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VOL.68 NO. 19
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JFS Annual Meeting
To Feature Family
From Soviet Union
A year after their arrival
in Columbus, the Winer
Family will share their story
with members of Jewish
Family Services at the annual
meeting to be held May 17, at
?:30 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Center. Born in Leningrad, Asya Winer, Boris
Winer and their son, Alex,
will represent the scores of
new Americans in Columbus
who have immigrated in the
last two years.
Howard Burnett, incoming,
president for Jewish Family
Services, said, "Resettlement of new Americans was
a top priority for JFS this
year. We're' proud to have
the Winer Family tell their
story."
Burnett, the new officers
and new board members will
all be installed at this annual
meeting.
. ."' Four awards will also be
distributed. These include:
The Volunteer of the Year,
The,Board Member of the
Year, The Janice Balias
Award and The Sally Wasserstrom Community Service Awardi      '.,,   .
There will be a special
themed art presentation
from another new American,
JoAnn Pesis. Her paintings
will depict the many ser-'
vices of Jewish Family Services.
Fran Wasserstrom and
Rick Milenthal are co-chairpersons of the annual meeting. A dairy dessert will be
served. Five dollars per person will be needed to cover
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People wanting to come to
the annual meeting should
RSVP directly to Jewish
Family Service at 231-1890:
Czech Jews Found Culture Society
PRAGUE (JTA) - The Society of Jewish Culture, founded
here last week will serve the needs of non-observant Jews but
may also help revive Jewish religious communities in
Czechoslovakia, says its newly elected president, Bedrich
Nosek. The society was officially inaugurated at ceremonies
in the ancient Jewish Town Hall. The packed hall was addressed by Zevulun Hammer, Israel's minister for religious
affairs, who is on an of ficial visit to Czechoslovakia.
Dutch Leader Receives PLO Delegation
AMSTERDAM (JTA) - A delegation of the Palestine
Liberation Organization was received for the first time by
Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek last week and apparently received a firm lecture. Van Den Broek reportedly
urged'the PLO to speak with one voice, instead of allowing
various representatives to make conflicting statements in
different places. He also cautioned it to adhere to PLO chief
Yasir Arafat's November 1988 Algiers declaration, in which
he recognized Israel's right to exist and renounced terrorism. The meeting, held at the request of the PLO, took:
place at the Foreign Ministry in The Hague. Described as
"very candid," the meeting lasted about an hour.
Nicaragua To Restore Ties With Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Nicaragua will restore diplomatic
ties with Israel, broken by the former Sandinista government
in protest against Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the
Foreign Ministry reported last week. It said an understanding to that effect was given by Nicaragua's newly elected
president, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, in a conversation
with a senior Israeli diplomat, David Turgeman, who
represented Israel at her recent inauguration in Managua.
Yasir Arafat Calls For Attacks
On Jewish Immigrants To Israel
Yasir Arafat has ordered
his followers to "open fire on
the new Jewish immigrants -
be they Soviet, Falashas or
anything else." Arafat delivered these instructions at
a meeting in Baghdad with
senior officers of Al Fatah,.
the largest of the PLO's military factions. "I want you to
shoot, on the ground or in the
air, at every immigrant who
thinks our land is a playground and that immigration to it is a vacation or pic- ,
nic," the PLO leader was reported to have said. He added, ''From today on, the ball
is in your court. I don't want '
to hear anyone say that political decision-makers prevent us from taking military
action against the immigrants. It makes no difference if they live in Jaffa or in
Jericho. I give you explicit
instructions to open fire. .."
Arafat's speech was reported in the Lebanese weekly "Al-Muharar" published
in Paris on April 10.
In responding to this statement, Benjamin L. Zox,
president of the Columbus
Professor Shalom Paul To Deliver
1990 Rabbi Harry Kaplan Lecture
The B'nai B'rith HilleL
Foundation at The Ohio
State University announces
that Professor Shalom Paul
will deliver the annual Rabbi
Harry Kaplan Memorial
Lecture on Yom Yerusha-
Iayim, Wednesday, May 23,8
p.m. at the Hillel Founda-
Community Rally To Be Held
On Behalf Of Yom Yenishalayim
A communitywide rally on
behalf of Yom Yerushalayim
(Jerusalem Day) will take
place on Sunday* May 20, at 1
p.m. on the steps of the State
Capitol. The rally is being
sponsored under the auspices of the Columbus Board
of Rabbis in conjunction with
other major Jewish organizations includingThe Jewish
War Veterans Capital Post
121, B'nai B'rith Maccabee
Lodge, B'nai B'rith Zion
Lodge, Hadassah Chapter of
Columbus, Children of Holocaust Survivors, Religious
Zionists of America, Americans for a Safe Israel, Columbus Torah Academy and
the Community Relations
Council of the Columbus
Jewish Federation. Cantor
Vicki L. Axe of Temple Israel, Cantor Moishe Herszage
of Beth Jacob and The Columbus  Torah  Academy
Choir under the direction of
Susan Avitan Will render a
number of Israeli songs and
melodies.
