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Or>io Hist» 3oci.raty Lifc»- tS&& Velma five. ^ Columbus. Ohio w "4.3211 CO«p- Serving Columbus and Central.Ohio Jewish Community for Over 60 Years VOL. 68 NO. 7 FEBRUARY 15, 1990-SHEVAT 20, 5750 Devoted to American and Jewish (deals, Mollie Nutis Linen Shower Set Feb. 28 When Heritage House began to launder its own linens, and discontinued a rental linen service, the first Mollie B. Nutis Linen Shower was held to supply the bedding arid bath linens for the residents. Since then, this has become an annual event honoring the memory of Mollie Nutis, whose devotion to Heritage House and the entire Jewish community of Columbus serves as an example for all to follow. In the winter of 1913, Mollie Nutis came to Columbus from Burlington, Vt., with her husband Isaac whom she married Oct. 3, 1911. The Nutises had three children - Frank, Helen, and Ethel, who resides in Milwaukee, Wise. In 1961, when Heritage House was constructed, Mollie Nutis was honored for her tireless work toward the creation of the new structure, and previously at the original. Columbus Jewish Home for the Aged on Woodland Avenue. She was the first president of. the auxiliary and served in this capacity from 1952 to 1962. The 19th Annual1 Mollie B. Nutis Linen Shower Program will be held Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Heritage House. The Nutis family will join residents and members of the community at a special reception to honor the commitment and'dedication of the Nutis family to the residents of Heritage House. Entertainment will be provided by the Heritage Tower ■ Towerettes. WW * *9w!.' •' ' '■ * »*' l m ' i 9-* w Kahane Speech Sparks Controversy A group of Kol Ami's Aleph students are with Principal Shaula Gurari. Kol Ami Boasts Enrollment Of 75 Students In Aleph Program Koi Ami, the Community Hebrew School of Cojliimbus, was incorporated and began its first year of classes in the second half of 1985. Aleph class, for beginning Hebrew students entering third grade of day school, met once a week only, while the other classes met twice weekly. As the school began its fifth year in September 1989 the Aleph program was' expanded to twice weekly classes. This year Kol Ami has its largest-ever enrollment of 75 Aleph students out of the 77 who were second graders in the constituent congregations' religious schools last year. Agudas Achim has 13 of its 14 enrolled; Beth Tikvah has 26 of its 28; Temple Israel has 33 of its 35 student enrolled in Kol Ami. The impact of this curriculum expansion is currently being evaluated by the school's principals, teachers Blocks Donate To OSU Research The contribution of a local family will further the advancement of liver cancer research at The Ohio State University Hospitals. Jeri (right)/and Jeff Block (left) recently donated $16,907 to help fund the research of Dr. JohnMinton (center), professor of surgery at Ohio State. The contribution was one of several annual gifts made by the Blocks to support liver cancer research at Ohio State. The donations are-niade from the Block Scholarship Fund, established in memory of their father, Herbert J. Block. Contributions to the scholarship fund are accepted throughout the year and are combined with" proceeds frorn the annual Herbert J. Block Memorial Golf Tournament held at Winding Hollow Country Club. The 1990 tournament will be held Aug. 13. Entries in the tournament may be made by calling the tournament committee at 235-2087. / and parents, as weir as by the congregations' religious school committees. Principal Shaula Gurari, whose . area of expertise is language acquisition and learning, explained, "All the research clearly demonstrates that facility in language learning is at its peak in the earliest childhood years. That is why it is important for us to increase the amount of first- year exposure for these students. We began seeing positive results long before the end of the first semester." CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 By Judith Franklin Managing Editor His reputation precedes him. Good or bad, he is Rabbi Meir Kahane, member of Knesset, leader of the Kach Party and founder of the militant Jewish Defense League (JDL). And true to form, even before his scheduled lecture in Columbus on Wednesday, Feb. 21, his appearance here! has sparked controversy. • Since 'his election to the Knesset in 1984, Rabbi Kahane has become the most controversial figure in Israeli politics. He advocates the transfer of Israel's Arab population, arguing that that course is preferable to the alternatives of continued violence or the threat of Israel's destruction.. He also calls for instituting traditional Jewish law in governing all aspects of Israeli society. The rabbi's fiery oratory and provocative ideas have attracted intense support and strong condemnation from Jews around the world. Columbus' Jewish, community is no exception. East Germany Acknowledges Responsibility To Nazi Victims NEW YORK (JTA) - East Germany has for the first time formally acknowledged its share of responsibility for Jewish victims of Nazi persecution and affirmed that it has material obligations toward them, the World Jewish Congress announced here last week. The dramatic reversal of a 40-year policy of denial was contained in a letter from Prime Minister Hans Mod- row of the German Democratic Republic of WJC President Edgar Bronfman. The WJC said it was "an important first step." Modrow's statement was also welcomed as "a first step" by Dr. Israel Miller, president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Miller has been in recent communications with Mod- row on the issue. Modrow's letter to the WJC, dated Feb. 1, was accompanied by an official declaration by the prime minister containing the same points which he said "might be published immediately." • It stated that the GDR recognizes "the