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rt ,' ■ «. HSSArtY» 0HI° HISTORICAL, SOCIETY 1982 VELMn AVE. COLS. 0. 43E11 EXCH h! ^ BRONICLE !DPP' Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community ^)A\K VOL. 52 NO. 3 JANUARY 17, 1974 - TEVETH 23 \\ ■ ■ P BRUSSELS (WNS) — Police and security forces throughout Europe were taking precautions against possible attacks by Arab terrorists. A Belgian Foreign Ministry spokesman admitted that some rockets had disappeared from military depots "somewhere in Europe." He denied press specualtions about the presence of Soviet SAM-7 rockets in Belgium. In West Germany precautions were taken at one of Germany's biggest oil refineries in Bavaria against a terrorist attack. Most European airports were under heavy security. NEW YORK (WNS) — The American Zionist Federation has designated Feb. 10-March 10 as Aliya Month in the United States, it was announced by Rabbi Israel Miller AZF president. The AZF's 13 national membership organizations, and its affiliated Zionist Federations will conduct an active campaign for aliya by Americans in cooperation with the WZO-American Section, the 17 offices of the Israel Aliya Center , thrbughout the U.S. and the Association of Americans and Canadians for Aliya. JERUSALEM (WNS) — A survey taken for -the Jewish Agency found that 70.6 percent of the Israelis interviewed believe that American Jews can exert considerable influence on the U.S. government with regard to its policies on Israel and 54.3 precent believe they are exerting this influence sufficiently in Israel's favor. Only X6.6 percnet — mainly £mong the younger .generation, intellectuals, university graduates and sabras—felt that U.S. Jewry was not-doing-enough to- Influence their government. The survey found that 86:9 , percent qf Israelis believed that Jews throughout, the .world identify with Israel and a larger proportion of .,the,.Respondents said, they .were conscious of the - amount of money,world Jewry raises for Israel. A majorjty of ,44.5 percent safd money and aliya were ' • equally important while 29.7 percent favored aliya .against 21 percent for money'. Supreme Court Urged To Bar Race But Not Poverty As Admission Factor To Universities Washington, D.C., The American Jewish Congress last week urged the United States Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the use of race as a criterion in university admissions even for the purpose of increasing the number of minority students. ' At the same time, the Congress asserted in a friend-of-the-court brief that poverty and cultural disadvantage were proper considerations in admission procedures and that a. candidate's family, economic and extra¬ curricular background "may constitutionally and legitimately be considered Daniel B. Waitzman Elected President Of Agudas Achim At installation ceremonies held at Agudas Achim Synagogue, Sunday, January 6, Daniel B. Waitzman was installed as President of the Congregation. Mr. Waitz¬ man for the. last two years served as Vice President, "and prior to'Hitafj-on^the Board of Trustee's. He is a past - president of the Synagogue Brotherhood, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Hebrew School. Mr. Waitzman is- a practicing pharmacist and is the immediate past Prcsidcni of the Academy of Pharmacy of Central Ohio*' During the centennial celebration ol the Ohio Slate University in 197(1, the conferring of "Distinguished Alumni. Av.ard" was. -inaugurated, Miv.\Vartzman was .ainoiig the first to receive the award at that time, and to date is the only by the school" in weighing such traditional factors as prior academic record and aptitude test scores. Such considerations, the Congress said, "not only provide a method of in¬ terpreting the numerical scores but»also reveal the presence' of additional qualities ■ which are predictive of potential for success in school, in the professions and as a con¬ tributor to society at large.'-' The brief said such a position assumed that only attorneys — and by ex¬ tension other professionals — of the same race could adequately represent minority groups, an assumption the Congress called "factually and psychologically unsound, Expert On "Jews For Jesus" Admonishes Parents:'Oon't Panic, Don't Put Down' by Bill Cohen Chronicle Special Reporter Jewish parents who are^ fearful their children are being converted into Christians do more harm than' ' good when they criticise their children or 7 kick them out of the house, according to -Rabbi David Berner, CoTDirector of the Hillel Foundation at ;u;c.l.a;;;.;; , Berner I' tyho made several '.speaking appearances in Columbus Residents Appointed To Board Of New York Center New York, New, York, Samuel M. Melton, Columbus, Ohio, .business executive,,; has} V; been designated chairman of the Board of Governors of the Melton Research Center in Jewish Education of the Jewish .TCheol.ogical Seminary;of