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*SV- OfflOJE^l 2j[)\/yServing Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community tor Over to Years \JP^{ VOL.63 NO. 13 MARCH 28,1985-NISAN 6 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. LIBRARY, OHIO HISTORICAL BOO^JT^ 1982 VELMA AVE. -': OOLS. 0„ 43311 EXCH 17 I' i'. i I: Spain Sets Maimonides Commemoration MADRID (JTA) —Formal commemoration by the Spanish government of the 850th anniversary of the birth of Maimonides will be marked by a series of events which will include conferences by academic specialists, concerts of Sephardic music, performances by an Israeli dance group, and Jewish/Moslem philosophical encounters, the World Jewish Congress reported. . Uruguay Ready To Move Embassy To Jerusalem NEW YORK (JTA) — Uruguay stands ready to move its Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the World Jewish Congress disclosed last week, and American Jewish leaders told Egyptian President Hosni Mubark during their recent meeting of their dissatisfaction with Egyptian efforts to block the move, the WJC further reported. Uruguay, like the majority of nations having diplomatic relations with Israel, currently maintain its Embassy in Tel Aviv. Following the recent elecT tion of a democratic regime in Uruguay, the government privately indicated through diplomatic channels that it would soon transfer its Embassy to Jerusalem. Green Party Faction Endorses Holocaust Memorial BONN (JTA)—The Green party faction in the City Council of Bonn, in a surprise reversal, has agreed to'join a local association formed to resist anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism and to erect a memorial here to Bonn Jews who perished in the Holocaust. But the national organization of the Green Party, an opposition party in the Bundestag, is standing by its original refusal to endorse the memorial. The reason, according to observers, is that the Greens are loath to align themselves with a group fighting anti-Zionism in the Federal Republic. Several influential party leaders have gone on record as being anti-Zionist although they insist they are not anti-Semitic. N.Y. Stole Supreme Court Hearing Slated On SuitTo Have An Eruv Removed From Queens Community mated to total 450 families— has snowballed, creating animosity toward the Orthodox community and divisiye- ness among many long-time residents. An eruv under Jewish law is a device which may be a natural boundary, monument or wires strung across utility polls that allows for an observant Jew to carry objects from their residence into a common street or courtyard which they would otherwise be banned from (CONTINUED ON PAGE 18) NEW YORK (JTA) — The State Supreme Court will hold a hearing "early- next month on a suit filed to have a newly constructed eruv removed from the residential seaside communities of Belle Harbor and Neponsit, on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. The suit was brought by a local resident, Joseph Smith, who charges that the eruv, a religious device consisting of a physical boundary enclosing an area, violates the constitutional requirement of church-state separation. Smith contends that the city improperly gave permission for construction of the eruv because it placed the "prestige and power of the government in the service of a particular faith" and that the eruv would result "in the creation and establishment of the area as a designated religious area." Animosity Toward The Orthodox Community But what began as an attempt by four Orthodox area synagogues to seek what is described as an "accommodation" for their religious mejpbership—esti- Israel Visit Planned By Schulfz For May "Steppur Out," a musical revue teaiuring ueora Lewin and Pat Mazzarino, will entertain at the Annual Hadassah Donor Event which will be held on Sunday, April 14. Chapter Hadassah Donor Dinner Scheduled For Sunday, April 14 The Annual Hadassah Donor will be held on Sunday, April 14.'., The evening's activities will begin with a Champagne Buffet Supper at 7 p.m. at Winding Hollow Country Club, 3900 Westerville Rd. . Highlighting the evening's program will" be "Steppih'' Out," a musical revue, which recently played to sell-out audiences at the Chagrin Valley Theater in Cleveland. "Steppin' Out" stars Debra Lewin and Pat Mazzarino. Debra has appeared in productions of Putting on the Ritz, Cohan and Hair. Mazzarino has been in show business for 16 years, touring with Fiddler on the Roof, has appeared in Bos ton, Las Vegas and the Front Row. Convert is $10.50 per person! Husbands are invited. The minimum donor pledge is $65. Anyone who has pledged less than donor minimum and wishes to increase her pledge to make donor "should: call Helen "Nutis, chairwoman, at 231-8887. Closing date for reservations is Monday, April 8. To make reservations, send a check for $10.50 per person to Mrs. Martin Hassell, 4842 Crazy Horse Lane, Westerville, Ohio 43081. The donor funds go toward supporting Hadassah Medical Organization's facilities at Kiryat Hadassah and Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (JTA) - Secretary of State George Shultz will visit Israel briefly in May to attend ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, officials here said. Although the visit apparently evolved from discussions in Washington of how the Reagan Administration would participate in international observances of the anniversary, Shultz will use the occasion for political talks with Premier Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Yitzhak