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Innovative adult learning program wins worldwide appeal

By Geneva Ringel TH E N EW STAN DAR D

There is no homework. There are no tests. That is part of what attracts 5,500 adult students to attend Jewish education classes every week at Florence Melton Adult Mini-School sites around the world.

The other part of the attraction is the quality of the curriculum.

“The mini-school was a great learning experience, like getting lost in a good book every week,” said Sandy Steiner, reading remarks on behalf of her 15 fellow graduates at the June 1 graduation ceremony.

Steiner also said that the best part of her mini-school experience was being encouraged to ask questions about the material presented during the classes.

The excellence of the school has not gone unnoticed. The Jewish Community Center Association at its biennial convention awarded the 2004 Morton L. Mandel Jewish Education Leadership Award to the mini-school on May 3 in Montreal. The award recognized the mini-school’s distinguished contributions to the enhancement of Jewish education in Jewish Community Centers.

“The Florence Melton Adult MiniSchool was chosen because of the impact it has had on adult education in many JCCs,” said Miriam Rinn, communications manager of the JCC Association.

The Florence Melton Adult MiniSchool is a network of communitybased adult Jewish education schools located throughout the United States and in Australia, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom. Built on a business model, each site is actually a franchise that supports itself.

The learning experience lasts two years with summers off. Weekly classes meet for two hours. The curriculum covers four areas: Purposes of Jewish Living, Rhythms of Jewish Living, Dramas of Jewish Living Throughout the Ages, and Ethics of Jewish Living.

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Beth Tikvah ready for Northwest campus, but when?

Temple’s land sale is going slowly

By Susan Schubert and Ruth Portnoy TH E N EW STAN DAR D

It’s crowded at Congregation Beth Tikvah. It’s a fact members have learned to live with gradually over 10 years, as membership has grown from 140 to 540 families.

And it looks as though they will have to keep living with it until they can find a buyer for their current property at 6121 Olentangy River Rd. The 14,000square-foot building and three-acre lot – being offered for $1.5 million – have been on the market two years, and no one yet has made a serious offer to buy them.

The congregation also will continue to hold on to seven acres it purchased at the corner of Snouffer and Smoky Row roads, two and one-half miles northwest of the current location.

“The land is purchased, annexed and rezoned. The design is complete,” said Gordon Hecker, chairman of the temple’s site-development committee. “Once we have an agreement to sell our building, we know that we can break ground

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For sale sign at Beth Tikvah’s current location at 6121 Olentangy River Rd.

almost immediately and construction will be done within 12 to 18 months.

We’re hopeful that the one right buyer will show up. The biggest issue now is that some people are getting anxious.”

Hecker said the temple’s real estate agency, Ohio Equities, has “sent out thousands of direct mail pieces and they’ve had a steady stream of organizations coming to see the building.”

Most have been religious organizations, schools and businesses.

Hecker blames a recent economic recession for the slow sale. The property also has been the focus of controversy. Over the years, Beth Tikvah experienced significant opposition from the neighbors who complained about noise and increased traffic.

“We have had a parking crunch on the High Holidays for many years,” he said. “We simply park in the surrounding neighborhood on the streets.”

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As talk of Gaza withdrawal heats up, Sharon wants his ministers at home

By Dan Baron

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If Ariel Sharon is going to sweat this summer over his disengagement plan from the Palestinians, he won’t be alone.

The Israeli prime minister told government colleagues Sunday to limit their vacation time abroad to ensure full and supportive turnout for any discussions on withdrawing troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip by the end of 2005. ``I instructed those heading the committees to begin work immediately and without delay, in order to keep to the timetable set by the plan,” Sharon said at his weekly Cabinet meeting. ``I will not accept a situation whereby members of government abstain from votes, or this or that deputy minister speaks out against the resolution.”

With hard-won government approval for his Gaza plan in hand, Sharon means business.

He is not alone. Dozens of settlers from Gaza and four West Bank communities slated for removal already have contacted the Prime Minister’s Office in hope of availing themselves of a $300,000-per-family relocation package, according media reports.

Compensation can be claimed as early as this August, officials said, and settlers who do not voluntarily move to Israel proper within 13 months will be evacuated forcibly from their homes.

With the Yesha settlers council claiming that most settlers slated for evacuation have signed a declaration declaring they will stay put no matter what, the specter of violent confrontations looms large for Sharon.

But the prime minister has been bolstered by the international community.

Last Friday, Sharon took a call from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan congratulating him on his efforts to disengage Israel from the Palestinians

after three and a half years of dead-end conflict. Annan offered any assistance necessary in implementing the Gaza plan and, according to Jerusalem sources, Sharon has not ruled out a U.N. peacekeeping role in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Hamas has vowed to continue terrorizing Israelis regardless of the disengagement plan. ``We will continue the struggle against Israel even after it pulls back,” Mahmoud Al-Zahar, acting head of the Islamist group, said at a conference of Palestinian factions in Gaza City on Saturday.

But aides to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, who attended the meeting, were more upbeat, saying politics could sidetrack Hamas from its jihad. ``Dr. Zahar said his organization will take part in elections after the withdrawal and will be willing to take part in the leadership that arises in See GAZA on page 27

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Place of gay, lesbian, transgender Jews focus of forum

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the Jewish GLBT community, Jewish educators and Rabbi Harold Berman of Tifereth Israel. Also participating will be Rabbi William Plevan, a member of Keshet, an organization formed by students at the Jewish Theological Seminary to seek greater equality within the Conservative movement for gay, lesbian and bisexual Jews.

The session is being held the same weekend as Pride Holiday 2004, an annual Columbus gay pride celebration.

Reform Rabbi Elka Abrahamson, who is chairwoman of the Jewish education commission’s adult education subcommittee, said the program is designed mainly to attract Jews who might not have felt comfortable entering a synagogue. It’s part of the Federation’s mission to expand Jewish learning opportunities.

Rabbi Michael Ungar of Tifereth Israel said a catalyst for this session is recent national emphasis on gay marriage and partner benefits. But another reason for the discussion is that the Conservative movement’s Committee on Law and Rabbinic Standards is revisiting its 1992 ruling on same-sex relationships. The ruling says they are taboo, but emphasizes outreach.

“It’s a human rights issue,” said Rabbi Ungar. “We should fight against discrimination and homophobia.”

The Conservative debate centers on

Like many Jews, June Gutterman wanted to make sure her children could share in her religion.

So she and her partner moved from Victorian Village to Bexley to be closer to the synagogues and Jewish center. Both were observant, raised Conservative, and wanted to teach their children to read Hebrew, keep Shabbat and keep kosher.

But they also are lesbians. Though they had been “out” for many years, they were apprehensive about leaving a neighborhood where they enjoyed the support of other gay people. They also knew that Jewish law forbids homosexuality.

“We thought, ‘OK. Now let’s be scared out of our minds. Are they going to accept us?’ ” said Gutterman. “We figured there wouldn’t be a place for us.

And they certainly wouldn’t accept us as a couple.”

Tifereth Israel is holding a discussion June 27 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the synagogue, 1354 E. Broad St., on “Gay/ Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Issues in Judaism.” The Commission on Jewish Education, an arm of the Columbus Jewish Federation, has provided $2,000 for the event.

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the emotional effects of excluding gays cemeteries. from full participation in Jewish life “Imagine – you’re a minority to and whether those effects may override begin with and you look around. How Jewish legal concerns. Traditional relican I be a Jew and be gay? What hapgious views hold that homosexuality is pens when I turn to give my partner a legally forbidden. kiss and say, ‘Shabbat Orthodox authorishalom.’ Will I be ties have remained accepted if I do that? steadfast on this Can I be visible at my position, though gay shul?” Gutterman said. people are welcome to “Can my children sit worship in Orthodox shiva for me?” synagogues.

Gutterman rememThe Reform move- The Jewish Theological Seminary’s student bers how nervous she group, Keshet, advocates for rights for gay, ment has become was the day she asked lesbian, and bisexual ritual rights. the most accepting, Rabbi Berman how she and many of its rabbis conduct sameand her partner should handle the bris sex marriage ceremonies. Conservative certificate for their son, Josh. She was authorities have had difficulty agreeing touched when he put both their names whether anything written in Jewish on it – something the county wouldn’t texts could provide a loophole to sancdo on the birth certificate. He also will tion homosexual relationships. call to the Torah the two women, who no The Jewish Theological Seminary longer are partners, on the occasion of also declared it won’t ordain openly gay their daughter Pnina’s becoming a bat Jews as rabbis. Keshet formed to fight mitzvah next year. this policy, but since has become an Keshet’s Rabbi Plevan pointed out advocate for the place of gay Jews in all that Jewish life doesn’t usually include religious life. a place for same-sex or other types of Many of the issues surround the way relationships or family situations. people approach and treat each other in “When you get to the synagogue, it’s a synagogue setting, said Rabbi Ungar, very oriented towards families. A lot of including whether to participate in alipeople don’t feel comfortable in synayot during b’nai mitzvah ceremonies and gogues – many single people don’t feel whether openly gay people can serve on comfortable, either,” he said. synagogue boards or be buried in Jewish See GLBT Page 7

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Volunteers Marvin Bonowitz (left), Honey Abramson and Columbus Jewish Historical Society president Skip Yassenoff discuss future plans for the organization.

Volunteers preserve local Jewish history despite scant funds

By Geneva Ringel and Ruth Portnoy The New Standard

The basement of 1175 College Ave. is filled with voices from the past. Some are stored on strands of audio tape, and others are silent behind smiling faces inside aging frames.

Volunteers at the Columbus Jewish Historical Society sort them out and breathe life into them.

It’s a challenging job. Marvin Bonowitz, a five-year volunteer, holds a photo of some dashing young men, members of a long-ago chapter of the Aleph Zadik Aleph, the B’nai Brith young men’s organization.

Someone donated it, he says. sticky notes point to only a few of the faces. He isn’t sure if anyone knows the others.

Bonowitz notes some of the tedious tasks ahead: Getting someone to translate the stories recorded by recent Russian immigrants; rearranging files and documenting holdings; transcribing – again – some of the previously typed oral histories that contain errors.

It is expensive to have the tapes professionally transcribed– something that the society cannot afford. And it’s not always easy finding people willing to spend the time listening and typing.

“We’re way behind,” he said The job of running the society and performing the tasks necessary to preserve local history has fallen increasingly on people like Bonowitz. Since downsizing in 2001 to save money, the 23-year-old society pays only one employee, a part-time secretary. And the archives aren’t open all the time.

The society’s new president, Skip Yassenoff, said he wants to move ahead with several projects. He wants to index all the historical materials so people interested in research can find information more easily. The society is seeking more volunteers to help – and more memberships to increase the spending budget.

“I want to complete the indexing of our archives so that a comprehensive list can be made available on our Web site,” Yassenoff said. “You could look up a person’s name. He might be mentioned in someone else’s file. A person can go to the Web site and look up a family member. That would let them know that there’s something in our archives worth looking at.”

Yassenoff wants to train the society’s

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office manager to use the archives more effectively, “so that during whatever hours she’s there people can come in and take a look at files.” Right now, an archivist earning his graduate degree in the field has managed the task according to his variable schedule.

It will take even more hard work to eke mileage from the revenues. The society’s operating budget is $61,000.

Fifteen funds managed by the Columbus Jewish Foundation, comprising $440,000 in investments, yield $22,000 per year for the organization. The rest of the money comes from private donations, including membership dues and an annual raffle. The Federation does not charge the agency rent.

Fortunately, Bonowitz and at least 10 steady volunteers have taken charge, focusing on small projects such as the oral history archive. Bonowitz helps manage production of these interviews and arranges for transcripts, along with photos from the collection. They are shared with synagogues and other Jewish agencies as part of small exhibits in their lobbies.

“People have been more than just a name on the letterhead,” said Jules Duga, a retired Battelle physicist and the last person to serve as the society’s paid director.

Duga and his wife, Cyril, spent four years cataloging Jewish graves in 13 central Ohio cemeteries. The information is posted on the historical society Web site. A copy of the catalogue was distributed to every Columbus synagogue.

Although providing a resource for genealogical research was the Dugas’ primary motivation, the collected information has become invaluable for other needs. In one instance, the historical society received a call from a woman in California. Her mother was dying and she was attempting to make arrangements for the burial. She knew that her father had been buried in Columbus but was unsure of the exact location.

In addition to providing the location of her father’s burial, the historical society provided her support when her mother died.

Duga and his wife currently are working to catalog Jewish burials in eastern and southeastern Ohio, with partial funding from William Z. and Judith Canowitz Brown through the Columbus Jewish Foundation. This See CJHS Page 7

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Humility, a sense of community motivate Joe Sniderman

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also had died.

He is a member of the Jewish Center’s board and has served on several others, including the Columbus Jewish Federation, Columbus Jewish Historical Society, Ohio State University Hillel and Tifereth Israel. He was president of Tifereth Israel when Lee Hatch, the current president, joined the board.

“He has a casual, breezy style,” Lee said. “That’s the first thing that engaged me. And it’s his absolute dedication to whatever task. He taught me a lot. He was at the synagogue all the time. He didn’t have to do that.”

Joe Sniderman sheepishly admitted that he wasn’t comfortable with all those people crowding around him. They kept coming in the front door of Karen and Rick Milenthal’s Bexley house. Some shook his hand. Many hugged him.

Later, many took out their checkbooks and supported the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York – the main focus of the evening – just because they know Sniderman has done the same.

The Youngstown native, who has lived here since 1971, has been involved in many Jewish agencies, donating funds but also lending his expertise.

Sniderman is co-founder of Services Galore, a contracting company. He builds and renovates houses and commercial properties.

Sniderman tends to be in on Joe Sniderman (left), Rick Milenthal and Rabbi Harold Berman chat at an event the ground floor held earlier this month at Milenthal’s home to honor Sniderman’s contributions to the community and the Jewish Theological Seminary. of many projects.

He helped raise His activities weren’t limited to the money and develop plans to remodel the Jewish community. A father of four Tifereth Israel synagogue in the late Bexley graduates, Sniderman got 1980s. He was chairman of the building involved there, too, helping raise funds services committee at the Leo Yassenoff for a new weight room and concession Jewish Community Center, leading the stand at Bexley High School. board through the 2002 renovation of But he isn’t one to play up his conthe fitness center and preschool. tributions. He said he’s doing only what “He’s a terrific guy,” said Joel Dinkin, was expected. His parents volunteered the Jewish Center’s executive director. for a variety of causes, and the house “We’re lucky to have him.” was constantly full of people, he recalled.

Rabbi Harold Berman, speaking at “It’s how we were brought up,” he the seminary event, called Sniderman said. “That’s what you’re taught from “the right guy at the right time” and birth.” noted Sniderman’s sense of humor.

It comes from his days growing up in Youngstown, where he gained a reputation for being a cutup.

“I was kept up near the teacher’s desk,” Sniderman said.

Rabbi Berman said, “Joe’s one of the easiest guys to tease. But Joe is an incredibly passionate person when it comes to the things he cares about.

Whenever there is a need, people run out to call on Joe. He never says no.”

Sniderman came to Columbus to attend college and graduated from Franklin University. He has never left.

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city briefs Torah Academy students score well Students from Columbus Torah Academy were among the top scorers in the state on the Ohio Fourth-Grade Proficiency Test with the following percentages scoring at or above the “proficient” level on the following tests: 96 in writing, 92 in math, 88 percent and 84 percent in both reading and citizenship.

Sixth-grade results are as follows: 100 percent proficient or better in writing, reading and citizenship; 95 percent at that level in Mathematics; and 86 percent at or above proficient in science.

CTA fifth- and seventh-graders also performed well on the national Metropolitan Achievement Tests, with 93 percent of CTA seventh-graders performing at or above the national average on the reading, writing and mathematics tests and all of the fifth-graders scoring at or above the national average.

Jewish Federation 77th annual meeting The Columbus Jewish Federation held its 77th annual meeting June 1 at Agudas Achim Synagogue and highlighted some of its recent accomplishments: • hired Marsha Hurwitz as president following a nationwide search.

• streamlined its governance structure and redefined leadership roles • assisted the Columbus Jewish Day School and Columbus Torah Academy in analyzing their directions • joined with Congregation Beth Tikvah to plan and fund a new facility • brought more than 175 people on two Israel missions • established several new programs, including Senior Link, a community chaplaincy and a Chabad rabbinic outreach program.

Mike Canter became the chairman of the Federation board.

Beth Shalom youth clinches National Merit Aaron Friedberg, a senior at Bexley High School will receive a college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship this fall from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Friedberg also received the Jarvis Memorial Scholarship from the Bexley education foundation, the Marion English Scholarship and earlier this year was promoted to Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts.

CJDS announces new Head of School CJDS named Judith A. Vigder as Head of School. Said Marc Borstein, president of the board of trustees of The Columbus Jewish Day School, “Her great personality will complement and add to the CJDS model.”

Vigder and her husband, Bob, are residents of Gahanna, having moved here to be near their daughter, Karen Bokor, her husband, Andrew, and their children.

CTA Junior gets to “Explore” Yale Yana Vasyutina is the recipient of a $3800 scholarship for the Explorer Senior Program at Yale University this summer. Yana can choose from classes in architecture, advertising, sculpture, or model Congress, among others.

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Abramo Ottolenghi is upset about the way schools are funded.

A former member of the Worthington Board of Education, he believes the state should put more dollars into the schools, relieving what he sees as an undue burden on homeowners.

Abramo Ottolenghi So Ottolenghi is running for the Ohio House of Representatives, opposing Linda Reidelbach, a Republican from Columbus.