responsibility of the entire German people" for the crimes of the Nazis and that it commits itself to "material support" to the Jewish victims. The responsibility, Mod- row's letter and statement noted, "is a consequence of the deep guilt of Hitler fascism which committed terrible crimes against the Jewish people in the name of the German people." Modrow said that East Germany "recognizes its humanitarian duty with regard to the survivors of the Jewish people who suffered under Nazi oppression, and confirms its readiness in a spirit of human solidarity to provide material support to former persecutees of the Nazi; regime of Jewish origin." The letter also vowed that East Germany would do everything it can to prevent anti-Semitism and hatred from again taking root in German soil. It invited Bronfman to "an early meeting" with the prime minister "in order to further our common aims" Wexner Art Center Tour Set For Women National Council of Jewish Women, Columbus Section, presents its winter meeting on Tuesday, March 6, at 11:30 a.m. The meeting location will be Mershon Auditorium Lobby, on The Ohio State University's campus, corner of 15th and High Sts. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 His speech here is being sponsored by Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI), a national organization that openly supports Israel's claim to all of the ancestral homeland, including Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. According to AFSI spokesman local attorney Larry Pollak, the Kahane lecture is only the first in a planned series of informative lectures to be sponsored by AFSI. "Before we can bring more passion to the cause, we must become knowledgeable and informed. For that reason, the Columbus AFSI chapter will present a continuing Lecture Series of compelling speakers. We knew we would get some attention by starting the series, with Rabbi Meir Kahane. Kahane is both loved and hated, but he is certainly thought-provoking. When AFSI members heard that Kahane was scheduled to speak to a sociology class at Ohio State, we decided to plan an evening program so that interested community members could decide for themselves about Kahane's controversial ideas. It will not be boring next Wednesday night at the Hilton East." Many people in the community, however, don't agree with Pollak or the AFSI. "My reaction when I was told the sponsoring group was bringing in Rabbi Kahane was that he and his Kach Party represent racist and undemocratic currents of thought and that his policies can only succeed in raising hatred to hew heights in Israel and for world Jewry," said Alan Katchen, regional director of the Anti^Defama- tion League of B'nai B'rith. '' Any person has the right to speak, but I would certainly hope that Columbus Jewry would not pay any attention to Kahane," he stressed, addingi "I would further hope that responsible individuals in the sponsoring group would themselves reconsider their invitation and decide it is not in the best in- . terests of the Jewish community for Kahane to speak at this time. There are too many problems in explicating and interpreting Israel and Israeli government in central Ohio right now without adding fuel to the fire." Rabbi Harold Berman of Congregation Tifereth Israel echoes these sentiments. "There are three categories of how to respond to an individual in the community," he explained. "I respect his opinion and I agree with him; I disagree with him but still respect him; I disagree with him, and I do not re spect him. Meir Kahane falls into the third category.'' And while he emphasized that "I'm not going out to picket, not opposing his right to speak," he said that he would discourage people from attending and would not attend himself, \ The Columbus Jewish Federation agrees, emphasizing to the non-Jewish community especially that Rabbi Kahane is not appearing under the auspices of the official Jewish community of Columbus. In an official statement, released on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the Federation's Executive Communittee stated: "The Executive Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation views with concern the visit of Rabbi Meir Kahane to the Columbus community. "In 1988, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the party headed by Kahane was promoting racism in the country. His party was therefore prohibited from listing candidates in Israel's elections. "Israelis of all political persuasions agree that there is a need for a political solution to the unfortumate violence being experienced in the area, a view rejected by Kahane and.his few followers. "Rabbi Kahane is appearing under the aegis of a private group of the community and not under the auspices of any official communal body. We take pride in our country, the United States, in being able to have many views expressed. We should take into account, however, that Kahane does not constitute a | -valid expression of Israel's government nor the vast majority of its citizens as well as the majority of the American Jewish community." AFSI's Pollak answers the critics. "Rabbi Kahane's ' ideas are probably not wholly shared by anyone in Columbus. But since when did - we limit ideas we are exposed to to those we agree with? Kahane will be worth hearing just because he will make you think. As an umbrella organization for the nationalist camp, AFSI agrees with Kahane's support for the Jewish claim to Judea, Samaria and the Old City of Jerusalem." In addition to the AFSI- sponsored program at the Hilton East, Rabbi Kahane has scheduled a morning appearance at the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University Campus. He will speak at 11 a.m. Following a campus press conference, at noon, Rabbi Kahane will teach an OSU sociology class in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 ,-/;
