Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1988-10-13

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VOL. 66   NO. 42
OCTOBER 13,1988-CHESHVAN 2
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Herb Glimcher Appointed
Chairman Of Major Gifts
Herbert Glimcher has
been appointed Major Gifts
Division chairman of the
1989 Jewish Community
Campaign of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, as announced; by Alan Wasserstrom, General Campaign
chairman. Glimcher's responsibilities will involve coordinating the activities related to this division which
sets the pace for the total
Community Campaign.
Glimcher, chairman of the
Glimcher Company, a major
real estate development
firm, has been a leader in the
Columbus Jewish community. In addition to his current
membership on the Board of
Trustees of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, he has
served on a number of local
agency boards and has been
an active leader of Agudas
Achim Congregation. He
was also the driving force
behind the development of
the Victor Weinstein Shalom
House, the group home for
the mentally retarded and
developmental^ disabled on
the College Avenue Jewish
Community Campus, which
is operated under the auspices of Jewish Family Service. He is married toDee
Dee Glimcher and is the
father of four children:
David, Robert; Michael and
Ellen. I
"It is an honor and a privilege to hold this major
leadership position in our
Jewish Community Campaign," noted Glimcher. "It
is particularly rewarding for
me to do this work because
of the scope of the mitzvah
that our Campaign rep-
, resents. The funds we raise
help needy Jews and
strengthen Jewish life in Columbus, Israel and all oyer
theworld."
The 1989 Jewish Community Campaign's theme is
Community for the 90's,
signifying the collaborative
efforts of the agencies and
institutions of Jewish life in
Former SS Guard
Ordered Deported
LOS ANGELES (JTA) -A
U.S. immigration judge has
ordered the deportation of
Josef Eckert for concealing
his service as an SS guard at
Auschwitz when he entered
the United States in 1956.
According to the U.S.
Justice Department, Eckert,
now .74, was a member of
the Totenkopf-Sturmbann
(Death's Head Battalion), a
unit notorious for its brutality, even by SS standards.
Between 1943 and 1945, he
"assisted or otherwise parti-
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Columbus in this annual central fundraising appeal for
world Jewry.
Israel, Poland
To Upgrade Diplomatic Missions
NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel and Poland have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic missions in Tel Aviv and Warsaw and
to turn them into independent missions. The two missions are
presently operating under the diplomatic sponsorship of the
Netherlands. The agreement was reached in a recent meeting between Israel Foreign Minister Shimon peres and his
Polish counterpart, Tadeusz Olechowski.
Reagan Lays Cornerstone
Of U.S. Holocaust Museum
Herb Glimcher
The Major Gifts Division
will culminate its activities
on Oct. 24 with an event at
the home of Leslie H. Wexner with guest speaker
George Will, nationally
syndicated and Pulitzer
Prize winning columnist:
U.N. Peacekeeping Forces Win
1988 Nobel Peace Prize
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel hailed the announcement
last week that the United Nations peacekeeping forces were
awarded this year's Nobel Peace priie. "Even more than a
prize for existing achievements this is a testimony of. the
yearning for peace and understanding," the Israeli Foreign
Ministry said in a statement. The Nobel committee said in
Oslo that the 10,000-troop peacekeeping forces were chosen
for voluntarily taking on "a demanding and hazardous service in the cause of peace." U.S. forces are now on patrol in
seven trouble spots worldwide, including Afghanistan, the
Persian Gulf and Lebanon.
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
President Reagan dedicated
the cornerstone of the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum last week with a denunciation of anti-Semitism
and a vow that "the Jewish
people will never stand alone
against tyranny."
"The Jewish people were
on this earth at the time of
the pyramids," Reagan told
the several hundred persons
attending the dedication
ceremony* held under a tent
oh the site of the future museum, near the Washington
Monument.
"Those structures are still
standing and the Jews are
still here. We must make
sure  that  when  the  tall
Torah Academy's Annual Scholarship Dinner
To Be Held Sunday, Nov. 6, At Hyatt Regency
The Columbus Torah
Academy's 28th Annual
Scholarship Dinner will be
held on Sunday, Nov. 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the
Hyatt Regency Columbus.
