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LIBRARY, 1982 VELM.". AVE. coLo. 0, 43211 OHIO HiSTORlCAL SOC^H^ EXCH 2J|j\/y Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community (or Over 60 Years y^/AvK VOL.65 NO.l JANUARY 1,1987-KISLEV 30 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. I I. li f BEHIND THE HEADLINES Sakharov Is Hero To World Jewry, Soviet Jewish Emigration Movement Columbus Residents Honored At Yeshiva University Dinner Columbus residents Herbert H. Schiff (center) and his wife, Betty, (top photo) and Jerome Schottenstein (right) and his wife, Geraldine, (bottom photo) were presented with Centennial Medallions by Yeshiva University at its national Centennial Chanukah Dinner and Convocation at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Dec. 14. Dr. Norman Lamm (left in both photos) marked his tenth year as University president at the dinner. The medallions, created to mark the university's 100th birthday, were presented-to benefactors —individuals who have given $1 million or more to the institution. By Maurice Samuelson LONDON (JTA) - Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet human rights champion, is a hero to world Jewry and to the Soviet Jewish emigration movement. He has not only spoken out for the right to emigrate to Israel, but has stoutly defended the Jewish State an Zionism at a time when both are reviled by his own country. This emerges from a record of his support for Jewish causes published on the eve of his recent release from internal exile, by the Institute of Jewish Affairs, the research arm of the World Jewish Congress. Writing in the Institute's journal, Soviet Jewish Affairs, William Korey, director Of B'nai B'rith International Policy Research, recalls that as .early as 1968, the then 47-year-old physicist raised the Jewish issue on both internal and external - levels. He sharply attacked the backsliding into anti-Semitism in the appointments policy of the Soviet Communist Party and said Soviet support for the Arabs had given Moscow a direct responsibil ity for the outbreak of the Six-Day War. Sakharov had described Russia's Arab allies as, in no way socialist and said Israel had undertaken a preventive war. Played A Prominent Role In 1970 Trials In the Leningrad and Riga trials of Jewish activists, Sakharov assumed a prominent, if not central role in the struggle for fundamental freedoms, adds Korey. On Dec. 24, 1970, a Leningrad court handed down harsh verdicts, including two death sentences for an attempted plane hijacking. Four days later, Sakharov appealed to President Pod- gorny to prevent the execution of Mark Dymshits. and Eduard Kuznetsov. He pointed to extenuating circumstances, noting that the group did not endanger anybody's life. Sakharov's protest was taken seriously. When the appeal of the Leningrad Eleven was heard before the Soviet Supreme Court in Moscow, he was admitted into the courtroom and was able to inform Western reporters of the revocation of the death penalties and the reduction of other sentences. Sak- Federation Announces Institute To Train Future Leadership In Area Ot Jewish Education Karen Gold Anisfeld To Coordinate 'Anne Frank In The World1 Exhibit The "Anne Frame in the World: 1929-1945" steering committee announces the appointment of Karen Gold Anisfeld as program coordinator for the event. Anisfeld will serve as the liaison between the steering committee and those organizations, schools and media interested in the project, according to Carol Rich and Dennis Aig, program co- chairpersons. Through the Columbus office, located in the Esther Melton Federation Building, Anisfeld is currently accepting volunteers to assist with group tours, ancillary events and pre-program publicity." Anisfeld is studying for a master's in public, relations at Ohio State, with her areas of interest in corporate and international public relations. She also teaches a course at the university called "The Culture of Contemporary Israel.'" "It is a pleasure working on the 'Anne Frank' exhibit because the lessons of'the Holocaust and the hope of this young girl are shared by those who are truly 'good at heart,'" said Anisfeld. "Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945" is an extensive photographic exhibit, which places the life of Anne Frank and her family within the political and social context of the Second World War. Pages from Frank's famous diary and a scaled model of the house in which the Frank family hid will also be on display- __ Yassenoff Foundation, the Ohio Humanities Council and the Virginia Shuller and Chester B. .and Harriet D. Isaac funds of the Columbus Foundation. The public is.invited to see the exhibit at the Ohio His-. torical Center from Feb. 15 to March 8 and at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center from March 12 to 26. For more information and to schedule group