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USRAUY, OHIO HISTOftlCAU '80<4*yr£ 1QG2 VeU.HA AVE* COt-iJ* 0. 43211 EXCH VOL.67 NO. 5 FEBRUARY 2,1989-SHEVAT 27 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. i. MtSemitic Incidents Increase 18.5% In 1988 Anti-Semitic incidents in 1988 reached their highest levels in more than five years, according to the annual nationwide audit conducted by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The audit revealed an increase of 18.5 percent in anti-Jewish vandalism, including arson, bombings and swastika daubings, and a 41 percent increase in harassment, threats and assaults against Jews, Jewish institutions or property over the figures for 1987. The findings were made public Jan. 26 by Abraham H. Foxman, ADL's national director, at a news conference held at the agency's national headquarters building in New York. Ohio also experienced an increase in acts of anti- Semitic vandalism in 1988. ADL's Regional Director Alan S. Katchen said the survey revealed 16 vandalism incidents, including arson, in 1988 as compared to ten in 1987. However, in a separate calculation of threats and harassments, the number of Ohio totHd^ eight as compared to 19 in ; 1987V SKUiSSIfem'lB,^ Israeli Envoy's Rare Audience With Pope Described As Positive ROME (JTA) — Israel's ambassador to Italy, Michael Drory, had a rare audience.with Pope John Paul II recently. An Israeli Embassy official who accompanied him to the audience told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that although they discussed nothing specific, the event was significant in itself. The Vatican has no diplomatic relations with Israel and refuses to recognize the Jewish state. ©viet Jewry Movement Facing New Challenges In Gorbachev Era E. Germany Grants PLO Embassy Status BONN (JTA)—Heinz Galinski, leader of West Germany's- Jewish community, has protested sharply over the designation of the Palestine Liberation Organization mission in East Berlin as "The Embassy of Palestine." He said the East German move was all the more deplorable because East Germany has no diplomatic relations with Israel. Galinski, who chairs the Central Council of Jews in West Germany, warned that a German state should think twice before taking action that could easily be seen as hostile to Israel. W. German Banks Will Finance Jordan's Purchase Of Jet Fighters BONN (JTA)i — A group of West German banks will finance the purchase of advanced military aircraft by Jordan, a deal the government was recently forced to abandon by public pressure. The banks, led by the Munich-based Bayerische Landesbank, which is owned by the federal state of Bavaria, willlend Jordan $200 millionutobuyeight Tornado.; "jets, one ofTfheworld'sihost sophisticated fighter-bombers. Government sources confirmed the loan and said it was a normal commercial transaction. NEW YORK (JTA) - In joking references to the stunning successes of their own movement, Soviet Jewry activists have been conjuring up memories of the March of Dimes, the massive fund-raising drive that virtually put itself out of business when a polio vaccine was discovered in 1954. None believes the Soviet Jewry crisis has been "cured," the way the scourge of polio was nearly eliminated by the Salk vaccine. But activists remember how the March of Dimes evolved from its original mission into a crusade against all birth defects—an organization forced to redefine itself after seeming to meet its major goals. Last year, nearly 19,000 Soviet Jews were allowed to leave the Soviet Union, the highest total in nine years and well more than twice the number the year before. In , 1989, as many as ,38,000 may, be allowed out. The most famous of the long-term refuseniks — Natan Sharansky, Ida Nudel, Vladimir Slepak, Viktor BrailOvsky, to name a few—are living in Israel. So is Alexei Magarik, the last prisoner of Zion. The National Conference on Soviet Jewry said that as of Jan. 1 there were 2,696 refuseniks remaining in the Soviet Union, down from 11,000 in 1986. With conditions for Soviet 'Prospects for Peace' Panel To Highlight Community Event With the United States' decision to establish a dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization, made during the final days of the Reagan administration, affairs between the Middle East and the United States are in a state of flux. What kind of change will be bred by the new American policy is far from certain. "Prospects for Peace: The Roles of Israel, the United States and the PLO," is a panel discussion featuring prominent Israelis, as panelists, who, as experts in Syrian, Lebanese, Israeli Arab and Palestinian affairs, will address this issue. As a special CommUNITY Event, open to the entire community at no charge, the discussion is sponsored by the Columbus Jewish Federation, as part of the Community Phase of the 1989 Jewish Community Campaign, CommUNITY for the 90's. This 1989 Jewish Community Campaign sponsored event takes place on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., in the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's Schottenstein Auditorium. A reception will precede the 7:30 p.m. event/with dessert refreshments to follow. Dietary laws are to be observed and there will be no solicitation of funds. Seating is limited. Please reserve before