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Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 40 Years y ■lBRA«iY-.j 'OH \6 H ISTORJOAL; SOC^. j 1985 v'elm'a AVE. • ■ OOL8. 0, 43211. EXCH VOL.65 NO.8 FEBRUARY 19,1987-SHEVAT 20 Devoted )o American and Jewish (deals. f "J l 'I III tt- Inna Meiman Dead At 54 WASHINGTON (JTA) - Inna Meiman of Moscow, who was allowed to go abroad last month for treatment of a tumor on her neek, died Feb. 9 hi the Lombardi Cancer Research Center of Georgetown University Hospital. She was 54 years old. She had refused to leave the Soviet Union earlier because her husband, Naum, a re- fusenik since 1975, was not allowed to accompany her. Meiman was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 20 and was undergoing tests for the start of chemotherapy. When she applied to go abroad, she said she wanted (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) FOCUS ON ISSUES Israel, Greece Sign Cooperative Tourism Agreement NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel and Greece announced last week the start of an unprecedented cooperative tourism program to attract more American tourists to Israel and Greece. "We are very excited about this historic venture, which will link not only the world's oldest civilizations, but also two of the most exciting vacation destinations in the world," Simos Dimas of the Greek National Tourist Organization declared in a joint press conference here with Moshe Shoshani, Israel's Commissioner for Tourism for North America. j According to the two officials, the Greece-Israel program will promote U.S. tourism to both countries. It will encourage tour operators currently active in this market to expand their services and induce those not selling such combination packages, to enter the market. The two countries have allocated $200,000 each for a joint advertising campaign that will implement the program. Soviet Jewry Activists Attempting To Assess Recent Policy Changes (JTA) — Soviet Jewry activists trying to assess recent changes in Soviet policy on emigration rights and dissidents in general, have welcomed the unexpected release of political prisoners, including Jewish Prisoners of Conscience, but remain strongly skeptical as to whether these moves indicate a genuine change of direction by the Soviet leadership or are merely a cosmetic device for propaganda purposes. ADDITIONAL $500,000 RAISED FOR PROJECT RENEWAL 'l¥W! 1987 Federation Campaign Achievement, Announced At Closing Luncheon At JC On February 18 Norman L. Traeger, 1987 General Campaign chairman, announced the total for the 1987 Fedration Campaign achievement, $6,060,000 plus an additional $500,000 for Jesse" Cohen Columbus'Project Renewal Community in Israel. •■"-'./' The capacity crowd of 1987 Campaign volunteers, gathered at the Closing Luncheon on Feb.18, cheered as Traeger presented a four by eight foot replica of a check in the amount of $6,560,000 to Federation president, Miriam Yenkin. The check was appropriately endorsed by the Columbus Jewish community. Traeger said, "Tzedakah, collectively represented by the Federation campaign, is a series of connections that we have with the residents of Heritage Village, the children of the pre-school at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, our Kol Ami Community Hebrew School — Torah Academy, the youth from OSU Hillel, the people from Russia, our Israeli brothers and sisters and our families in Columbus." The Federation campaign supports 50 humanitarian agencies and programs in Columbus, throughout the United States, in Israel and 33 nations around the world. "You and I and all of us," In The Chronicle mmmfrmmmm>lmmtrmmmmme»mmHim AtThet'enter 15 At The Federation • 6 Classified M> Editorial Features 2 50Year*Ago ......,.,., . 3 Marketplace M Obituaries.,..,.,. , w Social New* ....• 8 Synagogue Services .... 10 said Traeger, "who are part of the Federation Campaign are the link — a link with thousands of years of past of the Jewish people — a link toward Jewish continuity.'' The Federation Campaign Closing, which honored the workers and the leadership, was a celebration of success. The afternoon concluded with co-chairwomen Ina Sue Rosenthal and Jacki Yenkin inviting everybody to raise their glasses and drink a toast, "L'Chaim — to a quality life for our Jewish brothers and sisters worldwide and our families here in Columbus." Miriam Yenkin congratulated Traeger and the entire Campaign '87 team. She presented him with a distinguished leadership award on behalf of the Federation officers and board. "You and your campaign team have demonstrated a total commitment to the success of the campaign. You have our congratulations," said Yenkin. "The spirit of one Jew taking care of another was realized in its highest form today." In addition to the presentation of the awards to workers and leadership, highlights included a musical selection by concert pianist, Dora Levenstein, who came to Columbus from the Soviet Union and was one of 400 resettled by the Jewish Family Service, beneficiary of the Campaign. Marcie Golden described her