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VOL.57   NO. 43
OCTOBER 18,1979-TISHREI27
Rabbi Levy
To Be Installed
October 26
Rabbi Robert D. Levy will
be installed as assistant
rabbi of Temple Israel in
ceremonies on Friday, Oct.
26 at 8 p.m. Officiating at the -
ceremonies as guest rabbi
will be Rabbi Daniel Fogel of
Rabbi Levy's home congre-
President Accepts Final Report
From Commission On The Holocaust
Rabbi Robert D.Levy
gation, North Shore Synagogue of Syosset, New York.
A magna cum laude
graduate, of "Boston University in 197<L Rabbi Levy.
was ordained at the Hebrew
Union College Jewish' Institute Of Religion at Cincinnati
in JUrie. rte assilmed his duties at Temple Israel on July
1. As a student rabbi, he
served congregations in
Owensborp, Kentucky, New
Iberia, Louisiana and
Muskogee, Oklahoma and
taught at Temple Israel in
Dayton. He is married and
resides in Reynoldsburg.
A "reception in 'honor of
Rabbi and Mrs. Levy will
follow the service.
Award Of Excellence
One highlight of the Sept. 16 Annual Meeting of the
• Columbus Jewish Federation was the presentation of
■the first Community Award of Excellence to the Beth
Jacob Congregation. Shown above at the presentation
are Federation Executive Vice-President Emeritus
Ben M. Mandelkorn, Beth Jacob Youth Director Yair
Zinn, Rabbi David Stavsky and Community Award of
Excellence Committee Chairperson Mrs. Milton
Parker. -
Beth Jacob's project, the "Mitzvah Mobile," is'a converted Station Wagon that travels to Columbus hospitals during Jewish holidays. Jewish patients are helped
into-the holiday spirit by teenagers who distribute mat-
zohs for Passover; esrog and lulav for Succoth and
Chanukah candies and menorahs at Chanukah.	
Cantor Shifman To Perform
In presenting its report to
President Carter, the President's Commission on the
Holocaust recommended the
establishment of a National
Holocaust Memorial
Museum in the -Nation's
Capital and a Committee on '
Conscience to alert the world
to potential acts of genocide"
anywhere around the globe.
The 34-member Commission concluded several
months of study and public
hearings recently with the
presentation "of. its report to
the President in a ceremony •
in the Rose Garden of the
White House.
In recalling the events that
occurred 38 years ago, Commission ' Chairman Elie
Wiesel spoke of the process
of destruction that destroyed
entire communities, families
and ancient dynasties.
"In the course of our
study," said Wiesel, "we
tried to capture some of their
silent outcries. We asked
them for guidance." "
The National Holocaust
Memorial Museum that the
Commission proposes would
function as a "living memorial" to the six million Jews
and approximately five million other people who perished in the Holocaust. It
would serve as an educational center as well as
commemorate the dead.
Education and teacher-
training programs would be
developed for students
across   the   country   on
Chazan Yehuda Shifman,
the recently elected cantor
of, Agudas Achim Synagogue, will render a speeial
musical performance at-thel
Friends "Chai" Dinner to be
held on Sunday, Oct. 28, -at
Agudas Achim Synagogue,
announced Arthur Katz,
Chairman of the "Friends"
of the Columbus Hebrew
School.
Accompanied by the CHS
choir under the direction of
Sunnie Ghitman,- Cantor
Shifman will offer traditional-as well as contemporary renditions in a style that
has 'earned him a tremendous response in Columbus
and abroad. '        V-
Cantor Shifman^ who arrived in Columbus "fast'siim-
mer, brought with him an innovative artistic ability, professional training and experience, and a captivating personality that has endeared
him to old and young alike.
He has organized, under his
direction, the Agudas Achim
Choir, which has evoked an
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President Carter is shown here meeting in the Oval
Office with Elie Wiesel, chairman of the President's
Commission on the Holocaust, before presentation of
the Commission's final report.
Agudath Israel Opposes
Registration Of Women
Hall Of Fame Inductions Sunday
NEW YORK (JTA)-A
warning that the Orthodox
Jewish community will resist any attempt to register
women as a first step toward
the reinstatement \>f a military draft in this country,
was the substance of a
strongly worded statement
by Agudath Israel of
America. The statement
said that the foremost Orthodox Jewish scholars have
already issued an edict
' against the ' drafting- of.
women -into the military or
national service when that
issue surfaced in Israel.
