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SEPTEMBER 13,1984-ELUL16
. Devoted to. American
and Jewish ideals.
eaaan Says U.S. Will Support
on vention Ratification
Members of the planning committee of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Columbus Jewish Federation (left) with Diane Cummins, chairwoman, (right) are seen making final
plans for, the Sept. 16 meeting in the spirit of "Yachad" — together.
Sept. 16 Federation Annual Meeting
To Be For 'Young, Young At Heart'
"The 58th Annual Meeting
is for the young, the young at
heart and for those in between," said Diane Cummins, chairwoman of the Columbus Jewish Federation's
Annual' Meeting. "It will be
an outstanding evening and'
we hope everyone will at:
tend, in the spirit of 'Yachad'
— together," she added. The
meeting will be held this
Sunday, Sept. 16.
The evening features the
presentation of the 1984 Rabbinical Award to Rabbi Harold Berman of Tifereth Israel Congregation; the presentation of the Community
Award of Excellence to Heritage Village for Heritage
Manor and the Therese Stern
Kahn Young Leadership
Award to Michael A. Talis.
"There will.be a broad
community- representation
eager to share in the pride of
the award recipients," continued Mrs. Cummins, "and
there is truly no better way
to show community spirit
and support than at the Federation's showcase event."
Rabbi Harold Schulweis
will deliver the fifth Abe I.
Yenkin Memorial entitled
"Them and Us." Schulweis
is a scholar, writer, teacher
and pulpit rabbi and considered one of the foremost contemporary Jewish thinkers
and speakers;
. In addition, young people
representing Columbus
Torah Academy, Columbus
Hebrew School and Tifereth
Israel Weekday Hebrew
School will be performing in
a youth choir directed by
Shula Gurari, faculty member of Columbus Hebrew
School.
Members of Mrs. Cummins! planning committee
are: Rabbi Berman; Judah
-jBitton; Sherran Blair;
I' Ahren Cohen; Dr. Ronald
Erkis; Herman Geichman;
Rabbi Harvey Goldman;
Rhea  Kaplan;   Harold
Kayne; Martin Kopp; Phyllis Loeb; Selma Mellman;
Ina Sue Rosenthal; Shirley
/Sacks; Betty Schiff; Felice
Schiffman; Ernest Stern;
Joan Wallick and Bernard
Yenkin.
The Annual Meeting will
be held at Agudas Achim
Synagogue at 7:30 p.m., and
a dairy reception will follow.
"The cost is $3^50 per adult
and $1.50 per student, and
reservations may be made
by calling Federation,
237-7686, extension 23.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
President Reagan went before a large Jewish audience
last week to officially announce that his Administration will now "vigorously
support" U.S. ratification of
the United Nations Convention against genocide.
"I want you to know that
we intend touse the Convention in our efforts to expand
human freedom and fight
human rights abuses around
the world/' Reagan told the
biennial convention of B'nai
B'rith International at the
Sheraton Washington Hotel.
"Like you, I say in a forthright voice, 'never again.' "
B'nai B'rith has long
called for the adoption of the
Genocide, Convention. But
the President has refused to
call for its ratification by the
Senate up to now, apparently
because of opposition from
some conservatives. The
State Department announced, the new position,
also. „
Reagan explained that the
decision was made after a
"long and exhaustive study"
because of concern about the
international covenant "in
part due to the human rights
abuses performed by some
nations that have already
ratified the document."
The Genocide Convention
The General Assembly of
the United Nations approved
unanimously on Dec. 9,1948,
a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Gen6cide. The Con-
'vention specifies that "geno
cide is a crime under international law which the civilized world condemns, and
for the commission of which
principals and accomplices
are punishable."
More than 90 countries,
with the notable exception of
the United States, have approved the Convention,
which was prompted by the
Nazi mass wartime slaughter of six million Jews.
. The Convention was
passed by the General Assembly partly because of the
persistent efforts of Raphael
Lemkin, a Polish-born Jewish attorney, who coined the
term   "genocide"  and
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Eleanor Resler Selected To Receive
Mayor's Award For Voluntary Service
Community College lor Adult Jewish Studies
To Open At Leo Yassenoff Center This Fall
Opening this fall; the Community College for Adult
Jewish Studies will provide
an opportunity for adult Jewish learning. Located at the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, this community effort offers a chance to study with
Columbus . rabbis, Melton
Center faculty and community educators.
