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»;• serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 60 Years VOL. 66 NO. 8 FEBRUARY 25,1988-ADAR 7 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. 198H VEUMA AVE. £XCH "001.3. 0, 43d. 1 NCJW To Meet March 15 At JC Columbus Section, National Council of Jewish Women, will hold a luncheon meeting on Tuesday March 15,11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center (Room 309). A box lunch will be served. Couvert will be $7.50. Speaking on the topic "Teaching Your Children About Sex" be Andi Wais- man of Planned Parenthood. Waisman is a former high school English teacher and has worked for the Lexington, Ky. Health Dept. teaching sex education. She has been with Planned Parenthood in Columbus since September, 1987 and has given many presentations in Columbus area schools. She will talk on the importance of communicating with children and five issues that keep parents and teens from communicating. A question and answer period will follow. Checks for the afternoon should be sent to Rachel Stern, 1109 Ravine Ridge Dr., Worthington, Ohio 43085, or Toby Portman, 201 S. Drexel, Columbus, Ohio 43209. Deadline for the .reservations is March 8. For more information, call 252-5565 or 436-4284. . Japanese Rabbi Urges Steps Be Taken To Combat Outbreak Of Anti-Semitism Senator Metzenbaum Addresses Women's Legislative Briefing B'nai B'rith Women President Irma Gertler is pictured with Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D—Ohio) at a recent legislative briefing in Washington, D.C., hosted by BBW for leaders of nine major Jewish women's organizations. Metzenbaum urged the women to concern themselves not only with Israel but also with domestic legislation. "The AmericatvJewish community is perceived in the halls of Congress as a one-issue community," he said, "but we are really much more than that." WASHINGTON (JTA) - American Jews should construct a Jewish cultural center in Tokyo to disseminate information that would counter negative Japanese perceptions of Jews, Japan's sole rabbi urged here re: cently. Michael Schudrick, spiritual leader of the Jewish Community Center in Tokyo, explained that the stereotypes were essentially the result of a recent spate of anti- Semitic books. He delivered his comments following a conference on that literature sponsored by the American Jewish Committee. Approximately 170 Jewish families live in Tokyo and no more than 1,000 Jews are in Japan at any given time, the rabbi estimated. The Japanese government and people are not-anti-Semitic, he said, 'Israel And The Arts' Committee Plans Include Exhibit, Dancers, Perlman And Pops Concert A celebration of the arts will play a great role in the upcoming festivities planned for "Israel 40," the Columbus Jewish Federation and The Giora Feidman Trio will perform at the seventh annual Leon Schottenstein Memorial reception on Monday, March 7, at the Agudas Achim Synagogue. Friends Of Hillel To Host Schottenstein Reception Friends of Hillel will host the seventh annual Leon Schottenstein Memorial Reception oh Monday, March 7, at the Agudas Achim Synagogue at 6:45 p.m. The reception will immediately precede the 8 p.m. performance of the Giora Feidman Trio being presented by the Jewish Student Activities Board of Hillel. Friends of Hillel is the community support organization for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at The Ohio State University. The membership dues and donations it receives are a major source of funding for Hillel programming. The Leon Schottenstein Reception is at the center of a campaign expected to raise one-half of the funds needed for HillePs program efforts on behalf of Jewish students at Ohio ■State. ■■ The tradition of toe annual Friends of Hillel event began in 1982 with a reception honoring Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. The tradition continued with receptions following the performances of Vladimir Ashkenazy in 1983, Eugenia Zukerman in 1984, Yehudi Menuhin in 1985, Pinchas (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's joint community celebration to honor Israel's 40th year of independence. "The comprehensive range of quality arts programming will help make Israel 40 one of the most exciting events to take place in Columbus in May," according to Melva Schottenstein, Arts Committee chairwoman. For starters, during the entire "Israel 40" celebration, the Goldberg Gallery of the Jewish Center will host an exhibit of Israeli art from - the Galerie Rodin in St. Louis. The exhibit opens with a reception on April 24 and runs through May 23. The Jesse Cohen Dance Troupe will be in residence in the community for two weeks, from May 1-15. These youngsters from Columbus' sister city, Holon, Israel, ' have performed throughout ■ their country and will be a visible presence in Columbus throughout "Israel 40." They will perform for the community at the Sunday Festival May 15, and will spend considerable time with the Jewish Center's School of Dance, Schottenstein reports. "The group will also make i appearances in the public schools as well as for other local Jewish organizations," she adds. "They perform an energetic, exciting program of modern