Page 10-A The Jewish Floridian of Tampa/Friday, September 18,1987
Focus On: Rabbi David Rose, Chairman,
Community Relations Committee
Thousands of Jews are im-
prisoned in the Soviet Union.
Who focuses on the plight of
Soviet Jews? Six thousand
Jews were annihilated during
the Holocaust. Who shall not
forget? Nativity scenes are ex-
hibited in public schools during
Christmas. Who speaks on
behalf of the Tampa Jewish
community? Anti-Israel ar-
ticles appeared on the editorial
pages of the Tampa Tribune.
Who writes to the editor to in-
form him of the facts? While
many people in Tampa's
Jewish community believe that
Federation is solely a fundrais-
ing organization, the reality is
that its scope is much broader.
Under the leadership of Rabbi
H. David Rose, who chairs the
Community Relations Commit-
tee of the Tampa Jewish
Federation, one gets the sense
that Federation is not only
concerned with Jewish fun-
draising, but with Jewish
survival.
The CRC has several goals,
according to Rabbi Rose.
"CRC is concerned with
educating the Jewish and non-
Jewish community about perti-
nent issues affecting our sur-
vival; CRC is committed to
building coalitions with non-
Jewish organizations and
groups to improve human rela-
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Rabbi David Rose
tions; CRC is an advocate for
our local Jewish community;
and CRC strives to achieve
consensus amongst the leader-
ship of the community."
Rabbi Rose, who is the Rabbi
for Congregation Kol Ami has
been in Tampa for two years.
During 1986-87, he served as
the co-chairman of the Com-
munity Relations Committee.
Rabbi Rose has been involved
in many community issues in-
cluding, enhancing interfaith
relations, Black/Jewish
dialogues, police relations, and
the Holocaust remembrance.
During his tenure in Tampa,
he, along with his co-chairman
Dr. Ron Pross, has observed
the community closely and has
helped CRC identify three
critical areas.
The Soviet Jewry Task
Force of the CRC, chaired by
Betty Shalett and Judge Ber-
nie Kune will fill a void in our
local community. The Task
Force will provide the vehicle
to advocate human rights of
Soviet Jews through action
and through programming.
The Government Affairs Task
Force, chaired by Linda Golds-
tein, will help build bonds bet-
ween Tampa's Jewish leader-
ship and local legislators. The
Community Education Task
Force, co-chaired by Judge
Ralph Steinberg and Lois
Frank will focus on Yom
Hashoah and an educational
program which will give the
community a broader perspec-
tive of what issues affect
Jewish longevity, that is,
Israel, Church/State separa-
tion, and media relations.
Anyone in the community
who is interested in serving on
a CRC Task Force is encourag-
ed to contact the Federation,
875-1618, or Rabbi Rose at
962-6338.
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