experiences in Jesse Cohen, a neighborhood in Israel that was both physically and culturally rehabilitated through Federation funding,', Traeger, in introducing Golden, said, "Our partnership with Jesse Cohen, Co lumbus' Project Renewal neighborhood in Holon, Israel, south of Tel Aviv, has meant touching the lives of 9,000 residents—a people-to- people link. Our commit ment to Jesse Cohen has meant not only the revitali- zation of the neighborhood but it has improved the self- image of the residents," concluded Traeger. The consensus is that while the self-proclaimed Soviet policy of "glasnost". (openness) gives rise to hope, much more has to be done to prove Moscow's good faith, particularly with respect to Soviet Jewry. Morris Abram, chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry observed last week that "it is imperative to separate fact from fantasy." He noted that while the Soviet Union enacted what it calls a liberal new emigration decree and Soviet Foreign Minister Gennady Gerasimov spoke of a massive acceleration of Jewish emigration, "only 98 Jews were granted exit visas in January, up from. 77 in December, hardly a massive acceleration." Reagan Administration View The Reagan Administration has taken a similar view. It urged that the re- So, your mother always wanted you to become a writer,.. The Fourth Annual Ohio Jewish Chronicle Could fulfill every Jewish mother's dream! The Ohio Jewish Chronicle—\n cooperation with Jewish mothers everywhere and Inits continulns efforts to provide a medium for the exchange of Ideas of concern to the Jewish community—is encouraging its readers—regardless of age, occupation or affiliation—to participate In an editorial forum by submitting feature articles, fiction or nonflctlon, for possible publication in the paper. Articles should focus: • On a contemporary Judaic issue, or - • On one or more of the religious and/or cultural themes of the High Holy Days Articles submitted will be evaluated by the Chronicle staff on the basis of style, content and originality. Those manuscripts which best fulfill the criteria will be published in the 5748 New Year Edition of the OJC. Their authors will be notified prior to'publication and will receive a $05 honorarium on publication of the articles. ^■^\\\\\m\)\[ m Articles should be: • 1000-2000 words in length • typewritten and double spaced • marked with author's name, address, phone number and, for those under 21, age • • accompanied by a short paragraph of biographical data • submitted to the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, !'Wordwork$", P.O, Box 09744, Columbus, Ohio 43209, before March 31,1987. Express Your Yiews •Share Your Ideas • Become Involved Through The Pages of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle Al) manuscripts become the property of the Ohio Jewlitt Chronicle and may be printed in future issues of the paper, no manuscripts will be returned. lease of the 42 prisoners be followed by the release of all political prisoners and POCs, as well as permission to emigrate to all Soviet Jews who want to do so. "As we have consistently made clear to the Soviet government, we attach the greatest importance to improvements in the field of human rights, including the right to emigrate," State Department spokesman Charles Redman said. "We hope the recant statements by Soviet officials, that large numbers of Soviet Jews are being granted exit permission, will be followed by steps to allow the departure of all those who wish to exercise the right to leave," Redman said. He was apparently referring to a statement in Moscow by Samuil Zivs, chairman of the Soviet anti-Zionist Committee, that 500 Jews were granted exit visas in January. Fewer than a thousand were allowed to emigrate in/all of 1986; Redman urged that all prisoners and POCs in "confinement and exile" be freed and that they should not be required to "recant their past activities or limit future activities." He stressed that the U.S. will be keeping a close watch on Soviet actions in the human rights area which "will have a positive impact on the climate of U.S.-Soviet relations." Gap Between Promise And Performance Pamela Cohen, president of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, responded last week to the unexpected release from labor camp of POC Roald (Alex) Zelicho- nok. "We are pleased by the announcement of Zelicho- nok's release, but our joy is tempered with the knowledge that nearly a dozen other Soviet Jews remain in prison in labor camps," she said. "I call upon the Soviet leadership to move expeditiously in releasing the remaining Prisoners of Conscience and in processing the emigration applications of thousands of Soviet Jews who wish to leave the USSR." Cohen stated. Abram stressed in his statement the wide gap between Soviet promises and performance. "Soviet officials are guilty, not only of massive human rights violations, but of speaking out of both sides of their mouths," he said, " 'glasnost' from one side, and grievous mis- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