Jazz and Israeli dance." In celebration of Lag B'Omer and Israel's 40th, an Israeli Coffeehouse will be held at the Jewish Center on Wednesday evening, May 4. Although the coffeehouse has been a popular feature at past Israel birthday celebrations, this year's will be special with a performance by the Israeli folksinger Nurit Galron, reports Schottenstein. There will also be Israeli delicacies and an ambience that will enable participants to feel as if they are in the land of Israel. Melva Schottenstein Still another highlight of the celebration will be the Itzak Perlman concert on Wednesday, May 11, at the Ohio Theatre,, Hundreds of members of the Jewish community will attend the show and reception, which will follow in the Galbreath Pavilion. Karen Moss is serving as Perlman concert chairwoman, and Diane Cummins is chairing the reception. On May 15, the"Israel 40" celebration's Sunday Festival on the grounds of the Jewish Center will feature a free pops concert by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra under the direction ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) and "no significant acts" of anti-Semitism have taken place in Japan in recent years, The problem, as he saw it, was that some "very unscrupulous authors" were "taking advantages of" the Japanese public with the anti-Semitic books. Theodore Ellenoff, AJCommittee president, said that two officials from toe Japanese Embassy in Washington attended : portions of the conference, he said one of the political counselors told the group the phenomenon of anti-Semitic literature in Japan was short-lived. David Goodman, professor of Japanese comparative literature at the University of Illinois, Champaign- Urbana, told the conference that roots of these books may be concern over Japan's international stature, including economic and political ties with other countries. He said the literature "is not related to Israel" and is intended specifically "to discredit :,fibj$Japanese-American relationship," as well as Japan's democratic institutions. Goodman cited two anti- Semitic works that have sold a combined one million copies: Masami Uno's Jf You Understand Judea, You Will Understand the World and If You Understand Judea, You Will Understand Japan. The books invoke "a long- since discredited forgery from Czarist Russia, 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,' to explain everything from the devaluation of the dollar relative to the yen to the shooting down of Korean Airline flight 007 — that it's all the machinations of the Jews," Goodman said. Uno warned that "the internationalization of Japan is the Judaization of Japan," and should the Japanese "want to avoid being taken over by the. world Jewish community, they must not internationalize, but they should adopt the strategy of Adolf Hitler." Uno acknowledged that Hitler and former Soviet leader Josef Stalin killed millions of Jews but argued "this was done out of necessity," Goodman said. He said Uno's books show "the Japanese are capable of full-blown Nazi anti-Semitism." Goodman added that a television program aired last December was a anti- Semitic in discussing "Jewish capital." It was adapted from a comic book describing the Japanese economy. He said that while Japanese viewers probably do not find such anti-Semitic portrayals of Jews '"objectionable," they are "profoundly offensive to the Jewish community in this country and they present a very real danger in cordial U.S.-Japan relations." David Harris, AJCommit- tee's Washington representative, said in an interview that Japan's limited diplomatic relations with Israel and sympathy toward Palestinians likely exacerbates the anti-Semitic writing, although the two are not directly related. Japan's tilt toward the Arab world often has been considered a result of its enormous reliance on oil and other energy resources from the Middle East. Japan receives more than 99 percent of its petroleum from abroad. A Palestine Liberation Organization office was set up in Tokyo in 1977 and PLO leader Yasir Arafat visited the country in 1981. Harris said there has been a recent improvement in Japanese-Israeli relations. Trade over the first half of 1987 was up 50 percent over the comparable 1986 period, when it totaled $400 million. He also, noted the Mitsubishi company's recent announcement that it would market its cars in Israel and the November 1987 visit to Israel by a Japanese economic delegation, following a similar visit to Japan the previous month by Israelis. Japan's ambassador to the United States, Nobuo Matsunaga, cited those developments in a November 1987 letter to members of Congress. Matsunaga also cited the September meeting in New York between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Tadas hi Kuranari, then his Japanese counterpart, as well as an October visit to Israel by Takeshi Hamano, then Japan's vice minister of foreign affairs. Harris said improvements are needed in Japanese (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) ffn Tlie Chronicle • a^l\« X+.al'V* fr^Ok].* At The Federation iBowling.*,..»,,.. Classified, EdiMrrhd FeatttWs*.-,, .-„..,. pffi^MI.1 aMjfrlyH ,* W* * * A •**% +>■# t' 1» n ,* mim
