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VOL.63   NO. 41
OCTOBER 3,1985-TISHRI18
Devoted to American
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Robert Glick, CJHS President,
Appointed Federation Trustee
The 59th Columbus Jewish
Federation Annual Meeting
was. held Sunday, Sept. 22, at
Beth Jacob Synagogue.
Robert A. Glick
Among the numerous
presentations made to the
constituency by Millard
Cummins, chairman of the
Nominating Committee, was
the following: "A recommended action that the
president of the Columbus
Jewish Histqrical^Society be
included as a designated
member of the Board of
Trustees." Benjamin Zox,
Annual Meeting chairman,
asked foir the motion to be
seconded. This was done, the
"ayes" acknowledged and
the-motion was passed.
The appointment of Robert
A. Glick is for a one-year
term ending in 1986. Glick
indicated to Miriam Yenkin,
newly elected Federation
president, that he was very
pleased to.become a member of the Board of Trustees
and is looking forward to his
association with his colleagues. He said, "I am most
appreciative of the fact that
the Historial Society is a
beneficiary agency of the
Federation. The financial assistance accorded our group
is of paramount importance
in' helping us attain our
goals. Our officers and board
members jdin with me in ac-
knowleding CJF support."
Glick has held the position
of Historial Society president since its beginnings in
1981 and through his efforts
has helped to increase enrollment to nearly 400 memberships, including 39 Lifetime Benefactors. He is also
a vice-president of Heritage
Village and on the board of
directors of both the Columbus Rotary and WOSU.
Rabbi Says Her Visit To Cracow
For Bar Mitzvah Celebration Had
'Lots Of Pain As Wei! As Joy'
Chef Berdy To Be Featured At
Opening NCJW Meeting Oct. 16
One of Columbus' newest
chefs, Remy Berdy of the
Great Southern Hotel, will
present a gourmet cooking .
demonstration at the opening paid-up membership
meeting of the Columbus
Section, National Council of
Jewish Women, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 11:30 a.m. at
the hotel.
Co-chairwomen .Sandy
Steiman and Eva Stein have
announced that all reserv-
■ ations must be received by
Oct. 9, in order to be eligible
for the $ll per person
luncheon fee. Checks to Steiman,  314  S. Drexel  Ave.,
Columbus, 43209, will serve
as reservations. Free babysitting iwill be provided for
those who call -Stein, at
861-0552.
Chef Berdy, executive chef
of the restored Great South-
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Holy Day of Joy
in the Torah
Celebrates the completion of the annual
cycle of reading the
Torah.—the Five
Books of Moses—and
the beginning of reading the Torah anew.
The Torah ends with
the death of Moses
and begins with the
creation of the world,
underscoring the idea
that out of seeming
death comes life.
October 8
33 Tishri
Israeli Specialists To Assist Mexico
TEL AVIV (WNS) - Civil
defense specialists. and
Israel Defense Force erigi-'
neers went to Mexico City to
assist in ongoing rescue
operations following the
major earthquakes that
devastated the heart of the
Mexican capital with a death
toll estimated between 3,000
and 5,000.
The first group of civil
defense experts left Sept. 21.
The IDF engineers departed
Sept. 22, taking with.them
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NEW YORK (JTA)—The
Reconstructionist rabbi who
accompanied Eric Strom
and his family to Poland for
the first Bar Mitzvah celebration in Cracow in some 35
years today described the
visit with mixed emotions.
"I think the experience
had "lots of pain as well as
joy," said Rabbi Emily Kor-
zenick, in a telephone interview from her home in
Scarsdale, N.Y., with the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
While visiting the remnants
of the once thriving Jewish
community of Cracow, she
said, "We were also seeing
memorials to that which
was."
^t the same time, Korze-
nick appeared to brush aside
the significance of the dispute which erupted among
Orthodox rabbis here over
the prospects of having Kor-
zenick participate in services in an Orthodox synagogue in Cracow. "I had not
come there to make waves,"
she asserted.".    '*
Korzenick accompanied
Eric Strom on his journey to
Cracow for his Bar Mitzvah,
an idea that developed after
a visit there last April by a
group of Federation of Jewish Philantropies trustees
and leaders on a UJA-Feder-
ation Campaign of New York
trip.
While on that trip, an elderly woman of the Cracow
Jewish community asked the
Federation leaders to "send
us a Bar Mitzvah. Send us
life." Arrangements were
made, and on Sept. 2,
13-year-old Eric, his 9-year-
old sister, Holly, his parents,
Barry and Margery Strom,
three of his four grandparents, Korzenick and Auschwitz survivor Edward Blon
der, departed for Poland.
