Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1985-01-17

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Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 60 Years
VOL.63   NO.3
JANUARY 17.1985-Tevet24
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Mel Schottenstein
To Chair Meeting
Columbus Chamber of
Commerce Chairman Mel-
vin L. Schottenstein will
meet with Cincinnati leaders
Monday, Jan. 21, to discuss
seven recommendations that
emerged from a coast-to-
coast JWB study on how
Jewish Community Centers
and YM-YWHAs can make
most of their potential as
ideal settings for Jewish educational programming.
Schottenstein, leader of
and major contributor to the
building fund campaign for
the Leo Yassenoff .Jewish
Center, is a member of
JWB's Committee on the Implementation of Recommendations. He served as a
member of the JWB Commission on Maximizing Jewish Educational Effectiveness of Jewish Community
Centers. |
Schottenstein is a member
of the Board of Directors of
JWB.
Hessian Town To Build Synagogue
BONN (JTA) — The city council of Darmstadt has decided'
to provide funds to build the first synagogue in that Hessian
town since Nazi mobs destroyed the two old synagogues there
during the infamous Kristallnacht nearly a half century ago.
It will serve the 120 surviving Jews in Darmstadt and several
other small Jewish communities in the southern region of the
State of Hesse. Ruediger Breuer, a Darmstadt official who
initiated the project, explained, "We are fed up with paying
lip service to the suffering of the Jewish community in our
town. It is high time to take action and we intend to do just
that."
Ethiopian Government Agrees
To Accept Aid From Israel
Court Rules Jehovah's Witnesses
Part Of Zionist Conspiracy
ATHENS (JTA) — The Jewish community is angered and
disturbed over a ruling by a court in Candia, Crete, that the
Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian sect, bears a close resemblance to Judaism and is part of a Zionist conspiracy to rule
the world from Jerusalem. Joseph Lovinger, president of the
Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, an affiliate
of the World Jewish Congress, denounced the ruling as
"sheer nonsense" and warned that it would be seized upon by
reactionary elements for vile propaganda purposes.
TEL AVIV (JTA) - Ethiopia's Marxist government
has finally agreed to accept
direct aid from Israel to help
alleviate famine, it was announced last week by Arye
Harel, president of the
Magen David Adorn. He said
that despite severe economic
difficulties here, the MDA,
Israel's equivalent of the
Red Cross, has raised a
quarter million dollars for
Ethiopian relief.
The Ethiopian regime has
no diplomatic relations with
Israel, a country to. which it
is hostile, and refused to ac-
Hillel To Host Reception For Yehudi Menuhin
Friends of Hillel, support
group of the B'nai B'rith
Foundation, will host a gala
reception with Yehudi Menuhin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Yehudi Menuhin
The reception is being
dedicated by the Leon Schottenstein family to his memory. It will be held on the
stage of Mershon Auditorium following the orchestra's performance on
Monday, Feb. 18. All
"Friends of Hillel" will have
the- opportunity to meet
Menuhin and the orchestra
and enjoy a gourmet dessert
menu. The reception benefits the Hillel Foundation.
While Menuhin's name isy
synonymous with the violin,
he is also regarded as one of
the world's finer conductors.
He has guest conducted
many of the leading orchestras including the New York
' Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Philharmonic, San Francisco' Symphony, English
Chamber Orchestra and the
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D,C.
He has also founded and directed several major European music festivals, among
them both the Bath and
' Windsor festivals in England
and the festival bearing his
name in Gstaad, Switzerland
which he founded in 1956.
. The tradition of the annual
Friends of Hillel reception,
was begun in 1982 with Zubin
Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. The tradition has
continued with receptions
for Vladimir Ashkenazy, the
internationally acclaimed
pianist and for Eugenia
Zuckerman and the Israel
Chamber Orchestra.
Friends of Hillel dedicates
Ihis year's reception with
Yehudi Menuhin as the Leon
Schottenstein Memorial
reception.
Friends of Hillel membership fees comprise an
important part of the fund-
raising effort which allows
Hillel to continue its programs and services to Jewish students at The Ohio
State University.
Nathan Gordon is the
chairman of this year's
Friends of Hillel reception.
Serving with him are Nelson
Genshaft, Cookie Krupman,
Janet Kuskin, Nancy Meyer,
Ina Rosenthal, Judith Swedlow, Frank Nutis, and Gregg
Robins.:
. The cost of becoming a
Friend of Hillel is $25.
Tickets to the concert are
available through Friends of
Hillel for an additional $25.
For more information,
contact Rabbi Howard Alpert at 2944797.
Tifereth Israel To Celebrate
Consecration Of First Graders
Congregation Tifereth Israel will celebrate the Consecration of its first graders on
Shabbat morning, Jan. 19.
The students have been preparing for many weeks and
will be participating in the
Torah service, as well as the
conclusion of the service.
First grade teachers
Heather Hallsy-Bernstein
and Felice Orlove, as well as
tefillah teacher, Jodi Fish-
man, have worked with the
first grade class in preparing theni for this special occasion. A Kiddush in honor of
the class and their parents
will follow the services.
Members of this year consecration class'., are:
Heather, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Fred Abramovitz;
David, son of Rabbi and Mrs.
Harold Berman; Simona,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Jeffrey Covel; Amy, daugh-
cept any assistance from Israel until now. It reversed its
position at the prodding of
the international Red Cross
and the Ethiopian Red Cross
Society.