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Full Text | »;• serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 60 Years VOL. 66 NO. 8 FEBRUARY 25,1988-ADAR 7 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. 198H VEUMA AVE. £XCH "001.3. 0, 43d. 1 NCJW To Meet March 15 At JC Columbus Section, National Council of Jewish Women, will hold a luncheon meeting on Tuesday March 15,11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center (Room 309). A box lunch will be served. Couvert will be $7.50. Speaking on the topic "Teaching Your Children About Sex" be Andi Wais- man of Planned Parenthood. Waisman is a former high school English teacher and has worked for the Lexington, Ky. Health Dept. teaching sex education. She has been with Planned Parenthood in Columbus since September, 1987 and has given many presentations in Columbus area schools. She will talk on the importance of communicating with children and five issues that keep parents and teens from communicating. A question and answer period will follow. Checks for the afternoon should be sent to Rachel Stern, 1109 Ravine Ridge Dr., Worthington, Ohio 43085, or Toby Portman, 201 S. Drexel, Columbus, Ohio 43209. Deadline for the .reservations is March 8. For more information, call 252-5565 or 436-4284. . Japanese Rabbi Urges Steps Be Taken To Combat Outbreak Of Anti-Semitism Senator Metzenbaum Addresses Women's Legislative Briefing B'nai B'rith Women President Irma Gertler is pictured with Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D—Ohio) at a recent legislative briefing in Washington, D.C., hosted by BBW for leaders of nine major Jewish women's organizations. Metzenbaum urged the women to concern themselves not only with Israel but also with domestic legislation. "The AmericatvJewish community is perceived in the halls of Congress as a one-issue community," he said, "but we are really much more than that." WASHINGTON (JTA) - American Jews should construct a Jewish cultural center in Tokyo to disseminate information that would counter negative Japanese perceptions of Jews, Japan's sole rabbi urged here re: cently. Michael Schudrick, spiritual leader of the Jewish Community Center in Tokyo, explained that the stereotypes were essentially the result of a recent spate of anti- Semitic books. He delivered his comments following a conference on that literature sponsored by the American Jewish Committee. Approximately 170 Jewish families live in Tokyo and no more than 1,000 Jews are in Japan at any given time, the rabbi estimated. The Japanese government and people are not-anti-Semitic, he said, 'Israel And The Arts' Committee Plans Include Exhibit, Dancers, Perlman And Pops Concert A celebration of the arts will play a great role in the upcoming festivities planned for "Israel 40," the Columbus Jewish Federation and The Giora Feidman Trio will perform at the seventh annual Leon Schottenstein Memorial reception on Monday, March 7, at the Agudas Achim Synagogue. Friends Of Hillel To Host Schottenstein Reception Friends of Hillel will host the seventh annual Leon Schottenstein Memorial Reception oh Monday, March 7, at the Agudas Achim Synagogue at 6:45 p.m. The reception will immediately precede the 8 p.m. performance of the Giora Feidman Trio being presented by the Jewish Student Activities Board of Hillel. Friends of Hillel is the community support organization for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at The Ohio State University. The membership dues and donations it receives are a major source of funding for Hillel programming. The Leon Schottenstein Reception is at the center of a campaign expected to raise one-half of the funds needed for HillePs program efforts on behalf of Jewish students at Ohio ■State. ■■ The tradition of toe annual Friends of Hillel event began in 1982 with a reception honoring Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. The tradition continued with receptions following the performances of Vladimir Ashkenazy in 1983, Eugenia Zukerman in 1984, Yehudi Menuhin in 1985, Pinchas (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's joint community celebration to honor Israel's 40th year of independence. "The comprehensive range of quality arts programming will help make Israel 40 one of the most exciting events to take place in Columbus in May," according to Melva Schottenstein, Arts Committee chairwoman. For starters, during the entire "Israel 40" celebration, the Goldberg Gallery of the Jewish Center will host an exhibit of Israeli art from - the Galerie Rodin in St. Louis. The exhibit opens with a reception on April 24 and runs through May 23. The Jesse Cohen Dance Troupe will be in residence in the community for two weeks, from May 1-15. These youngsters from Columbus' sister city, Holon, Israel, ' have performed throughout ■ their country and will be a visible presence in Columbus throughout "Israel 40." They will perform for the community at the Sunday Festival May 15, and will spend considerable time with the Jewish Center's School of Dance, Schottenstein reports. "The group will also make i appearances in the public schools as well as for other local Jewish organizations," she adds. "They perform an energetic, exciting program of modern Jazz and Israeli dance." In