Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1989-07-13

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Poll Finds U.S. Support For Israel
Stable But Lower Than in 1987
NEW YORK- (JTA) -
American public support for
Israel has held steady in the
past year, despite the continuation of the Palestinian
uprising, according to a poll
commissioned by the American Jewish Committee.
But American support for
Israel remains considerably
lower than it was before the
uprising began on Dec. 9,
1987. .
The poll contains "good
news" about the stabilization of attitudes but also
shows that "the uprising has
taken its toll," said Ira Sil-
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Kol Ami Hebrew School Graduates 35 ier^2cSiJnat..
news conference announcing
the results of the survey,
OnMonday, Junes, Kol Ami, the Community Hebrew School of Columbus, held its Fourth
Annual Commencement and Awards Ceremony at Congregation BethTikvah, which houses:    the rei
the Worthington branch of the school Thirty-five students who completed the Hay ytervf    which   was   conducted   in
their Hebrew educa tion received diplomas and presented a program reflecting their'stud
Shavuot.in addition, the Class of 1989 presented the school a new Language Master, an audiovisual educational tool used by pupils to assist learning. Forty-three of the 286 students
enrolled in the 1988-89 school year were awarded Certificates of Achievement. These were
presented by Kol Ami co-principals Shaula Gurari and Helena Schlam in recognition of
pupils'outstanding accomplishment.
Israel and American Jewry
said Silverman.
In the latest survey, a representative sample of
approximately 2,000 Americans was questioned on. its
attitudes toward both Israel
and American Jews.
The poll found that 36 percent of Americans side with
Israel in "the Middle East
conflict, while 13 percent
sympathize more with the
Arab nations. In April 1988,
by comparison, 37 percent
favored Israel and 11 percent favored the Arabs.
The remainder in each
case said they did not sympathize with either side,
sympathized equally with
both sides or did not know.
J^pHlrThe Roper Organization hair conducted the poll
for AJCommittee since 1984,
in order to "lake the temperature of the American
public" on issues concerning
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The Association of. Jewish
Community Organization
Personnel (AJCOP) honored
Ben M. Mandelkorn in two
capacities: upon retirement
as its executive director for
the past ten years and as the
recipient of its "Professional
of the Year" Award.
The award is given to an
AJCOP  member who has
achieved distinction ih the
field of Jewish communal
service. It Was presented
during the AJCOP Annual
Meeting in Boca Raton, Fla.,
on June 6, during the Conference of Jewish Communal
Service*.
Plans Now Being Finalized For
Agudas Achim 'Boys' Night Out'
"The Agudas Achim
Brotherhood will hold its
13th annual 'Boys' Night Out
with the Stars' on Tuesday,
Sept. 12, at 6 p.m; in the Silberstein Social Hall," announced Robert A. Shapiro,
general campaign chairman.
Robert Shapiro
Plans are being finalized
by the Brotherhood Committee chaired by Shapiro. Ed
Solomon will again act as
"Boys' Night Out" treasurer. The Ad Book will be coordinated by Steve Shkolnik;'
Fred Needham will serve as
Ad Book vice chairman. '
Harold Beim and Ken Pales-
trantwill be in charge of the
food7Dinner tickets and raffle tickets will be .distributed
by Morris Fleishman and
William Goldsmith. Sandy
Lichtenstein and Marc Lichtenstein will take charge of
dinner arrangements. Steve
Shkolnik will coordinate the
printing and publicity;
This event offers a complimentary open bar, hors
^'oeuvres, a prime rib dinner, Las Vegas style entertainment, the opportunity to
support the Brotherhood at
its only fund-raising affair.
To add to the excitement,
Brotherhood is holding a raffle limited to 100 tickets.
Each ticket entitles the
bearer to a chance, for a
' $2,000 prize, $1,000 prize and
a $500 prize.
Ben Mandelkorn
' The Distinguished Service
Award recognizes outstanding professional contributions, establishes standards of excellence, publicizes noteworthy programs
and projects and promotes
professional role models.
