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VOL.66   NO. 36;
SEPTEMBER 8,1988-ELUL 26
Devoted (o American
and Jewish (deals.
'Forward' Receives
Financial Windfall
NEW YORK (JTA) - The
Jewish Forward, the
91-year-old Yiddish- and
English-language newspaper that became a symbol
of New York Jewish immigrant life, received a financial shot in the arm recently
thanks to a $100 million deal
with the Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS).
According to the terms of
the planned transaction, SBS
has agreed to buy radio station WEVD-FM from The
Forward Association, while
Forward will acquire the
SBS-owned WFAN-AM station. WEVD will then be
broadcast on the AM dial, increasing the range for its
Yiddish and Jewish cultural..
programming to approximately 2, 720 square miles.
WFAN-AM's all-sports format will be heard elsewhere
on the AM dial.
SBS sweetened the deal for
Forward with cash pay?
ments that will total approximately $70 million over the
next seven-and-a-half years,
according to Forward. The
station swap also includes
land for a transmitter site
and facilities that could total
an additional $20 to $30 million.
In addition to increasing
the range of WEVD, according to Harold Ostroff,
general manager of The
Foward Association, the
deal with SBS '!will also enable the newspaper, The
Jewish Forward, to upgrade
and modernize the newspaper plant and improve its
newspaper content."
Pending. approval of the
deal with the Federal Com-
munication Commission,
WEVD will be heard at 1050
on the AM dial. The Jewish
Forward, formerly The Jewish Daily Foward, now operates as a weekly.
Challahs Available
At Jewish Center
Challahs, for the New
Year, will be available from
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center Senior Adult Department. They will be for sale in
the Center lobby on Friday,
Sept. 9, from 8:30-11 a.m..
and on Sunday, Sept. 11 from
lCVnoon.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 91
Italians To Sponsor Palestinian Kids
ROME (JTA)—Italian celebrities, town councils and businesses are intending to participate in a two-year program
under which 1,000 Palestinian children in Israeli-administered territories will become long distance foster children of
Italian sponsors. According to the published reports, the
sponsors will each pay $80 a month toward support of a child.
The money is to be deposited in an Italian bank which is
linked with a bank in Jerusalem.
U.S. Decides Not To Appeal Ruling
Barring The Closing Of PLO Mission
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Soviets Release Holocaust Files
- In Agreement With U.S. Council
WASHINGTON (JTA) — As part of a July 29 agreement
with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, the Soviet Union
is allowing Westerners for the first time to duplicate its Holocaust archives. The council estimates that the Soviet archives could contain more than a third of all existing Holocaust-related materials, including documents on Nazi actions taken against the 2.5 million Jews in what are now the
Soviet republics of Ukraine, Moldavia, Byelorussia, Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania, as well as the rest of the Soviet Union.
W. Germany To Change Aid To Territories
BONN (JTA) — West Germany is studying the possibility
of channeling its economic assistance to the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip through independent Palestinian institutions,
a spokesman for the Ministry of Economic Cooperation here
said last week. Up to now, West Germany has channeled its
assistance to the territories — held by Israel since 1967 —
either directly through Jordan or in consent with Jordanian
officials. In the last 20 years, Bonn assisted the territories
with $23.9 million worth of economic aid. Jordan annuallyxe-
ceives about $26.5 million worth of financial and technical assistance from West Germany. "-:'.'■•
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The Reagan administration
has decided not to appeal a
U.S. District Court ruling in
June barring the closing of
the Palestine Liberation Organization's observer mission to the United Nations,
Initial reaction from Jewish groups was mixed, with
some expressing dismay and
others greeting the decision
with equanimity.
In a statement released
last week, the Justice Department said, "On balance,
the interests of the United
States are best served by not
appealing."
It said that it is the administration's "normal
policy to appeal adverse district court decisions of this
kind." But it went on to say
that closing the mission in
any event would be contrary
to U.S. treaty obligations, especially "in light of foreign
policy considerations, including the U.S. role as host
of the United Nations organization."
The announcement was
made as the 60-day period
during which the United
States was given an oppor
tunity to file an appeal ex-
pries. Judge Edmund Pal-
mieri of the US. District
Court in New York' ruled
June 28 that closing the mission would violate the 1947
U.N. Headquarters Agreement.
That treaty prevents host
nations from closing the
U.N. missions of member
states. Palmieri said the
treaty leaves no doubt that
the United States is obligated "to refrain from impairing the function" of the
P.O's U.N. mission.
