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Less than 50 years alter Hitler, the Butcher Sure they deserve a lot of credit. But they of Baghdad sits in his German-built bunker can't eat credit. They can't wear credit. They and plots the gassing of 's Jewish can't make kiddush on credit. They can't buy population. He boasts of turning Israel into a matzohs on credit. And they certainly can't "crematorium." His missiles slam into feed seven, eight and nine children on credit. civilian Jewish neighborhoods accompanied Which is why this year more than ever, by the cheering howls of Moslem mobs from we urge you to give to Kole! America the Teheran to Amman. American Meir Baal Haness charity. In the meantime thousands of American And we're not just asking you to give but to Yeshivish families living in Yerushalayim, Bnei give two and three times as much as you've Brak, Zfat and Tverye huddle hungry and ever given. heatless in sealed rooms. Their words of Tehillim are muffled by gas masks. Their We are not asking you to just children cry, half from fear, half from hunger. support those in need. We are And then there are the elderly, ill, widowed asking you ·· no, begging you ·· to and orphaned. support American Jewish men, And now Pesach is around the corner. women and children, true Bnei Food and supplies are scarce. Prices are Torah, who are moser nefesh for us going through the roof. These same at all times, especially now. American who represent all of us in Eretz Yisroel are facing unprecedented So, at the Seder this year when you say economic hard-ship. Yet they refuse to quit. "71:l'1 '11' 1'!l:l1 7:i·· you'll be able to say, "I They will not abandon ship to return to the have truly done all I could for those who comfort and safety of life in America. count on me in Eretz Yisroel.

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e are all deeply concerned over the situation of celebrations -with the recitation of Tehillimand prayers our brethren in the Holy Land; and we pray for for our brethren in Eretz YisroeL heir safety and welfare, and that of the armed W: 4) TO SUBSTANTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO 'IZEDDAKA forces of the United States of America. At this hour, it is incumbent upon each of us to share -particularly for the poor of the Holy Land and its people. in the pain and the burden of the people of G-d dwelling It is most appropriate that every family donate as "kofer in Zion, in the manner taught to us by Chazal - our nefesh" a multiple of chai (the number eighteen) - ev­ Sages of blessed memory. This is not a time to go about eryone according to his or her ability. our daily lives in habitual routine. This is not a time simply to sit with arms folded without undertaking sig­ 5) TO JNCREASE CHESSED (acts of kindness), to fur­ nificant and substantial action in the way of teshuvaand ther harmony among people, to strengthen bonds of good deeds. During these earth-shaking times we must friendship, and to guard against rechilus, loshon hara strengthen ourselves in our commitment to the principles (malicious talk and defamation of character) and anything upon which Creation itself stands: Torah, Avodah. and that leads to animosity and divisiveness. Gemilus Chassodim A full grasp of the extraordinary gravity of our current We turn, thus, in urgent appeal to all Jews who revere situation demands that we be especially careful with our G-d's word to take strong, substantive measures to conduct and lifestyle. We must avoid excessive indulgence deepen their study of Torah and fear of Heaven, so that and lavish expenditures - taking special note of simcha G-d's mercies be evoked on behalf of His people. We con­ celebrations in this regard. We must ensure that the sider it appropriate at this time to propose the following strictures of modesty are scrupulously observed, and specific steps to strengthen both community and indi­ guard the sanctity of from intrusion by vidual observance: anything that violates our basic beliefs and values. The best way to achieve all this is to devote time each day to 1) TO INCREASE TORAH LEARNING at all times. the study of S(frei Yirah and Mussar, which guide a per­ Particularly on Friday evenings and on Shabbos during son in leading a better life. the day, the members of every community are urged to To our spiritual legions, those studying in yeshivos and come together for in their synagogues and kollelim we turn with a special call: Strengthen your ef­ botei midrash. Chazalhave taught in interpretation of the forts at this critical time in your pursuit of Torah and sa­ verse, "The yoke will be broken because of the oil" cred endeavors. All Jewry looks to you to bring life and (Yeshayahu 10): The yoke ofSancherevwas broken be­ blessing to G-d's people, as Chazal (Makkos 10) inter­ cause of the oil of Chizkiyahu, which lit the lamps of the preted the verse, "Our feet stood in your gates, 0 Jerusa­ synagogues and botei midrash. enabling the Jews to im­ lem" (Tehillim 122): "What enabled us to stand on our merse themselves in Torah. This mitzvah includes sup­ feet in battle? The gates of Jerusalem, where they were porting yeshivos and those who study Torah. (See Hilchos engaged in Torah study." Talmud Torah. Yoreh De'ah 246: 1.) We pray for the welfare of our government. May He who grants "victory to kings" protect our armed forces, 2) TO POVRAIL ONE'S ENERGIES AND FERVOR INTO and sustain them in their mission of ridding the world of PRAYER, to daven with a minyan , with heartfelt intent. evil and establishing justice. We pray to our Father in Heaven that He hear our cry, 3) TO CONTINUE RECITJNG TEHILLIM EVERY DAY, that He help, protect, and save the Jewish people in the particularly on Mondays and Thursdays, and to open Land of Israel and wherever they may be, for salvation every gathering of ten or more Jews - including simcha and a speedy redemption.

MOETZES GEDOLEI HATORAH OF AMERICA

12 Shevat, 5751

4 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 1"0:1

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The Jewish Observer, February 1991 5 Abraham Biderman

CONFRONTING THE SOVIET JEWISH MIRACLE:

The rush of events of recent weeks, and the deep concern that we have for our brothers in Eretz Yisroel as well as America 'sfighting men and women in the Near East, so crowds our minds and emotions, that we may tend to ignore other, extremely significant trends-not the least, the miraculous events tak­ ing place in regard to Soviet Jewry. As the articles thatfollow point out, the miracles that began some ten years ago, with the nascentbaal teshuva movement inMoscow{see,for example, "The Russians Are Returning," JO, Feb. '83) are continuing on a d!fferent level. We have the unceasingflow of Soviet Jewish olim, who are a miracle unto them­ selves-a miracle that, beyond inspiring awe, has to be recognized as a his­ torical challenge and opportunity. And in the meantime, Soviet Jews continue to come to America, where their needs must also be addressed. The articles thatfollow deal with d!fferentfacets of this dynamic situation which demand our attention. The Soviet Aliya: Responding to the Challenge

veryday they come, thou­ generations. These people had been from Russia, now more than 1,000 sands of Russian immigrants, cut off from their fellow Jews, physi­ are coming each day. In 1990 alone, E seeking a new life and a new cally, spilitually, and culturally. Now 200,000 Russian immigrants landed beginning in Eretz Yisroel. that G-d has decreed that they should in Eretz Yisroel. In 1991, an addi­ It started as a trickle but it has come, nothing stands in their way. tional 400,000 are expected. By turned into a tidal wave of new immi­ Not the threat of war, nor actual hos­ 1992, the three-year total is expected gration, moving from a culture of re­ tilities tn the Gulf War, not the hard­ to reach 1 million people. That's a pression to the open opportunities of ships they must endure as they travel 25% increase tn Israeli population. Eretz Yisroe1. Just go to Lud Airport through Eastern Europe to get to Er­ What a wonderful opportunity! any day, any night, and see the planes etz Y'1SroeL nor the physical and eco­ But what an tncredible challenge to landtng one after another, disgorgtng nomic challenges they face upon en­ Kial YisroeO a massive Jewish population that has tertng Eretz Yisroe1. For the secular Jew in Eretz Yis­ known nothing but repression for Yeshuas Hashem keheref ayin. roeL this aliya spells the opportunity With the blink of an eye, a revolution to settle the Negev, strengthen the Avraham Biderman, a n1usmach of began. A revolution that nobody armed forces, increase the tntellectual Torah Vodaath, was the Finance would have dared to imagtne or hope and political strength of the country, Commissioner and then the New York City Housing Comn1issioner in the Koch adminis­ for less than two years ago. After all, and compensate for the large birth tration. He is member of the Fund for Russian for most of the 80's, less than 1.000 rate of the tndigenous Arab popula­ Education, located at 39 Broadway, Suite 3300. Jews a year came to Eretz Yisroel tion. For the ftum Jew, though, there

