Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1987-03-19

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VOL.65   NO. 12
MARCH 19,1987-ADAR18
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Senate Confirms
Judith Brachman
HUD Appointment
Judith Brachman was confirmed last week by the
United States Senate as assistant secretary for fair
housing and equal opportunity in the Department of
Housing and Urban Development. She was nominated for
the post by President
Reagan last September.
Brachman was named
head of the Ohio HUD office
in January 1983, then became regional housing commissioner in HUD's Chicago
office in 1984. In 1986, she returned to the Columbus HUD
office.
Hove you always wanted to share your views with
your contemporaries, to see your writing in print, to
become involved in the community in a meaningful
way?
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle would like to give you
the chance to accomplish all of these goals and
more. Turn to page 15 for details about the Fourth
Annual OJC Wotdworks.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
U.S. Jewish Leaders View
implications Of Pollard Case
Dr. Michael Cook Chosen
To Deliver Resler Lecture
Judith Brachman
Brachman plans to commute to Washington weekly
from the Bexley home she
shares with her husband,
Merom, and three daughters.
No starting date has been
set for the job, Brachman
said. Because assistant secretaries are political appointees, Brachman's term
will end when Reagan leaves
office.
Dr. Michael J. Cook, a
rabbi and professor of Inter-
testamental and Early
Christian Literature, will be
the guest speaker at Congregation Beth Tikvah's annual Resler Memorial Lecture, Sunday, April 5, at
8 p.m., at the synagogue.
Titled "From Calvary to
Oberammergau: The Impact of Jesus' Trial on Jewish-Christian Relations," his
talk will be accompanied by
a slide presentation of the
1980 and 1984 Oberammergau Passion Play.
. Currently;a professor at
the Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion
in Cincinnati, Dr. Cook has
published extensively on the
topic of Jewish-Christian
relations, including a book,
Mark's Treatment of the
Jewish Leaders. He has been
a visiting professor at both
the Lexington Theological
Seminary and Xavier University and has worked with
doctoral students from the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville.
He has also served as a text-
Center Women's Day Program
"Women: Apprpaching
the Year 2000" is the theme
of the fifth annual Women's
Day program set for Sunday,
April 5, at the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center. The program, open to Center members and the general community, will run; from
9 a.m.-2 p.m. and includes a
, variety of workshops, an all-
male panel discussion, a
keynote address, boutiques
and a crepes luncheon.
Carole Williams, president
and publisher of Business
First, will deliver the keynote address, "Success in
Every Venue?" "Williams
'herself typifies today's successful woman, balancing
career, family and community service, and doing all
three exceptionally well,"
says Jody Altschule, Women's Day chairwoman.
"We are offering a variety
of workshops so that we can
appeal to women of all ages
and interests," Altschule
continues. Women may
select one of the following:   :
"Stress Management" —
Presented by Linda Karlo-
vec, Ph.D. psychologist,
Saint Anthony Medical Center.
"Kids and the Working
Mom: Who is going to take
care of me?"—Presented by
Donna G. Estreicher, Ph.D.
"Adult Daughter and
Aging Mother" — Presented
by Jerilyn Wolman, Ph.D.,
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book consultant for the Archdiocese of Louisville. Each
summer, he works with Jewish youth at the Union of
American Hebrew Cohr
gregations Camp in Zions-C
ville, Ind. Dr. Cook travels
throughout the United States
and Canada addressing Jewish and Christian audiences.
Michael Cook
After graduating from
Haverford College, he studied at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. Dr. Cook received his Ordination and an
M.A. in Hebrew literature
from Hebrew Union College,
in New York. His doctoral
work at Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, focused on
history and literature of the
period of the Second Temple,
with specialization in New
Testament.
The Annual Resler Lecture honors Eleanor Resler
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The life sentence given to
Jonathan Pollard, an American Jew, last week for spying for Israel is not expected
to basically alter the close
relations between the United
States and Israel, according
to American Jewish leaders.
Nor do they expect it to
create a feeling in this country that Jews have dual
loyalty, except, of course,
among anti-Zionists and
anti-Semites, who have always made this claim.
At the same time, concern
was expressed that the
"poor judgment" shown by
Israel in promoting two Israelis, who controlled Pollard's espionage activities,
could damage Israel-U.S.
relations.
"The espionage activity
for which Jonathan Pollard
was justly sentenced was a
serious crime and should
never have taken place,*'
Morris Abram, chairman of
the Presidents Conference,
said in a statement.
