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Institute of Human Relations • 165 East 56 Street, New York, N.Y. 10022 • 212/751-4000 • Cable Wishcom, N.Y.
BLAUSTEIN
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American Jewish
GERMAN-AMERICAN JEWISH EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Co-sponsored by: The American Jewish Committee
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation
P. R O G R A M
Visit of German Participants to the United States
March 29th - April 10th 1981
MAYNARO I. WISHNER, President
HOWARD
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FRIEDMAN, Chairman,
ROBERT L. PELZ, Treasurer
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Board of Governors
THEODORE
MERVIN H. RISEMAN, Secretary
PHILIP E. HOFFMAN, RICHARD MAASS, ELMER L. WINTER
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HARRIS
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KEMPNER,
JR., Galveston;
ELISE D. WATERMAN, New York
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HAMILTON
I.B.;
M. LOEB,
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Chairman, National Executive Council
PETSCHEK,
Associate Treasurer
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BERTRAM H. GOLD, Executive Vice-President
GERARD WEINSTOCK, Chairman, Board of Trustees
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Honorary Presidents: MORRIS B. ABRAM, ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG,
Honorary Vice-Presidents: NATHAN APPLEMAN, RUTH R. GODDARD, ANDREW GOODMAN, JAMES MARSHALL, WILLIAM ROSENWALD
MAX M. FISHER, Honorary Chairman, National Executive Council
Vice-Presidents: STANFORD M. ADELSTEIN, Rapid City,
ELLENOFF,
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MORTON K.
MAURICE
BLAUSTEIN,
JR., Chicago;
JOHN
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GLINERT,
Baltimore;
STEINHART,
Honorary Treasurer
ROBERT D
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GRIES, Cleveland:
JOHN SLAWSON, Executive
DAVID
HIRSCHHORN,
Vice-President
Baltimore:
MILES
Emeritus
JAFFE,
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Detroit;
San Francisco; EMILY W. SUNSTEIN, Philadelphia; GEORGE M. SZABAD, Westchester;
THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
Contacts
City and Name of Contact
Office Address
S Telephone Number
Residence Address
& Telephone Number
NEW YORK CITY
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William S. Trosten
Assistant Director
The American Jewish Committee
A.J.C.
165 East 56th Street
New York, N.Y. 10022
310 East 70th Street
New York, N.Y. 10021
744-8077
751-4000
Rita Blume
Director
Endowment Funds and Special Projects
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(Same as above)
205 Third Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10003
674-2855 .
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Andrew Baker
Area Director for
Washington, D.C.
A.J.C.
818 18th St., N. W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
1629 Columbia Road, N. W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
387-8641
298-8787
(AT YOUR HOTEL)
William S. Trosten
CHICAGO
Adrienne Goodman
Assistant Area Director
A.J.C.
55 East Jackson Blvd.
Suite 1870
Chicago, 111. 60604
540 West Roscoe
Chicago, 111. 60657
935-6085
663-5500
Randy Czarlinsky
Assistant Area Director
(Same as above)
2257 Ridge
Evanston, 111. 60201
869-1935
Rita Blume
(AT YOUR HOTEL)
THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
Contacts - Page 2.
City and Name of Contact
Residence Address
& Telephone Number
Office Address
S Telephone Number
SAN FRANCISCO
Colvin, Martin & Links
111 Sutter Street
San Francisco, Calif. 94104
Andrew M. Colvin, Esq.
1959 30th Avenue
San Francisco, Calif. 94116
664-7127
392-5164
Linda Birnbaum
Assistant Area Director
A.J.C.
70 3 Market Street
Suite 1500
San Francisco, Calif. 94103
97 Carte Alejo
Greenbrae, Calif. 94904
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461-9 359
392-1892
LOS ANGELES
Dale Rabinowitz
A.J.C.
6505 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 315
Los Angeles, Calif. 90048
10825 Rose Avenue
Los Angeles, Calif. 90039
204-2147
655-7071
William S. Trosten
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(AT YOUR HOTEL)
PROGRAM
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German Group's Visit to the U. S.
March 29th - April 10th 1981
SUNDAY, March 29th:
Leave Frankfurt, Lufthansa Flight #400 at 10 a.m.
