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■x-\ K_ __===_? HRONICUE 2_\\>7 ^""ving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community far Over 50 Years ^Jf^. S . * * ' LJBRARY-y OHIO HISTORICAL. SOG^Tf [{ 1982 VELMA AVE. C0L.3. 0# 43211 EXCH VOL.57NO.21 fe» MAY24,197»1YAR27 Catholic, Protestant Clerics Favor Reform Judaism's Proposal For Seeking Converts Kismet To Be Gallery's - Next Presentation David Weaver (center) as the poet-beggar in the Gallery Players musical production of "Kismet" is pleased to offer the hand of his daughter, portrayed by Carmen Alvarez Breckenridge (left) to the Caliph, enacted by Harley Greene (right). This colorful musical extravaganza opens at The Jewish Center on Sat., June 16at8:30p.m. . ^ NEW YORK, (JTA)- ' Leading Catholic and Protestant churchmen and scholars have endorsed— with some cautionary observations—a proposal by Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), to seek converts-to-the Jewish faith among the "unchurched" or" others searching for roots in religion, according to a report released here last week by, the UAHC, the central body,of Reform Judaism in the U.S. and Canada. The proposal, which would reverse a 400-year-old Jew- Schildhouse, Herstig, Talis To Receive Awards At Jewish Center Award Meeting, June 13 Schildhouse, Alven, Burt Herstig and Hilary Talis will J.e ■" honored ' with special. recognition awards at the Jewish Center Annual Meeting,' Wednesday, June 13,at7:45p".m. - The Continuous Dedication Award will be presented to Burt Schildhouse by Irving Barkari, last year's winner. Schildhouse - is serving his third jrear as a Center vice - president. Inaddition, he is chairman of the Program Direction and Evaluation ■ Committee, a member of the Communication's Committee and a Center representative to the United Way and Federation for allocation reviews. For many previous years, Schildhouse has served on the Board of Directors and has volunteered his services to the Center in various leadership positions. Alven Herstig will receive the Koach . Leadership Recognition Award for his outstanding-role as a Board l^ember, Chairman of the Day Camp and Cubbage' Corner Committees, partici- . pation on. the Program Direction- and Evaluation Committee and the "new , Building Committee. Mike Talis, last" year's winner and ■ Y»?j Burt Schildhouse Alven Herstig Chairman of the Awards Cotnmittee, will make the presentation. The 1978-79 Mitzvah Volunteer Award will be presented to Hilary Talis the 1977-78 winner Nancy Paul. Talis will be'recognized for her Hilary Talis - great effort in behalf oi the "Celebrate" project, the original record cut and distributed by the Early Childhood Services Department, as well as for her commendable contribution in the areas of preschool, family and Israel activities at the Center. The members of the Awards Committee were Alan Lee, Nancy Paul, Judy Tenenbaum, Jack Gaiser from the Board and Barton Schachter, Barbara Weinberg and David Valinsky from the staff. Michael Talis served as Chairman. Other awards and citations voted by the committee will be - announced next week. ish tradition of not proselytizing, was advanced last December by Schindler. The UAHC's 180-member board then set up a task force to study the question of - "bringing the message of -Judaism" to any and'all who wish to examine or embrace it. The task force, headed by David Belin-of Des- Moines convened here this weekend in conjunction with the semiannual meeting of the UAHC board of trustees. It will report to the UAHC's General Assembly in December. The UAHC's Department of Interreligious Affairs made public responses to the questionnaire sent to 31 Catholic and Protestant theologians. Eighteen responded. None of the four Fundamentalist or Evangelical representatives who were sent the questionnaire answered. Rabbi Balfour Brickner, ,the department's director, asked four questions. They were: whether missionary efforts imply a superiority of one religion over another; whether there are ','differ- ences between the efforts of... fringe groups and the- posture of mission of your denomination''; whether Schindler's call legitimizes Christian missionary efforts; 'and do missionary efforts directed at the "unchurched" affect interreligious relations. The responses received by Brickner were overwhelmingly favorable to the pro-, posal. Many of them.made Columbus Does Its Part In Wave Of Soviet Jewish Immigrants /assisted Soviet Jews arrived but that it-was a forerunner in the United States during of much greater HIAS acti- The recent twave of Soviet Jewish immigration to the