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Jewish Community far Over 60 Years
VOLUME 69
NUMBER SO
DECEMBER 5,1991
28 KISLEV 5752
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PROFILE
Jerome M. Schottenstein —
A commitment to his faith and community
By James Marsico
This Sunday, the Columbus
Torah Academy will honor the
man who 33 years ago helped
to make the dream of creating
a day school for Jewish chil-
den a true reality, Jerome M.
Schottenstein, chairman of the
Board of Schottenstein Stores
Corporation.
While this tribute focuses
specifically on his role as the
driving force behind Torah
Academy and its growing
achievements, it is really
more than that. It is a person^
al tribute to a rare individual
who continues to unselfishly
give of himself to both the
causes of Judaism and to the
community as awhole.
Schottenstein's deep faith
and love of Orthodox Judaism
are deeply rooted in a strong
family tradition, which he respectfully attributes to the
blessed memory of his parents
Ephraim and Anna Schottenstein.
"My parents-were veryreli-
gious and were strong supporters of Jewish education
and Jewish causes of all kinds.
I was very fortunate for the
opportunity my parents gave
me to grow up with a deep and
lasting appreciation of our
heritage and . faith. They
taught me the true meaning of
love and family. It is a legacy
that I am proud to say continues to grow strong as an important part of my family,"
Schottenstein explains.
Schottenstein and his wife,
Geraldine, have four children:
Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein,
Ann and Ari Deshe, Susan and
Jon Diamond and Lori Schottenstein. In addition, they
have nine grandchildren. Like
Ephraim and Anna, Jerome
and Geraldine have nurtured
a family strong in love and
tradition. They regularly attend services as a family at'
Agudas Achim Synagogue,
where Jerome is an Honorary
Life Member of the Board of
Trustees, and rarely is there a
Shabbos where the entire family is not together sharing in
the tradition.
One cannot recognize Schottenstein for his achievements
and contributions without
talking about his family. They
are one and the same. Next to
his faith, nothing means more
to him than his family and the
love and respect that they
have for each other and for
their heritage. They are his inspiration, his guiding light in
everything he does.
At the forefront of Schottenstein's many contributions is
his tremendous commitment
and dedication to Jewish education. Over the years he has
, helped to achieve what few
people even dream about. In
1958, he played a major role in
founding the Columbus Torah
Academy, the only day school
of its kind in central Ohio.
Since then, he has been instru
mental in guiding its growth
from the very first class of 11
students, who met in the education room of Agudas Actum
Synagogue, to its own permanent facility on Noe-Bixby
Road in 1974 ... to its newly
expanded facility in 1991,
which houses among other
things the historic, first full
year of the new high school
program.
He was also the driving
force behind the Torah Academy's Annual Scholarship
Dinner. As a result of his efforts over the years, he was
made honorary life chairman
of CTA and was recognized
nationally for his contributions with the "Amudim
Award" from Torah Umeso-
rah in November of 19*70.
Concerned about the vital
need of preserving Judaic heritage among the country's
Jewish youth,- Schottenstein
was honored earlier this year
at the Annual Dinner of the
Orthodox Union in New York-
for the creation of the "Schottenstein Jewish Youth College," an innovative, national
outreach program for Jewish
teens under the auspices of the
National Conference of Synagogue Youth.
With regard to higher eduction, Schottenstein is an active member of the Board of
New York's Yeshiva University, where the Schottenstein
Student Center and Theatre
stand as a testament to his
commitment, as well as a residence hall facility at
Yeshiva's Stern College for
Women. In 1984, Yeshiva honored him with a "Doctor of
Humane Letters" degree.
(This Sunday, Dr. Norman
Lamm, president of Yeshiva
University and a close friend,
will be the keynote speaker at
the Scholarship Dinner.)
The Ohio State University
(where he is a member of the
"President's Club") has honored him on several occasions
as a major contributor to the
College of Human Ecology
and most recently to the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Laboratories. The creation of the new
Schottenstein Family Cancer
Research Laboratories will
dpuble the existing facilities
and when completed will provide over 100,000 square feet of
additional research and laboratory space.
In addition, this past year
also saw the dedication of the
new "Schottenstein Chabad
House" on the Ohio State campus.
Internationally, Schottenstein has earend much acclaim for his dedication to Judaic outreach programs
through his commitment to
the new Aish HaTorah World
Centre in Jerusalem.
Perhaps the greatest commitment to Judaic education,
and the one closest to Schot-
see SCHOTTENSTEIN pg. 2
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