6 The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 is an additional. much greater op­ DEALING WITH THE ENORMITY action. 'The future of Kial Yisroel is in portunity: to rescue doros (genera­ OF THE CHALLENGE our hands," he declared. tions) for Yiddishkeit, for whom there While we may tend to feel over­ was no hope imaginable years ago. the last Agudath Israel of whelmed by the scope of this aliya, That opportunity, however. is also an America convention. the in­ this is no excuse to shrug our extraordinary responsibility. For A credible challenge of Russian shoulders, and walk away. To the years, we have been mispallel and Jewry was at the forefront of the dis­ contrary, we must decide where to agitated for the Russian Jews to be let cussion. RabbiAvrohom Pam N' 1V'~ begin. Here Rabbi Pam gave us out. Now that they are being let out, delivered a passionate address on guidance in how to formulate our what are we doing about it? this subject. issuing a clarton call for approach:

We should take cept, let us refer to the last of the Kings of Israel note of the exchange (the Ten Tribes), Hoshea ben Eila: "He did evilin between Yehoshua, eyes of G-d, but not as much as the kings of Is­ about to engage in rael that preceded him" (MalachimlI:l 7, 2). the battle ofYericho, Rashi explains that the first king of the Ten and the Malach Tribes, Yeravam ben Nevat, had set up two golden Hashem that met calves, one to the north and the other to the south him. as recorded in oflsrael, to serve as national focal points to replace Tanach: "When Yerushalayim, which was in the territory of the § Yehoshua was near rival tribes, Yehuda and Binyamin. Further, ~ Yericho, he lifted his border guards were posted to prevent pilgrims J eyes and saw a man from the Ten Tribes from journeying to standing opposite Yerushalayim. These were maintained during the him, with sword outstretched in his hand. entire era of the independent nation of the Ten Yehoshua approached him and asked him, 'Are Tribes, until the reign of Hoshea, who abolished you with us or with our enemy?'... them. Under his rule, the members of the Ten "And he said, 'No, for I am an angel of G-d, I Tn'bes finally had access to Yerushalayim, yet they have come now."' still did not make the obligatory pilgrimage there The angel's response is strange, for it does not during _the Shalash Regalim (three pilgrimage deal with Yehoshua's question regarding his po­ festivals). This was a terrible indictment of the sition in the war. Chazal (the of the Tal­ Tribes, for until then, they could have pleaded that mud), however, explain that the word "now" does extenuating circumstances had prevented them answer this question; it is a reference to Torah from being oleh la·regeL Now that they persisted study. an obligation that is always applicable-­ in refraining from going to Yerushalayim even always, in all circumstances, without though the roads were open, any protestations of exception ... "now." Thus, the malach was in­ innocence would ring hollow. Excuses were no formingYehoshua. in effect: Ifyou increase your longer acceptable. As a result, the Ten Tribes were Torah study now, then I'm with you. If not, I'm punished with exile, not only for current failings, on your enemy's side. but for those of the past. By the same token, we must take action in Similarly, for the past seventy years there could keeping with the malach's implied directive of be no expectations that Soviet Jews would pro­ "Now." Eretz YisroeUs being flooded with a mas­ vide their children with a Torah education. Any sive Soviet immigration. If we reach out. to these attempt to do so could have been punishable by Jews, and correspondingly increase chadorim, death. Now, however, that as many as a million and Torah schools to accommodate their Soviet Jews can be expected in Eretz YisroeL what children, at least the younger generation will be is to prevent them from enrolling their children with us. If not, they will join the ranks of the op­ in a Torah school? Only our indifference to their position, and make our battle for the Torah char­ plight and our inaction in meeting this pressing, acter of Eretz Yisroel a much more difficult one. historic need will seal their fate. After all, who, if There is yet another consideration that even not we, recognizes, knows, and understands the adds to the urgency of the situation. If we do not nature of the choice before them? mobilize our resources to meet growing demands, This is truly a crucial time: Great opportuni­ this will reflect poorly on earlier conduct, much ties are opening up to us, but ifwe fail to respond to our detriment. To better understand this con- to them, the loss could be of tragic proportions,

The Jewish Obseroer. February 1991 7 Following that hisorrerus (inspi­ us be like all nations, Israel." or: "Let to embrace a Torah life. (The three rational address), a group of baalei us and our offspring and the off­ were Mordechai Neustadt, Chairman battim convened by Chinuch Atzmai spring of all Your people, the House of Agudath Israel's Vaad L'Hatzolas leaders joined Rabbi Pam and other of Israel-all of us-be knowledge­ Nidchei Yisroel; David Singer, a Roshei at the convention, able of Your Name and students of member of the Board of trustees of that very evening, to see what can be Your Torah for its own sake" (Birkas Chinuch Atzmai; and myself.) We done. Consider the numbers: over a HaTorah). knew something had to be done, but 15-month period, Sept. 1990 to Dec. At the request of Rabbi Pam and were concerned whether the Rus­ 1991. 500,00 Russian Jews are ex­ other Roshei Yeshiva, a working sians would be receptive. After all, pected to come to Eretz Yisroel. committee was organized to examine they had so many problems: They 150.000 will be school-age children. the issues. to see what American come without jobs, without a place How will we absorb them into our Jewry can do to provide resources, to live, they don't speak the language, schools? More to the point, can we and to determine how to best put to and have been uprooted from a fail to try to absorb them? As Rabbi work the funds that are available. country where their ancestors had Pam pointed out in his address that Time is of the essence. After all, at lived for centuries. Would they be day, there is a dramatic difference this writing, every night brings 500 interested in religious education between the two possibilities-en­ new children into Eretz Yisroel... under such circumstances? rollment in government schools or in children we cannot afford to ignore. After intense meetings with doz­ ChinuchAtzmai-Torah Schools. !tis ens of Israeli and Russian activists the difference [the said] MISSION TO ISRAEL and hundreds of Russian children "between the sacred and the profane, and their parents, we have found that between light and darkness," and meeting of the Moetzes the answer is an unequivocal Yes. In especially "between Israel and the Gedolei HaTorah was called, fact, the enormity of their problems other nations." The choice of A. at which three baalei makes it easier for us to reach out to schooling is a matter of two conflict­ batttm---members of the larger com­ them, to befriend them, and to bring ing goals in self-fulfillment. two mittee-were asked to go to Eretz them closer to Yiddishkeit. "Niheye' s" -two opposing expres­ Yisroel to see what could be done to They need help and encourage­ sions of "Let us be .... " Either: "Let encourage the Russian immigrants ment along every step of the way, and DouBLE YouR Joy