“I think Ohio is going the wrong way,” he said. “The burden has been shifted to the middle class and the poor. The other thing is that more charter schools have been coming in and taking money away from the school districts.”

He also opposes a recent Ohio Board of Education decision to allow teachers to use “nonscientific” classroom lessons based on Creationism.

On his Web site (http://www.abeforeduca tion.org), Ottolenghi states, “I have watched science being subverted for political expediency. I watched trivial matters being debated while important issues fell by the wayside.”

Ottolenghi retired in 1995 as a professor of medical microbiology at Ohio State University’s College of Medicine. He taught there for 31 years. He has also taught in Spain and Chile and for 21 years has consulted with the Ohio Department of Health.

His family left Italy in 1939, shortly after restrictive laws limited Jewish professions and activities. But the Ottolenghis were not able to enter the United States and ended up instead in Colombia and Ecuador. Later, Ottolenghi attended Wilmington College in Ohio, then moved to Ecuador to work in his family’s pharmaceutical lab. He earned his master’s degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey and his doctorate in medical microbiology from the University of Pennsylvania.

He and his wife, Joan, have four grown children.

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Congregation Agudas Achim votes to become Conservative synagogue

By Ruth Portnoy

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Members of Congregation Agudas Achim have voted to relinquish their affiliation with the Union of Orthodox Congregations to pursue membership with the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism.

Agudas Achim, 2767 E. Broad St., has 600 members. The vote – 223 in favor of the change and 100 against it – was taken at the synagogue’s annual meeting June 13.

The change follows months of discussion over whether to reinstate an opportunity to pray with a mehitzah, or

separation, between men and women.

The synagogue’s sanctuary hasn’t had a mehitzah since 1951. The board had canceled an alternative prayer group that used the separation, but then was told by the Orthodox Union that it had to have a mehitzah if it wanted to be a member of the organization.

The June 13 vote means that the synagogue will become part of a different philosophical approach to Jewish law. Most Conservative synagogues, though teaching adherence to all aspects of Jewish observance, are egalitarian – allowing women full participation in religious ritual, including rabbinic ordi-

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nation. But it’s unlikely those types of changes will be seen at the synagogue in the near future, said board Vice President Michael Meckler.

“The primary message in the vote is a desire to maintain the current style of worship,” he said.

At Agudas Achim, women do not appear on the bimah (pulpit). Girls can read the haftorah, but only after men have read it first—and they cannot read from the Torah scrolls when they become b’not mitzvah, as boys do during their bar mitzvah ceremonies.

Meckler said the next immediate step will be to find a new rabbi. The board announced in May it won’t renew Rabbi Moshe Dick’s contract when it expires in 2006.

Meckler said no other staff member has expressed an intention to leave.

Several members said they were relieved the affiliation issue was settled.

“Now they have some sense of direction,” said David Mor. “We wanted to have our cake and eat it at the same time.”

Like several members who commented, Mor said he has a pang of nostalgia about religious practices that could in the future be modified, but he sees the need for change.

“We’ve also wanted to grow,” he said.

Mor said he believes more people – especially those with young children – now will join Agudas Achim.

Mor added, “I like the idea of being with my wife and with my family (during services). I feel more connected.”

Helen Zelkowitz, 92 – granddaughter of the synagogue’s first rabbi – traveled from Mount Vernon to attend the meeting. She said she’s “disappointed” with the change but is resigned to follow along with the younger generation. “We have to realize that young people seem to lean toward Conservativism,” she said.

Board member Gary Covel said he intends to transfer his membership to a different synagogue. Covel had been part of the disbanded mehitzah prayer service.

“I will move on to a different theology,” he said.

Covel believes many current members are happy with the way services are conducted, but that younger people will want the synagogue to eventually become egalitarian.

Rabbi Harold Berman of the 1,100member Congregation Tifereth Israel, Columbus’ only other Conservative synagogue, said in May he wasn’t surprised Agudas Achim was considering the change. He said most Orthodox

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Camp is more fun as a counselor t e e n b e at Ohio and Indiana to the front gate of Camp Livingston, and every year someBEN one would start the camp song at the first sight of the gate.

JACOBS This year my mom and dad won’t be there to send me off. I’ll be driving to camp. My trunk is in the trunk, and my When I was in second grade, I saw duffel is in the back seat. This year I a large brochure on a friend’s kitchen will be part of the camp staff. table. I was drawn in by the pictures of Contracts came in the mail in the kids’ smiles, rope courses and a swimspring. Looking at my salary, I realized ming pool. it wasn’t the money that was bringI remember boarding a yellow ing me back. It wasn’t the ropes or school bus at the JCC, my father carrythe pool, either. It was the people and ing my army-surplus-sized duffel bag, atmosphere. I’ve realized what camp is and my mother carrying my new trunk. about.

I was to be gone only for two weeks, but Camp is about being around good my mom made sure that there wasn’t people and good friends, surrounded by a thing left out of my Judaism. It’s about luggage, including the having havadalah contraband candy she Camp is about being services under the lined the bottom of my stars in an open around good people bags with. field and Friday I was a little night services in and good friends, scared, but very front of a flaming excited as I rode off to surrounded by Judaism menorah in the Jewish summer camp.

Middle-Of-Nowhere, The two weeks Ind. It is about travwent by quickly. My teeth may have eling from Cincinnati to Chicago back gone without a brushing a day too long, to Columbus in one weekend for your and I may have lost more than my fair friends’ b’nai mitzvah. share of white socks. But I had a blast.

It is about instilling a love of I begged the camp director to call home Judaism in children without them and ask if I could stay two more weeks realizing your “ulterior” motives until and finish out the summer. they’re hooked. It is now my turn to be I was 7, and I was taking care of the teacher and the guide. myself for four weeks, four-and-a-half I hope that parents will realize that hours away from my parents. I was on camp is about so much more than the cloud nine. activities, and will be there with a dufThe years went by, and each sumfel bag and trunk, kissing their kids mer I returned to that parking lot to goodbye at the bus stop. board that yellow bus. My dad carried the same duffel bag; my mom carried Ben Jacobs just finished his sophomore the same trunk, with the same candy year at Bexley High School and is off to lining at the bottom. Every year I took Camp Livingston in Bennington, Ind. the long ride through the cornfields of

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FROM PAGE 3 cemetery information has never been collected.

Most of the volunteers, including Bonowitz and Yassenoff, got involved when they started researching their own families. Hinda Riken was curious about the old days in Columbus.

“I’m an original Columbus person,” she said. “A lot of the families I knew are very interesting to me. It’s sort of an addiction. I’m just nosey. I like to know about things my parents talked about – places, the old synagogues.”

Yassenoff said he hopes the fever continues to spread. There is plenty of work for anyone with a sense of curiosity and some time to give, from indexing to transcribing and helping show other volunteers how to use computer software.

Society past president Lee Skilken sees the agency’s work as important to the Columbus Jewish community’s sense of history and memory.

“Community history is being made every day,” he said. “We want to record that.”

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FROM PAGE 2 Michelle Mann, president of Jewish Queers and Allies, operated through Ohio State University Hillel, said many issues simply involve remembering that not all Jews are the same and incorporating them – including gays and lesbians – in the images projected of Jewish life.

“It’s not an overt anti-gay attitude.

It’s just this picture of reality that doesn’t include gay people,” she said.

Jack Gold, an openly gay member of Tifereth Israel, said Jews should be concerned with the general issues, no matter how they stand religiously.

“It’s a civil rights issue,” he said.

“Jews have always been in the forefront of civil rights.”

Ed Frim, Jewish education commission director, said the June 27 session will be a chance to include people who have felt excluded for so long.

“The Columbus community as a whole is home to a lot of gay and lesbian people,” he said. “They’re not a very integral part of our community.

And the fact that they aren’t impoverishes us.”

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FROM PAGE 1 sic sources in Jewish study as well as an enormous three-ring binder that each student lugs to class.

The mini-school encourages open discussion and interaction between students and teachers. Students say this can be stimulating, though getting off the topic is easy. For example, in a class focusing on marriage, the discussion veered easily onto the distinction between various rabbinical training institutions. The instructor spent some time covering this topic to satisfy the curiousity of the students.

The mini-school curriculum is transdenominational, focusing on Judaism in its totality. Developed by a team of

scholars and educators at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it does not address any one stream of Judaism, said Florence Melton, founder and Columbus resident. “We believe that the diversity of the Jewish people has kept us alive and kept the Torah alive.”

Melton, a Columbus native, became involved in Jewish education when she was unable to find “quality” Jewish education opportunities for herself.

She grew up observing holidays, but when she became an adult she wanted to know the reason behind the customs.

Melton attended seminars and courses offered through synagogues, but she wasn’t satisfied.

Instead, she had her own vision for adult Jewish education. In 1980, Melton

put her ideas on paper and pitched them to every national Jewish agency in the country. They all turned her down.

Melton was told Jewish adults would not go to school for two hours a week and pay tuition.

“I knew after talking to hundreds of people that people would go to school; they would want a quality education; and they would give up the time and tuition to do it,” she said.

Melton, a confident and seasoned businesswoman who co-founded R.G. Barry Corp., decided to trust her instinct and personally funded three pilot schools in 1986.

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evenings and Sunday and Monday mornings. Also beginning this year, a new site was opened at the Columbus Jewish Day School in New Albany.

Delman says this site is already “packed” after its first year.

At 92, Melton has lost none of her passion for quality Jewish education.

She still is very involved with the mini-school. She authored a book of poetry entitled “Florence Melton Speaks to Us,” which will be published to raise money for the adult mini-school program. Mini-school alumni who make a tax-deductible donation will receive a copy of the book.

An even bigger project was the creation of the Florence Melton Communiteen Mini-School, the teen-age version of the adult mini-school. A three-year trial run of the Jewish Center is under way.

“We are losing tens of thousands of teen-agers every year who are not connected to

Rabbi Elka Abrahamson teaches a first-year course from the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School curriculum at the Jewish Community Center on a Sunday morning.

mitment to Jewish education,” said Rabbi Harold Berman of Congregation Tifereth Israel. “She (Melton) had the right idea.”

The pilot schools were a success.

Now, the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School is the largest organization for adult Jewish education of its type and has 65 mini-schools in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Israel and the United States.

According to Eliza Delman, the Columbus mini-school director, the program attracts all kinds of students: retired people, empty nesters, new residents, new parents, Jews and non-Jews.

On average, 30 people per year enroll in the program.

“I like learning the traditional way,” said Tati Buso, a first-year student. “We use Torah and Talmudic writing plus present day texts.”

“I learned a lot from the classes,” said Andrew Scher, a first-year student. “The classes served as a roadmap to facilitate conversation and exploration.”

“I’m not Jewish,” said Mary Ulbrich, who graduated with perfect attendance on June 1. “I wanted to learn more about Judaism.”

Classes are held at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center on Tuesday

anything Jewish in their high Founder Florence Melton school years,” said Melton about her motivation for starting Communiteen. “You have to have the guts to say what we are doing is not working.”

In particular, Melton feels that many of the traditional congregation-based Jewish schools for teens are not working. One of the reasons she cites is the quality of teachers.

“Rabbis are not educators, they’re not trained to be educators,” said Melton.

“They are teachers when they want to teach about the Torah, but there are not too many teachers in religious schools who have the background knowledge to be able to teach about our history, our values, our heritage, and our ideas, and our diversity.”

Rabbi Harold Berman of Congregation Tifereth Israel disagreed. “Rabbis have done a tremendous job teaching teenagers throughout this community,” he said. “We run a successful program for Jewish teens and have one of the highest retention rates in the community.”

For information about the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School contact Eliza Delman, 559-6233

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be that we can finally be in a Jewish space,” Folkerth said.

The temple realized a decade ago that expansion or relocation was coming. Then, in 2001, a survey of community demographics showed that over the previous decade the Jewish population grew 79 percent in the Northwest, compared with 41 percent in Bexley, New Albany, Gahanna and Columbus.

Over the years, the temple has had to find various ways to divide its space.

“We had to create three separate sessions of religious school to accommodate all the kids,” said Hecker. “We do not have any space in the building for adult education on Sundays because all the classrooms and social spaces are filled with kids. We cannot accommodate our membership on the High Holidays. So many members do not have a view of the bimah.”

But work can’t begin until the current land and building are sold.

“We continue to affirm that we won’t do anything financially imprudent,” said Hecker. “We are willing to wait. There are many Jewish organizations that have allowed themselves to become overextended financially. Beth Tikvah will not do that.”

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The temple’s project will include a 30,000-square-foot-building and will cost $6.7 million, said Hecker. Funds are from several sources. Temple members have donated $2.4 million so far, and the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center is contributing $1 million which it rased during its 20002002 capital campaign, said Hecker.

The Federation, which convened the funding parties, is allowing the Foundation to lend the project $1 million in discretionary funds that benefit Federation projects, said Deborah Goldfarb, Federation associate executive director. The Federation will pay the loan back over 30 years.

The temple is working toward leasing portions of the facility to the Federation and JCC in return for their upfront commitments.

The Federation “recognizes that there are members of the Jewish community living in all four corners,” said Marsha Hurwitz, CEO and president.

“We have an interest and St. Andrew Christian Church at 1985 responsibility to reach out Swansford Dr. is the current location to these folks. By partof the JCC North preschool. nering with the Jewish Community Center and Beth Tikvah, we can collectively muster our resources Hard Rd. to engage people in the Northwest and to offer programs and services the Jews in that area otherSeven acres purchased at the wise would not be corner of Snouffer and Smoky Row roads for the construction of the able to find.”

Snouffer er Rd. new facility to become a Northwest Mike Canter, Jewish campus. chairman of the Federation’s board said, “This joint effort will Brookside Country Club really serve to increasingly knit us together as one community.”

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Carol Folkerth, associate executive director of the Jewish Center, said the preschool program now housed in St. Andrew Christian Church on Swansford Drive has the potential to grow to 70 or 80 children from about 60 and will include programming for teens.

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Rescuing Yemenite Jews...from New York?

By Rachel Pomerance

The elaborate passage of Yemenite Jews from a New York City suburb to Israel has prompted a torrent of allegations.

The Jewish Agency for Israel, which runs immigration and absorption, says its secret mission brought a Jewish woman and five of her children to Israel in May, raising suspicions that the family was held against its will by the surrounding community of Satmar Chasidim.

As evidence, the agency cited an effort last December to move the entire 21-member Nahari family to Israel. But two of the children mysteriously went missing hours before the flight to Israel, said Michael Landsberg, director of the Jewish Agency’s North American aliyah delegation. The whole family canceled the trip. ``Anyone can translate it the way anyone would like to translate it,” he said.

One Nahari son rejects the notion that family members were held against their will. ``It’s not right to lie about the Satmar,” Yechil Nahari told “The Journal News,” a suburban New York newspaper. ``No Satmar stopped my mother. They have helped us. My mother wanted to go see her sick parents in Israel. She had visa problems, and this group offered her a free ticket.”

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Jewish Agency officials distribute airline tickets to the Nahari family in New York’s JFK International Airport, prior to the family’s boarding a flight to Israel.

Yet Mrs. Nahari and her children are in Ashkelon’s Beit Canada absorption center, a spot typically reserved for new immigrants, not visitors.

When Yemen allowed its Jews to emigrate in the early 1990s, Satmar Chasidim, who are ideologically opposed to the idea of a Jewish state before the Messiah arrives, brought dozens of Yemenite Jews to the United States instead of to Israel. Among them was the Nahari family, whocame eight years ago.

The Satmars promised the Naharis and other Yemenites idyllic conditions in

the United States but kept them in tight, crude quarters and took away their passports, according to the Yemenite Jewish Federation of America and the Jewish Agency.

In some cases, they even forced Yemenite women to marry Satmar men who were disabled or unappealing and exploited them for fund-raising, said various members of the federation.

Rabbi Chaim Freund, who said he brought the Naharis from Yemen to the community in Monsey, N.Y., vehemently See YEMENITE on next page

Daniel Pearl’s father honored NEW YORK-- The father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl said he is working to “`turn tragedy into life-affirming” experiences.

Judea Pearl made the comment Monday in New York as he was honored by the American Jewish World Service.

Along with his wife, Ruth, Judea Pearl has established the Daniel Pearl Foundation in honor of his son, who proclaimed his Jewishness shortly before his throat was slit by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan in January 2002. The foundation promotes cross-cultural understanding through journalism and music programs.

Like their son, the Pearls are focused on ``changing the world and healing the gross fissures in the world,” said the group’s president, Ruth Messinger. Actress Kathleen Turner also was honored.

Bill would let clergy go political WASHINGTON-- A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow church and synagogue leaders to endorse political candidates.

The Safe Harbor for Churches amendment to the American Jobs Creation Act would allow religious leaders to make statements supporting candidates, as long as the statements are made as private citizens and not as representatives of any organizations. Religious leaders would be allowed to participate in political activities up to three times a year without hurting their organizations’ tax-exempt status. The bill is opposed by many Jewish organizations, who fear rabbis and other clergy could be pressured by politicians and their supporters to engage in political activity.

White House welcomes Israeli vote WASHINGTON-- The White House praised Israel’s passage of the Gaza Strip withdrawal plan. ``As we have said, we view the prime minister’s plan to withdraw all settlements in Gaza and certain settlements in the West Bank as a courageous and historic step,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a statement Sunday. ``We urge that practical preparatory work to implement the plan now proceed as rapidly as possible in Israel.”

The White House also called on the international community to work with Israel and the Palestinians to prepare for withdrawal.

Soup champ feeds terror victims NEW YORK-- The woman behind America’s best chicken soup fed her winning broth to Israeli victims of terrorism.

