal request to the Syrian authorities in Damascus on Dec. 27, Nazi-hunter Serge Klarsfeld disclosed here last week. Syria has stubbornly denied for years any knowledge of Brunner's whereabouts, contrary to all evidence, including an interview Brunner gave to. a Chicago Tribune reporter in Damascus last year. Now France is exerting the full force of its diplomatic weight to bring him to justice, Klarsfeld said. The French extradition request is based on new documents Klarsfeld filed with the Ministry of Justice in 1987. n The Chronicle Israel Striking Conciliatory Note On Taba, Mideast Peace Talks JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel is seeking a swift, amicable agreement with Egypt to settle outstanding issues over Taba, the strip of beach on the Red Sea awarded to Egypt by international arbitration last year. The Inner Cabinet met last week to map strategy for the final talks between the two countries on the matter. Prime Minister Yitzhak World Jewish Congress President The Stump For Jewish Unity By Judith Franklin OJC Managing Editor Edgar Bronfman, president of the World Jewish Congress, is a man with a mission. And it is this mission which is taking him to a different community each month. On Jan. 12, it was Columbus' turnpand-ihei community turned out in force Thursday night at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center to hear what Bronfman had to say. " ' Earlier in the day, in an exclusive interview with the. Chronicle, Bronfman, chairman and CEO of the Seagram Co., explained that "Jewish unity was never , more important than it is , today. $%}fy*QMter ;«„,*,;;>,« m» Edgar Bronfman "I'd like to discuss with people what is really happening in the Jewish world and the State of Israel," he said. "It is important that the American Jewish community understands the situation and becomes unified." According to Bronfman, the recent uproar over the "Who Is a Jew?" is§ue clearly demonstrated the lack of understanding of the American Jewish scene by Israelis and vice versa. Further, he feels that while Diaspora Jewry has the right to try to influence what happens in Israel, it needs to realize that the deci sions are going to be made in Israel by Israelis, and "if you have a criticism of Israel, make it there, don't make it here. "I will speak but I Will speak to them — not to The New York Times, not to The Wall Street Journal, not to the Columbus Dispatch," he emphasized. Most importantrhe thinks the community should be supportive of Israel during the current crisis. "The status quo which existed for the last 20 years has been fundamentally altered," he said. "Now demographics dictate a political settlement must be reached." The community should also be supportive of Mikhail Gorbachev and his policy of glasnost, he continued, because "it is by no means a sure thing he'll succeed." No one knows how long Mr. Gorbachev will last, he noted. His new ideas have "irritated the military, irritated the Communist Party, irritated the bureaucracy. He has built the expectations of the populace and now is having difficulty satisfying them. "If Gorbachev is overturned,he ywill be replaced by someone much more conservative," he predicted. "It will be a sorry day for Jews in the Soviet Union. We all must pray for, watch for and hope for the success of Mr. Gorbachev." And that's not all, Bronfman said. The Jews remain- ] ing in the Soviet Union must! be convinced to take advantage of the opportunities currently being offered them to become Jews in more than name only. "Permission is only the first and indeed maybe only a small step. It won't happen unless we keep going over there and send our top people," he pointed OUt. "'■■■.. 7 • Finally, he feels that Jews in this country must overcome their complacency. He points out that as Nachum Goldmann, founder of the World Jewish Congress said, "When things are good for Judaism, they are bad for Jews and vice versa ..." "Nowhere in the world right now are the Jews in terrible condition," he said. "The memory of the Holocaust is fading, the lack of anti-Semitism is being taken for granted. We should be more conscious of the fact we are a small people. We should be proud of our heritage. Bronfman Youth Fellow Part of Edgar Bronfman's. plan for Jewish unity includes the Bronfman Youth Fellowship in Israel which brings together 25 high school seniors from throughout the United States for five weeks each summer in Israel. Last summer, local resident Tanya Schlam, daughter of Kol Ami Principal Helena Schlam and her husband, Carl, attended. The Columbus Alternative High, School senior was chosen from among 400 applicants. According to Tanya, the program was instituted to help future Jewish leaders understand the diversity of Jewish opinion and experience and to create a communications network among them. She has already attended a reunion of participants in New York last October and will be leading seminars