Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1981-02-12

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Scout Sabbath At
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Temple Israel is hosting
the annual Boy Scout
Awards Sabbath Friday,
Feb. 13,8 p.m. William Gold- *
smith, Chairman of the
Jewish community on scouting, met with Rabbi Harvey
S. Goldman of Temple Israel
to plan out the evening.
Recipients of awards to be
presented at services are
Marc Lee Half, Jeffrey Gut-
- ter and Seth Rozen. A special
Oneg Shabbat following
services in honor of the Boy
Scouts will be presented by
Temple Israel and the
Sisterhood.
Hostesses for the evening
will be the following.' Mrs.
. William Goldsmith, Mrs.
Sanford Lichtenstein, Mrs.
Earl Schwartz, Mrs. Irving
Gertner, Mrs. ;Mel Rozen
and Mrs. Leonard Gutter.'
Leonard Rood, a member
of the board of trustees of
Temple Israel, is in charge
of the Boy Scout program at
the Temple. Rabbi Robert D.
Levy has recently been appointed Jewish Chaplain for
the Central Ohio Council of
the Boy Scouts of America.,
Tfief pficis c^TallyT&F:
vited to attend services and ■
the .Oneg  Shabbat immediately following.
Yitzhak Shamir To Meet With A. Haig
The Jewi
Megama will perform-at The Jewish Center, 1125
College Ave., on Monday, Feb. 16 at 7:45 p.m.
"Megama," the Hebrew word meaning "direction," is
the singing duo of Moshe Yess and Shalom LeVine.
Their songs are a blend of rock, blues, jazz and country which contain a sensitive expression of Jewish
thought. Their musical talent combines with their offbeat humor to create an enjoyable evening of entertainment.
Co-sponsoring this event with the Center is the House
of Tradition. Tickets for the performance are $5 for
adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. For more
information, call the Center, 231-2731.
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Commy nitj Concerns iisetissed At CRC idling
Ira 0. Kane, Chairman of
Federation's Community
Relations Committee, reported that a number of
serious community concerns
were addressed at the Feb. 5
meeting of the Community
Relations Committee. He
stated that the agenda included a major address by
William Habig, Executive
Director of Mid-Ohio
Regional Planning Commission on some of the issues
that Columbus will face
within the next 5-10 years of
its growth. The Community
Relations Committee will be
working on several of these
problems in the coming months, through its Task Force
system.
Reports were also given by
the Israel and Overseas
Jewry Task Force, the Community Services Task Force,
and the Interfaith Task
Force. Some of the projects
presently being worked on
by these groups include a
special reception for Fania
Fenlon of "Playing For
Time" fame to be held April
9, a series of meetings with
members of the Black community to address problems
of common concern, a forum
to sensitize public school
administrators to problems
and concerns of the Jewish
community, a series of presentations by representatives of Israel to discuss current problems and concerns
there, and ongoing dialogue
with clergymen within the
Christian community.
A major focus of tiis-'
cussion was an anti-Israel
article by Professor John
Quigley which appeared in
the Dispatch on Feb. 5. The
Community Relations Committee began drafting a
response to the article and is
also initiating some meetings with newspaper editors
to sensitize them to the resources and information that
are available within the
Jewish community to .be
called upon in instances such
as these.
For further information on
any of the Task Forces, or
concerns of the Community
Relations Committee, call
Federation at 237-7686.
s Ky beitftein To Receive Governor's Award
Rabbi' Samuel W. Rubenstein of Agudas Achim will
receive the Governor's
Award for 1980 on Friday,
Feb. 20 at the Hyatt-Regency
Hotel. In conferring the
honor on Rabbi Rubenstein,
Governor Rhodes wrote: "It .
gives me a great deal of
pleasure to inform you that,
you have been chosen to receive the Ohio Governor's
Award for. 1980, a mark of
special recognition. Because
you havecontributed greatly
to the field of religion and
community service, we extend this honor, to you."
Rabbi Rubenstein
"This award is presented
at the annual Ohio News
paper Association banquet
which this year will be held
Friday, Feb. 20 at the Hyatt-
Regency Hotel, Columbus.
The Governor's Award is
always presented in person
to the recipient and never in
absentia."
"In accepting the award,
the recipient is asked to reply with a short response
during the program. We
sincerely hope that you will
accept this award, Ohio's
highest token of appreciation, and make plans to be1
with us in Columbus on
February 20,1981."
JERUSALEM
(JTA)—Foreign  Minister
Yitzhak Shamir will meet
with Secretary of State Alexander Haig in Washington
later this month. News of the
meeting  was  released  in
Washington last week by the
Israeli  Ambassador,  Eph-
raim Evron, following - his
45-minute talk with Haig.
