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VOL.59   NO. 18
APRIL 30,1981-NISAN 26
Pictured is the Israel Committee of The Jewish
Center. From left, Neil Schwartz, Sharon Eisenberg,
Jerry Fineberg, Aharon Yaffee, Bobbie Cushing, Carol
Handler, Nancy Paul, Nancy Lewis, and Bonnie Milenthal. Not pictured are Karen Moss, Carol Tennenbaum,
Marilyn Skilken, Dorothy Rubenstein, Linda Selcer
and Peter Pezaro.
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Nancy Paul, chairman of
the Israel Committee of The
Jewish Center, invites the
entire community to celebrate together at this weekend's Israel Festival 33. The
community-wide celebration
in honor of Israel's 33rd anniversary will begin Saturday night, May 2, at 9 p.m.,
with a performance by the
Parvarim, Israel's most
celebrated folk-duo. The
show will be followed by
a Dessert Cafe featuring
music and dancing with Raz.
Tickets are $& for general admission, and $4 for seniors
and students and are avail-
able at The Center and at the
door Saturday night.
The Food Festival has become a traditional part of
The Jewish Center's Israel
Independence Day celebration. This year's Festival
will feature an all dairy
kosher menu including
knishes, potato pancakes, Israeli salads, felafe), kugels
and a variety of-dishes. The
Food Festival will'be open
Sunday, May 3, from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
. This year's celebration
will mark a first for the Zemriyah, a children's song festival in honor of Israel's
birthday with the participation of the local religious
schools. The community-
wide musical expression of
solidarity for Israel will
begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday
and will become still another'
tradition for future Independence Day celebrations at
The Center. Hazzan Nell
Schwartz is coordinating the
event.
- The Walk-A-Thon co-spon-
sored by The Jewish" Center
and the Columbus Jewish
Federation will begin at
10:30 a.m. Sunday. The Jewish - Center Running Club,
The Jewish War Veterans
Color Guard, and The Torah
Academy Drill Team will
lead the five-mile walk
which will begin and end at
the Center. Registration
starts at 10 a.m. and sponsor
sheets will be available at
The Center.
In addition to these major
events,  there  will  be  a.
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WASHINGTON
(JTA)-David Newhall, chief
aide to Health and Human
Services Secretary Richard
Schweiker, is conducting a
thorough review of Warren
Richardson, Schweiker's
nominee for, the Office of
Assistant Secretary of the
Services agency, who has
been charged with anti-
Semitism. The review was
expected to be completed by
the end of last week.'
A spokesman for
Schweiker said that
Richardson's nomination
Will be withheld pending the
investigation. He will continue' to serve, as special
assistant but not in the legislative area to which he has
been assigned, Schweiker's
office said.
Schweiker agreed to delay
the nomination following
charges of anti-Semitism
brought   by  Rep.   Sam
Gejdenson (D. Conn.)
against Richardson last
week.. Gejdenson told the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
that if the nomination is not
withdrawn, he would personally oppose it before the
Senate Finance Committee
which must approve, the ■
nomination. ■
Gejdenson identified
Richardson as having been
counsel and "chief lobbyist"
of the ultra-rigtitwing
Liberty Lobby in the 1970s.
The Congressman characterized Liberty Lobby as
"a racist, anti-Semitic
organization" and noted that
"its publication, 'Spotlight,'
espouses white supremacy
and refers to the Holocaust
as a 'Jewish myth'."
Gejdenson cited an article
by Rjchardson that appeared on The New York
Times Op-Ed page in May,
1971 in which he denounced
"the cowards who would
rather countenance another
national disaster than brave
.the screams of the pro-
Zionist 'free press' in
America." According to
Health and Human Services
Department source's,.
Richardson told, Schweiker
that he had written the
article but someone else at
Liberty Lobby, who he did
not name, had inserted the
anti-Semitic paragraph.
Richardson acknowledged
that  he  served  as  chief
lobbyist for Liberty Lobby
but insisted that "1 am not'
now nor have I ever been
anti-Semitic."
The Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai BIrith
charged that Liberty Lobby
"is the most powerful and
best financed anti-Semitic
propaganda organization in
the United States." Nathan
Perlmutter, national director of the ADL, said that during the four-year - period
when  Richardson  was
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. Morris Skilken has been selected as the 1981 Eleanor
and Jack Resler "Life With Dignity" Award recipient.
The presentation will take place at the Heritage Village Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 10 at 1:30 p.m.
Commygiify Hobcautt Program
dieduted #@r This lining
Robert Levy, Samuel Rubenstein, Howard Apothaker,
Roger Klein, Marvin Possick
and Harvey Goldman will
each contribute to the service through memorial
prayers and special read-'
ings. Also, Cantors Elwin
Redfern and Neil Schwartz
will sing "Hatikvah." '
Columbus Jewish Feder-'
ation  President,  Bernard
Yenkin, will introduce Dr. "
Eliacb. She .will speak on
"Spiritual   Resistance
During the Holocaust./*
The congregations which
have joined together to sponsor this memorial service
are Agudas Achim, Ahavas
Sholom, Beth Am, Beth.
Jacob, Beth -Shalom, Beth
Tikvah, Temple Israel and
Tifereth Israel.
The Yom Hashoa Me-'
morial Service is free and
the public is invited to
attend.1'
The Holocaust' is being
marked and remembered
through a cooperative effort
by' eight Columbus area
synagogues. The Congregations are sponsoring a Community Holocaust Memorial
Program (Yom Hashoa) this
evening, April 30 at 8 p.m. at
Congregation Ahavas Shalom, 2568 E. Broad St.
Dr.' Yaffa Eliach, Director
of the Brooklyn Center for
Holocaust Studies and Associate Professor of Judaic
Studies at Brooklyn College*
will be the keynote speaker.
Dr. Eliach, an expert on the
Holocaust, is a poetess and
playwright.
The program will include a'
special candle lighting ceremony. Children who are descendants of Holocaust - victims will light memorial
candles.
Rabbis Harold  Berman;
Jerome- Folkman,' Sheldon,
Switkin,  David  Stavsky,
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The Board of Trustees of
The Jewish Center ' announces a historic-event for
the Columbus Jewish community. The Groundbreaking Ceremony for The Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center of
Columbus will be held on
Friday, May 15 at 9:30 a.m.
A challenge gift from the
Leo Yassenoff Foundation
has enabled the Center to
begin construction of The
New Jewish Center, to be
known as The Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center of Columbus.
The Foundation of the late
Leo Yassenoff, a community
leader whowas instrumental
in building the current build:
ing, has contributed a total
of $1'million to the fundraising effort Their original gift
of $300,000 was increased
recently by a $700,000
challenge tgift'as* a stimulus
to raise additional monies to
complete the campaign.
Center President William
Goldman expressed the
gratitude of the Board to the
Yassenoff Foundation and to
all campaign workers.and
contributors who have
brought us to this historic
occasion. "We have reached
the point in our campaign
which enable^ us to break
ground and begin construe-,
tion of our New Jewish
Center. In the coming
months, we will share in the
excitement of planning for
the future. At the same time,
we must direct our efforts to
raising the remaining $1
million needed to complete
the project."
The groundbreaking event
was, set after the recent con
tract signing at the Center. -
The New Jewish Center
was designed by the architectural firm of Bohm-
NBBJ. Present at the contract signing were Fried)
Bohm, President, Phil Johnson, Project Manager; and
Jim Schirtzinger, Project
Designer. General contractor for the project is the Alt-
man Company, represented
by Jon Altaian, Norm Alt-
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man and Maryann Trapp.
Site preparation for The
New Jewish Center is now
underway. Construction
fences and heavy equipment
are now familiar sights on
College Avenue. Details of
the Groundbreaking: Ceremony and the construction
project itself are forth*
coming.
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