Feb. 5. In addition to the discussion, there will be a special, first-ever drawing to win a trip to Israel, as part of the Fall 1989 Community Mission. Interested community members must register for the special drawing and must be present to win. Panelist Dr. Yosef Olmert, currently a visiting professor at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, has academic affiliations that include lecturing at universities in the United States, Canada and Israel, The second panelist, Dr. Elie Rekhess, presently visiting professor at Lehigh Valley Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University, has served as researcher in charge of the Arab population in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza as well as professor and author. Moderator Leonard Fein is a nationally known teacher and writer who founded Moment magazine in 1974. Mazon: a Jewish Response to Hunger, the Jewish community's principle program in the campaign against world hunger is another Fein innovation. Dr. Kurt Malkoff and Elaine Shayne, event co- chairpersons, encourage the entire community to attend White Supremacist Wins Primary Election NEW YORK (JTA) - American Jewish leaders are concerned about an avowed white supremacist's recent victory in a primary election for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives; David Duke, former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, won 3,995 votes in the special primary election, which was called to fill a vacancy in the state- house. The seat represents the city of Metairie, a largely white suburb of New Orleans. Duke received 3,995 votes, 33 percent of the tally in a seven-person race. He will Jews seeming to improve and a Western "honeymoon" with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev still going strong,. Soviet Jewry groups are taking a hard look at the future of their movement." In interviews with the movement's leaders during the past few weeks, a consensus emerged on the types (CONTINUED ON PAGE 16) Dr. Jerilyn Wolman, chairwoman of the Agudas Achim Synagogue Program Committee, stated that the synagogue will join with the Orthodox Union in bringing Rabbi Simcha Weinberg to serve as scholar-in-residence on Feb. 11. the CommUNITY Event for a frank discussion of the substantive issues that must be resolved before the ultimate goal, that of a true and lasting peace, can be achieved. For more information on the Federation, the CommUNITY Event or to make a reservation, contact Moti Levi, community shaliach, at the Federation office, 237-7686, face the first runner-up, John Treen, a longtime mainstream Republican, in a runoff election Feb. 18. Last November, Duke, 38, was a candidate for U.S. president. j-Th.ChronM, pA»Ceirter. „..» .,i. Lv t< •At^V^txatbm ,....**. i: IgptorJalFeatnres .-•■-.* JifOfyye^rs Ago*? * m*"«%* 1 ■* ti- ^ ',xii Jl«i jV*. .Vt♦*♦*.♦'** I llBiii'iiiiiiiiniMiiiiiliiiiiiiiiii Ii ninm Agudas Achim To Host SchoIar-in-Re$Bd@noe Rabbi Siinoha Weinberg toga Springs, N. Y. He was also the rabbi and founder of the Sephardic Center of Saratoga and the Jewish Burial Society of Saratoga which served the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Rabbi Weinberg has been associated with numerous projects in Jewish communities in California, New York and Israel- He has been a. chaplain at nursing homes, hospitals and correctional institutions. The rabbi has led a youth group on a biblical tour of Israel. He has taught and lectured extensively. "As a Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Weinberg has been able to strike the balance between western intellectual thought and Jewish religious thinking. As such, Rabbi Weinberg has been in demand as a leading teacher and proponent of Orthodox Judaism," noted Dr. Wolman. The congregation and the community are invited to participate in the Shabbaton. Beth Tikvah To Hold Deli Dinner, Concert Congregation Beth Tikvah announces its third annual Deli Dinner and Concert to be held on Saturday evening, Feb. 11, starting at 6 p.m. at the temple, 6121 Olentangy River Rd., Worthington. The concert, which will begin at 8 p.m. will feature Madeline Rivera, Beth Tikvah's congregational song leader, in a program of contemporary American music, light opera and classical Spanish songs. The Deli Dinner will include corned beef on rye (CONTINUED ON PAGE IS) Rabbi Simcha Weinberg Rabbi Weinberg is the spiritual leader of Tpheris Israel Congregation of Chesterfield, Mo., and senior Talmud instructor at Block Yeshiva High School. He has chosen as the theme for his Shabbat presentations "Maintaining the Balance between the Western Mind and the Spiritual Persona." Rabbi Weinberg, who comes from an internationally known rabbinic family, received a bachelor of Talmudic law and ordination from Ner Israel Rabbinical College of Baltimore, Md., in 1980. He is a graduate of the Yadin Yadin Program of Yeshiva University. In 1982 he was awarded a master of Talmudic law. Prior to going to St. Louis in 1985, RabbA Weinberg served as rabbi, of Congregation Shaarei Tefilah of Sara- coiwbus Jewish ((MiimriVITV1MTY Telethon Federations S»Miiday91?el>* 5 V ■..-., '-.:y \-v, n,t. \, v >.. \_ v s_ \, .' tt L \ s kK'iV-i-i-i-^ *- UVl..a i r'Ty'^'rv'v'v'.-v'v'TTi" 'ri'i'\'f.','"r-"^'"r''"'T^Trr
