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The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Serving Columbus and the Central Ohio
Jewish Community since 1922
VOLUME 72
NUMBER 43
OCTOBER 20,1994
15 CHESHVAN 5755
German educators learn
to teach the Holocaust
page 2
Holocaust survivors hail
4Japan's Schindler'
page 3
Change for 5755
page 3
$1.5 million raised in
High Holy Day appeals
page 4
International Festival
to be held on Nov. 5,6
page 15
ABOUT THE COVER
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stadium steps to discuss the Cornerstone Laying
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Zucker, Jacob Dobres, Mike Lesson, Shani
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COMMUNITY FEATURE
OSU Hillel to celebrate cornerstone laying
"The entire Columbus Jewish community is invited to
join us in our celebration —
the laying of the cornerstone
at the new Wexner Jewish Student Center, in this, our 70th
anniversary year of offering
cultural, social, academic, religious and counselling services
to the entire student population at The Ohio State University," said Bradley Kastan,
vice president of Hillel's Board
of Trustees.
The cornerstone laying ceremony is planned for Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 5:15 p.m. at the
building site, 46 E. 16th Ave.
"This will be an opportunity
for the entire community to
see Hillel's newest home and
to learn of our success in involving ever-increasing numbers of students in the wide
variety of programs and experiences we offer," stated Sylvan Frank, Hillel Board president.
The cornerstone ceremony
marks the beginning of Hillel's
year of dedication for the new
Jewish Student Center—-a
year filled with internationally
known personalities in the arts
and academia as well as innovative programs. The dedicatory year will culminate with a
city-wide celebration and an '.-
address by Eli Wiesel in early
April.
There will be a strong student component incorporated
in the cornerstone laying ceremony, with original pieces
written and performed by the
students. "The opening ofthe
Wexner Jewish Student Center is generating a lot of excitement on campus — we've already held a back-to-school
block party in an area behind'
the new facility which attracted lots of student participation," reported Adam Weis-
berg, Hillel's new assistant
director.
The B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation at The Ohio State
University was founded .in
1925. In its 70 years of exis-
tence* Hillel has had only seven executive directors, and yet
it has served well over 100,000
Jewish students in as many
years.
The Hillel Players, a theatrical productions group, was
founded at OSU. Hillel, nurturing the talent of the interna-;
tionally respected playwright
Jerome Lawrence and Broad-
wayV 'Tevye.' Paul Lipson.
The futufe industrialist, Max
Fisher, was the Hillel Player's
business manager and treasurer during his student days.
Carmela Efros-Kalmanson, active at Hillel during her years
at OSU, continued her involvement in Jewish life and
eventually became national
president of Hadassah. She
also met her husband, Martin,
currently national president of
the American Jewish League
for Israel, at a Hillel social.
"This was not an uncommon occurrence since I've
heard similar stories on scores
of occasions since assuming
the executive directorship
here," remarked Joseph Kohane, Hillel executive director. "These are but.a few examples of the depth and
relevance of Hillel's impact on
the lives of our students. It is
evident in bur own, personal
histories, in the history of Jew-.
ish leadership in communities
across the nation and remains
as a legacy left to all of us^,"
, Effecting these 70 years innovations were Hillel's executive directors — Rabbi Lee
Levinger (1925-1934), Rabbi
Harry Kaplan (1934-1969),
Rabbi Nathan Gaynor (1969-
1971), Aaron Leventhal (1971-
1980), Rabbi Howard Alpert
(1980-1986) and Rabbi Steve
Abrams (1986-1993). Kohane
has been executive director
since July of 1993.
"The cornerstone laying ceremony will celebrate the past,
present and future by burying
a time-capsule containing artifacts of Hillel's past,' poignant
and relevant items reflecting
today's world and by the laying of the cornerstone in Hillel's future home," explained
Kohane. •
The Hillel Foundation serves
the entire campus community.
It is committed to nurturing
and enabling all expressions of
Jewish life on campus: from
Jewish education and religious services to multicultural
and social programs, from the
Jewish Film Series and Israeli
folk dancing, to kosher meals
and social action. OSU Hillel
currently serves ah estimated
population of 4,000 Jewish
students.
As war threat recedes,
Israelis seek to explore
security know-how
By Dan Perry
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP)—
Want to make your phone
calls untraceable? Need to
shoot through the windows of
your bulletproof car? Or just
looking to replace the old picket fence with an Israeli army-
tested perimeter security system? .
These and other security devices were on display in Tel
Aviv recently, part of a growing effort by Israeli firms to
pound the tools of conflict and
isolation into a peacetime export industry.
Standing next to a sign that
said "The CIA, KGB, Mossad
and now you," Jacob Solan
recalled how for decades he
provided "various institutions" with-the only phone
link from Israel to surrounding Arab countries via a special exchange in London.
Today's budding ties—and
phone links— with the Arab
world could have put him out
of business.
Instead, the experience gave
him the idea of incorporating
phone line scrambling techniquesin his exchange to provide untraceable international
dialing, Solan said.
The state-owned weapons
industry lost nearly a record
$1 billion last year, part of a
worldwide slump. But with security exports accounting for
almost a fifth of Israel's $15
billion in exports, reviving the
sector is vital to the economy.
Displays at the International Exhibition on Security, Protection, Safety and Defense
ranged from computerized
smoke detection and alarm
systems to devices to expose
forged mils.
Some of the smaller startup
companies are joining established weapons giants in converting military technology to
civilian use.
In one successful cooperative effort, Magal Security
Systems jointly developed its
surveillance system with Israel
Aircraft Industries and tested
it at army bases.
"I can adjust it to any size
intruder in any light and it can
distinguish between man and
object," said Magal marketing
head Dov Topaz, regaling onlookers with little plastic dinosaurs whose every movement
was recorded by a rotating
video camera and computer.
Military experience also aided a company called Oran,-
which outfits Israeli army
jeeps With bullet-resistant glass
with a twist you can fire
through it at assailants out-
, side., J ■   ■'.'■ 7   .-'
"We developed the glass to
meet the dangers of the intifa-
dah," the six-year Palestinian
uprising in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip, said Yossi Ger-
shon, the company's market-
see SBCURITY pg. 19