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Full Text | Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 40 Years y ■lBRA«iY-.j 'OH \6 H ISTORJOAL; SOC^. j 1985 v'elm'a AVE. • ■ OOL8. 0, 43211. EXCH VOL.65 NO.8 FEBRUARY 19,1987-SHEVAT 20 Devoted )o American and Jewish (deals. f "J l 'I III tt- Inna Meiman Dead At 54 WASHINGTON (JTA) - Inna Meiman of Moscow, who was allowed to go abroad last month for treatment of a tumor on her neek, died Feb. 9 hi the Lombardi Cancer Research Center of Georgetown University Hospital. She was 54 years old. She had refused to leave the Soviet Union earlier because her husband, Naum, a re- fusenik since 1975, was not allowed to accompany her. Meiman was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 20 and was undergoing tests for the start of chemotherapy. When she applied to go abroad, she said she wanted (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) FOCUS ON ISSUES Israel, Greece Sign Cooperative Tourism Agreement NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel and Greece announced last week the start of an unprecedented cooperative tourism program to attract more American tourists to Israel and Greece. "We are very excited about this historic venture, which will link not only the world's oldest civilizations, but also two of the most exciting vacation destinations in the world," Simos Dimas of the Greek National Tourist Organization declared in a joint press conference here with Moshe Shoshani, Israel's Commissioner for Tourism for North America. j According to the two officials, the Greece-Israel program will promote U.S. tourism to both countries. It will encourage tour operators currently active in this market to expand their services and induce those not selling such combination packages, to enter the market. The two countries have allocated $200,000 each for a joint advertising campaign that will implement the program. Soviet Jewry Activists Attempting To Assess Recent Policy Changes (JTA) — Soviet Jewry activists trying to assess recent changes in Soviet policy on emigration rights and dissidents in general, have welcomed the unexpected release of political prisoners, including Jewish Prisoners of Conscience, but remain strongly skeptical as to whether these moves indicate a genuine change of direction by the Soviet leadership or are merely a cosmetic device for propaganda purposes. ADDITIONAL $500,000 RAISED FOR PROJECT RENEWAL 'l¥W! 1987 Federation Campaign Achievement, Announced At Closing Luncheon At JC On February 18 Norman L. Traeger, 1987 General Campaign chairman, announced the total for the 1987 Fedration Campaign achievement, $6,060,000 plus an additional $500,000 for Jesse" Cohen Columbus'Project Renewal Community in Israel. •■"-'./' The capacity crowd of 1987 Campaign volunteers, gathered at the Closing Luncheon on Feb.18, cheered as Traeger presented a four by eight foot replica of a check in the amount of $6,560,000 to Federation president, Miriam Yenkin. The check was appropriately endorsed by the Columbus Jewish community. Traeger said, "Tzedakah, collectively represented by the Federation campaign, is a series of connections that we have with the residents of Heritage Village, the children of the pre-school at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, our Kol Ami Community Hebrew School — Torah Academy, the youth from OSU Hillel, the people from Russia, our Israeli brothers and sisters and our families in Columbus." The Federation campaign supports 50 humanitarian agencies and programs in Columbus, throughout the United States, in Israel and 33 nations around the world. "You and I and all of us," In The Chronicle mmmfrmmmm>lmmtrmmmmme»mmHim AtThet'enter 15 At The Federation • 6 Classified M> Editorial Features 2 50Year*Ago ......,.,., . 3 Marketplace M Obituaries.,..,.,. , w Social New* ....• 8 Synagogue Services .... 10 said Traeger, "who are part of the Federation Campaign are the link — a link with thousands of years of past of the Jewish people — a link toward Jewish continuity.'' The Federation Campaign Closing, which honored the workers and the leadership, was a celebration of success. The afternoon concluded with co-chairwomen Ina Sue Rosenthal and Jacki Yenkin inviting everybody to raise their glasses and drink a toast, "L'Chaim — to a quality life for our Jewish brothers and sisters worldwide and our families here in Columbus." Miriam Yenkin congratulated Traeger and the entire Campaign '87 team. She presented him with a distinguished leadership award on behalf of the Federation officers and board. "You and your campaign team have demonstrated a total commitment to the success of the campaign. You have our congratulations," said Yenkin. "The spirit of one Jew taking care of another was realized in its highest form today." In addition to the presentation of the awards to workers and leadership, highlights included a musical selection by concert pianist, Dora Levenstein, who came to Columbus from the Soviet Union and was one of 400 resettled by the Jewish Family Service, beneficiary of the Campaign. Marcie Golden described her experiences in Jesse