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Serving Columbus and Central OhioJewish Community for Over 60 Years
VOL. 64   NO. 52
DECEMBER 18,1986-KISLEV 16
Devoted lo American
and Jewish ideals.
Community-Wide
Effort Underway
For Blood Drive
A community-wide effort
is underway to insure the
success of the semi-annual
Jewish Community Blood
Drive.
B'nai B'rith Zion Lodge is
coordinating the efforts of
the Jewish War Veterans,
synagogue groups, B'nai
B'rith Women, Gideon and
Maccabee Lodges and the
Young Jewish Professionals
group of the Federation.
The drive will take place
at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center on Wednesday,
Dec. 24, from 12 to 6 p.m.
The Jewish community
has held blood drives for
over 40 years. All healthy
persons between the ages of
17 and 65 may donate blood.
One of the goals of the
Dec. 24 drive is to find "new
Blood" — expand the base of
donors with more donors between the ages of 17-40.
Donating blood will take
just a few minutes. Those
wishing to make an appointment may call 235-0440. An
appointment, however, is not
required.
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Shamir Defends Israel's Role
In Arms Shipments To Iran
Pictured above are recipients of the "Pride of the
Brotherhood" Award- to be presented by the Agudas
Achim Brotherhood on Feb. 15. The awardees are (1. to
r.) Nate Nedelman, Harry Topolosky, Herbert L. Solomon, Abe Horowitz and Jerry Acks.
Agudas Achim Brotherhood
Will Honor Five Members
The Agudas Achim
Brotherhood will honor
members Jerry Acks, Abe
Horowitz, Nathan Nedelman, Herbert L. Solomon
and Harry Topolosky on
Feb. 14 and 15 at their first
"Pride of the Brotherhood"
weekend, announced Robert
' Shapiro, chairman.
On Saturday, Feb. 14, the
congregation will observe
the first annual "Pride of the
Brotherhood" Shabbat. The
Brotherhood will sponsor the
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To Be Community Chanukah Present
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"Heroism is both an attitude of mind and an act of
will," says Cline Barnes of
The NewYork Times."... it
was 1934. A bad time to be a
Jew anywhere ... So it was
a time for heroes, Unexpected heroes in unexpected
places."
The Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center presents, . as its
Chanukah present to the
community, this one-woman
show—Hannah Senesh ^Portrait of a Woman Warrior.
This story of Hannah is
based on her diaries and
poems and portrayed by Lori
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Wilner, actress, singer and
dancer, portrays Hannah
and her mother in this one-
act play. Wilner has worked
extensively in New York and
across the country. The recipient of the 1983 Seagull
Acting Award, she is a
founding member of "1023"
Theatre and has appeared in
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numerous off-Broadway productions, including David
Schechter's adaptation of
Isaac B. Singer's Gimpel the
Fool. Schechter is the play's
director and composer of
some songs. Steven Lutvak
composed and arranged the
original score.
Direct from an off-Broadway run, "this story of Hannah Senesh personifies the
Jews' struggle for freedom
in the 20th century, in the
same way that the Maccabees exemplified the Jews'
struggle for freedom in 165
BCE," said Carole Genshaft,
program co-chair: "Today,
the name Hannah Senesh
has become synonymous
with courage and dedication," she continued. "It is in
this spirit that the holiday of
Chanukah is celebrated,"
she concluded, "and a .most-
appropriate Chanukah gift to
the entire community."
The program" will be presented on Sunday, Dec. 21, at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center, 1125 College Ave.
There will be two performances: 2 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. Tickets are available at
no charge but are required
for admission.
"Requests are literally
pouring in," says Leon
Friedberg, co-chair for the
event. "So please, don't wait
until the last minute to get
your tickets; they may be
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kiddush in honor of the
awardees, who have been
selected for their service to
Brotherhood.
A "Pride of the Brotherhood" dinner will be held
Sunday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m. in
the Silberstein Social Hall,
noted Shapiro. Serving as
members of the planning
committee are Steve Shkolnik, publicity and public
relations; Sandy Lichtenstein, flowers and dinner arrangements; Ken Palestrant, treasurer; Garry
Beim, food.
The congregation and the
community are invited to
participate in the Shabbat
Services and kiddush. Invitations will be issued for the
Sunday dinner which is open
to the congregation and
family and friends of the
awardees. Couvert for the
Prime Rib Awards Dinner
will be $10 per person, $20
per couple.
Hillard Abroms serves as
president of the Agudas
Achim Brotherhood. Vice
Presidents for 1986-87 are
Stanley Sacks and Robert
Shapiro.
