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JUNE28.1984-SIVAN28
Devoted to American
arid Jewish Ideals.
Cong. Beth Tikvah
Sects New Officers
Congregation Beth Tikvah
announces the election of the
following new Board members: Neil Carron, treasurer; Susan Levin, secretary; Herb Mirels, adult education chairman; Don Sylvan, fund raising chairman;
and Bruce Zwilling, building
chairman.
Continuing on the Board to
complete the second of a
two-year term are: Carol
Folkerth, Howard Pink, Liz
Schaeffer, Evie Freeman,
Carol Goldsmith, Marty
Gelender, Betty Klapper, Gil
Nestel, Allan Samansky and
Jack Zakin.
An installation service led
by Rabbi Gary A. Huber was
held at Beth Tikvah on Friday, June 8.
Ecuador To Bar PLO Office
QUITO (JTA) —The government of Ecuador has no intention of allowing the Palestine Liberation Organization to open
an office in this country, an official of B'nai B'rith International was told here last week. The assurance was given
Daniel Thursz, executive vice president of B'nai B'rith International, at a meeting with Foreign Minister Louis Valenca
Rodriquez. Thursz is on a seven-nation tour of Latin America. '■"■  7-
Judith Resnik Excited About Role
As First Jewish Woman Astronaut
Major Drug Haul Made In Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Tel Aviv police made one of the largest
drug hauls in Israel's history recently when they seized a
truck, just arrived from Lebanon and found two-and-a-half
tons of hashish with a street value of over $2 million. Four
members of a Jaffa family which own the truck were
detained. Acting apparently on a tip, the police surrounded
the truck which had been hired by the Defence Ministry for
construction work in south Lebanon. They dug through its
cargo of sand to find scores of nylon bags filled with hashish.
Rabbi Ciner Elected President
Of Columbus Board of Rabbis
Rabbi Alan G. Ciner, spiritual leader of the Agudas
Achim Synagogue, has been
elected president of the
Columbus Board of Rabbis
for   1984-85.   Serving  with
Nasi Hunter Denies
Mengele Is Hiding
TEL AVIV (JTA)-Tuvia
Friedman, who heads the
Nazi war crimes documentation center in Haifa, claims
that the notorious Auschwitz
doctor, Josef Mengele, is not
hiding out in the jungles of
Paraguay but in fact makes
frequent visits to the United
States..
Friedman told a press conference last week that Mengele has assets in the millions of dollars in the U.S.
and maintained that a combined effort by the governments of the U.S,, West Germany and Israel could effect
his capture.
Friedman did -, not deny
that Mengele lives in Paraguay. He did not refer to the
press conference held in
New York earlier by Vienna-
based Nazi-hunter Simon
Wiesenthal, who urged the
U.S. to pressure the Paraguayan government to
locate and extradite Mengele. But Friedman's remarks were somewhat at
variance with Wiesenthal's,
■which gave the impression
that Mengele was protected
by Paragauyan authorities
and dared not leave that
country.
Mengele, who was known
as the "angel of death" for
his inhumane experiments
on Auschwitz inmates, lives
at a hotel in the Mennonite
village pf Valendam in Para'
■ guay, according to Wiesen-
. thai.
Rabbi Ciner will he Rabbi
Howard Apothaker as vice-,
president and Rabbi Gary
Huber as secretary-treasurer.
- Rabbi Ciner, who came to >
Columbus a little over a year
ago, has instituted innovative programs' of prayer,
-study and spirituality at
Agudas Achim, He led a
group of teenagers and
adults from Columbus in the
Salute to Israel Parade held
in New York, the first time
that a group from the Midwest had participated in this
.event.
Since coming to Columbus,
Rabbi Ciner has appeared on
television and radio. He has
lectured extensively on his
field of expertise, the relevance of halachic and philosophical Judaism to the
spirituality of the times. In
February, Rabbi Ciner was
chosen to represent the
Columbus Jewish Federation on the UJA Rabbinic
Cabinet Community Mission
to Poland and to Israel.
Recently, he was selected
to serve in the National Rabbinic Cabinet of the United
Jewish Appeal. In addition,
he has been appointed as
chaplain to the Central Ohio
Jewish Committee on Scouting. .'
The Columbus . Board of
Rabbis serves as a coordin-
Jewish Warrior's
Portrait Found
TEL AVIV (JTA),,- Archaeologists excavating a
fourth century synagogue in
Galilee have uncovered what
is said to be the oldest portrait, in mosaic stone work,
of a Jewish warrior.
The Mosaic floor was discovered by archaeologists
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Rabbi Alan Ciner
ating body for community
wide participation among
the rabbis of all congregations in Columbus. Its meetings serve as an opportunity
for discussion and exchange
of information among colleagues and with other community representatives. The
Board of Rabbis also coordinates the annual Yom
Yashoah observance in the
community and other
special religious occasions.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
"You've come a long way,
baby," the advertising slogan for a popular cigarette
tells women, and it has been
some time since the first
woman fire fighter, first
woman bus driver, first
woman rabbi and other such
"firsts" made ripples in ther
news. But the first Jewish
astronaut {and second
woman in spa'ce—that's still
something to-boast about,
qualified a bit with little
cringes of envy from those of
us who once read the Flash
Gordon comic strip and
envied his fearless woman
partner, Dale.
