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^[\\yy-Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish ComnVunity for Over id Years l\//\\\ Oh i o H i st;. Boci et y L i br. 198S Velma five. Columbus, Ohio 43£11 COMP VOL.68 NO. 34 AUGUST 23, 1990-ELUL 2, 5750 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. OPERATION' Soviet Re;: —AND— Resettlement. In This Issue: JNF Mobilizing To Tackle Israel's Housing Crisis .. 3 ESL Tutors Needed ........... 4 JNF Preparing Land For Arriving Soviet Immigrants ...... 5 Russian Library Open ........ 7 Support Sought For Rally ................10 SA'z a, -COMMUNITY RALLY - 'STAND UP FOR FREEDOM-SEPT; 30 Jews Among U.S. Forces In Saudi Arabia Despite The Kingdom's Exclusion Policy SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) - Despite Saudi Arabia's official policy of refusing entry to Jews, the Pentagon says Jewish soldiers and chaplains are being sent there with U.S. forces to repel any New Executive Director On Board At JFS With extensive experience in clinical counseling, program development, executive leadership and staff training, Marvin Kuperstein Iraqi Troops Thought They Were Training "To Conquer Israel" JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Iraqi troops who invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2 thought they were on a training exercise preparing "to conquer Israel," according to a man who identified himself as a member of the Kuwaiti royal family in an,unusual telephone interview last week with Israel Radio. The troops were surprised to find themselves occupying a neighboring Arab country, according to the informant, who identified himself as Prince Ahmed Yusuf a-Sabah, a cousin of the deposed Emir Jaber al-Ahmed a-Sabah of Kuwait, presently reported to be in Saudi Arabia. He spoke from a hotel room in Bahrain, another oil- producing emirate in the Persian Gulf, where he said he escaped from Kuwait by using desert back roads. He was fully aware he was talking to the Israeli media, the radio reported. If indeed a Kuwaiti prince, he would be the first member of that country's extensive royal family interviewed by Israeli journalists. The telephone connection was made by a Tel Aviv- based private company relayed through London. There are no direct telephone communications between Israel and the Persian Gulf states. "We saw a lot of aircraft and a lot of troops in all the streets of Kuwait," Sabah said. He spoke pf widespread looting and rape by the Iraqi soldiers. "The Iraqis came to the houses, they took everything from the houses, money if they had some, gold, TV, radio, everything. And in every empty house, they came and they put in an Iraqi family," he charged. "The Iraqis are everywhere in Kuwait. There is nothing now in Kuwait. They took everything," he said. has been appointed executive director of Jewish Family Services. Kuperstein previously served as executive director for the Wisconsin chapter of the American Diabetes Association. A clinician by education, he earned a master of social work from Yeshiva University in New York City. Kuperstein's professional background has been a blend of clinical and administrative experience, working primarily in Jewish communal agencies with two stints at general community nonprofit agencies. vices. Although officially a non-sectarian agency, JFS' principle goal, under Kuperstein's leadership, is to be the leading clinical agency for the Jewish community. Clinical, therapeutic and counseling expertise need to be dispensed with sensitivity to the Jewish heritage and perspective, Kuperstein feels. As the central resettlement agency for Columbus- bound Soviet Jews, JFS provides housing set-up and acquisition, clinical and vocational services, medical and Jewish referrals and a gamut of volunteer activities . feared toti,?ieIJS $™ - UnitedState^.besaid Americans through the tran- • - -*■ --'---■ Iraqi invasion. "No one is taken out of a unit. because of religion. Units go as units," Pentagon public affairs spokesman Tom Green said in Washington. Another Pentagon official, who requested anonymity, said there are "no restrictions on religious services" for U.S. troops inside Saudi Arabia. The official, however, said he had no information on the number of Jewish chaplains being sent to the vicinity of the kingdom. Rabbi David Lapp, director of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, said last week that no U.S. Jewish military chaplains are currently in Saudi Arabia, but that the nearby U.S. Sixth Fleet and the USS Saratoga, a battleship, have Jewish chaplains. Jewish chaplains in the Marines and infantry units have been placed , on alert but have yet to leave the Marvin Kuperstein' As a non-profit agency head, Kuperstein feels a commitment to both his agency and the community at large, taking an active role in bipartisan concerns. "If an issue arises that has meaning and importance to the general community, I feel it's important to keep up on these matters, regardless of my agency's involvement. This translates into JFS being involved in areas that don't directly affect the Jewish