Cohen, a neighborhood in Israel that was both physically and culturally rehabilitated through Federation funding,', Traeger, in introducing Golden, said, "Our partnership with Jesse Cohen, Co lumbus' Project Renewal neighborhood in Holon, Israel, south of Tel Aviv, has meant touching the lives of 9,000 residents—a people-to- people link. Our commit ment to Jesse Cohen has meant not only the revitali- zation of the neighborhood but it has improved the self- image of the residents," concluded Traeger. The consensus is that while the self-proclaimed Soviet policy of "glasnost". (openness) gives rise to hope, much more has to be done to prove Moscow's good faith, particularly with respect to Soviet Jewry. Morris Abram, chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry observed last week that "it is imperative to separate fact from fantasy." He noted that while the Soviet Union enacted what it calls a liberal new emigration decree and Soviet Foreign Minister Gennady Gerasimov spoke of a massive acceleration of Jewish emigration, "only 98 Jews were granted exit visas in January, up from. 77 in December, hardly a massive acceleration." Reagan Administration View The Reagan Administration has taken a similar view. It urged that the re- So, your mother always wanted you to become a writer,.. The Fourth Annual Ohio Jewish Chronicle Could fulfill every Jewish mother's dream! The Ohio Jewish Chronicle—\n cooperation with Jewish mothers everywhere and Inits continulns efforts to provide a medium for the exchange of Ideas of concern to the Jewish community—is encouraging its readers—regardless of age, occupation or affiliation—to participate In an editorial forum by submitting feature articles, fiction or nonflctlon, for possible publication in the paper. Articles should focus: • On a contemporary Judaic issue, or - • On one or more of the religious and/or cultural themes of the High Holy Days Articles submitted will be evaluated by the Chronicle staff on the basis of style, content and originality. Those manuscripts which best fulfill the criteria will be published in the 5748 New Year Edition of the OJC. Their authors will be notified prior to'publication and will receive a $05 honorarium on publication of the articles. ^■^\\\\\m\)\[ m Articles should be: • 1000-2000 words in length • typewritten and double spaced • marked with author's name, address, phone number and, for those under 21, age • • accompanied by a short paragraph of biographical data • submitted to the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, !'Wordwork$", P.O, Box 09744, Columbus, Ohio 43209, before March 31,1987. Express Your Yiews •Share Your Ideas • Become Involved Through The Pages of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle Al) manuscripts become the property of the Ohio Jewlitt Chronicle and may be printed in future issues of the paper, no manuscripts will be returned. lease of the 42 prisoners be followed by the release of all political prisoners and POCs, as well as permission to emigrate to all Soviet Jews who want to do so. "As we have consistently made clear to the Soviet government, we attach the greatest importance to improvements in the field of human rights, including the right to emigrate," State Department spokesman Charles Redman said. "We hope the recant statements by Soviet officials, that large numbers of Soviet Jews are being granted exit permission, will be followed by steps to allow the departure of all those who wish to exercise the right to leave," Redman said. He was apparently referring to a statement in Moscow by Samuil Zivs, chairman of the Soviet anti-Zionist Committee, that 500 Jews were granted exit visas in January. Fewer than a thousand were allowed to emigrate in/all of 1986; Redman urged that all prisoners and POCs in "confinement and exile" be freed and that they should not be required to "recant their past activities or limit future activities." He stressed that the U.S. will be keeping a close watch on Soviet actions in the human rights area which "will have a positive impact on the climate of U.S.-Soviet relations." Gap Between Promise And Performance Pamela Cohen, president of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, responded last week to the unexpected release from labor camp of POC Roald (Alex) Zelicho- nok. "We are pleased by the announcement of Zelicho- nok's release, but our joy is tempered with the knowledge that nearly a dozen other Soviet Jews remain in prison in labor camps," she said. "I call upon the Soviet leadership to move expeditiously in releasing the remaining Prisoners of Conscience and in processing the emigration applications of thousands of Soviet Jews who wish to leave the USSR." Cohen stated. Abram stressed in his statement the wide gap between Soviet promises and performance. "Soviet officials are guilty, not only of massive human rights violations, but of speaking out of both sides of their mouths," he said, " 'glasnost' from one side, and grievous mis- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) |
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