How does Judith Resnik
feel about becoming the
second woman in space and
about her duties as mission
specialist on NASA's 12th
space shuttle flight? Resnik
is said to be excited about
being on board the first flight
on the Orbiter Discovery for
a seven-day mission.
Grew Up-In Akron
Thirty-five year old Resnik grew up in Akron, Ohio,
and graduated from Firestone High School in 1966.
She earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon
University in 1970 and a doc- .
tprate in electrical engineering from the University of
Maryland in 1977.
After graduating form
Carnegie-Mellon, Resnik
was employed by RCA in
New Jersey and Virginia as
a design engineer. Her RCA
projects included developing
circuitry for radar control
systems, engineering support  for  NASA  sounding
Jewish War Vets To Sponsor
Jewish Community Blood Drive
Some people learn the
importance of giving blood
the hard way .-r when they
are in need of it themselves.
According to the American
Red Cross, people aged 17 to
65 and weighing over 110
pounds | meet the age and
weight requirements for donating blood.
The components separated
out of one unit of blood make
it possible to restore the
health of as many as four different patients. "In addition
to whole blood," adds the
Red Cross, "a unit can provide red cells, platelets and
plasma products."
Community members
wishing to donate blood will
have the opportunity to do so
during the Jewish Community Blood Drive, Thursday,
July 5, from 12 to 6 p.m. at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center, 1125 College Ave.
Those who have decided to
become first time blood
donors on July 5 are reassured by Sol Derfler, coor-
dinater of the event, which is
sponsored by the Capital
Post No. 122,, Jewish War
Veterans of the United
States of America, "You will
feel no more discomfort than
you experience when your
physician takes a blood
sample fcir a test."
The Red Cross believes
that blood should be available to ali who need it, regardless of race, economic
status, ability to donate, or
geographic location. This requires regular blood donations by all healthy, caring
people in the community,
Derfler notes.
rockets and telemetry systems programs.
From 1974-77, Resnik was
a biomedical engineer and
staff fellow in the Laboratory of Nerophysiology at the
National Institute of Health,
Bethedsda, MD. Just before
she was selected by NASA in
1978, she was a senior systems engineer in product
development with Xerox
Corp. at EI Segundo, Calif.
Since completing her one-
year training as an astronaut candidate, Resnik has
worked on many projects in
support of Orbiter development.
Somehow she still found
time to become a classical
pianist and enjoys bicycling,
running and flying during
her free time. She is unmarried —  perhaps  career
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Kahane Group Barred From
July 23 Knesset Elections
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
The Central Elections Committee voted 18-10 today to
bar Rabbi Meir Kahane's extreme rightwing Kach list
from participating in the
July 23 Knesset elections.
There were seven abstentions.
The decision was the first
time in Israel's history that a
Jewish political faction was
banned from an election. An
Arab, ""Socialist List" was
banned 19 years ago on
grounds that its objective
was to undermine the existence of the State. Supreme
Court Justice Gavriel Bach,
chairman of the Elections
Committee, maintained that
Kahane's list undermines
the principles of democracy
itself. Kahane said he would
appeal the decision to the
Supreme Court.
The ruling against Kach
indicated to some observers
that the Elections Committee will also bar the Arab-
Jewish "Progressive List for
Peace" which calls in its
platform for creation of a
Palestinian state alongside
Israel reduced to its pre-
June 1967 borders. The list is
headed by an Arab nationalist attorney, Mohammed
Miari and its second spot is
occupied by Gen. (res.) Mat-
tityahu Peled, long active in
the Israeli peace movement.
Over 100 Members, Guests Attend
Jewish Historical Society Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the
Columbus Jewish Historical
Society was attended by
over 100 members and
guests.
Chairing the evening's
program was Rhoda Glass.
She presented Rabbi Samuel
Rubenstein who gave the
Invocation. Robert A. Glick,
president, welcomed the
audience and spoke of the
advances the Society has
made in the past year, the
growth of the organization,
its recognition in the community and the programs
and exhibits planned for
1984-85.
Edward Schlezinger,
Nominating Committee
chairman, presented to the
membership for their approval, the slate of officers
and Board appointees, plus
two Constitutional changes.
These were all agreed to,
unanimously. Robert Glick
was re-elected to the office of
the president, allowing him
to continue the direction he
has been giving to the CJHS
during its formative years.
Then,   Harold  Schottenstein, co-chairman of the
. Membership  committee,
made, individual, presenta-..
tions to the Society's 35
Benefactors.
The guest speaker for the
program was Dr. David
Zubatsky, whose area of
expertise is Jewish genealogy.
His presentation concluded with a question and
answer period. A Genealogy
Committee is being formed
by the Society and information regarding this will be
forthcoming in the near
future. Anyone interested in
participating should call
237-7686.	
Kibbutzniks
Are Expelled
For Drug Use
TEL AVIV (JTA) - Kibbutz Shaar Hagolan on the
Golan Heights has expelled
five of its members foir drug
use after they refused to
undergo therapy to - overcome the habit.
The incident, said to be unprecedented in the kibbutz
movement, exposed a problem that has been of concern
. to Israeli society for sonje
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