community, but impact the general community. We want to be part of this solution," Kuperstein explains. JFS serves the Jewish and general community through a range of clinical and vocational programs and ser- sition trauma. Kuperstein believes JFS' most important mission is the resettlement of New Americans. "We currently provide the basic support, retraining and guidance that deals with the emotional upheaval New Americans are living through," he says. Giving up homes and starting a new life can tear up people and families. "The community lias done a wonderful job and must continue the good work for New Americans yet to come.. The long range challenge for JFS and the Jewish community is to still be there once New Americans outgrow the "New. American" designation, after four to eight months. There will be times when they need help beyond that critical period. "We can't turn our back to their needs and say we can't help since they are no longer New Americans. Collectively, we must gear up and continue to provide services. We cannot dismantle what we have. These anticipated needs must be incorporated into future planning for the agency. I don't want them to fall between the cracks." CONTINUED ON PAGE K Lapp said that if Jewish chaplains did land in the Saudi kingdom, "that would be history," marking the first such deployment in an Arab country. Lapp stressed that the Chaplain Council wants to be careful of Saudi sensitivities. "We don't want to embarrass them, nor do we want to put ammunition in the hands of Iraq," he said, "The host country has always called the shots." According to Lapp, rough ly 1 percent of U.S. armed forces personnel are Jewish. If that same ratio applied to the contingent of U.S. troops dispatched to the Persian Gulf, that would mean approximately 200 Jewish soldiers are how stationed in or near Saudi Arabia. Until the late 1970s, the American military screened out Jews from participation in military contacts with the Saudis, according to Steven Emerson, author of the "American House of Saud." Congressional hearings in 1975 revealed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had agreed to Saudi demands that all American military personnel serving in Saudi Arabia submit certificates of religious affiliation and other background materials, said Emerson. "These actionfe effectively barred Jews from participation in Saudi projects." At Saudi Arabia's insistence, American blacks also wergnnpt. given military, as-, signments. The Saudis relaxed their policy of excluding Jews, however, in November 1973, when American journalists accompanying Henry Kissinger, a Jew who was then secretary of state, made his first trip to the Arab country after the oil embargo. Offended by the Saudi visa application, most of the journalists refused to indicate their religion. The Saudis, says Emerson, "were forced to look the other way." Despite that incident, though, scores of American companies - and a few universities - have been weeding out Jews from their projects in Saudi Arabia for years. In the late 1970s, for example, the VinnelGorp. in California insisted that no personnel with "contacts or interests in any country not recognized by Saudi Arabia" be assigned to the kingdom. Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel. In addition, Baylor College of Medicine in Texas refused to send Jews to Saudi Arabia for its lucrative cardiovascular surgical contract with King Faisal Hospital. About the same time, however, the Saudis quietly started ignoring the fact that Americans with Jewish surnames were working on military or industrial contracts in the kingdom. And starting in the mid-1980s, Jewish members of congressional delegations were allowed into the kingdom. Nonetheless, the Saudis still maintain they will not allow "Zionists" into the country, and many American companies still comply with the anti-Jewish restrictions. Things have changed since the early '80s "but not that much," says Emerson. "The Saudis still don't have an open visa policy. If you write 'Jewish' on the visa application you're asking to be rejected." EARLY DEADLINE Deadline For The Thursday, Sept. 6, Issue • Is NOON, THURSDAY, AUG. 30 The OJC Office Will Be Closed On LABOR DAY, MONDAY, Sept. 3 Governor Celeste Visits Wexner Heritage House Governor and Mrs. Richard Celeste visited Heritage House recently at the invitation of Bella Wexner, honorary chairwoman of the board, to view the rapid progress of construction for the Wexner Heritage House and to greet residents. "Heritage House-is really a model geriatric health care center," Gov. Celeste noted in addressing residents during their luncheon in the new residents' dining rooms. "Residents and all of Columbus really have a great deal to be proud of." Pictured during the tour of the Wexner Heritage House are (1. to r.) Louis Robins, Endowment Fund chairman-, Robert A. Glick, president; Irving Barkan, past president; Wexner; Gov. Celeste; Gerald N. Cohn, executive vice president; Dagmar Celeste, and two construction employees from Setterlin Construction Company. 1" V«'<'S! •/Vr'',
