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VOL.59   NO. 17
APRIL 23,1981-NISAN 19
CJF Young Leaders
Set April 27 Meeting
At Helton Building
The Federation Young
Leadership Program will be
holding its next session Monday, April 27, 8 p.m. at the
Esther C. Melton Building
"according to Marti Netler
and Jeffrey Sherman, Co-
Chairmen of the program.
The topic for discussion
will be "Decision-Making in
the Columbus Jewish Com-
munity." Ms. Netler
explained that program
participants will be experiencing the process of
decision-making through the
view of a Federation budget
and planning committee. In
addition, a leader from an
actual Federation budget,
committee will be present to
share with the group some
insights into the process.
For further information,
call Michael Broidy at the,
, Columbus Jewish Federation office, 237-7686
allup Poll Shows More Americans
ave Positive Attitudes Toward Jews
Cast members of the up-coming Columbus Torah
Academy Shakespeare Festival are 1. to r.: Leisa Port-
man, Randy Kaplan, Melissa Davidorf and Jeffrey
Yenkin.
Shakespeare Festival At
Columbus Torah Academy
Every year during May
the students of the Columbus
Torah Academy celebrate a
Shakespeare festival, culminating in the presentation
of a Shakespeare drama.
This year, the seventh grade
class will present the tragedy "Hamlet" on Wednesday, May 6 and Thursday,
May  7    at   10  a m    in   the
"1
Members of the committee working on the Center
"Kaleidoscope of Art" event are front row 1. to r. Ina
Rosenthal, Barry Blank, Sandy Scheiner. Back row: Al
Herstig, Hannah Collin and Ron Erkis.
'Kaleidoscope Of Art'
Set For May 16 At Center
Dr. Ronald Erkis, president of Alpha Omega Dental
Fraternity, announces an
Art Exhibition and Auction
to benefit The New Jewish
Center. The event, entitled
"Kaleidoscope of Art," will
be held Saturday, May 16 af
the Center. The Champagne
and hors d'oeuvres Preview
will   begin   at  7:30  p.m.,
followed by the Auction at
8:30. Dessert will be served
following the program.
"With signs of construction already appearing on
the College Avenue site and
groundbreaking ceremonies
just weeks away, the "Art
Auction will offer everyone
the opportunity to celebrate
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April
Yom Hashoa Program
30 At Ahavas Sholom
Seth Hoffman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Hoffman of
Beth Jacob; Sarah Rubin,,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Alan Rubin of Tifereth Israel; Tal Mynda Marocco,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Marocco of Ahavas
Sholom; Ronnie Oklander,
daughter of Mr,' and.Mrs.
Morris Oklander of Temple
Israel; Michelle Wientraub,
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Children whose parents or
grandparents are survivors
of the Holocaust will serve as
candle lighters at the April
30 community Yom Hashoa
(Day of the Holocaust) program,
- The children, who will be
participating in a special
portion of the memorial
services are: Stacey Bless,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
1 Ken Bless of Agudas Achim;
scho6l library.
The students have besn engaged in a multi-media
study of Shakespeare and
" the Elizabethan era in preparation for their, presentation." Their study began with
a film of the life of Shake-
- speare. The students read
and discussed Hamlet and
reviewed the four-part Encyclopedia Britannica film
- analysis of the play.
.Several resource people
were involved in the study.
Mrs.' Dusky Reider, a member of the Artist-in-the-
""School prograni presented" a
day-long' workshop on the
Elizabethan Theatre, including costumes, scenery and
acting techniques. Mrs. Ruth
Abramson, former English
and social studies teacher at
Columbus Torah Academy,
assisted the director Mrs.
Marcia Hershfield in the tryouts and casting of the play.
Students have been involved in the creation of the
costumes and setting.
The play will be presented
to the study body, faculty,'
parents, friends and a delegation  of residents  from
Heritage House.'
The community is invited
to attend either the Wednesday or Thursday showing.
Federation Sets
Closing April 28
The United Jewish Fund
Campaign Closing of the Columbus Jewish Federation
will be held on Wednesday,
April 29, 6:30 p.m. at
Winding Hollow Country
Club.
Plans are underway to
make, this a very special
"Family Celebration" with
dinner, awards presentation
and outstanding entertainment.
In addition to Benjamin L.
Zox, General Chairman, the
following divisional chairmen will be honored: Marilyn Skilken, Women's Division; Charles Cohen, Trades
and Professions; Victor
Krupman, Project Renewal
Chairman; Dr. Jeffrey Til-
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NEW YORK (JTA)-More
Americans have positive
attitudes toward Jews now
than at any time in recent
years, despite the reported
increase in anti-Semitic acts
such as vandalism against
synagogues, according to the
results of a Gallup Poll taken
last month and compared to
previous -polls.
The poll was conducted
among' 1601 persons in 300
localities around the country
between March 13 and 16.