celebration of Lag B'Omer and Israel's 40th, an Israeli Coffeehouse will be held at the Jewish Center on Wednesday evening, May 4. Although the coffeehouse has been a popular feature at past Israel birthday celebrations, this year's will be special with a performance by the Israeli folksinger Nurit Galron, reports Schottenstein. There will also be Israeli delicacies and an ambience that will enable participants to feel as if they are in the land of Israel. Melva Schottenstein Still another highlight of the celebration will be the Itzak Perlman concert on Wednesday, May 11, at the Ohio Theatre,, Hundreds of members of the Jewish community will attend the show and reception, which will follow in the Galbreath Pavilion. Karen Moss is serving as Perlman concert chairwoman, and Diane Cummins is chairing the reception. On May 15, the"Israel 40" celebration's Sunday Festival on the grounds of the Jewish Center will feature a free pops concert by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra under the direction ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) and "no significant acts" of anti-Semitism have taken place in Japan in recent years, The problem, as he saw it, was that some "very unscrupulous authors" were "taking advantages of" the Japanese public with the anti-Semitic books. Theodore Ellenoff, AJCommittee president, said that two officials from toe Japanese Embassy in Washington attended : portions of the conference, he said one of the political counselors told the group the phenomenon of anti-Semitic literature in Japan was short-lived. David Goodman, professor of Japanese comparative literature at the University of Illinois, Champaign- Urbana, told the conference that roots of these books may be concern over Japan's international stature, including economic and political ties with other countries. He said the literature "is not related to Israel" and is intended specifically "to discredit :,fibj$Japanese-American relationship," as well as Japan's democratic institutions. Goodman cited two anti- Semitic works that have sold a combined one million copies: Masami Uno's Jf You Understand Judea, You Will Understand the World and If You Understand Judea, You Will Understand Japan. The books invoke "a long- since discredited forgery from Czarist Russia, 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,' to explain everything from the devaluation of the dollar relative to the yen to the shooting down of Korean Airline flight 007 — that it's all the machinations of the Jews," Goodman said. Uno warned that "the internationalization of Japan is the Judaization of Japan," and should the Japanese "want to avoid being taken over by the. world Jewish community, they must not internationalize, but they should adopt the strategy of Adolf Hitler." Uno acknowledged that Hitler and former Soviet leader Josef Stalin killed millions of Jews but argued "this was done out of necessity," Goodman said. He said Uno's books show "the Japanese are capable of full-blown Nazi anti-Semitism." Goodman added that a television program aired last December was a anti- Semitic in discussing "Jewish capital." It was adapted from a comic book describing the Japanese economy. He said that while Japanese viewers probably do not find such anti-Semitic portrayals of Jews '"objectionable," they are "profoundly offensive to the Jewish community in this country and they present a very real danger in cordial U.S.-Japan relations." David Harris, AJCommit- tee's Washington representative, said in an interview that Japan's limited diplomatic relations with Israel and sympathy toward Palestinians likely exacerbates the anti-Semitic writing, although the two are not directly related. Japan's tilt toward the Arab world often has been considered a result of its enormous reliance on oil and other energy resources from the Middle East. Japan receives more than 99 percent of its petroleum from abroad. A Palestine Liberation Organization office was set up in Tokyo in 1977 and PLO leader Yasir Arafat visited the country in 1981. Harris said there has been a recent improvement in Japanese-Israeli relations. Trade over the first half of 1987 was up 50 percent over the comparable 1986 period, when it totaled $400 million. He also, noted the Mitsubishi company's recent announcement that it would market its cars in Israel and the November 1987 visit to Israel by a Japanese economic delegation, following a similar visit to Japan the previous month by Israelis. Japan's ambassador to the United States, Nobuo Matsunaga, cited those developments in a November 1987 letter to members of Congress. Matsunaga also cited the September meeting in New York between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Tadas hi Kuranari, then his Japanese counterpart, as well as an October visit to Israel by Takeshi Hamano, then Japan's vice minister of foreign affairs. Harris said improvements are needed in Japanese (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) ffn Tlie Chronicle • a^l\« X+.al'V* fr^Ok].* At The Federation iBowling.*,..»,,.. Classified, EdiMrrhd FeatttWs*.-,, .-„..,. pffi^MI.1 aMjfrlyH ,* W* * * A •**% +>■# t' 1» n ,* mim |
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