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JULY 20,1989-TAMMUZ 17
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CAJE Plans For
1990 Conference
The Coalition for the Adr
vancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) announced that
work has already begun on
the 1990 conference to be held
in Columbus. The central
planning committee for the
15th annual conference is
composed of Jewish'educa-
tors from Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo and Dayton.
CAJE is an international
organization of Jewish educators that promotes alternatives in the Jewish educational experience, as well as
support and training for
Jewish professional and lay
communities. Members are
able to network with educators from all over the world
in specific areas of interest,
and thousands gather each
year at a different site to
work and learn together.
Over 2000 members are
expected to converge on the
Ohio State University campus from Aug. 9-17,1990 for a
week of programs, classes,
and study ^groups. An optional pre-conference Shabbat experience is available,
and special programs for
children and teens are also
being planned.
For more information, contact Carol Folkerth, conference chairwoman, 231-2731.
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American Jewish Leaders Fighting
To Keep Israeli Peace Plan Alive
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Felice J. Schiffman (left) and Bunny Cowall will be installed Aug. 3, as Heritage Village Auxiliary's co-presidents.
Heritage Village Auxiliary
To Install New Officers
The'Heritage Village Auxiliary will elect and install
Felice J. Schiffman and
Bunny Cowall to the Auxiliary's co-presidency at the
Heritage Village Annual
Board Installation on Thursday, Aug. 3.
In a departure from previous Heritage Village Annual Meetings, the evening
will be a private celebration
for members of the boards of
Heritage Village, Heritage
Tower, the Heritage Village
Auxiliary and the Geriatric
Service Organization.
Schiffman looks forward
Louis Nye To Headline
y   Sept. 12'Boys Night Out'
delineation of a myriad number of character types, his
unerring ear for every kind
of dialect and dialogue, and
his unique and outstanding
talents at delivery and timing, have solidified his position as a virtuoso performer
not only in TV, but in motion
pictures, night clubs, concerts, personal appearances,
as well as frequent stage
engagements both on Broadway and in super theaters,"
stated Shapiro.
"Louis Nye will be the
headliner at the 13th annual
Agudas Achim Brotherhood
'Boys Night Out with the
Stars' set for Tuesday, Sept.
12, at 6:30 p.m. in the Silberstein Social Ilall," announced Robert Shapiro,
General Campaign chairman.
According to critics, Nye's
brilliant laugh formula combines expert mimicry with a
deft eye for character types
and has kept him in the forefront of audience popularity
since bursting into national
prominence as Gordon Hathaway on the Steve Allen
Show. Nye's greeting of "Hi-
Ho Steverino" became a
household phrase.
As Nye's popularity grew,
so did his guest appearances
with such personalities as
^ Jimmy Durante, Judy Gar-
^ land, Jack Benny, Jonathan
Winters and more recently
with, such-co-stars as Steve
Martin, David Copperfield
and Bob Hope. He also made
frequent guest appearances
on Love, Boat, Laveme and
Shirley, Fantasy Island,
Policewoman, Dick Clark's
Great American Sing-Along
and The Beverly Hillbillies
series,
1 "Louis  Nye's  brilliant.
to continuing' in her position
as co-president, a role previously shared with Shirlie
Levitin. "I think that probably one of the most exciting
things we did during the past
year was to establish the cultural arts program and the
book reviews, which were
extremely successful,.and
we look forward to doing several more in the next year,"
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"Shirlie was a great co-
president. I'll miss her and I
know that the Auxiliary will
miss her, too. But I'm eager
to work with Bunny," she
continued. "We've had lots
of experience working
together on various committees. She's a woman with
great presence, love and
compassion for the elderly.
There's no doubt in my mind
that she is a tremendous
asset to the Auxiliary and
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Louis Nye
•-.- Nye's audience appeal has
no geographic limits. His appearance in night clubs, concerts and special events
bring him regularly to Las
Vegas. He has appeared fre-
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Like
a team of doctors, the
American Jewish leadership
is fighting to save the life of
the Israeli government's
peace initiative. There is,
however, no consensus on
what particular prescription
Would be most effective to
prevent the plan from dying.
After an emergency meeting last week of the Conference of Presidents of Major
American-Jewish Organizations, Chairman Seymour
Reich issued a statement
reiterating support for the
initiative and calling on
Israel to "do whatever is
necessary" to preserve the
plan.
