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VOL.64   NO. 15
APRIL 10,1986-NISAN1
Devoted to American
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Center To Receive
Award At Meeting
. On April 12 at the Royal
Ontario Museum in Toronto,
Canada, the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center will be recognized for its leadership efforts in implementing the
recommendations of the
JWB's National Commission
on Maximizing the Jewish
Educational Effectiveness of
Jewish Community Centers.
Lester Pollack, JWB
Board member and chairman of its committee on implementation, informed Dr.
Al Tyroler, Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center president, of
the award, and noted,
"While many Centers have
undertaken initiatives to implement commission recommendations, the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center has set the
kind of leadership example
front which others were able
to benefit.'.'
The award will be presented at a special ceremony
at the JWB Biennial Convention in Toronto.
The ceremony will be the
highlight of the Biennial Convention, which is expected to
attract more than 1,200 Jewish Community Center
leaders from throughout the.
United States, Canada,
Europe, Israel and South
America.
U.S. To Study Peres' Proposal
For A Mideast 'Marshall Plan1
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Congregation Beth Tikvah's Resler Lecture will be
presented by pianist Paul Posnak on April 20 at 8 p.m.
at the synagogue.
Pianist Paul Posnak To Present
Resler Lecture At Beth Tikvah
.Pianist Paul Posnak will
present Congregation Beth
Tikvah's Annual Resler Lecture on Sunday, April 20, at
8 p.m. at the synagogue. His
lecture-recital will encompass Hebrew melodies, Russian-Jewish music, jazz and
some brief classical selections, alternating performance with anecdotal commentary.
Formerly the chairman of
Kenyon,., College's Depart-,
ment of Music, Dr. Posnak is
currently associate professor of music and director of
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center
Represented By Local Leaders
At JWB Conference In Toronto
Five leaders from the Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center are
currently sharing a wealth of
ideas from the Columbus
community with other Jewish Center leaders. They are
speaking at a Biennial Conference of the Jewish Welfare Board (JWB), which is
being held in Toronto,
Canada, April 9 through 13.
In addition, three of Jewish Center's lay leaders are
being honored at the conference with JWB "New
Leadership Recognition"
Awards.
The  honorees   are  Ann
Roth, secretary to the Board
of Trustees; Sunny Masser,
Early Childhood Services
Committee chairwoman and
Board of Trustees member,
and Helene Lehv, Senior
Adult Services Committee
chairwoman and Board of
Trustees member.
Among the five leaders invited by the JWB to participate as speakers at the conference is Dr. Al Tyroler,
Jewish Center president,
who will address the topic
, "Keeping Buildings New."
Tyroler will detail how to
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the Accompanying/Chamber Music Program at the
University of Miami School
of Music.
He has performed at the
White House, in Washington,
D.C, at Carnegie and Tully
Halls in New York and Pur-
cell Hall in London. Dr. Posnak was first prize winner of
the International Bach Competition, recipient of the Concert Artists Guild Award and
, first prize winner of the Ars
Vivus Chamber/ Ensemble
Competition.
Although he is a respected
chamber musician, he is also
.widely recognized as a performer of early jazz and
blues piano. He received his
bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from the
Juilliard School of Music.
He was founder and
director of Interaction
Artists, Inc., and The Empire Trio and records for
Crystal Records and Mu-
sique Internationale.
The Annual Resler Lecture honors Eleanor Resler
and the late Jack Resler for
their contributions to Beth
Tikvah. The public is invited
to the concert and the dessert reception which follows.
Jacques and Laura Zakin
are co-chairing the evening.
Serving on the committee
are Faith Leibowitz, Martha
Kincheloe, Herb Mlrels and
Madeline Karn.
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The Reagan Administration
said last week it has agreed
to study a proposal by Israeli
Premier Shimon Peres for
the creation of a "Marshall
Plan"-like development fund
for the Middle East "as the
way to foster a better climate for peace" in the
region.
"While we see potential
political and financial obstacles to the Prime Minister's
proposal, we support its
overall objective: economic
development for peace in the
region," State. Department
spokesman Bernard Kalb
said. Kalb said that Peres
discussed the economic plan,
which would be financed by
Temple Israel Offers
Seder On First Night
Reservations for the Temple Israel Passover Seder to
be held the first night, April
23, can be made until April
11, according to Stan Cooper,
coordinator of the Brother-
hdod Seder Committee.
Rabbi Sanford Akselrad
will lead the service while
Sunnie Ghitman will lead the
music. The Service will be
such that both children and
adults can participate and a
special "find the Afikoman"
will be added for the youngsters.
The Seder cost is being
subsidized for Temple members and their guests, al-
■ though all community members are invited to participate in the Seder, by Temple
Israel Brotherhood, chaired
by Jeffrey Grossman.
Cost for the dinner, by
Joyce, is $10 for Temple
members and their guests,
$5 for children under 12,
. $16.50 for non-Temple members and $10 for college students. A check is a reservation. Send checks with number of people, attending to
Temple Israel, 5419 E. Broad
St., Columbus 43213.       .
various countries,and international banks, during his
talks here last week with
Secretary of State George
Shultz and other Administration officials.
