Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1989-02-02

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VOL.67   NO. 5
FEBRUARY 2,1989-SHEVAT 27
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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