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 SEPTEMBER 21, 1989-ELUL 21
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Museum Of Art Holds
Exhibit Of Judaica
From Sept, 24 through
Nov. 26, 57 examples 6f art
recalling Jewish experiences, rituals and culture
will be on view at the Columbus Museum of Art in the
exhibition "Treasures from
The Jewish Museum." The
exhibition, underwritten by
the Huntington National
Bank, features many of the
finest examples of Jewish
liturgical and fine arts.
The exhibition offers
viewers an opportunity to experience the development of
art in the service of Judaism
through the ages. Objects in
the exhibition were selected
from the world famous collections of Judaica at The
Jewish Museum, New York
City^ The object range in
date from the fifth century to
the twentieth century and
come'from the Near East,
Europe and America.
Objects in, the exhibition
will be presented in three
main subject areas-Synagogue Object, Domestic Objects, Painting and Sculpture-each representing a
variety of media and
periods.
Highlights of the exhibition include a spice box
crafted in the mid-16th century, a Passover set by
Bauhaus. artist Ludwig
Wolpert, paintings by Max
Weber and Chaim Soutine, a
Torah . curtain by Adolph
Gottlieb and a marriage co'n-
tract by Ben Shahn.	
Last week the local offices of the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith were vandalized.
ADL Offices Vandalized
.»On Wednesday night, Sept.
13, sometime between 5
p.m., when the staff left the
regional office, and 8 avm.
when- they came to work,
vandals threw bricks
through two seperate windows of the local offices of
the Anit-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith, 529 E. Engler
St. Attached to the bricks
were   swastikarimprintea
Seven Jewish Groups Join Forces
To Mobilize For Abortion Rights
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Seven Jewish organizations
are joining women's and
civil rights group in a mass
effort to support the right to
choose abortion.
The Mobilize for Women's
Lives coalition, whose activities will include a rally in
Washington on Nov. 12, was
launched at a news conference here Sept. 7
sional elections.      ,
Jewish and other religious
groups are prevented by
their status as tax-exempt
organizations from endorsing individual candidates in
those elections.
Still, they believe "it is
critically important for the
public to understand that
there are religious traditions
that oppose restrictions on a
According to organizers of woman's right to have an
the coalition of more than 30 abortion,"  according  *«
groups, the nationwide effort
will attempt to counter the
effects of the recent
Supreme Court ruling in
Webster vs. Reproductive
Services.
That decision, allowing
states more leeway in
restricting access to abortions, is seen by pro-choice
groups as an erosion of what
they call a woman's consitu- allows abortion insome
tional right to choose an cases, Orthodox groups,
abortion and a a green light including Agudath Israel of
local  legislatures   to America and the Union of
to
Robert Lifton, president of
the American Jewish Congress, ■ ,7;7;
"All too often, the only
religious voices heard are
those who oppose freedom of
choice," Lifton said in a
statement.
;Not all Jewish organizations support abortion on
demand. While Jewish law
neo-Nazi stickers.
The incident in currently
under investigation by the
Columbus- Police Department. "Based on previous,
experience with them, (the
Columbus Police), I am confident they will do everything they can to apprehend
the perpetrators," said ADL
Regional Director Alan Katchen.
"The ADL has for many
years monitored and exposed extremist groups and
bigots," Katchen pointed
out. "And we have long kept
an audit of anti-Semitic vandalism and harassment. On
this occasion we are ourselves experiencing the
same pain and anger that
other victims felt, and we
find ourselves asking the
same questions. How could
this happen, how could is
happen in this country, how
could it happen in downtown
Columbus? We are, after all,
one of the ten most livable
cities in America. But it did
happen here.
"The damage done here
gpes beyond the dollars and
cents involved. Acts such as
this damage the very fabric
of friendly community relations we are rightfully proud
of in Columbus. It is a,reminder that much remains
to be done to eliminate the
evil of hate-inspired violence
from pur city."
Soviet Jews Might Not Be Able
To Drop Out' To U.S. In Rome
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Jews who emigrate from the
Soviet Union on Israeli visas
may no longer be allowed to
come to the United States as
refugees, according to a plan
reportedly being hammered
put by the Bush administration.
Instead, they woul;d have
to apply for U.S."rather than
Israeli visas. Air those emigrating on Israeli visas
would have to go directly to
Israel.
That would be a major
change in the way Soviet
Jews have been emigrating
since the mid-1970s.
Currently, the vast majority of Jews who leave the
Soviet Union on Israeli visas
later "drop Out" in Vienna to
immigrate elsewhere, mainly the United States. From
Vienna, they travel to Rome,
where Jewish groups assist
them in applying for U.S.
refugee status.
