Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1989-10-26

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VOL.67  NO. 44
OCTOBER 26, 1989-TISHREI 27
Oevofcd to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Rabbi Stavsky To Give
Paper At Convention
Rabbi Myron Rakowitz,
president of the Rabbinic
Alumni of the Rabbi Isaac
Elchanan Theological
Seminary of Yeshiva University, announced that Rabbi David Stavsky of the Beth
Jacob Congregation will participate in a session at
the convention and present a
paper on "Practical Hints in
Pastoral Counselling (A
Halachic Perspective)" on
Tuesday, Oct. 31. The convention is being held at the
Homowack Hotel in Spring
Glenn, N.Y.
Rabbi Radinsky, convention chairman, said that
"the convention will see over
200 rabbis from across the
United States participate in
the three-day conclave. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm will-be
presenting a shiur on a relevant contemporary issue
facing the American:Rabbinate.
Canadian Prime Minister Meets With Jewish Leaders
MONTREAL (JTA) - Canadian Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney told Jewish leaders that he will personally intervene in the matter of Nazi war criminals living in Canada.
Specifically, he said he would look into speeding up the process of testimony, said Alan Rose, executive vice president of
the Canadian Jewish Congress, whose leaders met with
Mulroney last month. Besides the matter of Nazi war
criminals,-other issues discussed were those of Canada-
Israel relations, Soviet Jewry, Syrian Jewry, race relations
and anti-Semitism.
European Parliament Supports Palestinian Elections ,
But Favors International Conference
^BliUSSEtS (JTA) - The European Pariiarheht has come
out in support of Palestinian elections in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip.JBut it still believes an international conference
offers the Ultimate solution to the Middle East conflict. The
Parliament, the European community's legislative body,
based in Strasbourg, France, endorsed both approaches in a
resolution adopted at its monthly session two weeks ago. It
was introduced by the Socialists and supported by the Social
Democratic and Communist blocs. The resolution called on
the Israelis and Palestinians to meet in Cairo to discuss elections in the territories. ■,'-.' -I
U.S. Communities Asked To Absorb
Greater Numbers Of Soviet Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Bracing for the arrival in the
United States of some 18,000
Soviet j|ws by Dec, 31,
leaders of the major Jewish
philanthropic agencies have
asked local Jewish community federations to resettle
dramatically higher numbers of Soviet Jews than they
have so far this year.
On average, the participating federations will be
asMd to absorb three times
as many Jews per month in
the next three months as
they had for each of the first
nine months of the year.
By taking some of the absorption burden off of the
New York Association of
New Americans, which is
funded through money raised around the country for
international  needs,   the
move is designed to channel
a higher share of the Jewish
philanthropic dollar to Israel
for the purpose of settling Soviet Jews there.
That is also the motivation'
behind a recent announcement that the United Jewish
Appeal and the Council of
^Jewish Federations have begun planning a sequel to this
year's $75 million Passage to
Freedom campaign on behalf of the emigres.
The new campaign will
earmark a greater proportion of funds for Israel's resettlement needs than the*
current 50-50 split, UJA National  Chairman  Morton
Kornreich said Thursday.
The latest moves are partly a response to a major
change in U.S. immigration
policy that took effect Oct. 1.
Since that date, Soviet Jews
and others seeking to enter
the United States as refugees
have had to apply at the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow. U.S.
authorities no longer grant
refugee status to those who
leave the Soviet Union on Israeli visas.
Israel hopes the new
regulations will encourage
more Soviet Jews to come to
Israel, and has announced a
$3 billion, three-year plan to
meet the expected influx.
Hadassah HMO Sponsors To Be
Honored At Dinner On Oct. 30
Over $4,000,000 Raised At Major Gifts Dinner
Seventy Jewish community leaders gathered on Oct.
16 and raised over $4,000,000,
an increase of over $300,000
from last year's contributions, at the 1990 Jewish
Community Campaign's Major Gifts Dinner. Hosted by
Leslie H. Wexner, the evening^-featured guest was
Joseph Lieberman, Democratic senator from Connecticut. 7
Lieberman shared his experience as an observant
Jew in the Senate and noted
the enormous support in both
the House and Seriate for the
resettlement of Soviet Jewry;      '.-"'7:. 7 ■-:■■-.
Morton; Kornreich, United
Jewish Appeal (UJA) national chairman, presented a
Certificate of Appreciation
to Columbus' "Passage To!
Freedom"  leadership,  Co-
GREEN SUNDAY Phonathon
To Be Held On Decembers
Hal Zeidman, president of
the Jewish National Fund of
Columbus announces the
Eighth Annual JNF
"GREEN SUNDAY," a nationwide phonathon to he
held on Sunday, Dec. 3, from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
supports the Land of Israel
and won't allow the forest
lands and nature preserves
to be destroyed by
terrorists." \
"These fires'have a devastating effect upon the people
of Israel - giving them a feeling of vulnerability,'' states
Levine.   "
Chairs Herbert Glimcher
and Jack L. Wallick and
Vice-Chair Miriam Yenkin,
for the outstanding achieve;
ments they accomplished.