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Full Text | USRAUY, OHIO HISTOftlCAU '80<4*yr£ 1QG2 VeU.HA AVE* COt-iJ* 0. 43211 EXCH VOL.67 NO. 5 FEBRUARY 2,1989-SHEVAT 27 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. i. MtSemitic Incidents Increase 18.5% In 1988 Anti-Semitic incidents in 1988 reached their highest levels in more than five years, according to the annual nationwide audit conducted by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The audit revealed an increase of 18.5 percent in anti-Jewish vandalism, including arson, bombings and swastika daubings, and a 41 percent increase in harassment, threats and assaults against Jews, Jewish institutions or property over the figures for 1987. The findings were made public Jan. 26 by Abraham H. Foxman, ADL's national director, at a news conference held at the agency's national headquarters building in New York. Ohio also experienced an increase in acts of anti- Semitic vandalism in 1988. ADL's Regional Director Alan S. Katchen said the survey revealed 16 vandalism incidents, including arson, in 1988 as compared to ten in 1987. However, in a separate calculation of threats and harassments, the number of Ohio totHd^ eight as compared to 19 in ; 1987V SKUiSSIfem'lB,^ Israeli Envoy's Rare Audience With Pope Described As Positive ROME (JTA) — Israel's ambassador to Italy, Michael Drory, had a rare audience.with Pope John Paul II recently. An Israeli Embassy official who accompanied him to the audience told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that although they discussed nothing specific, the event was significant in itself. The Vatican has no diplomatic relations with Israel and refuses to recognize the Jewish state. ©viet Jewry Movement Facing New Challenges In Gorbachev Era E. Germany Grants PLO Embassy Status BONN (JTA)—Heinz Galinski, leader of West Germany's- Jewish community, has protested sharply over the designation of the Palestine Liberation Organization mission in East Berlin as "The Embassy of Palestine." He said the East German move was all the more deplorable because East Germany has no diplomatic relations with Israel. Galinski, who chairs the Central Council of Jews in West Germany, warned that a German state should think twice before taking action that could easily be seen as hostile to Israel. W. German Banks Will Finance Jordan's Purchase Of Jet Fighters BONN (JTA)i — A group of West German banks will finance the purchase of advanced military aircraft by Jordan, a deal the government was recently forced to abandon by public pressure. The banks, led by the Munich-based Bayerische Landesbank, which is owned by the federal state of Bavaria, willlend Jordan $200 millionutobuyeight Tornado.; "jets, one ofTfheworld'sihost sophisticated fighter-bombers. Government sources confirmed the loan and said it was a normal commercial transaction. NEW YORK (JTA) - In joking references to the stunning successes of their own movement, Soviet Jewry activists have been conjuring up memories of the March of Dimes, the massive fund-raising drive that virtually put itself out of business when a polio vaccine was discovered in 1954. None believes the Soviet Jewry crisis has been "cured," the way the scourge of polio was nearly eliminated by the Salk vaccine. But activists remember how the March of Dimes evolved from its original mission into a crusade against all birth defects—an organization forced to redefine itself after seeming to meet its major goals. Last year, nearly 19,000 Soviet Jews were allowed to leave the Soviet Union, the highest total in nine years and well more than twice the number the year before. In , 1989, as many as ,38,000 may, be allowed out. The most famous of the long-term refuseniks — Natan Sharansky, Ida Nudel, Vladimir Slepak, Viktor BrailOvsky, to name a few—are living in Israel. So is Alexei Magarik, the last prisoner of Zion. The National Conference on Soviet Jewry said that as of Jan. 1 there were 2,696 refuseniks remaining in the Soviet Union, down from 11,000 in 1986. With conditions for Soviet 'Prospects for Peace' Panel To Highlight Community Event With the United States' decision to establish a dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization, made during the final days of the Reagan administration, affairs between the Middle East and the United States are in a state of flux. What kind of change will be bred by the new American policy is far from certain. "Prospects for Peace: The Roles of Israel, the United States and the PLO," is a panel discussion featuring prominent Israelis, as panelists, who, as experts in Syrian, Lebanese, Israeli Arab and Palestinian affairs, will address this issue. As a special CommUNITY Event, open to the entire community at no charge, the discussion is sponsored by the Columbus Jewish Federation, as part of the Community Phase of the 1989 Jewish Community Campaign, CommUNITY for the 90's. This 1989 Jewish Community Campaign sponsored event takes place on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., in the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's Schottenstein Auditorium. A reception will precede the 7:30 p.m. event/with dessert refreshments to follow. Dietary laws are to be observed and there will be no solicitation of funds. Seating is limited. Please reserve before Feb. 5. In addition