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PLO Rejects Israel's Election Plan
Confirmation Held Recently At Beth Tikvah
Beth Tikvah recently held Confirmation services. Pictured are (front row, 1. to r.): Karen
Sabgir, Deborah Feder, Deborah Burkman, Linda Karn, Ashley Koff, Deborah Pasternack,
Johanna Frank, (back row) Eric Esses, Marc Goldman, Michael Uretsky, Rabbi Gary
Huber, Ben Robbins, Jonathan Kisch, Rony Guldmann, Michael Bromet.
STRASBOURG, France
(JTA) — The Palestine
Liberation Organization has
flatly rejected Israel's proposals for Palestinian elections in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip, in statements
made at a recent international forum.
An Israeli Knesset member attending the same
meeting here defended his
country's proposal and
urged the European nations
to abandon the idea of an
international peace conference for the Middle East,
which the gathering was
organized to propiote.
The occasion was a two-
day close-door session of the
Council of Europe's Political
Committee of Parliamentary Assembly. It was devoted to peace prospects in
the Middle East.
The organizers said the
Don't Miss The Opportunity
To wish The community
A Sweet New Year
see page 12 for details
THE OHIO JEWISH CHRONICLE
NEW YEAR EDITION
SEPTEMBER 25, 1989
FEATURING:
■ Tne Jewish Epicure—a special feature section about
how to plan the perfect party and what and where to
eat In Columbus
■ Feature Articles
■ The Annual, Updated Guide to the Jewish Community
■ Organization Annual Reports
■ Pictorial and Chronological Highlights of the Past Year
■ New Year Greetings to the Community
■ The OJC Community Calendar—a Jewish
calendar designed especially for this community ■
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Nationally Known Storyteller
To Entertain At Family Picnic
Reservation Deadline Hearing
For Foundation Annual Meeting
Community members
planning on attending the
Monday, July 24, Annual
Dinner Meeting of the
Columbus Jewish Foundation are reminded that the
reservation deadline for the
event is drawing near, and
due to the anticipated large
turnout, early reservation
requests are encouraged.
The Ninth Annual Meeting
will be held at the Hyatt
Regency (Ohio Center),
beginning at 6:15 p.m., with
dietary laws being strictly
observed.
Plans for the Annual meeting, co-chaired by David
Milenthal and Karen Moss,
include dinner with dessert
buffet following, an audiovisual and live tribute to
Samuel M. Melton for his
34-year commitment and
dedication to the Foundation
and community at large, a
recap of the Foundation's
past year's activities and
accomplishments, honors to
individuals making a Foundation commitment during
the past fiscal year, presentation of "Awards of Merit"
to recipients of past Foundation grants and several other
special recognitions.
The Columbus Jewish
Foundation's role is unique,
in that it meets the special
and unusual philanthropic
needs of the community.
Planned, lifetime and
deferred giving enable the
Foundation to provide
grants to non-profit groups
which serve the social, cultural, health and educational
needs of the community.
Through its efforts, the
Foundation is "Building a
Community Legacy, From
Generation to Generation."
For more information on
the Annual Meeting or to
make reservations, contact
the Foundation office at
237-7686.
Congregation Ahavas Sholom is sponsoring a family
outing on Sunday, July 30,
from 3-6 p.m. This event will
take place at Dawes Arboretum and will feature Jewish
storytelling with songs for
families by Doug Lipman.
The program will begin at
3 p.m. with a specially
arranged tour of the Dawes-
wood House Museum
(former home of the Arboretum founders) which is filled
with turn-of-the-century
antiques, furnishings . and
memorabilia. The charge for
the guided tour is $2 per
adult, children between the
ages of 6 and 12 are $1 and
under 6 years admitted free. |
At 4 p.m., Lipman will present a program of storytelling based on the three weeks
of mourning which culminate in the fast day of Tisha
B'Av, accompanied by musical sound effects. These stories, have been designed by
Lipman to entertain toddlers
as well as older children and
adults, and the shelter house
at the Arboretum has been
reserved for this activity.
The site of the performance, Dawes Arboretum, is a
sprawling, wooded 1000 acre
property of rare trees, oaks,
pines, crabapples and more
with a lake, three walking
trails, Japanese garden and
a shelter house, at which the
picnic will be held at 5 p.m.