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Full Text | Or>io Hist» 3oci.raty Lifc»- tS&& Velma five. ^ Columbus. Ohio w "4.3211 CO«p- Serving Columbus and Central.Ohio Jewish Community for Over 60 Years VOL. 68 NO. 7 FEBRUARY 15, 1990-SHEVAT 20, 5750 Devoted to American and Jewish (deals, Mollie Nutis Linen Shower Set Feb. 28 When Heritage House began to launder its own linens, and discontinued a rental linen service, the first Mollie B. Nutis Linen Shower was held to supply the bedding arid bath linens for the residents. Since then, this has become an annual event honoring the memory of Mollie Nutis, whose devotion to Heritage House and the entire Jewish community of Columbus serves as an example for all to follow. In the winter of 1913, Mollie Nutis came to Columbus from Burlington, Vt., with her husband Isaac whom she married Oct. 3, 1911. The Nutises had three children - Frank, Helen, and Ethel, who resides in Milwaukee, Wise. In 1961, when Heritage House was constructed, Mollie Nutis was honored for her tireless work toward the creation of the new structure, and previously at the original. Columbus Jewish Home for the Aged on Woodland Avenue. She was the first president of. the auxiliary and served in this capacity from 1952 to 1962. The 19th Annual1 Mollie B. Nutis Linen Shower Program will be held Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Heritage House. The Nutis family will join residents and members of the community at a special reception to honor the commitment and'dedication of the Nutis family to the residents of Heritage House. Entertainment will be provided by the Heritage Tower ■ Towerettes. WW * *9w!.' •' ' '■ * »*' l m ' i 9-* w Kahane Speech Sparks Controversy A group of Kol Ami's Aleph students are with Principal Shaula Gurari. Kol Ami Boasts Enrollment Of 75 Students In Aleph Program Koi Ami, the Community Hebrew School of Cojliimbus, was incorporated and began its first year of classes in the second half of 1985. Aleph class, for beginning Hebrew students entering third grade of day school, met once a week only, while the other classes met twice weekly. As the school began its fifth year in September 1989 the Aleph program was' expanded to twice weekly classes. This year Kol Ami has its largest-ever enrollment of 75 Aleph students out of the 77 who were second graders in the constituent congregations' religious schools last year. Agudas Achim has 13 of its 14 enrolled; Beth Tikvah has 26 of its 28; Temple Israel has 33 of its 35 student enrolled in Kol Ami. The impact of this curriculum expansion is currently being evaluated by the school's principals, teachers Blocks Donate To OSU Research The contribution of a local family will further the advancement of liver cancer research at The Ohio State University Hospitals. Jeri (right)/and Jeff Block (left) recently donated $16,907 to help fund the research of Dr. JohnMinton (center), professor of surgery at Ohio State. The contribution was one of several annual gifts made by the Blocks to support liver cancer research at Ohio State. The donations are-niade from the Block Scholarship Fund, established in memory of their father, Herbert J. Block. Contributions to the scholarship fund are accepted throughout the year and are combined with" proceeds frorn the annual Herbert J. Block Memorial Golf Tournament held at Winding Hollow Country Club. The 1990 tournament will be held Aug. 13. Entries in the tournament may be made by calling the tournament committee at 235-2087. / and parents, as weir as by the congregations' religious school committees. Principal Shaula Gurari, whose . area of expertise is language acquisition and learning, explained, "All the research clearly demonstrates that facility in language learning is at its peak in the earliest childhood years. That is why it is important for us to increase the amount of first- year exposure for these students. We began seeing positive results long before the end of the first semester." CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 By Judith Franklin Managing Editor His reputation precedes him. Good or bad, he is Rabbi Meir Kahane, member of Knesset, leader of the Kach Party and founder of the militant Jewish Defense League (JDL). And true to form, even before his scheduled lecture in Columbus on Wednesday, Feb. 21, his appearance here! has sparked controversy. • Since 'his election to the Knesset in 1984, Rabbi Kahane has become the most controversial figure in Israeli politics. He advocates the transfer of Israel's Arab population, arguing that that course is preferable to the alternatives of continued violence or the threat of Israel's destruction.. He also calls for instituting traditional Jewish law in governing all aspects of Israeli society. The rabbi's fiery oratory and provocative ideas have attracted intense support and strong condemnation from Jews around the world. Columbus' Jewish, community is no exception. East Germany Acknowledges Responsibility To Nazi Victims NEW YORK (JTA) - East Germany has for the first time formally acknowledged its share of responsibility for Jewish victims of Nazi persecution and affirmed that it has material obligations toward them, the World Jewish Congress announced here last week. The dramatic reversal of a 40-year policy of denial was contained in a letter from Prime Minister Hans Mod- row of the German Democratic Republic of WJC President Edgar Bronfman. The WJC said it was "an important first step." Modrow's statement was also welcomed as "a first step" by Dr. Israel Miller, president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Miller has been in recent communications with Mod- row on the issue. Modrow's letter to the WJC, dated Feb. 1, was accompanied by an official declaration by the prime minister containing the same points which he said "might be published immediately." • It stated that the GDR recognizes "the responsibility of the