Irving Howe
Representatives from Jewish institutions providing
adult Jewish education met
to plan for the fall semester.
Members of the planning
committee are:.Carole Genshaft, chairwoman; Rabbi
Howard Apothaker, Beth
Shalom; Judy Blair, Tifereth Israel; - Rabbi Alan
Ciner, Agudas Achim, president Board of Rabbis;.
Robert Feldman, Agudas
Achim; Herb Mirels, Beth
Tikvah; Elsie Oppenheimer,
JC Adult Services chairwoman; Marc Raphael, Melton Center for Jewish
Studies, OSU; Maxine Wasserman, Agudas Achim;
Carol Tracht-Kader, Beth
Shalom; Deborah Cohen;
director of education at
Tifereth Israel; and Carol
Folkerth, Adult Services
director of the Center, and "
Deborah Cohen, director of
education at Tifereth Israel.
Partial funding for the program has been received
from the Columbus Jewish
Foundation of the Columbus
Jewish Federation.
As a result of this joint effort, a six week semester
will begin Oct. 22 and will
meet on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings at
.the Center, 1125 College Ave.
Classes in Hebrew language,
Jewish historjf, Jewish
music, tracing family roots,
textual study and much
more will be offered.
A kick-off event for the
Community College will be
held on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 8
p.m. and will feature a presentation by Irving Howe.
Professor Howe has distinguished himself as an author
and a teacher in the field of
American Jewish Studies. A
world famous literary and
social critic, Howe's monumental work, The World of
Our. Fathers, made him one
of the most important schol-
ars in the field of American
Jewish History as well?
A reception will follow the
lecture, during which community members are invited
to meet with the Community
College faculty and register
for classes. For a once per
semester fee of $15, participants may take any number
of .courses. The College is
open to the entire community.
For further information,
call Carol Folkerth at the
Adult Department of the
Jewish Center at 231-2731. A
brochure with class schedules and registration information will be distributed in
the near future.
Eleanor Resler, Heritage
Village's first lady, has been
selected to receive the 1984
Mayor's Award for Voluntary Service. The presentation ceremony and reception
has been scheduled for this
Sunday, Sept. 16, at 2 p.m. at
Battelle Memorial Institute.
Eleanor Resler
In nominating Mrs. Resler
for this award/Louis Robins,
president of Heritage Vill-
Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld Slated
As Beth Jacob 8EW Speaker
The rabbi who opened the
National Convention of the
Republican Party in Dallas,
Tx., this past August will be
the keynote speaker on
"Jewish Priorities, 5745" at
the opening, session of the
annual Religious Emphasis
Week program to be held at
Beth Jacob Congregation on
Sunday, Sept. 30, at
8:30 p.m. This lecture is Joeing sponsored by Lou Levin
in memory of Gertrude
Levin.
Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld
has been the spiritual leader
of-Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, Flushing, N.Y.,
since its inception in 1951. He
graduated from the University of London, England, and
was ordained at Yeshivah
University, Rabbi Isaac
Elchanon Theological Seminary . He is a past president
of the Rabbinical Council of
America, the largest rabbinical organization of Orthodox rabbis and is honorary
president of the Bais Din of
the RCA.
A prolific  author  and
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age, cited her contributions
to the residents of Heritage
Village. During the 1940s,
Mrs. Resler became active
in the formation of the original Columbus Jewish Home
for the Aged. Through her
continuous dedication to providing a "Life With Dignity"
to the elderly of the community, the boarding home was
relocated to the current site
on College Avenue and
became the nationally-
acclaimed Heritage House.
Two later expansions of Heritage House — :the Resler
Wing and the Terrace Level
of the Resler Wing — are
continuous reminders of her
commitment to serving
others.
In addition to her volunteer efforts and philanthropy,, which extend far
beyond the Village campus,
Mrs. Resler has served as
the president of the Heritage
House Auxiliary and president of the Heritage House
Board of Trustees for an
unprecedented three terms.
She currently serves as honorary co-chairwoman for the
"We Are Their Children"
campaign, the Heritage
House Expansion Program.
Israel Transfers
Responsibility To
S. Lebanon Army
TEL AVIV (JTA)-Israel
is systematically transferring responsibility for security in south Lebanon to the
South Lebanon Army (SLA),
a force of some 2,000 soldiers, mostly Christians, commanded by Gen. Antoine
Lehad.
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58tS_ Annual Meeting
Sunday, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m.
Agudas Achim Synagogue
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