United States has been making headlines and has been featured on television newscasts across the nation, A relatively unknown aspect of this migration is the role played by Columbus' Jewish Community and its communal organizations. Accdtf'ding to, HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant 'Aid Society) President Edwin Shapiro, a total of 2,483 HIAS the month of April. Eleven bf these new immigrants have joined the Columbus Jewish Community and .are receiving resettlement aid through the New Americans program of the Jewish Family Service, Peter Glick, JFS Director, reports. Mr. Shapiro stated that this wa ' ihe. largest volume since the beginning of the current Russian movement vity this month when 4,000 Soviet Jews are expected to arrive here. By mid-May, Columbus already welcomed 12 new Russian residents, with a larger total anticipated by month's end. Since the beginning of the current fiscal year last July, Columbus has resettled to- ■date 91 Soviet refugees, with a total of 108 individuals to (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) the point that an outreach program to non-Jews would strengthen self-understanding and identification among members of the Jewish community and that Schindler's call' demonstrated the vitality of Judaism and the Jewish community in this country. ...The Christian leaders also praised Schindler for not seeking to imply a superiority of Judaism over other faiths. None indicated con cern that a Jewish missionary effort would damage interfaith relations. At the same time, however, several respondents made the point that seeking converts among the "unchurched" was a two-way street'and that the large number of unaffiliated Jews in the United States might be deemed legitunate '-'targets" for Christian proselytizing. - Krister Stendahl, dean of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 9) Noted Rabbi Will Discuss "Coping With Death & Grief" Rabbi Earl A. GroIIman of the Beth El Temple Center, Boston, Massachusetts, will speak to the 5th Annual Kobacker Institute at Temple Israel, 5419 E. Broad St., Columbus, on Tues., May 29. His. subject will be "Coping with Death and Grief. He will be speaking at a luncheon meeting for members of the clergy and an evening meeting at 8 p.m. that is open to the community. ~ - Rabbi GroIIman has written eleven books on such subjects as explaining death to children, living through grief and coping with divorce. In addition, he is internationally acclaimed for his pioneering effort in family crisis intervention and especially for his work concerning bereavement -and death. Known to virtually everyone in the field of dying and death, Rabbi GroIIman has Rabbi Earl A. GroIIman appeared, on television AM' radio-shows from coast to coast and is constantly in demand as a speaker before schools of medicine, nursing, - theology, education, and mortuary science. He is Past President of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, a Member of the Harvard University Bereavement Team, Chairman of the Massachu- settes Ecumenical Council on Health and Morality, and 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Herbert H. Schiff and Jeffrey Paine Chosen To Serve On UJA National Campaign Policy Board Herbert H. Schiff and Jeffrey A. Paine have been chosen to serve on the United Jewish Appeal's National Campaign Policy Board, National Chairman Irwin S. x Field has announced. Members of the board, a new body which replaces UJA's Executive Committee, will assist Federation campaigns in other communities and carry out important responsibilities on national missions to Israeli Mr. Schiff, who is Chairman of the Board and President of SCOA Industries Incorporated is a Past President of The Columbus Jewish Federation and is a Past General Chairman of the United Jewish Fund Campaign. An active member of the Columbus Community, Mr. Schiff. holds, membership and board positions in a Herbert II. Schiff large number of civic, trade, professional and philanthropic ^organizations. Within the Jewish Communr ity, his activities include being a member of the Board of Trustees of Heritage House, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at OSU, and The Jewish Center and he is a member of the Investment Jeffrey A. Paine Sub-Committees of the Columbus Jewish Federation's Endowment Fund. On the national Jewish scene, Mr. Schiff is on the Board of Directors of the Council of Jewish Federations and is Vice-Chairman of its Legacy and Endowment Fund' Committee, is a (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) 'in Ii i ,J„»t-g*»'Vaw-'-»-1- ■?-.
