Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1989-02-09

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FEBRUARY 9,1989-ADAR14
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Israeli Editor
To Lecture
At Kent State
David Pedahzur, deputy
editor of Davar, a daily
newspaper published in
Israel/will speak at the
Hillel Jewish Student
Center, 202 N. Lincoln St.,
Kent, on Feb. 9.
Pedahzur will discuss the
political situation in Israel
and issues affecting the
mass media. His appearance
is sponsored by the Hillel's
Israel Awareness Committee and Kent's Jewish
Studies Program.
Pedahzur will be the guest
for a deli lunch to be served
a,t noon. Luncheon cost is
$1.50 per person. Reservations are hot required.
Participants can feel free
to join the program after
lunch or attend Pedahzur's
program at no cost,
according to Rabbi Steven
Adams.
For more details, contact
Rabbi Stevens at (216)
678-0397.
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein
To Receive Scout Honor
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein
will be honored by the Central Ohio Jewish Committee
on Scouting at the annual
Scout Sabbath which will be
held at the Agudas Achim
Synagogue on Friday, Feb.
17, at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi
Rubenstein will receive the
Shofar Award in recognition
of his many years of service
on behalf of Scouting.
This year's program will
also feature the installation
of the new chairman of the*
Jewish Committee on
Scouting, Fred Winer, by
Rabbi Howard Apothaker,
who serves as the chaplain
for the group. In addition,
Shirley Leach, associate
executive director of the Girl
Scout Seal of Ohio Council,
and Larry Leighton, executive director of the Boy Scout
Central Ohio CouncU, will
address the participants.
Sabbath services will be conducted by Rabbi Alan Ciner
and Cantor Baruch Shifman.
All Central Ohio Cub
Scounts, Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts are invited to attend.
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Shamir Reveals Peace Plan,
Rules Out Palestinian State
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Mollie B. Nutis Linen Shower
Held At Heritage House Jem. 18
The Annual Mollie B. Nutis Linen Shower was held at
Heritage House, on Jan. 18 for residents and members
of the Nutis family. Participants were welcomed by
Felice Schiffman, co-president of the Heritage Village
Auxiliary, and Gerald N. Cohn, executive vice president. The annual tradition is made possible by the
Nutis family, in conjunction with community contributions to the Heritage Village Auxiliary Phantom Tea
letter. On behalf of the family of Mollie B. Nutis, Frank
Nutis presented a check to Esther Schakett, vice president of Heritage House Resident Council, which will
help to underwrite costs of bed and bath linens for the
Heritage House Family Members. Representing the
entire Nutis Family are Laura and Ira Nutis;, Boots and
Frank Nutis at the shower.
PARIS (JTA) - Israeli
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has offered a preview of
his long-awaited peace plan.
It is based on the premise
that "a Palestinian state is
unimaginable."
Shamir outlined his peace
scenario and expressed
strongly held views in a candid interview published last
week in the French daily Le
Monde.
He is expected to present
his peace plan to President
Francois Mitterrand of
France, when he visits Paris
next month, and to President
George Bush in Washington,
on his visit there in March.
Shamir ruled out unconditionally Israeli negotiations with Palestine Liber-
I atioii Organization. He said
the Palestinians "will never
■have a Palestinian state —
they will not have it through
negotiations nor by force. A
Palestinian state is unimaginable. It will never happen,"he told Le Monde.
What he does offer the Palestinians is a two-phased settlement. In the first phase,
they willl be granted what
Shamir considers extensive}
and liberal autonomy for a
period of unspecified but
limited duration.
It would be followed by ne-.
gotiations, without preconditions, over the future status
of the West Bank and Gaza
Strip. Shamir said the negotiations would seek a solution "acceptable to all parties."
He said it might include
withdrawal of Israeli troops
into specific security zones.
That would be a "guarantee
for Israel's security but also
a guarantee for the territories' autonomy," the
prime minister said.
"If we reach an agreement
in principle on two-phased
negotiations, there will be
immediate democratic elections to enable the Palestinians to be represented,"
Shamir said.
Asked if there was not a
risk that PLO representatives might be elected,
Shamir replied, "Yes, there
Campaign Phone Sessions Scheduled
The Columbus Jewish Federation's 1989 Jewish Community Campaign,. CommUNITY for the 90's, is
h o 1 di ng it CommUNITY/UNITY: TELETHON with phone sessions
scheduled for Feb. 9 and
13-16.