Rosely Himmelstein of New York, who this spring won the National Jewish Outreach Program’s first Chicken Soup Challenge, recently cooked up her winning recipe in Jerusalem for 35 terrorism victims and their families. ``Jewish chicken soup is the ultimate comfort food, and if anyone is in need of comfort it’s the people in Israel who live under the daily strain of terrorism,” she said. Himmelstein made her soup at the home of Marc and Chantal Belzberg, who head the One Family Fund for terror victims.

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the charge that the Nahari family was ... Continued from previous page rejected all charges against the Satmars held against its will was ``ridiculous.” ``I’m certain there’s no such thing,” and said he knew all along about the he said. It’s ``all political business.” family’s plan to visit an ailing relative The Jewish Agency made up the in Israel. story out of pique that some Yemenites ``Never have Satmars taken any elected to come to the United States passport from any Yemenite Jew or any rather than Israel, he told JTA. other Jew,” he said.

Samuel Heilman, professor of Furthermore, he said the Yemenite Jewish studies and sociology at the City Jewish Federation does not represent University of New York and currently a the Yemenites in the Satmar commufellow at Hebrew University’s Institute nity. for Advanced Studies, said the episode ``Yemenites in Monsey have no conhighlights a larger ideological conflict. nection with any Reform Jews which This is ``just another skirmish in the don’t observe the Shabbos and kosher,” ongoing war between the Satmar antihe said.

Zionism and the Israeli pro- Zionism,” The Yemenite Jewish Federation, Heilman said. which is funded by the UJA-Federation When religious Yemenite Jews emiof New York and is not a Reform group, grated to Israel in the 1950s, Israelis insists that some Yemenites are being attempting to absorb them into the held against their will, and that all fledgling, secular country pressured their moves are choreographed by the some to relinquish their religious cusSatmars. toms. ``The Yemenite people don’t know In a few notorious cases, children anything other than what Satmars who had become separated from their are telling them, and they are afraid,” parents during the move to Israel were said a member of the Yemenit Jewish given to secular Israeli families, while Federation who asked to remain anonytheir parents were told the children had mous. died. Their ordeal came to light only The Satmars are holding the decades later.

Yemenites ``hostage,” the woman said.

The ``Yemenite child became a kind ``Why in the world do we need the of symbol of the worst excesses of the Israeli government to come here and do Zionist state,” Heilman said. the Entebbe?” she said, likening Jewish In the early 1990s, when Jews again Agency efforts in the Nahari case to the were told they could leave Yemen, Israeli military’s 1976 rescue of passenSatmars tried to ``save them from secugers whose plane had been hijacked by lar Zionism and save them from the terrorists to Uganda. loss of their religion and bring them to A spokesman for the Jewish Agency, the true Jewish homeland -- namely, Yarden Vatikay, said the Naharis had Satmarville,” Heilman said. been ``brainwashed,” told that their Meanwhile, Zionists have been trysidecurls would be cut and that they ing to show that ``until these people are would become ``goyim” if they moved to brought to the Jewish state, they’re not Israel. ���������������������������������������������������� really free,” he said.

Moshe Friedman, secretary to the See YEMENITE on page 27 Satmar rebbe, Moshe Teitelbaum, said

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BEYOND COLUMBUS

Jewish groups at odds with ACLU over legislation

By Matthew E. Berger

J EWISH TE LEGR APH IC AGE NCY

Jewish organizations are battling a leading civil liberties group to help pass new laws on religious freedom in the workplace.

After months of back-room discussions with the bill’s supporters, the American Civil Liberties Union has decided to oppose the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, which the Jewish community has been pushing for years.

The ACLU campaign against the legislation comes just as proponents had become increasingly optimistic that the U.S. Senate, which has sat on the legislation for more than a decade, would vote on the bill by the end of the year.

Thought the Jewish proponents are still hopeful that the vote will proceed, the ACLU campaign could complicate progress on a measure that has long been a priority for some Jewish groups.

The legislation has not yet been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The legislation, known as WRFA, would give employees the right to seek accommodations for their religious practices as long as they do not create an undue hardship for the employer.

It would give observant Jews the right to wear head coverings and other religious garb, take time off for Shabbat and holidays, and participate in religious practices at work.

Though earlier civil rights bills gave religious protection, Jewish groups say the

courts have undermined those provisions by ruling that almost any inconvenience posed an undue hardship on employers.

The proposed legislation would define an undue hardship as a significant cost – financial or logistical – to the place of business.

The measure is widely supported in the Jewish community, across the religious and political spectrum.

The bill has languished in Congress over the years because of private concerns raised by labor and business, concerns that have now apparently been worked out.

In addition, it never got full backing from any prominent leaders in Congress.

Now, however, it has gained the backing of two influential lawmakers, Sens.

Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and John Kerry (D-Mass.), the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. It also has support from several other religious groups, such as the National Association of Evangelicals and the Southern Baptist Convention.

The ACLU is the first major organization to publicly oppose the legislation. In a seven-page memo sent to all U.S. Senate offices in late May, the ACLU stated the legislation could create scenarios in which people use their religious practices as a crutch to violate the civil rights of others.

The ACLU expressed concern that under the proposed legislation, religious people could legitimately refuse to work with people of the opposite gender or with gays or lesbians, or that they could use the law to justify proselytizing or displaying a swastika.

The ACLU positively points to cases in which the courts have ruled in recent years that employers did not need to accommodate religious practices, and question whether the courts would rule the same way under WRFA. Examples include a police officer’s request to refuse to protect an abortion clinic and a social worker’s use of Bible readings with prison inmates in counseling sessions.

The legislation ``is overly broad in the way it was drafted, and could cause problems for employers that want to enforce nondiscrimination policies that go further,” Christopher Anders, ACLU’s legislative counsel, told JTA. The ACLU is seeking a narrower bill, one that would only require employers to provide accommodations for holiday observances, religious clothing and beards.

Many groups in the Jewish community, themselves advocates for abortion rights and nondiscrimination, are used to working side by side with the ACLU on legislative matters.

But this time, they think the group is overreacting. ``I really believe they’re wrong,” said Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism. ``This is one of the few times they’re wrong.”

Saperstein predicts that if WRFA becomes law, courts will continue to decide that employees cannot undermine an employer’s effort to prevent discrimination and many of the scenarios the ACLU hypothesizes would not play out.

Nathan Diament, director of the Orthodox Union’s Institute for Public Affairs, agrees.

One thing this legislation does not do in every circumstance ``is give employees a trump card to say, ‘My religion requires See ACLU on page 25

World briefs

from JTA

JNF offers new educational resource The Jewish National Fund has overhauled the education section of its Web site, www.jnf.org. It now combines JNF’s educational newsletter, “A New Leaf,” with the former interactive version on www.Yourpage.org and a bevy of resources for kids, parents and teachers including games, puzzles, contests, mitzvah projects, crafts, recipes, stories, e-greetings and lesson plans.

“Visitors can learn more about Israel, the environment, values, holidays and more, and then act on what they have learned by becoming involved in a mitzvah project or planting a tree,” said Nina Woldin, creator of Yourpage.

Barghouti sentenced in Israel JERUSALEM-- Palestinian militia leader Marwan Barghouti was sentenced to 165 years in prison.

On Sunday, a Tel Aviv court sentenced the Fatah leader to five life terms in prison, one for each person murdered in shootings Barghouti was found guilty of planning. In addition to the 25-year life sentences, Barghouti got 20 years for ordering a failed car bombing in Jerusalem and another 20 for belonging to a terrorist organization, the Al-Aksa Brigade, which claimed responsibility for those attacks.

Tel Aviv basks in architecture prize JERUSALEM-- Tel Aviv was honored for its Bauhaus architecture.

Israel’s metropolis became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Monday in recognition of its 4,000 buildings in the modernist style popularized in 1920s Germany. ``This is a treasure for all of human culture,” Mayor Ron Huldai said at a Tel Aviv ceremony, calling for government subsidies to preserve the Bauhaus buildings, many of which are in a state of disrepair. Interior Minister Avraham Poraz proposed a law protecting the buildings from being razed.

Jewish groups help Sudanese victims NEW YORK-- A coalition of Jewish groups is collecting money for humanitarian relief in Sudan.

The Sudanese government reportedly has armed Arab Muslims who have killed as many as 100,000 black Muslims in the past several months.

The violence comes after a civil war that has pitted Christians against Muslims in Sudan during the past several years.

Abbas explains resignation NEW YORK- The former Palestinian Authority prime minister said he resigned because of threats to his life. In a rare interview published this week in Newsweek, Mahmoud Abbas cited frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush as reasons for quitting the post last September. ``Sharon didn’t give me anything. Secondly, I was attacked by my colleagues, and thirdly, Bush was reluctant to help,” he told Newsweek. Abbas also said he gave up trying to further the U.S.-backed ``road map” for Israeli-Palestinian peace because he believed his promotion of the plan would result in his own assassination by a fellow Palestinian.

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Reagan remembered by some as a friend to Jews

By Ron Kampeas

J EWISH TE LEGR APH IC AGE NCY

Ronald Reagan’s presidency was a time when U.S. Jewish power grew to new levels of influence -- and when Jews learned of its limits.

Thanks to Reagan, who died June 5 at age 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, the years 19811989 saw the consolidation of bipartisan support for the causes Jews held dearest: a secure Israel and the freedom of Soviet Jews.

It also saw the Republican Party become an acceptable option for Jews, ensuring that no single party could take the Jewish vote for granted. ``Historians will look back and say the Reagan years were the years the Jewish community looked back and tried the Republican Party on for size,” said Marshall Breger, Reagan’s liaison to the Jewish community from 1983 to 1985. ``That began the process of developing a comfort level which is now only coming to fruition. The Reagan administration turned the Jews into a two-party community.”

Gordon Zacks, a Bexley resident of the National Jewish Republican Coalition, said, “I think Ronald Reagan was one of the best friends Israel and Jews have ever had in the White House.”

Yet Reagan also dealt the Jewish community two severe blows when he triumphed in pushing through Congress the sale of powerful spy planes to Saudi Arabia and when he delivered a forgiveand-forget paean at the Bitburg cem-

etery in Germany, where Nazi SS troops are buried.

Despite such issues, Reagan’s presidency now is seen by many as halcyon days for Jewish issues in foreign policy, principally because of the effects of Reagan’s greatest triumph: the neartotal collapse of the Communist world. ``The end of the Cold War was important not just for the free world but for diminishing the cause of rejectionist Arab states and enabling Soviet Jews to be free,” said David Makovsky, then a leading Soviet Jewry activist and now a top Middle East analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. ``We can only be grateful for this.”

Mark Levin, also a prominent Soviet Jewry activist in those days, emphasized that the benefits the struggle for Soviet Jewry derived from Reagan’s crusade against the ``Evil Empire” were not incidental; for Reagan, Soviet Jewish freedom was central to the struggle.

Reagan did make sure Soviet Jewry was a priority at each meeting between American and Soviet officials, along with nuclear disarmament and economic assistance, recalled Levin, now the executive director of NCSJ: Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and Eurasia. ``He was someone who was truly committed to overturning the Communist system and gaining freedom for all people, but he had a particularly soft spot in his heart for Soviet Jewry,” Levin said.

Zack recalls, “I had the privilege of bringing Avital Sharansky to the

oval office in 1981 to meet President Reagan.”

Sharansky shared the story of her husband’s plight. Reagan was so moved by her story that he took her hand, and with tears in his eyes said to Sharansky that he promised that no meeting would take place in the world with the Soviets without raising the cause of her husband specifically and the cause of Soviet Jewry, Zacks remembered.

Max Kampelman, Reagan’s chief arms reduction negotiator, said Reagan’s interest in Jewish issues came naturally. The two had frequent and long conversations about Israel and anti-Semitism, he told JTA. Still there were times when Reagan’s interest caught even Kampelman, a carryover from the Carter administration, off guard.

In one 1982 meeting, Kampelman proposed making dissidents part of the negotiating package on arms reduction with the Soviets.

The suggestion might have

undermined the talks and was likely to raise the hackles of some allies, but Reagan was receptive.

At the end of the meeting, Kampelman recalled, ``he gave me a list of people, and said, ‘See what you can do about helping these people in Russia.’ “ He said he didn’t look at the list until he left his office and it was a list of Jewish refuseniks.”

One of the most prominent of those refuseniks, Natan Sharansky, now an Israeli Cabinet minister, sent Reagan’s wife, Nancy, a letter of consolation Sunday and expressed his gratitude to the former president. ``Former President Reagan changed the march of history and the fate of millions of people because he was one of the few, outstanding leaders who brought about the collapse of the Soviet Empire,” wrote Sharansky, whose dramatic release from a Soviet prison in 1986 and immigration to See REAGAN on page 24 President Reagan walks with General Matthew Ridgeway through the Bitburg Cemetery in Berlin on May 5, 1985.

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erusalem and Washington are putting the best spin possible on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s advances toward withdrawing settlers and armed forces from the Gaza Strip.

In a cabinet meeting last Sunday, Sharon did win approval from his right-wing coalition to begin the process toward disengagement. But it was a scaled-down victory — subject to another vote next year before any actual withdrawal — and came only after the prime minister fired two ministers on the wrong side of the vote, threatened to do the same to others, and generally bullied his way through the key political move. Sharon had hoped originally to win a cabinet endorsement of his plan to evacuate all 21 settlements in the area and four small ones in the West Bank. When he realized that was not going to happen without risking the fall of his government, Sharon settled on a compromise that saved face for him, kept his fragile coalition together, and allowed the prospect to sink in that, as he later said, the government plans to leave Gaza by the end of 2005.

The next major risk Sharon faces is determining whether Egypt, which fosters anti-Semitism while seeking to protect itself from Islamic fundamentalism, can be trusted as a partner in stabilizing Gaza as Israel leaves, and after. Sharon is hoping that Cairo’s fear of a Hamas-run government in Gaza trumps its dislike of Israel and will lead President Hosni Mubarak to act as a pragmatist. High-level talks have been held between Egyptians and Israelis for the first time since Mubarak broke relations with the Jewish state early in this “suicide war,” more than three years ago, with an eye toward increasing Egyptian security on its border with Gaza. If successful, a similar role would be sought for Jordan along the West Bank.

The risk here is high, of course. If cooperative, the Egyptians could stop the transfer of arms via tunnels to Palestinian fighters and crack down on their efforts. But if, as some fear, Mubarak’s cooperation simply is to please Washington and help justify its continuing financial support for his autocratic government, his forces could either wink at Palestinian terrorists or help them in their efforts.

What is increasingly clear is that even with Israel’s plan for unilateral withdrawal, success most likely will not come without some help from neighbors like Egypt and Jordan. Until now, the treaties with those two countries has meant no war, but little more. Soon may come the test of whether these key Arab states can be counted on for any semblance of peace.

The preceding was an editorial originally from The New York Jewish Week (http://www.thejewishweek.com), which was reprinted by permission.

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Termites in the House of America Jews first. Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for President, described Hollings’ remarks as “absurd” and stated “Comments such as these lend credence to unacceptable and baseless anti-Semitic stereotypes that have no place LARRY S. in America, or anywhere else.” The ADL called Hollings’ views “reminiscent of age-old antiPOLLAK Semitic canards about a Jewish conspiracy to control and manipulate the government.”

The undercurrent about Jewish plots to hijack America’s foreign policy is nothing new. KnowThere are termites undermining that shining nothings have talked about “ZOG,” the “Zionist City on the Hill.

Occupied Government” for many years. What is In recent weeks, two prominent Americans new - and scary - is that this narrative is being publicly blamed the Jews for the War in Iraq. uttered in the U.S. Congress. Memory makes us This insidious viewpoint gives new urgency to the sensitive to the threat emanating from term “homeland security.” Only on high. It would be wrong to exaggerthe historically illiterate ignore ate the threat. It would also be wrong the danger posed by the notion to ignore it. that an invisible Jewish conA few days after Senator Hollings’ spiracy directs world events. tirade, the same sentiments were Whether the powerful Jews broadcast to America’s living rooms by are called capitalist bankers, CBS. Appearing on “Sixty Minutes,” socialist internationalists, or retired Marine General Anthony Zinni “neoconservatives,” the reference used code words about “neoconservais designed to depict Jews as tives” to suggest that the President’s “the other,” responsible for the Jewish advisors had pushed him troubles of the rest of us. This into the Iraq War. Zinni called it the sort of group libel has resulted “worst-kept secret in Washington.” in a lot of dead Jews through the It is unfair and dangerous ages. Empires rise and fall, but to cast such aspersions on the the Jews are eternal. The “Jew Jews. World events are not decided by as scapegoat” is such a famila secret cabal with a sectarian agenda.

Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings (D-S.C.). iar story that it is practically a When this kind of defamation rears its cliché. Everything old is new again. ugly head, it needs to be exposed and confronted.

On May 20, 2004, South Carolina Senator Too many Jews have suffered and died since Ernest “Fritz” Hollings said on the floor of the antiquity as a result of this nonsense. We recogU.S. Senate that the White House sent America nize the anti-Semitism. Those who follow this line to War in Iraq “to win Jewish votes and to protect have a specific intent to stoke the old hatreds. But Israel.” Hollings went on to blame AIPAC, the there is something new: The Jews they are targetpro-Israel lobbying group, and also blamed Israeli ing this time are us.

Prime-Minister Ariel Sharon. In the past, South Carolina’s senior senator has been infamous for Larry Pollak is a Columbus attorney who frehis bigotry, although his constituents re-elected quently comments on the media’s portrayal of him and his colleague Strom Thurmond every six events in Israel. He can be reached at years for decades.