Mandelkorn, who is
retiring as executive director of AJCOP and is also
executive vice president
emeritus' of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, received
the award for his lifetime of
service to Jewish communal
life, to Israel and to the
process of building a Jewish
community. He was. a
founder of AJCOP in 1969,
served as its first president.
and chaired many of its
committees.
: Additionally, Mandelkorn
who served as the Federation's executive vice president for 23 years, served as
executive director of Jewish
Family Service. Upon his
Federation retirement in
1979, he continued as executive director of the Columbus
Jewish Foundation. He also
served as a consultant for
the Council of Jewish
Federations. He was a member of the adjunct faculty at
The Ohio State University.
AJCOP is the organization
of-800 professionals in North
America engaged in the
areas of fundraising, endowments, social planning,
financing, administration
and coordination of services.
Its objectives are to develop
and enhance professional
practices in Jewish communal work; to maintain
and improve standards,
practices, scope of public
understanding of the field of
community organization, as
practiced through local
federations, national agencies,' other organizations,
settings and private practitioners.
~ AJCOP's national offices
have been located in the
Esther C. Melton Community Services Building since
1979. Upon Mandelkorn's
AJCOP retirement, effective
June 30, 1989, the office
moved to the Cleveland Jew-
ish Federation where
Howard Berger assumed the
directorship.
Sympathy for Israel was
considerably higher in June
1986, when an AJCommittee
poll found that 53 percent of
respondents sided more with
the Jewish state.
The latest poll also shows
that a plurality of Americans, 42 percent, still believe
Israel is correct in its refusal
to negotiate with the Pales-
tine Liberation Organization. Only 32 percent said
that position is wrong, a
slight increase over the 27
percent of Americans who *
felt that way a year ago,
before Yasir Arafat recognized Israel's right to exist.
But far fewer blacks than
whites approve of Israel's
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Cantor Vicki L. Axe of
Temple Israel was installed
as vice-president of the
American Conference of
Cantors last week at their
annual convention in Innis-
brook, Fla. The American
Conference of Cantors is the
national organization of the
American Reform Cantor-
ate. Cantor Axe has served
on its Board of Directors
since 1984.
Cantor Vicki Axe Installed
As Vice President Of ACC
to serve on the National
Commission on Synagogue
Music, as regional chair of
Project Manginot, a national
task force devoted to writing
music curriculum for Religious Schools, as ACC liaison
to the Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion
in both New York and
Cincinnati,
In less than a year, Cantor
Axe has become known in
the Columbus Jewish community through her monthly
visits to Heritage House, her
courses at the Community
College and her innovative
programming at Temple'
Israel, Of her many and varied activities Cantor Axe
says, "In or out of the community, I am first and foremost an emissary of Temple
Israel here in Columbus,
Ohio, and I am proud above
all to serve that noble and
historic congregation as its
cantor."  _^
Friendship Foods
Establishes Forest
Friendship Food Products
recently established the
Friendship Forest in the
American Independence
Park, near Jerusalem
through the Jewish National
Fund.
The -announcement was
made at a press reception
held at JNF's New York
headquarters. In commenting on the project, whose
aim is to plant 10,000 trees in
Israel, Art Goldman, vice
president of Friendship Food
Products, Inc., stated that
.plans call for "an in-depth,
market wise, direct mail
effort in association with
Jewish National Fund. Local
newspaper advertising,
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Cantor Vicki L. Axe
Cantor Axe said that the
convention this year focused
on "The Art and Arts of Worship," exploring through
workshops and evening services new directions in worship, including, for example,
the use of dance, with the
Avodah Dance Ensemble
from New York and Fanchon
Shur's Growth in Motion.
Cantor Axe participated in
the premiere of a new worship service, "Believing in
Belonging" with text by Dr.
Raymond Smolover, the
executive secretary of the
American Conference of
Cantors, and music by Bonia
Shur, the director of Liturgical Arts at Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in Cincinnati.
As vice-president of the
ACC, Cantor Axe continues