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OCTOBER 12, 1989-TISHRE113
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Mayor, Governor
Proclaim Oct. 13
B'nai B'rith Day
To mark the 146th anniversary of the founding of B'nai
B'rith, Ohio Governor Richard Celeste and Columbus
Mayor Dana Rinehart have
signed proclamations designating Friday, Oct. 13, as
B'nai B'rith Day throughout
Columbus and the state of
Ohio.
B'riai B'rith was founded
on Oct. 13,1843, in New York
City and is the largest and
oldest Jewish service organi-
zation in the world. B'riai
B'rith is a living experience
whose resource is people,
people who give to themselves to create an atmosphere of compassion and understanding throughout the
general, as well as the Jewish community.
Local B'nai B'rith presidents are Lawrence Rubenstein, Zion Lodge #62; Ron
Friedman, Maccabee Lodge
#2848; Jack Kahn, Gideon
Lodge 03273; Marcia Polster, B'nai B'rith Women of
Columbus,  and  Meredith
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As New Refugee Policy Takes Effect,
Dutch Embassy In Moscow Stops Issuing Visas
AMSTERDAM (JTA) -- The Dutch Embassy in Moscow
has been issuing Israeli visas at the rate of 6,000 to 9,000 a
month this year to Soviet Jews planning to emigrate. But that
practice ended last week, at least for the 90 percent who plan
to go to the United States instead of Israel. The embassy will
now issue visas only to those Soviet Jews intent on making
aliyah. The move is largely due to a U.S. policy change that,
beginning Oct. l, has required Soviet Jews and others seeking to enter the United States as refugees to apply at the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow. The Dutch Embassy has represented
Israeli interests in Moscow since the Soviet Union severed
diplomatic relations with Israel in 1967.
Soviet Jewish Emigres In Israel
To Be Helped By Organizations
RlghtWing Republicans Gain
In W. German Local Elections
BONN (JTA) - The extreme right-wing Republican Party
made new inroads last week in local elections in North Rhine-
Westphalia, West Germany's most populous state, much to
the dismay of those who consider the party neo-Nazi. The
Munich-based party, headed by former SS official Franz
Schoenhuber, did best in the largest cities. In Cologne, the
Republicans won 8 percent of the popular vote, taking seats
in the city council formerly held by the Free Democratic Party, a member of7 the federal governing coaliton. In
Dusseldorf, the state capital, the Republicans scored 6 percent, which gives them important leverage, considering the
delicate balance of power there between the governing Christian Democratic Union and opposition Social Democratic
Party.
NEW YORK (JTA) '--
Various Jewish organizations are rallying behind the
cause of Soviet Jewish enii-
gres in Israel, many of
whom are in need of housing
and jobs*
The State of Israel Bonds
has announced that a special
bond campaign was conducted during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to
help Israel provide housing
and employment opportunities for newly-arrived Soviet immigrants.
In an open letter addressed "to our Jewish brothers
and sisters in the Soviet
Union," Bonds declared that
"the Jews of America, Europe; Latin America and Israel are one with you."
During the holiday appeal,
rabbis called on their
1,220 North American com-1
munities for their annual
bond subscription and also
for a second subscription to
help Soviet Jewish arrivals.
The open letter, written in
Sukkot 5750
Begins at Sundown
Friday, October 13
"On the first day of Sukkot you
shall take the fruit of the goodly
trees (Etrog), branches of palm
trees (Lulav), boughs of leafy
trees (Myrtle), and willows of the
brook (Aravot or Hoshanot) and
you shall rejoice before the Lord
your G-D seven days."
October 14-22 Tishrei 15-23
Carolyn Friedman Memorial Fund
Established By Jewish Center
"All of us at the Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center
were deeply saddened by the
recent passing of Carolyn
Friedman, the Center's
former Member Services
director," said Ruth Ann
Blank, Jewish Center president. "She was so much a
part of life at the Jewish Center for the past 16 years
while she served as a member of our staff. The Center
was an important part of
Carolyn's life from the time
she was born, as she took her
first steps in the original College Avenue building."
Since her passing, many
people have asked about an
appropriate memorial to
Friedman at the Center.
"We wanted to share our
idea with the Jewish
community in the hope that
many of you will see fit to
participate with us, her staff
colleagues, lay leaders and
friends," Blank adds.
Friedman loved the family
aspect of the Jewish Center,
and also spent a great deal of
time walking the grounds
and enjoying the odt-of-
doors. There is a need for a
comfortable and appropriate
outdoor seating area for
families.