tours call 2394)800. Miriam Yenkin, president of the Columbus Jewish Federation, has announced the formation of an institute to develop and train lay leadership in the area of Jewish education. Yenkin noted, "The Federation has clearly made Jewish education a priority area. We have not only significantly increased our allocations to our beneficiary agencies, but have also developed funding programs to support congregational efforts. The Jewish Education Leadership Institute is another step to ensure the strong and-viable future of the Columbus Jewish community." The Institute is a new concept being introduced by the Federation's Jewish Education Committee chaired by Michael Talis. "The Columbus Jewish community is a changing community, subject to forces and trends that pre sent a variety of challenges to those responsible for ensuring Jewish continuity," said Talis. He explained that recent education develop- Judith Resnik Memorial Dinner To Benefit Rehabilitation Facility ' Karen Gold Anisfeld The exhibit is presented in Columbus by Temple Beth Shalom with support from the Columbus Jewish Foundation, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Leo A campaign is underway in the United States to raise funds for Beit Halochem, a rehabilitative facility for Israeli War Veterans in Jerusalem.. A wing of Beit Halochem will consist of a rehabilitative gymnasium with physiotherapeutic facilities and the latest instrumentation. This wing is being built in memory of the first-Jewish astronaut and Ohio native, Judith Res- . ink, and. her fellow crew members who were killed aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle last January. The Columbus Jewish Singles event chairpersons, Howard Newman and Anne Mirman, in conjunction with the Jewish War Veterans of Columbus and their commander Edmond Schecter, invite the members' of the community to join Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Resnik; Amos Yaron, Israel's military at- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Miriam Yenkin ments, such as the design of grant programs for congregations, the revitalization of the community Hebrew school and the establishment of a Jewish Teacher Resource Center, .represent a response to meet the growing challenges in the area of Jewish education. Talis stressed, "The ability of the Columbus Jewish community to respond to a changing society and to ensure its Jewish future, can be measured by a knowledgeable, trained leadership, aware of the major issues and trends in Jewish education and capable of developing strategies to strengthen Jewish identification and affiliation." The Jewish Education Leadership Institute will involve 25-30 participants in an intensive six-month program designed to explore the critical issues and areas that impact Jewish educational (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) harov s presence in the courtroom encouraged the Jews to believe they were not alone in the USSR struggle for emigration. It was there, too, that he met Yelena Bonner, a relative of the Kuznetsov's, who later became his wife and was to share his exile to the closed city of Gorky. Sak- , harov himself was born into a Russian Orthodox family. Yelena BOnner had a Jewish mother and Armenian father. On March 19, 1971, Sakharov turned to the question of anti-Jewish discrimination in employment and higher education made possible by the internal passport system prevailing in the USSR which records citizens nationality. Together with two other leading academics, he appealed to the Soviet leadership to abolish registration of nationality in passports and questionnaires. Iii 1971, too, he questioned the Soviet official view of Zionism and the Jewish desire to go to Israel. As a member of the Soviet Committee on Human Rights, he associated himself with a letter defending Zionism against the Soviet press description of it as reactionary and practically fascist. The Committee's letter stated that Zionism was no more than the idea of Jewish Statehood and one can only admire the persistence of an ancient and persecuted people who, in very difficult circumstances, have resurrected a long-vanished State. In 1972, Sakharov again intervened physically on a Jewish issue when, after the massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich, he joined a small group of Jewish activists demonstrating in . front of the Lebanese Embassy in Moscow. The protest against the massacre was quickly ended by the police who arrested the demonstrators, including Sakharov. In 1973, he intervened over the much more politically sensitive issue of American trade credits for the Soviet (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) f n The Chronicle CUuaiflrd 6 Cfmauuiity Calendar.... 2 Editorial Feature I WT^wrsAgo S MarftoCPIwe M OMXMrfw H.*, * Socf*lt>few* ..„..., $ ■ftra^-M