America. The Center, established at the Seminary in I960, explores new curricula, methods, andr materials for... Jewish religious education,, and conducts programs for the training and retraining of teachers' in Jewish schools, Mr., Mefton, .whose ap¬ pointment as chairman was ^innpunced by Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, .Se'mjnary Chan¬ cellor, was active in the creation, of the Center, and . SAMEUL M. MELTON has supported its work from the beginning. He recently announced a major gift designed to fund the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) Columbus last week, has had three years . of experience counteracting the "Jews for Jesus" movement, which t appears to be stronger oh the ' West Coast, than in the Midwest. yyj- ■' Berner says that Jewish parents should not wisk their children off to the local rabbi at the first sign of in¬ volvement in a "Messianic Jewish" or "Hebrew- Christian" group. Instead, he suggests parents simply talk about their own religious beliefs to their children, "something that's rarely done." " "At U.C.L.A., 1 frequently ask groups of perhaps 30 people, for example, how many have ever had a serious discussion about God or their own beliefs with their parents, and maybe four or five will raise their hands," Berner told The ChronicleV. : ;; Berner also warns parents not to "put down'' their children for voicing a belief in Jesus "because that just reinforces them!" He also says that's especially important to remember at public vJCQr}TJNUEpiON.P>\GE 5) Daniel li. Waitzman Jewish pharmacist to be so honored by Ohio State University. In addition, he received recognition as "Pharmacist of the Year" by the local Pharmacy Association. For the last six ' years he has served as a guest lecturer at the College of Pharmacy at Ohio State University; and currently is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Pharmacy, and Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Association Committee on Health, Economics and Welfare! ' - -~ Mr. Waitzman is married to the former Rita Frank of Toledo, Ohio, and they are the parents of three children, Jay, Steven and Karen. .In addition to the new president, the following officers and board members were installed: Marvin Meritser, Vice President; Herbert P. Wolman, Treasurer; Marshall Harris, Assistant Treasurer, Samuel (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) - ' legally and constitutionally erroneous, and profoundly damaging to the fabric of American society." The brief was filed in DeFunis v. Odegaard, a landmark case that is ex¬ pected to produce a ruling by the Supreme Court on the issue of racially preferential-' treatment in university admissions. It was brought by Marco DeFunis, a \\;hite applicant to the University of Washington Law School. . who charged that his con¬ stitutional rights had been violated when the university rejected him but admitted minority candidates with, lower college grades and Law School Aptitude Test scores. Applications from (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Annual Dinner For Raanana Is Planned For January 26 Mesdames Gloria Brody The highlight of the and Fanny Schulte, co- evening will be provided by chairladies, announce this Leslie Shuman. Miss year's biggest fund raising Shuman, at 20, has appeared event for the Raanana before more than 25 chapter of the American -Mizrachi Women will be a dinner preceded by cocktails. The dinner to be held on January 26, will be begin at 8:45 p.m. and cocktails at 8:15 p.m. This event will take place at Congregation Ahavas Sholom. The tradition of no speeches that was begun by Raanana will be continued, tinued. organizations. She has voiced commercials, has entertained at Weddings. Bar Mitzvahs, and' an¬ niversaries, has performed at country clubs, churches, and for political and social affairs including the l»72 Metropolitan Opera Ball. Leslie is a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is an accomplished (CONTINUED ON PAGE II) All-Out Telephone Drive Is Launched For CJF Campaign -In. an all-out telephone drive to reach every member of the Jewish Community, who as yet, has not made his gift to the 1974 Columbus Jewish Federation - United Jewish Fund and Israel Emergency Campaign, Heinz Hoffman, Chairman of Trades & Professions, requests that "When you get that call in the telethon solicitation now irt progress, that you be prepared to give your share to help meet the human suffering needs of our people." "Our men manned telephones on Sunday, January J3 from the Hun¬ tington Bank on South High Street. Those not reached HEINZ HOFFMAN that day will be contactec during the following week.' "In our division, gifts have been running more than MX percent ahead of last year In some instances, increases (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) III ' ,\\ ■?<i
