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Shamir: Israel Can Defend Itself
Foundation Holds Annual Meeting On July 23
Heralding the Columbus Jewish Foundation's most productive year, at the Foundation's July 23 Annual Meeting, are (top row, left photo, left) David Milenthal, event co-
chair and Irving Schottenstein, president (not pictured Karen Moss, event co-chair j.
Schottenstein announced that evening that "currently, our net marketable assets total
more than $53,258,482. This past year we have set Up new funds and received new commitments totalling 60 in number, representing $7,935,525, compared with $3,234,906 last
year." Foundation Board Member Leslie H. Wexner (top row, center) introduced one
of three video presentations produced for the Annual Meeting by Jeff Scheiman and his
company, SOS Productions. Two of the" videos featured the life and contributions to the
Columbus Jewish community of Ben M. Mandelkorn, the evening's honoree. In speaking of Mandelkorn, Wexner said, "Ben, this community is blessed in more ways than
any of,us could even know due to all the things you have touched." Foundation
Treasurer Stanley Schwartz, Jr. (top row, right photo, left) also presented a bound
volume of congratulatory letters from Mandelkorn's local, national and international
professional colleagues. Annual Meeting Honorary Co-Chair Eleanor Resler (bottom
row, 1. tOT.j, Foundation Vice President Ernest Stern, Honorary Co-Chair Samuel M.
Melton and Foundation Vice President Melvin Schottenstein, all long-time associates of
Mandelkorn, played special roles in the evening's festivities. Among the speakers who
paid tribute to the honoree was Columbus Jewish Federation Executive Vice President
Alan H. Gill, who said, "Ben, you have been for us a guiding star. Through your inspiration, we as a community have surely reachec] a more righteous way of life. And through
your inspiration, our community has become a shining and guiding star for others to
follow."
Jackie L Jacobs Is Appointed
Foundation's Executive Director
Irving Schottenstein, president of the Columbus Jewish Foundation, announces
the appointment of Jackie L.
Jacobs as Foundation executive director, effective Aug.
1. Jacobs succeeds Ben M.
Mandelkorn, who has been
appointed executive director
emeritus.
"We are pleased to have a
man of such high caliber join
our Foundation professional
staff. Jackie is an individual
committed to our work, and
who will continue to enhance
the outstanding educational
programs and growth we experienced under the 11 years
of Ben Mandelkorn's leadership," stated Schottenstein.
Since 1986, Jacobs served
as associate director of endowments and bequests for
the UJA-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in New-
York City. His duties included endowment gift cultivation, with emphasis on
planned giving opportunities
including charitable remainder trusts, pooled income
funds, supporting foundations
and charitable common
funds. He managed all special funds, endowments, a
Letter of intent program and
coordinated the annual Tax
and Estate Planning Conferences and High Holiday Memorial services for legators.
From 1985 to 1986, Jacobs
served as campaign director
and director of endowments
and planned giving for the
United Jewish Federation of
Stamford (Connecticut). His
responsibilities there included campaign and endowment planning, marketing
and implementation.
As the executive director
of the Jewish Federation of
Broome County (N.Y.) from
1983 to 1985, Jacobs also
served as the publisher of
that Federation's weekly
paper. From 1979 to 1983, he
Jackie Jacobs
was director of planning and
allocations for the United
Way of Broome County.
Jacobs academic activities include haying served as
a college instructor, guest
lecturer and research associate and he has had several
professional works published. He is a graduate of
the State University of New
York in Binghamton,
Jacobs has maintained active involvement in the communities in which he has
served, with his activities
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By David Landau
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir assured the Israeli people - and warned their enemies - that Israel possesses
"the capacity, the will, the
ability and the readiness" to
defend itself against a threat
from Iraq or any other foe.
He spoke shortly after his
office's director general,
Yossi Ben-Aharon, warned
that Israel must be prepared
for a chemical attack.
Shamir's remarks were Israel's first official reaction
to the allegations last week
by an Iraqi military spokesman that Israel was acting
in collusion with the United
States, which has sent air,
sea and ground forces to defend Saudi Arabia against a
possible attack by Iraq.
.? The Israeli prime minister
voiced warm support for the
American and international
effort to contain Iraq.
"What can stop Saddam
Hussein today is only a large
and strong force that will put
a brake on his wildness and
aggression," Shamir said of
the Iraqi president in an address to graduates of the Na
tional Defense College..