Hollings once referred to Ohio Senator Howard lpollak@thenewstandard.com Metzenbaum as “the Senator from B’nai Brith.”

Now, in the wake of the Iraq War’s unpopularity, Hollings took the opportunity to Blame the H a s b a r a

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In Israel: change and some constants O P - E d

NOAM SHPANCER Every year, I spend a month or so in Israel visiting my family and friends, immersing myself again in my native culture and taking in my childhood landscape.

Every year I’m struck by the dual nature of Israeli existence, bursting on one hand with lively energy and creativity and mired on the other in a seemingly endless, vicious war of attrition.

Life is experienced more immediately and vividly here, but so is death. At night, sitting on the porch of a friend’s

apartment in Kibbutz Nachshon, where I was born and raised, you can see the flares and flashes when the latest gunfight breaks out in Rammallah, the Palestinian city just over the hills.

Some months ago, my friend’s girlfriend hopped on a bus in Jerusalem just as a suicide bomber blew himself up in the rear of the bus. She survived, but not quite in one piece. Not quite intact.

Like this whole country, at once more scared and determined, more paranoid and confused, more skeptical of the possibility of any order and more desperate for it.

Overlooking the majestic Ayalon valley, where biblical warriors waged great battles, commanding the moon to stand still, we drink sharp brandy distilled and sold by the monks in the nearby Latrun monastery, just across the half forgotten “green line” that once ran through the cotton fields below.

We wonder how it’s always been so in this place – a place that is all boundaries and borders and fences and roadblocks and yet at once also boundaryless, enmeshed, and eternally chaotic. Where desert and ocean, past and future, war and peace comingle inside a five-mile radius.

Where the myths and paranoia of two peoples are so intertwined as to become identical, both seeing themselves as David to the other’s Goliath, both beset by primordial fears of oblivion, obsessed with the minutiae of dark injustice and ready to die before giving up their hold on the same arid hills.

Much has changed here in the 20 years since I have left. Street signs are now written in both Hebrew and Russian. The coastline to the north of Tel Aviv, once largely empty, is now aggressively lined with housing developments. The raucous, multichanneled

universe of satellite TV has supplanted the single national TV station (black and white; no remote) of my youth.

My kibbutz, once a proud and pioneering center of revolutionary aspirations and high socialist ideals, has quietly and wearily surrendered to age, capitalism and technology, morphing into a strange hybrid of industrial village/gated retirement community, where the elderly founders cling to their lost cause of communal living while lavishing the inheritances they received from their parents on themselves, as if to compensate for years of ultimately fruitless self-sacrifice.

More than ever before, Israeli society is divided internally between the secular and Orthodox. Secular Israelis aspire to live in a tolerant, pluralistic westernstyle democracy, fueled by a high-tech economy within a progressive, liberal set of laws. The Orthodox envision a See SHPANCER on page 27

Letters to The New Standard Jewish life too expensive

Editor: As a new resident of Ohio and a mother, I read with interest the article on Jewish Day Schools in the June 2004 issue of The New Standard.

I have a nine-year-old daughter who has attended Jewish Day School since kindergarten. I am certainly committed to the day school environment, yet tuition is one-fifth of my pre-tax salary.

I also noted an article on JCCs and how nationally Jews aren’t embracing these institutions. The JCC in Columbus charges $655 for a family membership.

My synagogue charges roughly $700 for membership. That means if I were to send my daughter and two stepchildren to day school, join the JCC and my local synagogue – and pay full rates – I would be spending over 65 percent of my pretax salary. Who can afford that?

I have a dream. The Jewish community gets serious about Jewish continuity and realizes that it is a communitywide issue, one that can be solved only through a communitywide commitment.

Every Jew, regardless of affiliation, contributes to a general fund. For this contribution to the communal pot of money, all affiliated Jews would be able to send their children to day school, join a synagogue and be a member of the local JCC – as well as supporting other institutions such as the local Jewish home and Jewish Family Services. Every Jew would support every other Jew’s use of these communal institutions. Money would stay in the community until that dream is realized, with the only the excess being used to fund initiatives outside the community, including the State of Israel.

In the world at large, if you work, you’re taxed. If you own property, you’re taxed. Those monies are used to pay for a variety of services, some of them that I deeply disagree with. Yet I pay. It is my communal (and legal) obligation to do so.

Right now, generally only the users of a particular Jewish institution support it. Hence, only those who desire and can pay for Jewish day school fund tuition; only those who desire and can pay for

JCC membership are members of the JCC; only those who desire and can pay for synagogue membership can affiliate. This pay-as-you-go attitude allows us to forget that we are a community.

Communities take care of one another.

Communities have institutions that are supported by the entire community.

Until we remember that we are united –and until everyone funds all institutions and until we stop sending money abroad that is desperately needed here in America, we will continue to watch the death or reduction of services and institutions and wonder why our children don’t identify as Jews.

—Renee Primack, North Columbus

Enjoying the paper

Editor: I guess this is a fan email. I am writing to express my appreciation for The New Standard. I read it front to back and find something of interest on every page. I enjoyed the write up on Amy-Jill Levine. I attended her talks at Beth Tikvah and was interested in the follow-up you provided.

Thanks for your hard work to produce a quality newspaper —Dave Parr, Dublin

Shpancer OK

Editor: Thanks so much for your publication. It is great to have a paper that covers the entire Jewish community, publishes different points of view, like those of Professor Shpancer, and is available throughout the Columbus area.

As a secular and transplanted Jew who has lived here for over 15 years, the only way I have been able to get news about the Jewish community has been by word of mouth, rumor or what is sent out by the Federation. It is wonderful to finally have a reliable source of objective information.

—Ellen Rapkin, Clintonville

Shpancer not cream of the crop

Editor: It is interesting to note that your columnist Noam Shpancer has

undertaken the definitive study of American olim in Israel and pronounced them “not necessarily the cream of the crop”. I’m not aware of what empirical evidence he has that enables him to make such a sweeping generalization, but perhaps he’s simply rationalizing (probably familiar to him as an associate professor of psychology). In this case, the yored – the person who has chosen to leave Israel – justifies his own behavior by criticizing the behavior and character of the oleh – the person who has chosen Israel over America.

This year alone over 2,500 olim are expected from the United States, myself and my family among them. I’ll try to get the word out to this group that we’ve been deemed substandard by a clinical psychologist. Perhaps Kupat Holim (Israel’s medical service) can help us.

—Robert Lakin, Beachwood, OH P.S: Dr. Shpancer’s ranting notwithstanding, your newspaper is a welcome addition to the Jewish newspaper scene.

Editor: I am an unambivalent, passionate American supporter of Israel’s survival. From early in my life, as a member of Betar, to the present I remain unequivocally enthralled by the Zionist efforts that created a thriving democracy in the Middle East.

I anguished and struggled as I read Noam Shpancer’s arrogant, self-serving, skeptical essay,”Who needs Israel?” in last month’s issue. His screed is that the time has arrived, and it would serve American Jewry best to effect a SEPARATION from both the land and the people of Israel. As the tensions increase, the Jews living in Israel are being asked to give up geographical territories.

Mr. Shpancer enjoins American Jews that we must also implement a “redeployment” from Israel and even suggests a complete withdrawal from entire regions of our soul. How disingenuous!

Surely, among many American Jews who care passionately about what happens in Israel, there are those who are unhappy with what they see. Part of the problem is over pluralism and the difficulty the Jewish “ family” has in

finding a common language. The pluralism debate has become so enmeshed in the long-running American-Israeli misunderstanding that it may not be possible to extricate it long enough to deal with substantive issues.

The crisis that we Jews face now demands unity and loyalty and not the “cleverness” of myopic pundits. We dare not stop our support. Abandoning Israel is betrayal! God and history will judge us accordingly.

Mr. Shpancer, whether you abandon it or whether you follow it, Israel will journey on to the end of days.

—Bernard Gerson Columbus Awareness Comm.

Editor: The criticism of Israel, with the suggestion that Israel be singled out from all countries which daily receive million in arms and financial support to be the one country starved out of existence and relegated to genocide by withdrawal of military and financial support plays well with the American Nationalist Socialist Party.

However, the suggestion is absurd.

Countries in North Africa and all others in the Middle East are dictatorships.

Most of their societies are dominated by religious hatred, xenophobia, paranoia and a lack of freedom to develop an articulate democratic society.

Arab Muslims demand they have the right to live anywhere in the world and dominate vast lands. Anyone who suggests otherwise will be the target of Jihad. Almost all Arab land was taken from someone else, as recently as the 1940s, when Arab Muslim expelled Jews from Judea, Sumaria and Jerusalem.

If a small number of Jews buys land and builds wonderful homes and communities, the Arabs treat them as invading vermin and stray dogs invading the land of others.

The Jews have offered free medical care, improved roads, gas and electric utilities and potable water systems free of charge to the Arabs. The Arab educational, clerical and political establishments have responded with hate and violence. For most Jews, there is no desire to evict Arabs. The use of force

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“Taken,” a mini-series produced for the SciFi channel, should not be dismissed as simply another science fiction melodrama about alien abduction and government conspiracies.

True, executive producer Steven Spielberg has covered this ground in both “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T The Extraterrestrial.” And it’s true that this show owes much to The “X-Files” and its many imitators, such as “Dark Skies” and “Psi Factor,” and even goes so far as to use Eric Close and Matt Frewer, the stars of the latter shows, as supporting actors.

Yet somehow, it all seems fresh.

Science-fiction fans shouldn’t miss this mini-series, nor should people who like family drama. The messages are universal, as they are with good science fiction and fantasy. “Taken” is not only about alien

beings interacting and cross-breeding with the human race. Rather, it is about family, and how family makes us who we are, affects who we become, and forms the dreams or nightmares that we pass to the next generation.

Three very different families wend their way through this story.

Owen Crawford is an air force officer responsible for taking care of public perceptions of the Roswell crash.

Russell Keyes is a World War II bomber pilot singled out for abduction by the aliens in a mission over occupied Europe. Carol Clark is a woman living in Lubbock, Tex.,who has an affair with a man who is not quite who--or what--he seems to be. The child of that union, and the subsequent children who spring from it, form the core of the dramatic conflict.

The Keyes family is dogged by nightmares of abduction and experimentation. The Clarks live with nightmare of their figurative-and literal—alienation. The Crawfords lives are dominated by visions of human evil. It is the Crawfords who are the most

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interesting and complex of the three. a sort of an electronic midrash on such Owen Crawford stops at nothing, things. including lies, extortion and murder, Don’t be put off by the somewhat not just to keep the aliens secret but to shlocky roots of this show. It is an learn all he can about them. entertaining drama now available in a Crawford has two sons: Sam, who 5-disc DVD set totaling some 15 hours of rejects him and whose approval he programming. You may find yourself quite desperately seeks, and Eric, who taken with “Taken.” loves him and wants to follow in his footsteps. Crawford rejects Eric in a Sheldon Gleisser is a Columbus-based film triangle that is quite biblical in tone, and video producer. You may comment on ultimately resulting in Owen’s death. this review by sending an e-mail to Although Eric is soon guilty of many letters@thenewstandard.com. of the same crimes as his father, he is also a slightly better human being.

Steven Spielberg’s “Taken” is now availHe feels, albeit too late, guilt and able for purchase and at many rental remorse and tries genuinely to be a outlets. It is also available on DVD at the better person within the limitations Columbus Metropolitan Library and the of his Borgia-style upbringing.= His Bexley Public Library. daughter, Julie, although seemingly worse than either her father or grandfather, is almost redeemed by a burgeoning humanity near the film¹s final act.

Family, alienation and questioning of authority are all very Jewish themes explored by this show. The Keyes and Clark families are quite literally “chosen people,” and this keeps them rejected Crop circles as depicted by the mini-series “Taken” by society on the surface, as well as hunted by the same society for what superior secrets they may have locked in their DNA or surgically implanted in their skulls.

There is more than a little subtext that the Crawfords would love to be privvy to the aliens’ workings and want to be abducted themselves. For this reason, they hate the Keyes and The New Standard is Clarks because they were chosen and looking for interns to help the Crawfords were rejected. us cover and produce the A recurring theme in Spielberg’s work is the dehumanization of the newspaper. uniform. This can be see in the men in space suits coming through the • Research intern doors of Elliott¹s house in “ET,” the • Calendar intern faceless Army functionaries keeping • Layout & Production intern people away from Devil¹s Tower in • Webmaster intern “Close Encounters,” and, of course, the Einsatsgruppen liquidating the Polish Requirements ghettos in “Schindler’s List.” That • Excellent written and theme is repeated here in both the verbal skills.

Crawfords’ lust for power under cover of authority and the many government • Ability to work well functionaries who are redeemed only under pressure and when they step out from behind their juggle several tasks sybols of authority to really think, feel simultaneously. and question.

• Strong attention to “Life, all life, is about asking detail. questions, not about knowing answers,” Allie Keys (Dakota Fanning) says near the mini-series’ end. “It’s wanting to see what’s over the next hill that keeps us all going. We have to keep asking questions, wanting to understand. Even when we know we’ll Contact us at never find the answers, we have to keep on asking the questions.” It is quite Jewish to wrestle with questions of morality, power and knowledge. thenewstandard.com “Taken” could almost be considered

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Expert Israeli quilt artist blends colors at JCC

By Helena Frenkil Schlam The New Standard Orna Roglit was trained as a chemist. But her great love is the combining of fabrics.

“Traces,” a new exhibit of her art quilts, opened on June 10 at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center. It is her first one-woman show.

“Her pieces have a lot of passion and intensity; the colors, lines and texture add to the effect.” said Linda Fowler, founder of Quilt Service Design International.

“You can feel the energy in her pieces when you can encounter the originality of design and construction in them.”

Roglit, 52, was born on the fourth celebration of Israel Independence day in the port city of Haifa, where her parents immigrated after surviving the Holocaust. Roglit taught junior high school and high school chemistry and physics. But 25 years ago, her hobby of quilting and studying fiber design turned into a second profession.

Roglit became a fiber artist and began creating stunning art quilts. Her work has been exhibited throughout the world and has received numerous prizes. In addition, Roglit has continued to be a teacher, but of fiber art rather than chemistry. She has taught at various schools and art schools throughout Israel including Shenkar, the Israel Academy for Textile and Fashion.

Roglit shows her exceptional skills to the fullest in this selection of contemporary and traditional art quilts. Roglit has exhibited previously at the Jewish Center, but this show gives the viewer an even wider opportunity to experience the range of expression that she is able to achieve.

Selma Mellman, the chairwoman of the center’s visual arts committee, is enthusiastic about the exhibition.

As the owner of a large piece of work

by Roglit, she is intimately acquainted with her artistry.

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Roglit uses many types of materials, including cotton, linen and silk as well as hand painted, stamped and embroidered cloth. Characterizing her work as a realistic expression of her personal experience, emotions, beliefs and hopes, Roglit said her technique is “the interaction between textile and emotion.”

Mellman considers Roglit’s creations more like tapestry than quilt. She praises Roglit’s work, as do many others, for her unusual use of color. “Her choices of color are magnificent,” says Mellman.

“They are deep and mellow and the way she uses darks and lights seems almost like a ray of sun or shadows of the moon.”

Roglit helped found the Israeli Quilter’s Association. One might say that in her art quilts, she has transformed her knowledge of science into the chemistry of color, design and texture.

While she is in Columbus, Roglit will be attending the Quilt Surface Design International Symposium, meeting for its 15th year in Columbus. The conference attracts art quilters from all over the world to Columbus; five Israeli artists will be attending this year.

The Quilt Surface Design International Symposium is being held until June 25 at the University Plaza Hotel and Conference Center at 3110 Olentangy River Rd. near the OSU campus. Sessions are open to the public, but registration is required. For further information, check the web site of Quilt Surface Design International Ltd. at www.qsds.com.

Orna Roglit’s exhibition of art quilts is presented by the LYJCC’s Visual Arts Committee and can be seen at 1125 College Ave., Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For additional information about the show, call the LYJCC at 559-6225.

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Gala comic is on third career The young heads of comedy production at HBO and Comedy Central were hysterical with laughter. Steve Solomon was ecstatic. He would finally get the special that he had been dreaming about.

The network chiefs wiped the tears from their eyes and said, “Steve, we haven’t heard anything so funny in a long time, but… you’re too old for our target demographic.”

That’s how Solomon, an up-and-coming 50+ stand-up comedian based in New York, ended up in playing houses in South Florida. He was butting heads with the 20-somethings in NYC and had to re-think his comedic options.

“This is my third career,” Solomon said in an interview.

Prior to becoming a professional comic he taught high school physics and later became an assistant superintendent of schools in Long Island, N.Y. “So I was a newcomer to the comedy scene,” Solomon said.

Because of his age, he didn’t have 20 years to do comedy on “the circuit” in order to get known as Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno had done.

He took his act on the road, testing his material around the East Coast. But eventually, Solomon had to cut strings from his education career and see if his comedy gig actually had legs.

“I was sick and tired of the regular pay-checks, so I decided to get on the road and make a steady income of $30 a week.”

Solomon and his wife, Jane, loaded one truck with bare essentials and the family cat and moved to south Florida, where he figured he had a target market. It appears he was right. According

to his publicist, Jane Evers of the Karis Company, he has broken every comedy booking record in Florida’s history.

Solomon will be the opening act June 28 at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center’s annual gala at the Riffe Center Downtown. The main act is Broadway singer a and actor.

When not performing standup, Solomon is touring a one-man comedy and music show called, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy” which he plans to bring to Broadway later this year.