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8 The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 if the frum community expresses concern, they will be more disposed to enroll their children in a Yeshiva, Atter intense meetings with dozens of to experience Yiddishkeit for the first time. The Russian Jews that are Israeli and Russian activists and hundreds coming are open and accessible. But what's the most effective way of Russian children and their parents, we to reach them? To answer that question, we turned to the Gedolim have found that the enormity of their of Eretz Yisroel for guidance: Hagaon problems makes it easier for us to reach Harav Elazar Schach, the Vishnitzer , and Hagaon Horav Shlomo out to them, to befriend them, and to Zalman Auerbach. They all gave the same response: Work with the chil­ bring them closer to Yiddishkeit. dren. The 150,000childrenhavenot been exposed to the full brunt of the atheistic Russian society. They can Moshe Rabbeinu and his Torah, and els, and hundreds more begging to be salvaged, and can bring their they were responding enthusiasti­ be enrolled in the school, but unable parents along with them. cally. At another Chinuch Atzmai to because of a total lack of capacity. We not only heard it, we saw it school in Kfar Shalem, north of Tel Clearly. it is not dlfficult to reach happening. We met with bnei ye­ Aviv, we saw dozens of recently-ar­ Russian families, both children and shiva who were campaigning to en­ rived Russian children learning in adults. The only limitation is in terms roll children in yeshivas: they were hallways and converted broom dos- of the resources that we can provide. "adopting" Russian Jews in far-flung communities. and were prepared to do more with just modest outside assistance. We met with Rabbonim from cities "llb•t)';~'t 1:1"11 ·rrin n:m&·• all over Eretz Yisroel-from Carmiel in the north to Ofakim and Tall'ljudical Acc;rc.fernY #"Billtii:h6re Rechovoth in the south-who were reaching out to Russian families, were struggling to meet the needs of the Russian immigrants and were meeting with success ... but who YeShivas~Qffer$:. accomplish these goals. We saw progress being made in ·fimi~s!Zaslli~w.tth:re~~and~1\Y~!!Cilit&'Ol). a~~·f'.Em7~ ~- Haifa. Three months ago, this school ! bli.ri. campUS· ·· ··· •.••···.· .. > is·;· had no Russian children. Now 150 . • fUlliV accredited ~~~et:t ~rogio~ < .. . .. ·..... such children are there, learning i • .ip,t.er!Mltion w.tµi:~e yibl'~~ qp~1Ql';Qi':SaJ.tiniol'!!; Torah, reciting berachos, rediscov- . .""1' .t'ir.ri7111Z'~!),lfl>l~.l/llJ~ (),1:.-1111',f~t ering their Jewish identity. One girl 1 Yesld:wa. (lhQteb•Clllfilil:"-"8bnU4#1:11lllaadltlliJ' who came two months ago, recited tf445!)ld

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10 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 Port.able Classroom

buy portable classrooms. A portable 30,000 children entered Eretz Yis­ them to become committed to Torah classroom costs approximately roel in the last four months of 1990 without extra help. If they absorb $20.000, enabling us to save thirty alone. Providing classroom space for Yiddishkeituntil I P.M., and are re­ Jewish nejashos (souls), and the just 10,000 of the 150,000 children united with secular society in the af­ doros that will come from them. We who will come by 1991 will cost $7 ternoon, we cannot succeed in win­ need the classrooms-not by the million. And we cannot stop there. ning the hearts and minds of these dozens, but by the hundreds-to A third vital component must be children. There must be a place for accommodate all the new children afternoon programs for Russian them to spend their afternoons in a that we can attract. After aJl. some children, because we cannot expect Torah environment. .. a place where

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The Jewish Observer, February 1991 11 they get help with their studies, lan­ too, the costs are staggering. The for 10,000 children.... That may guage assistance, where they can government pays for the teachers' strike the reader as a huge sum, but further master the basic concepts of salaries for the morning hours. Su­ is it a lot to save future doros? Judaism, where their parents can pervising and providing a proper af­ With this three-point program­ also be helped. ternoon environment, however, must funding for enrollment recruiting, Afternoon programs can be pro­ be funded privately, and this can run for additional school capacity, and vided all over the country. And here, $1,000 a child a year or $10,000,000 for supplemental educational pro­ grams for the afternoon-we can succeed in winning the hearts and minds of these children and their iTl\!J '::>i1N parents. changing the tzura (shape) of Eretz YisroeL MonseiY Semina~ Shortly after our return to ,i:on T eachens America, the Fund for Russian Edu­ cation in Israel was formed at the behest of the Gedolei Yisroel, to implement this program. And work began immediately. As of this writ - ing, $500,000, have been raised due Register now for our 5th and most exciting year in large pari to a generous gift from Under the guidance of the estate of the late Harry Beren n )) . These funds have been committed: • to buy 13 portable classrooms to accommodate 400 children; • to fund two outreach centers, in Ofakim and in Carmiel; • to sponsor two yeshivas for Reb. Noa Flam ''nl1 - Menaheles Russian teenagers-one under the auspices of Peduyim Letzion, a group of American and Russian bnei To­ rah-askanim in Eretz Yisroel who are Yeshiva Ohr Chodosh following up on boys reached MAILING ADDRESS: 440 9th Street • Lakewood, NJ 08701 through the efforts of the Vaad LaHatzolas Nidchei Yisroel in the WHAT ARE WE? A Yeshiva High School Soviet Union; and one to be operated by Karlin-Stolin Chassidim, to serve endorsed by leading Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbanim olim who have been reached by that that provides personal attention to every student in a group tn Kiev; warm and caring atmosphere. •and to help various local enroll­ ment efforts. WHOM ARE WE FOR? Bochurim from Yeshiva Backgrounds who But this is only a start. Given the will benefa from an alternative to the intense and rigorous Yeshiva High enormous number of immigrant School curriculum, and who aspire to become true B'nai Torah. children expected, we must think ln large terms. As mentioned, this is WHAT DO WE OFFER? Experienced Rebbeim who will enhance certainly not the most opportune the students' love of learning and Yiddishkeit. A secular department that time to raise funds. But Kial Yisroel does have the capacity to respond in will stress courses geared to business application and life skills. times of recession. Witness the Supervised dormitory facilrties with an in-residence dorm counselor. Federation's success in Operation Exodus: $425,000,000 was raised ln WHERE ARE WE? Located in the Lakewood, NJ area, we will tap just one year to meet the physical the resources of this great Torah community to provide friendship and needs of the Russian olim to pay for role models from dedicated Torah people. their transportation and housing resettlement. To make the Russian FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS, CONTACT: aliya a meaningful journey in the fullest sense of the word, we must Rabbi Binyomin Friedland Rabbi Vose! Gelbwachs meet not just the immigrants' mate­ (201) 363-2248 (201) 364-5712 Iial needs, but those of the neshama as well. •

12 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 Bernard F'ryshman

CONFRONTING TI!E SOVIET JEWISH MIRACLE:

''The Russians- Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.'' ''Let's Go Hide.''