Janice Schottenstein
Dinner Co-Chairwomen
Janice Schottenstein and
Jeanie Schottenstein announce that the event wil
contain several special features, including that of celebrating the school's 30th anniversary. Headlining the
entertainment will be Columbus Light Opera saluting
the great Amerian Jewish
composers; Irving iBerlin,
George Gershwin and
Leonard Bernstein. The
evening will also serve as the
premier performance of the
new CTA Choir, consisting of
students in grades four
through six, under the direction of Suzi Avitan, music
teacher.
A full committee of volunteers Is busy planning and
finalizing all aspects of the
event, including such areas
as menu, invitations, reservations and ticket sales, ad
book, entertainment, decorations and publicity. Those
working on the- committee
include: Chani Capland,
Hindy Chinn, Ann Deshe,
Rhona Gill, Carol Handler,
Marcia Hershfield, Holly
Kastan, Marilyn Knable,
Thea Press, Pearson Press,
Arlene Sapit-, Sherrie Silverman, Amy Scottenstein, Jay
Schottenstein, Robert H.
Schottenstein, William
Schottenstein, Annabelle
Snyder, Karan Tanenbaum,
Judy Uhrman, Julie Weinerman, Chanita Weisz and
Lauri Zofan.
The strictly kosher dinner
serves as the school's major
fundraising event each year,
providing resources for
scholarships to any local
Jewish child who desires a
day school education but
whose family cannot afford
the full tuition.
Dinner tickets are $135 per
couple for silver donors and
$250 per couple for gold
donors. For further information or more information,
EESJafiJ
Jeanie SchottemstUH
contact Janice Schottenstein, 258-2009; Jeanie Schottenstein, 252-1350, or the CTA
office, 864-0299.'
Orthodox Canadian Jew
Buys Bakkers' PTL Empire
TORONTO (JTA) - An
Orthodox Jew from Toronto
is buying the bankrupt PTL
empire of Christian television evangelists Jim and
Tammy Bakker.
News that Stephen Mer-
nick, 34, put in the winning
bid of $115 million for the
PTL assets, mostly in Fort
Mill, S.C, surprised the Jewish community here, where
Mernick, a third-generation
Torontonian, has been some
thing of a mystery man.
The bid was disclosed by
the PTL ministry at a news
conference last week in
Charlotte, N.C., attended by
Mernick's lawyers.
Mernick himself remained
at home because he would
not travel on Simchat Torah.
He. was quoted by his lawyers as saying PTL property
should continue to be used
for Christian purposes.
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towers of our biggest cities
have crumbled," the president said, "the Jewish people will still be on this
earth."
Former President Jimmy
Carter, in a message to the
ceremony, said the museum
is a promise that "never
again will the world stand silent, never again will the
world look the other way or
fail to act in time to prevent
this terrible crime of
genocide."
He reminded the audience
that he had created the
President's Commission oh
the Holocaust in 1979, which
eventually led to the decision
to create the museum.
Leah Godofsky Will Be Honored
At Hadassah Leading Gifts Dinner
Columbus Chapter of Hadassah will hold its Leading
Gifts- Dinner; Thursday Oct.
20, at 6:30 p.m. at Winding
Hollow Country Club.
Funds pledged at this dinner will be directed to the
Hadassah Medical Organization for the complete renovation of Pediatrics, putting all
the specialties under one
wing and adding a third floor
to make it a "little peoples'
world.". Facilities will also
be provided for parents to
stay with the youngsters
when necessary. Professor
Eliezar Rachmilewitz, Head
of Hematology, Hadassah
Medical Organization, will
be guest speaker.
The highlight of the evening will be the recognition of
Leah Godofsky. Godofsky, a
Life Member of Hadassah,
Sisterhood, chairwoman of
Women's Division of Israel
"Bonds' arid"chairwoman of
the Governor's Bond Drive
under two governors. For
her volunteer work for
Bonds, she received "Woman of Valor" award.
Leah Godofsky
fund  raising,  vocational ,.   .   T    . ,        . ,       .
education (now Hadassah Is- *rst. J?w,£* S(£ial ..work^
rael Educational Services), SS h* J» Family and
Jewish National Fund and Cluldren's^Bureau of Colum-
Israel  Bonds   as  well  as >«s upon graduation.
21.^7'ulLZtu «« She is the wife of Martin
representing Hadassah on _  . -.          „ .      ,
the boards of Jewish worn- Godofsky   a Hadassah as-
en's  community  organiza- soc»ate; the mother of Joyce
tions. Coupled with her life- Dr- ^Greenberg , Po-
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