Arrive Kennedy Airport, New York at 11:45 a.m. Group
will be met by American Jewish Committee representatives
William Trosten and Rita Blume; Manfred von Nordheim,
Director of Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Washington, D.C.
Office.
HOTEL:
5 P.M.
DORAL INN
541 Lexington Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022
Tel: 755-1200
AJC Reception at Hotel
Crystal Room B (2nd Floor)
Dinner at Hotel
Balance of evening free
MONDAY, March 30th:
The American Jewish Committee
Institute of Human Relations Building
165 East 56th Street
New York, N.Y. 10022
Tel: 751-4000
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
8:30 A.M.
Meet William Trosten in hotel lobby for visit to
German Consul General.
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9:30 A.M.
The American Jewish Committee - (8th Floor)
Clarification and Orientation Session to deal with
participants' expectations. Conducted by Max Birnbaum,
Intergroup Relations Specialist, Boston University.
12 NOON
Lunch at AJC Headquarters
1:45 P.M.
Leave AJC
2:30 P.M.
Meet with Carol Bellany, President of the New York City
Council, accompanied by Haskell Lazere, Director, New
York Chapter of AJC.
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(Continued)
3:15 P.M.
New York
Visit to World Trade Center and Observation Tower; tour
of Lower East Side conducted by:
Douglas Ballin, Executive Director
United Jewish Council of the East Side
2 35 East Broadway
New York, N.Y.
Tel: 2 33-6037
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5:45 P.M.
Dinner at:
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8 P.M.
Ratner's Dairy Restaurant
138 Delancey Street
New York, N.Y.
Tel:
Home Hospitality:
TUESDAY, March 31st:
Mrs. Ruth R. Goddard
812 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. Tel:
677-5588
744-0281
New York
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
9 A.M.
Pick up at hotel for field trip to Chasidic communities
of Crown Heights and Williamsburg; Russian Immigrant
community at Brighton Beach.
Accompanied by:
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William Trosten
Rita Blume
David Geller, of AJC's Foreign Affairs Dept.
Rabbi Yehudah Fine (Participant in the
Exchange Program in June,
1980.)
PLEASE DO NOT USE CAMERAS WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGH
THE CHASIDIC COMMUNITIES.
1 P.M.
Lunch at:
Gargiulo's Restaurant
2911 West 15th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y.
(Coney Island Section)
Tel:
266-0906
Return to Hotel
5 P.M.
Cocktails and Dinner with panelists at AJC
Headquarters - (8th floor)
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TUESDAY, March 31st:
(Continued)
Evaluation of field trip dealing with brief history of
the Jews in the U.S.; diversity in Jewish religious life,
Jews on the economic ladder, in the professions, general
business community and cultural life. Will include discussion of the Pluralistic Nature of the U.S. and recent
immigrants; how Jews fit into the matrix of American
society.
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Panelists: Max Birnbaum
5 P.M. (Continued)
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Rabbi Yehudah Fine
David Geller
Dr. David A. Gordis,(Vice President, University
of Judaism, L. A. and
participant Exchange Program,
June, 1980)
William Trosten
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WEDNESDAY,
April 1st:
New York
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BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
9 A.M.
The American Jewish Committee - (8th Floor)
Panel Discussion on Changing Aspects of Jewish Life
dealing with Social Welfare, Jewish Elderly, demography
and changing neighborhoods, Jewish Poor, etc.
Panelists:
Lieutenant Abe Kushner, Office of Chief of
Operations, N.Y.C. Police Department
Joseph Langer, Director, Project Renewal
(Neighborhood Preservation) Federation
of Jewish Philanthropies
Martin Lapan, New York Director, Jewish
Labor Committee
Haskell Lazere, Director, N.Y. Chapter of AJC
Moderator:
Bertram H. Gold, Executive Vice President, A.J.C.
12 NOON
Lunch at AJC with invited guests
2 P.M.
Visit to Leo Baeck Institute
129 East 73rd Street
New York, N.Y. 10021
Hosts;
Fred Bogin, Reference
Librarian
Ms. Sybil Milton,
Archivist
Tel:
744-6400
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WEDNESDAY, April 1st:
(Continued)
3:30 P.M.