Shamir, the officials said. Shultz's visit to Israel is also seen as a means of easing the disappointment expressed in Jewish circles in the U.S. and elsewhere over the Administration's rejection of proposals that President Reagan visit the site of the Dachau concentration camp when he is in West Germany in May. Reagan and his spokesmen maintained that such a visit might injure the sensi-* . bilities of the Bonn government, although it was the government which originally proposed it. It is not known whether Shultz plans to visit other countries in the region. His talks in Jerusalem are expected to focus on the diplomatic momentum stimulated by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's recent peace initiative. In that connection, the Reagan Administration's top Middle East aide, Richard Murphy, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, is due to the region shortly to assess the extent of'Support for Mubarak's undertaking. The Prime Minister's Office, meanwhile, has published a statement reaffirm-. ing Israel's opposition to Mubarak's proposal that the Reagan Administration meet with a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation for preliminary discussions. The statement stressed Israel's insistence that it be involved directly in such talks from the outset. It affirmed Israel's willingness to negotiate with a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation but only if it contained no representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Community Plea For Soviet Jewry Set For April 10 This year's Plea for Soviet Jewry will be different in two respects: First, the event is being moved from December to April, to capitalize on the theme of Passover, a festival of freedom. Second, it is being changed from the Women's Plea of the past to a Community Plea. In the 14 years since the UAHC Publishes Guide Alerting Parents To Dangers Posed By Equal Access Act NEW YORK (JTA) - A guide alerting parents and community leaders to the dangers posed by the 1984 Equal Access Act to Jewish children in secondary schools has been published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), the association of American Reform synagogues. The act, which became law last August, permits extracurricular activities — including religious and political meetings—to be held on public school property before and after class hours. Cult and missionary groups, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi and other extremist or "hate" organizations could thus meet in the schools, the booklet explains. Although these meetings must be initiated and led by students, outsiders are permitted to participate on an (CONTINUED ON PAGE 9) first Women's Pleas were held to demonstrate solidar- - ity with the wives of the Leningrad trial defendents, Women's Plea has evolved into the major annual Soviet Jewry event in most places around the country. The planning group for this -year's efforts, co- chaired by Norma Robbins and Sylvia Mellman of Hadassah, felt that it was time to reflect the breadth of concern over the issues involved and renamed the plea a Community Plea for Soviet Jewry. This year, the Plea will feature Jerry Goodman, executive director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, whose talk will be entitled "Soviet Jeivry Under Gorbachev: New Leader, New Hope?" In 1984, the number of emigrants declined to only 896 from a high of 51,000 in 1979. Some analysts believe that new Soviet Secretary General Gorbachev's recent • remarks supporting a return to detente and the resumption of arms control talks in Helsinki signal the potential for increased emigration. The 1985 Community Plea for Soviet Jewry will take place on Wednesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m., at Tifereth Israel. This year's convening organization will be Hadassah. For further information, phone Federation's Community Relations Committee, 237-7686, ext. 49. JDC Receives $1.9 Million For Ethiopia NEW YORK (JTA) - The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has received so far $1.9 million in cash donations for its relief program in famine- stricken Ethiopia, according to Dr. Saul Cohen, executive vice president of the JDC. Speaking at a press conference at the Harley Hotel, Cohen said that in addition, the JDC has received donations of 80 tons of goods, such as clothing, medicine and medical supplies, for distribution in Ethiopia. He estimated the value of these goods as being over $1.1 million. Cohen said that about $250,000 was used by the JDC to purchase "Faffa," a high energy food supplement for starving children. The first delivery was made in the Ibenat feeding station in the Gondar region of Ethiopia on March 4, Cohen said. He added that subsequent deliv- (CONTINUEO ON PAGE 13) Authorities Divided On Smoking Issue NEW YORK (JTA) - Modern commentators on Jewish law are divided in the issue of whether smoking should be banned, according to an Ottawa rabbi who has made an extensive examination and evaluation of Jewish sources. Rabbi Basil Herring, rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in Ottawa, mentioned that issue among a variety of more specific ones in a new book, Jewish Ethics and Halacha for our Times, published by Yeshiva University press. I considering the problem of smoking, about which secular medical experts have expressed increasingly alarmist views in recent years, Rabbi Herring declared that, halachically, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
