Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1986-01-23

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JANUARY 23,1986-SHEVAT 13
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Shcharansky Given
Additional 5-Month
Isolation Sentence
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
The wife of imprisoned Jewish activist Anatoly Shcharansky told Israel Radio last
week that her husband, now
in the tenth year of a 13-year
- prison sentence imposed in
1977, has been given an additional five-month sentence to
be served in isolation in a
prison compound in the Soviet labor camp where he is
now confined.
Avital Shcharansky said
she learned from friends in
Moscow that he was being
punished ' for going on a
hunger strike recently to
protest the non-delivery of
his mail by the camp
authorities. Last year he
spent 55 days in an isolation
cell where, according to
Mrs. Shcharansky, prisoners
are fed once every two days.
She said .that; Ker husband's mother, who also
lives in Israel has not had
direct word from Anatoly
since the beginning of October. His last letter, supposed
to have been sent at the beginning of December, has
not been received. It was
then that'her inquiries led to
the information that he was
given a new sentence.
Shcharansky, 38,-a scientist and emigration activist,
was arrested March 15,1977
on charges of treason and
spying for the United States.
He was sentenced to three
years in prison and ten years
in a labor camp. He is
presently in a labor camp in
the Ural mountains.
Reagan Says U.S. Eager To Find
Solution To Palestinian Problem
TU
New Year of the Trees
lilf here,
snow and ice cover the ground
Shevat is the month of heavy
rains in Israel—springtime, when the sap
begins to rise in the fruit trees. In ancient
times, tithes of fruit were collected. Mow it
is customary for Ashkenazic Jews to eat 15
different kinds of fruit and nuts—from the
apple, which symbolizes the glowing splerv-
dor of G-d, to carob, representing humility,
a necessary element of penitence. ■
15 Shevat 57 46
January 25, 1986
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
President Reagan stressed
recently that while the
United States wants to find a
solution to, the Palestinian
problem, neither the U.S.
nor Israel will negotiate with
the Palestine Liberation Organization, led by Yasir
Arafat, as long as it refuses
to recognize Israel's right to
exits.
"You can't ask them
(Israel) to negotiate with
someone who's sitting on the
opposite side of the table
saying that they start from
the negotiating position that
Israel doesn't have any right
to exist," Reagan said at his
nationally televised press
conference from the East
Room of the White House.
"And this is the main
thing," the President added,
Community Tu B'Shevat Celebration
To Be Held On Jan. 26 At Center
„ T" B'Shevat, '.'The New
Year of the Trees," celebrated this year on Jan. 25,
signals the coming of spring
in Israel, a time when the
rains have let up and the
flowers are making their debut, on the hillsides and on
the almond trees.
During Tu B'Shevat,
200,000 schoolchildren,
teachers, Ethiopian immigrants and Israelis from all
walks of life plant tree sap-
Rabbi Maurice Lamm To Be
Scholar At Weekend Shabbaton
At Agudas Achim Synagogue
Rabbi Maurice Lamm will
be the scholar for the Scho-
lar-in-Residence Shabbaton
sponsored by the Agudas
Achim Synagogue in conjunction'with the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregation of America on Feb. 14
and 15.
Susan S. _ Diamond and
Robert H. * Schottenstein,
chairpersons, stated that the
Agudas Achim is pleased to
be joining with the Orthodox
Union in bringing this rabbi,
author and lecturer of national reputation to serve as
the scholar-in-residence.
The theme for Rabbi
Lamm's sessions will be
"Challenges of the 80s."
Rabbi Lamm, former
rabbi of Beth Jacob Congregation, Beverly Hills, is
president of the National Institute for Jewish Hospice
and a professor at Yeshiva
University in New York,
holder of the chair in Profes-.
sional Rabbinics.
He is most widely known
as the author of The Jewish
Way in Love and Marriage
and The Jewish Way in
Death and Mourning, rated
one of the seven best Jewish
books in 1969 by the New
.York Times and listed
among the Jewish best
sellers by Moment Magazine
in 1979. Rabbi Lamm's first
book, I Shall Glorify Him, a
companion-volume to Herman Wouk's This Is My God,
is now out-of-print.
Rabbi Lamm was vice
president of the Rabbinical
Council of America, past
president of the Board of
Rabbis of Southern California, and past dean of
Rambam Torah Institute, a
founder of the Jewish Television Network and Bet Ze-
dek Legal Association. He is
founder and chairman of the
Los Angeles Jewish Hospice
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lings at 40 Jeiyish National .
Fund sites from the Golan
Heights in the north to Eilat
in the south. Included among
the many festivities are major ceremonies in JNF forests with government ministers gnd Knesset members.
On the eve of Tu B'Shevat, a
gala community sing-a-long,
including a program on afforestation' with the Jewish
National Fund World Chairman Moshe Rivlin, will be
broadcast live over Voice of
Israel.