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Title | Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1979-05-24, page 01 |
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Full Text | ■x-\ K_ __===_? HRONICUE 2_\\>7 ^""ving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community far Over 50 Years ^Jf^. S . * * ' LJBRARY-y OHIO HISTORICAL. SOG^Tf [{ 1982 VELMA AVE. C0L.3. 0# 43211 EXCH VOL.57NO.21 fe» MAY24,197»1YAR27 Catholic, Protestant Clerics Favor Reform Judaism's Proposal For Seeking Converts Kismet To Be Gallery's - Next Presentation David Weaver (center) as the poet-beggar in the Gallery Players musical production of "Kismet" is pleased to offer the hand of his daughter, portrayed by Carmen Alvarez Breckenridge (left) to the Caliph, enacted by Harley Greene (right). This colorful musical extravaganza opens at The Jewish Center on Sat., June 16at8:30p.m. . ^ NEW YORK, (JTA)- ' Leading Catholic and Protestant churchmen and scholars have endorsed— with some cautionary observations—a proposal by Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), to seek converts-to-the Jewish faith among the "unchurched" or" others searching for roots in religion, according to a report released here last week by, the UAHC, the central body,of Reform Judaism in the U.S. and Canada. The proposal, which would reverse a 400-year-old Jew- Schildhouse, Herstig, Talis To Receive Awards At Jewish Center Award Meeting, June 13 Schildhouse, Alven, Burt Herstig and Hilary Talis will J.e ■" honored ' with special. recognition awards at the Jewish Center Annual Meeting,' Wednesday, June 13,at7:45p".m. - The Continuous Dedication Award will be presented to Burt Schildhouse by Irving Barkari, last year's winner. Schildhouse - is serving his third jrear as a Center vice - president. Inaddition, he is chairman of the Program Direction and Evaluation ■ Committee, a member of the Communication's Committee and a Center representative to the United Way and Federation for allocation reviews. For many previous years, Schildhouse has served on the Board of Directors and has volunteered his services to the Center in various leadership positions. Alven Herstig will receive the Koach . Leadership Recognition Award for his outstanding-role as a Board l^ember, Chairman of the Day Camp and Cubbage' Corner Committees, partici- . pation on. the Program Direction- and Evaluation Committee and the "new , Building Committee. Mike Talis, last" year's winner and ■ Y»?j Burt Schildhouse Alven Herstig Chairman of the Awards Cotnmittee, will make the presentation. The 1978-79 Mitzvah Volunteer Award will be presented to Hilary Talis the 1977-78 winner Nancy Paul. Talis will be'recognized for her Hilary Talis - great effort in behalf oi the "Celebrate" project, the original record cut and distributed by the Early Childhood Services Department, as well as for her commendable contribution in the areas of preschool, family and Israel activities at the Center. The members of the Awards Committee were Alan Lee, Nancy Paul, Judy Tenenbaum, Jack Gaiser from the Board and Barton Schachter, Barbara Weinberg and David Valinsky from the staff. Michael Talis served as Chairman. Other awards and citations voted by the committee will be - announced next week. ish tradition of not proselytizing, was advanced last December by Schindler. The UAHC's 180-member board then set up a task force to study the question of - "bringing the message of -Judaism" to any and'all who wish to examine or embrace it. The task force, headed by David Belin-of Des- Moines convened here this weekend in conjunction with the semiannual meeting of the UAHC board of trustees. It will report to the UAHC's General Assembly in December. The UAHC's Department of Interreligious Affairs made public responses to the questionnaire sent to 31 Catholic and Protestant theologians. Eighteen responded. None of the four Fundamentalist or Evangelical representatives who were sent the questionnaire answered. Rabbi Balfour Brickner, ,the department's director, asked four questions. They were: whether missionary efforts imply a superiority of one religion over another; whether there are ','differ- ences between the efforts of... fringe groups and the- posture of mission of your denomination''; whether Schindler's call legitimizes Christian missionary efforts; 'and do missionary efforts directed at the "unchurched" affect interreligious relations. The responses received by Brickner were overwhelmingly favorable to the pro-, posal. Many of them.made Columbus Does Its Part In Wave Of Soviet Jewish Immigrants /assisted Soviet Jews arrived but that it-was a forerunner in the United States during of much greater HIAS acti- The