The U.S. has agreed to discuss the proposal with its
allies, according to Kalb.
Peres reportedly has urged
that the U.S. and the other
major Western industrialized countries, including
Japan, finance a $20 to $30
billion development fund.
Peres argued this week in
public statements that the
West Europeans could return some of the large
amount of money they have
saved from the drop in oil
prices, to the Arab Countries
which are suffering economically because of the falling
prices. Peres apparently believes this pragmatic , approach is needed to foster
the peace process at a time
when the political effort
appears stalled.
Mizrachi Sponsors Annual
'Maos Chitim' Campaign
As Jews.sit down to participate in the Passover meal in
a few weeks, a basic question may remain unanswered: "Have I extended
my hand to a fellow Jew so
that he, too, may enjoy the
Seder night?" For over 50.
years the Men's Mizrachi
Organization has endeavored to help everyone
answer this question in a
positive way.
Harry Schwartz
The Mizrachi Organization, also known as the Religious Zionists of America,
through its annual Maos
Chitim Campaign, sends
badly needed funds to fellow
Jews in Israel. This year, as
in past years, the local campaign is under the direction
of Harry Schwartz, son of the
late David. Schwartz, who
was   the  founder  of  the
Cantor Chomsky To Be Featured In Heifetz Concert On April 13
Cantor Jack Chomsky of
Congregation Tifereth Israel
will also be featured in the
Sunday, April 13, recital by
violinist Daniel Heifetz at
Congregation Tifereth Israel, 1354 E. Broad St. in Columbus,      f
The 7:30 p.m. recital will
include the world premiere
of a setting of Psalm 30 by
composer Daniel Asia, a.
member of the faculty at
Oberlin Conservatory of
Music. The setting was written especially for Cantor
Chomsky and dedicated to
him by the composer. Tic
kets for the conceit, priced
at $7:50, with $5 tickets available for seniors and stu-.
dents, will be available at
the door. For further information call the synagogue at
253-8523.      .
"I am very excited about
the premiere to be featured
on the : program," com-,
mented Cantor Chomsky, "I
received the score from the
composer last week, and it is
truly a beautiful and imaginative work. It is also undeniably a Jewish work. I
have worked with Mr. Asia
before, and I know that he is
well versed iri and quite at
home with synagogue music.
This is clearly reflected in
his idiomatic setting of the
Psalm."
The work was comriiis-
sioned by Lee and Marilyn
Skilken in memory of
Marilyn's father, Samuel
Mintzes. A longtime member1 of Congregation Tifereth
Israel, Mintzes was a great
lover of music, who passed
his appreciation and avocation on to his daughter. Mrs.
Skilken, who is coordinating
this year's concert, is also a
member of the synagogue
choir and is active throughout the community in many
ways, along with the rest of
her family.
Heifetz, has just returned
from a tour of the Orient, including concerts in Hong .
Kong and China. He has received acclaim throughout
the world for his virtuosity,
artistry and charisma and ,
has been described as one of .
the most exciting violinists)
now before the public. He
has appeared with many of
the  world's  leading  symphony orchestras and has
also been seen on television
in a CBS special, "Art of the
Unaccompanied Violin."
Currently on the violin
faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, he was a prize winner
in the Sixth International
Tchaikovsky Competition in
Moscow, He donated his
Moscow prizewinnings to a
refusenik family, the Ginz-
burgs.
Asia is assistant professor
of Contemporary Music at
Oberlin Conservatory of
Music, in Oberlin, Ohio. His
mentors  have   included
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Mizrachi Organization of Columbus. For over 50 years,
the Schwartz family led in
this campaign on behalf of
Israel Jewry.
Rabbi David Stavsky, of
the Beth Jacob Congregation, who represents the
Men's Mizrachi in Columbus, expressed his profound
thanks to Schwartz, who; following the heritage of his
father, is encouraging all the
members and friends of Mizrachi to demonstrate their
support for this Passover
campaign. It is not too late to
be counted among the participants so that others may
enjoy a better Passover.
Contributions and checks
should be made payable to
Mizrachi Passover Fund and
sent c/o Harry Schwartz, 967
S. Cassingham Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43209.
Rabbi Stavsky explained
that the proceeds of this fund
are used for purchasing food
and clothing for widows,
children and families who
otherwise would have to subsist on matzoh and the barest
essentials during the holiday
of Pesach.
Rabbi David Stavsky
Scholar-ln-Residence
In Richmond, Virginia
Rabbi David Stavsky will
be the scholar-in-residence
at Kneseth Beth Israel in
Richmond, Va., during the
weekend of April 11-13.
He will be speaking Friday
night after dinner on the subject, "The Sanctity of Marriage and the Young Urban
Professional—Male and Female." He will give the sermon on Saturday morning .
and will speak again prior to
Shalos Seudos.
Rabbi Charles Lipschitz is
the rabbi of Kneseth Beth
Israel, and Rabbi Stavsky
will be appearing under the
auspices of the congregation '
and the Union of Orthodox'
Jewish Congregations of
America.
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