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MARCH 2,1989-ADAR125
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Creek Poll Shows
Distaste For Jews
ATHENS (JTA) - Greeks
gave Israel a slightly higher
favorable rating in December 1988 than in the previous
March, according to the
latest poll conducted by
Eurodim, a public opinion
research firm.
But the image of Jews in
general showed a progressive deterioration.
According to the poll, 71
percent of the respondents
rated Greek Jews "rather
bad to very bad," while only
20 percent had a "rather
good to very good" opinion of
them.
A survey in March 1988
found 63 percent had a similar poor opinion of Greek
Jews. In March 1986, it was
57 percent.
The poll was conducted
among a sampling of 600
adults in the greater Athens
area, where 35 percent of the
Greek population lives.
Israel emerged with a 20
percent favorable rating
compared to 19 percent for
the Arab states and 18 percent for Turkey, Greece's
traditional foe.
"This was an improvement
over the March poll, which
showed that 74 percent had a
poor opinion of Israel while
Turkey was disliked by 71
percent and the Arabs by 61
percent.    .
Israeli Film Wins Second Place
At West Berlin Film Festival
WEST BERLIN (JTA) — An Israeli film, The Summer of
Aviya, won;the Silver Bear award, the second highest award
of the Berlin International Film Festival here. Starring
Kaipo Cohen, a ten-year-old actress, the film is the first Israeli movie ever to take a prize at the annual film festival,
which is considered one of the movie industry's main festivals along with Cannes and Venice.
New Mideast 'Dynamic' Could Lead
To Arab-Israeli Talks, Says Baker
Ultra-Orthodox Join Moslems
In Protesting 'Satanic Verses'
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ultra-Orthodox Jews have joined
Moslem clergy in Israel in denouncing Salman Rushdie's
novel The Satanic Verses, which will appear in Israel soon in
Hebrew translation. Rabbi Avraham Ravitz, Knesset member and leader of the Degel HaTorah party, told the Knesset
Education Committee last week that the author had "abused
the freedom of expression to hurt religious feelings of hundreds of millions of Moslems throughout the world." Islamic
fundamentalists contend the book blasphemes their faith.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
President Bush met separately in Tokyo last week
with Israeli President Chaim
Herzog and the heads of two
Arab countries, and all
agreed that there is a "new
dynamic" that could lead to
direct negotiations in the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
This was the assessment of
Secretary of State James
Baker, who briefed reporters after Bush met with Herzog, King Hussein of Jordan
and Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak on the eve of
the funeral of Japanese Emperor Hirohito. A transcript
of the briefing was made
available by the State Department here.
Rabbi Folkman To Receive Humanitarian Award
On Friday evening, March
10, Temple Israel will bestow
its highest honor, the Community Humanitarian
Award, on Rabbi Emeritus
Dr. Jerome D.  Folkman,
yph.D.y,7-
The Humanitarian Award,
dating back to 1949, is given
to a person or persons in
Franklin County who are
First Yeshiva In 60 Years
In The Soviet Union
Opens
NEW YORK (JTA)-The
Judaic Studies Center, the
first institution of its kind in
the Soviet Union in 60 years,
opened officially in Moscow
last week.
Its founding father, Rabbi
Adin Steinsaltz, a world-famous Talmudic scholar from
Jerusalem, welcomed the
first class of 80 students enrolled in the three-year
course of study.
Messages were read from
Israeli President Chaim
Herzog and U.S. Secretary of
State James Baker.
"We welcome the changes
in the Soviet Union which
have led to this center being
established," Baker said,
"and we will look forward to
hearing of your further progress."
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The center, located in a
facility of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, is affiliated
with the Academy of World
Civilization, established by
the academy's vice chairman, Evgeny Velikhov.
It is, however, an independent institution, funded
by the New York-based
Aleph Society, a private,
non-profit organization that
supports Steinsaltz's worldwide educational activities.
The center, located at 16
Kropotkinskaya St., will
train a new generation of
rabbis, scholars and teachers to minister to the needs
of Soviet Jews.
It is the first rabbinical
seminary in the USSR since
formal religious education
was banned by the Bolsheviks in 19177
Steinsaltz credited the historic policy changes in the
Soviet Union for the center's
existence.
He stressed that the Soviet
authorities, have affirmed
the sole responsibility of the
Aleph Society to select students and faculty and prescribe curriculum and study
materials.
"The tremendous interest
among Soviet Jews in the
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outstanding examples of
brotherhood and service to
the entire community.
The honoree received his
A.B. degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1928
and was ordained a rabbi at
the Hebrew Union College in
1931. He attended the Graduate School of the University
of Michigan in 1934-1936 and
received his Ph.D. at The
Ohio State University in
1953.
Dr. Folkman served two
other pulpits before being
called to Columbus in 1947.
After 26 years at Temple Israel, he was elected rabbi
emeritus in 1973. His influence as a family counselor
and friend reached into the
community and far beyond.
He has taught studentsat
The Ohio State University,
Pontifical College Joseph-
inum, Otterbein College and
Capital University. His
teachings are based on his
strong beliefs in "the sanc-
tification of life" with an underlay of Jewish tradition.