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Full Text | ^[\\yy-Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish ComnVunity for Over id Years l\//\\\ Oh i o H i st;. Boci et y L i br. 198S Velma five. Columbus, Ohio 43£11 COMP VOL.68 NO. 34 AUGUST 23, 1990-ELUL 2, 5750 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. OPERATION' Soviet Re;: —AND— Resettlement. In This Issue: JNF Mobilizing To Tackle Israel's Housing Crisis .. 3 ESL Tutors Needed ........... 4 JNF Preparing Land For Arriving Soviet Immigrants ...... 5 Russian Library Open ........ 7 Support Sought For Rally ................10 SA'z a, -COMMUNITY RALLY - 'STAND UP FOR FREEDOM-SEPT; 30 Jews Among U.S. Forces In Saudi Arabia Despite The Kingdom's Exclusion Policy SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) - Despite Saudi Arabia's official policy of refusing entry to Jews, the Pentagon says Jewish soldiers and chaplains are being sent there with U.S. forces to repel any New Executive Director On Board At JFS With extensive experience in clinical counseling, program development, executive leadership and staff training, Marvin Kuperstein Iraqi Troops Thought They Were Training "To Conquer Israel" JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Iraqi troops who invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2 thought they were on a training exercise preparing "to conquer Israel," according to a man who identified himself as a member of the Kuwaiti royal family in an,unusual telephone interview last week with Israel Radio. The troops were surprised to find themselves occupying a neighboring Arab country, according to the informant, who identified himself as Prince Ahmed Yusuf a-Sabah, a cousin of the deposed Emir Jaber al-Ahmed a-Sabah of Kuwait, presently reported to be in Saudi Arabia. He spoke from a hotel room in Bahrain, another oil- producing emirate in the Persian Gulf, where he said he escaped from Kuwait by using desert back roads. He was fully aware he was talking to the Israeli media, the radio reported. If indeed a Kuwaiti prince, he would be the first member of that country's extensive royal family interviewed by Israeli journalists. The telephone connection was made by a Tel Aviv- based private company relayed through London. There are no direct telephone communications between Israel and the Persian Gulf states. "We saw a lot of aircraft and a lot of troops in all the streets of Kuwait," Sabah said. He spoke pf widespread looting and rape by the Iraqi soldiers. "The Iraqis came to the houses, they took everything from the houses, money if they had some, gold, TV, radio, everything. And in every empty house, they came and they put in an Iraqi family," he charged. "The Iraqis are everywhere in Kuwait. There is nothing now in Kuwait. They took everything," he said. has been appointed executive director of Jewish Family Services. Kuperstein previously served as executive director for the Wisconsin chapter of the American Diabetes Association. A clinician by education, he earned a master of social work from Yeshiva University in New York City. Kuperstein's professional background has been a blend of clinical and administrative experience, working primarily in Jewish communal agencies with two stints at general community nonprofit agencies. vices. Although officially a non-sectarian agency, JFS' principle goal, under Kuperstein's leadership, is to be the leading clinical agency for the Jewish community. Clinical, therapeutic and counseling expertise need to be dispensed with sensitivity to the Jewish heritage and perspective, Kuperstein feels. As the central resettlement agency for Columbus- bound Soviet Jews, JFS provides housing set-up and acquisition, clinical and vocational services, medical and Jewish referrals and a gamut of volunteer activities . feared toti,?ieIJS $™ - UnitedState^.besaid Americans through the tran- • - -*■ --'---■ Iraqi invasion. "No one is taken out of a unit. because of religion. Units go as units," Pentagon public affairs spokesman Tom Green said in Washington. Another Pentagon official, who requested anonymity, said there are "no restrictions on religious services" for U.S. troops inside Saudi Arabia. The official, however, said he had no information on the number of Jewish chaplains being sent to the vicinity of the kingdom. Rabbi David Lapp, director of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, said last week that no U.S. Jewish military chaplains are currently in Saudi Arabia, but that the nearby U.S. Sixth Fleet and the USS Saratoga, a battleship, have Jewish chaplains. Jewish chaplains in the Marines and infantry units have been placed , on alert but have yet to leave the Marvin Kuperstein' As a non-profit agency head, Kuperstein feels a commitment to both his agency and the community at large, taking an active role in bipartisan concerns. "If an issue arises that has meaning and importance to the general community, I feel it's important to keep up on these matters, regardless of my agency's involvement. This translates into JFS being involved in areas that don't directly affect the Jewish community, but impact the