Tickets for the SolomonBurstyn Gala Show range from $20 to $60 and are on sale now, with reserved seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

To purchase tickets with a credit card, stop at the JCC or contact Sheila Cline at 559-6224 or scline@columbusjcc.org.

The New Standard Common locations Breslov Kabbalah Centre 2671 E. Main St. 231-8671 Chabad Center 6220 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany 939-0765 Columbus Community Kollel 2501 E. Main St. 237-7133 Columbus Jewish Federation 1175 College Ave. 237-7686 Columbus Jewish Foundation 1175 College Ave. 338-2365 Jewish Singles 40+ Janice Jennings 866-3265 or jjennings@wideopenwest.com Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center (JCC) 1125 College Ave. 231-2731 OSU Hillel Foundation 46 E. 16th Ave. 294-4797 Schottenstein Chabad House 207 E. 15th Ave. 294-3296 Torah Center 2942 E. Broad St. 235-8070

Synagogues

Beth Jacob Congregation 1223 College Ave. 237-8641 Congregation Agudas Achim 2767 E. Broad St. 237-2747 Congregation Ahavas Sholom 2568 E. Broad St. 252-4815 Congregation Beth Tikvah 6121 Olentangy River Rd. 885-6286 Congregation Tifereth Israel 1354 E. Broad St. 253-8523 Congregation Torat Emet The Main Street Synagogue 2375 E. Main St. 238-6778 Temple Beth Shalom 5089 Johnstown Rd. 855-4882 Temple Israel 5419 E. Broad St. 866-0010

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ACTIVISM JUNE 23 Blood drive Sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans.

12:30 – 6:30 at the JCC.

JUNE 27 JFS Volunteers Sought Help set up, coordinate activities and more, at the JFS annual community Picnic in the Park. Attractions such as COSI, carnival rides, food, etc.

Call Marc Fishel at 237-7042 or Susan Alexander at 888-7575.

JUNE 27 – JULY 6 Young Adult Mission to Israel Join a group of dynamic singles and couples this summer in Israel for a taste of history, culture, education and sportsmanship. YJP. Call Cydney Singer at 559-3209/csinger@tcjf.org

JUNE 29 Very Large Yard-Sale Dump and Run OSU will be selling goods from the spring dorm moveouts, including furniture, appliances, linens, clothing. The sale will be held in the Jesse Owens West area (at Woody Hayes and Kenny Rd.) on June 19, from 8 am - 7 pm. Sales benefit local charities and organizations.

ONGOING Volunteer Opportunities Work to raise money for non-profit organizations and/or volunteer your time with Columbus Cancer Clinic, Children’s Hunger Alliance, and other organizations. Email dumpandrunosu @hotmail.com

at 7:30 pm. Contact Diane Saks at dsaks@columbus.rr.com

JULY 22 J-Link’s Book Bunch.

“The Romance Reader” by Pearl Abraham. Panera in Grandview at 7 pm. Call Lindsay Folkerth at 559-6228.

DANCE ONGOING TUESDAY Israeli Folk Dancing A Hillel tradition continues! Free. Open to the public. 8 pm in OSU Hillel’s auditorium. Call 294-4797.

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ONGOING THRU JUNE 28 Journeys and Explorations (Inside and Out) Watercolor paintings by Phyllis Rosen. JungHaus Gallery, 29 E. Russell St. call 621-8217.

ONGOING THRU JULY 31 Lawrence Weiner Conceptual artist Weiner inscribes an enigmatic message using black bricks inlaid into existing brick paving located at an intersection of pedestrian paths. Wexner Center for the Arts, The Belmont Building 330 West Spring St. near the Arena District, Hrs: 11 am - 6 pm, Thu-Fri: 11 am - 9 pm, Sat-Sun: Noon - 6 pm.

FITNESS & WELL BEING JUNE 27 Personal Safety Course

ONGOING WEDNESDAY

Self defense for men and women. 1-3 pm at the Jewish Center sponsored by Modern Israeli Dance Jewish Family services. Call Cydney at No experience necessary. All ages. At 7 559-3209 pm in Hillel’s auditorium. Call 294-4797.

EXHIBITS ONGOING The Fine Art of the Cartoon Paul Palnik’s cartoon work. Palnik Studios, 14 E. Lincoln St, call 298-8496.

ONGOING THRU JUNE 25 Traces Fiber artist Orna Roglit returns to Columbus to show her Israeli art quilts of cotton, linen, silk, hand painted, stamped and embroidered. Mon – Thurs. 8 am – 10 pm; Fri. 8 am – 6pm; Sun. 9am – 8 pm at the JCC. 559-6225

ONGOING TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS

Boxing Conditioning Class Led by boxing coach and former pro and Olympic gold medalist, Jerry Page JCC. 6:45 – 7:45 pm. Call Stacy Dyer at 559-6217.

ONGOING TUESDAYS Kabalates Combines Kabbalah and Pilates. An intense workout for your body and soul. Class for women with a 10-minute Kabbalah lesson by Sarah Deitsch. 7 - 8:15 pm. The Schottenstein Chabad House. Call Sarah at 378-6217.

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Book Collection Drop off new or gently used children’s books for the Reach Out and Read Program at Children’s Hospital.

Sponsored by Pops Dworkin chapter of BBYO. JCC. Call 559-6378 / mrubin@columbusjcc.org Clothing Gamach Find all sorts of great outfits at this community clothing exchange for infant – adult (through size 22), men and women. Call 338-0433.

BOOKS JUNE 23 J-Link’s Book Bunch.

“Black Cross” by Greg Iles. Panera in Grandview at 7 pm. Call Lindsay Folkerth at 559-6228.

JUNE 27 Z’havah Book Club – “Three Daughters” by Letty Cottin Pogrebin. 7 pm at the home of Jenni Goldson, 91 S. Merkle Road, Bexley.

RSVP: Jenni Goldson 239-8747/: jenni@qn.net or Debby Rosenthal 238-0508/mailto:drosenth@columb us.rr.com. Free to all paid members of Tifereth Israel Sisterhood. New members welcome. Annual dues: $25

JULY 20 Congregation Beth TIkvah Book Club “The Gift of the Jews” by Thomas Cahill. The Sisterhood evening book club meets on the third Tues. of the month at the Dublin Barnes & Noble

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JUNE 21 The Story Behind the Irgun Eli Shuchman, from the Etzel Museum in Israel lectures on the Underground in Palestine 1931-1948; 1 pm at the JCC. Call Ilana 559-6214

LEARNING JUNE 27 Yom Limud GLBT issues Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender issues in the Jewish Community. Free. $8 for kosher dinner (RSVP nec.) 4 -7 pm.

Tifereth Israel. Call Rabbi Michael Ungar at the synagogue or email at mungar@ti ferethisrael.org

JUNE 30 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Judaism In the first lecture of this new series at Beth Jacob Congregation, Rabbi Shmuel Goldstein will discuss “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Daveners.”

Breaking with Beth Jacob tradition, this lecture will begin on time. 8 pm to 9 pm.

Dessert and coffee. Admission free and open to the entire community.

JULY 3 Women’s Shabbat Learning Zahava Goldstein will lead the next women’s learning group at the home of Shelley and Jack Levey, 336 S. Harding.

2 hrs. before mincha

ONGOING WEEKDAYS AND SUNDAYS Gemara Shiur: Tractate Shabbos Talmud study lead by Rabbi Ginsberg at Congregation Ahavas Sholom, after daily morning services. Shacharit begins 6:45 am on Tue., Wed. and Fri.; 6:40 am Mon. and Thurs.; 8:15 am. Sun.

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ANDY BOROWITZ Less than a week after George Tenet stepped down as head of the Central Intelligence Agency to spend more time with his family, Mr. Tenet’s family has demanded that he get another job “immediately.”

“I’m not going to sugarcoat this,” said Harmon Salazar, an official spokesman for Mr. Tenet’s wife and son. “In the few days that Mr. Tenet has been home with his family, he has been annoying the crap out of them.”

The troubles for Mr. Tenet reportedly began as early as last Saturday, when he determined that his wife’s spice rack was in need of what he called “a massive reorganization.”

“As it presently stands, this spice rack is woefully unpre-

Kollel Summer Investigation Casefile #1- Tackling The Toughies A 3 week learning experience starting Sunday June 27. 8 pm with Rabbi Doniel Pransky.

Daily services The community is invited to join Wexner Heritage Village residents in worship, with Rabbi Cary Kozberg. For more information call 231-4900.

Bagels and More A potpourri of everything Jewish for beginners with Rabbi Katz. 11 am.

Columbus Community Kollel. No reservations necessary.

Dare to Daven Learn how to lead tefillot, with Rabbi Epstein. 8:45 am. Congregation Torat Emet.

Parent/Child Parsha Program A family review of the week’s Torah portion for grades 3 – 6, with Rabbi Katz. 7:30 pm, Columbus Community Kollel.

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pared to cope with this family’s seasoning needs,” Mr. Tenet said at the time.

After his wife ejected him from the kitchen, Mr. Tenet turned his attention to his son John Michael’s computer, telling the press that there was evidence that it had been infected by a virus.

Mr. Tenet called the evidence of a virus “a slam-dunk,” and then proceeded to erase all of the data on the computer’s hard drive.

But when it turned out that Mr. Tenet had deleted John Michael’s history term paper, which the younger Mr. Tenet had been slaving over for the past four months, that was the last straw, according to Mr. Salazar.

“George Tenet must go,” he said.

Sources close to Mr. Tenet said that he might try to find a similar position with another family, an outcome most observers think is unlikely.

Andy Borowitz, a former president of the “Harvard Lampoon,” is a regular humor contributor for “The New Standard.” He is the author of “Who Moved My Soap? The CEO’s Guide to Surviving in Prison” available at Barnes and Noble, amazon.com, and other Columbus bookstores.

Biblical Personalities Study of various personalities in the Scripture, with Rabbi Doniel Pransky.

8 pm. Columbus Community Kollel.

commandments or mitzvot that the Torah requires of all Jews, with Rabbi Weinrach, 2:30 pm at the Columbus Community Kollel.

Parsha Class Learn with Rabbi Dick at 9:30 am at Agudas Achim.

Beis Midrash Program for Men Chavrusa (partner) studying of Jewish texts the way your great-grandfather did. Facilitated by Rabbi Pransky, any block of time you have between 8:30 -10:00 pm at the Columbus Community Kollel.

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Study of sometimes bizarre Midrash of the weekly Torah portion, Rabbi Tuchman. 9 pm at the Columbus Community Kollel.

How to Pray Jewishly Learn or review basic Hebrew prayers.

Bagels, juice and coffee provided.

11:10 am – 12:40 pm at Temple Beth Shalom. Call Rabbi Apothaker at 8554882.

ONGOING MONDAYS Talmud Class Men’s class: Tractate Ta’anis taught

by Rabbi Rosenberg at 8 pm at Congregation Ahavas Sholom.

Women’s Study Group A detailed study of the book of Samuel with Rabbi Katz, 8 pm, the Columbus Community Kollel. No reservations necessary. Call 237-7133.

Know Your Torah Learning at 8 pm at The Torah Center.

Call 235-8070.

Women’s Torah Class thru June 7 With Rabbi Zack at 10 am at Congregation Torat Emet

ONGOING TUESDAYS Talmud (Mystical Aspects) Taught by Rabbi Goldberg. 7 – 8:30 pm Breslov Kabblah Centre. Call 231-8671.

TNT (Tuesday Night Torah) Led by Rabbi Zack, 8 pm, Congregation Torat Emet.

The Picnic in the Park is a showcase of Jewish Columbus. It will take place between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Sunday, June 27 on the lawn of St. Charles Preparatory School, 2010 E. Broad St. More than 40 activities and attractions for families and people of all ages.

Come see our booth! Kids can enjoy making their own newspaper pages with ink stamps and cutout art.

Tickets available before the event or at the gate - $5 for adults; children under 13 and adults over 75 are admitted free.

Morning Brew of Parsha A review of the week’s Torah portion with Rabbi Henoch Morris. 8:40 am, Columbus Community Kollel.

Hebrew Classes for Adults Advanced level, 7:30 pm.

Congregation Beth Tikvah.

Yiddish Classes Intermediate, 7:30 pm. Congregation Beth Tikvah.

Senior Studies Mitzvah Medley. Learn about the 613

ONGOING WEDNESDAYS Kollel Summer Investigation Casefile #2: A Kernel of Kabbalah A 3 week learning experience starting Wednesday June 30. 8 pm with Rabbi Zvi Katz, on Life After Death, Angels and Demons, Dreams and Prophecy at the Columbus Community Kollel.

Northwest Residents – Topics in Judaism a program of the Columbus Community Kollel, 7:30 pm at the Dublin Community Recreation Center, 5600 Post Road. Call Rabbi Zvi Katz for details 237-7133 Parsha of the Week (Mystical Bent) Taught by Rabbi Goldberg. 7-8:30 pm.

Breslov Synagogue and Kabbalah Centre. Call 231-8671.

Talmud Class Led by Rabbi Epstein, 8 pm at Congregation Torat Emet.

Hebrew Classes for Adults Intermediate level. 6:30 pm at Beth Tikvah.

Torah, One Topic at a Time Understanding a Torah lifestyle and topics of the day with Rabbi Tzvi Tuchman. 10 am. Every other week at the Columbus Community Kollel.

Please call to confirm dates.

Mitzvah Medley (for Men and Women) Is a mitzvah just a good deed? Learn about the 613 commandments or mitzvot that the Torah requires of all Jews with Rabbi Weinrach 8pm at the Columbus Community Kollel. No reservations necessary.

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ONGOING THURSDAYS Kollel Summer Investigation Casefile #3: Personal Growth A 3 week learning experience starting Wednesday June 30. 8 pm with Rabbi Avi Methal and Rabbi Yaakov Weinrach, on Pleasure Island, Maximizing This World, That’s What Friends Are For! and Self: Getting To Know ME at the Columbus Community Kollel.

Parsha Perspectives This weekly class covers the people,

places, and events of each weekly portion as well as the essential ideas and concepts in each portion. With Rabbi Methal. 9 pm at the Columbus Community Kollel.

Hebrew classes For adult beginners. 7 pm at Congregation Beth Tikvah.

Melachim II Class Women’s class. Taught by Rabbi Rosenberg at 10:30 am. Congregation Ahavas Sholom.

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ONGOING SATURDAYS (SHABBAT) Torah Study Group Arthur Ksienski leads a discussion of the week’s Torah portion. 2:30 pm in the Beth Tikvah Library. Call Barb Krumsee (Krumsee.1@osu.edu).

Beracha The Berwick/Bexley Alternative Chavurah meets weekly for Shabbat morning services and monthly for Kabbalat Shabbat potluck dinner.

Location varies. Call Susan Couden at 231-1420

SENIORS JUNE 28

A night of Song and Laughter. JCC Gala fundraiser presents Mike Burstyn and Steve Solomon. Special deal for senior citizens that join our group.

Transportation possible. Call ilana 5596214

ONGOING TUESDAYS Senior Studies Learn about the book of Joshua with Rabbi Weinrach, 2:30 pm. Columbus Community Kollel. No reservations necessary. Call 237-7133.

SOCIAL JUNE 19 Fettuccini & Friends House party – Picnic with Jewish singles over forty at Janice Jennings’s home, 668 Bellamy Place, 866-3265, 6:00 pm.

JUNE 20 Father’s Day Brunch Honor your father on this special morning with a special brunch at 10:30 am at Congregation Agudas Achim.

RSVP to synagogue.

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20. Eddie Fisher’s ex 22. Imitated Solomon 23. Broke the ninth?

25. That woman 27. Eat (Yid) 28. “__bone of an ass” Samson’s weapon 31. Yeshiva activity 34. Ishmael progeny 36. Mordecai through Shushan 40. Prophet 41. Emulate Abba Eban 43. Misplace 44. Shtetl neighbor 46. Anne Frank’s hide away 47. Abba Eban work 50. Tu B’ Shevat planting?

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MCL Cafeteria Dinner If you aren’t celebrating with your father, or your kids aren’t celebrating with you, join the rest of the orphans for dinner – or if you like bring Dad along.

Jewish Singles. MCL Cafeteria, 5240 East Main Street, 861-6259.

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YJP Happy Hour 8 pm. Call Cydney Singer 614-5593209/csinger@tcjf.org

JUNE 27 Picnic in the Park JFS annual picnic. Celebrating the family, a fun festival for all ages, with activities from COSI, carnival rides, food. Call Linda Katz 559-0153 or Bobbie Shkolnik 559-0105.

Dinner Join Jewish Singles for dinner at Old Bag of Nails, 18 N. Nelson Rd., 252-4949

JUNE 28 JCC Gala A night of song and laughter featuring singer Mike Burstyn and the Columbus Jazz Arts Group, with comedian Steve Solomon. Riffe Center Downtown.

Sponsoring tickets are $175, $250 and $500. Show tickets only are $20 to $60. Proceeds benefit the JCC. Call Rozanne Stern at 559-6234.

JULY 13 SWEET dinner Sisterhood Women Enjoying Eating Together at Oscar’s in Old Dublin, 84 N. High St., 6:30pm. Congregation Beth Tikvah. Israel. RSVP to Irene Donhowe at idonhowe@columbusrr.com/733-0390

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YJP - Second Tuesday’s Dinner 7 pm. Cydney Singer. 559-3209/ csinger@tcjf.org

ONGOING SUNDAYS B’nai Brith Bowling Men’s League IBBBA affiliated. From 9:30 am at Holiday Lanes, 4589 E Broad St. Call Jeff Wasserstrom, 760-0025; Lawrence Binsky, 235-7575; or Ken Kerstein, 2357865.