"We have begun to design
such a space to be located
somewhere near the Ellman
Childhood Wing," adds
Blank. "It would be a simple
setting, with benches and
landscaping and would be a
memorial to Carolyn from
those with whom she wofked
and the many people that she
touched in her service to this
community.
"We hope that members of
the Jewish community will
be able to join us as we want
to do something that Carolyn
would have liked and that
will represent the warmth
and love which she showed
for the Jewish Center and
the Jewish Community,"
said Blank.
Contributions can be made
payable to the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center and mailed to
the Carolyn Friedman Memorial Fund, c/o Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave. Columbus, Ohio
43209.
Russian, was announced by
Meir Rosenne, former Israeli ambassador to the
United States and now president and chief executive
officer of the Bond Organization.
Meanwhile, at a Synagogue Council of America dinner on Sept. 20, SCA President Rabbi Joel Zaiman called for the establishment of a
new umbrella of American
agencies, professionals, lay
leaders and resources to
meet the challenge posed by
the Soviet Jewish exodus.
"Now is the time to unite
in a mass effort to resettle
Soviet Jews," he said, adding that the 4 million congregational members, 3,500
rabbis and 2,500 congre- .
gations represented by the
SCA's organization were
"ready to participate in this
campaign as the Jewish year
5750 begins."
Present at the dinner were
former refusenik Anatoly
Sharansky and New Jersey
businessman Russell Berrie,
both of whom were presented with the 1989 SCA Covenant of Peace Award.
Ni«'AMAT USA, the
women's labor Zionist
organization, is responding
to the crisis by establishing a
new fund to help the resettlement of Soviet Jews in Israel.
Newly elected national
president Harriet Green proposed the Na'amat Tikvah
fund - which was unanimously approved - at the
31st biennial convention held
in August.
The fund will allow
NA'AMAT, which has 50,000
members worldwide, to extend its broad network of legal, educational, vocational
and family services available to Soviet women and
children without cutting
existing .programs or de-
creasing availability, to cur-
Council To Meet Oct. 18 At JC
To Continue Pro-Clioice Push
"What happened in Missouri could happen here,"
said Cathy Kellerman, co-
president of Columbus Section of the National Council
of Jewish Women. "Missouri
women have lost their rights
to abortion in a public hospital unless a medical administrator decides there are
near death. What kind of law
is that for women who are
victims of rape or incest,
women whose emotional
well-being will be threatened
if they have a child, young
teenagers who are incapable
of caring ior a baby?
In declaring that NCJW
will continue its pro-Choice
campaign, Kellerman noted,
"We will be mounting a
state-by-state effort to educate on the issue of choice.
We will be writing to legislators to express our views,
holding community forums,
conducting educational tabling activities and advocacy
training, meeting with state
legislators and holding vigils
at state legislatures."
A meeting for those interested in working on NCJW's
pro-Choice campaign will be
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rent recipients.
Some of the Israeli programs assisting Soviet Jewish emigres will be funded by
the United Jewish Appeal-
Federation of Jewish Pilan-
thropies of Greater New
York, which recently
approved $2.2 million for
loans to be made through the
Jewish Agency and the Forum for Soviet Jews.
The overseas affairs division of UJA-Federation
approved the assistance at a
Sept. 19 meeting. Former
refusenik Anatoly Sharansky attended the meeting,
as did Meir Sheetrit, treasurer of the Jewish Agency.
Through the new program,
Soviet Jews will get low-
interest four-year loans of up
to $2,000 for appliances and
furniture.
A $1 million subsidy will
also help Soviet Jews visit
relatives in Israel as a prelude to immigration, allowing them to explore the living condii tions there in order
to counter the prolific anti-
Israel propaganda in ihe
USSR.
Israel Outlaws Hamas
As Clashes Result In
Seven Arab Deaths
JERUSALEM(JTA)-
Seven Palestinians were killed and scores injured in a
weekend of violence in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip,
coinciding with the observance of Rosh Hashanah in
Israel.
At the same time, Israel
outlawed Hamas, the Moslem fundamentalist group
which has been at the forefront of the Palestinian uprising since its inception
nearly two years ago.
Hamas is the second stong-
est element of the intifada
after the Palestine Liber- .
ation Organization. It is
most popular in the Gaza
Strip where it was established.
Outlawing the group will
not end its activities, but
making it illegal will allow
the authorities to arrest anyone on grounds of membership alone without having to
prove involvement in any
specific illegal act.
The leader of Hamas,
Ahmad Yassin, and many
other activists are presently
in jail under administrative
detention.
Yassin was interviewed in
his cell two weeks ago for the
Israel Radio and Television
Arabic language services,
putting to rest rumors of his
death.
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