Forty percent of those polled
reported "highly favorable"
opinions of Jews as against
33 percent who were asked
the same question in 1975.
The poll also found that the
climate for Jews seeking
political office improved
dramatically during the last
decade. In 1973,46 percent of
Americans polled said they
would vote for a Jewish
Presidential candidate. In
1978, the figure was 82 percent.
From 1968 to 1978, the proportion of Americans who
approved of' marriages
between Jews and non-Jews
rose from 59 percent to 69
percent, according to the
poll. Only two percent of the
sample interviewed last
month had highly unfavorable opinions of Jews.
Favorable attitudes were
reported by 46 percent of
Catholics and 39 percent of
Protestants. Asked if they
thought Jews were trying to
get too much power in the
U.S., 12 percent of Protestants and 13 percent of
Catholics replied in the
affirmative, compared to 35
• percent of Protestants and 33
percent of Catholics asked
the same question in 1952.
According to the Gallup
organization, the growth of
religious tolerance in the
U.S. parallels the increase in
the number of college-educated persons. Each survey
found the college-educated
more tolerant than those
with less formal education.
Israel Mules Reaction To Reports
That Reaqan Sent Cable To Assad
TEL AVIV (JTA)-Israel
had a guarded reaction last
week to reports that President Reagan sent a personal
cable to President Hafez
Assad of Syria hailing the
rolerPamascus could'plaTin'
achieving peace in the Middle East. The Reagan message was disclosed in Beirut
by Beshir Gemayel, commander of the right-wing
Christian Phalangists, who
accused the U.S. of giving its
blessings to the partition in
Lebanon. The Phalangists
have been battling Syrian
forces in Lebanon in recent
weeks.
(There was no Immediate
comment  by  the  White
> House on Reagan's reported
cable sent on occasion of
Syria's National Day.)
Observers here said it
appeared to be an attempt
by the U.S. to balance the
sharp criticism of Syria by
Secretary of State Alexander
Haig when he was in Jerusalem'recently. At that time',
Haig denounced the Syrian
shelling of the Christian
town of Zahle in central
Lebanon as "brutal."
Israeli observers insisted,
however, that the contradictory statements should not
be' taken as a sign that the
Reagan Administration is
following the "zig-zag"
policy that the Carter
Administration had been
accused of. As if to' empha-*
size this "view, Premier
Menachem Begin, in a television interview last week,
hailed Haig's remarks and
said he was pleased that the
U.S. now regarded Syria as a
Soviet base.
Begin claimed that Syria
has been supplied with more
than> 2000- "modern- Soviet-
made tanks,- that the Soviets
have stockpiled over 1000
T-62 and T-72 tanks in Syria
for their own strategic use
and another 2000 tanks in
Libya.
In Washington, State
Department spokesman
Dean Fischer denied that
U.S. policy was aimed at getting the Syrians to withdraw
their forces from "Lebanon.
At the same time, he said the
U.S.' wanted the Lebanese
army to take over "security
functions" in the entire
country."
Heritage Village Announces Nominees
David Levison, Chairman
of the Heritage Village No-
minating Committee,
announces the proposed
slate of Officers and Trustees for 1981-82.
The election and installation will take place at the
brief Heritage Village An-
Jack L. Wallick
nual Meeting preceding the
Dedication of the. Therapeutic Landscaped Gardens
and the outdoor concert by
the Columbus Symphony
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Evan Whallon.
The Annual Meeting and
-festivities will be held on
Mother's Day, Sunday, May
10   at   1:30   p.m.   on   the
grounds of Heritage Village.
The following slate of
officers will be placed. in
nomination: President,
Sylvia C* Schecter; Vice
Presidents, Morris Skilken,
Gerald Wedren, and Alan
Weiler; Secretary, ■ Pearl
Polster; Assistant Secretary, Rose Wolmer; Treasurer, Louis Robins; Associate Treasurer, Harry
Schwartz.
For a three-year term on
the Board of Trustees, ■ the
following are the nominees:
Mrs. Barbara Brandt, Don
Erkis, Elliot Grayson, Mrs.
Ruth Groner, Allen Gunder-
sheimer Jr., William Kahn.
Marvin Katz, Louis Krakoff,
Mrs. Betty Mattlin. Mrs.
Miriam Paine, Walter
Robinson, Mrs. Yetta Rosen.
George Rosenberger, and
Mrs'. Eleartor Yenkin. *
Continuing in office are
Vice Presidents: David Roth
and Betty Talis."
Trie following have been
nominated as oificers of
Heritage Tower: President,
Jack Wallick: Vice President. Al.Tyroler: and Treasurer, Sanford Goldston.
Continuing, as   Heritage
Sylvia C. Sclwcier
Tower officers  are  Vice.
Presidents Eleanor Resler.
Edward Schlezinger.  and
Associate Treasurer David
4 Roth.
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