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VOL.60   NO.46
NOVEMBER 11,1982-CHESHVAN 25
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NatPAC Figures
In November 2
National Elections
NEW YORK-The National PAC (NatPAC for
short) backed candidates in
31 of the 33 U.S. Senate races
decided Nov. 2. Twenty-eight
of those 31 candidates were
elected or re-elected to six-
year terms in the Senate, it
was announced by Marvin
Josephson, NatPAC's Treasurer^
NatPAC also backed 57
winners of House seats while
16 of the House candidates to
whom it made contributions
lost.
NatPAC's policy was to
make the maximum $5,000
contribution to each candidate. After the decision had
been made by the Disbursement Committee, contributions were made only after a
personal conversation with
the candidate in which the
origins, policies and purpose
of NatPAC were explained.
The candidates' response to
NatPAC's position that
1 Israel is a very important
strategic asset for the United
States and the only reliable
ally of the U.S. in that part of
the world was, in every case,
positive.
Devoted to Amerfcort
and Jewish tdeats.
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eff-eighth Congress Boasts
y-seven Jewish Members
Kirill Novikov and Uya Smhulevich, two new aAjtneri-
can students at Torah Academy, are shown at their
B'nai Mitzvah.
New Americans' B'nai Mitzvah
Take Place At Torah Academy
A special occasion was
observed at the Columbus
Torah Academy morning
minyan on Thursday, Oct.
28. A large group of students,
parents, teachers and board
members joined in the celebration as two new American students, Kirill Novikov
and Ilya Smhulevich, were
called to the Torah for the
first time. Singing, refreshments arid many wishes of
"Maze! Tov" lent a festive
air to the occasion.
Kirill and-Ilya are- two-of
approximately  20  new
UJF Adopts
1983Campi
"The Board of Trustees of
the Columbus Jewish Federation has adopted a record
goal of $3.7 million for the
Regular 1983 United Jewish
Fund Campaign," reported
Edwin M. Ellman, Campaign chairman.
It is recommended that the
Jews of Columbus increase
their level of giving by 10
percent to meet the increased needs at home, in Israel and throughout the
world. In addition, a 1983
Special "Peace for Galilee"
Fund is being undertaken
simultaneously to meet the
needs of the added burdens
imposed upon the Jewish
Agency by the War in Lebanon. The Peace for Galilee
Special Fund will be used to
insure the perpetuation of
humanitarian services and
social programs for the people of Israel during these difficult economic times. The
goal of the Special Fund is $1
million.
In a statement issued by
Robert E. Loup, national
chairman of United Jewish
Appeal, and Avraham Avi-
Hai, world chairman of
. Keren Hayesod, there was a
call to the American Jewish
people to be mindful of the
fact that "the overwhelming
majority of the Jewish people has stood by Israel in its
just war to end terrorism in
Record
n Goal
northern Israel, to. secure
the safety of its people in
town and villages. On our
part we shall continue to express our moral support and
our material participation in
the people-building and life-
saving efforts of the Jewish
Agency for Israel."
American students now
enrolled at Columbus Torah
Academy. They have gained
proficiency in Hebrew subjects as well as in general
academic studies since their
arrival from Russia. Most of
the new American students
have been able to attain
grade level achievement in
both academic-areas,
Hebrew and general academic subjects, within two
years of arrival with the help
of the many tutorial and support services *available'rto
them "at Columbus Torah
Academy.
The Torah Academy shul
service is held every day,
with a regular minyan (religious quorum). The students
conduct every aspect of the
service. They act as
"chazan" leader of the service, they read the Toi-ah,
chant the Megillah at Purim
and learn to blow the shofar
for Rosh Hoshana. The shul.
gives the students the opportunity to put into practice the
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WASHINGTON (JTA)~
Thirty three Jews were
elected to Congress Nov. 2,
four to the Senate and 29 to
the House. Including the four
Jewish Senators whose
terms were not up this year,
the 98th Congress which
takes office in January will
, have 37 Jews compared to 33
in the currentXtongress.
The Senate victories
included two incumbents
who won their second terms,
Sens. Howard Metzenbaum
(D. Ohio) and Edward Zorin-
sky (D. Neb.), and two newcomers, Frank Lautenberg
(D. N.J.) and Chic Hecht (R.
Nev,).
The House victors
included 22 incumbents and
seven newcomers. The seat
of one incumbent, Rep. Elliott Levitas (D. Ga.) will not
be decided until Nov. 30
because of redistricting difficulties. Rep. Bob Shamansky (D. Ohio) was the only
incumbent to be defeated.
Another incumbent, Rep.
Marc Marks (D. Pa.) did not
seel^reeleetien-* after - three
terms.
The election, with Jews
winning Senate seats for the
first time in New Jersey and
Nevada and House seats in
Alabama and Virginia,
demonstrated that'Jews can
be elected on issues that
have no immediate effect on
the Jewish community, without their religion being a
factor in the contest.
Almost all the elections
were based on the economic
issue of support or rejection
of the Reagan Administra-
Sixth, Seventh Grade Students To Perform
At Annual Torah Academy Dinner, Nov. 21
Sunday, Nov. 21 is the date
of the 22nd annual Torah
Academy Scholarship Dinner. ''■ ;
The students of the sixth
and seventh grade classes
will precede Emil Cohen on
the program. Every year,
students from the upper
grades perform an original
skit at the Dinner.