Visit to:
Temple Emanu-El
One East 65th Street
New York, N.Y.
Tour Guide: Mrs. E. Licht
Tel:
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DINNER AND EVENING
THURSDAY, April 2nd:
Free
New York
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
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PLEASE
NOTE: Before leaving hotel, please have your luggage ready
for pick up by bellmen from rooms late in the morning.
Luggage will be loaded on airport bus prior to picking
up participants for airport transportation.
10 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
Press Conference, AJC Headquarters - (8th Floor)
11:45 A.M.
Lunch at AJC
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DEPART FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.
1 P.M.
New York Air, Flight #17 leaving from LaGuardia Airport
at 2:30 p.m.; arriving National Airport, D.C. at 3:30 p.m.
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Accompanied by William Trosten
HOTEL: CAPITAL HOTEL
16th and K Streets
Washington, D.C. 20036
THEME:
Tel:
JEWS AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM:
Groups Work in Washington.
39 3-1200
How Jewish
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4:15 P.M.
Visit to German Embassy directly from airport. Greeting
by Dr. Werner Piek, Director of Political Section.
5:15 P.M.
Check in at Hotel.
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PLEASE NOTE: Hotel procedure provided for
advance check-in. Each participant will
receive from AJC staff, envelope with room
number and key.
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Washington, D.C
THURSDAY, April 2nd:
(Continued)
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BNAI BRITH HEADQUARTERS
1640 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D.C.
6:15 P.M.
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Tour of the Museum of the Diaspora - 1st Floor.
(Contact is Linda Altschuler, Tel. 856-6588)
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Dinner and Evening Program (8th floor)
7:15 P.M.
Briefing on the theme:
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Hyman Bookbinder, Washington
Representative, AJC
Thomas Dine, Executive Director,
American-Israel Political Action Cttee.
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Mark Talisman, Washington Director,
Council of Jewish Federations.
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
FRIDAY, April 3rd:
Assemble at East
8:30 A.M.
Leave Hotel and walk to White House.
Gate on East Executive Avenue.
9 A.M.
VIP Tour of the White House
10:30 A.M.
Meeting with Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations,
National Conference of Catholic Biships:
1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Tel:
659-6857
John Scheerin, Contact
11:30 A.M.
Bus pick up for transportation to Capitol Hill.
11:45 A.M.
Meeting with Jewish legislators and lunch in House of
Representatives.
Host:
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Congressman Dan Glickman, Kansas
Room 2253, Rayburn House Office Building
Contact: Bill Beachy
Tel: 225-6216
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(Continued)
Washington, D.C.
1:30 P.M.
Sightseeing Tour of the Capitol with Tour Guide
4:30 P.M.
Return to Hotel
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6 P.M.
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Dinner at homes of AJC leadership
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8:30 P.M.
Reform Temple service at Washington Hebrew Congregation
Mass. Avenue & Macomb Street, N. W.
9:45 P.M.
Reception at Temple following services: Host: Rabbi Joshua
Haberman
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Home hospitality hosts will provide transportation to the
Temple and to Hotel.
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SATURDAY, April 4th:
DEPARTURE FOR CHICAGO
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BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
9:45 A.M.
Leave for National Airport by cab.
United Flight #857 departing at 11:05 a.m., arriving
O'Hare Airport, Chicago, at 12:02 p.m. Lunch is served
on board. Will be met at Chicago airport by Rita Blume
and Chicago AJC staff members, Adrienne Goodman and Randy
Czarlinsky.
HOTEL:
CONTINENTAL PLAZA
Michigan at Delaware
Chicago, 111. 60611
Tel: 943-7200
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THEME:
JEWS AND ETHNICS
1 P.M.
Hotel check in
1:30 P.M.
History and Cultural Background of Chicago.
speaker. Refreshments.
3-5
Free. Staff available and will provide information for
important sights in the area, shops, etc.
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Dinner at Greek restaurant:
Briefing with
The Family House Restaurant
2421 West Lawrence Avenue
Chicago, 111.