The challenge was brought
after the PLO ignored Justice Department orders to
close the office by March 21
under the 1987 Anti-ZTer-
rorism Act. That law, which
helped lead to the closure of
the PLO's Washington information office, was adopted
by Congress late last year
and signed by President
Reagan Dec. 22.
"TJie administration will
continue to oppose efforts to
reopen the PLO information
office in Washington," the
Justice Department said,
Monday.
While the State Depart-
Rabbi Ciner Elected To Board Of Ethics, Economics Council
Rabbi Alan G. Ciner, spiritual leader of the Agudas
Achim Synagogue, has been
elected to the Board of
Trustees of the Council for
the Study of Ethics and
Economics.
Paul M. M[inus, professor
of Church History at the
Methodist Theological
School, is the president of the
Council, whose mission is to
search for a viable economic
ethic. "The CouncU for the
Study of Ethics and Economics has arisen as part of a
new movement of conscience," according to Professor Minus. "It is an association of leaders in business, religion, education
and the professions committed to exploring and
clarifying the ethical dimensions of economic issues and
to discerning the implications of the Jewish and
Christian ethical traditions
for economic life.
' 'Through meetings of
members, public programs,
the participation of nationally recognized leaders
and publications on the
theme 'The Future of Columbus : Balancing Economic
Growth and Human Benefits,' the Council will focus
the light of serious ethical
thought on issues of pressing
concern to the community,"
declared Dr. Minus.
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Since arriving, he has instituted innovative programs
of prayer, study and spirituality at the Agudas Achim
Rabbi Alan Ciner
Synagogue. Rabbi Ciner led
a group of teenagers and
adults from Columbus in the
Salute to Israel Parade held
in New York, the first time
that a group from the Midwest had participated in this
major event. Since coming
to Columbus, he has appeared on television and
radio. He has lectured extensively, his field of expertise
being the relevance of Halachic and Philosophical Judaism to the spirituality of the
times. He presented a paper
at a symposium sponsored
by the Melton Center for
Jewish Studies at The Ohio
State University entitled
"American Orthodox Juda-
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Rabbi Ciner addressed the
Rabbinic Alumni of Yeshiva
University at their annual
conference held in October
1985.
In 1984, Rabbi Ciner was
chosen to represent the Columbus Jewish Federation
on the UJA Rabbinic Cabinet
Community Mission to
Poland and to Israel. While
abroad, Rabbi Ciner studied
Jewish cultural life and social services in contrasting
communities.
Several articles written by
Rabbi Ciner have appeared
in the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
Additionally, Rabbi Ciner's
sermon entitled "Significant
Sounds" was published in
the "Orchard," a compendium of sermonic material.
At the request of the UJA,
Rabbi Ciner prepared a
booklet about Yom Kippur
which was distributed nationally to the young leadership of the United Jewish Appeal. Rabbi Ciner wrote an
article entitled "A Still,
Faint Voice," for the September 5747 High Holy Day
issue of Amit Woman.
Currently, Rabbi Ciner is
serving as a member of the
Executive Committee of the
UJA National Rabbinic
Cabinet. At their conference
held in Boston in December
1985, he addressed the group
on the  theme  "Relevant
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Columbus Board of Rabbis
and was named chaplain of
the Central Ohio Region for
the Boy Scouts of America.
He serves on the Board of the
OSU Hillel Foundation, the
National Rabbinic Cabinet of
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 14)
ment agreed with Congress
that the administration had
the right to close the Washington office, it argued that
Congress was unaware of
U.S. treaty obligations when
it ordered the U.N. Mission
closed as well. The Justice
Department argued conversely, that Congress' intent
was unambiguous.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4)
Rabbi Abraham Elbaz
Named CTA Director
Of Judaic Studies
Rabbi Dr. Henoch Millen,
headmaster at Torah Academy,   announced  the
appointment of Rabbi Abraham Elbaz to serve as director of Judaic Studies, kindergarten through eighth grade.
Born in Meknes, Morocco,
Rabbi Elbaz is fluent in Hebrew,  Arabic  and  French.
After attending high school
in Morocco, Rabbi Elbaz studied at Yeshivah Messilat
Yesharim in France where
he earned a B.A. in education and continued there with
post graduate work in Judaic
studies.
After emigrating to the
United States, Rabbi Elbaz
received post graduate ordination in Talmudic studies at
the Mirrer Yeshiva in New
York City. He furthered his
education with a degree in
management and administration from the United College of Business.
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