This year's skit is entitled
"The Siddur." It was written
by Ayie Shapiro, based on a
work by Dir: Irving Fried,
principal of Torah Academy,
and is being directed by
Carol Handler.
The theme of the skit is the
prayer book. The students
will explain how the prayer
book has been used through
the centuries by the Jewish
people as a bridge between
man and G-d,    '
The seventh grade students,  including  Jennifer
Blank, Penina Caplan,
Fabiana Herszaga, Mark
Koffsky, Roman Komanov-
sky, Marsha Kucherski,
Kirill Novikov, Dlya Shmule-
vich, Craig Tennenbaum and
Daniel Weinstein, will do
narratives of individual
prayers.
The sixth grade class,
including Yaachov Bitton,
Michelle Davidorf, Anna
Furman,  Joel  Isac,  Ben
Lasky, Brent Levison, Tal
Maracco, Ijlillit Meidar,
Sarah Modes, Dina Pase-
chnik, Brian Perler, Yan
Schechter, Gary Schwartz,
Brian Kravitz, Inna Sima-
kovsky, Laura Stein, Mark
Talis, Tanya Trostyanetsky,
Marat Vaysband and David
Yenkin, will perform musical excerpts from the prayer
book.
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tion's economic policy. This
showed up in the victories of
Lautenberg, a liberal, and
Hecht, a conservative who
had President Reagan campaigning for him last week.
It also showed up in the elections of Ben Erdreich in Alabama, the grandson of one of
Birmingham's first Jewish
settlers, and of Norman Sisi-
sky in Virginia, both of
whom won upset elections
against Republican Congressmen.
A Possible First For A
Jewish Leader
Lautenberg, running in his
first election, came from
way behind to defeat Rep.
Milicent Fenwick (R. N.J.).
The 57-year-qld owner of
Automatic Data Processing
Company spent millions,
both to win his surprise
nomination in the Democratic primary and to defeat
Mrs. Fenwick. He said; he
had no apologies for this
because he said his funds
counter-balanced Fenwick's
high recognition factor. Lau-
. tenberg is honorary; national
chairman of United Jewish
Appeal and is probably the
first national Jewish leader
to be elected to the Senate.
The 54-year-old Hecht also
has close ties to the Jewish
community. The operator of
clothing stores in Las Vegas,
he has served in the Nevada
State Senate from 1966-1974
and is considered close to his
new Republican colleague
from Nevada, Sen. Paul Lax-
alt.
The two newcomers along
withMetzenbaum and Zorin-
sky join four other Jews in
the Senate, now evenly
divided between four Republicans and four Democrats.
The others are Sens. Rudy
Boschwitz (R. Minn.) and
Carl Levin (D. Mich.),
whose terms expire in 1984,
and Arlen Specter (R. Pa.)
and Warren Rudman (R.
N.H.).
Two Jewish Women
In The House
There are now two Jewish
women in the House with the
election of Democrat Barbara Boxer, a San Francisco
county commissioner. The
Other woman is also a Cali-
fornian, Rep. Bobbi Fiedler,
a Republican from the Los
Angeles area who won her
second term.
In addition to Erdreich,
Sisisky, Levin, and Boxer,
the other Jewish newcomers
are Howard Berman and
Mel Levin, both Democrats
from California, and Larry
Smith, a Democrat from
Florida.
Incumbents Re-elected
The Jewish incumbents reelected are: Anthony Beilen-
son (D. Calif); Bobbi Fiedler (R.. Calif.); Barney
Frank (D. Mass.); Martin
Frost (D. Tex.); Sam
Gejdenson (D. Conn); Dan
Glickman (D. Kan.); Bill
Green (R. N.Y.); Benjamin
Gilman (R. N.Y..); Willis
Gradison (R. Ohio); Ken
Kramer . (R. Col.); Tom
Lantos (D. Calif,); William
Lehman (D. Fla); Richard
Ottinger (D. N.Y.); Benjamin Rosenthal (D. N.Y.);
James Scheuer (D. N.Y.);
Charles Schumer (D. N.Y:);
Stephen Solarz (D. N.Y.);
Henry Waxman (D. Calif.);
Theodore Weiss (D. N.Y.);
Howard Wolter (D. Mich.);
Ron Wyden (D. Ore.); and
Sidney Yates (D. 111.)
. Meanwhile, most supporters of Israel in the Senate
were  re-elected.
Fireman Appointed
BBYO City Director
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center staff member Ted Fireman was recently appointed
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization City Director.
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Ted Fireman
Among his various duties,
Fireman works with and
supervises B.B.Y.O. advisers and committees,
helps plan and coordinate
special city-wide events and
is liaison to the B.B.Y.O. Regional and National officers
. who conduct conventions,
training programs and Israel programs.
Fireman, who grew up in
Columbus and spent a great
deal of time at the Center, is
a past president of the
B.B.Y.O. Council and was
1973 B.B.Y.O. Teenager of
the Year. He also graduated
with distinction from
O.S.U.'s Honors Department
with a major in child development.
Besides his extensive work
with B.B.Y.O., Fireman's
other responsibilities at the
Center include Tween/Teeri
Program supervisor, campaign worker, coordinator of
Shomer Achim (big
brothers) and Day Camp
program director.
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