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Full Text | rt ,' ■ «. HSSArtY» 0HI° HISTORICAL, SOCIETY 1982 VELMn AVE. COLS. 0. 43E11 EXCH h! ^ BRONICLE !DPP' Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community ^)A\K VOL. 52 NO. 3 JANUARY 17, 1974 - TEVETH 23 \\ ■ ■ P BRUSSELS (WNS) — Police and security forces throughout Europe were taking precautions against possible attacks by Arab terrorists. A Belgian Foreign Ministry spokesman admitted that some rockets had disappeared from military depots "somewhere in Europe." He denied press specualtions about the presence of Soviet SAM-7 rockets in Belgium. In West Germany precautions were taken at one of Germany's biggest oil refineries in Bavaria against a terrorist attack. Most European airports were under heavy security. NEW YORK (WNS) — The American Zionist Federation has designated Feb. 10-March 10 as Aliya Month in the United States, it was announced by Rabbi Israel Miller AZF president. The AZF's 13 national membership organizations, and its affiliated Zionist Federations will conduct an active campaign for aliya by Americans in cooperation with the WZO-American Section, the 17 offices of the Israel Aliya Center , thrbughout the U.S. and the Association of Americans and Canadians for Aliya. JERUSALEM (WNS) — A survey taken for -the Jewish Agency found that 70.6 percent of the Israelis interviewed believe that American Jews can exert considerable influence on the U.S. government with regard to its policies on Israel and 54.3 precent believe they are exerting this influence sufficiently in Israel's favor. Only X6.6 percnet — mainly £mong the younger .generation, intellectuals, university graduates and sabras—felt that U.S. Jewry was not-doing-enough to- Influence their government. The survey found that 86:9 , percent qf Israelis believed that Jews throughout, the .world identify with Israel and a larger proportion of .,the,.Respondents said, they .were conscious of the - amount of money,world Jewry raises for Israel. A majorjty of ,44.5 percent safd money and aliya were ' • equally important while 29.7 percent favored aliya .against 21 percent for money'. Supreme Court Urged To Bar Race But Not Poverty As Admission Factor To Universities Washington, D.C., The American Jewish Congress last week urged the United States Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the use of race as a criterion in university admissions even for the purpose of increasing the number of minority students. ' At the same time, the Congress asserted in a friend-of-the-court brief that poverty and cultural disadvantage were proper considerations in admission procedures and that a. candidate's family, economic and extra¬ curricular background "may constitutionally and legitimately be considered Daniel B. Waitzman Elected President Of Agudas Achim At installation ceremonies held at Agudas Achim Synagogue, Sunday, January 6, Daniel B. Waitzman was installed as President of the Congregation. Mr. Waitz¬ man for the. last two years served as Vice President, "and prior to'Hitafj-on^the Board of Trustee's. He is a past - president of the Synagogue Brotherhood, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Hebrew School. Mr. Waitzman is- a practicing pharmacist and is the immediate past Prcsidcni of the Academy of Pharmacy of Central Ohio*' During the centennial celebration ol the Ohio Slate University in 197(1, the conferring of "Distinguished Alumni. Av.ard" was. -inaugurated, Miv.\Vartzman was .ainoiig the first to receive the award at that time, and to date is the only by the school" in weighing such traditional factors as prior academic record and aptitude test scores. Such considerations, the Congress said, "not only provide a method of in¬ terpreting the numerical scores but»also reveal the presence' of additional qualities ■ which are predictive of potential for success in school, in the professions and as a con¬ tributor to society at large.'-' The brief said such a position assumed that only attorneys — and by ex¬ tension other professionals — of the same race could adequately represent minority groups, an assumption the Congress called "factually and psychologically unsound, Expert On "Jews For Jesus" Admonishes Parents:'Oon't Panic, Don't Put Down' by Bill Cohen Chronicle Special Reporter Jewish parents who are^ fearful their children are being converted into Christians do more harm than' ' good when they criticise their children or 7 kick them out of the house, according to -Rabbi David Berner, CoTDirector of the Hillel Foundation at ;u;c.l.a;;;.;; , Berner I' tyho made several '.speaking appearances in Columbus Residents Appointed To Board Of New York Center New York, New, York, Samuel M. Melton, Columbus, Ohio, .business executive,,; has} V; been designated chairman of the Board of Governors of the Melton Research Center in Jewish Education of the Jewish .TCheol.ogical Seminary;of America. The