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VOL. 67   NO. 25
JUNE 22, 1989-SIVAN 19
Devoted to American
and Jewish. Ideals.
A. Gill Elected
AJCOP President
Alan H. Gill, executive
vice president of the Columbus Jewish Federation, was
elected., president, effective
July 1, 1989, of the Association of Jewish Community
Organization Personnel
(AJCOP) during the recent
AJCOP Annual Meeting held
June 6, as part of the Conference of Jewish Communal
Service.
Soviets Said To Be Preparing
Extensive Emigration Reforms
Alan GUI
Serving as president-elect
of AJCOP since May 1988,
Gill has also held the positions of vice president, member of the board, treasurer,
chairman of the Finance
Committee and chairman of
the Committee on Sustaining
Membership. Additionally,
Gill serves on the Council Of
Jewish Federations' National Committee on Professional Personnel.
"Columbus should be
proud and pleased that our
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Beth Jacob Youth Named
NCSY Chapter Of The Year
For the second time in its 21-year history the Central East
Region presented its highest award of outstanding chapter to
the Beth Jacob Youth Group., Three BJY members received
awards. Daryl Binsky BJY/NCSY president, received the
President's Citation Award. Seth Hoffman received an
award for Meritorious Service. The Meritorious Service
Award also went to Brent Levison. Joel Stavsky, advisor, led
the following Beth Jacob delegates to the convention: Josh
Hara, Bram Binksy, Daryl Binsky, Seth Hoffman, Micha Bit-
ton, Benjamin Almasanu and Brent Levison. Two of the Beth
Jacob teens were elected to regional office. Seth Hoffman
was elected vice president of programming, and Daryl Binsky was elected vice president of organization.
NEW YORK (JTA) - The
Soviet Union is readying a
far-reaching reform of its
emigration laws that would
permit Soviet citizens to
travel and emigrate without
going through the complicated channels currently
necessary, according to a
ranking official of the World
Jewish Congress who
recently saw a draft of the
new legislation.
This information was
corroborated by New York
City Councilman Noach
Dear, who recently returned
from the Soviet Union with a
translation of the draft legislation.
Dear has been visiting the
Soviet Union regularly in the
last few months as co-chairman of the Joint Committee
for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage.
The legislation reportedly
is in its final stage of preparation. The Soviets hope to
have it ready by July,
although this is not definite.
The new Soviet legislation
is expected to relax existing
restrictions on emigration
for those privy to "state
secrets."
It is also expected to eliminate the requirements that
prospective emigrants
obtain waivers of financial
obligations from their
parents and that they receive invitations from close
Sam Melton to Be Foundation Honoree
Samuel M. Melton, philanthropist, inventor and entrepreneur, has been selected
for recognition as the honoree at the Columbus Jewish
Foundation's Ninth Annual
Dinner Meeting on Monday
evening, July 24, at the Hyatt
Regency.
This honor is bestowed
upon Melton for his 34-year
commitment to the Foundation and his life-long dedication to the local and global
Jewish community.
Born in 1900 in Austria-
Hungary, Melton emigrated
with his family to the United
States, arriving in Toledo,
Ohio, in 1904. For nearly 70
years, Melton has called
Columbus his home, moving
here in 1919. r
Turning to the business
world upon graduating from
Ohio State University in 1923
with a bachelor of science
: degree, he founded Capitol
Manufacturing & Supply Co.
(Columbus) in 1924, and
Capitol Pipe & Nipple Manufacturing Co. (Detroit) in
1929, Subsequently both companies were merged with
Harsco Corp. (Harrisburg,
Pa.), where Melton served
on the board of directors
from 1959-1973. In 1949, he
founded Capitol Manufacturing of Israel and is the holder
of three U.S. patents.
Despite an active business
career, Melton's philanthropic and community interests
are never-ending. Locally,
he served on.the boards of
the Columbus Jewish Federation, Heritage House, the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center
and the Columbus Hebrew
School to name a few; is a
past general campaign
chairman of the Federation's Jewish Community
Campaign; was treasurer of
the United Jewish Fund and
Council (Federation forerunner), and was one of the
founders of the Columbus
Jewish Welfare Foundation
(Foundation predecessor),
having served as chairman
of the board from 1963-73. He
has also served on the
boards of national and international organizations and
institutions of learning.