Shamir is understood to have
asked for the meeting to establish contact with the new
American  Administration
and to discuss matters of immediate concern to Israel. -
Two subjects likely to be
taken up are the U.S. arms
sales to Saudi Arabia, which
Israel views with alarm, and
the creation of a multi-national peacekeeping force to .
patrol Sinai after Israel completes its evacuation of the
peninsula in April, 1982. No
date was announced for the
meeting, but Evron suggested the third week of February when Shamir will be in
the U.S. en route to Mexico
and Central America on a
previously planned trip.   -
1   The ..meeting-will be the
first tjetweenja' senior .member of Israel's Cabinet and a
top Administration official
since President Reagan took
office. It raised speculation
here tliat Reagan might fol-
' low it up by inviting-President Anwar Sadat and Premier Menachem Begin to
Washington separately  in
March to explore the possibility of a tripartite summit
meeting later.  There has
been no official word on that
prospect from any of the parties.
Evron conveyed, to Haig
Israel's concern that the
U.S. might agree to Saudi
Arabia's request for extra
fuel tanks and bomb racks to
enhance the combat capabilities of the 60 F-15 war-
planes it purchased from the
U.S. The additional equipment, would enable the aircraft to attack targets in Israel. "As long as Saudi Arabia continues its policy of
hostility toward Israel our
feeling as it should not be
given weapons which can be
used against us," Evron was
quoted as telling Haig.
When the Carter Administration agreed to sell -the
F-15s to Saudi Arabia as part
of a controversial "package
deal" that involved arms to
Israel and Egypt as well; Israel was assured that the
planes would be equipped for
defensive operations only.
The first are due to be delivered to the Saudis before
the end of this year.
With little more than a
year to go before Israel com-
^J>Ie£fl5V%\withdrawal from
** Sinai, thelack of progress in
putting together \k peacekeeping force is troubling Is
rael. The Egyptian-Israeli
peace treaty provided for a
United Nations force at
Sharm el-Sheikh and other
strategic sites in Sinai, or,
failing that, a "multinational force."
Efforts by the U.S. so far
to persuade other countries
to participate in such a force
have not been successful. A
Foreign Ministry spokesman
said that Israel hoped the
Reagan Administration
would .revive those efforts
and achieve greater success.
Israel has made it clear
that it will not execute its
final withdrawal from Sinai
unless and until the matter
of peace supervision is resolved to its satisfaction.
Shamir said recently that Israel would like to see the
U.S. itself participate in the
multinational force.
Torah Day Camp has begun registration for its sixth
season. The camp, a project of the House of Tradition
-usesJh.e facilities of the Columbus Torah Academy.;:
The camp serves all Jewish children, regardless of
background or affiliation, ages 3-12. The season begins
June 22 for six weeks, and parents have the option of
'   sending their children for either a three or six "week'
session.
Daily activities include sports, arts and crafts,
instructional swimming and drama. The camp also,
features a nutritious lunch program and transportation ■
from strategic locations. Highlights of the camp are
field trips weekly, and overrate hikes.
The staff are selected on the basis of their ability to
relate to children and provide positive role models.
For more information about Torah Day Camp call
Chana Capland at 239-0124.	
Governor Rhodes Issues Order
That Affects Jewish Employees
The following is an Executive Order Gov. James A.
Rhodes has issued so that the
state employees of the
Jewish faith may attend
services at the Synagogue on
their religious holidays.
"Whereas, certain
religions observe their holidays on days which have not
been designated as legal
holidays by state law; and,
Whereas, in order for
members of these religions
to properly observe their
religious holidays in accordance with their respective
beliefs, they are, at times,
unable to be present at their
places of employment; and,
Whereas, it has been
brought to my attention that
certain state employees
have, at times, experienced
difficulty in obtaining a
leave of absence or vacation
from their appointing
authorities in order to pursue their religious convictions; and,
Whereas,   these state
employees have thereby
been substantially discouraged from freely exercising their religious beliefs'
and are thereby treated unequally under the laws of the
State of Ohio; and,
Whereas, at this time in
our nation's history we need
to increasingly insure and
encourage the free exercise
of religious expression;
Now, Therefore, I, James
A. Rhodes, as Governor of
the State of Ohio, pursuant to
the authority vested in me by
Article III, Section 5 of the
Ohio Constitution, do hereby
order that appointing
authorities shall observe
libera) policies concerning
leaves of absence or vacations for employees whose
salaries or wages are paid
by the state when such
leaves of absence or vacations are taken expressly for
the purpose of observing a
religious holiday. Further, I
do  hereby encourage  all
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