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Fans of Robby Benson are in for a surprise when
they see the current teenage heartthrob in his latest
' movie, "The Chosen," which premieres May lias the
entertainment centerpiece for Celebration 33, the
worldwide fund-raising event honoring Israel's 33rd
anniversary of statehood.
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WASHINGTON (JTA)-
President Reagan said last
week that he was
"horrified" when he heard
people claim that the Holocaust is a hoax and that six
million Jews were not murdered by the Nazis. He
vowed to use his "bully pulpit" to "point a finger of
shame" at all ugly acts,
from graffiti to violence.
Speaking to several hundred Jewish leaders and
others at ceremonies marking the "Days of Remembrance" of the Holocaust at
the White House, Reagan
also pledged that the U.S.
will speak out at all international forums and negotiating tables to protest the
persecution of people anywhere. The annual event,
sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, was
held in the East Room of the
White House instead of the
Rose Garden because of
rain.
Referring to those who
claim the Holocaust is a
hoax, Reagan recalled that
during World War II he
served in an army branch
which processed military
film from overseas and he
saw the first scenes taken at
the .first Nazi concentration
camp to be liberated by
American forces. Anyone
who saw this film knew it
was not a hoax, Reagan said.
Auther Elie Wiesel, chairman of the Holocaust Memorial Council, said survivors
of the Holocaust must bear
witness to those events, "not
Howard M. Metzenbaum,
United States Senator from
Ohio, Frank D. Celebrezze,
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, will "join Congressman Robert N. Shamansky
and Council President, M.D.
Portman, as honorary members of the committee of organization for Celebration
33, when Columbus joins
with other cities around the
world in presenting the
world premiere of "The
Chosen" on Monday, May 11.
At a time when anti-Semitism is increasingly in the
news, the international Jewish community is uniting in
an effort to .promote peace
and brotherhood among
people of all religious persuasions.' In ColumbtfsYfive
organizations have joined
forces to present Celebration
33, whereas 26 Jewish
organizations in the United
States, Canada and abroad
are sponsoring this event in
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Ruth Rubin, Professor of
Jewish Studies at Queens
College, NX,and. Folklore,
Collector for the' Library of
Congress, will present a lecture and recital of Yiddish
folksongs as part of the Con-
William A. Goldman will
be nominated to serve a
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The Jewish Center at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday,
June 17, at 7:45 p.m. The an
nouncement was made by
Dr. James Tennenbaum,
chairman of the Nominating
Committee.
Nominated to serve with
Goldman as Vice Presidents
will be Michael Talis, Judy
Tenenbaum and Tom Kaolin. Other officers on the proposed slate are Dennis Mellman, Treasurer; Ruth'Ann
Blank, Assistant Treasurer;
and Dr. Al Tyroler, Secretary.
Fifteen Center leaders are
slated to serve on The Jewish Center Board of Trustees. Nominated for a three-
year term, from June 1981
through June 1984, will be:
Howard Chenfeld, Leo
Eichenbaum,  Irvin  Flox,
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Ruth Rubin
ference on the Shtetl to be
presented on Sunday, May
17, from 1-6 p.m. at the Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave.
The community conference
is being held by the Melton
Center for Jewish Studies at
The Ohio State University in
conjunction with the Jewish
Center.
Rubin is considered unique
in her utilization of historical-cultural materials as a
setting for Yiddish folksongs
and has gathered close to
2,000 examples of these
songs which are stored in
librarieg„around the world.
Having appeared in solo concerts all over the-world, she
is also a noted recording
artist.
The author of Voices of a
People: The Story of a Yiddish Folksong, Rubin has
edited-compiled A Treasury
of Jewish Folksong and Jew-
' ish Folksongs in Yiddish and
English.
Rubin joins Professor
Ruth Wisse, Chair of the
Jewish Studies Department,
McGill University, Montreal
and Dr. Jack Kugelmass,
Faculty Member, Max Wein-
reich Center for Advanced
Jewish Studies, YLVO in
giving an in-depth view of
Jewish life in towns and villages of Eastern Europe in
the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
The film Image Before My
Eyes and the photographic
exhibit "Images of Polish
Jewry: Arts and Culture"
will highlight the conference.