"What is Happening to American Jewr,y?" -Revisited

BUT FIRST THE AMERICANS. piece shook up the secular Jewish to our failures, and to an extent, world-even iffor an instant. Jewish clouded our judgment. However, he truth is, we ho-hummed newspapers across the nation carried specifically mentioning the Orthodox the Lachman-Kosman report carefully researched response ar­ would have been a strategic blunder, T that appeared in The New ticles, examining views from the in that it would have deflected its York Times (June 4, 1990). Unfairly pessimistic ("It's true, it's terrible."} impact on the secular Jewish society, so, and unfortunately so. to the desperately optimistic ("Let's and helped us not a whit. "What is Happening to American enrich their lives J ewishly so the The Jewish Obsenrer's reaction Jewry?" they asked. Their answer­ children of intermarriage will choose (JO, September 1990) was incisive "The rapidly assimilating Jewish us."}. At the very least. Lach man and and balanced. He focused on our Community is crumbling, and Kosman brought the question of be­ role: we must hold on to our own, and something must be done." Seymour ing Jewish to breakfast nooks and then some. "Choose a project, think Lachman and Barry Kosman were conference tables throughout of it as an extension of yourself, and not the first to detect the signs. Many America. The impact will inevitably act accordingly.... The ripple effect other observers have already written be positive: the most dangerous en­ can be astounding." To me, it struck about the assimilation, the mixed vironment for Jewish youth is one in just the right note. marriages, the childless communi­ which the Jewish question is not on In describing the elements of our ties, the accelerating erosion. But the agenda. When there is debate, success. the aforementioned article they said it on the prestigious Op-Ed where there are disputes, then we brought to mind the heroic struggles page of The Times. can at least hope to find commit­ those hardy few who managed to Evidently the Lachman-Kosman ment. Even for this alone, we must survive the Jack of yeshivas in the strategy worked: publication of this thank Lachman and Kosman for 1920's and l930's: We developed our dropping the boulder into the pond. own leadership, met American soci­ Dr. Bernard Fryshman, Professor of Physics at The reaction of some in the Torah ety on its own ground, reached a the New York Institute of Technology, and Ex­ community was to cliticize The Times modus vivendi, and then tran­ ecutive Vice President of AARTS, has recently piece for not mentioning the suc­ scended it, with an uncompromising been reappointed to the National Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional cesses of the Orthodox Jewish com­ Torah-based Judaism .... We have a Eligibility. munity-success that has blinded us right to be proud: the five and a half

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 13 million Americans who may (1 n) "shprach" as well as the dedication, vanish are the responsibility of those with expertise and Yiras Shomayim who could have provided the Jewish Suddenly, the Russian child in a education, but didn't. It's their yeshiva setting did not seem so fault-but us? Our hands are strange. A program in grew clean .... Or so we thought. eight-fold in 1989-90, and saw of resignation set in. "The Russians Russian parents taking their chil­ THEN THE RUSSIANS CAME. are different," we said, "and there is dren out of public school to attend a little we can do." yeshiva! All the seals in yeshivas ot like the '70's when the A handful of people-among them, dedicated to working with Russian numbers were tractable, our a vibrant group operating out of Jewish children filled up-and by N expectations were shining, Agudath Israel-including the September, 1990, someone esti­ and hopes were high. A few sticks of founders of Be' er HaGolah, and oth­ mated that there were 1000 Russian furniture, a dose of friendship, an ers resisted. Minor successes were Jewish children attending yeshivas exposure to a Pesach Seder. The rest reported, and then the first Russian of one kind or other in Brooklyn. would follow. It didn't-and a sense mechanchim came. With the That's the success part. The Commuter•s Chavrusah Learn Vayll1ra with Rabbi Yissocher Frand, Magid , Ner Israel Yeshiva

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14 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 THERE'S A FAILURE PART, And how do the Russian immi­ AS WELL... grants feel, with their children in public school? ecause outside there are Haven't we been here before? The probably an equal num­ Jews of the '20's, '30's, and often the • • • B ber of children attending '40's had Kosher food, gave their male public school who would be in ye­ children a bri.s, spoke , went shiva if there were seats available. to shul and did all the things we are And there aren't. trying to help the Russian Jews do. We are trying. One group of dedi­ But they didn't have yeshivas for cated laymen is desperately trying to their children. Lachman-Kosman. 1 fund a school for Russian children hope you are listening, because here ..'r who were literally hand-picked. Only is the fodder for your article 20 years families where parents are prepared to play an active, positive role in the child's Jewish education were con­ sidered. The Yeshiva is now filled, with a waiting list of an additional THE Make 150 children.' Hand picked-but still [i] in public school. Reservations Another group has also under­ For taken to support a Russian pro­ CAPITOL gram-"but we can't handle any PESACH HOTEL MOTEL more." In the past it was only a + Now! mechanech (educator) who could le­ gitimately say, "l can't handle any LAKEWOOD, more." He (or she) knows how many located on Madison Avenue; Corner of 7th Street GLATT KOSHER children he can educate within his class without compromising the "Come Experience a Touch of Home" CHOLOV YISROEL education of the group as a whole. BAR MITZVAHS I SHEVA BROCHOS I SHABBATONS I SEMINARS But how can a baalhaboss (layman) Under Strict say he cannot provide a Jewish f201J363-5000I(201J363-9603 Rabbinical education for any more children? Supervision Suppose the Russian Jews de­ Only 15 Minutes from Great Adventure cided one day that their children are just as important as our own? Suppose they brought their chil­ dren into our yeshivos a few min­ utes before the big yellow buses arrived? When our kids come ,,...,,+? -:-..,--.9<:1 iTiin in:> x n:i., n ~ home crying, "Someone is sitting in ,,v ' my chair"-what would we do? Call ,-"' .. - 'T,ll'T, ,,l1ll70, the police? Go to a Din Torah? .. ,~,,~u• Open new yeshivos? <> I "'E:,f0_;;;;o· "'~""'"'.,,...... ,, is now accepting applicants What if our worst nightmares --~·-,,u for the coming falf term• came true and the American Torah ""' .,,.. I'.. -~,'"'.."..~._, =- community had to relocate. say to =~:.~::- ? That community would welcome us with open arms, to the I ~:::::-_::=. /;::-::.'/' Under direct leadership of ':i''·r· ,,,,_ "J"'I • extentofitsabilit_y, and more. Tuey ,,• .,j., ... ,,,,,.., "'··· ,";"""" Gedolei Torah would help us get jobs. homes, ·! "' ·::.' ! ' 2.~:.:¥1 make Bar Mitzvas for our children, mo end of year.

The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 15 hence, when the question will be: I am convinced that were we to How did this Russian Jewish com­ have the yeshiva seats, we would munity of perhaps 250,000 souls have the people. More. the mena­ (80,000 immigrants in 1990 aand hallim of our existing yeshivas would 1991 alone) vanish without a trace all pitch in to share cunicula, resolve (?, )! brls problems. apply for textbooks, But this time our hands won't be prepare for registration. organize so clean, We won't be the few saved lunch programs, And Agudath whose own basic needs are being from among the masses lost to as­ lsraei"s hishtadlus would be there. served. similation, because somebody else with connections and expertise.... We We have come full circle. We are didn't build yeshivas, We are now the are a community with a vast reservoir looking at our past-the 1920's, ·3o·s somebodies. We know the solution, of talent, of good will. of chessed, and and ·4o·s. Life was hard. money we know the stakes, and we know they will all be brought to bear. scarce, thousands ofJewish children that there are as many as a thou­ Which brings us back to money. in public school. What we do now is sand Jewish children attending And more excuses. a mirror of what we would have done public school because there is no We have no Kehilla, we cannot tax then. And our role with respectto the room in our yeshivas for them. one another. Often we focus on or­ Russian Jews will determine what ganized communal bodies like Torah would have been our role with re­ FIRST THE EXCUSES. Umesorah, Agudath Israel. the spect to the 5 million-plus American Roshei Yeshivas, the Chassidic com­ Jews. We were blessed with visionary e haven't enough mecha­ munities .... But these bodies have leaders-Reh Shraga Feivel nchim with the expertise and limited resources, we know too well. Mendlowitz and Rabbi Wxperience needed to succeed Diverting charity is not an answer 7 :>!, for example-who charted a with Russian Jewish children, Nor either. 2 The only way we can hope to course and issued a call to others to do we have the menahallim prepared marshall our communal resources is assist them. There were giant lay­ to devote a lifetime of sleepless nights from the perspective of a community men who heard that call. There were to run the new mosdos that we need, builders and supporters of Torah Two excellent reasons for us to sit on 2. Quite the contrary! Our yeshivas and mos dos who built yeshivas in the American our hands. Except that finding the require new funds, plus n1ore painful belt­ desert. We would like to think that we human resources is not our respon­ tightenina to survive. But son1ehow the nature of this enwrgency is not being heard. The plight would have been among the heroes sibility: providing the physical re­ of the Russian JeWish children may bring a new in that war. Then. But what about sources is. sense of discipline and new resources for all. now? Sweeten Shalach Manos with Schmerling