There was some controversy over the selection of
the Remu Synagogue in Cracow. The Rabbinical Council
of America issued a statement saying, "It would be a
betrayal ot Jewish history"
if the- Jews of Cracow allowed a Reform or Conservative rabbi to officiate in
the synagogue, the oldest in
Cracow.
The site was,changed before the, Saturday, Sept. 7,
Bar Mitzvah, either under
, Orthodox pressure or to ac:„
commodate larger crowds —
some 150 persons attended
the services — to the
130-year-old Temple Synagogue. Korzenick took her
place on Saturday morning
with the other women sitting
in a separate section of the
balcony.
Not Prepared To Confront
" Orthodox Rabbi
She emphasized that they -
had not prepared themselves
to confront the Orthodox
rabbi, Nachum Elbaum, a
New York businessman and
travel agent, who along with
an unidentified cantor arrived in Poland shortly before the Friday evening ser-
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Israel Open University And
Community College To Open
Sunday, October 13, At JC
The entire community is
invited to attend the joint
opening pf The Israel Open
University and the Community College for Ad'jit Jewish
I.
Meron Benvenisti
Studies on Sunday, Oct. 13,
at 8 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, 1125 Col
lege Ave. Meron Benvenisti
will be the special guest
speaker for the event.
Benvenisti is the director
of the West Bank Data Base
Project. He has also served
as the city councellor and
deputy mayor of Jerusalem
under Teddy Kolleck. He is
the author of many books
and articles oh Israel,
including Jerusalem: The
Torn City and The West
Bank & Gaza: A Survey of
Israel's Political Policies.
Benvenisti's topic for this
opening address will be "The
City of Jerusalem: The Reality and A Vision for the
Future."
The Israel Open University is designed to introduce
participants to different
aspects of Israeli Society —
from politics to social issues
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Miriam Yenkin Elected President Of Columbus Jewish Federation
Miriam Yenkin, who has
been a yital force in the Federation! and the Columbus
Jewish community for more
than two and half decades,
was elected president of the
Columbus Jewish Federation. She assumed office be-
fore'an assemblage of more
than 450 members of the
community at the 59th
Annual Meeting \>n Sunday,
Sept. 22.
Her strong feeling about
Judaism, a pride in her roots
and commitment and ties to
the Columbus Jewish community were reflected in her
remarks upon her election.
"As. a Bat Cohan, J like
knowing that I can trace my.
roots'directly to Aaron and
from that time in our history
be only five generations
from Abraham. It gives me a
sense of identity that links '
me with all Jews. I feel a
sense of great humility in being elected president of the
Columbus Jewish .Federation,, being linked in still
another way, to all of you,",
said Yenkin.
The breadth of her work in
the Columbus Jewish, community gives her a special
depth of understanding
about community needs. She
has actively served on the
boards of the Leo.Yassenoff
Jewish Center, B'nai B'rith
Hillel Foundation,. Jewish
Family Service,. Hadassah,
National Council of Jewish
Women, At the present time,
she serves as vice-president
of Columbus, Torah Academy and on the ritual committee of Agudas Achim
Synagogue. She is a member
of Brandeis Women, ORT,
B'nai Brith Women and the
Heritage House Auxiliary,
"We are a community that
comes together in a variety
of ways — it is what makes
'Jewish Life' interesting —
we are not a monolith of
thought and concern. One
day it is day school, the next
day it is the Jewish Center,
the next day it is the hungry
in our community — sometimes with heated discussions, sometimes with not so
heated discussions. "We are
members of synagogues and
temples, agencies, community organizations, political
Miriam Yenkin
parties,   we  are  professionals, volunteers — we are
individuals, each caring
about different things in differing degrees," said
Yenkin.
Yenkin has been a long
standing member of the
Executive Committee of the
Federation. She was the
1984-85 chairwoman of the
Federation's Human Resource Development Program and chairwoman of the
Ad Hoc Committee for Jew-,
ish Education. She has
chaired many Federation
committees from Allocations to Community Relations and is a past chairwoman of the Women's Divi-.
sion Campaign/She is also a
past recipient of the Therese
Stern Kahn Young Leader
ship Award.
From 1981-84, she worked
on the Major's Committee
for Voluntary Service. She
currently serves as vice-
president of the Greater Columbus Arts Council and is
chairwoman of the Festival
Advisory Committee for the
Summer Festivals. Her
other links to the community
include volunteer responsibilities in the Columbus and
Bexley Public School Systems, Volunteer Action Center, United Way, the Columbus Museum of Art and as a
founding member of the
Columbus Metropolitan
Club. In recognition of her
service in the community,
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