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VOL. 55 NO. 8
FEBRUARY 24,1977 - ADAR C
Israel Shows Satisfaction Over Pull-Back
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Premier Yitzhak Rabin and
his senior ministers ex¬
pressed satisfaction Feb. 13
over the Syrian pull-back in
southern Lebanon.1
Rabin told the Cabinet at
its weekly session that the
government's "balanced but
tough" approach to the
situation in southern
Lebanon lias borne fruit. He
also acknowledged the diplo¬
matic role played by the
United States in easing the
crisis. '
Rabin's • remarks were
contained in a Cabinet com¬
munique. He cautioned, how¬
ever,  that not all  of the
-Syrian forces have "left the
danger zone as yet.
\T Meanwhile, it was learned
uWabout half of the Syrian
troops have left the Naba¬
tiyeh area and have been re¬
placed by a Lebanese secu-
.   rity force. -
Israeli sources noted that
they had made three de¬
mands on this issue. They
were: the withdrawal of the
Syrian toops,a time limit for
the withdrawal and the entry
of Lebanese troops to pre¬
vent the creation of a
vacuum in the area.
In Israel, meanwhile, bor¬
der settlements have organ¬
ized into an Association. of
Confrontation Settlements to
press for their specific needs
in terms of their locations
along the frontier. Among
those joining the new group
was the Arab village of
Horfish.
Berwick Elementary Gets
Unique Temporary Home
Ken Havens, principal of Berwick Elementary
School, is shown with some of the 150 students from his
school who have been attending temporary classes at
Beth Jacob Synagogue for the past three weeks.
Federation Sabbath To Be Observed
In Most Synagogues This Saturday
Federation Sabbath is
being observed in most
Columbus synagogues this
Saturday, Feb. 26, it was an¬
nounced today by Irving
Schottenstein, general chair-
_ « _, • ■• roan of the 1977 United
ReCeiVeS Nomination Jewish Fund Campaign.
"The cooperation of all of
Beate Klarsfeld
For Nobel Prize
■   JERUSALEM   (JTA)   -
Mot'ei'than 100 ministers, for* •
mer   Cabinet   ministers,
Knesset members ahd mem-
r bers of the faculties of four
Israeli .universities have
nominated.' German-born
anti-Nazi* iactivist'. "Beate
Marsfe'lld for the 1977 Nobel
Peace iJPrize. The nomina¬
tion, with, the appended
signature's, was sent to the
Nobel Peace Prize Commit¬
tee in Norway before Feb. 1
as required by the rules.
.The nomination cited Mrs.
•Klarsfeld for her activities
over the past 10 'years' in
fighting anti-Semitism and
tracking down wanted Nazi
"war-criminals all oyer the
• -world, often at the risk of her
life and liberty. It also cited
her actions for Arab-Israeli
peace.
The academicians who
joined in the nomination in¬
clude professors of law, phil-
osopliy, history, and political
, science on the faculties of
the,',Hebrew -University in
Jerjjsalem, Tel Aviv Univer-,
. sity.^Bar Han University,
' and Haifa University.    ,
- Mrs. Klarsfeld, who is not
Jewish, told a press confer¬
ence, ,fAs a German, I feel
! greatly-honored "by the ac¬
tion of the Israeli parliamen¬
tarians and professors .. \ I
shall continue in my struggle
- against neo-Nazism and for
• Israel-Arab peace." She also
• said -that Israel should be
.ropre'active in protesting the
growing activities of neo-
Nazism in Germany.
Mrs.   Klarsfeld   was   in
Columbus last November to
•tell her story to the local
community.
the Columbus synagogues is
heartening," said Mr. Schot¬
tenstein, "and" we are par-
4iGufe»f^l^Sed^ali^every^-i
Columbus; "• synagogue will
Once again be observing
Federation Sabbath this
year.-  '.
"We realize that while
most will be conducting their
Federation ; Sabbath pro¬
gram on Saturday morning,
Feb. 26, advance .scheduling
has made it, impossible for
some of the congregations to
do it at this time. We are hon¬
ored, however, to know that
every congregation will hold
a Federation .Sabbath serv¬
ice at some time during the
next month."
Mycr Mellman
Myer W. Mellman, 1976
General" Campaign chair¬
man and a current vice-pres- -
ident of the , Columbus
Jewish Federatibn, will de¬
liver the Federation Sabbath
address at Agudas Achim
Congregation. Mr. Mellman,
who has been an active
leader of the, Columbus
Jewish Federation, .a past
president of the Columbus
•Jewish'Centef^and^has-a- -
long record of involvement
in every type of Jewish
activity, is a leading mem¬
ber of Agudas Achim Con¬
gregation, and was a fitting
choice, according to Rabbi
Samuel W. Rubenstein, for
this program.
Rabbi Sheldon Switkin,
spiritual leader of Tifereth
Israel Congregation, will de¬
liver the Federation Sabbath
sermon at' his synagogue.
Rabbi Switkin has just re¬
turned from Israel, where he
participated hi a UJA Rab¬
binical Mission. His1 sermon
will deal with current events
and developments in Israel,
as he saw them on his trip.
Rabbi David Stavsky, spir¬
itual leader of Beth Jacob
•Congregation, will speak on
Federation Sabbath during
services at Beth Jacob.