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16 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 SOLUTIONS

here are two classes of solu­ We have come full circle. We are looking at tions. The first kind is highly our past-the 1920's, '30's and '40s. Life was T preferable and consists of shifting the burden on to someone hard, money scarce, thousands of Jewish else. At one time. we would have said "get it from the Iich." Actually, we children in public school. What we do now is probably wouldn't have had to say it, a mirror of what we would have done then. because those yeshiva graduates more financially blessed than most, gave before having to be told. They sponsible halachic autholily that the Conservatively, we are probably invested their energies. their time, boy is just as "barmitzva'ed" as if his spending over 3 million dollars a year and their money so that problems father had spent the $5000 he could on esrogim. Leaving aside the often never reached our conscious­ readily afford on a shindig.... halachic considerations, are we pre­ ness. The times have changed. Many • My esrog cost $100 this year, and pared to give up our esrogim so that of those who we think are well-to-do l estimate that $4000 left the average hundreds of Jewish children get a are a step away from a precipitous shtiebe1 in esrog money. when a tenth Jewish education? fall. Part of their burden has been would have sufficed to give everyone It needn't be esrogim, of course. picked by their colleagues. but a a chance to do all the necessary We could address the shalach manos share must fall on those other than blessing and even a little waving. ~ 1 explosion. which threatens to over­ the extremely Iich. whelm one and all. To the best of my But even as we spread the burden, 3. Now that I have learned to keep the arba understanding, fewofthe 100,000or most of us can still point to someone rnlnin1 fresh for rnore then three days. it is dou­ so shalach manos senders spends else. bly difficult to give up the personal pleasure of less than $100 a year. I guarantee my O\Vll esrog. But let the esrog stand as a point • For example, we can safely ask of reference. as more practical readers than I one can satisfy the most stlingent the thousands who usually take corne up with their list of expendables. halachic requirement of shalach more than one vacation tlip a year, to cul back $1,000 or so on annual vacation expenses and contribute that money (over and above their Are Thu Looking Fbr A Thshiva maaserj to Torah. That should help Fbr Thur Son Which: considerably. 1"" has classes small enough to allow for And there are the ideas that are a individualized instruction? little harder to implement. Because they involve all of us: 1"" emphasizes mastering the textual material in addition to • The vice president of my school ''covering ground"? told me that he refuses to water his 1"" creates individualized learning programs for each Ta/mid? lawn because it's a criminal waste ofwater. Another colleague lives with If so look into MESIVTA YERUSHAS AVOS! a shabby lawn because he won't use Mesivta YerushasAvos is housed beautifully in the heart of Flatbush at environmentally dangerous chemi­ 1326 Ocean Parkway. cals. With people giving up mani­ cured lawns to save the planet, could lntemews Now In Progress For we not give up cultivating grass in Freshman Class Elul - .5751 order to cultivate Jewish children? Registration Limited How many lawns (at $500 to $2000 The Class of 5750 Has N_o Vacancies .. Many Students Have Been Turned Away a year) are needed to educate a Jew­ ish child? Board of Sponsors: • Everyone else deals with exces­ Harav Zelig Epstein, sh/ita sive costs of simchos, so I will forego Harav A. Henoch Leibowitz, shlita the pleasure. l will only add that l Harav Avraham Pam, shlita attended a Bar Mitzva where ten men Harav , sh/ita and assorted wives and children Apply Early! Don't Be Closed Out! made a seudas bar mitzva for an Rabbi Moshe Kamin, Rosh Yeshiva (nB) 382-4904 outstanding boy, whose yeshiva education included midas as well as Torah. The total cost was probably about $250, and l am told by a re-

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 17 manos for less than $10. The total 10:30 p.m., Rabbi G. arrtved to tell savings are enough to educate every us about a day-care program for Russian child in Amertca that seeks Russian children he and his wife had an education-and manicure many set up at the suggestion of a Jewish lawns as well. Fifty-five children were being served, from 2-1 /2 to 5 years old­ HOW WILL THE ABOVE with requests from hundreds more. SOLUTIONS BE DESCRIBED? He was ready to close down, unable to cover a loss of$3000 a week. Fifty­ nide? Cruel? Cynical? Quix­ five Jewish children, who might otic? Just a while ago, several never get another opportunity to VVearea\Nareof S young people from Flatbush learn the Aleph·Beis! gathered in my home to see what we By the time this article is read, the the dire emergency could do about The Problem. At center may be closed, the children in \Nhich \Ne find ourselves. We are a\Naiting direction, \Ne are a\Naiting the disciplined state of emergency, \Nhich Toeverr \NOUld ensure that Dear n1'1:n, #4 Shalom Sais everyone is doing Jewish (Harmony in the home) This medley of tapes What does it mean to "Love entitled ·woman to thy neighbor as thyself?" his fair share. Woman !nsoiration," give woman .,,12:1 '\,II"\., 1'1:1:":N1 me deeP Chizuk (strength) How is this the absolute as a woman. And I hope cornerstone of marriage? you find that they do the I say same for you. #5 The Alshes Chayll • back home, or in one of the many (Woman of _Valor} programs that missionartes have set #1 Women In The Torah. The Tofili is tet us m~rnify for ourselves The goal of this shiur is to the mean11 ~ of select up in Brtghton. help today's woman make passages (Proverbs) that a true connection to the your deal with the ·woman of The wild-eyed money-saving pro­ 111n'2N and other women Valor.~ Thus we may ment to in the Torah who blazed assimilate them into the posals have now become a little more the trail for us al!. bloodstream of our practical, haven't they? inheritance. everyday lives. #2 Women In The Nevlim The real problem is the perception {The Prophets) I invite you to share in our fn this discussion we Come and rich Torah Hentage and "that nobody will listen." The truth is attempt to glean the n • ~ N there will be more everyone is prepared to give of him­ unique n 'T, :i !I (personal tapes to foilow. service of Hashem) of claim it. self-if everyone else does so, too. each inspiring woman Wishing you ::i , \J ; :l, from the Prophets. paragraph in Sefer 111!'.l!'l.,:i n1:11n (Duties There is a will to do, a willingness to of the Heart), we find a recipe for the 1.tJ.f-'11 #3 Aspirations. d~eloPfnent of 9~r true potential and the give, a readiness to share. As a part From a thought-provoking stimulation of spmtual growth. Tehila Jaeger of many. And this, perhaps, is the role of the Tape #1 Woman in the Torah $7 .00 Tape #4 Sh~om Sais $7.00 author-to signal to those who read Tape #2 Women in Neviim $7 .00 Tape #5 The Aishes Che~I $7.00 Tape #3 Aspirations $7.00 Tapes #1 through #5 #30.00 this, that we must inform those who lead us, that we are ready to be led. We are aware of the dire emergency in which we find ourselves. We are ----·------·---··------·- awaiting direction. we are awaiting the disciplined state of emergency, AYE LET H A S H A C H A R which would ensure that everyone is ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN 806 DORIAN COURT, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 doing his fair share. REBETZIN SARAH FREIFELD, n "ll FOUNDER REBElZIN TEHILA JAEGER~ Hopefully, we will be able to read the 2010 Lachman-Kosman Report with a sense of relief and gratitude. And with as little guilt as we did the report of 1990.... •

