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The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
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Jewish Community for Over 60 Years ' •
VOLUME 69
NUMBER 38
SEPTEMBER 12,1991
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SPECIAL REPORT
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COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER
CJF Campaign helps 'build our home9
By Ina Horwitz   -
The 1992 Columbus Jewish
Federation's CommUNITY
Campaign theme of "One People: Building Our Home" includes many visions: a young
boy traveling an hour and 45
minutes to Kol-Ami; a special
needs child learning to swim
at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center; a New American family receiving help in resettlement.
Those visions and many
more have come true because
of the Columbus Jewish Federation's ongoing efforts to
provide agencies and services
for every age Jewish resident
and, in particular, to create a
quality of life that is good, caring and reflects our Jewish
heritage.
Whether "home" is in Co^
lumbus, in Israel or elsewhere
in the world, it encompasses
all Jewish people, old and
young, black and white. For
centuries, Jews have viewed
themselves as "One People,"
responsible for the well-being
of one another.
It is this communal responsibility that is the basis for annual giving through the Jewish CommUNITY Campaign.
General Co-Chairman Herbert Glimcher encourages all
community members to call
the Federation office to volunteer their time assisting in this
vitaleffort.
Direct local beneficiaries of
fund raising are B'nai B!rith
Hillel Foundations at Ohio
State and Ohio University, the
Columbus Jewish Historical
Society, Columbus Torah
Academy, Jewish Family Services, Kol-Ami Community
Hebrew School, Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Community Center
and Wexner Heritage House.
Also included are a variety
of other local, national and
overseas programs and activities. Approximately one-half
of funds raised goes to the
United Jewish Appeal for; humanitarian purposes in Israel.
"There is a real opportunity
for the influx of over two million Russian and Ethiopian
Jews into Israel to create a
more vibrant community,"
said Campaign Leadership
Team member, Jody Scheiman. "Now they have a place
where they are free not only to
practice Judaism but to continue to build the state of Israel."
Added co-Campaign Leadership Team member, Neil
Moss, "Israeli emigres can
contribute to positive changes
in their society. With their
population increasing by at
least 25 percent, the magnitude is mind-boggling. We're
living in historic times — an
era we can talk about to
grandchildren and great-
grandchildrea And through
the Federation campaign, the
Jewish community has the
obligation to help."   -
Here, at "home" in Columbus, there continues to be a
large resettlement of Soviet
Jews. Since December, 1988,
Jewish Family Services has
resettled 400 people, said Sara
Chay, director of the Resettlement Program. In August
alone, close to 50 people were
resettled — the largest number since resettlement started
here, Chay added.
One multi-generational
family benefiting from resettlement is the Kbodorkovskys,
who came from Ukrainia over
one and one-half years ago.
Family members include Edward and Svetlana; then-
daughter Galena, 3; Edward's
parents, Felix and Vohina,
and Edward's sister, Elena,
her husband Michael and their
daughter.
Svetlana, formerly a professional ice skater in Russia,
was helped through Jewish
Family Services to get employment. She works as a secretary at the Jewish Center
and also has a second job as a
coach 5mth the. Columbus
Figure Skating Club.
Besides providing vocational and social orientation for
newly arrived emigrants,
Jewish Family Services also
helps them with securing and
furnishing an apartment, prepares checks for support and
rent, as well as scheduling appointments for social security
benefits and medical screening.
Vohina, who was recently in
the hospital, was assisted by
the agency to receive disability benefits. Svetlana particularly was impressed with the
Family Ties program, which
pairs New Americans with a
local volunteer family.
"Our adopted family, Mark
and Cindy Levy, have helped
us in so many ways," said
Svetlana; "They have provided us with many answers
about life here and have become just like relatives."  .
Chay added the goal of the
program is to prepare New
American families to be self-
sufficient in four months.
"However, funding has been
extended up to a year or more,
because of the realization that
the resettlement process is
very complex. That's why
Federation funds are so fundamental to the program's
success," she said.
Another organization very
grateful for the Federation's
help is the Kol-Ami Community Hebrew School. Administrator Marti Kincheloe said
the Federation subsidizes half
the cost of a child's tuition. "If
not for that funding, it could be
prohibitive for some families
who have more than one child
attending at the same time,"
she added.
Gerald and Rhonda Spero of
Galena, Ohio, find Kol-Ami's
staff so supportive that Gerald
has been driving his son, Zero,
11; twice a week to Hebrew
School for the last three years.
The trip takes almost two
hours.
Rhonda Spero said they
make this continuing effort
because the school exhibits "a
great love for Jewishness and
a love of people that goes far
beyond teaching Hebrew."
A special activity benefiting
from the Federation's help is
the Jewish Center's Special
program. It encompasses
many activities for ages 5-22,
including cooking, arts, crafts,
sports, swimming and bowling.
Director of Special Needs,
Hallie Friedman, said, "It's a
wonderful servive to the community that the Center can
house this very special program."
■For participant Joey Waters, 8, it has meant learning
to swim and increasing his socialization, Friedman said.
It has given twins, Zach and
K.C. Coppel, age 13, who attend the afterschool program,
the opportunity to enjoy a variety of activities, as well as
giving them a feeling of independence through interaction
with their peers.
The Coppels, who live in
Dublin, don't mind the half-
hour drive to the Center. In
addition to the benefits for her
children, Micki Coppel feels
it's a great way to meet other
Jewish families as she has
lived in Columbus for only a
short time.
"Home" has a special
meaning for Ted Babich of
Marion, Ohio, whose mother,
see CAMPAIGN pg. 5
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