with other Bronfman fellows for this year's Midwestern finalistn. The program in Israel consisted of speakers and discussions, Tanya said, "intense discussions" because of the vastly different backgrounds and interests of the participants. "It wasn't just a tour," she explained. "We were learning in context." Tanya noted that more stu- (CONTINUED ON PAGE S) Shamir and Foreign Minister Moshe Arens are clearly reconciled to the arbitration decision and hope that its full implementation will improve relations with Egypt and the political climate generally. Israel in fact seems to be enjoying a rare — and possibly short-lived — period of goodwill on the international scene. Arens, who just completed an intensive around of diplomatic talks in Paris, found a readiness among European diplomats attending an international conference there to reserve criticism of Israel and hear him out. That was coupled with firmly articulated expectations of new ideas from Israel to match the Palestine Liberation Organization's perceived new moderation. Arens, for his part, urged the world community to give Israel time to formulate its peace ideas, without pressure and without taking ; sides. • Shamir and his aides, meanwhile, continued to foster an image of moderation. The prime minister and his Likud coalition have been adamantly opposed to the idea of an international peace conference under U.N. auspices, which is favored by the Labor Party and by. many of Israel's friends and allies abroad. Now Shamir is saying the framework of peace talks does not really matter. He told a group of visiting members of the European Parliament that big power or U.N. auspices were possible for direct talks between Israel and its neighbors. Yosef Ben-Aharon, direc- .tor general of the Prime; Minister's Office, said the question of auspices was "marginal," as long as the talks themselves are direct. The Jerusalem Post quoted him as citing the U.N. role in bringing about a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war as a- precedent worth studying. Government sources are stressing, however, that Israel will make no concessions toward the PLO or to the idea of withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. I They indicated that Shamir and Arens will eventually produce a revamped, more; generous version of Israel's longstanding autonomy plan, rejected in talks with Egypt under the now defunct Camp David framework. There is also renewed talk in government circles of I holding elections in the administered territories and an explicit readiness of Israel to talk to the elected Palestinian representatives. Columbus Jewish Federation To Sponsor Community Event The Columbus Jewish Federation, as part of the Community Phase of the 1989 Jewish Community Campaign, CommUNITY for the 90's, is sponsoring a special CommUNITY Event. Leonard Fein - "Prospects for Peace: The Roles of Israel, the United States; arid the PLO" is the topic, of the CommUNITY Event panel discussion with Drs. Yosef Olmert and Eli Rekhess as panelists and Leonard Fein as moderator. The CommUNITY Event will be Sunday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m., at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center—Schottenstein Auditorium, 1125 College Ave. The event is open to the entire community at no charge. A dessert reception will follow with dietary laws observed. Seating is limited with R.S.V.P.'s requested no later than Feb. 5. Moderator Fein is a teacher and writer whose latest book, published by Harper & Row, is "Where Are We? The Inner Life of America's Jews." In 1974, he founded Moment magazine, where he served as editor and publisher until 1987. More than 300 of Fein's articles and essays have appeared in various magazines and journals. In 1985, Fein founded Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, the Jewish com- (CONTINUED ON PAGE »
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Full Text | VOL.67 NO. 3 JANUARY 19,1989-SHEVAT13 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. USflAKY, QHIO HISTORICAL S004**rY V382 VfefcMtt.; AVE ...'■■ '.■'!. 43211 OQtU. 0, cxch Scholarships Available For Soviet Jews NEW YORK (JTA) — The need for Russian speaking rabbis, educators and social and community workers to serve Soviet Jewish emigre communities has prompted the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture to institute an annual $5,000 scholarship program, "There are an estimated 500,000 Soviet Jews—including children born to them since leaving the USSR — living in Israel, the United States and other countries," explained Lord Jakobovits, chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth and president of the foundations. "They heed rabbis, cantors, shochtim and moha- lim," he said^ "Our goal is to encourage more men and women from their own^anks to enter careers serving the community of which they are a part." | The foundation is especially interested in Russiari- speaking students training for careers as Jewish educators, deadline for ap- piic^tipns■■'■i&Jan.