18 The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 WHEN DID YOU LAST BURY An1~}J Tl}J?

The Torah tells us that a n1::lY.J rm (the burial of an abandoned corpse) supercedes every mitzvah in the Torah. Even a Kohain Gadol (High Priest) on his way to the Sais Hamik.dash (Holy Temple in Jerusalem) must defile himself in order to tend to a m::lY.l nr.i. At The Hebrew Free Burial Association, we average 250 such burials each year. Jewish men and women who have no one to give them a proper levaya (burial) and who might otherwise be buried as a pauper in a mass grave. Each of the fifty thousand indigent Jews buried in the Hebrew Free Burial Association's cemeteries is someone's child. Each person is someone's grandparent. neighbor or friend. Each has a face. a name, a history. It might be someone you knew. Someone you loved. Today. in light of the current economic picture. the frightening prospect of not being able to give a poor Jew a decent burial has become a stark reality. Won't you join us in this great mitzvah and help us pay for the high costs of such a burial? ,------, Rabbi Elchonon Zohn D YES! I want to share in the "z'chus" of the burial of a m~)J n)J. RABBINIC ADVISOR Gerald E.. Fefdhamer Enclosed is my tax-deductible contribution of: PRESIDENT D $1,000 towards the cost of a funeral for a indigent Jew Jack M. Gross I D $500 to help defray the cost of a cemetery plot Stanley R. Kaplan 1 $250 towards a grave opening for an indigent Jew Melanle Shlmoff Kwestel D EXEClJTIVE COMMITTEE I D $100 ... D $50 ... D $25 ... 0 $18 ... 00ther~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACTS Establillhed 1887 I .... to help give a poor Jew a decent burial. Buried S3,000 since Its inception . L------~ Please mail your tax"1educt1ble contribution to THE HEBREW FREE BURIAL ASSOCIATION 1170 Broadway • Suite 911 • New York. NY 10001 Eliezer Gillig

CONFRONTING THE SOVIET JEWISH MIRACLE:

When Oksana . ~ andAnatoly • I e Areon • i Your Guest List ...

o, you've invited a Russian Secondly, be yourself! If you usu­ ! offlowers. Flowers are tremendously family for Shabbos and you ally sit al your Shabbos table in a important in Soviet culture-they S don't know what to do, rtght? model coat, by all means feel free to brighten up an otherwise unimag­ Wrong! You have not invited a Rus­ do so. The more natural you feel, the inably drab existence. Anatoly and sian family at all-but a Jewish more your true feelings of Ahavas Oksana have not yet been taught family, recent immigrants from the Yisroel will shine through to your that carrying is forbidden on Shab­ Soviet Union, will soon grace your guests. People who were raised un­ bos or that Gallo wine is not kosher. Shabbos table. It may seem insig­ der the Soviet banner are much more Put the wine aside and keep mum nificant to you, but being thought of "laid back" than typical Orthodox about the carrying. as "Jewish" as opposed to "Russian" Jews, so if your Venetian blinds are Greet them warmly and show is extremely important to Soviet dusty, or the table-cloth is wrinkled, them to their seats. Do not tell them Jewish immigrants. it is NOT an indication that your tal­ to choose a seat: show them where Now that we have helped to alter ents as a balebusta are suspect. It they should sit. If you have children, your thought processes, let's try to is probably an indication that you they should have been previously give you a few Do's and Don' ts so that have more important things to worry told not to stare or to comment about you will enjoy your guests, and they about. Your guests will feel more the guests' clothing, accents, hair­ will enjoy being with you. comfortable in a home that has that styles, etc. They should be encour­ First, keep smiling! Recent medi­ "lived-in" look. aged to share their toys with Igor. cal research has shown that the Serve the foods you enjoy making, Children can become friends quickly. physical act of smiling helps to re­ save your strength for sparkling Oksana will not have her head duce nervous tension-and you'll conversation. and Enjoy! Your guests covered. (Georgie and Jacqueline have plenty of that! So you may as already appreciate your invitation haven't yet made it in Minsk.) Please well smile and enjoy yourself. more than you can imagine. If they don't offer her a tichet unless 1) you didn't, they wouldn't be coming. are wearing one and 2) she asks for Ellezer Gillig. who is fluent in Russian, spent on't be surprised if Anatoly, it. If you can't accept the concept of the sunnner in Kiev. where he was involved in running summer camps for Jewish children. Oksana, and litile Igor show a bareheaded woman at your Shab­ His 'There Are Some Ways You Can Help" was D up carrying a bag with a bos tisch, it would probably be better featured in JO, May '89. He lives In Brooklyn. bottle of Gallo Wine, and a bouquet to leave the hachnossas orchim to

20 The Jewish Observer. February 1991 somebody else-seriously! Speak slowly and clearly. It may be necessary to repeat yourself sev­ eral times, to say the same thing over again once or twice using different words, in order to be comprehended, so that your guests can understand you. (Get the picture?) the first meeting, do NOT talk MESIVTHA TIFERETH JERUSALEM oo much about Torah. DO 141-7 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002 talk about the difficulty of the immigrants' material predicament. under the leadership of Get Anatoly to tell you about his I HAGAON HARAV , N'\?"'~ profession, and commiserate with wishes to inform the Torah Community that Oksana about Igor's recurrent ear Registration For The September School Vear Is Now Open infections. Anatoly and Oksana are probably well-educated by Soviet • The Yeshivoh features oil grodes from Kindergarten thru Mes!vtho High School. standards, and feel bad that here in led by the Inspiring ond dynamic prtnclpol. Robbi Shmuel Fishel ls, ,..,,.'>VI, aswellos America their professional status is o Bois Medrosh and Kolle!. not respected. Say to them, "I really • The Yeshiva will serve the Torah and educational needs of the high school admire your courage in coming to student seVJ, and other well known America to get you a really good job." Robbelm,deslgned to prepore the high school sfudentforo future role os o Toi mid Voice their concerns and com­ Chochom and a productive member of the Jewish community, Well rounded In plaints-they'll sense that you un­ Torah ond Mlddos. with on excellent Academic H.S. program In oil subjects. derstand, and even though you're not in a position to help them, you do To schedule an entrance exam or for more fntorma#on coll: appreciate them. Rabbi Shmuel Flshells at (212) 964-2830 As much as you shouldn't talk Transportotion ovallable and/or 'F' train ot corner about Torah, it might be a good idea to explain why you make Kiddush, use lechem mishna, wash for "hamotzi," refrain from speaking until after you eat the challah, dip the ARE YOU MOVING? challah in salt, use a separate fork for the fish, etc. etc. Assist the guests in IS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PRINTED making berachos, translate them, INCORRECTLY ON THE JO MAILING LABEL? and explain why we make them. Any We need your help to ensure proper delivery of the 10 to your home. Please explanations should be very, very attach current mailing label in the space below, or print clearly your address brief. and computer processing numbers that are printed above your name on the You may think that your zemiros address label. are the most beautiful thing this side of the Metropolitan Opera, but for the ADDRESS CHANGE FORM sake of your guests, keep them to a (Affix label here) minimum. unless you see that the guests are singing along with obvious enjoyment. (By the way, Oksana may be enjoying the singalong more than Anatoly.) Perhaps you might ask Anatoly to sing a Russian song, Name ______if he knows one. (You won't know what he's singing about anyhow, and Address------­ some of the niggunim are hauntingly beautiful.) lfyou know any Russian City, State, Zip------­ Jewish songs, by all means, share Date Effective------them. Please allow 6-8 weeks for all changes to be rE'flected on your mail mg label. \VE VVILL NOT BE Never say anything along the lines RESPONSIBLE FOR BACK ISSUES MISSED unle~s you notify us 8 weeks prior to your move of "Isn't Shabbos beautiful?" It's