ONGOING MONDAYS Knitting Chavura Get together to knit for charity. 11 am at Temple Israel.

ONGOING TUESDAYS B’nai Brith Bowling Mixed League IBBBA affiliated. From 8 pm at Main Lanes, 4071 E. Main St. Call Jeff Wasserstrom, 760-0025; Lawrence Binsky, 235-7575; or Ken Kerstein, 2357865.

ONGOING WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Bridge Anyone?

55+ Chavurah through Temple Israel.

Noon at MCL Cafeteria, 5240 E. Main St., Whitehall. Call Shirley Berger, 231-3290.

TOTS JUNE 17 Agudas Achim Preschool discussion Informative discussion with parents of perspective students. At the home of Carol Cohen, 119 North Roosevelt Ave. at 7:30 pm, call 236-2595.

JUNE 28 Intergenerational day camp Art and science day for the children and residents of Wexner Heritage House. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Metro parks will visit, crafts,. 2- 3:30pm.

Contact Leslie Hire for more info. 559-0249

ONGOING MONDAYS The Art of Positive Parenting A six-week class from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

JCC. Call Nikki Henry at 559-6289.

Tot Tennis Instruction by Pam Lippy from 1:30 – 2 pm at Temple Israel. Call Agin at 8660010 ext. 113 or e-mail at familyed@te mpleisrael.org.

Infant/Toddler Chat Time Chat about developmental information, guidance and discipline.

This is an opportunity to confer with other parents and children. 12 – 1 pm.

JCC. Call Nikki Henry at 559-6289.

Toddler Time Experience arts, sensory, music and story time for 16 mo. – 2 1⁄2 yrs. 9 – 10 am. JCC. Call Nikki Henry at 559-6289.

ONGOING TUESDAYS Infant Massage Learn the art of infant massage and the benefit of touch as a way to communicate with your baby. 7 – 7:45 pm. JCC. Call Nikki Henry at 559-6289

ONGOING WEDNESDAYS Noah’s Ark Sensory activities for 3 – 4 yr. olds. 1 – 2 pm. JCC. Call to register and for fees, Nikki Henry at 559-6289.

Mommy and Me Yoga Learn the basic yoga principles and have fun with movement, stories and song, for walking toddlers – 3 yr. olds.

9 – 9:30 am. JCC. Call to register and for fees, Nikki Henry at 559-6289

22 :: Tammuz 5764 :: July 2004 Sing- and Dance-Along for preschoolers Children can move and groove with Joanie Calem, from 1:15 – 1:45 pm at Temple Israel. For schedules and to register call Mindy Agin at 866-0010 x113 or e-mail at familyed@templeisra el.org.

Circumcision without bris change Jewish status?

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Our middle son has cerebral palsy, is 23 years old and lives at home. Often on our outings to the mall, people will stop us to pray for our well – being, many times bringing up Jesus’ name. My wife reacts rudely to these people. I smile and say thanks and walk on.

I don’t think it hurts for someone to pray for us; my wife feels they ought to mind their own religious business and butt out of ours. Otherwise we both welcome friendly people. Who is right?

WENDY BELZBERG

Sensory Time for Infants For infants 6 weeks through 18 months, 10:30 am at the JCC. Call Nikki Henry at 559-6289.

ONGOING - FRIDAYS Tot Shabbat Welcome Shabbat each week with blessings over wine and challah and music! 10:30 am, JCC. Computer Quest Basic computers for 3 – 5 year olds at the JCC North. To register call Debbie or Linda at 764-2414.

Yoga for two!

Parent-child yoga classes with Tracey Gardener from 1 – 1:30 pm at Temple Israel. For schedules and to register call Mindy Agin at 866-0010 x113 or e-mail familyed@templeisrael.org.

KIDS

I recently learned that my cousin (a young doctor) is getting married. His parents are both Jewish.

However, I remember that when he was born, he did not have a bris. He was circumcised, but not by a mohel. What is his status as a Jew? Shall I say something, or just keep quiet?

You can breathe easy. There is still the same number of Jewish doctors in the world. Jewish status is determined by the mother; if your cousin’s mother is Jewish–even if his father is not – the good doctor is a Jew. This rule applies to all male children – whether they are circumcised or not.

The issue of religion aside, let me ask this: unless you are a generation older than your cousin, how do you happen to know about his circumcision? Surely you must have other things on your mind. If you haven’t, you probably ought to broaden your interests and find some.

ONGOING Kaleidoscope, after-school program Daily, For those in 1st through 6th grade, from 3 – 6 pm. Includes a variety of activities at the JCC 1125 College Ave, also at JCC North and in New Albany. Call Rachel Fox at 5596266.

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Mind their own religious business or mind their own family business? I’m all for prayer. And though the mention of Jesus’ name would also make me pause, I accept all forms of goodwill, good wishes and prayer. (I would probably draw a line at the Bible-thumping, proselytizing variety.)

I can’t help but wonder if people would stop you and offer their prayers if you were walking in the mall with one of your other children. I suspect that your wife’s reaction is as much about people minding her family business as it is about the mention of Jesus’ name. The good wishes of perfect strangers in a mall could feel less like prayer and more like sympathy. That would not feel comfortable to anyone.

Your son may have limitations that are more apparent than those of the other bargain hunters strolling through the mall. Remember that you and your family are in no more need of prayer because of it than any other shoppers.

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‘Everyone needs to breathe clean air’

Looking for something to do this summer?

ONGOING SUNDAYS

Courtesy of the Columbus Jewish Day School

Kollel & CTA partner for Summer Learning Program and Siddur contest 10:30 am June 20th through July 18th For boys and girls grades 3 through 7 at the Columbus Community Kollel.

ONGOING TUESDAYS Shalom Giggles Children and adults learn Hebrew through songs, finger plays and more.

9:30 – 10 am. Begins Jan. 13. JCC. Call Nikki Henry at 559-6289/smescher@colu mbusjcc.org.

TEENS ONGOING MONDAYS Mars, Venus & Universe of Relationships Teen Learning Center, for 8th graders.

8 - 9 pm. Columbus Community Kollel. Contact Rabbi Tuchman 237-7133 (rabbituchman@theKollel. org) or Mrs. Esther Pransky 231-1208 (ylpransky@juno.com).

ONGOING TUESDAYS BBYO Meetings Join B’nai Brith Youth Organization teens for socializing, community projects and more. 7:30 pm at the JCC. Call Michal Rubin at 231-2731 x378/mrubin@columbusjcc.org

ONGOING WEDNESDAYS Communiteen Jewish learning for teens at the JCC. 7:30 - 9 pm. Call 559-6286.

ONGOING SATURDAYS Teen Minyan Youth-led services each Shabbat morning. Congregation Ahavas Sholom; contact Rabbi Burr at 237-

Third grade students at the Columbus Jewish Day School presented a check for $170.13 to Marcia Bennett from the Central Ohio Breathing Association (COBA). This past spring, the students held a class meeting to select a recipient for a tzedakah project. After looking at a list of charities provided by the United Way, students nominated specific charities and provided reasons for their choices. The students then voted to donate money to the Central Ohio Breathing Association because “everyone needs to breathe clean air” and “people shouldn’t smoke.”

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Bnei Sakhnin captain Abbas Suan raises the soccer State Cup after his team defeated Hapoel Haifa in the final in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Bnei Sakhnin made history by being the first Arab team to win a soccer title in Israel. Bnei Sakhnin defeated Hapoel Haifa 4-1. Although some of Bnei Sakhnin’s players are Jewish, it is based in an Arab town and is identified with the Arab population, which has never had much athletic success. The team will represent Israel in next season’s European Cup.

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suicide attack the following summer in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines, some FROM PAGE 13 blamed Israel for dragging the United States into the conflict there. In truth, Israel portended the end of the struggle Israeli officials had tried hard to perfor Soviet Jews. suade Reagan not to deploy troops to the Reagan also earned Jewish admiregion. ration for appointing secretaries of The attack on the Marine barracks state who were sympathetic to Israel. created an impression that would dog Alexander Haig and George Schultz Israel throughout the 1980s and beyond: both broke with the traditional ``bad Israel somehow was responsible for anticop” role that the Cabinet officer usually American terrorism. plays with the Jewish Also, the political polarization now State. besetting domestic issues important to But the president’s many Jews -- including abortion rights, visceral sympathy for poverty relief and government medical Israel was undermined assistance -- was emphasized during the by his uneasy relations Reagan years. with then-Israeli Prime ``Reagan legitimated a rightMinister Menachem wing, biblical, Victorian view of the Begin. The leadfamily,”said Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a ers’ styles inevitably leading Jewish feminist. ``We’ve been clashed: the avuncular, paying for it ever since.” give-me-the-big-picture Despite such tensions, affection movie star versus the for Reagan persisted among Jews. He proper European-born earned a respectable 31 percent of lawyer. the Jewish vote in the 1984 elections, ``There were many though it did not match the 39 percent misreadings,” Breger he had won in 1980, when the prorecalled.

Reagan Jewish vote largely was the When Begin said result of voter backlash against the poli``no problem” about Natan Sharansky, seated with his wife Avital shortly after his arrival at cies of President Carter. settlements in the West Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in 1986, calls President Reagan to thank him for The most serious test of Reagan’s Bank and Gaza, Reagan helping to arrange Sharansky’s release from the Soviet Union. relationship with the Jews came assumed Israel was Begin got his own back at Reagan: after those elections, when Reagan agreeing to a freeze; but Begin merely Israel was nobody’s ``banana republic,” was saying, with characteristic confithe Israeli prime minister said, a defiant announced in April 1985 that he would visit Bitburg, a World War II military dence, that the settlements should not statement that undermined Reagan’s cemetery, to commemorate the 40th pose a problem. desire to appear in control of events. anniversary of D-Day. ``Theirs were different personLess than a year later, in June Reagan’s optimism, so valued by alities,” Breger said, so much so that 1982, tempers flared again when Israel the Jewish community when it came to Reagan expressed relief in 1984 after invaded Lebanon in order to oust the his hopes for Israel and Soviet Jewry, his first meeting with Begin’s successor, PLO from its stronghold there. Israel was a factor Yitzhak Shamir -- even though Shamir said it got a ``yelin this decisometimes took a harder line than low light” from sion: The Begin.

Secretary of State president The first crisis of Israel ties during Haig -- a fact that wanted to Reagan’s presidency was occasioned by helped accelerate look ahead, Israel’s attack in June 1981 on Iraq’s Haig’s departure not backOsirak nuclear reactor. from office. ward, he Reagan, a proponent of nuclear More substansaid. power in the United States, was upset tially, Reagan But that an ally ostensibly was reinforcsecretly formuU.S. Jews ing perceptions that all nuclear power lated a plan were posed dangers, and he suspended arms not only to pull stunned, shipments to Israel in response. Reagan Israeli troops out especially said Iraq, which the United States then of Lebanon, but when they supported, may have been persuaded to force Israel learned to use the nuclear reactor for peaceful into withdrawthat more purposes. ing from the than 40 Reagan also resented the lobbying West Bank and members of

by Israel and its supporters against Gaza. He ultithe Waffen the sale of AWACS spy planes to Saudi mately envisioned SS were Arabia in 1981. The American Israel Palestinian buried at Public Affairs Committee, outraged that autonomy in a Bitburg.

Reagan was reneging on a campaign federal system Not even promise so soon after his election, got with Jordan. a personal the House of Representatives to oppose When Reagan appeal from the sale. announced the Elie Wiesel, When the battle went to the Senate, plan on Sept. 1, America’s Reagan, eager for a triumph with an 1982, Begin said best-known irascible Congress, played hardball. He it was ``the sadHolocaust and his aides raised the specter of dual dest day of my loyalty charges. life.” Ultimately, President Reagan, at right, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin survivor, could ``The administration was out there resistance by the have a conversation in the White House garden on June 21, 1982. dissuade saying ‘Reagan or Begin,’ “ recalled Ira Likud Party-led Reagan.

Forman, then the political director for Cabinet killed the plan.

The failure to keep Reagan from AIPAC and now the executive direcOnly days later, Israel’s Christian Bitburg was another reminder of the tor of the National Jewish Democratic allies in Lebanon, the Phalangists, limits of organized Jewish suasion. But Council. raided a Palestinian refugee camp again, Jewish bitterness eventually Begin’s opposition to the sale espeand slaughtered hundreds of civilians melted away because of the bigger piccially peeved Reagan, and on Oct. 1 of there. The ensuing controversy over the ture that encompassed Reagan’s friendthat year, Reagan famously said ``It degree of Israel’s responsibility poisoned liness to Jews. is not the business of other nations to Israel’s image in the West. It also led to ``With Reagan, you had disagreemake American foreign policy.” the resignation of Israel’s then-defense ments but you couldn’t get angry with That set off a wave of anti-Semitic minister, Ariel Sharon. him,” recalled Hyman Bookbinder, hate mail to senators. The AWACS Reagan reacted to the event, known then the Washington director of the sale triumphed in the Senate, and the as the Sabra and Shatila massacre, by American Jewish Committee. ``That apparent succumbing to warnings about creating a multinational force to help explains a lot of the comity; his staff excessive Jewish influence was a shock keep the peace in Lebanon. was open to me and others who wanted for a pro-Israel community that had It didn’t help Israel that when a

become increasingly confident in its influence since the Yom Kippur War. Reagan attempted to make amends after the vote by proposing a strategic relationship with Israel in November 1981. Begin and the Knesset surprised Reagan a month later by annexing the Golan Heights, territory claimed by Syria.

Reagan withdrew his offer, and two months after Reagan’s October remark,

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to communicate our feelings.”

Breger makes the case that Bitburg was necessary to keep Germany on board with U.S. policies. Propping up Chancellor Helmut Kohl helped keep Pershing missiles in Europe, which helped bring the Soviet Union to its knees.

Breger also said Reagan’s priority in the Middle East always was Israel’s security. ``President Reagan made his decisions on the basis of the option papers he was given, and he would always choose the option least injurious to Israel,” Breger said. ``The Jewish community would say gevalt, but they didn’t know the other options.”

On the domestic front, Reagan often was accused of clumsiness when it came to understanding minorities - his remarks on ``welfare queens” drew fire from blacks, but he acted swiftly whenever anyone close to him expressed outright bigotry.

Reagan forced James Watt, his interior secretary, to resign in 1983 after Watt said of one of his department’s committees, ``I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent.”

Reagan promised social reforms to Christian conservatives, but he never pursued those pledges with great enthusiasm. In 1982, he introduced a school prayer amendment but let it die in Congress; in 1987, he did little to stop the steamrolling of his Supreme Court candidate, Robert Bork.

Still, the symbolic weight he gave to the ideas of the Christian right, through repeated appearances with its leaders and through his speeches, gave that constituency access to power that it otherwise might not have had. ``He set the stage over many of the battles over social issues, choice, marriage amendment, school prayer,” said Mark Pelavin, then a legislative assistant with the American Jewish Congress and now the associate director of the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center.

Pelavin said the Christian right and small-government advocates gained their first footholds with Reagan. ``The whole anti-poverty agenda, the whole idea of trickle-down economics, making people stronger by supporting them less -- it hasn’t proven true,” Pelavin said.

Still, that did not diminish Reagan’s other achievements, Pelavin said. ``The end of the Cold War, strengthening the U.S.-Israel alliance -- he was a pivotal figure and his achievements will be long lasting,’’ he said.

(JTA correspondents Matthew E. Berger and Lev Krichevsky and TNS correspondent Daniel Newman contributed to this report.)

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Obituaries COHEN Norman Saul Cohen, age 89, of Columbus, died June 2, 2004. Preceded in death by wife Esther Schlansky Cohen, parents Nathan and Lillian Cohen and brothers Arthur, Milton, Seymour and Morton Cohen. Survived by wife, Sarita Karmia Cohen; sons, Stanley (Jamie) Cohen of Atlanta and Ronald (Pamela) Cohen of Columbus; 8 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brothers, Erwin (Annette) Cohen of Columbus and Donald (Flora Lee) Cohen of Charleston W. VA; sisters, Gladys Herwald of Columbus, Helen Carroll of Columbus and Gloria (Jim) Wimer of Tucson, AZ; sisters-in-law, Marian Weissman of Columbus, Myrium Cohen of Atlanta and Bette Codner

of Atlanta; step-daughter, Tina (Ron) Frazier and step-sons, Billy (Julie) Karmia, Sidney (Leslie) Karmia and Eddie (Jodie) Karmia; 9 step-grandchildren; step-brother, Sam (Anne) Gould.

Norman was the former owner of ESCO Advertising and Nathan’s Gift Shops.

He was a WW II Veteran and served as Past Commander of the Jewish War Veterans. He was also a former member of Congregation Tifereth Israel, Agudas Achim Synagogue and B’nai Brith. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations preferred to the Norman S. Cohen Fund c/o Congregation Tifereth Israel, 1354 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43205.