The conference is funded
by grants from the Endowment Fund of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, the Ohio
Program in the Humanities
and The Ohio State Univer-
sity Development Fund.
Honoring the mothers and
grandmothers of the Heritage Village Family is part
of the major celebrations
planned for Sunday, May 10.
The day begins with the presentation-and pinning of corsages to each of the ladies by
First Lady Eleanor Resler.
Each year, on Mother's Day
and Father's Day, Mrs. Resler presents each Resident
with flowers as her way of
honoring the Heritage Village family.
The Annual Mother's Day
festivities are sponsored by
the Heritage Village Auxi
liary. Working closely with
the program department,
Trudi Krupnick, chairperson
of the day, has coordinated a
luncheon which will be
served in each of the dining
rooms. Each lady will also
be honored with a gift, from
the Auxiliary.
to divide people but, on the
contrary, to bring them
together; not to create more
suffering but, on the contrary, to diminish it; not to
humiliate anyone but, on the
contrary, to teach others not
to humiliate anyone."
Wiesel said the more
people learned about the
Holocaust the less they could
understand it. He pointed in
particular to the failure of
others to prevent or lessen
its effects at the time. He
noted pointedly that many
Holocaust survivors now live
in Israel and that Jews feel
that Israel has "a right not
only to be secure but also to
feel  secure."  Wiesel  said
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The Columbus Israel
Bonds Committee announces
a Tribute Dinner honoring
Herbert H. Schiff on June 4
at the Sheraton Hotel. Schiff
is chairman, president and
chief executive officer of
SCOA Industries, Inc., a general merchandising and footwear company based in Columbus. He has been associated with SCOA since graduating from the University of
Pennsylvania's Wharton
School of Business in 1938.
He is currently director and
vice-chairman of the American Retail Federation.
An active participant in
community and business
affairs, Schiff is also recipient of many special awards,
three of which were awarded
in 1979: Milton Weill Human
Relations  Award' of  the
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Herbert H. Schiff
American Jewish Committee; the Patriots Award of
the "Take Stock in Amer-
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The celebration will continue with the Heritage Village Annual Meeting.
Flowers, made by the Village Residents and the Bexley Senior Citizens Club, will
be presented to each lady
attending the day's festivities.
Linda Wasserstrom,
Chairperson of Federation's
Israel Department Committee, announced today that a
resolution was adopted by
the Ohio Senate on March 24
congratulating the State of
Israel on its 33rd Anniversary. The resolution was
obtained through the efforts
of the Israel Department and
its professional staff person,
Shaliach, Aharon Yaffe.
The Resolution which was
proposed by Senator M.
Morris Jackson and Senator
William Bowen was adopted
by the 114th General Assembly of Ohio and "duly designated Senate Resolution No.
163. The Resolution is as
follows:
WHEREAS, The members
of the Senate of the 114th
General Assembly of Ohio
wish to recognize the State of
Israel on the occasion of'its
Thirty-third Anniversary;
and
WHEREAS, There is a
close and abiding relationship between the history and
cultural background of the
people of the State of Ohio
and the people of Israel.
Many Ohioans have parti
cipated in the establishment,
growth, and development of
the State of Israel; and -
WHEREAS, The State of
Israel has, for thirty-three
years, been a shining
example of democracy in the
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Bea Roth and James Tennenbaum, chairpersons of
the Groundbreaking Committee, invite "all Center
members and friends to the
official Groundbreaking
Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on
Friday. May 15.
Both Mrs. Roth and Dr.
Tennenbaum have been active in the building campaign since its inception.
"We are thrilled to have
reached this milestone."
said Mrs". Roth. "We hope
that everyone will join us to
celebrate this historic occasion."
The program for the day is
to include introduction of
dignitaries, acknowledgments to campaign leaders.
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