recent twave of Soviet Jewish immigration to the United States has been making headlines and has been featured on television newscasts across the nation, A relatively unknown aspect of this migration is the role played by Columbus' Jewish Community and its communal organizations. Accdtf'ding to, HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant 'Aid Society) President Edwin Shapiro, a total of 2,483 HIAS the month of April. Eleven bf these new immigrants have joined the Columbus Jewish Community and .are receiving resettlement aid through the New Americans program of the Jewish Family Service, Peter Glick, JFS Director, reports. Mr. Shapiro stated that this wa ' ihe. largest volume since the beginning of the current Russian movement vity this month when 4,000 Soviet Jews are expected to arrive here. By mid-May, Columbus already welcomed 12 new Russian residents, with a larger total anticipated by month's end. Since the beginning of the current fiscal year last July, Columbus has resettled to- ■date 91 Soviet refugees, with a total of 108 individuals to (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) the point that an outreach program to non-Jews would strengthen self-understanding and identification among members of the Jewish community and that Schindler's call' demonstrated the vitality of Judaism and the Jewish community in this country. ...The Christian leaders also praised Schindler for not seeking to imply a superiority of Judaism over other faiths. None indicated con cern that a Jewish missionary effort would damage interfaith relations. At the same time, however, several respondents made the point that seeking converts among the "unchurched" was a two-way street'and that the large number of unaffiliated Jews in the United States might be deemed legitunate '-'targets" for Christian proselytizing. - Krister Stendahl, dean of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 9) Noted Rabbi Will Discuss "Coping With Death & Grief" Rabbi Earl A. GroIIman of the Beth El Temple Center, Boston, Massachusetts, will speak to the 5th Annual Kobacker Institute at Temple Israel, 5419 E. Broad St., Columbus, on Tues., May 29. His. subject will be "Coping with Death and Grief. He will be speaking at a luncheon meeting for members of the clergy and an evening meeting at 8 p.m. that is open to the community. ~ - Rabbi GroIIman has written eleven books on such subjects as explaining death to children, living through grief and coping with divorce. In addition, he is internationally acclaimed for his pioneering effort in family crisis intervention and especially for his work concerning bereavement -and death. Known to virtually everyone in the field of dying and death, Rabbi GroIIman has Rabbi Earl A. GroIIman appeared, on television AM' radio-shows from coast to coast and is constantly in demand as a speaker before schools of medicine, nursing, - theology, education, and mortuary science. He is Past President of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, a Member of the Harvard University Bereavement Team, Chairman of the Massachu- settes Ecumenical Council on Health and Morality, and 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Herbert H. Schiff and Jeffrey Paine Chosen To Serve On UJA National Campaign Policy Board Herbert H. Schiff and Jeffrey A. Paine have been chosen to serve on the United Jewish Appeal's National Campaign Policy Board, National Chairman Irwin S. x Field has announced. Members of the board, a new body which replaces UJA's Executive Committee, will assist Federation campaigns in other communities and carry out important responsibilities on national missions to Israeli Mr. Schiff, who is Chairman of the Board and President of SCOA Industries Incorporated is a Past President of The Columbus Jewish Federation and is a Past General Chairman of the United Jewish Fund Campaign. An active member of the Columbus Community, Mr. Schiff. holds, membership and board positions in a Herbert II. Schiff large number of civic, trade, professional and philanthropic ^organizations. Within the Jewish Communr ity, his activities include being a member of the Board of Trustees of Heritage House, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at OSU, and The Jewish Center and he is a member of the Investment Jeffrey A. Paine Sub-Committees of the Columbus Jewish Federation's Endowment Fund. On the national Jewish scene, Mr. Schiff is on the Board of Directors of the Council of Jewish Federations and is Vice-Chairman of its Legacy and Endowment Fund' Committee, is a (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) 'in Ii i ,J„»t-g*»'Vaw-'-»-1- ■?-. |
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