But the statement steers
clear of criticizing or putting
pressure on either the Likud
or Labor parties. There was
no mention of the conditions
placed on the peace plan last
week by the Likud Central
Committee,or of the Labor
Executive's  decision  to
- recommend  withdrawing-
from  the  national  unity
government in  protest  of
those conditions.
'   "Regardless of what our
views are on the actions of
Likud last week' or Labor
this week, we agree that the
peace initiative must move
forward," said Albert Cher-
nin, executive vice chairman
of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory
Council, who attended the
meeting.
The statement's approach
AIPAC Chairman To Speak
At August 1 Dinner Meeting
On Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 6:30
p.m. Jeannie and Jay Schottenstein will host a dinner
and champagne dessert reception for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at their home.
This eyent will include a
confidential and up-to-the-
minute briefing about the
latest developments in the
U.S.-Israel relationship, as
presented by the featured
speaker Robert H. Asher;
the chairman of the Board of
AIPAC.      ,
Asher is recognized as one
of the most politically active*
American Jews. Since 1982
he has devoted all of his
energies to activities on behalf of the Jewish people. A
past president of AIPAC, he
travels extensively for the
organization. He recently returned from Israel where he,
along with several other
AIPAC officers, met with
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir as well as other top
Israeli officials. He obtained
an insider's perspective of
the peace process, on which
he will be focusing his-remarks at this event.
AIPAC has been cited by
The-New York Times as the
"most effective and powerful foreign policy lobby iir
Washington." It is the only
American organization registered to lobby Congress on
legislation affecting terael.
In addition to lobbying
Congress for foreign aid,
AIPAC is also actively involved in the fight to stop the
sale of America's most
sophisticated weaponry to
countries , that are not at
peace with Israel.
Because AIPAC is supported solely by the contributions of its membership,
the dinner and reception are
dedicated to generating support for AIPAC's work as the
pro-Israel lobby. A minimum commitment to AIPAC
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differs from actions reportedly taken by the Bush
administration, which is said
to have sent diplomatic messages to Israel urging the
Labor Party to remain in the
national unity government.
The conference took a
more neutral position, partly
because it said it would not
interfere in Israeli party
politics, according to Malcolm Hoenlein, the conference's executive director.
But another reason was
that member organizations
were "deeply divided," according to one Source within
the conference, about
whether Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir should be
criticized for mortally
wounding the peace plan by
bowing to the conditions set
by Likud hard-liners, or
whether Labor should be
criticized for threatening to
pull out of the government.
Some Jewish leaders are
taking a stand close to that of
-the- Bush administration's,,
. asking that Shamir renounce
the conditions he agreed to
at the Likud meeting in the
interests of preserving both
the peace plan and the national unity government.
Ira Silverman, executive
vice president of the American Jewish Committee, sent
a letter Tuesday to Shamir,
urging the Israeli premier to
"reassure the other parties
in the government that you
will pursue the peace plan
without prior constraints imposed by any political
power."
Officials from the American Jewish Congress also
have contacted Israeli
government officials, to discuss the issue, according to
Henry Siegman, the group's
executive director.
Earlier in the week, Reich
spoke to Israeli officials,
reminding them of the im-
portance of preserving
unity, though he said he
stopped short of interfering
in Israeli domestic politics. ;
Robert Glick Named Chairman
Of Federation's Annual Meeting
Robert Glick, a member of
the Columbus Jewish
Federation's Board of Trustees, has been appointed
chairman of the 63rd Annual
Meeting announced B. Lee
Skilken, Federation president.
"Planning an annual
meeting is a demanding
assignment. The Columbus
Jewish' community is fortunate in having a hardworking, dedicated individual like Robert Glick who
can tackle this formidable
challenge," said Skilken.
Kahn Young Leadership
Award and a noted guest
speaker presenting the
annual Abe I. Yenkin Memorial Address.
- Glick has served as chairman of the Federation's 50th
Annual Meeting. He is a
board member of the Federation, Columbus Jewish
Historical Society and Heritage House. He was a moving force in establishing the
Jewish Historical Society,
being one of its major and
earliest benefactors and
. serving as its first president
from 1981-88.
In addition to having
served on various boards,
Glick has also devoted time
and energy to many committees at the Federation, Heritage Village and the Jewish
Historical Society.
"A sense of unity and purpose has kept the Jewish
community viable and vibrant throughout' history.
The Federation keeps alive
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Robert Glick
This year's Annual Meeting wil be held on Sunday
evening, Sept. 10, at Congregation Tifereth Israel. Program "\ highlights will include: election of Federation
Board members and officers, presentation of the
Community Award of Excellence ■. and Therese, > Stern.
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