Political figures representing the State of Ohio and the
City of Columbus will participate in the.program.
Rabbi David Stavsky said,
"This is a family rally to
strengthen our commitment
to Jerusalem remaining the
united eternal capital of the
Jewish State."
Larry Pollak, who is coordinating the rally, said, "The
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'OPERATION EXODUS*
SOVIET RESETTLEMENT
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tion. The lecture is titled,
"Jerusalem: Eternity in
Space" and will offer a panoramic view of Jerusalem in
Biblical and Talmudic
times. A reception will follow the lecture.
Paul, professor of Biblical
Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is one
of the foremost Jewish scholars of the Bible. After receiving rabbinical ordination
from the Jewish Theological
Seminary, he earned a PhD.
in Oriental Studies from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to joining the faculty of
the Hebrew University, he
taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Tel
Aviv University. He has
been a guest professor at the
Spertus College of Judaica in
Chicago and the University
of California, San Diego, and
currently serves as the 1990
Distinguished Visiting Professor at The Ohio State University. Professor Paul has
authored numerous books
and articleson the Bible, the
ancient Near East and archaeology, most recently
publishing "The Illustrated
Dictionary and Concordance
of the Bible." Y
The Rabbi Harry Kaplan
Scholar-in-Residence program was initiated by
friends and colleagues of the
late rabbi, who served as director of the B'nai B'rith Hil-
Jewish Federation, observed, "We are shocked but
at the same time should not
be surprised by this threat
by Yasir Arafat. Where is
the supposed moderation of
the PLO? This threat only
serves to remind us regard-.
ing the importance of our
commitment to Operation
Exodus and- bringing bur
people from the Soviet Union
home safely."
Alan H. Gill, executive
vice-president of the Federation addeii, "We must press
now for direct flights between the Soviet Union and
Israel. This would represent
the most effective way to
deal with Arafat's latest
threats to resume terrorist
activity."
Operation Exodus is a special national campaign
whose goal is to raise-in one
year and collect over three
years over $420 million, to
help Soviet Jews resettle in
Israel. Israel government
sources anticipate that as
many as 500,000-1,000,000 of
the U.S.S.R.'s estimated
2.5-3 million Jews will seek
to emigrate during the next
five years.
Professor Shalom Paul
lei Foundation at OSU from
1935 to 1$6?,;, Each year a
Jewish scholar "is invited to
the campus for lectures,
seminars and discussions.
The public lecture is open to
the entire community. For
further information contact
the Hillel Foundation, 46 E.
16th Ave., 294-4797.       Y
Jewish Scout Retreat
Set For May 18-20
The Central Ohio Jewish
Committee on Scouting is
holding its ninth annual Jew-
i$h Scout Retreat, May 18-20,
at Camp Lazarus. The camp-
out is open to all Jewish Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts and their
parents.
Fred Winer, chairman of
the Jewish Committee on
Scouting, said the plans for
the weekend are finalized
and will include scouting activities such as hiking and
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Temple Israel Sisterhood
Receives Two Regional Awards
Temple Israel Sisterhood received two major
awards at the recent Ohio. Valley Federation of Temple
Sisterhoods' Biennial Convention in Cleveland. One
was for Uniongram and Youth, Education and
Sisterhood Fund (YES). The other recognized Temple
Israel's Sisterhood as the best among 41 others in its
outreach efforts. During the past year these included, a
break-the-fast for Yom Kippur; a workshop in the "Introduction of Judaism Class" on special foods for each
Jewish holiday; a Shabbat dinner at the conclusion of
the ten-week Basic Judaism Course taught by Rabbi
Steven Engel. Pictured with the award are convention
attendees: (1. to r.) Shelly Corn, Jean Stone, Tussy
Shnider, Barbara Seeder, Beverly Shafran, Jeannie
Moser, Judy Herman, Bunny Cowall, Dorothy Fen-
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Rabbi Abraham Twerski Exposes
The Myth That'Jews Don't Use'
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D., a nationally recognized expert in the field of alcoholism and chemical dependency will speak tonight,
May 10, at 8 p.m. at Congregation Ahavas Sholom on
"The Myth 'Jews Don't
Use': Substance Abuse in the
Jewish Community."
The lecture addresses the
hidden problem'of chemical
dependency in the Jewish
community. The high incidence of denial among chemically dependent Jews and
the Jewish community at
large makes it difficult to admit to the problem and find
treatment. Jewish substance
abusers report that when
they take the difficult step of
asking for help, rabbis,
friends and mental health
professionals often respond,
"You couldn't be an alcoholic/drug abuser; Jews
don't do that!"
"This is a dangerous response based purely on
myth," states Rabbi Hirsh
Michel Chinn of Congregation Ahavas Sholom. "It prevents people from seeking
and getting help for a problem that won't "go away"
without intervention and
treatment."
A graduate of Marquette
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