"The New1 York Times'5
reported last week that a
Bush administration plan to
deal with thehuge influx of,
Soviet refugees "includes a
proposal to close the U.S.
refugee processing center in
Rome and require those
applying for refugee status
to do so while still in Moscow.
If the administration goes
ahead with the plan, Soviet
Jews would be put in a quandary.
Until recently, the Soviet
Union only allowed Jews to
emigrate on Israeli visas, on
the grounds of returning to
their homeland or joining
families in Israel In recent
years, most have used the
Israeli visas as a means of
getting to the United States,
because there was no other
viable alternative.
' ' The Soviet Union has said
in recent months that it is
now .prepared to allow Jews
and others to emigrate on
American visas. During the
first seven months of this
year, 265 Soviet Jews were
allowed to do so, including 55
in July."
But those numbers are still
, small, compared to the numbers of Soviet Jews allowed
to emigrate on Israeli visas.
A total of 1,431 Soviet Jews
arrived in Vienna on Israeli
visas during the first week of
September alone.
If the Bush administration
proposal goes into effect,
Soviet Jews who want to
immigrate to the United
States would have to choose
either to take their chances
on getting an American visa
or to abandon their plans and
settle in Israel.
" > .
Israel is epected to welcome the plan, since it
believes its visas should not
be used by persons not
intending to go to Israel
including Jews and thousands of Evangelical Christians in the past year.
Anne Pollard Granted Furlough
And Transfer To Halfway House
NEW YORK (JTA) - Anne
Henderson Pollard has been
\granted a furlough from
prison over the Jewish High
Holy Days and a transfer to
a halfway house in late
November, pending the
approval of her warden at
the Danbury Federal Prison
Camp in Connecticut.
Pollard, the wife of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard,
was told of the recommendation for the furlough and
halfway house last week.
On the same day, she was
denied early release on
parole by Daniel Lopez, the
Northeast regional parole
commissioner.
The parole denial came in
spite of more than 200 telegrams and letters sent to
Lopez's office by Anne
Pollard's supporters. They
urged him to reverse the
recommendation of a parole
board, which ruled Aug. 22
that she should not be
granted early release.     7
Lopez's  decision  means
that she will most likely not
be finally released on parole
_, until March 1990, three years;
after she began serving her
five-year sentence.
Pollard's family plans to
submit an appeal. of the
parole decision to the national appeals board of the U.S.
Parole Commision.
Pollard was convicted for
possession of classified documents in connection with her
husband's espionage activities. He is serving life
sentence for spying for "
Israel.      , -..'■■
Anne Pollard's father,
Bernard Henderson, said his
daughter plans to celebrate
the High Holy Days in New
York at the Riverdale synagogue of Rabbi Avraham
Weiss. Weiss has visited both
Pollards in prison.
"She has only been told
orally so far," Henderson
said of his daughter's impen- ,
ding furlough. "We're trying
to pin (the prison authorities) down and get it in
writing."
Prison spokesman Craig
Apker said the final decision
on transfer has not yet been
made, and that the warden
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for
restrict abortion.
The coalition's efforts will
focus on fund raising, voter
registration drives and letter
writing, with an eye toward
electing pro-choice candidates in the 1990 congres-
Orthodox Jewish Congregations or America, still
believe the government
should set strict limits on its
availability.
The Jewish groups so-far
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EARLY DEADLINE
Deadline For The Thursday, Oct. 12, Issue
Is Noon Thursday, Oct, 5
The OJC Office Will Be Closed
Yom Kippur, Monday, Oct. 9
Subscribers Should Receive
'Chronicle' New Year Edition
Sometime During Next Week
The 5750 Ohio Jewish Chronicle New Year Edition
should arrive in subscribers' homes sometime next
week. The books are scheduled to mail on Sept. 25.
Featured this year is an in-depth look at the Columbus
Jewish community and what makes it unique.
In addition, the issue also contains the regular
features readers have come to expect-annual reports
of local major organizations and agencies, the updated
Guide to the Jewish Community, the Jewish Epicure, a
chronological and pictorial review of ihe* year just
past, personal and business greetings on the occasion
of the New Year.
The OJC Jewish Community Calendar will not be included this year. Introduced three years ago, the calendar has been a popular part of the New Year issue.
"Circumstances beyond our control prevented us from
publishing the calendar this year," according to
Stephen Pinsky, OJC publisher. "We hope that we will
be able to publish the calendar again next year."
All artwork submitted to the Calendar Creations contest for use on the calendar is on file at the OJC office
and will be entered automatically in next year's competition. However, anyone wishing to retrieve their
work may do so anytime, Monday through Friday, 8:30
_a,m.-4 p.m. 1600 Brice Rd., Reynoldsburg.         '