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AUGUST 28,1986-AV 23
Devoted to American
and Jewish ideals.
Israeli Officials Hope Helsinki Meeting
Beginning Of More Contact With Soviets
Peres Says Summit With Mubarak Is "On"
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Prime Minister Shimon Peres and
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are to hold a summit
meeting during the first half of September, Peres said last
week? The announcement came a day after sources in Cairo
had reportedly said that Mubarak would not agree to a summit until the boundary dispute over the 25-acre beachfront
called Taba was resolved.
Israel-Cameroon Ties To Be Resumed
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel and Cameroon will soon resume diplomatic relations and Premier Shimon Peres will
visit that country on the occasion, it was learned here recently, According to reports, Peres is to visit Cameroon at
the beginning of September. Cameroon, in west-central Africa, severed diplomatic relations with Israel after the 1973
Yom Kippur War. In recent years it has begun to move closer
to Israel and has strengthened its economic ties with the Jewish State.
Federation's Women's Divisions
To Co-Sponsor Sept. 3 Luncheon
the day are Eydie Garlikov
and Joyce Simson. To make
reservations, call the
Federation, 237-7686 by
August 29th.
The Women's and Young
Women's Divisions work on
behalf of the United Jewish
Fund Campaign. The
Campaign provides "funds for
humanitarian and social service programs in Columbus,
Israel and 33 nations around
tiie world.
The J987 Women's Division
chairwoman is Connie
Robins. Marcy Gross and
Suzy Rudolph, serve as co-
chairwomen.
Holly Kastan is chairwoman of the 1987 Young Women's Division. Judy Edelman and Naomi Kayne serve
as co-chairwomen.
The Women's Division and
Young Women's Division of
the Columbus Jewish
Federation are co-sponsoring a luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The 11:45 a.m.
program will be held at the
Great Southern Hotel, 310 S.
High St. Leonard Fein, founder and publisher of Moment
magazine will be the special
guest speaker. His topic will
be "The Next Chapter:
Pluralism in the American
Jewish Community."
Fein is Klutznick Professor of Contemporary Jewish
Studies at Brandeis University and author of several
books: American Democracy: Essay on Image and
Realities, Politics in Israel,
Israel: Politics and People
and Ecology of Public
Schools: An Inquiry into
Community Control.
As part of the celebration
of the Federation's 60th anniversary, the luncheon program will recognize, past
chairwomen of the Women's
Division and the Young Women's Division. "We want
this luncheon to be very spe-
cial by honoring past
women's divisions chairmen," commented Connie
Robins, 1987 Women's Division chairwoman. "They
were pioneers and pathfinders for our Women's Divisions today," she continued. "We recognize ^nd
appreciate the role models
we've been given and hope to
live up to the tradition."      ,
"A joint Women's and
Young Women's Division
luncheon gives us the opportunity to get together, share
ideas and motivate each
other to keep our commitment :•:strong," said Holly
Kastan, chairwoman of the
1987 Young Women's Divi-
sion. "
The cost of the luncheon is
$8, and dietary laws will be
observed. There will be no
solicitation. Chairwomen of
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Israeli officials expressed
the hope last week that the
meeting in Helsinki Aug. 18
between Soviet and Israeli
representatives was the beginning, of further contacts
between the two countries.
At the same time, Soviet
officials insisted that there
would be no further talks
with Israelis and denounced
the Israeli delegation for injecting the issue of Soviet
Jewry into the talks that
were ostensibly to deal with
consular matters and Soviet
property in Israel.
The meeting ended
abruptly after 90 minutes,
but many Israelis felt that it
was of historic import. The
USSR had not held talks with
any Israeli representatives
since it broke diplomatic
relations with Israel in 1967.
Israelis, noting that the announcement of the Helsinki
meeting had first been made
public in Moscow, felt that
this might be part of a thaw
in relations between the
Soviet Union and Soviet bloc
countries and Israel. Signals
of such a thaw have been
sent recently from Poland
and Hungary.
Premier Shimon Peres
said that the quick ending to
the Israeli-Soviet talks in
Helsinki Monday and the
Soviet response caused him
little worry. '
Left With Questions
But Peres told Israel Television that he was left with
questions. Did the Soviets
think, he asked "that they
would come, they would talk
and we would be silent, or
that we would say the things
they want to hear?"
"I don't think the Russians
came because they thought
that we wouldn't say anything, or that they would stop
the talks because we said
something," he added.
"They're not such big cowards and they're not. so
naive."
Soviet Foreign Ministry
spokesman Gennady Gerasi-
now was reported to have
said in Moscow that the
Soviets had no plans to continue consular talks with
Israel and accused Israel of
unjustifiably interfering in
Soviet internal affairs with
its requests regarding Soviet
Jewry.
He said no agreement was
reached in the Helsinki
meeting an any matter, "not
even an agreement about a
possible future meeting.