For further information,
call the synagogue office,
237-2747.
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Premier Yitzhak Shamir,
defending Israel's role in the
U.S. arms shipments to Iran,
said last week that "if there
had not been any leaks"
Israeli soldiers held prisoner
in Lebanon would have been
released as part of the deal.
Shamir, addressing a
meeting of the Likud
Knesset- faction, said that
because ithe arms deal "exploded" into worldwide attention, the soldiers were not
freed. He gave no details,
but he may have been referring to two Israel Defense
Force soldiers captured last
February in the south
Lebanon security zone. They
are believed to be in the
Christopher Sykes
Dead At Age 79
LONDON, (JTA) - Christopher Sykes, author and historian, died last week at age
79. The son of Sir Mark
Sykes; who play«d a key role
in promoting and issuing the
Balfour Declaration, Christopher Sykes wrote extensively on Zionism and the
rise of Israel.
Crossroads to Israel (1965)
remains a standard work on
the Arab-Israeli conflict,
reflecting the author's intimate knowledge of Zionist
affairs. He also wrote the
definitive biography of Gen.
Orde Wingate, the pro-Zionist British officer, whom he
greatly admired.
In Two Studies in Virtue
(1953), he portrayed the career of his father, assistant
secretary to the War Cabinet, who died at a tragically
young age shortly after
World War I.
hands of Hezbullah, the pro-
Iran Shiite extremist group.
Shamir justified Israel's
assistance to the U.S. in its
attempts to trade arms for
hostages. "We could have
live on Olympus, detached,
neutral and indifferent. But
we must live in the area, buy
friends, work with friends
and cooperate with them
when it serves the interests
of Israel," he said.
. Israel's conscience is entirely clear in this matter,
Shamir said, noting that had
the soldiers been released
"everyone would have praised" the exchange. As it is, he
said, he was not worried
about Israel's regard in the
U.S. He said he has met with
several influential "people
who came from the U.S." in
recent days and all of them
"told us Israel is not being
attacked and not being accused in this affair." Many
in the, U.S. appreciate
Israel's role, Shamir said.
Blank And Talis To Coordinate
SUPER SUNDAY Phone And Funday
"With Ruth Ann Blank's
leadership as co-chairperson
of SUPER SUNDAY '87 and
Michael   Talis
as   co-
vblve more than 200
volunteers reaching out to as
many as 2,000 homes in an
intense fundraising phonathon on behalf of the 1987
United Jewish Fund Campaign of the Columbus
Jewish Federation.
The Seventh.Annual
SUPER SUNDAY, will be
held at the Leoj Yassenoff
Jewish Center, 1125 College
Ruth Ann Blank
chairman for the event, we
have a winning combination
for a successful community-
wide Phone and Funday,"
said Norman Traeger, 1987
General Campaign chairman.
Blank and Talis will coordinate the daylong fundraising event on Sunday, Jan. 18.
SUPER SUNDAY '87 will in-
Ave.,
with
Michael Talis .
beginning at 9 a.m.
the  phonathon.  Pro-
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Local B'nai B'rith Lodges To Again 'Feed Police'
Other police agencies to be
served include Bexley,
Whitehall, Reynoldsburg,
Gahanna, Worthington,
Upper Arlington, Westerville, Granville, Ohio State
University, Dublin, Grove
City, Grandview, Groveport-
Madison Township, HilliSrd,
Pataskala and West Jefferson as well as the Franklin
County and Fairfield Cpunty
Sheriff's Departments.
"Feed the Police" is the
oldest program of its kind
and has been implemented
by other organizations
around the country. It has
received the Citizen's Commendation Award from the
Columbus Police Department.
Once again this year,
members of the Maccabee
and Zion Lodges of B'nai
B'rith will engage in their
yearly tradition known as
"Feed the Police." From
8 p.m. Christmas Eve until
dawn on Christmas Day, upwards of 100 lodge members
will deliver food to 21 local
police agencies with some
'members riding in cruisers
with the officers to keep
them company throughout
the evening.
What began in 1972 when a
group of Jewish men decided
to drop off baked goods to officers at three east side
police stations has blossomed into a program that
finds over 1200 officers
enjoying over 400 pounds of
meat and cheese during a
period when even fast food
franchises lock their <Joors.
While some private (donations are received to carry
out "Feed the Police," the
bulk of the cost is included in
the annual budgets of both
Maccabee and Zion Lodges,
fan Wednesday, Dec. 24,
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.,
food trays will be prepared
at the Western Sizzlin Steak
House at 376 S. Hamilton Rd.
Beginning at 7 p.m., members will be in the cafeteria
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