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Full Text | *SV- OfflOJE^l 2j[)\/yServing Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community tor Over to Years \JP^{ VOL.63 NO. 13 MARCH 28,1985-NISAN 6 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. LIBRARY, OHIO HISTORICAL BOO^JT^ 1982 VELMA AVE. -': OOLS. 0„ 43311 EXCH 17 I' i'. i I: Spain Sets Maimonides Commemoration MADRID (JTA) —Formal commemoration by the Spanish government of the 850th anniversary of the birth of Maimonides will be marked by a series of events which will include conferences by academic specialists, concerts of Sephardic music, performances by an Israeli dance group, and Jewish/Moslem philosophical encounters, the World Jewish Congress reported. . Uruguay Ready To Move Embassy To Jerusalem NEW YORK (JTA) — Uruguay stands ready to move its Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the World Jewish Congress disclosed last week, and American Jewish leaders told Egyptian President Hosni Mubark during their recent meeting of their dissatisfaction with Egyptian efforts to block the move, the WJC further reported. Uruguay, like the majority of nations having diplomatic relations with Israel, currently maintain its Embassy in Tel Aviv. Following the recent elecT tion of a democratic regime in Uruguay, the government privately indicated through diplomatic channels that it would soon transfer its Embassy to Jerusalem. Green Party Faction Endorses Holocaust Memorial BONN (JTA)—The Green party faction in the City Council of Bonn, in a surprise reversal, has agreed to'join a local association formed to resist anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism and to erect a memorial here to Bonn Jews who perished in the Holocaust. But the national organization of the Green Party, an opposition party in the Bundestag, is standing by its original refusal to endorse the memorial. The reason, according to observers, is that the Greens are loath to align themselves with a group fighting anti-Zionism in the Federal Republic. Several influential party leaders have gone on record as being anti-Zionist although they insist they are not anti-Semitic. N.Y. Stole Supreme Court Hearing Slated On SuitTo Have An Eruv Removed From Queens Community mated to total 450 families— has snowballed, creating animosity toward the Orthodox community and divisiye- ness among many long-time residents. An eruv under Jewish law is a device which may be a natural boundary, monument or wires strung across utility polls that allows for an observant Jew to carry objects from their residence into a common street or courtyard which they would otherwise be banned from (CONTINUED ON PAGE 18) NEW YORK (JTA) — The State Supreme Court will hold a hearing "early- next month on a suit filed to have a newly constructed eruv removed from the residential seaside communities of Belle Harbor and Neponsit, on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. The suit was brought by a local resident, Joseph Smith, who charges that the eruv, a religious device consisting of a physical boundary enclosing an area, violates the constitutional requirement of church-state separation. Smith contends that the city improperly gave permission for construction of the eruv because it placed the "prestige and power of the government in the service of a particular faith" and that the eruv would result "in the creation and establishment of the area as a designated religious area." Animosity Toward The Orthodox Community But what began as an attempt by four Orthodox area synagogues to seek what is described as an "accommodation" for their religious mejpbership—esti- Israel Visit Planned By Schulfz For May "Steppur Out," a musical revue teaiuring ueora Lewin and Pat Mazzarino, will entertain at the Annual Hadassah Donor Event which will be held on Sunday, April 14. Chapter Hadassah Donor Dinner Scheduled For Sunday, April 14 The Annual Hadassah Donor will be held on Sunday, April 14.'., The evening's activities will begin with a Champagne Buffet Supper at 7 p.m. at Winding Hollow Country Club, 3900 Westerville Rd. . Highlighting the evening's program will" be "Steppih'' Out," a musical revue, which recently played to sell-out audiences at the Chagrin Valley Theater in Cleveland. "Steppin' Out" stars Debra Lewin and Pat Mazzarino. Debra has appeared in productions of Putting on the Ritz, Cohan and Hair. Mazzarino has been in show business for 16 years, touring with Fiddler on the Roof, has appeared in Bos ton, Las Vegas and the Front Row. Convert is $10.50 per person! Husbands are invited. The minimum donor pledge is $65. Anyone who has pledged less than donor minimum and wishes to increase her pledge to make donor "should: call Helen "Nutis, chairwoman, at 231-8887. Closing date for reservations is Monday, April 8. To make reservations, send a check for $10.50 per person to Mrs. Martin Hassell, 4842 Crazy Horse Lane, Westerville, Ohio 43081. The donor funds go toward supporting Hadassah Medical Organization's facilities at Kiryat Hadassah and Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (JTA) - Secretary of State George Shultz will visit Israel briefly in May to attend ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, officials here said. Although the visit apparently evolved from discussions in Washington of how the Reagan Administration would participate in international observances of the anniversary, Shultz will use the occasion for political talks with Premier Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Yitzhak Shamir, the officials