There are no plans for a continuation of this meeting."
Peres said Israel reserved
the right to discuss Soviet
Jewry. "I think that we must
raise it at every meeting
from the beginning, and
later on, without fear and
without concern," he said.
He said he doesn't "get excited" because of the Soviet
Foreign Ministry's "harsh-
tone." He noted that the
Soviets came to the talks
"hesitantly, and with a
small, slow step because
they fear an Arab reaction.
"Among other reasons
they came, in my opinion,
because the Russians want
to be seen as the equals of
the United States of America. They fear that there will
also be political process
without Soviet Russia."
Peres Explained that Arab
College Awareness Programs
Scheduled By Jewish Center
Melton Center To Offer Two Classes
Through Community College This Fall
As part of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies' commitment to community adult
education, two hew mini-
courses will be offered this
fall through the Community
College for Adult Jewish Studies.   .,"
Mini-course number one
will be "The Sources of Evil
According to the Hebrew
Scriptures^/taught by Professor Reuben Ahroni. Dr.
Ahroni will be using the
Bible as text to trace the traditional explanations of the'
existence of evil and suffering. Dr. Ahroni is professor
of Judaic and near eastern
languages and literatures at
• the Ohio State University
and is editor -of the Hebrew
Annual .Review. This three-
session mini-course will
meet on Wednesday even-
' ings at?8:15 p.m. beginning
Sept, 24.
What is the Jewish attitude
toward euthanasia, abortion,
pacifism and the role of women in light of contemporary perspectives? These
issues and other concerns
will be discussed by Professor Tarnar Rudavsky,
Department of Philosophy) at
Ohio State University, who
has taught extensively in the
community. This three-session course will meet on
Wednesday,evenings at 8:15
p.m. beginning Oct. 15.
The Melton Center classes-
will be held at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, 1125
College Ave. For a $20 registration fee, participants may
take any number of courses
in the Community College.
The Community College is a
cooperative venture in adult
education and is sponsored
by all Columbus synagogues.
and Jewish educational institutions. Register by calling •
.231-2731. . f ,:?■■;?
The Youth Services Department of the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center has four
programs this fall for tenth
through twelfth graders who
are college-bound. The College Awareness Committee
includes Denise Blank,
Youth Services chairwoman; Suzi Friedman;
Mikki Glass; Caryn Pawliger; Mike Gutter; Elaine
Tenenbaum; Jennifer Soko-
love; Lorie Myers; Alex
Dubin, and Rusty Rosenthal.
The first program i^'a
seminar focusing On "The
ABC's of College Life,"
which will take place on Sunday,1 Sept. 14, from 11 a.m.-2
p.m. at the Leo, Yassenoff
Jewish Center. Students will
be exposed to the following
information concerning the
College Selection Process:
Big School/Small School
Phenomenon; Social vs.
Academic Aspects of College; When and How to Pick
a College; Jewish Student
Activities; the Panhellenic
Association; What Colleges
Are Looking For; and
Everything Ypu Needed, to
Know about College Life
That's Not fin the Catalogue
— a Student's Perspective.
The seminar-fee for Center
members is $5 and for non-
members, $7.50. The fee includes brunch and pertinent
college materials. Register
no later than Sept. 7 for this
event.
The second program,
"From Buckeyes to Hoos-
iers," is a college visit to Indiana University on Thursday, Sept. 18, through Sun
day, Sept. 21. The caravan's
purpose to to give tenth
through twelfth graders a
"taste of college life." Participants will visit lecture
classes; tour a Big 10 college
campus; stay at not only the
largest student union in the
U.S., but sleep at fraternity
and sorority houses; eat in
the dorms; find out more
about college courses, ath-
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reaction was a significant
factor in Soviet actions. He
said the Soviets "listen to
every little noise in the Arab
world. In my opinion, they
also are going too far and are
exaggerating. For example,
they first told the Arabs
about their . intentions to
meet with us and about their
intention to send a consular
delegation. Why? It can only
be explained by the fact that
(the Soviets) were afraid of
(the Arabs)."
He expressed the hope that '■
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Ahavas Sholom Sets
Chinese/American
Kosher Cafeteria
Congregation Ahavas
Sholom's Sisterhood will
host a Chinese/American
Kosher Cafeteria on Labor
Day, Monday, Sept. 1.
The synagogue, at 2568 E.
Broad St., will open its doors
to the entire community at
5:30 p.m. The menu planned
includes egg rolls, chow
mein, sweet and 'pungent
meat balls, in addition to
American favorites such as
hot dogs and roast chicken.
Judy Hessing, co-chairwoman of the event, said,
"It's a nice change. I know
many people are looking forward to sampling the variety
this year." Karen Tannenbaum, the other co-chairwoman, expects 120 people
to attend.
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