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Pictured above at the Beth Jacob Brotherhood Music Festival on
March 28 are (1. tor.) Philip Cohen, Brotherhood president; Rabbi
David Stavsky; Richard Kohn, master of ceremonies; Linda Heyman, thehonbree; IrvinFlox, Aaron Supowit, and Marc Levison, program chairman.
Beth Jacob Brotherhood
Honors Linda Heyman
A large crowd of well-
wishers joined the officers of
the Beth Jacob Brotherhood
to pay tribute to Linda Heyman as the VPerson of the
Year for 1989" at the ;
Twenty-Seventh Annual 7
Music Festival held'on
March 28 at Beth Jacob
Synagogue. 7
A handmade illuminated
citation was presented to
Heyman in behalf of the Beth
Jacob Brotherhood by Rabbi
David Stavsky for her
"many exemplary efforts
and leadership, role at the
Beth- Jacob Congregation
and in recognition of her selfless giving to others to enhance their lives."
Philip Cohen, president of
the Beth Jacob Brotherhood,
was joined by Jack Rubin,
president of the Beth Jacob
Congregation in extending
good wishes to Heyman as
"Person of the Year."
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach,
internationally known Jewish folk singer, musician and
composer, was the guest star
entertainer for th^ evening.
Rabbi Carlebach was
accompanied by members of
The Ohio Slate University-
Jazz Ensemble.
Richard Kohn was master
of ceremonies for the evening; Following the concert
and award ceremony, the
audience was invited to a
reception in honor of Heyman.
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Hundreds of thousands of
Soviet Jews are on the verge
of being allowed to emigrate,
according to Depuuty
Foreign Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu.
Speaking here at the closing session of the Jewish
National Fund's fourth
national assembly, Netanyahu said that Moscow is
about to change its policy on
emigration.
The result, he said, is that
"Jewish citizens are going to
have the opportunity to leave
the Soviet Union in numbers
that we don't even imagine."
He said this could be "on the
order of hundreds of thousands, and I'm being conservative;"
The Jerusalem Post, mils
March 31 edition, confirmed
that the source of Netanyahu's information is a
secret intelligence report
delivered • to the Foreign
Ministry.
Netanyahu said the Soviet
decision to release so rtiany
Jews is based on its desire to
change its image. "It's going
to do so, not because of the
love of Zion, and it's not
.going to let out Jews exclusively.
"It's going to let out Soviet
citizens basically under the
assumption of, why should it
carry the monkey on its
back?  Why should  it  be
accused of being a prison.?"
Netanyahu said that only
two countries in the world
will open their gates: "Germany, which will accept all
Germans and repatriate
them, and Israel. Now that's
a fact of life."
The deputy foreign
minister told the JNF
audience that it must do all
that it can to help absorb the
expected influx of Jews.
"We're going to have to
change our priorities," he
said. "Our effort so far has
been to open the gates. Our
new effort is going to be to
absorb these hundreds of
thousands of Jews. And hundreds of thousands of Jews
here make a tremendous difference."
First Woman Ever To Be
Temple Israel President
The 143rd Annual Meeting
of Temple Israel will take
place on Sabbath eve, Friday, April 14. Dinner at 6
p.m. will be followed by the
meeting at 7:15 p.m.
Rita Cohen will be installed as president during
the 8 p.m. worship service,
the first woman to hold this
office.
A native of Cincinnati,
Cohen became a member of
Temple Israel in 1958 when
she moved to Columbus. She
has served as a member of
the Board of Trustees since
1978. As a member of the
Executive Board, she was
the first elected woman vice-
president in 1982. As a life
member of Temple Israel
Sisterhood, she served on the
Board of Sisterhood at different times over a long period
of time.
Cohen has also served the
general community on many
other boards of trustees. She
is a member of the Board of
Heritage Village Auxiliary;
Rita Cohen
a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Columbus
Jewish Federation and treasurer of National Council of
Jewish Women. She is also
SPECIAL FEATURE
Kosher Market Assumes Special Significance
Especially At Passover
By Mara Gales Ryan
In spring; a young man's
fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love. Although
Jewish men—and women—
are no strangers to love,
spring also prompts
thoughts of Passover and all
of the special preparations
that must be made.
Of course, the beauty and
joy of Passover make all the
preparation worthwhile.
Still, there is so much to do
and so little time to do it!