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Full Text | LIBRARY, 1982 VELM.". AVE. coLo. 0, 43211 OHIO HiSTORlCAL SOC^H^ EXCH 2J|j\/y Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community (or Over 60 Years y^/AvK VOL.65 NO.l JANUARY 1,1987-KISLEV 30 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. I I. li f BEHIND THE HEADLINES Sakharov Is Hero To World Jewry, Soviet Jewish Emigration Movement Columbus Residents Honored At Yeshiva University Dinner Columbus residents Herbert H. Schiff (center) and his wife, Betty, (top photo) and Jerome Schottenstein (right) and his wife, Geraldine, (bottom photo) were presented with Centennial Medallions by Yeshiva University at its national Centennial Chanukah Dinner and Convocation at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Dec. 14. Dr. Norman Lamm (left in both photos) marked his tenth year as University president at the dinner. The medallions, created to mark the university's 100th birthday, were presented-to benefactors —individuals who have given $1 million or more to the institution. By Maurice Samuelson LONDON (JTA) - Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet human rights champion, is a hero to world Jewry and to the Soviet Jewish emigration movement. He has not only spoken out for the right to emigrate to Israel, but has stoutly defended the Jewish State an Zionism at a time when both are reviled by his own country. This emerges from a record of his support for Jewish causes published on the eve of his recent release from internal exile, by the Institute of Jewish Affairs, the research arm of the World Jewish Congress. Writing in the Institute's journal, Soviet Jewish Affairs, William Korey, director Of B'nai B'rith International Policy Research, recalls that as .early as 1968, the then 47-year-old physicist raised the Jewish issue on both internal and external - levels. He sharply attacked the backsliding into anti-Semitism in the appointments policy of the Soviet Communist Party and said Soviet support for the Arabs had given Moscow a direct responsibil ity for the outbreak of the Six-Day War. Sakharov had described Russia's Arab allies as, in no way socialist and said Israel had undertaken a preventive war. Played A Prominent Role In 1970 Trials In the Leningrad and Riga trials of Jewish activists, Sakharov assumed a prominent, if not central role in the struggle for fundamental freedoms, adds Korey. On Dec. 24, 1970, a Leningrad court handed down harsh verdicts, including two death sentences for an attempted plane hijacking. Four days later, Sakharov appealed to President Pod- gorny to prevent the execution of Mark Dymshits. and Eduard Kuznetsov. He pointed to extenuating circumstances, noting that the group did not endanger anybody's life. Sakharov's protest was taken seriously. When the appeal of the Leningrad Eleven was heard before the Soviet Supreme Court in Moscow, he was admitted into the courtroom and was able to inform Western reporters of the revocation of the death penalties and the reduction of other sentences. Sak- Federation Announces Institute To Train Future Leadership In Area Ot Jewish Education Karen Gold Anisfeld To Coordinate 'Anne Frank In The World1 Exhibit The "Anne Frame in the World: 1929-1945" steering committee announces the appointment of Karen Gold Anisfeld as program coordinator for the event. Anisfeld will serve as the liaison between the steering committee and those organizations, schools and media interested in the project, according to Carol Rich and Dennis Aig, program co- chairpersons. Through the Columbus office, located in the Esther Melton Federation Building, Anisfeld is currently accepting volunteers to assist with group tours, ancillary events and pre-program publicity." Anisfeld is studying for a master's in public, relations at Ohio State, with her areas of interest in corporate and international public relations. She also teaches a course at the university called "The Culture of Contemporary Israel.'" "It is a pleasure working on the 'Anne Frank' exhibit because the lessons of'the Holocaust and the hope of this young girl are shared by those who are truly 'good at heart,'" said Anisfeld. "Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945" is an extensive photographic exhibit, which places the life of Anne Frank and her family within the political and social context of the Second World War. Pages from Frank's famous diary and a scaled model of the house in which the Frank family hid will also be on display- __ Yassenoff Foundation, the Ohio Humanities Council and the Virginia Shuller and Chester B. .and Harriet D. Isaac funds of the Columbus Foundation. The public is.invited to see the exhibit at the Ohio His-. torical Center from Feb. 15 to March 8 and at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center from March 12 to 26. For more information and to schedule group tours call 2394)800. Miriam