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HORVITZ Ida Amron Horvitz, 80, of Columbus, died Monday, May 17, 2004, surrounded by family, after a brief battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 6, 1924 to the late Morris and Fanny Amron, Mrs. Horvitz retired as Associate Dean of Continuing Education for the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing and Health for over 20 years. She is survived by her husband, David of Columbus; children, Martha and Dennis DeNiro of Columbus, Deborah Horvitz and David Stein of Durham, NC, and Richard Horvitz of Cincinnati; and her grandchildren, Julia and Steve DeNiro of Columbus and Eli and Avi Stein of Durham. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, or to Ohio Nurses Foundation Scholarship Fund (c/ o Helen), 4000 East Main St., Columbus 43213. Arrangements were done by THE EPSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL. KATZ Philip Katz of Kensington Place, died May 21, 2004. Preceded in death by his beloved wife Bertie Katz and brother Harold Katz. Survived by daughter, Janice (Richard) Witter; sons, Harvey (Joyce) Katz and Louie Katz of St. Petersburg, FL; brothers, Norman (Carolyn) Katz and Paul (Bette) Katz; sister, Betty Dworkin; grandchildren, Stacy (David) Clawson, Michael Katz, Josh Topolosky and Shani Topolosky; great grandchildren, Cassandra and Nicholas Clawson; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friends, Edythe Westerman, Morris Kroos and Jake (Cyril) Rich. Philip was a lifelong member of Congregation Tifereth Israel and was former owner of Katz Tires. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations preferred to Congregation Tifereth Israel or Mt. Carmel East Hospice. Arrangements were done by THE EPSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL. SHWARTZ Ruth M. Shwartz, age 89, of Columbus, died May 17, 2004. Preceded in death by husband, Jacob Shwartz;

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FROM PAGE 12 XYZ and you, the employer, must comply,’ “ Diament said.

Advocates note that no such problems have occurred in the five years since similar rules went into effect for federal employees, after President Clinton signed an executive order to that effect. ``This is a balancing test, and this is a fair balancing test,” Saperstein said.

Jewish organizational leaders say they are frustrated they were unable to overcome their impasse with the ACLU in the eight months they have been discussing the issue.

The civil rights organization has strong ties with the Democratic minority in the Senate, and it would only take

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parents, Ada and Samuel Fisher; brothers, Sanford, Edward and Leon Fisher and brother-in-law, Henry Shwartz.

Survived by children, Mark Shwartz, Susan Braig and Francine (Gerald) Jacobs; grandchildren, Evan and Lisa Shwartz, Julie Jacobs, Ian Jacobs (Valerie Chang) and Greg (Elizabeth Siegel) Jacobs; great-granddaughter, Audrey Jacobs; brother, Elmer (Lee) Fisher; sisters, Marcia Goldsmith and Shirley Berman; brothers-in-law, Myron (Phyllis) Shwartz and Ben (Jean) Shwartz; sister-in-law, Ibi Shwartz and numerous nieces, nephews, greatnieces and great-nephews. Beloved mother, grandmother and sister, she brought a smile to all who knew her.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations preferred to American Diabetes Assoc. or National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Arrangements were done by THE EPSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL. SONENSTEIN Earl ‘’Icky’’ Sonenstein, of Columbus. Preceded in death by wife Rosalyn. Survived by daughter, Lea Anne Sonenstein of Columbus; son, Darryl (Lorie) Sonenstein of Sacramento, CA; and grandchildren, Shoshi Sonham, Noah Sonenstein, and Ariel Sonenstein; and nieces and nephews. Earl was a Veteran of WW II and a member of Congregation Tifereth Israel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations preferred to donor’s choice.

Arrangements were done by THE EPSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL. SOWALD Malcolm J. Sowald, age 55, of Columbus. Preceded in death by father Martin M. Sowald. Survived by mother, Beatrice K. Sowald of Columbus; sisters, Heather (Robert Kaplan) Sowald of Gahanna, OH and Debra Sowald of Centerville, OH; and nieces and nephews, Drew and Alexis Kaplan and Chad, Piper and Jody Sowald. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations preferred to Beth Jacob Synagogue. Arrangements were done by THE EPSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL. one senator to block the legislation from reaching a vote.

Still, Jewish groups are optimistic.

Santorum’s office has indicated an interest in a vote, and Kerry’s backing is expected to help the momentum among Democrats.

In fact, Jewish leaders believe Kerry’s vocal support for the legislation, which he touted when he spoke to the AntiDefamation League in May, could counterbalance the ACLU. ``The sense is there is some movement on the bill,” said Richard Foltin, legislative director for the American Jewish Committee. ``The ACLU is a voice and people listen when they speak; that doesn’t mean they are always persuasive.’’

Israel is fighting not because of the desire to destroy Arabs, but because of the desire of the Arab establishment to annihilate the Jews. Until the Arab has the freedom to think and act like a normal healthy individual in his society, the Israeli critic only feeds into attitudes and policies that lead to more death and human suffering.

—Fred Kass, Columbus

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Is a landlord required to make sure that a rented apartment is livable?

Nowadays, the law generally holds the landlord to an “implied warranty of habitability.” In other words, by the very fact of offering a property for rent he is assuring the tenant that the apartment meets generally accepted standards for dwelling. Jewish law has imposed a similar requirement, at least since the time of the Mishna, about 2000 years ago.

The Mishna states: “The landlord is obligated to provide a door, a bolt, and a lock, and anything else which requires skilled labor.” The Talmud adds that

this includes providing windows for air and light, strengthening the roof when this is necessary, and so on. The Mishna also states that routine maintenance, which can be done by an unskilled workman, is the responsibility of the tenant. (1) Maimonides generalizes this ruling in a broad statement: the landlord is obligated to provide everything that is a “fundamental requirement in habitation of dwellings.” (2) And the 19th century authority Rabbi Yechiel Michal Epstein points out that this standard is dependent on what is accepted in a particular time and place for ordinary dwellings.

“In each place according to its custom, the landlord is required to install and repair fixed items.” Rabbi Epstein emphasizes that this obligation is absolute: “Even if the tenant came to see the house before renting and saw that these items were lacking, we don’t assume that he accepts what he sees.

Rather, the assumption is that he doesn’t even need to mention it, and relies on the fact that the landlord will install and repair everything that is

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needed and everything that the majority of householders and properties are accustomed to.”

Self Help Since these basic necessities are the obligation of the landlord to the tenant, if the landlord fails to provide them the tenant will generally be able to repair them at the landlord’s expense. For example, he can deduct the costs from the monthly rent. (4) But this course should only be a last resort, after the landlord has been giving proper notification of the problem, a reasonable opportunity to take care of it and a warning that the tenant intends to take care of it by himself.

Naturally, the application of this rule will depend on the situation. If the radiator isn’t working and it’s summertime, there is no justification for the tenant to take responsibility for the work without giving ample time for the landlord to consider the most economical solution.

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to cause massive damage to the apartment and to the neighbors, the tenant shouldn’t hesitate to call straight for a plumber to take care of the emergency.

As we have already pointed out, the Mishna does not neglect the obligations of the tenant. Many kinds of routine, unskilled maintenance tasks are the responsibility of the tenant, and those who dwell in rental housing need to take this responsibility seriously.

The property should be kept clean and well tended. The ethical approach to business relations is the balanced one. While the exact extent and breakdown of responsibility will vary according to time and place, the unvarying principle is implied in the Mishna: landlord and tenant each have obligations to take appropriate care of any problems and to make the rental arrangement successful and mutually beneficial.

Tax benefits and a high level of a steady, reliable stream of income long have made charitable gift annuities a favorite vehicle of many people – especially those past the so-called accumulation stage of life who are not as concerned with increasing assets as with finding ways to ensure an income they can’t outlive.

Exactly what is a charitable gift annuity? As the name suggests, it is part gift – a contribution of money or property to the charity of your choice – and part annuity – an arrangement under which the charity agrees to pay its annuitant(s) fixed payments for life.

This annuity concept probably is familiar to many senior citizens who may remember the regular calls from their local insurance salesman back in the Depression days. The insurance man would stop by to collect weekly payments on a policy taken out to provide for a child’s education, an untimely death or future retirement.

Since few had retirement programs in those days, most people could count on a comfortable old age only if they “did it themselves.” Commercial annuities were sold as a way to accomplish individual retirement programs. People deposited money with a company in exchange for the assurance that they would never run out of income As with a commercial annuity, a portion of each charitable gift annuity payment – sometimes a substantial portion – is tax-free over the annuitant’s life

expectancy as a return of investment.

But here the similarity with a commercial annuity ends. As the name implies, a gift annuity is also part gift.

At the death of the last beneficiary, the charity receives the funds remaining in the annuity account.

This gift component is very important because it generates two significant tax benefits. First, since a portion of the gift is treated as a charitable contribution, the donor gets an immediate income-tax deduction. Second, if long-term capitalgain property is used to fund the gift annuity, then part of the gain escapes taxation and the rest can be spread over the donor/annuitant’s life expectancy.

By way of example, Mrs. Goode, 65, decides to use stock with a fair-market value of $10,000, purchased years ago for $6,000, to fund a charitable gift annuity. In return, she receives an immediate charitable income-tax deduction of $3,375 to help offset her current tax bill.

She also receives an annual annuity of $600 for life. Of this amount, $265 has to be reported as ordinary income, $201 as tax-free return of principal, and $134 as capital gain over her actuarial life expectancy – 21 years for Mrs. Goode. (If she lives beyond her life expectancy, from then on the entire annuity will be treated as ordinary income.)

In addition to the tax benefits, people often are attracted to the gift annuity for other, less obvious reasons: A donor can establish a gift annuity with a relatively small sum of money; the procedure is straightforward and uncomplicated; there is no need to make a new will; and because a donor can receive payments from his or her gift, the gift annuity vehicle enables a person of modest means to make a gift during his See JACOBS on next page

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YEMENITE

FROM PAGE 11 For five of the Nahari children and their mother, the journey to Israel began in the wee hours of June 1, when the family surreptitiously packed their bags, Landsberg said.

Later that day, the Jewish Agency sent a van to pick up the five children, who were dressed in their school uniforms. Their mother, who said she was going out to visit her father, joined them in the van, which took them to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport.

The rest of the family remained in New York. ``I didn’t take them from their houses by myself. They asked for that,” Landsberg said. ``We’re just helping them. Whatever they want to do, we are helping them.”

Scores of Yemenite Jews live in Orange and Rockland counties, according to David Pollock, associate executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.

The area is heavily Satmar, particularly in Rockland County, where most Satmars live in a village called Kiryas Joel. The balance of New York’s Satmar community is centered in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg.

The episode suggests that the relationship between Yemenite Jews and Satmars in Rockland County is complex.

The Yemenite Jews were ``induced to come here and their basic needs were taken care of in some way,” Pollack said. The question is ``if they knew about all of their options, would they

choose differently” -- to stay in New York or emigrate to Israel.

That, Pollock said, ``probably varies from family to family.”

Ephraim Isaac, president of the Yemenite Jewish Federation, charged that the Satmars exploited and abused a naive group.

He said that the two Yemenite families he visited in recent years lived in a cramped apartment, ``almost like a jail room.”

When he went to visit, Isaac said, ``each time I was told not to come during the day because they’re being spied upon by the community.”

It’s a ``shocking, disgusting story that the Jewish community is partly responsible for,” Isaac said, referring to American Jewish groups that pushed for the Yemenites’ exit from Yemen but lacked a concrete follow-up plan for their resettlement.

Joel Petlin, an administrator in the Kiryas Joel school district, denied that the Yemenites were being abused.

Petlin said his bureau, which runs English-as-a-second-language programs for Yemenite Jews, would ``be the first line” in catching any kind of funny business. ``They’re welcomed, they’re brought into the school system, they’re given places to live, food to eat, and every resource is made available to assist them in their resettlement,” Petlin said. ``People are free to choose to stay or go.’’

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FROM PAGE 15 closed, traditionalist religious state, governed by laws based on Jewish religious texts.

Israel does not have a constitution to establish a separation of church and state, and the Orthodox parties, cohesive and well organized, exercise power far beyond their numbers because their votes are often needed to form a coalition government.

Orthodox Jews in Israel are, in turn, terminally dependent on the government since their culture values Bible study (for men) and procreation (for women) over national service and economic independence. Large families (7-10 siblings) are the norm within the Orthodox community, as is poverty, both of which are encouraged by their leaders since large families create more voters and poor families are easier to control.

The Orthodox leadership has used its political power and attendant access to government budgets, to burden secular Israelis with bizarre civil restrictions and funnel disproportionate resources to support its constituents and its sectarian agenda. The Orthodox leadership has been consistently hawkish politically, even though most of its followers are exempt from military service.

The secular majority, tired of paying in taxes and blood to prop up the separatist and disdainful Orthodox agenda, has been grumbling, and the pressure for change is growing.

But much has remained the same.

Pictures of dead soldiers still regularly fill the front page. Soccer stadiums are still full on Saturday afternoons as Orthodox politicians – always more politically savvy than God-fearing-turn a blind eye. Ties still are a rarity around the table at the latest emergency parliament meeting. Young lovers in small town cafés stare into each other’s eyes and forget all about their various imminent betrayals.

And silently, underneath all the noise and front-page chatter, simmers the ever-worsening regional water crisis. The Middle East is a desert; water is scarce, and the population is growing.

You do the math.

Ironically, the water crisis may be a source of hope, since resolving it is both patently necessary and requires cooperation between Israel, Jordan, Syria and the Palestinians. Forced to cooperate, they may be forced to learn to trust.

Noam Shpancer was born on Kibbutz Nachshon near Jerusalem. He served in the Israel Defence Forces in an infantry division and was a reservist during Israel’s Lebanon war. He received his Ph.D. at Purdue University, with specialty areas in clinical and developmental psychology. He now lives in Eastmoor and is an associate professor of psychology at Otterbein College in Westerville. He can be reached at nshpancer@thenewstandard.com

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My son is army bound Israeli Buckeye

EDIE ILAN

Thanks, Columbus and “The New Standard” readers! I was touched by your messages saying you enjoyed my first column last month. I look forward to staying in touch with you through this monthly column.

I want to share as an “Israeli Buckeye” those subjects that interest YOU and offer my perspective as an Israeli-by-choice from Columbus.

There’s so much to share about Israel.

Last month I talked about the process of establishing my roots in Israel over the last 10 years. I mentioned that my 17-year-old son, Tomer, received his army induction letter while I was recently in the U.S. When we spoke on the phone, I heard the excitement in his voice. As his mother, I took a deep breath, something I learned 17 years ago in childbirth, for times while under stress.

Where have 17 years gone? I vividly remember the day after Tomer was born. Mordechai and I drove tiny Tomer home from Grant Hospital in our little brown Toyota. We drove down Broad Street with great caution because we had precious cargo on board, our first born.

Now, a short 17 years later, 10 years after moving to Israel, Tomer received his induction notice for the Israeli army.

I was in the U.S. on a speaking tour about Israel when the letter arrived.

I was surprised he received the letter more than a year before he actually will enter the army. Those of you who know Israeli culture know Israelis are not known for advanced planning. I guess when it comes to army service, things work differently.

Tomer will graduate from high school next year. This spring, kids he was in kindergarten with, at Columbus Torah Academy are gathering information from universities and beginning to think about majors and career choices.

But Tomer and his classmates are thinking about what unit they want to

serve in the army. While teen-agers his age are getting college applications, Tomer and his friends are getting induction letters and taking medical exams for the army.

This is the ultimate of giving to one’s country. Unlike the U.S. volunteer army, the Israeli Army is mandatory for every young man and woman of 18.

Well, every Israeli other than those that are exempt, such as ultra-Orthodox and Arab Israelis.

How do I feel, you ask? On one hand, I am quite proud. Our Jewish teachings say God judges us by our deeds. Serving in the Israeli army is the highest form of serving our state, and the ultimate patriotic act. On the other hand, the day Tomer will be inducted into the army, like every mother, I will start counting the days until he completes his service– 3 years later.

I have been confronted since I moved to Israel with the price we pay to live our dream. We pay a heavy price to stand strong, free and proud every Yom Ha’atzamaut, Israeli Independence Day. I accept that, as much as those outside Israel love this country, they are not able to understand the challenges of living here.

Tomer will know firsthand the challenge of living here when he enters the army. He considers it an honor to defend our country for all Jews to continue to have a homeland.

As I write these words, Tomer and my daughter, Cegal, are studying for their high school matriculation exams.

After he completes the army and travels to some exotic place in the world for several months (a rite of passage after army service), Tomer hopefully will go to university.

He will have had so much worldly experience by then, much more than I did at 22, or than his U.S. counterparts.

By then, his peers in Columbus may be studying for a second degree, or possibly spending time in Israel, getting to know the land of their ancestors.

Edie Ilan is a a communication consultant living in Rannana, Israel. She and her family moved from Columbus to Israel in 1994. She is married, with two kids, Tomer, 17, and Cegal, 15. Ilan can be reached via email at: edieilan@bezeqint.net.

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FROM PAGE 26 or her lifetime without financial sacrifice.

What the gift annuity means to many donors is the security of a generous, regular non-fluctuating stream of income – an end to the dramatic swings the marketplace has seen in the last several years.

There are several ways to make a charitable gift and receive a stream of lifetime income. The charitable gift annuity is just one way.

Gift annuities always have been

attractive to donors who want to help their favorite charities. Charitable gift annuities provide opportunities for the current satisfaction of making a gift while retaining lifetime income.

If these objectives sound appealing, charitable gift annuities are well worth exploring.

Jackie Jacobs is executive director of the Columbus Jewish Foundation, the planned giving headquarters of the Central Ohio Jewish community.

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Gaza,’’ one Palestinian official told Israel’s daily Yediot Achronot.

Egypt, too, may serve as a mediating force during a withdrwal. It has offered to send security advisers to Gaza to bolster Palestinian security forces to the

point where they could take on Hamas after an Israeli pullback.

Many Palestinians view stability as key to attracting foreign donor money to rehabilitate Gaza’s Palestinians.

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Debra holds a B.S. degree in Human Ecology from The Ohio State University.

Barry received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology with high honors, and will be pursuing a masters degree there beginning this fall. He is employed in Dayton, Ohio by the United States government as an aerospace engineer.

