Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 2001 — Page 7

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ADL honors Sidney Taurel

ByRONA TRACHTENBERG On Thursday, May 3, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will be honoring Sidney Taurel, the chairman, president and CEO for Eli Lilly and Company, with their National American Heritage Award at a Dinner in his honor at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Indianapolis. The National American Heritage Award is bestowed upon an individual or company, whose leadership and character is demonstrated both in work and in deed. It recognizes individuals who embody what is best in America - justice, freedom, equality, civic and community activities. Taurel will join a long list of distinguished former award recipients that include: Lee lacoca, former Chairman of Chrysler Corp., James Robinson, former Chairman of American Express Company, Malcolm Forbes, Chairman of Forbes, Inc., and Jeff Bleustein, Chairman and CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc. According to the Award Dinner Chairman Michael Maurer, Chairman of the Board of IBJ Corporation, Mystar Communications Corporation, and The National Bank of Indianapolis, "Sidney

Taurel isaverydeservingcandidate for this Award. He is especially pleased to help ADL raise a lot of money that will directly benefit Indianapolis citizens and I salute him for that. I am honored to participate with Sidney in this." Taurel was born in the Spanish Jewish quarter of Casablanca, Morocco and has since become an American citizen. In 1971, upon receiving his MBA from Columbia University, he was recruited by the Lilly subsidiary of the Eli Lilly International Corporation as a marketing associ-

IHC receives Reform award

WASHINGTON — Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation has received a Reform award for outstanding congregational social programming. The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism announce that IHC was the Irving J. Fain Award recipient for efforts to improve the local community by creating a Tikkun Olam Calendar, informing congregants about social action activities. The Fain Awards were presented during the Consultation on Conscience, the biennial public policy conference of the Reform Jewish Movement, and are among the highest honors available to Reform congregations. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, said, "Real social action is the social action of sweat and we honor those who know that the best way to combat the politics of indifference is to start with

small steps and small projects, to define modest pieces of the problem and then solve them one at a time." The Fain Awards were established in 1983 in the honor and memory of Irving J. Fain, who was a passionate proponent of social justice and of the Reform Movement's active commitment to the work of tikkun olam Award presenters included Rabbi Yoffie, Rabbi Daniel Polish, director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, and Evelyn Laser-Schlensky, the immediate past chair of the commission. Receipt of the Fain Award puts IHC in the spotlight as an example of how an individual congregation can be successful in the sacred work of tikkun olam, healing the world. IHC's program will be distributed widely in a booklet highlighting this year's Fain Award recipients.

ate. The following year, he was named marketing plans manager for the Brazilian affiliate. Proving himself in the international arena, Taurel returned to Indianapolis, in 1986, to become president of Eli Lilly International Corporation. He became executive vice president of the pharmaceutical division in 1991 and was named executive vice president of Eli Lilly and Company and president of its pharmaceutical division in 1993. In 1996 he became chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors in 1999. He is also chairman of the company's operations and policy committees. Taurel is a past chairman of the board of directors of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and a member of the boards of IBM; McGrawHill Companies, Inc.; and the RCA Tennis Championships. He is also a member of the board of overseers of the Columbia Business School and a trustee at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Upon being notified about receiving the National American Heritage Award, Mr. Taurel said, "I am honored to be recognized by the ADL and believe its strong commitment to diversity and mutual respect is an essential part of creating a community where people of all backgrounds feel welcome and have opportunities to realize their full potential." The ADL is the nation's preeminent civil rights organization dedicated in purpose and in program to defending democratic ideals, safeguarding civil rights, and combating anti-Semitism, prejudice, discrimination and bigotry of all kinds. To this end, the ADL has a very successful program that trains community leaders, teachers and students in the values of diversity. This program, which has already produced important results, is being adopted by corporations in an effort to overcome the challenges of inter-group communication and to foster more efficient and productive work environments. For further information about the Dinner, please call Ellen Shevitz, ADL Indianapolis Community Coordinator, at 317-253-0567.

Community to build Habitat home

ByRONA TRACHTENBERG

All five Indianapolis synagogues and the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis

have united to sponsor what may be the only Jewish Habitat for Humanity house in Habitat's 25-year history. Habitat for Humanity is a national organization that builds homes for the poor, based on the idea that home ownership is one of the key steps to successful living. Habitat is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with its national convention in Indianapolis. To honor that milestone, 25 homes will be built in the Planner House neighborhood. One of these homes will be known as the Indianapolis Jewish community home, although probably the homeowners won't be a

Jewish family.

The Indianapolis Jewish community can participate in this project only because of the generosity of the following organizations and individuals (list is as of April 20). Primary benefactors are Congregation Beth El Zedeck, the Sidney Maurer Memorial Fund, and

Library

Continued from prev. page vidual library," Weinstein says. "We've started packing the books. The books are being sent to the library service center on Meridian Street. They'll be catalogued and processed with the appropriate spine labels and anything else that's needed." She said librarians have estimated recataloging of the library's 8.000 or so items will be completed by summer's end. The list includes books, videos, CDs, cassettes, teachers' kits and games, including many reference materials to be used only at the Jewish library. She said during the cataloging, the library cannot lend its materials. Weinstein said the arrangement came about almost by chance. A librarian from IMCPL visited last year with books to donate that the pub-

the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis. Contributing partners are Congregation B'nai Torah, Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Bob and Shirley Careskey, D.B. Klain Builders-David and Sherri Klain, Rossie and David Kosene, Stacy and Gerald Kosene, and Albert and Sara Reuben. David Klain of DB Klain Construction will serve as the building supervisor for the entire project. His employees will install the wiring, plumbing and heating. Thirty local Jewish volunteers will build the house's frame on April 29. The next important construction date will be June 6, when volunteers will be needed to help create the sub-floor, from 7 a.m. until about noon or 1 p.m. Anyone interested in helping with this second stage is urged to contact Robyn Plaskoff at the Federation, 726-5450 ext. 536.

lie library was removing from its collection because of low usage "I gave her a little tour of the library. She said, 'You might contact the person in charge of partnerships and talk to him about possibly becoming a partner.' That's how it started." Weinstein has had to embark on an inventory and check as to whether materials are correctly classified. "It's not a quick process but its moving along nicely." Because the Maurer library's materials include some in Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian, she said, school staff who know those languages have helped her in classifying. Weinstein said she'll be trained in using the shared catalog system once the Maurer library is online as a partner.

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