Center, established at the Seminary in I960, explores new curricula, methods, andr materials for... Jewish religious education,, and conducts programs for the training and retraining of teachers' in Jewish schools, Mr., Mefton, .whose ap¬ pointment as chairman was ^innpunced by Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, .Se'mjnary Chan¬ cellor, was active in the creation, of the Center, and . SAMEUL M. MELTON has supported its work from the beginning. He recently announced a major gift designed to fund the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) Columbus last week, has had three years . of experience counteracting the "Jews for Jesus" movement, which t appears to be stronger oh the ' West Coast, than in the Midwest. yyj- ■' Berner says that Jewish parents should not wisk their children off to the local rabbi at the first sign of in¬ volvement in a "Messianic Jewish" or "Hebrew- Christian" group. Instead, he suggests parents simply talk about their own religious beliefs to their children, "something that's rarely done." " "At U.C.L.A., 1 frequently ask groups of perhaps 30 people, for example, how many have ever had a serious discussion about God or their own beliefs with their parents, and maybe four or five will raise their hands," Berner told The ChronicleV. : ;; Berner also warns parents not to "put down'' their children for voicing a belief in Jesus "because that just reinforces them!" He also says that's especially important to remember at public vJCQr}TJNUEpiON.P>\GE 5) Daniel li. Waitzman Jewish pharmacist to be so honored by Ohio State University. In addition, he received recognition as "Pharmacist of the Year" by the local Pharmacy Association. For the last six ' years he has served as a guest lecturer at the College of Pharmacy at Ohio State University; and currently is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Pharmacy, and Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Association Committee on Health, Economics and Welfare! ' - -~ Mr. Waitzman is married to the former Rita Frank of Toledo, Ohio, and they are the parents of three children, Jay, Steven and Karen. .In addition to the new president, the following officers and board members were installed: Marvin Meritser, Vice President; Herbert P. Wolman, Treasurer; Marshall Harris, Assistant Treasurer, Samuel (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) - ' legally and constitutionally erroneous, and profoundly damaging to the fabric of American society." The brief was filed in DeFunis v. Odegaard, a landmark case that is ex¬ pected to produce a ruling by the Supreme Court on the issue of racially preferential-' treatment in university admissions. It was brought by Marco DeFunis, a \\;hite applicant to the University of Washington Law School. . who charged that his con¬ stitutional rights had been violated when the university rejected him but admitted minority candidates with, lower college grades and Law School Aptitude Test scores. Applications from (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Annual Dinner For Raanana Is Planned For January 26 Mesdames Gloria Brody The highlight of the and Fanny Schulte, co- evening will be provided by chairladies, announce this Leslie Shuman. Miss year's biggest fund raising Shuman, at 20, has appeared event for the Raanana before more than 25 chapter of the American -Mizrachi Women will be a dinner preceded by cocktails. The dinner to be held on January 26, will be begin at 8:45 p.m. and cocktails at 8:15 p.m. This event will take place at Congregation Ahavas Sholom. The tradition of no speeches that was begun by Raanana will be continued, tinued. organizations. She has voiced commercials, has entertained at Weddings. Bar Mitzvahs, and' an¬ niversaries, has performed at country clubs, churches, and for political and social affairs including the l»72 Metropolitan Opera Ball. Leslie is a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is an accomplished (CONTINUED ON PAGE II) All-Out Telephone Drive Is Launched For CJF Campaign -In. an all-out telephone drive to reach every member of the Jewish Community, who as yet, has not made his gift to the 1974 Columbus Jewish Federation - United Jewish Fund and Israel Emergency Campaign, Heinz Hoffman, Chairman of Trades & Professions, requests that "When you get that call in the telethon solicitation now irt progress, that you be prepared to give your share to help meet the human suffering needs of our people." "Our men manned telephones on Sunday, January J3 from the Hun¬ tington Bank on South High Street. Those not reached HEINZ HOFFMAN that day will be contactec during the following week.' "In our division, gifts have been running more than MX percent ahead of last year In some instances, increases (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) III ' ,\\ ■? |
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