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Jennifer Eisenman daughter of Nancy and Barry Eisenman, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 7:30 a.m. at Congregation Tifereth Israel.

Jennifer is a 7th grade student at Bexley Middle School. She received her Bat Mitzvah training from Addie Chomsky and Cantor Jack Chomsky. She is the granddaughter of Lily and Asher Kaufman of Los Angeles, California and Rose and Herman Eisenman of Columbus, Ohio. Jennifer was on the 7th grade basketball cheerleading squad and enjoys playing tennis.

Nancy, Barry and Andrew cordially invite relatives, friends and members of the congregation to worship with them and to join them for a light breakfast in Jennifer’s honor immediately following services.

Leah Beth Apothaker, daughter of Rabbi Howard L. Apothaker and Marcie Golden, was called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on June 5 at Temple Beth Shalom.

Marika Vaia Bresler, daughter of Herb Bresler and Cheryl Vaia and sister of Reuben Bresler, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on June 26 at Congregation Tifereth Israel.

Adam Rom Neubauer, son of David Neubauer and Jean Krum, was called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on June 12 at Temple Beth Shalom.

Jonathan Michael Price, son of Patrice and Sidney Price will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on June 19 at Congregation Beth Tikvah.

Samantha Blaire Swartz, daughter of Steven and Pamela Swartz, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on June 20 at Congregation Tifereth Israel.

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The following new synagogue board members and officers were just elected: Congregation Agudas Achim: Chairman of the Board: Robert A. Shapiro Vice-Chairman of the Board: Laurence Ruben 2nd Vice-Chairman of the Board: Ari Deshe President: Ron Rudolph Vice Presidents: Ben Braun, Michael Meckler, David Spialter Treasurer: Al Friedman Assistant Treasurer: Don Garlikov Secretary: Cindy Ebner Chairman of Chevra Kadisha: Sanford Lichtenstein New trustees: Ari Deshe, Steve Mathless, Steven Schottenstein, Lev Kucherski, Laurence Ruben, Kathy Worly Congregation Beth Tikvah: President: Mike Fliegel Vice presidents: Bruce Chapman, Barb Mindel Treasurer: Ernie Mandell Secretary: Greg Russell New trustees: Laura Zakin, Micki Seltzer, Don Goldbaum, Jodi O’Sullivan, Ginger Armstrong, Stewart Zweben, Manny Luttinger.

Congregation Tifereth Israel: President: Lee A. Hatch Vice presidents: Sheila R. Chodosh, David Greenberger Treasurer: Martin S. Rosenthal Secretary: Gary Gillett New Board Members: Adam Lewin, Greg Margulies, Bob Fredman, Debbie Marks Temple Beth Shalom: Co-Presidents: Fran Lamster, Janice Brillson Vice Presidents: Ellery Block, Rolf Kaufman, Dorry Sunenshine Treasurer: David Segal Secretary: Ellery Cadel New Members at Large: Maureen Emoff, Sandy Phalen, Mike Rothstein, Wendy Weiler Temple Israel: President: Jeffrey Ungar, President Vice presidents: Brian Tuckerman, Dr. Ted Smiley, Dan Finkelman Secretary: Roger Sugarman Assistant secretary: Artie Isaac Treasurer: Harriette Hansell Assistant Treasurer: Michael Mozenter

synagogues that are like Agudas Achim – which had experienced shifts in practice since World War II – already have become Conservative.

During a May visit, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, executive vice president of the OU, told Agudas Achim members that their shul is not unusual. It hails from a time when the OU permitted synagogues to adapt certain rules out of fear that that Jews would abandon Orthodoxy altogether.

One of the adaptations permitted was eradication of separations between men and women during prayer. Over the years, however, the OU reexamined its rules and no longer allows member synagogues to offer davening without a separation.

Benson Wolman, whose father was Agudas Achim president in the 1950s, said he thought the June 13 vote, “was a desirable step, on balance.” He recalled the confusion that sometimes resulted when a mehitzah was erected to accommodate a special request.

That happened in 1974 when his mother wanted to say Kaddish for his father. Wolman said the mehitzah was up because a speaker was coming, and his mother was not comfortable walking into the sanctuary with her sons.

“I was personally determined for that not to happen again,” said Wolman.

“I’m committed to being able to accompany my wife when she says Kaddish for her parents.”

But he acknowledged that change will take time, and should, especially for older members, “to allow them to stay comfortable and still have a voice in how services should be run.”

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Food & Recipes

Smokin’!

CHEF LANA COVEL The first time I saw a demonstration of how to hot-smoke foods my interest was piqued. At that time, my idea of smoked salmon was limited to lox, and I knew smoked turkey only as something that was pressed together and sliced from a roll.

I was so intrigued that I took classes and went to as many demonstrations as I could find. When I felt that I knew enough to at least try some things, I started to gather the appropriate equipment. I knew that I did not want to spend thousands of dollars to buy a commercial smoker, since I was not sure that this was not just a phase. A smoking box worked well in the demonstrations, but I did not want all that smoke in my house. I decided to try to use my gas grill, which would be a good source of adjustable heat.

Different kinds and sizes of wood can be used

ers wine or beer. I use water.

To start smoking, turn the grill on high. Put the soaked and drained wood chips in a disposable aluminum pan and place the pan on the pre-heated grill. Close the lid and let the smoke build up. When I see smoke coming out of the grill, I know it is ready. One of the first times I performed this process, my neighbor rushed over to see if I was okay. He thought that my garage was on fire. Now he knows that I am just smoking something, and sniffs the air to see if he can tell what it is.

Put the food to be smoked on a rack, such as a cake rack or a broiler pan or a roasting rack. It should be something fireproof that will let the smoke come through but keep the food off the wood chips. Place the rack over the smoking wood chips and close the grill lid.

I have tried salmon, trout, halibut, chicken, turkey breast and various cuts of beef. Everything has turned out great. Since the wood chips are in a disposable pan, once they are cooled I just throw the whole thing away.

This technique is a nice addition to the grilling season and may even be usable all year round. If you experiment with this process, let me know what you used and how it comes out.

Chef Lana will be addressing different food-related questions and topics each month. If you have any questions or comments, she can be reached at ChefLana@t henewstan dard.com

Smoked chicken with white BBQ sauce

2 tsp kosher salt 1 1⁄2 tsp fresh ground pepper 1 1⁄2 tsp brown sugar 1 1⁄2 tsp paprika 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder 4 pounds kosher chicken thighs (see chef’s note) 2 cups soaked and drained wood chips Mix salt, pepper, sugar, paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder. Coat chicken pieces with the mixture.

Place wood chips in a disposable aluminum pan and put on pre-heated grill. Close the lid to allow smoke to develop. Place chicken on a slotted broiler pan or rack.

When grill is smoking, put the rack with the chicken pieces over the wood chips, and close the lid. Keep the grill on medium or medium high. Smoke should be visible the entire time the chicken is cooking.

Cook chicken until pieces have an internal temperature of 165 degrees, about 45 minutes.

Serve warm, with White BBQ Sauce.

Chef’s note: Chicken should be brined before smoking. Kosher poultry comes already brined.

White BBQ Sauce 1 cup mayonnaise 2 to 4 Tablespoons cider vinegar 2 Tablespoons freshly grated horseradish 2 Tablespoons water 1 tsp kosher salt 1⁄2 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1⁄4 tsp cayenne pepper Whisk until smooth.

Hot-Smoked Salmon 1 whole salmon (the fish should come cleaned and gutted) 1⁄2 cup brown sugar Fresh herbs, such as thyme, oregano, or basil 1 cup soaked and drained wood chips Place wood chips in a disposable aluminum pan and put on a pre-heated grill. Close the lid to allow smoke to develop. Place fish on a slotted broiler pan or rack. Put fresh herbs inside fish.

Sprinkle brown sugar on top of fish. The brown sugar will help draw the smoke through the fish and will add a nice glaze.

When the grill is smoking, put the rack with the fish over the wood chips and close the lid. Keep the grill on medium or medium high. Smoke should be visible the entire time the fish is cooking.

Cook the fish for 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the size. Grilled salmon is done when the flesh has turned from translucent to opaque and is lightly springy to the touch. The fish should still be moist.

Serve warm, room temperature, or cold.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast the rolled oats in a flat pan in the oven until the oats are light brown. Combine toasted oats with the rest of the ingredients. Press the crumbs onto the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with the back of a spoon to form an even crust.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Chill before filling.

to produce the smoke.

One chef said the best thing to use is sawdust, and another said to use wood chunks. One class said to use hickory and another said to use a fruitwood. I opted to use a bag of wood chips that can be purchased at the local grocery store. I liked the fact that the bag was labeled for use with a grill, so I knew it would be safe. Be sure never to grill food using scrap wood that has preservatives on it, because the chemicals are poisonous.

The wood needs to be soaked to produce the smoke. Opinions on how long to soak it and what to use for the liquid also varied. One teacher said to soak the wood for 30 minutes and then drain.

Another person said to soak the wood overnight. Another suggestion I heard was to soak the wood chips, drain them, and seal them in a zipper-lock bag and store them in the freezer. This way they are ready whenever you need them. I have used all of these methods. For the liquid, some people use apple juice, oth-

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Smoked Turkey Breast 1 kosher turkey breast (see chef’s note) 2 cups soaked and drained wood chips 1⁄2 cup brown sugar Place wood chips in a disposable aluminum pan and put on a pre-heated grill. Close the lid to allow smoke to develop. Place turkey breast on a slotted broiler pan or roasting rack. Sprinkle brown sugar over top of turkey. The brown sugar will help draw the smoke through the turkey and will add a nice glaze.

When the grill is smoking, put the rack with the turkey over the wood chips, and close the lid.

Keep the grill on medium high. Smoke should be visible the entire time the turkey is cooking.

Cook the turkey about 20 minutes per pound or to an internal temperature of 145 degrees. Let the turkey cool before slicing it.

Chef’s note: Turkey should be brined before smoking. Kosher poultry comes already brined.

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Torah We all know Korachs Korach – June 19

D ’ VA R T o r a h

RABBI HAROLD BERMAN We all feel sorry for Moses – all of us (which is most Jews we know) who ever have been involved in organized Jewish life.

Moses is confronted by a cousin, Korach, someone who knows a bit about the leadership of the community; someone who has seen enough to believe that whatever there is going on, he can do it as well, or better.

It’s a familiar story to organizations - even synagogues - and to so many other situations in life. Doctors, lawyers and other professionals face it all the time. Knowing a little, watching a little, being familiar with the people involved – it can lead one to believe that he/she definitely can do it better.

And from time to time, it becomes a public and acrimonious situation. In this case, Korach, who already has organized a group of supporters, 250 strong, stands up before Moses and questions his motives, his integrity and his competence, not to mention his religious qualifications. “Who are you,” he challenges Moses, “to set yourself up as a leader over us?” In the name of equality (“for all the congregation of Israel is holy”) he proclaims his cause.

But we have been there, and we know.

Korach has no program. There is not a single suggestion of something that he would do differently, or better, than Moses. One suspects that what he wants is not so much the responsibility as the power and the recognition that come with the office.

And it is easy to see from the outside. It is harder to see in ourselves. We all have that tendency to look at the job someone else is doing and think of how we could do it better.

In many cases, that is okay. There are many things that can be improved upon, and we live in a democracy in which criticism of public officials is a civic responsibility.

But we must always criticize with respect.

Do we really understand the complexities and responsibilities that are involved? Before we overthrow whatever structure, are we really sure we will replace it with something better?

Are our motives the right ones? Are our goals focused on the group or the community, or on ourselves?

Korach, the rebel, is easy to castigate and dismiss. We all know Korachs, and we all have seen them at work. But have we all examined ourselves to make sure that the motivation behind Korach’s rebellion doesn’t, at times, motivate us as well? It is always easiest to criticize others. The Torah challenges us to examine ourselves so that we can do our best and help others to do the same.

Rabbi Berman is the spirtual leader of Congregation Tifereth Israel.

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do so with greater alacrity than those who seek to undermine it.

Chukat – June 26 “A gift from the Wilderness - the gift went to the valley, and from the valley to the heights, and from the heights to the valley.” (Numbers 21:18-20) These poetic words, found in Parshat Chukas, comprise a section of the song the Jews sang to God in thanksgiving for the well of water that accompanied them throughout their 40 year sojourn in the desert.

The Talmud, however, offers a homiletic interpretation in which the subject of the song is the Torah itself: “Once a person makes himself as a wilderness, humble to all, Torah knowledge is given to him as a gift.... and he becomes elevated. But if he becomes arrogant, God lowers his stature.” (Nidarim 55a) This relationship between Torah and humility is not new; Moses himself, the greatest scholar of all, also is called “exceedingly humble, more than any person on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12:3) In fact, it is perhaps for this reason the Talmud interprets a song about water as referring to Torah.

Water always flows to the lowest surface, just as Torah is always found in those who humble themselves.

Balak – July 5 “Bilam arose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the officers of Moab.”

(Numbers 22:21) With this verse in Parshat Balak, Bilam began his trip to the country Moab where he hoped to curse the Jewish people.

Although he was hired to do so, Bilam was very enthusiastic about his job. Rashi, citing the Talmud in Sanhedrin 105b, brings out this point clearly: “From here we learn that hatred mixes up [a person’s perception of] proper etiquette, for he himself saddled his donkey” (a menial task generally relegated to servants). Rashi continues, however, showing how one of our patriarch’s enthusiasm to do God’s will negated Bilam’s evil: “God proclaimed, ‘Villain! You have already been preceded by Abraham their father (when he was commanded to sacrifice his son, Isaac), as the verse states, ‘Abraham arose early in the morning and saddled his donkey’ (Genesis 22:3).’”

Notice that whereas Bilam “arose in the morning,” Abraham “arose early in the morning.”

The lesson here is that God will intervene to abolish corruption when those who follow his will

Pinchas – July 10 Parshat Pinchas describes the initial stage of the transfer of leadership from Moses to Joshua: “God said to Moses, ‘Take to yourself Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom there is spirit, and lean your hand upon him.’” (Numbers 27:18) But five verses later the Torah relates a slight deviation in Moses’ carrying out God’s command: “He leaned his hands upon him and commanded him.” Why did Moses use both hands when God had only told him to use one?

Rashi addresses the question: “[Moses did so] with a generous eye, much more than he had been commanded... and made [Joshua] like a utensil overflowing with wisdom.” From here the Talmud in Sanhedrin 105b derives an important insight into human nature: “A person is [naturally] jealous of everyone except his child and his student.” The reason for this is that one sees in his child and his student an extension of himself rather than another person with whom to compete.

If we only could extend this feeling of kinship to all of our family and friends, we would go a long way in eliminating jealousy from our lives.

Matot-Masei – July 17 Matot-Masei, a double Parsha and one of the longest readings of the year, offers us much to learn from. The very beginning of Parshat Matot instructs us that if a girl takes a vow that, for example, prohibits her from a particular item, her father may nullify the vow thereby permitting her to the item.

However, the Torah concludes this law with the statement, “And God will forgive her”.

(Numbers 30:6) For what sin, asks Rashi, does she need forgiveness if her father annulled the vow? His answer, based on Kiddushin 82b, is that the Torah is referring to a situation where the daughter took an oath to abstain from wine, and then her father removed it without her knowledge. Subsequently, she indulged in wine despite believing that her prohibition was still in force.

In this case, says the Torah, “God will forgive her” because she does need forgiveness. As the Talmud elaborates, any time a person does an action with intent to violate God’s will, even if later he finds out that what he did wasn’t actually wrong, he must still ask God to forgive him for deliberately doing what he thought was a sin.

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TORAH

M Y T H O U G H T FO R T O DAY

MARC LEVISON

For years I never knew - whether the twilight was the ending of the day or the beginning of the night --and then-7-suddenly one day I understood--that this not matter at all--for time is but a circle--and so there can be no beginning and no ending-and this is how I came to know that birth and death

are one --and it is neither the coming or the going that is of consequence -what is of consequence is the beauty that one gathers in this interlude called life.

ENJOY, MARC

Marc Levison suffers from ALS, a fatal neuromuscular disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness resulting in paralysis. He has had ALS for thirteen years and has been typing his thoughts via his computer for 5 years. He emails his “Thought for Today” on a periodic basis. If you would like to receive his thoughts, email him at ML60@YAHOO.COM

Beth Din (the Rabbinic Court) services are available through the Conservative and Orthodox movements in Columbus primarily to process gitten (divorces).

People in need of such services can reach Rabbi Goldberg at Beth Jacob 237-8641 or Rabbi Berman at Tifereth Israel 253-8523 to coordinate.

Paul Palnik has permitted The New Standard to republish his award winning work to run along with our other religious features.

Palnik, born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1946, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts degree in Graphics from The Ohio State University in Columbus. He has worked as an artist and writer for American Greeting Corp. in Cleveland and as a cartoonist for The Jerusalem Post in Israel. Palnik exhibits his work in art shows throughout the U.S. He is the creative director of meltonarts.org, which is a coalition of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, the OSU Melton Center for Jewish Studies in Columbus and Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Nobel prize winners Isaac Bashevis Singer and Elie Wiesel praised Palnik’s work.

Singer is quoted as saying, “He is in his own way an artist who expresses his philosophy in images and fantasies drawn with originality.”

Elie Wiesel said of the artist: “Palnik’s work is a gift, a beautiful gift.”

Paul has opened a new studio space in the Short North. He is open Tues.Fri. 12 noon - 4 pm. and after Shabbat on Sat. evening. You can contact Paul at 298-8496 or toll-free at 1-800cartoon. His works are available online at www.1800cartoon.com.

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