to the discussion, there will be a special, first-ever drawing to win a trip to Israel, as part of the Fall 1989 Community Mission. Interested community members must register for the special drawing and must be present to win. Panelist Dr. Yosef Olmert, currently a visiting professor at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, has academic affiliations that include lecturing at universities in the United States, Canada and Israel, The second panelist, Dr. Elie Rekhess, presently visiting professor at Lehigh Valley Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University, has served as researcher in charge of the Arab population in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza as well as professor and author. Moderator Leonard Fein is a nationally known teacher and writer who founded Moment magazine in 1974. Mazon: a Jewish Response to Hunger, the Jewish community's principle program in the campaign against world hunger is another Fein innovation. Dr. Kurt Malkoff and Elaine Shayne, event co- chairpersons, encourage the entire community to attend White Supremacist Wins Primary Election NEW YORK (JTA) - American Jewish leaders are concerned about an avowed white supremacist's recent victory in a primary election for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives; David Duke, former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, won 3,995 votes in the special primary election, which was called to fill a vacancy in the state- house. The seat represents the city of Metairie, a largely white suburb of New Orleans. Duke received 3,995 votes, 33 percent of the tally in a seven-person race. He will Jews seeming to improve and a Western "honeymoon" with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev still going strong,. Soviet Jewry groups are taking a hard look at the future of their movement." In interviews with the movement's leaders during the past few weeks, a consensus emerged on the types (CONTINUED ON PAGE 16) Dr. Jerilyn Wolman, chairwoman of the Agudas Achim Synagogue Program Committee, stated that the synagogue will join with the Orthodox Union in bringing Rabbi Simcha Weinberg to serve as scholar-in-residence on Feb. 11. the CommUNITY Event for a frank discussion of the substantive issues that must be resolved before the ultimate goal, that of a true and lasting peace, can be achieved. For more information on the Federation, the CommUNITY Event or to make a reservation, contact Moti Levi, community shaliach, at the Federation office, 237-7686, face the first runner-up, John Treen, a longtime mainstream Republican, in a runoff election Feb. 18. Last November, Duke, 38, was a candidate for U.S. president. j-Th.ChronM, pA»Ceirter. „..» .,i. Lv t< •At^V^txatbm ,....**. i: IgptorJalFeatnres .-•■-.* JifOfyye^rs Ago*? * m*"«%* 1 ■* ti- ^ ',xii Jl«i jV*. .Vt♦*♦*.♦'** I llBiii'iiiiiiiiniMiiiiiliiiiiiiiiii Ii ninm Agudas Achim To Host SchoIar-in-Re$Bd@noe Rabbi Siinoha Weinberg toga Springs, N. Y. He was also the rabbi and founder of the Sephardic Center of Saratoga and the Jewish Burial Society of Saratoga which served the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Rabbi Weinberg has been associated with numerous projects in Jewish communities in California, New York and Israel- He has been a. chaplain at nursing homes, hospitals and correctional institutions. The rabbi has led a youth group on a biblical tour of Israel. He has taught and lectured extensively. "As a Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Weinberg has been able to strike the balance between western intellectual thought and Jewish religious thinking. As such, Rabbi Weinberg has been in demand as a leading teacher and proponent of Orthodox Judaism," noted Dr. Wolman. The congregation and the community are invited to participate in the Shabbaton. Beth Tikvah To Hold Deli Dinner, Concert Congregation Beth Tikvah announces its third annual Deli Dinner and Concert to be held on Saturday evening, Feb. 11, starting at 6 p.m. at the temple, 6121 Olentangy River Rd., Worthington. The concert, which will begin at 8 p.m. will feature Madeline Rivera, Beth Tikvah's congregational song leader, in a program of contemporary American music, light opera and classical Spanish songs. The Deli Dinner will include corned beef on rye (CONTINUED ON PAGE IS) Rabbi Simcha Weinberg Rabbi Weinberg is the spiritual leader of Tpheris Israel Congregation of Chesterfield, Mo., and senior Talmud instructor at Block Yeshiva High School. He has chosen as the theme for his Shabbat presentations "Maintaining the Balance between the Western Mind and the Spiritual Persona." Rabbi Weinberg, who comes from an internationally known rabbinic family, received a bachelor of Talmudic law and ordination from Ner Israel Rabbinical College of Baltimore, Md., in 1980. He is a graduate of the Yadin Yadin Program of Yeshiva University. In 1982 he was awarded a master of Talmudic law. Prior to going to St. Louis in 1985, RabbA Weinberg served as rabbi, of Congregation Shaarei Tefilah of Sara- coiwbus Jewish ((MiimriVITV1MTY Telethon Federations S»Miiday91?el>* 5 V ■..-., '-.:y \-v, n,t. \, v >.. \_ v s_ \, .' tt L \ s kK'iV-i-i-i-^ *- UVl..a i r'Ty'^'rv'v'v'.-v'v'TTi" 'ri'i'\'f.','"r-"^'"r''"'T^Trr |
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