But we who live in or near
Columbus are lucky. Unlike
Jewish people in certain
other cities, we do not have
to order all our holiday food
from out-of town. Whether
we cook from scratch or buy
prepared delicacies, we can
purchase everything on the
Pesach menu locally. And instead oif 'placing our orders
weeks iq advance, and hoping for the best, we can go to
Martin's, on Broad Street,
and take a look at the brisket
for ourselves.
Although it is convenient
to shop locally at Passover,
it is esential for the community to have year-round
access to a kosher market.
This viewpoint was expressed by a cross-section of
prominent Jewish spokesmen, who uniformly agree
upon its validity. However,
Columbus, which supported
a number of kosher establishments, a geifihraWon ago,
now has only one
This turn of evt?nte/seems
odd because various members of the Columbus Jewish
community stress pat kashruth is flourishing. Ulan Gill,
executive director Wfttie Columbus Jewish FederatiC
Heinz Hoffman, president of,
the Vaad Ho-Ir (City Kasl
ruth Committee); Rabbi
David Stavsky, of "Beth
Jacob Congregation, and Irv
Szames, the new owner of
Martin's, all note a resur
gence of kashruth. Nevertheless, they blame lack of
community suport for the decline in exclusively kosher
markets. They explain this
paradox by pointing out that
Jewish people in Columbus
are buying kosher food but
not at kosher stores.
Mike Singer, associated
with Martin's for many
years, is familiar with the
contradiction and questions
Columbus' commitment to
the survival of a kosher market. Citing its role in uniting
observant and non-observant  Jews,  Singer  says,
'... a community without a kosher [establishment]
is at a [greatf disadvantage because ia Jew who observes kashruth has serious problems when he can't
buy food right here.'
Rabi Stavsky, for example, compares the plight of
these shops to the demise of
"Mom and Pop" grocery
stores/Because of their high
volume of sales, chain supermarkets can afford to lower
prices and force out small
competitors. Big Bear,
Kroger's and Cub all carry a
fairly wide variety of kosher
products and are able to
undersell local merchants.
Unfortunately, customer
loyalty often ends at the
check-out line.
"You're not able to keep
kashruth for the community
without a kosher market,"
He adds that "kosher catering is invaluable for meetings at hotels, for institutions
such as Heritage House and
for private simchas, wed-y
dings and brisses." Moreover, Singer feels that "a
kosher market tends to draw
Jewish people [to Columbus]," Nonetheless, customers find it tempting to
buy lox at Martins; but to
pick up an Empire turkey at
Big Bear.
But temptation, too, has its
price. Alan Gill points out
that it would be "a shande
(shame, pity) for Columbus
to lose [its kosher supermarket]," and cautions the Jewish community to patronize
the store "no matter who
owns it." He notes that, too
often, people engage in
recrimination "when it is too
late." In this vein, Gill warns
that it would be "a major inconvenience" for those who
keep kosher to trot from
store to store, checking
labels on every product.
Without a kosher market, observant Jews would be susceptible to the whims of ordinary supermarkets. Similarly, it would prove almost
impossible tp host community functions. Gill feels
strongly about the issue,
emphasizing that "a community without a kosher
[establishment]  is  at a
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Installed
, April 14
an active volunteer at Children's Hospital, staffing.the
Information Desk, and a
past president of the Columbus Public Schools Volunteer
Advisory Council. In 1988,
Cohen received the first
Volunteer Recognition
Award for outstanding service to National Council of
Jewish Women, of which she
is a past president.
Cohen is married to I. David Cohen, and they have
four children: John, James,
Kathryn and Amy.
Other Temple leaders to
. be installed at the Annual
Meetingare: first vice president, Fred Summer; vice
presidents, Mark G. Feinknopf and Henry Epstein;
secretary, . Arline Altman;
assistant secretary, Elaine
Tenenbaum; treasurer,
Mark Herman; assistant
treasurer, Jody Scheiman.
New members of the
Board of Trustees to be installed are: Marcy Gross,
. Roger Sugarman and Bar-
bara Seeder. Renewing
terms to expire in 1992 will
be Irving Barkan; Dr. Walter Baum; Harriet Kallenberg; Alfred Kobacker;
Tudy Krupnick; Charles
Loeb; Morris Oaklander;
Tussy Shnider, and Judi Ull.
Serving on the Planning
Committee with Hope Ellen
Kaplan as chair are: Sheila
Feinknopf, publicity; Reva
Levy, invitations; Harriet
Kallenberg and Roberta
Davis, decorations; Sandi
Dubin, program; Shirlie
Levitin, Felice Schiffman,
Lois Greenblatt, dinner;
B.D. Krakoff and Bunny Co-
wall, Oneg Shabbat; Bar-
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