Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1990 — Page 2

Stein named professor at HUC-Cincinnati

Rabbi Jonathan Stein of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation has been named alumni professor at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati for the 1990-91 academic year. The alumni chair in practical rabbinics is occupied each year by an outstanding alumnus selected by faculty and administrators of the college. Rabbi Stein will be in residence there for two weeks in early November. He will be teaching such classes as homiletics (sermon writing), education, and practical rabbinics. He will also give sermons in the chapel, and be available to students for discussion, advising and counseling. Stein said he was happily surprised to receive the honor. "1 will be glad to get back in touch of what it was like being

Rabbi Jon Stein a student," Stein said. "I will get a chance to renew friendships with the faculty, make new acquaintances, get to know the students and the new generation of rabbis."

Bayh names Harry Berns to newest labor board

Mark Hasten

Haston elected as president

Mark Hasten has been elected president of B'nai Torah Congregation at their annual meeting Sunday, July 1.

Other officers elected were Barry Pakula, vice president; Dr. George Tanner, secretary and Harry Goldstein, treasurer. Art Mirkin was elected as executive director. President Mark Hasten welcomed the new board members. They are Irving L. Epstein, Harry Goldstein, Edward Hasten and Lester Linder.

Attorney Harry Bems was appointed Friday, July 20, by Gov. Evan Bayh, as one of the five members of the new Public Employees Relations Board. Bayh created the board by executive order in May when he conferred limited collective bargaining rights on state employees. The board will set guidelines for elections to determine union representation for state employees. Several unions are competing for the opportunity to represent the employees. Berns is a lawyer, professional arbitrator and professor at Butler University. He is a former member of the Na-

^tional Labor Relations Board. He is a member of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation and has headed its volunteers who feed the needy at a community center in the Brightwood neighborhood. Other board members named by Bayh are Indiana University law school professor Ed Archer; Barbara Doering of West Lafayette, a professional arbitrator; Prof. Kate Laskowitzof West Lafayette, a mediator for the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board, and John E. Policy of Plainfield, associate counsel for PSI Energy and the company's labor relations person.

Local youth spurn national games

The Jewish Community Centers North American Maccabi Youth Games will be held August 19-26 in West Bloomfield, Mich., but no one will participate in the games from here. Rod Hofts, physical education director of the Jewish Community Center, said they publicized to get reservations for the games a year in advance, but there weren't many kids interested. "We had some soccer playContinued on page 7

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Operation Exodus gets its own Super Sunday

The Indianapolis community's Operation Exodus campaign went full steam ahead Sunday and Monday nights, July 22-23, with a Super Sunday-style phone-a-thon involving 30 volunteers per night. Operation Exodus, chaired locally by Michael Maurer, aims at raising money to help Soviet Jews reach Israel and resettle there. Federation Executive Vice President Harry Nadler said the special campaign already has topped $1.5 million toward its $2.8 million local goal — its share of the $420 million

goal set by the United Jewish Appeal. Co-chairs for the phone-a-thon were attorney Ronald M. Katz, Dr. John H. Abrams and Nonie Vonnegut-Gabovich. Nadler said Sunday before the phone-a-thon that he expected it to be the biggest push so far to raise funds for Operation Exodus. He said the volunteers were expected to contact about 1,000 people. Even so, Katz said, he hopes people who might be missed by the telephone volunteers will come forward on their own to pledge and contribute.

Manager of gymnast sets example as immigrant

By JAY ROSENSTEIN Vicki Farahan is known as a mother of three kids at the Hebrew Academy, but she has also been the interpreter and manager of former Russian gymnast Olga Korbut. In the early fall of 1989, Farahan toured with Korbut because Korbut's knowledge of this country was minimal. They traveled to Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver and Minneapolis. In Boston, Farahan interpreted for a Sports Illustrated story on Korbut. While in Los Angeles, ESPN did an interview on Korbut that Farahan helped interpret. Farahan has also been translating a book about Korbut that will come out soon. Farahan is now trying to get the former gold medalist at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and silver medalist in 1976 in Montreal some commercial endorsements and speaking dates. She said Korbut is trying to step into the world after being a successful athlete, and appeal as a successful woman and mother. Farahan immigrated from Leningrad, Russia, in 1980. She has formed her own company called International Communications. She has been working with Lilly and the United States Gymnastics Association here and has done some interpreting for Russian families that have just moved

here. Farahan is a member of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. She is active in Hadassah and the Jewish women's organization, ORT. She has also done volunteer work for Riley Hospital. She has four children; Daniel, 8; Hanna, 4; Rachel, 3; and Michael, 1. She is thankful to the resettlement program and Ida Oakley for her family and other newcomers.

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