said. Shultz's visit to Israel is also seen as a means of easing the disappointment expressed in Jewish circles in the U.S. and elsewhere over the Administration's rejection of proposals that President Reagan visit the site of the Dachau concentration camp when he is in West Germany in May. Reagan and his spokesmen maintained that such a visit might injure the sensi-* . bilities of the Bonn government, although it was the government which originally proposed it. It is not known whether Shultz plans to visit other countries in the region. His talks in Jerusalem are expected to focus on the diplomatic momentum stimulated by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's recent peace initiative. In that connection, the Reagan Administration's top Middle East aide, Richard Murphy, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, is due to the region shortly to assess the extent of'Support for Mubarak's undertaking. The Prime Minister's Office, meanwhile, has published a statement reaffirm-. ing Israel's opposition to Mubarak's proposal that the Reagan Administration meet with a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation for preliminary discussions. The statement stressed Israel's insistence that it be involved directly in such talks from the outset. It affirmed Israel's willingness to negotiate with a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation but only if it contained no representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Community Plea For Soviet Jewry Set For April 10 This year's Plea for Soviet Jewry will be different in two respects: First, the event is being moved from December to April, to capitalize on the theme of Passover, a festival of freedom. Second, it is being changed from the Women's Plea of the past to a Community Plea. In the 14 years since the UAHC Publishes Guide Alerting Parents To Dangers Posed By Equal Access Act NEW YORK (JTA) - A guide alerting parents and community leaders to the dangers posed by the 1984 Equal Access Act to Jewish children in secondary schools has been published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), the association of American Reform synagogues. The act, which became law last August, permits extracurricular activities — including religious and political meetings—to be held on public school property before and after class hours. Cult and missionary groups, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi and other extremist or "hate" organizations could thus meet in the schools, the booklet explains. Although these meetings must be initiated and led by students, outsiders are permitted to participate on an (CONTINUED ON PAGE 9) first Women's Pleas were held to demonstrate solidar- - ity with the wives of the Leningrad trial defendents, Women's Plea has evolved into the major annual Soviet Jewry event in most places around the country. The planning group for this -year's efforts, co- chaired by Norma Robbins and Sylvia Mellman of Hadassah, felt that it was time to reflect the breadth of concern over the issues involved and renamed the plea a Community Plea for Soviet Jewry. This year, the Plea will feature Jerry Goodman, executive director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, whose talk will be entitled "Soviet Jeivry Under Gorbachev: New Leader, New Hope?" In 1984, the number of emigrants declined to only 896 from a high of 51,000 in 1979. Some analysts believe that new Soviet Secretary General Gorbachev's recent • remarks supporting a return to detente and the resumption of arms control talks in Helsinki signal the potential for increased emigration. The 1985 Community Plea for Soviet Jewry will take place on Wednesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m., at Tifereth Israel. This year's convening organization will be Hadassah. For further information, phone Federation's Community Relations Committee, 237-7686, ext. 49. JDC Receives $1.9 Million For Ethiopia NEW YORK (JTA) - The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has received so far $1.9 million in cash donations for its relief program in famine- stricken Ethiopia, according to Dr. Saul Cohen, executive vice president of the JDC. Speaking at a press conference at the Harley Hotel, Cohen said that in addition, the JDC has received donations of 80 tons of goods, such as clothing, medicine and medical supplies, for distribution in Ethiopia. He estimated the value of these goods as being over $1.1 million. Cohen said that about $250,000 was used by the JDC to purchase "Faffa," a high energy food supplement for starving children. The first delivery was made in the Ibenat feeding station in the Gondar region of Ethiopia on March 4, Cohen said. He added that subsequent deliv- (CONTINUEO ON PAGE 13) Authorities Divided On Smoking Issue NEW YORK (JTA) - Modern commentators on Jewish law are divided in the issue of whether smoking should be banned, according to an Ottawa rabbi who has made an extensive examination and evaluation of Jewish sources. Rabbi Basil Herring, rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in Ottawa, mentioned that issue among a variety of more specific ones in a new book, Jewish Ethics and Halacha for our Times, published by Yeshiva University press. I considering the problem of smoking, about which secular medical experts have expressed increasingly alarmist views in recent years, Rabbi Herring declared that, halachically, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) |
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