- Concern by the Orthodox
Jewish movement mounted
when the issue came under
"seriousconsideration in the
Congress, Although' temporarily shelved as a result
of a negative 259-155 vote in
the House of Representatives, it did ask President
Carter to study and report to
Congress on whether women
should be subject to registration if the selective service system is reinstated.
Carter was urged to reject
any attempt to register
women and to resist pres-
sureirr support of extending
registration' jto .include
women "because it represents an issue of high moral
.value for so many Americans." the statement said
that "this" issue is of major
importance "to the Orthodox
Jewish community because
it threatens the>very base of
its 'survival: the .family
unit."
'Agudath Israel also sent
telegrams „ to members' of
Congress, stating, iri.part:'
"To include women would
deal a severe blow, to the
traditional • concept of' the
American family and place
Orthodox Jews in an unsolv-
On Sunday evening Oct. 21,
The Jewish Center will
induct four athletes into its
Hall of Fame. These are the
first inductions in the "Hall"
and the four individuals have
been outstanding examples
from the Columbus community! The inductees are
baseball player for Ohio
State University. Alex led
the Big Ten in batting in 1932
and 33, and holds the highest
career average of any 3-year
player in OSU history. Afterwards, Clowson played in the
Cleveland Indian minor
league system until an inj-
Lou Berliner, Alex Clowson,
Leah Thall Neuberger and
Thelma ThallSommer. Last
week an article on Berliner
appeared in The Chronicle.
-Alex Clowson has_ been a
famous name in Columbus
for 45 years. Clowson, who
able conflict—the mandates grew up in Elyria, and was
of their religious conscience i.inducted into the Elyria Hall
versus the law of the land."    of Fame, was an outstanding
Leah and Thelma Thall
jury cut short his burgeoning
major league career." He
eventually went back to OSU
and served -as Assistant
Baseball Coach for 10 years.
A major part of Alex's
greatest fame was his early
work in the .development of
The> Jewish "Center, Little
League in the early 1950s.
Clowson served as its first
commissioner. The program
developed many fine athletes who have become well
respected community
leaders. Mayer Rosenfeld,
Executive Director of The
Jewish Center during Alex's
reign, fondly remembers,
"Alex had a personal and encouraging interest in every
child. Alex knew every
youngster by name and had
something positive to say
about his performance."
Former players of
Clowson's have all expressed great admiration for
him and are greatly excited
about his induction. Clowson
is married to the former
Betty Finkelstein.
Leah and Thelma Thall,
combined, have won more
table tennis honors than any
two people in the history of
the sport, The sisters grew
up in Columbus and played
much of their early table
tennis at the old Schoenthal
'Center.    .
.  Leah Thall, who is nicknamed "Miss Ping," is considered the greatest "United
.Sjtates woman player,in ,1%
, jtory.-Shehaswon29U.S.,fyq-
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Holocaust-related subjects
in coordination with local
programs and needs, and
research facilities and
-archives would be provided
lor scholars of the Holocaust
period.
"Your very work as a
Commission is part of a
living memory to the victims
of ' the Holocaust." said
President Carter during the
ceremonies.
"Your grappling with the
meaning of this event'has
helped bring new understanding and moral vision to
all who must confront this
question," said the President.
"Out of our memory and
understanding of the Holocaust." said the President.^
"we must forge an unshake-
able oath with all civilized
people that never again will
the world stand silent, never
again will the World look the
other way or fail to act in
time to prevent this terrible
crime of genocide."
In addition to the Museum
and the Committee on Conscience, Ihe Commission
proposed an official annual
"Days of Remembrance of
Victims of the Holocaust.'"...
"We hope to share our conviction that when war and
genocide unleash their
hatred . against any one
people (or peoples, all are
ultimately engulfed in the
fire, "said Wiesel,
The Commission recommended that the museum be
made a federal institution
connected with or an autonomous bureau of the Smithsonian.: Funding of the project would follow the model of
the Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts, the Wood-
row ^Wilson International
■Studies; Center, and other
educational and cultural
institutions located in
Washington. D.C. with the
Federal Government providing land and seed money and
the institution built and
maintained through public
subscription and federal
matching grants.
President Carter established the 34-member Com:'
mission last November to
recommend the form that a
U.S. memorial to the~ Holocaust should take and means
of creating and maintaining
it. Serving the Commission
was'a 27-member Advisory
Board.
"I will consider this report
most carefully." said President Carter, "and will
respond personally to this
Commission and to the
people of our Nation, with
my personal prayer that the
memory of the Holocaust
shall be transformed into .a
.reaffirmation of lif^..*1     Ji