Frdm a bank of telephones
at Campaign Headquarters,
the Esther C Melton Community Services Building,
1175 College Ave., workers,
operating from 7 to 9 p.m.,
will contact Jewish community members asking for
their financial support.
Opportunities for manning
telephones are still available
during the 7-9 p.m., evening
sessions on Monday, Feb. 13,
and Tuesday, Feb. 14. Each
phone session allows time
for orientation and training
as well as an opportunity to
make a pledge, if one has not
already done so.
According to Campaign
leaders, a contribution helps
Jews around the world, from
the very young to the very
old, turns need into hope,
problems into opportunities
and  plans  into  achieve
ments. "Take pride in a unified Jewish community that
is willing to maintain the
vibrancy of Jewish life,"
they note.
For more information on
the Federation, the Jewish
Community Campaign or to
reserve a telephone during
the CommUNITY/UNITY
TELETHON, contact
Barbara Love Abrams at the
Federation office, 237-7686.
Community Relations Council
Formed After Extensive Review
Marie Syrkin Dies at 89
NEW YORK (JTA) -r Dr.
Marie Syrkin, an author, lec-
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turer, biographer of Golda
Meir and a leading figure in
the Labor Zionist movement
for more than 60 years, died
in Santa Monica, Calif., last
week at 89.
A gifted speaker and prolific writer, Syrkin wrote
three volumes on the life and
work of Golda Meir, the only
woman prime minster of Israel, with whom she was
closely associated.
Another book, Blessed Is
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During the past year, a
panel has examined the
structure of the Columbus
Jewish Federation's Community Relations Committee.
Bonnie K. Milenthal,
chairwoman of the Community Relations Council (CRC)
of the Columbus Jewish Federation, recently announced
the formation of the Council
after a comprehensive
review of the structure of the
community relations effort
in the Columbus Jewish
community.
The newly formed
Community Relations Council will provide a forum for
dialogue and policy formation on issues from a more
constituency-based,  grass
roots foundation.
"Whether  it  be  the
security of Israel, Jewish
is a risk, but to counterbalance such a risk there
will remain Israeli troops in
the territories, within the
(security) zones.
"There will be no revolutionary change in the territories till we reach a definite
solution," he said.
Shamir said Israel would
have preferred to reach preliminary agreements with
Jordan and Egypt.
"Reaching an agreement
with even one of them would
be sufficient, but as both refuse right now, we would accept reaching a two-phase
agreement with the Palestinians, if we don't haveto deal
with the PLO," Shamir explained.
- Shamir referred several
times to the 1978 Camp
David agreements as the basis for a settlement of the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Temple Israel To Install
Rabbi Engel On Feb. 17
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communities in peril, concern for the welfare of the
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On Feb:  17,  Steven W..
Engel will be installed as
rabbi  at  Temple  Israel
where he  has  served as
assistant rabbi since July.
The installation will be
part of the Shabbat services,
beginning at 8 p.m. The
installers will be Rabbis
Bradley Bleefeld, Temple
Israel's senior rabbi, and
Samuel Joseph, who was
Rabbi Engel's mentor at the
Hebrew Union College in
Cincinnati.
Rabbi Engel is serving in
his first pulpit since being
ordained at the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati
last June. While studying in
Cincinnati, he became
engrossed in helping
improve Black-Jewish relations by leading dialogue
groups among several segments of the population, particularly teenagers. He
hopes soon to initiate similar
dialogues in Columbus.
He helped launch support
groups for parents with
intermarried children and
for children who were products of intermarriage.
When he gets fully settled,
Rabbi Engel hopes to activate a similar support grdup
in Columbus, and to be a
catalyst in furthering both
Black-Jewish and interfaith
dialogues.
"Rabbi Bleefeld and I
have both been active in an
interfaith coalition to help
feed the homeless in the
community," he said. In Cincinnati,5 'Rabbi Engel helped
found a "Feed the Homeless" program in the Over-
The-Rhihe district.
Rabbi Engel received his
undergraduate degree in
physics and considered initially pursuing a career in
medicine, and specializing in
ophthalmology. While he
chose the rabbinate instead,
he offers that his science
background may be fairly
unusual for a rabbi. It helps
him in the rabbinate, he
remarks, in that science
helps teach a certain way to i
look at the world which
offers a different perspective of religion and is particularly Useful in doing
experiential exercises.
Rabbi Steven Engel
At Temple Israel, he has
-so far become involved with
youth programming, the
Young Adults movement,
retreat programs and
Outreach.
Rabbi Engel and wife,
Beverly, who holds a
master's degree in gerontology, are parents of twins,
Zachary and  liana,  11
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