- 31.^Write Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, 15 E. 26th St., New York, N, Y. 10010, or contact Jewish Family Service at 231-1890. Shabbat Services To Be ion WASHINGTON (JTA) - Shabbat services will be conducted at two Washington synagogues for the inauguration of George Bush as president, the first time Jewish services have been part of. the official inaugural program. The services will take place on Jan. 21 — the day after Bush and Vice President-elect Dan Quayle are inaugurated — at Washington's Conservative Adas Israel Congregation and Orthodox Beth Sholom Congregation. 1 Tu B'Shevat New Year Of The Trees Saturday, Jan. 21 France Formally Asks Syria To Extradite Nazi PARIS (JTA) — France has asked Syria for the extradition of Alois Brunner, one of the last major Nazi war criminals known to be alive. The French ambassador to Syria, Alain Grenier, presented the formal request to the Syrian authorities in Damascus on Dec. 27, Nazi-hunter Serge Klarsfeld disclosed here last week. Syria has stubbornly denied for years any knowledge of Brunner's whereabouts, contrary to all evidence, including an interview Brunner gave to. a Chicago Tribune reporter in Damascus last year. Now France is exerting the full force of its diplomatic weight to bring him to justice, Klarsfeld said. The French extradition request is based on new documents Klarsfeld filed with the Ministry of Justice in 1987. n The Chronicle Israel Striking Conciliatory Note On Taba, Mideast Peace Talks JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel is seeking a swift, amicable agreement with Egypt to settle outstanding issues over Taba, the strip of beach on the Red Sea awarded to Egypt by international arbitration last year. The Inner Cabinet met last week to map strategy for the final talks between the two countries on the matter. Prime Minister Yitzhak World Jewish Congress President The Stump For Jewish Unity By Judith Franklin OJC Managing Editor Edgar Bronfman, president of the World Jewish Congress, is a man with a mission. And it is this mission which is taking him to a different community each month. On Jan. 12, it was Columbus' turnpand-ihei community turned out in force Thursday night at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center to hear what Bronfman had to say. " ' Earlier in the day, in an exclusive interview with the. Chronicle, Bronfman, chairman and CEO of the Seagram Co., explained that "Jewish unity was never , more important than it is , today. $%}fy*QMter ;«„,*,;;>,« m» Edgar Bronfman "I'd like to discuss with people what is really happening in the Jewish world and the State of Israel," he said. "It is important that the American Jewish community understands the situation and becomes unified." According to Bronfman, the recent uproar over the "Who Is a Jew?" is§ue clearly demonstrated the lack of understanding of the American Jewish scene by Israelis and vice versa. Further, he feels that while Diaspora Jewry has the right to try to influence what happens in Israel, it needs to realize that the deci sions are going to be made in Israel by Israelis, and "if you have a criticism of Israel, make it there, don't make it here. "I will speak but I Will speak to them — not to The New York Times, not to The Wall Street Journal, not to the Columbus Dispatch," he emphasized. Most importantrhe thinks the community should be supportive of Israel during the current crisis. "The status quo which existed for the last 20 years has been fundamentally altered," he said. "Now demographics dictate a political settlement must be reached." The community should also be supportive of Mikhail Gorbachev and his policy of glasnost, he continued, because "it is by no means a sure thing he'll succeed." No one knows how long Mr. Gorbachev will last, he noted. His new ideas have "irritated the military, irritated the Communist Party, irritated the bureaucracy. He has built the expectations of the populace and now is having difficulty satisfying them. "If Gorbachev is overturned,he ywill be replaced by someone much more conservative," he predicted. "It will be a sorry day for Jews in the Soviet Union. We all must pray for, watch for and hope for the success of Mr. Gorbachev." And that's not all, Bronfman said. The Jews remain- ] ing in the Soviet Union must! be convinced to take advantage of the opportunities currently being offered them to become Jews in more than name only. "Permission is only the first and indeed maybe only a small step. It won't happen unless we keep going over there and send our top people," he pointed OUt. "'■■■.. 