entire German people" for the crimes of the Nazis and that it commits itself to "material support" to the Jewish victims. The responsibility, Mod- row's letter and statement noted, "is a consequence of the deep guilt of Hitler fascism which committed terrible crimes against the Jewish people in the name of the German people." Modrow said that East Germany "recognizes its humanitarian duty with regard to the survivors of the Jewish people who suffered under Nazi oppression, and confirms its readiness in a spirit of human solidarity to provide material support to former persecutees of the Nazi; regime of Jewish origin." The letter also vowed that East Germany would do everything it can to prevent anti-Semitism and hatred from again taking root in German soil. It invited Bronfman to "an early meeting" with the prime minister "in order to further our common aims" Wexner Art Center Tour Set For Women National Council of Jewish Women, Columbus Section, presents its winter meeting on Tuesday, March 6, at 11:30 a.m. The meeting location will be Mershon Auditorium Lobby, on The Ohio State University's campus, corner of 15th and High Sts. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 His speech here is being sponsored by Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI), a national organization that openly supports Israel's claim to all of the ancestral homeland, including Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. According to AFSI spokesman local attorney Larry Pollak, the Kahane lecture is only the first in a planned series of informative lectures to be sponsored by AFSI. "Before we can bring more passion to the cause, we must become knowledgeable and informed. For that reason, the Columbus AFSI chapter will present a continuing Lecture Series of compelling speakers. We knew we would get some attention by starting the series, with Rabbi Meir Kahane. Kahane is both loved and hated, but he is certainly thought-provoking. When AFSI members heard that Kahane was scheduled to speak to a sociology class at Ohio State, we decided to plan an evening program so that interested community members could decide for themselves about Kahane's controversial ideas. It will not be boring next Wednesday night at the Hilton East." Many people in the community, however, don't agree with Pollak or the AFSI. "My reaction when I was told the sponsoring group was bringing in Rabbi Kahane was that he and his Kach Party represent racist and undemocratic currents of thought and that his policies can only succeed in raising hatred to hew heights in Israel and for world Jewry," said Alan Katchen, regional director of the Anti^Defama- tion League of B'nai B'rith. '' Any person has the right to speak, but I would certainly hope that Columbus Jewry would not pay any attention to Kahane," he stressed, addingi "I would further hope that responsible individuals in the sponsoring group would themselves reconsider their invitation and decide it is not in the best in- . terests of the Jewish community for Kahane to speak at this time. There are too many problems in explicating and interpreting Israel and Israeli government in central Ohio right now without adding fuel to the fire." Rabbi Harold Berman of Congregation Tifereth Israel echoes these sentiments. "There are three categories of how to respond to an individual in the community," he explained. "I respect his opinion and I agree with him; I disagree with him but still respect him; I disagree with him, and I do not re spect him. Meir Kahane falls into the third category.'' And while he emphasized that "I'm not going out to picket, not opposing his right to speak," he said that he would discourage people from attending and would not attend himself, \ The Columbus Jewish Federation agrees, emphasizing to the non-Jewish community especially that Rabbi Kahane is not appearing under the auspices of the official Jewish community of Columbus. In an official statement, released on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the Federation's Executive Communittee stated: "The Executive Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation views with concern the visit of Rabbi Meir Kahane to the Columbus community. "In 1988, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the party headed by Kahane was promoting racism in the country. His party was therefore prohibited from listing candidates in Israel's elections. "Israelis of all political persuasions agree that there is a need for a political solution to the unfortumate violence being experienced in the area, a view rejected by Kahane and.his few followers. "Rabbi Kahane is appearing under the aegis of a private group of the community and not under the auspices of any official communal body. We take pride in our country, the United States, in being able to have many views expressed. We should take into account, however, that Kahane does not constitute a | -valid expression of Israel's government nor the vast majority of its citizens as well as the majority of the American Jewish community." AFSI's Pollak answers the critics. "Rabbi Kahane's ' ideas are probably not wholly shared by anyone in Columbus. But since when did - we limit ideas we are exposed to to those we agree with? Kahane will be worth hearing just because he will make you think. As an umbrella organization for the nationalist camp, AFSI agrees with Kahane's support for the Jewish claim to Judea, Samaria and the Old City of Jerusalem." In addition to the AFSI- sponsored program at the Hilton East, Rabbi Kahane has scheduled a morning appearance at the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University Campus. He will speak at 11 a.m. Following a campus press conference, at noon, Rabbi Kahane will teach an OSU sociology class in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 ,-/; |
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