Sciences, O.S.U. in 1975;
Temple Israel's "Man Of
The Year" award in 1981,
and  Beth  Jacob  Congre-
Rabbl Jerome Folkman
His long list of awards include being named one of Columbus' Ten Outstanding
Citizens by the- Columbus
Citizen in 1954; Governor's
Award for Citizenship, State
of Ohio in 1968; "Excellence
in Teaching" by the Student
Council, College of Arts and
gation "Mah Of The Year"
award in 1981.
In addition to many articles in scholarly journals,
Dr. Folkman is the author of
The Cup of Life, Design for
Jewish Living and a college
textbook of marriage titled
Marriage Has Many Faces.
He is also listed in Who's
Who in the Midwest, Who's
Who in World Jewry, The
Dictionary of International
Biography and The International Authors and Writers
Who's Who.
Dr. Folkman lives with his
wife Bessie, and they are
parents of three children,
David Folkman of San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. Arthur
(Joy) Moss of Rochester,
N.Y., and Dr. Judah Folk-
man of Boston, Mass., and
nine grandchildren.
There will be a special
Oneg Shabbat in honor of
Rabbi Folkman immediately following services.
The Temple community is
invited to attend this special
occasion. . ■ ■
Group Being Formed
To Aid Yemenite Jews
A local chapter of the
International Coalition for
the Rescue of the Jews of
Yemen is being formed. An
organizing meeting will be
held on Monday, March 13,
at 7 p.m. in the Conference
Room of the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center.
David Shuter, chairman of.
Israel's. Public Committee
for Yemenite Jewry, reports
that in North Yemen Jewish
women have been kidnapped, forced to convert to
Islam and then made to
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"I think that there's a genuine sharing of views that it
is, in fact, direct negotiations that will ultimately
lead to peace, and that somehow we must find a way to
get to direct negotiations,"
Baker said.
But he rejected a suggestion that the current visit to
the Middle East of Soviet
Foreign Minister Eduard
Shevardnadze played a
major role in creating the
new dynamic.
"I think the dynamics
were there," Baker said. "I
think that they are affected
in large part by the intifada
and the results that that has
had on public opinion around
the world."
" He said that also providing
opportunities for a new approach are the U.S. talks
with the Palestine Liber- '.
ation Organization, the State
Department's recent human
rights report, which" criticized Israel for human rights
violations in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip and "the fact
that the conflict there has
dragged on for as long as it
has."
Baker outlined the Bush
administration's approach
to the Middle East, which
was basically the same view
he expressed on his recent
visit to Europe.
He said that while there
are perhaps new opportun
ities, they "ought to be explored very carefully." As
he did in Europe, Baker
stressed "that there ought to
be an extensive amount of
practical groundwork before
we rush off to have a big
high-visibility  conference
under the television lights."
.Baker stressed that "it is
important that we do what
we can to build the environment for direct negotiations,
because it's only direct negotiations between the parties
that are going to lead to permanent peace in the Middle
East."
Asked directly about an international conference,
Baker stressed that the
United States continues to be
willing to participate if it is
"properly structured." He
said this means that it "must
lead to direct negotiations
between parties."
Baker said that Bush
made these points to Herzog
and the two Arab leaders,
stressing. as well that "the
United States Would be active in the Middle East peace
process."
Baker said that Bush did
not go into specifics with
Herzog, but would do so
when> Israeli Premier Yitzhak Shamir comes to Washington in April. Shamir is expected to lay out his own pro-,
posals for seeking negotia-1
tions.
Irving Schottenstein To Chair
Federation's Campaign Closing
opportunity to reflect on and
celebrate the year's accomplishments.
"Having served as a past
Campaign chairman, I know
the time and effort it takes to
run a successful Campaign.
It is my honor to chair the
Closing Luncheon, which is
really a celebration and a
time when we, as a community, say thank you to all those
who led our impressive drive
this year."
Funds raised by the '89
Campaign support the following local agencies: OSU
and Ohio University B'nai
B'rith Hillel Foundation,
Columbus-Jewish Historical
Society, Columbus Torah
Academy, Jewish Family
Service, Kol Ami Community Hebrew School and
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center,„.
The Columbus Jewish
Foundation is the primary
vehicle for the' support of
Jewish programs and
human services in the central Ohio area. Through the
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The 1989 Jewish Community Campaign closing
luncheon will be held on
Thursday, April 6, beginning
at noon, at the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center.
"This year we have the
honor of having Irving Schottenstein assume the position
of Closing Event chairman,"
announced Alan Wasserstrom, 1989 General Campaign chair.
Schottenstein currently
serves as president of the Columbus Jewish Foundation.
A strong supporter of the Columbus community, he currently serves on the boards
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation, Columbus Torah
Academy and Heritage
House.
"The Campaign closing
luncheon is a time set aside
to dedicate and pay tribute
to the hard work and perseverance of our volunteers
who make it possible to ensure Jewish survival and
growth in Columbus, Israel
and throughout the world,"
said Wasserstrom. "It is an
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