7 • Finally, he feels that Jews in this country must overcome their complacency. He points out that as Nachum Goldmann, founder of the World Jewish Congress said, "When things are good for Judaism, they are bad for Jews and vice versa ..." "Nowhere in the world right now are the Jews in terrible condition," he said. "The memory of the Holocaust is fading, the lack of anti-Semitism is being taken for granted. We should be more conscious of the fact we are a small people. We should be proud of our heritage. Bronfman Youth Fellow Part of Edgar Bronfman's. plan for Jewish unity includes the Bronfman Youth Fellowship in Israel which brings together 25 high school seniors from throughout the United States for five weeks each summer in Israel. Last summer, local resident Tanya Schlam, daughter of Kol Ami Principal Helena Schlam and her husband, Carl, attended. The Columbus Alternative High, School senior was chosen from among 400 applicants. According to Tanya, the program was instituted to help future Jewish leaders understand the diversity of Jewish opinion and experience and to create a communications network among them. She has already attended a reunion of participants in New York last October and will be leading seminars with other Bronfman fellows for this year's Midwestern finalistn. The program in Israel consisted of speakers and discussions, Tanya said, "intense discussions" because of the vastly different backgrounds and interests of the participants. "It wasn't just a tour," she explained. "We were learning in context." Tanya noted that more stu- (CONTINUED ON PAGE S) Shamir and Foreign Minister Moshe Arens are clearly reconciled to the arbitration decision and hope that its full implementation will improve relations with Egypt and the political climate generally. Israel in fact seems to be enjoying a rare — and possibly short-lived — period of goodwill on the international scene. Arens, who just completed an intensive around of diplomatic talks in Paris, found a readiness among European diplomats attending an international conference there to reserve criticism of Israel and hear him out. That was coupled with firmly articulated expectations of new ideas from Israel to match the Palestine Liberation Organization's perceived new moderation. Arens, for his part, urged the world community to give Israel time to formulate its peace ideas, without pressure and without taking ; sides. • Shamir and his aides, meanwhile, continued to foster an image of moderation. The prime minister and his Likud coalition have been adamantly opposed to the idea of an international peace conference under U.N. auspices, which is favored by the Labor Party and by. many of Israel's friends and allies abroad. Now Shamir is saying the framework of peace talks does not really matter. He told a group of visiting members of the European Parliament that big power or U.N. auspices were possible for direct talks between Israel and its neighbors. Yosef Ben-Aharon, direc- .tor general of the Prime; Minister's Office, said the question of auspices was "marginal," as long as the talks themselves are direct. The Jerusalem Post quoted him as citing the U.N. role in bringing about a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war as a- precedent worth studying. Government sources are stressing, however, that Israel will make no concessions toward the PLO or to the idea of withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. I They indicated that Shamir and Arens will eventually produce a revamped, more; generous version of Israel's longstanding autonomy plan, rejected in talks with Egypt under the now defunct Camp David framework. There is also renewed talk in government circles of I holding elections in the administered territories and an explicit readiness of Israel to talk to the elected Palestinian representatives. Columbus Jewish Federation To Sponsor Community Event The Columbus Jewish Federation, as part of the Community Phase of the 1989 Jewish Community Campaign, CommUNITY for the 90's, is sponsoring a special CommUNITY Event. Leonard Fein - "Prospects for Peace: The Roles of Israel, the United States; arid the PLO" is the topic, of the CommUNITY Event panel discussion with Drs. Yosef Olmert and Eli Rekhess as panelists and Leonard Fein as moderator. The CommUNITY Event will be Sunday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m., at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center—Schottenstein Auditorium, 1125 College Ave. The event is open to the entire community at no charge. A dessert reception will follow with dietary laws observed. Seating is limited with R.S.V.P.'s requested no later than Feb. 5. Moderator Fein is a teacher and writer whose latest book, published by Harper & Row, is "Where Are We? The Inner Life of America's Jews." In 1974, he founded Moment magazine, where he served as editor and publisher until 1987. More than 300 of Fein's articles and essays have appeared in various magazines and journals. In 1985, Fein founded Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, the Jewish com- (CONTINUED ON PAGE » |
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