general community. We want to be part of this solution," Kuperstein explains. JFS serves the Jewish and general community through a range of clinical and vocational programs and ser- sition trauma. Kuperstein believes JFS' most important mission is the resettlement of New Americans. "We currently provide the basic support, retraining and guidance that deals with the emotional upheaval New Americans are living through," he says. Giving up homes and starting a new life can tear up people and families. "The community lias done a wonderful job and must continue the good work for New Americans yet to come.. The long range challenge for JFS and the Jewish community is to still be there once New Americans outgrow the "New. American" designation, after four to eight months. There will be times when they need help beyond that critical period. "We can't turn our back to their needs and say we can't help since they are no longer New Americans. Collectively, we must gear up and continue to provide services. We cannot dismantle what we have. These anticipated needs must be incorporated into future planning for the agency. I don't want them to fall between the cracks." CONTINUED ON PAGE K Lapp said that if Jewish chaplains did land in the Saudi kingdom, "that would be history," marking the first such deployment in an Arab country. Lapp stressed that the Chaplain Council wants to be careful of Saudi sensitivities. "We don't want to embarrass them, nor do we want to put ammunition in the hands of Iraq," he said, "The host country has always called the shots." According to Lapp, rough ly 1 percent of U.S. armed forces personnel are Jewish. If that same ratio applied to the contingent of U.S. troops dispatched to the Persian Gulf, that would mean approximately 200 Jewish soldiers are how stationed in or near Saudi Arabia. Until the late 1970s, the American military screened out Jews from participation in military contacts with the Saudis, according to Steven Emerson, author of the "American House of Saud." Congressional hearings in 1975 revealed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had agreed to Saudi demands that all American military personnel serving in Saudi Arabia submit certificates of religious affiliation and other background materials, said Emerson. "These actionfe effectively barred Jews from participation in Saudi projects." At Saudi Arabia's insistence, American blacks also wergnnpt. given military, as-, signments. The Saudis relaxed their policy of excluding Jews, however, in November 1973, when American journalists accompanying Henry Kissinger, a Jew who was then secretary of state, made his first trip to the Arab country after the oil embargo. Offended by the Saudi visa application, most of the journalists refused to indicate their religion. The Saudis, says Emerson, "were forced to look the other way." Despite that incident, though, scores of American companies - and a few universities - have been weeding out Jews from their projects in Saudi Arabia for years. In the late 1970s, for example, the VinnelGorp. in California insisted that no personnel with "contacts or interests in any country not recognized by Saudi Arabia" be assigned to the kingdom. Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel. In addition, Baylor College of Medicine in Texas refused to send Jews to Saudi Arabia for its lucrative cardiovascular surgical contract with King Faisal Hospital. About the same time, however, the Saudis quietly started ignoring the fact that Americans with Jewish surnames were working on military or industrial contracts in the kingdom. And starting in the mid-1980s, Jewish members of congressional delegations were allowed into the kingdom. Nonetheless, the Saudis still maintain they will not allow "Zionists" into the country, and many American companies still comply with the anti-Jewish restrictions. Things have changed since the early '80s "but not that much," says Emerson. "The Saudis still don't have an open visa policy. If you write 'Jewish' on the visa application you're asking to be rejected." EARLY DEADLINE Deadline For The Thursday, Sept. 6, Issue • Is NOON, THURSDAY, AUG. 30 The OJC Office Will Be Closed On LABOR DAY, MONDAY, Sept. 3 Governor Celeste Visits Wexner Heritage House Governor and Mrs. Richard Celeste visited Heritage House recently at the invitation of Bella Wexner, honorary chairwoman of the board, to view the rapid progress of construction for the Wexner Heritage House and to greet residents. "Heritage House-is really a model geriatric health care center," Gov. Celeste noted in addressing residents during their luncheon in the new residents' dining rooms. "Residents and all of Columbus really have a great deal to be proud of." Pictured during the tour of the Wexner Heritage House are (1. to r.) Louis Robins, Endowment Fund chairman-, Robert A. Glick, president; Irving Barkan, past president; Wexner; Gov. Celeste; Gerald N. Cohn, executive vice president; Dagmar Celeste, and two construction employees from Setterlin Construction Company. 1" V«'<'S! •/Vr'', |
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