His altruism has benefitted many institutions and
organizations  including:
Chair of Jewish History and
Studies and Endowment for
the Center for Jewish Studies, OSU; the Esther C. Melton   Community   Services
Samuel Melton
Building; Melton Research
Center at the Teachers Institute and Seminary College of
Jewish Studies and the second floor library study, Jewish Theological Seminary of
America; Samuel and
Esther Melton Vocational
High School, Bat Yam,
Israel; Harry S. Truman
Center for Peace, the Center
for Jewish Education in the
relatives abroad.
Short-term visits would no
longer require any invitation
from abroad. And for long-
term visits or emigration,
invitations from any person,
or even an institution, would
be sufficient.
The secrecy rule \yould be
modified so that there would
be a five-year limit on the
amount of time a prospective emigrant could be
barfed from leaving.
An exception would allow
certain governmental agencies and industries to bar
those privy to state secrets
from emigrating for up to
seven years.
In the past, the state
secrecy rule has been used to
deny Soviet Jews permission
to emigrate for a dozen
years or more after they left
jobs said to be classified.
Under the new law, tiiose
Diaspora; the chair for the
training of secondary school
teachers in Israel, and the
building housing the Melton
Program for Jewish Education, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem; Bexley High
School Memorial Library for
Michael Melton; Chai
Foundership and Endowment for Scholarships, Boys
Town, Jerusalem, Israel;
Mesifta Beth Shraga
Library, Monsey, N.Y.; Yeshiva Farm Settlement
Library, N.Y.; Avedon Preschool, Avedon, Israel; seed
money for the first Jewish
Studies program at the University of Maryland; endowed scholarships for Jewish Studies programs at
Brandeis University and
Kent State University.
Numerous honors and
accolades have been bestowed upon Melton for his
dedication and support,
among them: Congregation
Tifereth Israel, honorary life
president; Columbus Jewish
Federation, honorary life
member of the board; honorary doctor of law, OSU; hon-
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refused permission to emigrate would have the right to
appeal to an administrative
commission of the Supreme
Soviet, the legislative body
that handles day-to-day
policy matters.
"If the Soviets are
repeatedly telling us that
they will deal with emigration through a legislative
capacity, then it is incumbent on us simply to hold out
until they do that."
Martin Wenick, executive
director of NCSJ, said he did
not disagree with Weiss or
Cohen that the Soviets
should be measured in
"words and deeds."
He said that the Bush
administration "is waiting
now for the Soviets to introduce legislation." The
president, he said, "has tried
to stimulate that process."
Congregation Beth Tikvah officers and board members
were installed on May 19. Temple board members are (front
row, 1. to r.) Jack Schwarz, Maria Rosenthal, Evelyn Freeman, Chris Meeks, Patti Fertel, Mike Fliegel (middle row)
Frida Ksienski, Robin Thomas, Geri Sue Sandor, (back row)
Rabbi Gary Huber, Marty Seltzer, Eric Kisch, Don Sylvan,
Sondra Fink, Sheldon Chizever, Barry Igdaloff. ,•:..■■
Congregation Beth Tikvah Installs
Officers, Board Members On May 19
Rabbi Gary Huber conducted the service to install
the new officers and Board
of Trustees of Congregation
Beth Tikvah on Friday, May
19. A congregational Shabbat dinner preceded the
service.
Evelyn Freeman was installed as the third woman
president of Beth Tikvah.
Barbara Creinin served as
the first woman president
from 1978 to 1979 and Carol
Folkerth was president from
1983 to 1985. Freeman has
been on the Board of Trustees for six years serving as
vice president, secretary
and Religious School chair.
The other congregational
officers include: Jack
Schwarz, vice president;
Patti Fertel, secretary;
Barry Igdaloff, treasurer.
Sondra Fink and Mary
Powell will serve as co-presi
dents of Sisterhood.
Board of Trustee members
are: Hospitality, Chris
Meeks; Yachad, Maria
Rosenthal; Adult Education,
Marty Seltzer; Membership,
Frida Ksienski; Social
Action,, Robin Thomas;
Fund Raising, Eric Kisch;-
Religious School, Geri Sue
Sandor; Finance, Sheldon
Chizever; Youth Activities,
Mike Fliegel; Hebrew
School, . Margot Morrisey;
Building, Jeffrey Folkerth;
Past President, Don Sylvan.
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