Yenkin, president of the Columbus Jewish Federation, has announced the formation of an institute to develop and train lay leadership in the area of Jewish education. Yenkin noted, "The Federation has clearly made Jewish education a priority area. We have not only significantly increased our allocations to our beneficiary agencies, but have also developed funding programs to support congregational efforts. The Jewish Education Leadership Institute is another step to ensure the strong and-viable future of the Columbus Jewish community." The Institute is a new concept being introduced by the Federation's Jewish Education Committee chaired by Michael Talis. "The Columbus Jewish community is a changing community, subject to forces and trends that pre sent a variety of challenges to those responsible for ensuring Jewish continuity," said Talis. He explained that recent education develop- Judith Resnik Memorial Dinner To Benefit Rehabilitation Facility ' Karen Gold Anisfeld The exhibit is presented in Columbus by Temple Beth Shalom with support from the Columbus Jewish Foundation, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Leo A campaign is underway in the United States to raise funds for Beit Halochem, a rehabilitative facility for Israeli War Veterans in Jerusalem.. A wing of Beit Halochem will consist of a rehabilitative gymnasium with physiotherapeutic facilities and the latest instrumentation. This wing is being built in memory of the first-Jewish astronaut and Ohio native, Judith Res- . ink, and. her fellow crew members who were killed aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle last January. The Columbus Jewish Singles event chairpersons, Howard Newman and Anne Mirman, in conjunction with the Jewish War Veterans of Columbus and their commander Edmond Schecter, invite the members' of the community to join Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Resnik; Amos Yaron, Israel's military at- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Miriam Yenkin ments, such as the design of grant programs for congregations, the revitalization of the community Hebrew school and the establishment of a Jewish Teacher Resource Center, .represent a response to meet the growing challenges in the area of Jewish education. Talis stressed, "The ability of the Columbus Jewish community to respond to a changing society and to ensure its Jewish future, can be measured by a knowledgeable, trained leadership, aware of the major issues and trends in Jewish education and capable of developing strategies to strengthen Jewish identification and affiliation." The Jewish Education Leadership Institute will involve 25-30 participants in an intensive six-month program designed to explore the critical issues and areas that impact Jewish educational (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) harov s presence in the courtroom encouraged the Jews to believe they were not alone in the USSR struggle for emigration. It was there, too, that he met Yelena Bonner, a relative of the Kuznetsov's, who later became his wife and was to share his exile to the closed city of Gorky. Sak- , harov himself was born into a Russian Orthodox family. Yelena BOnner had a Jewish mother and Armenian father. On March 19, 1971, Sakharov turned to the question of anti-Jewish discrimination in employment and higher education made possible by the internal passport system prevailing in the USSR which records citizens nationality. Together with two other leading academics, he appealed to the Soviet leadership to abolish registration of nationality in passports and questionnaires. Iii 1971, too, he questioned the Soviet official view of Zionism and the Jewish desire to go to Israel. As a member of the Soviet Committee on Human Rights, he associated himself with a letter defending Zionism against the Soviet press description of it as reactionary and practically fascist. The Committee's letter stated that Zionism was no more than the idea of Jewish Statehood and one can only admire the persistence of an ancient and persecuted people who, in very difficult circumstances, have resurrected a long-vanished State. In 1972, Sakharov again intervened physically on a Jewish issue when, after the massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich, he joined a small group of Jewish activists demonstrating in . front of the Lebanese Embassy in Moscow. The protest against the massacre was quickly ended by the police who arrested the demonstrators, including Sakharov. In 1973, he intervened over the much more politically sensitive issue of American trade credits for the Soviet (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) f n The Chronicle CUuaiflrd 6 Cfmauuiity Calendar.... 2 Editorial Feature I WT^wrsAgo S MarftoCPIwe M OMXMrfw H.*, * Socf*lt>few* ..„..., $ ■ftra^-M |
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