Kornreich also presented
personalized copies of Natan
Sharansky's book, "Sharansky," to the co-chairs, vice
chair and Honorary Co-
Chairs Samuel M. Melton,
Jerome Schottenstein and
Leslie Wexner.
Glimcher, Campaign vice-
chair in charge of Major
Gifts, and Wexner emphasized that this year, more
than ever, the Jewish community's top leadership realize the need to come together to insure success for
the 1990 Campaign.
"The commitment, support and dedication from our
Major Gifts leadership to the
Columbus Jewish community and world Jewry is ap
parent. We are presenting a
united front in meeting this
year's challenges. It is now
the entire community's challenge to maintain this pace
and come through with a record Campaign year," said
Alan Wasserstrom, 1990
General Campaign chair.
The Major Gifts Division
includes givers that contribute to the annual Jewish
Community Campaign in ex^
cess of $18,000 for men and
$7,500 tor women.
The Columbus Jewish Federation is the primary vehicle for the support of Jewish programs and human
services in the central Ohio
area. Through the annual
Jewish Community Campaign, fellow Jews in need
are helped, from the very
young to the very old,
through a host of local and
worldwide services.
Sponsors of the Hadassah
Medical Organization
(HMO) wilf be honored by
the Columbus Chapter of
Hadassah at a dinner on
Monday evening, Oct. 30, at
the home of Nancy Levin, 320
N. Parkview Ave. Annette
Meskin, of West Bloomfield,
Mich, a former national
president of Hadassah, will
be guest speaker at this annual event, ,
As a national representative, Maskin has facilitated
at workshops and seminars
for leadership development,
membership and young
leaders in many areas of the
United States. She has been
keynote speaker at numerous conferences and forums
and has also served as conference advisor and speaker
on tour for many regions of
Hadassah. At the present
time, Meskin is a member of
the organization task force
and is the chairwoman of the
Mid-West Area Cooperative.
She is the office administrator for the Detroit Chapter and chair of their Thrift
Shop, which she helped
organize 15 years ago.
A native of Detroit, Meskin
received heir B.S. in education from Wayne State
University and was an
elementary school teacher.
She has made numerous
trips to Israel and was a delegate to the World Zionist
Congress in 1982. In March of
1988, she was one of nine
Hadassah officers in a special mission to visit refuseniks in the Soviet Union.
Hadassah, through its program for HMO provides
funds for research, medical
care in the two hospitals in
Jerusalem .... Ein Karem
and Mt. Scopus, facilities for
teaching at, the Hadassah-
Hebrew University Medical
Center, as well as equipment
for the hospitals.
This year, Columbus Had-
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Lori Gilbert Appointed JFS Resettlement Volunteer Coordinator
Rusty Levine
This year's chairpersons
are Rusty Levine and Andrew Marks. Both have stated that "this year's GREEN
SUNDAY 'must have an
enormous response from the
community due to the rashes
of new forest fires set by arsonists. Our community is an
educated one ... one that
Andrew Marks
"GREEN SUNDAY is the
vehicle to replant the forests
and give a feeling of strength
and friendship to the people
of Israel. We are asking each
jnember of families through-
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Rabbi Harold J. Berman,
president of Jewish Family
Services, announced the appointment of Lori Gilbert as
volunteer co-ordinator in the
Resettlement Program.
Rabbi Berman pointed out
that "Mrs. Gilbert's training, with a master's degree
in educational administration and experience with the
Community Relations De-,
partment of the Columbus
Public Schools, as well as
her activities in the Jewish
community, will bring expertise, experience and efficiency to this very important
post."
"With a large number of
Soviet Jews arriving in Columbus between now and December, a serious need for
immediate community participation. . has developed,"
said Gilbert. "The outstanding work done by Holly Kastan and Karen Milenthal in
developing a nucleus of dedicated volunteers set a standard to build on as we meet
this important challenge."
Jewish Family Services
co-ordinates the community
resettlement effort and is
working closely with all participating agencies and organizations to provide the
most comprehensive resettlement program possible.
In the first nine months of
1989, 97 New Americans
were resettled.in Columbus
under the auspices of JFS.
Resettlement services include working with the local
sponsoring anchor families,
obtaining housing, vocational services in order to obtain
employment, economic as
sistance, social services and
acculturation services. English as a Second Language
courses are directed by the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, and Columbus Torah
Academy provides its educational program for the children who are resettled.
Randall Arndt, JFS vice-
president and Resettlement
chairman, explained "that
with the larger number of
New Americans arriving in
Columbus, our resources
will be strained to the limit
and continuous, strong community volunteer support is
a necessity."
Areas where aid is crucial
are in donations of furniture,
household goods and clothing. Clothing should be taken
directly to the National
Council of Jewish Women's
Nearly New Shop. In addition, help in apartment
search, utility setup and job
networking is needed.
• Rabbi Berman emphasized that "the resettlement
program and its services
need the involvement of all
segments of the Jewish community. One agency or several agencies do not own the
resettlement process, it is
the community's program.
JFS is proud of its ability to
work with everyone in the
community to provide all
necessary services."
A large share of resettlement costs are funded
through the .Columbus Jewish Federation and the special Passage to Freedom
campaign.
People who would like to
help should contact Gilbert.