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 21 At the first meeting, do NOT talk too much about Torah. DO talk about the difficulty to the immigrants' material predicament.

quite possible. and perhaps even probable, that Anatoly and Oksana think it's a bore! That's not a reflec­ 1 tion on you. or even on Shabbos­ :ip)'' l11)'1'l'' n')' n:i1 'l'11n it's merely another manifestation of how well Lenin and Stalin, et al. did IN JUST 5 MINUTES A DAY their job of eradicating Yiddishkeit If possible, have some Russian­ YOU CAN LEARN A DAF YOMI language printed matter on Jewish topics in the house. that Anatoly and OF MEDRASH!!!!! Oksana can peek at. They will. per­ haps. ask if they could borrow it. Now, Attention: Torah Scholars, Laymen, you can explain that carrying on Shabbos Is forbidden. but you'd be Teachers, and Librarians happy to drop it off at their house on Sunday morning or afternoon. What Now you can study the profound wisdom of the Medrash time will be convenient? You can in­ on the Torah and the five Megillos. These Sefarim are sist. since they will probably not want written in a clear consise, Lashon Hakodesh Hebrew by to trouble you. Of course. it's no trouble at all. you will assure them. the esteemed, Rabbi Jacob Dov. and besides it will be a good excuse APPROBATION, to get together again. Or perhaps Tuesday evening would be more "This set is written lucidly "This explanation captures convenient. and can be easily the essense of the brillance of ust in case the seudacontinues understood by all" the Meforshim of the until Mincha time. it would Badatz ofEldah Hachareldis Medrash" J probably be better NOT to in­ of Jerusalem Rav Yltzchok Yakov Weiss Z"L vite Anatoly to shu~ unless your shul is one of the rare ones that has a ORDER YOURS TODAY!!! stash of Russian Siddurim and seforim Give him the choice of stay­ Get this set as a gift for your favorite family or institutional library. ing behind or coming with you. Shalosh seudos should be enjoyed at It's great for Bar Mitzvahs or as a wedding present. home. SPECIAL $30.00 OFF At parting time. tell Anatoly and Oksana how much you enjoyed their NOW ONLY $120.00 THE COMPLETE SET OF 8 company, and you hope they will be available in two weeks to come again, Available at your local seforim store. because you would like to invite Also available at Rabbi Jacob Dov 718-436-2227 or 718-946-7710 FOR BOOKSTORES' them. (Don't just say something like: Available wholesale at the distributor: "The door is always open.") In be­ M. Spiegel, 5306 New Utrecht Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219 Tel. 718-972-7017. tween, before the week is over. give Also available at Bigeleisen 5eforim Store: 4409-16th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11204 Tel. 718-436-1165 them a call and ask if you could stop In Monsey Contact Gutman 425-1317 7 Concord Drive by for an hour or so to further your In Wmsbg. Contact Goldenberg 388·1559 265 Hooper Street acquaintance. Do it. And don't forget the flowers. •

22 The Jewish Observer. February 1991 ''Our Boro Park Customers and Boro Park Are Our 1991 Priorities." john f Amodio President I CEO

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The bleak era of was relieved by very few bright spots: one of them was a small network of Orthodox rescue activists located throughout the.free world: in the US., Britain, , Turkey, Eretz Yisroel, Sweden. and Tangier. Only recently have some oftheir extraordinary efforis come lo light. These people were not professional reliefor even communal workers, or heads of Jewish defense organizations. They were rabbis, roshei yeshiva, laymen and women, whose dedication to the Torah's dicta ofareivus (collective responsibility), pikuach nefesh (rescue), and pidyon shevuyim (redemption of captives) catapulted them to leadership in unchartered arenas, and guided them to resort to unorthodox means of rescue which the Jewish establishment was loathe to use. Several books have been written on the topic, notably Thy Brother's Blood. by David Kranzler, author of the follow· ing article. Among the fifteen chapters in the book portraying heroic efforis lo rescue Jewish lives during that tragic period, one deals briefly with the efforis ofMrs. Renee Reichman, 11")1 -a striking example of what a mother and house· w!fe can achieve in times of national crisis. We present the following report on Mrs. Reichmann's remarkable achieve­ ments in , during this month. marking herJtrstYahrzeit.

Renee Reichmann n" v and the Tangier Rescue Collllection

ESCAPE TO SPAIN childrer (one teenage daughter and (Samuel) had established a thliving five younger sons) rather than in­ wholesale egg business. ike Mrs. Recha Sternbuch. 1 volvement in the life-and-death Following the Anschluss, in March another woman of valor, Mrs. struggles of European Jewry. More­ 1938. when Hitler marched into L Reichmann would have pre­ over, while the Sternbuchs resided as , the Reichmanns sought a ferred to concentrate on the care of citizens in Switzerland, the Reich­ safe haven in . Their respite in her husband and the raising of her mann's were refugees in Tangier, France was rather short, however. for Spanish . and were trying to on Erev Shavuos, with the rapid col­ Dr. David Kranzler, historian and full profes­ adjust to their new environment But lapse of the French Army. the sor (rel.) at CUNY. is the author of five books the call of destiny does not wait for Reichmanns made a hasty flight on the Holocaust, including. Japanese. Nazis convenience southward. a few steps ahead of the and Jews: the Jewish Refugee Community of Scion of the well-known Gestetner Nazi troops. They readily obtained a Shanghai 1938-1945, and Thy Brother's Blood: the Orthodox Jewish Response Duling the Halo· family, Renee hailed from Gyor while ten-day transit visa through Spain caust. Dr. Kranzler is presently cmnpleting two her husband came from Beled, both and wended their way toward the works: 616 Bedford: the L(fe and Times qf in . The Reichmanns were southern border. Elinielech Tress, and The Greatest Hero of the living in Vienna where Reb Shmaya Mr. Reichmann went ahead into Holocaust: the Man Who Stopped Deportations Spain to explore the situation. He from Budapoest to Auschtvitz. His To Save A l, See Heroine of Rescue, a book on Mrs. World: 01thodox Jewish Rescue Heroes was just Stembuch, by Joseph Frtedcnson and this au·· had no problems at the border, where published by CIS. thor. not even his passport was de-

