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The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Serving Columbus and Central Ohio
Jewish Community forOver60 Years
VOLUME 70
NUMBER 5
JANUARY 30,1992
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DEVOTED   TO   AMERICAN   AND   JEWISH   IDEALS
'Lantern' prints
revisionist article;
Jewish OSU students
stage protest
 page 3
Unintentional message
of Bradley Smith
page 4
A reawakening
of Fascism
:,   page 4
Summer in Israel
reinforces sense of self
page 5
Foundation announces
'banner' six months
 page 8
OSU Feibel Lecture to
be given on March 1
page 11
Israel Resource Center
dedicated on Jan. 5
page 16
_■■■■ In The Chronicle mmmm
At The JCC    .', 24,25
Community 6-13
Federation 16,17
FrontPage    2,3
Lifecycle 18,19
Marketplace : 27
New Generation  22,23
Scoreboard 21
Synagogues 20
Viewpoint   v  4,5
Ohio   Hist.Society
1_B_   Voima   Ave.
Columbus,    Ohio
4 3 _ 11
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THE JEWISH TRAVELER
Perform a 'mitzvah* — visit Israel
By Judith Franklin
Let's see a show of hands.
How many of you out there
would like to do a good deed, a
mitzvah, and have a great
time, too? Ah ha, I see I've
aroused your interest.
Well, according to Amnon
Linn-Lipzin, director of the
Midwest Region, Israel Government Tourist Office, the
answer is simple. Visit Israel.
During a recent trip to Columbus to promote travel to
Israel to central Ohio travel
agents, Linn-Lipzin explained
that tourists are what fuel the
travel industry, an active
travel industry being the key
to thousands of jobs. And right
now, Israel has no dearth of
people, mostly Russian and
Ethiopian immigrants, who
desperately need those jobs.
In industry, a $100,000 investment is necessary to create one job, Linn-Lipzin noted,
but in tourism, since the infrastructure is already in place,
no additional money needs to
be spent. In fact, he said, Israel's tourist industry can easily
absorb another million workers. It could, that is, if there
were more tourists.
And mat's where you come
m.
"Three hundred overnights
in a. hotel create one job,"
Iinn-Iipan said. "Thirty people staying in Israel for ten
days create one job." The
problem is Israel's tourist industry is still trying to recover
from the effects of the Persian
Gulf War, which saw tourism
drop to an all time low.
"I would like to appeal to
the conscience of the Jewish
people here to make a visit to
Israel to help ease the situa
tion. Every Jewish person
should make a visit, and it is
up to the Jewish leaders to set
the tone." •..,,.'„••'■-,
Local Jewish leaders, it
seems, have taken Linn-Iip-
zin's advice to heart. Under
the auspices of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, a Community Mission to Israel is scheduled for Sept. 13-21. According
to Mission Co-(2hairman Robert H. Schottenstein, this trip
will send the largest ever delegation of local community
members to Israel. In addition, Schottenstein pointed
out, it will afford opportunities
not normally available, such
as briefings with high-level Israeli government and military
leaders, a military base visit,
individualized itineraries and
more.
Moreover, Jewish National
Fund is celebrating its 90th
Anniversary this year by
sponsoring a World Gathering
of JNF Friends and Supporters in Israel, May 17-26, noted
baum; Rabbi David Stavsky
of Beth Jacob Congregation;
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein,
rabbi emeritus of Agudas
Achim Synagogue, and his
wife, Dr. Dorothy Rubenstein,
and Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld of
Temple Israel.
What special allure does Israel hold? The holy land
means many different things
to -liferent people, Linn-Lipzin explained.
The ancient land of Israel
has been argued about and
fought over, conquered and
re-conquered since before recorded time, he said. Various
rulers have included Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians,
Greeks, Romans, Byzantines,
see MITZVAH pg. 26
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pages 14,15,17.
Nancy Martin, JNF regional
executive director, and Hadassah has several missions
planned.
In addition, there are always several trips a year led
by local rammunity leaders
and rabbis, such as William
Goldsmith;  Carol Tennen-
At ease in Israel
By Paul Jackson
Copley News Service '
JERUSALEM — "I believe there are two Israels,"
Nachman Klieman of El Al Israel Airlines was saying to
me over dinner one evening. "There is the political Israel
you read about in the newspapers and see on television —
and there is the Israel you see when you are here."
This had been our experience during this visit to Israel
— and it is typical, we suppose, of other American visitors.' Although Israelis talk to you these days about President Bush and the loan guarantees for Israel to help resettle Soviet iinmigrants, you are so caught up in the day-today touring of the historical, religious and archaeological
sites, seeing the cultural attractions and meeting and
mingling with the Israeli people, that you don't think of
anything else. -\
We not only felt safe during our entire 10-day visit to Israel -4 we rarely gave safety a thought.
We strolled freely along Jerusalem's bustling Ben Yehuda Street which is lined with crowded outdoor cafes. On
Kol Nidre night (the eve of the Jewish holy day of Yom
Kippur), we went on foot from our hotel to the Old City,
through the Jaffa Gate to the Western (Wailing) Wall
We walked through the narrow alleys of the souk (Arab
market) in the Old City with an Israeli who knew his way
around. (There were areas of the Old City that we were
told to avoid, but as a young cousin of ours living in Tel
Aviv was quick to remind us, "There are sections of New
York you don't go into.")
And in Tel Aviv, as the sun was setting over the Mediterranean, we joined the crowds ambling and schmoozing
on the promenade that parellels the beach and the water.
Tel Aviv's beachfront promenade is as nice as the ones
on the Cote d'Azur — the Croisette in Cannes and the
see ISRAEL pg. 28