Drink and dessert will be
provided by Ahavas Sholom.
Participants should bring
their own picnic supper (no
fires allowed). Ahavas Sholom extends an invitation to
all families in the community to take part. For reservations and information, call
- Nancy Kay, 2374699.
An automobile "wagon
train" will form at Ardmore
and Broad Street intersection in Bexley at 2 p.m. on
July 30. In case of inclement
weather, the program will
begin at 3 p.m. at Ahavas
Sholom Synagogue, 2568 E,
Broad St., and include storytelling and dessert.
Directions to the Dawes
Arboretum include taking
Interstate 70 to exit 132. Turn
left and Dawes Arboretum is
five miles down Route 13.
purpose was to help create a
climate conducive to an
international conference.
Two Knesset members
were present as observers,
Uzi Landau of Likud and
Shevach Weiss of the Labor
Party. Neither had any contact with the PLO.
Landau was the first
member of Likud to attend
an official meeting attended
by the PLO. However, he
walked out of the hall when
the PLO members began to
speak. Weiss stayed and was
able to offer rebuttal.
The Council of Europe,
consisting of 23 Western
European countries, is based
in Strasbourg, where it
shares a building with the
Parliament of Europe, the
518-member legislative body
of the European Community.
The debate on Middle East
peace drew about 50 members of parliament from a
variety of countries, including the Soviet.Union, Egypt
and Morocco.
Of the major powers, only
the United States and China
failed to attend. Jordan and
Syria also did not respond to
the invitation.
A four-man PLO delegation was headed by Khalid
al-Hassan, chairman of the
foreign affairs committee of
the Palestine National Council, the PLO's so-called parliament-in-exile.
PNC member Nabil Shaat
called Israel's election
proposals an "Israeli-American plan based on the (1978)
Camp  David  accords,
Tours Of New Addition Highlight
Heritage Village Board Meeting
Tours of the new three-story addition of the future Wexner
Heritage House were a highlight of the past Heritage Village
Board Meeting. Walking through the dining rooms, meat and
dairy kitchens, enlarged adult day care center and resident
support service areas, trustees unanimously expressed
praise for the innovative design of the new building, which
will soon serve the home's 150 residents. Pictured touring the
residents'new home are (1. tor.) Heritage House First Lady
Eleanor Resler, Trustee Dorothy Rubenstein, Auxiliary Co-
President Shirlie Levitin, and Bella Wexner, honorary chairwoman of the board. Members of the community will soon
have the opportunity to also receive a personalized tour of the
residents' new home at a series of luncheons and dinners to
be held during the month of July. The events will extend appreciation to contributors of the "We Are Their'Children"
Building and Expansion Campaign. Invitations will be
mailed soon. For additional information on the appreciation
events, contact Gerald N. Cohn, executive vice president, at
237-7417. '■>'.:. ' 'TV
(which) does not have a
place for Palestinian self-
determination."
Weiss warned the European countries not to pressure Israel to force it into
positions its public would not
accept.
He contended that an international conference
would be counter-productive.
Group Disbands
NEW YORK (JTA) -
Public Enemy, the rap group
mired in controversy by one
of its members' anti-Semitic
statements, has apparently
broken up.
The group's publicist, Bill
Adler, said Public Enemy .
leader Chuck D contacted
him and told him the band
would no longer be recording
together.
Chuck D said he was "boycotting the record industry,"
said Adler, who is with Rush
Artist Management, the
company that handles the
group.
'-•■ Chuck D .also, made ;that,.-.
anouncement on New York
radio station WLIB and on
the MTV  cable  television
network.
Recently, Chuck D gave a
press conference saying that
group member Professor
Griff was no longer in Public
Enemy.
Griff came under harsh
criticism after making virulently anti-Semitic remarks
in a newspaper interview
last month.
Beth Jacob Teens
Receive Awards
Joel Stavsky, the youth
director of the Beth Jacob
Congregation, reported that
on Saturday, June 17, the
Annual Youth Activities
Awards were presented to a
number of teenagers for
their participation in the
Beth Jacob NCSY Chapter.
Now in its 32nd year of
awards and scholarships,
the Beth Jacob Youth Group
recognized: Teenager of the
Year Award, the recipient of
the Milton Leeman Scholarship Daryl Binsky, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bin-
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