Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1992-02-27

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VOLUME 70
NUMBER 9
FEBRUARY 27,1992
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Temple Beth Shalom
seeks permanent home
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Aaron Supowit named
BJ'Man of the Year;
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Shamir re-elected     V
to head Likud
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Mardi Gras 1992: The
bigots take a bashing
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Medical ethics expert
explains life, death issues
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James Feibel receives.
Endowment Award
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David Brenner to-join
Israel Bonds ski trip
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COMMUNITY FEATURE
Chabad Torah Center Opens
By Ina Horwitz
A unique center for Jewish
learning and socializing has
opened at 2942 E. Broad St.
Not only will it serve community needs through classes and
independent study but will offer Jewish books and videos
for adults and children. It will
shortly have a cafe, where
people can enjoy cheesecake
and cappucino while they
browse through books at the
same time.
The Chabad'Torah Center,
funded by private contributions, is an extension of the
Chabad movement. It will
provide services otherwise unavailable to the community,
according to its director, Rabbi Chaim Capland.
Rabbi Capland described
Chabad as a world-wide group
dating back 200 years. The
movement, headquartered in
New York City, is led by Rabbi Menachem Schneerson,
seventh in a line of leaders. Its
last leader came from Russia
in 1940.
■ "Chabad takes seriously its
commitment to Judaism and
to the Jewish people," said
Rabbi Capland. "It plays an
active role in sharing Jewish
customs and provides opportunities to leam and experience traditional Judaism."
The center's steering committee, which includes Rabbi
Capland, Dr. David Lever and
his wife Cheryl, Dr. Louis
Flancbaum, Dr. Philip Wei-
nerrhan and Lea Schottenstein, have a number of imagi-.
native ideas for the center's
use.      .'.' ■-■":■ "..'''1 .
The cafe and adjacent bookstore has them most excited.
While the menu will first be
limited to desserts and coffee,
sandwiches and meals may
soon follow.
"While I now see community members talking together
in parking lots after meetings,
the center, particularly the
cafe, will offer a warm, comfortable place for them to
come," said Cheryl Lever.
Added David Lever, "The
cafe should be of help to visitors of AmeriFlora '92 who are
looking for kosher food. Right
now there is really only one lo-
The Chabad Torah Center's steering committee, including
(seated, I. to r.) Rabbi Chaim Capland, the center's director;
Dr. David Lever; Cheryl Lever; Lea Schottenstein; (standing)
Dr. Louis Flancbaum; Dr. Philip Wienerman, has many plans
for the center's use.
cal restaurant opened a day a
week that serves strictly
kosher varieties!"
Cheryl Lever said there are
also plans to offer a special
Saturday night meal to usher
out the Sabbath, which would
be served in the center's
multi-purpose room.   -
"With over 16,000 Jewish
people in Columbus, there is a
strong need for a place like
this," said Rabbi Capland. "It
will be designed for the entire
community, not for one particular group. Everyone is welcome."
Classes will include subjects
ranging from Jewish law and
philosophy to Jewish vocabulary. Rabbi Capland said the
Alliance of New Americans
(Russian immigrants) will
meet at the center once a
week, and he hopes a Russian
library can soon be established,
"The center is close to
where many of the Russians
live," he said. "We also plan
to set up speakers and lectures for them."
The library will offer a large
variety of Jewish books that
now require a trip to Cleveland or Pittsburgh to find, ac-
see TORAH page U