Rabbi Stavsky, a past pres-'
ident of the Columbus Board
of Rabbis is a former chair¬
man of the Rabbinical Advis¬
ory Committee of the United
Jewish Fund Campaign.
Rabbi Roger Klein, pres-'
ident of the Columbus Board
of Rabbis and spiritual
leader of Beth Tikvah' Con¬
gregation, will speak at his
temple's Federation Sab¬
bath service on Friday eve-,
ning, Feb. 25. Rabbi Hlejn is
a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Columbus
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By Lauri Zofan
Chronicle News Editor '
Today ends three weeks of.
unusual activity at Beth
Jacob Synagogue as .150 Ber¬
wick Elementary School stu¬
dents complete their last day
of classes there.
Since two weeks ago Mon¬
day,   Berwick .Elementary,
has been using"five"'class¬
rooms 4ri,_th£. basement pf-
Beth Jacob because their
own school has been shut¬
down as a result, of the-
energy crisis. The additional
120 students who regularly
attend Berwick Elementary
have been attending classes
, at    Redeemer   Lutheran
Church on James Rd.
Ken Havens, principal of
the elementary school,
which is located at the cor¬
ner of Scottwood and Roose¬
velt, told the Ohio Jewish
Chronicle that he was able to
get use of the synagogue be-
"cause "I just placed a call at
the right lime."    .\. ,
Taking time out from making last minute arrange-
" ments for Monday's "Look-In V luncheon/sponsored by
the Women's Division of the United Jewish Fund Cam¬
paign are (left to right) Mrs. Bernard Friedman,
Patrons Unit chairwoman; Mrs. Robert Paine, section
chairwoman Patrons - Unit; Mrs. Milton Levitin,
luncheon co-chairwoman; and Mrs. David Brandt,
solicitations chairwoman.
Women's Division Prepares For
Monday's look-In' Luncheon
Rabbi David Stavsky
Rabbi Roger C.Klein
A record attendance is ex¬
pected for the Women's Divi¬
sion "Look-In" luncheon
meeting next Monday (Feb.
28) at the Columbus Sher¬
aton, according to Mrs.
Milton Levitin and Mrs.'
Michael Bloch, "co-chair¬
women of the event.
Activities will begin at
11:30 that morning, with spe¬
cial rates for, parking in the
hotel garage.' Hostesses,.
Mrs. Terry Meyer and, Mrs.
Don Levy, will beon hand to
greet arrivals. Special table
decorations will be provided
by Mrs. Harry Shell, and the
menu for the luncheon has
been planned by Mrs. Louis.
Krakoff.
Chairwoman of the Pa¬
trons' Division, Mrs. Ber¬
nard Friedman, assisted by
Mesdames Morris, Paine,
Robert Paine, Elias Snyder
and Irwin Lichtenstein,
along with their committees,
have ensured that a maxi¬
mum number of women will
come to the luncheon. A
minimum pledge of $100 to
the 1977 Campaign I'of the
Women's Division of the
United Jewish1 Fund .is re¬
quired lot admission to'this
outstanding event.
The announcement of the
door prize of an expense-
paid trip to' Israel has
created a great ileal of inter-
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In responding to Havens'
request for use of Beth
Jacob's facilities, Rabbi
David Stavsky said, "I set
the gears in motion by call¬
ing the president of the Syna¬
gogue, Bernard Hirsch, and
tqld him that we'were fortu¬
nate ... in' using the Her-,
wick school for three years
while we Were building the
Synagogue ^.." and that
this was a chance for the
Synagogue to reciprocate,
"We kind of jumped at the
opportunity. We felt that this
was a proper, civic minded •
thing to do ... and the
Board, of course, was unani¬
mous about it ...," Rabbi
Stavsky said. He added that
Beth Jacob's gas cutback
was only around 30%, still
allowing the building to be ,
functional.
Classes have gone on as
usual for the Berwick stu¬
dents, .with five classroom
teachers, three tutors,, a
once-a-month speech ther¬
apist and an instrumental
music instructor all provid¬
ing .normal services to the
students. Havens said.
Silriilar ""facilities have
been,provided to the school
at Redeemer Lutheran
Church. Havens happily
notes, "I happened to be first
in both places!"
The students have been at
Beth Jacob Monday through '
Thursday from 9 to 11:30
a.m. Classes have not been
held in the afternoon to
. alleviate the lunclitime prob¬
lem. On Fridays, all Berwick
Elementary School students
have been bused to Indepen¬
dence Junior-Senior High for
a full day of school.
Beth Jacob has allowed
the students and teachers to
leave supplies in the class¬
rooms, which are also user!
on Sundays by the Syna¬
gogue's religious school. Mr.
Havens and his teachers
have also been working out
~ of car trunks.
When asked how he finds
the facilities at Beth Jacob,
Havens' response was a big
grin and an enthusiastic
"Great! The courtesy that
has been extended to us is
just unbelievable."
Havens noted that the stu¬
dents were anxious to get the
opportunity to see the main
part of the structure, and
that' consequently Rabbi
Stavsky has conducted tours
" for them, explaining the
services and the symbols
' found in the Synagogue.
Rabbi Stavsky feels it is a
healthy experience for the
children. "They see another
religion and they have an
opportunity to respect it and
possibly get another'under¬
standing of it, rather than
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