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VOL.65   NO.21
MAY21.1987-IYAR22
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Mimi B. Chenfeld
To Receive Award
The Rabbi Harry Kaplan
Scholar-in-Residence Committee of the B'nai B'rith
Hillel Foundation at .The
Ohio State University announces that Mimi Brodsky
Chenfeld will be the recipient of the 1987 Frayda Turkel
Award.
Chenfeld has long been associated with Hillel particularly as the leader of Monday night folkdancing for
over 20 years. According to
Rabbi Steve Abrams, director of Hillel at OSU, "Mimi
has done more than just lead
an important program group
at Hillel. Her long involvement with so many people
who are inspired by her has
strengthened the whole Jewish community on the OSU
campus."
The Frayda Turkel Award
was established in 1986 in
memory of Frayda Turkel
who was a force in the development of Hillel and the
Jewish community on campus. Criteria for selection included demonstrated commitment over time to the
Jewish community on campus especially in the areas of
. Jewish education, the arts,
student programming, community relations and religious life. The award reflects the many ways that
Turkel influenced campus
life during her years of association with Hillel.
The award will be presented on the occasion of the
annual Rabbi Harry Kaplan
Lecture to be held on
Wednesday, May 27, at 7:30
p.m. at the Hillel Foundation. The Lecture will be presented by Rabbi Dr. J. David
Bleich, Jewish scholar, who
will speak on "The Case of
Baby M."
The.entire community is
invited. For further information, call 294-4797.
Wexner Foundation Announces
Major Philanthropic Program
To Improve Jewish Leadership
Pictured above are Julie Friedman (right), president of the new BBG chapter, Aliah, and Meredith
Moss, vice president.
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
To Open Sixth BBYO Chapter
friends.
Julie Friedman, a junior
at Bexley High School from
Bat Shalom, (a BBG chapter), will be president, and
Meredith Moss, a freshman
at CSG from Ziv, (another
BBG chapter) will be vice-
president. These two BBG's
have taken the responsibility
to begin Aliah. The adult advisor is Tammy Nevins, also
formerly of Bat Shalom.
Therefore,  motivating  a
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The B'nai B'rith Youth
Organization will soon open
a sixth BBYO chapter in Columbus. The five present
BBYO chapters have hit
membership capacity and
are about to welcome a new
chapter, Aliah BBG. Out of
the five BBYO chapters at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center, two are currently
BBG, which stands for B'nai
B'rith Girls. The three re-,
maihing chapters are AZA
(Aleph Zadik Aleph). With
the addition of Aliah, there
will now be an equal number
of BBG and AZA chapters in
Columbus.
"This, however, is not the
reason we are starting a new
chapter; though it is a nice
bonus. The reason is simple," say the chapter's
founders. "Columbus BBYO
has approximately 170 members. We needed a way to
bring in more people, while
making the chapters small
enough so that every teen
can benefit from what this
organization has to offer,
, specifically, the BBG's." A
goal of BBG is to help Jewish
teens find and express their
Jewish identity, while expanding  their  circle  of
The Wexner Foundation
announced this week that it
has inaugurated a major
philanthropic program. The
foundation has initiated the
first of a series of programs
dedicated to the enhancement and improvement of
professional leadership in
the North American Jewish
community.
Leslie H. Wexner, chairman of the Wexner Foundation, and Bella Wexner,
secretary of the foundation,
in a joint statement, said,
"The foundation's goal is
nothing short of having the
most profound impact on the
quality of Jewish life in
North America. That is why
we have targeted what we
believe is the most crucial
issue in the Jewish community today—the crisis facing
our most important Jewish
institutions in their struggle
to attract, support and retain
the very highest calibre of
professional leadership.
"Our experience in business has consistently shown
us that the key to success in
JFS Shalom House Dedication
On Sunday, May 31, at
10:30 a.m., Jewish family
Service will hold dedication
ceremonies for the Victor
Weinstein Shalom House.
The dedication will take
place on the grounds of
Shalom House located at
1135 College Ave.
The entire community is
encouraged to attend this.
special event. Following the
dedication ceremonies,
there will be guided tours of
the home and refreshments.
Shalom House is a group
Sylvia Schecter To Receive Agudas Achim
Brotherhood 'Flowers For The Living' Award
; Sylvia Schecter will receive the Agudas Achim Brotherhood "Flowers for the
Living" Award in recognition of her service and leadership on behalf of the
synagogue, Judaism and the
community on Thursday,
June 11, at 8 p.m. in the sanctuary.
Schecter's community
activities began with her involvement with B'nai B'rith
Women as a founder of Columbus Zion Chapter, which
she served as president. She
served as president of the
State Association and District #2 Grand Lodge of
BBW, participating on B'nai
B'rith National Commissions for Hillel, ADL, Adult
Jewish Education, BBYO.
Children's Home in Israel
arid more. She was chosen in
1959 as one of only 17 women
Sylvia Schecter
to attend the International
B'nai B'rith Convention in
Israel. For her "achievements, she was selected to
receive the "National
Guardian of the Menorah"
award from the B'nai B'rith
Men of Columbus.
Agudas Achim and its Sisterhood have also benefited
from Schecter's involvement. In addition to many
other volunteer activities,
she was chosen as the chairwoman of the Agudas Achim
Religious School when the
enrollment topped 450 children and served in that capacity for five years. She was
elected the first woman
board member of the Congregation and then as its
first woman officer. She continues to be a member of the
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any endeavor is to have the
best possible leaders."
"The future is our responsibility," they continued. "It
is up to us to provide the
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home for Jewish mentally
retarded and developmentally disabled (MR/DD)
adults from the central Ohio
area and is the latest service
to be developed by Jewish
Family Service.
Shalom House began as a
dream five years ago when
several parents of MR/DD
children approached Jewish
Family Service to plan for
the residential heeds of their
adult children. These parents wanted to see their children in a homelike environment that maintained Jewish values and traditions,
The dedication of Shalom
House is the culmination of
that dream and the beginning of a center for serving
the needs of the mentally retarded and developmentally
disabled adults and their
families. In addition to residential services, Shalom
House Outreach programs
will assist MR/DD individuals and their families who
are not Shalom House residents.
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Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld and the Temple Israel Confirmation Class are pictured above at the Statue of
Liberty learning about Jewish immigration, inside the
Eldridge Street Synagogue, discussing the customs of
past generations, and on the Lower East Side taking a
walking tour through history.
temple Israel Confirmands
Tour'Jewish'New York
Rabbi and Mrs. Bradley N.
Bleefeld led the Temple Israel Confirmation Class on a
four-day Jewish exploration
trip to New York last weekend.
Some of the experiences
the group shared were: worship services at Congregations Emanuel on Fifth
Avenue and Shearith Israel;
the Statue of Liberty; the
United Nations; the Museum
of Art; the Broadway show
Starlight Express, and Wall
Street.
Nancy Friedman and
Bette Roth chaperoned the
group as they learned the
history and culture of the
Lower East Side on a walking tour which included: the
Eldridge Street Synagogue;
Sammy's Roumanian; Ger-
tel's Bakery, Gus' Pickles,
Shapiro's Winery, the Economy Candy Store, the making of Torahs, Jewish book
stores and Ratners'.
On Saturday night the
group enjoyed dessert and
dancing at Windows on the
World and the weekend
ended with the Israel Independence Day parade down
Fifth Avenue.