Tel: 334-7411
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(Continued)
6 P.M. (Continued)
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Chicago
Invited Guests: Representatives of ethnic communities
(Greek, Italian, Irish, Polish) with David Roth, Director,
Chicago, Institute of Pluralism and Group Identity of AJC;
AJC's participants in June, 1980 Exchange Program, Dr.
Jan Berger, Debra Freed and Robert Weinberger and AJC's
Young Peoples Group with Randy Czarlinsky.
Dinner will be preceded by short walking tour of Greek Town.
For those wishing to do so, the Young People's Group have
arranged a visit to a New Town nightspot for CountryWestern entertainment and will return participants to
the hotel.
SUNDAY, April 5th:
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
Church Services for those wishing to attend (list of churches
in the vicinity of the Hotel is available)
11:30 A.M.
Brunch at Hotel.
1 P.M.
Visit to the Spertus Museum of Judaica and new exhibit on
the Art of the Danzig Community.
3 P.M.
Sightseeing Tour of the city with guide.
5:30 P.M.
Dinner at local restaurant
8 P.M.
Home Hospitality:
Meta and Ronald Berger
1501 North State Parkway
Chicago, 111. 60610
Tel:
266-8446
Will meet AJC Chicago leadership
MONDAY, April 6th:
DEPART FOR SAN FRANCISCO
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
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8 A.M.
Leave Hotel - bus transportation to airport for United Flight
#123 departing at 10 a.m.; arriving San Francisco International
at 12:25 p.m. Lunch served on board. Will be met at San
Francisco airport by Andrew M. Colvin, participant in Exchange Program in June, 1980 and by AJC staff member, Linda
Birnbaum.
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MONDAY, April 6th:
(Continued)
San Francisco
HOTEL:
SAN FRANCISCO HILTON & TOWER
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Tel:
771-1400
Check in at Hotel
2:30 - 4 P.M.
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Meeting with Rita Guiney, Vice President of Executive
Affairs-Levi Strauss
Two Embarcadero Center
28th Floor Reception Center
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Meeting with panel of attorneys for discussion of various
aspects of the judicial system at offices of:
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John H. Steinhart, Esq.
333 Market Street
San Francisco, Calif.
Tel:
777-3999
5 P.M.
Board of Supervisors' meeting with Jewish Mayor of San
Francisco - Diane Feinstein
6:15 P.M.
Leave by bus for Ghirardelli Square and walking tour
of the area.
Dinner with invited guests:
Chinese Banquet at:
Mandarin Restaurant
Ghirardelli Square
San Francisco, Calif.
TUESDAY, April 7th:
9 - 12:30 P.M.
Tel;
673-8812
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
Sightseeing Tour of San Francisco across Golden Gate Bridge.
Lunch and afternoon free with four AJC volunteer guides
available to accompany on shopping, additional signtseeing,
etc.
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6:30 P.M.
Home Hospitality for Dinner and Evening with invited guests.
Andrew M. Colvin, Esq.
1959 30th Avenue
San Francisco, Calif. 94116
Tel:
664-7127
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(Continued)
San Francisco
6:30 P.M. (Continued)
Home hospitality continued.
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WEDNESDAY, April 8th:
Barbara and Dr. Ernest Rogers
620 El Camino Del Mar
San Francisco, Calif. 94121
Tel:
752-0707
Louise and John Sampson
3945 Clay Street
San Francisco, Calif. 94118
752-2123
Tel:
DEPART FOR LOS ANGELES
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
7 A.M.
Airport Bus Transportation for United Flight #4 leaving
San Francisco International Airport at 8:15 a.m.; arriving
Los Angeles International Airport at 9:23 a.m.
(Luggage
will be delivered directly to hotel.)
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HOTEL:
10:15 - 1 P.M.
BEVERLY HILLCREST
1224 South Beverwil Drive
Los Angeles, Calif. 90035
Tel:
277-2800
Visit to Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of
Religion directly from airport. Meet with Rabbi Uri
Herscher, Dean.
Tour of the Skirball Museum of Jadaica
Lunch with students and Dr. Bruce Phillips, School
of Jewish Communal Service.
1:30 - 3:30 P.M.