In America, Jews all over
the country participate in Tu
B'Shevat celebrations by
contributing towards the
afforestation- activities creating new life on Israel's sacred soil. In Columbus, in cooperation with the Israel/ Judaic department of the Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center,
the Columbus Council of
JNF will sponsor a community Tu B'Shevat celebration at the Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, between 1-3
p.m. The festivities will include the exhibition of the local school children's art and
poetry, depicting their impression of Israel and/or Tu
B'Shevat within the theme of
'.'The Unity of Israel" and a
Tu B'Shevat Seder. The community is invited, and there
is no fee to attend.
Tu B'Shevat, symbolizing
the resettlement and regen=
eration of the land, is associated with the accomplishments of Jewish National Fund's afforestation
program. This program has
resulted in 170 million trees
being planted since 1901 and
an additional four to five million being planted each year,
Trees play q major role in
the reclamation of the Land
of Israel. They increase oxygen and break the desert
wind velocity, preserving
the soil in the Negev. In
northern Israel, the Galilee,
trees stand as barriers
against winds that ravage
slopes of their fertile layers
of top soil. Trees mean more
moisture in the soil, prevent
a rapid run-off of rain water,
provide shade, reinvigorate
the soil and air, help shelter
border communities and
provide shelter for wildlife.
In addition, they provide raw
materials for farms and factories and offer immigrants,,
many of whom work in JNF
forests, their first economic •
foothold in their new land.
The most obvious attribute
of trees planted in Israel is
the aesthetic beauty provided to JNF forests, parks,
playgrounds and picnic
areas.
The community is encouraged to plant trees for Tu
B'Shevat honoring or memorializing loved ones. Call
Jewish National Fund,
231-1397.
"it's the reason why we have
not felt free to talk with
Arafat either until he gives
up that position." Reagan
also reiterated the U.S. position that the PLO must accept United Nations Security
Council Resolutions 242 and
338.
Reagan discussed the
Palestinian situation in response to a question after he
announced that he had
signed an executive order
imposing a total trade ban on
Libya and urging the 1,000 to
1,500 Americans still in
Libya to leave immediately
or be subject to legal
penalties.
"By providing material
support to terrorist groups
which attack U.S. citizens,
Libya has engaged in armed
aggression against the
United States under established principles of international law, just as if he
(Libyan leader Muammar
Qaddafi) had used its own
armed forces," Reagan said.
But the President refused
to say whether,he would use
military force against Libya,
indicating that he was concerned that the Americans
still in Libya were potential
hostages. '
The Palestinian issue was
raised when it was suggested
that Palestinians might get
rid of foreign occupation by
emulating U.S.-backed freedom fighters in Afghanistan -
and the Contras" in Nicaragua.
"The peaceful way is the
thing we've been trying to
promote," Reagan replied,
"the idea of peace between
the Arab states and .Israel.
And we have emphasized
from the very first that the
problem of the Palestinians
must be part of any solution."
But Reagan added that
there are thousands of
Palestinians in almost every
Arab country and in some
they are almost a majority.
"And in many of these countries they are not made citizens," he said.
Reagan said these Pale-!
stinians "seem to be content
with where they're living,
but those that became
refugees, the great refugee
camps that we found in Lebanon ... are literally people
without a country and we
think there has to be a solution found for them."
Center Receives City Beautiful Award
The Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave.,
was one of the 11 winners to receive the 1985 City Beautiful Award on Jan. 6. "We are thrilled to be among
those who are helping to enhance Columbus, and we
are especially proud of this award," states Center
President Dr. Al Tyroler. The City Beautiful Awards
are given to those areas which help to enrich Columbus, and also those which help to rejuvenate neighborhoods.
SUPER SUNDAY '86 Scheduled For Feb. 2
"If energy, experience,
creativity and enthusiasm
are necessary characteristics for leadership for
SUPER SUNDAY '86," said
Ruth Ann Blank, Columbus
Jewish Federation's SUPER
SUNDAY '86 chairwoman,
"then our SUPER SUNDAY
Cabinet will create the biggest and best event ever. We
want to make it a fun time
for those who participate
and  we  want   to  make
SUPER SUNDAY an important community day as we
emphasize the serious
nature of our work on behalf
of the 1986 United Jewish
Fund Campaign."
SUPER SUNDAY '86 will
be held on Sunday, Feb. 2, at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center. The six, two-hour
phone shifts are: 9-11 a.m.;
10:30-12:30 p.m.; 12 noon to 2
p.m.; 2-4 p.m.; 4-6 p.m. and
6:30-9 p.m.
Highlights of the day
include a balloon launching
at 10 a.m. and family entertainment beginning al 10:30
a.m. featuring clowns, balloon sculptures, folk dancing, a petting zoo and the
Kirk Puppet Show. There
will be food, prizes, celebrity
visits and volunteers to provide information about the
Federation and its beneficiary agencies. Babysitting
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