Harel said the 220 tons of
relief items which have been
awaiting shipment for several weeks include ten field
kitchens, 800 tents, 20 tons of
flour, 20 tons of sugar, cooking oil, chocolate powder and
baby food. :
, They; will fill ten marine
containers which the Zim
Lilies, Israel's national shipping company, will carry,
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Pictured above 1. to r. are Cantor Elwin Redfern,
Dora Levenstein, Mike Weisz and Dr. Alfred Golding
preparing for their Columbus Klezmer debut on Jan. 19
at Beth Jacob.
Columbus Kleimer To Debut
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Martin
Derrow; Daniel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Freimark;
Rachel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Gurevitz;
Hallie, daughter of Dri* and
Mrs. Steven Heyman;
Katherine, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Neil Moss; Jeffrey,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Mark
Rihkov; Loni, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Shkol-
nik; Heather, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Tanzer;
Jonathan, son of Edward
Vinocur and Mrs. Jill Viho-
cur. '.'■■';'"':
Julie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Boster; Tracy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Genshaft; Jonathan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Handler; Marissa, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs, Seth Kantor;
Debra, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Karas; David,
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Philip Cohen, President of
the Beth Jacob Brotherhood
announced that the initial
performance of the Columbus Klezmer of Beth Jacob
will take place this Saturday
night, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. Rabbi
David Stavsky will install
the new Brotherhood officers.
The Columbus Klezmer is
a new group of four musicians dedicated to perpetuation of authentic Jewish folk
music and spreading an appreciation of real Jewish
melodies to the entire Jewish
community. The members of
the band are: Mike Weisz,
" drummer, Dr. Alfred Golding, banjo and vocalist, Dora
Levenstein, piano and Cantor Elwin Redfern, guitar
and vocalist. The Klezmer
will be Israeli, Chassidic and
Yiddish strains of Jewish
music.
A deluxe sweet table will
be served following the performance. Reservations are
"required. PricesTare $2. for
adults and $1. for children
under 12. Call Irv Flox at
235-2296 or Beth Jacob at
. 237-8641 for reservations.
Jan. 20 Blue Box Brunch
To Honor Martin Hoffman
The Jewish National Fund .
Annual Blue Box Brunch will
be held on Sunday, Jan. 20 at
the Beth Jacob Synagogue,
11:30 a.m. Martin Hoffman,
President of the Columbus
■Jewish National Fund Council for the past five years will
be honored for his dedication
to the continued development of the Land of Israel.
At the Brunch the 1985-87
Executive Officers, President, Meyer Hoffman; Executive Vice President, Herman "Dutch" Geichman;
Vice Presidents, Claire Gel-
band, Hal Zeidman, Wendy
Levine, Gary Covel; Treasurer,  William  Borden;
Secretaries, Rhonda and
Stephen Brazina, the Advisory Board chaired by Martin
Hoffman and the General
board will be installed for
their term of office.
The Blue Box has traditionally been the symbol of
Jewish giving. In 1901, the
Blue and White Box collected ~funds to purchase
land in Eretz Yisrael, parcel
by parcel. Today, the monies
in the Blue Box turns Sand to
Land, reclaiming the Land
of Israel for the development
of settlements, building of
roads, preparing the Land
for agriculture, industry and
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presumably from Eilat to
-Ethiopia's port of Massawa
on the Red Sea. The Ethiopian authorities refused to
allow the relief supplies to be
flown in by Israeli aircraft.
There was no explanation
why they agreed to an Israeli
sea carrier.        	
Shcharansky's Mother
Granted Permission To
VisitSonlnLaborCamp
NEW YORK (JTA)-Avital Shcharansky has informed Soviet Jewish activists in the United States
that her mother-in-law, Ida
Milgrom, has been granted
permission to visit Soviet
Jewish Prisoner of Conscience Ahatoly Shcharansky in the Perm labor camp.
The visit was scheduled for
Monday, Jan. 14.
Rabbi Avraham Weiss,
chairman of; the Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry
(SSSJ), said he received a
- telephone call from Mrs.
Shcharansky last week. She
telephoned from Geneva
where she reportedly met
with members of the United
States delegation to the arms
talks with the Soviet Union.
The SSSJ asserted that Soviet officials there had declined to meet with Mrs. .
Shcharansky.
Anatoly  Shcharansky  is ,
serving a 13-year sentence
. after being convicted in 1978
on charges of spying for the
United States.    	
Center/JNF Sponsor
Tu B'shvat Seder
Feb. 3 at Center
This year-the Israel/Judaic Department of the Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center and
Jewish National Fund will be
co-sponsoring a Tu B'shvat
Seder and Celebration on
Sunday, Feb. 3. The program will begin at 1 p.m. at
the Center. It will feature a
Children's Art and Poetry
Exhibit and Contest, a Tu
B'shvat Seder, Jewish National Fund display, refreshments and games. The Art
and Poetry Contest will include works of students from
local religious schools. The
program will be oriented
toward family participation
and is designed for people of
all ages. Trees to be planted
in Israel will be available for
purchase through Jewish
National Fund.
For more information
about the Tu B'shvat Seder
and Celebration, call the Israel/Judaic Department of
the Center, 231-2731.
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