The Israeli premier acknowledged that Iraq's
moves in the Gulf present Israel with "an aggressive
threat to its security and
well-being," but that the Israel Defense Force "is ready
to face any threat or development."
Earlier, at a meeting with
the heads of local authorities
in his office here, Shamir
said that while "Israelis not
ignoring these threats, it is
not deterred and is certainly
not cowed."
He observed that "The
concentration of international forces around Iraq, and
the boycott measures by the
international community,
can achieve the goal.,.
' 'This force, coupled with
determination on the part of
all those who oppose totalitarian dictatorship, can become a ring of steel around
Suddam Hussein that will
get i even tighter, until it
breaks his aggressiveness
once and for all," Shamir
said.
An Iraqi spokesman last
week again claimed that Israeli warplanes disguised
with U.S. markings were arrayed against Iraq.
Bernard R. Ruben To Receive
'Flowers For The Living' Award
Bernard R. Ruben will receive the Agudas Achim
Brotherhood 1990 "Flowers
for the Living" award in recognition of his leadership
and service on behalf of the
synagogue, Judaism and the
community on Sunday,
Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the
sanctuary of the Agudas
Achim Synagogue.
"Deep concern for traditional Judaism led Bernard
R. Ruben to serve his congregation with dedication
and devotion," according to
Garry Beim, chairman of
"Flowers for the Living"
Committee. In recognition of
his service, Ruben was elected president of the Agudas
Achim Synagogue. Following his terms of office, he
was honored with election as
a life member of the Board
of Trustees.
Ruben was president of the
Columbus Torah Academy
and currently serves as life
member of the Board of
Trustees. He has chaired the
Israel Bonds Campaign for
Columbus.
Ruben is ;a- life member of
the President's Club of The
Ohio State University, a
benefactor of the new Arthur
G. James Cancer and Research Hospital, a member
of the Board of Trustees of
the Ohio Cancer Foundation
and of the Heritage House.
Ruben. Chairman Of Plaza
Properties, was born in Columbus, the son of Max and
Goldie Ruben. He is married
Bernard Ruben
to Florine and they have
three children, Marcy Margolis, Harlan and Laurence
Ruben and eight grandchildren.
U.S. May Accept More
Soviet Jewish Emigres
JERUSALEM (JTA) --
Jewish Agency Chairman
Simcha Dinitz raised the
possibility last week that the
United States might ease its
immigration policies to admit more Soviet Jews if Israel fails to provide adequate
housing and employment for
emigres from the Soviet
Union.
Deputy Foreign Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu said
Israel was acting through
diplomatic channels to assure the world community
that the Iraqi charges were a
baseless attempt "to shift
the focus of attention."
He said he i was sure the
other Middle East states
understood that.
Israel has deliberately
kept a low profile in the latest Middle East crisis,
stressing that it would act
only if it perceived a direct
threat, for example the entry
of Iraqi forces into neighboring Jordan. ,,
But there is mounting concern among strategic planners and the public that Hussein, confronted by multinational sanctions and military
opposition to his invasion of
Kuwait, might act out of desperation.
The fear is that he would
seek to embroil Israel as a
means of rallying Arab support.
Although Israel possesses
a powerful deterrent force,
strategists know that deterrence presupposes a modicum of rationality on both
sides.; ■'
Hussein threatened Israel
with chemical weapons long
before the current crisis and
has the missiles to deliver
them.
He may well feel his days
are numbered in face of an
American military challenge, and with nothing to
lose, he could act irrationally.
Israel Radio reported last
week that Israel has taken
"certain steps to ensure that
it is hot surprised," but there
was no elaboration.
Experts concede that Israel has no fully effective defense at this time against a
large-scale missile attack.
Some missiles would get
through.
Hithertq, successive defense ministers have sought
to head off any such scenario
by asserting Israel's determination to launch massive
retaliation against any missile strike.
Their statements have
been interpreted in some
quarters to hint "non-conventional" - meaning nuclear - retaliation against a
chemical attack on civilian
centers.
Shamir's remarks, meanwhile, seemed intended both
to alert and to reassure the
populace.
"All the citizens of Israel
know that their state has its
full strength and does not
stand empty-handed in this
region of the world, full of
dangers and tensions," he
said.
"Anyone plotting to attack
Israel must know that Israel
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