Private tour of Disneyland
4 P.M.
Check in at Hotel
5 P.M.
Depart for Cocktail Reception at home of Deputy Consul
General for Germany with AJC Chapter Leadership and
former participants in the exchange program.
Host:
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Dr. and Mrs. Sigismund Buerstedde
9606 Heather Road
Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210
Tel:
858-1353
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(Continued)
7 P.M.
Los Angeles
University of Judaism -
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Dinner hosted by:
Dr. David A. Gordis, Vice President
University of Judaism
15600 Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles, Calif. 90024
Tel: 476-9777
THURSDAY, April 9th:
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BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
8:45 A.M.
Depart Hotel
9 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Visit to:Jewish Federation Council
6505 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Orientation:
Film:
Tour:
10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
The Federation Experience, Richard Weintraub
A JOURNEY OF LOVE (See attached)
Martyrs Memorial
Bus Tour of Jewish Social Service Institutions Westside Jewish Community Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Bet Tzedek - Jewish Legal Services
Freda Mohr Multi-Service Senior Center
11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Lunch with Senior Citizens, at the Young Israel Meals
Program for the Elderly site.
2:30 P.M.
Reception and Tour, Warner Bros. Film Studio
Host:
Mr. Frank Wells, President
Warner Brothers
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, Calif.
5:30 P.M.
Return to Hotel
6:45 P.M.
Depart for Dinner at the home of:
Sue and Richard Weiss
211 South Spalding Drive
Apt. 201
Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212
Tel:
954-6000
Tel:
553-7244
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Los Angeles
8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL AND CHECK OUT
10 - 11:30 A.M.
Visit to J. Paul Getty Museum of Art in Malibu
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Farewell luncheon with leadership of American Jewish
Committee
P.M.
Hillcrest Country Club
Garden Room
10000 W. Pico
Los Angeles, Calif.
Tel:
553-8911
2 - 3:30 P.M.
Evaluation Session:
4 P.M.
Check in, Los Angeles International Airport
6 P.M.
Departure, Lufthansa Flight #451, non-stop to Frankfurt;
Arriving April 11th at 2:50 p.m.
March, 1981
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Richard L. Weiss
William S. Trosten
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Published by Jewish Telegraphic Agency / 1 6 5 West 46th Street / New York, New York 10036
V o l . XIX
February 27, 1981
FEDERATION SPONSORS TV FILM
O N LOS ANGELES JEWISH LIFE
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A one-hour television documentary about Jewish life in Los Angeles,
'A Journey of Love", commissioned by the United
Jewish Welfare Fund executive committee and nor
rated by TV star Lome Greene, will be telecast
on KTTV on March 29. The documentary was
approved by the Los Angeles Jewish Federation
Council Board of Directors.
^^A^Jovmey^SiHrOve " has several functions,
safal-Rtcnard Weiss, Federation-Council vicepresident and-chotrnTan of its public information
committee, who served with UJFW 1981 general
chairwoman Dorothy Goren.
Weiss said "we commissioned Jack Kaufman,
winner of Emmy and Peabody awards, to document
the Jewish community's sense of neighborhood, its
wealth of personalities and perhaps, most importantly, its opportunities for community participatior
He said "with such a film we can reach out to
our unaffiliated Jewish neighbors and welcome
them Into full community participation. " He odde
"we have an exceptional vehicle with which toed
ucate our children about the many paths of Jewish
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life."
He described the documentary as a "moving
montage" of Jewish expressions, "each unique, eac i
decidedly Los Angeleno in style." Among the
characters and events portrayed in the film are
a 99-year-old volunteer at a senior citizens center; a jubilant Hasidic-style wedding; a worker on
the Kosher Meals on Wheels program; a Passover
sedar in a Falasha settlement; a Kol Nidre service
at the Synagogue for the Deaf; and a Vietnamese
"boat" family sharing the Sabbath with its sponsoring Jewish family.
Also shown are a discount produce market for
senior citizens; and discussions with a mother
whose son wandered in and was rescued from a religious cult. Weiss summed up the documentary as
"a real people-to-people show." Kaufman, a 25year veteran of the TV industry, wrote, directed
and produced "A Journey of Love. "
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