"I am also deeply concerned by the public perception of the official treatment
accorded Col. (Aviem) Sella
and Rafael Eitan and will
raise these concerns with the
proper authorities next week
during a visit to Israel."
Jewish leaders with whom
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency spoke expressed little sympathy for Pollard,-
32-year-old former civilian
analyst for the Navy, or for
his wife, Anne Henderson-
Pollard, 26, who received
two concurrent five-year
terms for being an accessory
to her husband's espionage.
The day before the Pollards were sentenced, a federal grand jury indicted
Sella,  who was  Pollard's
first contact in providing Israel with classified documents, for conspiring with
Pollard. The indictment
came shortly after it was
learned that Sella has been
made commander of Israel's
second largest Air Force
base.
Earlier, Eitan, the counter
terrorism expert who ran
Pollard's now disbanded spy
unit, was named chairman
of Israel Chemicals, the
largest government-owned
corporation.
These promotions angered
the Reagan Administration.
The State Department, while
still maintaining that Israel
has cooperated with the Pollard • investigation, said Israel was expected to "call to.
account" those involved in
the Pollard case.
Hyman Bookbinder, Washington representative of the
American Jewish Committee, said "you could almost
sense the change" in the Administration after the Sella
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Israel's Ambassador To U.S.
Does Not Think Pollard Case
Will Harm U.S.-lsrael Relations
not agree with media
charges that the two men in
Israel most directly involved
with Pollard, Rafael Eitan
and Col. Aviem Sella, had
been rewarded. Eitan, who
was in charge of Pollard's
disbanded spy unit "Le-
kem," was appointed chairman of Israel Chemicals, the
largest government-owned
corporation in the country;
Col. Sella, who allegedly recruited and supervised Pollard, was given command of
Tel Nof, one of the largest air
force bases in Israel.
By Judith Franklin
News Editor
Israel's ambassador to the
United' States, Dr. Meir
Rosenne, doubts that the recent Iran/Contra affair or
the Pollard spy scandal will
have lasting negative effects
on Israel-U.S. relations.
However, in an exclusive
Chronicle interview, the Ambassador stressed the seriousness with which Israel
views both ma.tters.
Dr. Rosenne pointed out
that Israel has done its best
to clarify the issues, offering
what he called "unprecedented cooperation" to U.S.
law enforcement agents who
were invited to Israel to
interview those involved in
the Pollard case.
In response to media
criticism of Israel's internal
handling of the Pollard case,
Dr. Rosenne noted that on
March 11 Israel established
a commission to fully investigate the matter. He did
Community Calendar Artwork Contest
Announced By 'Chronicle,' Martin's
Martin's Kosher Foods in
cooperation with the Ohio
Jewish Chronicle is currently sponsoring a contest,
Calendar Creations, to encourage, youngsters in the
community to create works
of art, which if chosen, will
be published in the 5748 OJC
Community Calendar next
September.
"We know there are a lot
Of youngsters out there who
love to draw," explained
Michael Singer of Martin's. -
"This contest gives them the
perfect opportunity to be
creative, show what they can
do and share their work with
the rest of the community.'
According to Chronicle
publisher, Milton Pinsky, the
contest will also provide interesting as well as appropriate artwork for the second edition of the Community Calendar. An illustration
for each month of the year
and the cover will be chosen
from among contest entries.
Each entrant whose work is
published in the Calendar
will receive a $10 cash
award.
Last year's calendar was
distributed to Chronicle subscribers with their New Year
editions. Others were able'to
receive a copy through various community outlets or by
mailing a business reply
card to the Chronicleoffice
requesting a free calendar
and a two-month complimentary subscription to the
Chronicle. All told, approximately 5,000 calendars were
distributed. This year, a
similar plan will be followed.
Saint Anthony Medical
Center, one of last year's co-
sponsors, will once again
sponsor the calendar, which
will contain not only all the
information usually found in
a Jewish calendar, but im-
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Meir Rosenne
Dr. Rosenne disagreed,
saying that neither man had
been rewarded. Eitan was
transferred from the intelligence community to the economic one after 40 years of
service; That, said Dr.
Rosenne, is "as if someone
who's been a lawyer for 40
. years suddenly was disbarred and not allowed to
conduct any legal business
and becomes a clerk in a
commercial enterprise."
And Col. Sella's scheduled
promotion to the rank of
brigadier general has been
withheld.
The Ambassador stressed^
that both men should be considered innocent until pro-
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