24 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 manded. When he asked whether he the stoiy of rescue from Tangier un­ The Kleins requested that Mrs. could bring in his family. the police folds.) Reichmann send packages of food responded in the affirmative: "As long In Spain, Reb Shmaya sought not from Tangier to their parents and as they come before six p.m., when only refuge but a place with at least brother. By that time, it became the border closes." the possibility for raising a frum virtually impossible to send food Shmaya Reichmann returned family: a minyan, kashrus, and tu­ packages from the United States, due with the rest of the family, along with tors to teach Torah to the five young to its moral support of Britain's naval a stranded Hungarian Jewish girl, boys. Since the latter part of the blockade of German-occupied terrt­ who had joined them. A major ob­ nineteenth century, Spain had a toiy (America did not enter the war stacle to their entry was averted by a small, unobtrusive Jewish popula­ unti!December8, 1941). The secular decent Spanish border policeman. tion in several cities, but virtually no Jewish organizations, with their own who had noted the discrepancy in religious life. The only feasible place boycott of Germany, made such a 2 their passport, which listed six, not seemed to be Tangier. in NorthAfiica, move unfeasible . Since Spain was seven children. Instead of turning just across the Straits from tip of ostensibly an ally of Nazi Germany, them back across the border, which Gibraltar. Previously an interna­ sending food from Spanish Morocco would have been a certainty in tional city, it was shortly to be incor­ proved no problem, especially since "democratic" Switzerland, he helped porated into Spanish Morocco after it did not even involve American citi­ them straighten out this snag with the fall of France. Tangier had an old zens. the help of the Hungarian Embassy Sephardi community and a small but In addition to helping the Kleins in Madrid. Eventually the girl re­ growing Jewish refugee population Mrs. Reichmann also sent food turned to her family in Hungary. that eventually numbered several packages to Jews in hiding in Bel­ (Rather than the exception, this hundred. gium and in France, with the help • • i I J The Reichmann sons near the truck-load ofjood packages ,. sentfrom Tangier to 11111 concentration camps. Ai .. -·~,-·

benevolent attitude on the part of all A CALL FOR HELP, of the French Jewish Underground. levels of Spanish authority as well as FROM NEW YORK When she learned that many Jews the populace at large, reflected the had been deported to concentration humanitarian character of a large enee Reichmann was di­ camps, she suspected that she could proportion of the Spanish people. verted from cartng for her send food there as well. She cabled This, despite centuries of alleged R family in the latter part of her brother, Chesky Gestetner. in antisemitism in a society virtually 1941, by a letter from a member of Bratislava, Slovakia, to send her absent of any Jews-since the expul­ the Klein family, their friends from names ofJews in the camps, and he sion of 1492, and in spite of General Vienna, who had moved to New York, responded with a list of some 1800 Francisco Franco's tenuous ties with where they would establish lhe well­ Jewish girls who had been among the Hitler. The ideological label offascism known Barton's Candy Company. first to be deported to Auschwitz­ did not necessalily spell antisemi­ The youngest brother, Isaac, had re­ Birkenau, in the spring of 1942. In tism, at least in practice, just as de­ mained with his parents. They had this manner, she began a major res­ mocracy did not necessalily imply been unable to escape to the United cue effort that was to continue sympathy and help for Jews during States, and were confined in a ghetto those dark years. The Spanish, as in Poland. At that time, the general well as the Italians, were not equiva­ assumption was that Hitler merely 2. For the story of Agudath Israers valiant wanted to starve the Jews in the struggle to help their starving brethren In Po­ lent to the Germans, nor were Franco land in the face of opposition by the secular and Mussolini the same as Hitler. ghettos, rather than to commit Jewish Organizations, see Chapter 7a in this This is important to bear in mind as genocide. author's Thy Brother's Blood.

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 25 throughout the war, as well as for NOW AVAILABLE several years after the war. TO AGUDATH ISRAEL MEMBERS ESSENTIALLY AFAMILY AFFAIR or some time, she financed COMPREHENSIVE this relief project by herself, F with the help of some other MAJOR MEDICAL financially successful refugees in HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM Tangier. Her daughter, Eva, who had Available to New York State residents only worked closely with her during these years, recalled, "My mother was the For Information Call: type to whom nobody dared say no. She just told them she expects a 212-797-7388 large donation, and they responded." Still, the relief project remained es­ Between 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM sentially a family affair. Eva, who rapidly achieved fluency in Spanish and French, was her mother's sec­ TttURM BROS., WORLDCHEt:SECO., IMC. NEW YORI'.. rtY retary, general assistant, as well as translator. She solicited money and clothing from fellow Jews in Tangier and Tetuan, Spanish Morocco, as well as in Barcelona and Madrid. She in­ sisted that the clothing, if second­ hand, be in excellent condition. "We don't want to send them shmattes. They've already suffered more than enough," she insisted, also convinc­ ing Jewish factory owners in Madrid and Barcelona to donate hundreds of SMILE new blankets and other woolen goods to her cause. Her frequent trips to Spain re­ quired travel visas and licenses from the "pro-German" Franco Govern­ C1 ment. Yet. in this as well as in many other requests, Mrs. Reichmann found the officials in Madrid helpful and even gracious. In addition, the G Spanish Red Cross facilitated in the mailing of the thousands of packages to the camps. They even granted her This Purim, when you send permission to send the packages your little ones out to deliver under their name, allowing her to Mishloach Manos, send HEESE print special labels (see illus.). along something special-Haolain Cheese. Cheese, you're giving wholeson1e goodness Haolam Cheeses add variety -nature's finest gifts for this special holiday. Since Spain was an ally of ­ to "Shalach Manos" -a wheel ofHaolam So this Purim, don't give stale cake, many, the rubric of the Spanish Red Gouda or Muenster, our popular Smoked loose popcorn, or crumbling cookies. Cross (with full government ap­ Cheese Sticks, or your favorite triangles. Give the gift that's good for you ... and proval) on the labels provided a far And when you give a bottle the little ones, too! greater assurance that the packages of wine, a nice piece of fruit, and Haolam This year, smile, give cheese, and say ... would reach their intended recipients HAPPY PURIM than even that provided for by the International Red Cross (!RC). This "guarantee" was reinforced by the labels' designation of the Jewish re­ cipients as "prisoners of war," a THll JllOST TRUSTllD l'IAJllll IN CHOLOVYISROllLCHllllSll privilege denied them by the !RC

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Spanish Red Cross labels on packages qffood sent to Card Qf El Goude La Granja, Jews in camps by Renee Reichmann. president of the Spanish Red Cross.

until the summer of 1944. That is why throughout most of the war. Jews had not been included in the INSURANCE BROKERS & CONSULTANTS IRC's regular distribution of pack­ Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Life & Health ages to inmates of the concentration camps. Only by mid-July. 1944, did the !RC grant Jews in the camps this privileged status. This only came 6010· 15thAvenue/Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219 about after a relentless Swiss press campaign, which publicized the horrors of Auschwitz to the entire • PROFESSfONAL SERVfCE • world, and evoked the first major • QUAUTY INSURANCE CARRIERS • public western reaction to •COMPETITIVE PREMIUMS • Auschwitz, and the complicity of the Hungartans in the genocide of the Jews. This extraordinary press BARBARA GOLDGRABEN/HESHY SCHWEBEL/EZRA HES campaign which included over 120 Swiss newspapers and manifested itself in over 400 articles-many on front pages-had been instigated and orchestrated by George Mandel­ Mantello, the Jewish First Secretary YOUR CAR II ISRAA of the El Salvador Consulate in Switzerland, after his courier brought TYPE OF CAR him copies of the Auschwitz Report ' . I 3 and the Hungarian Report. 0 AUTOBIANCHI 1 8 2 2 5 2 'EXC. C.O.W I The special Spanish Red Cross A f'iAfuNO_____ -Tif6~ 266- &LD.W labels not only provided free franking ~ f_~Lll~.

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 27 privileges-saving many thousands of dollars in mailing expenses-it also PINCHAS MANDEL spared the Reichmann's the arduous Over 35 Years Experience in Kvura in Eretz Yisrael task of writing up all the addresses. All that was required was the •Dedicated to Kavod Haniftarwith personal recipient's name. Nor did the SRC set responsibility throughout service a quota on the number of packages; •Highly recommended by Gedolai Hador the only limit was the amount of -Here and in Eretz Yisrael- money available. Food was obtained 1569 • 47th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11219 from local merchants al cost price. Not a penny was spent on per­ Day & Night Phone (718) 855-5121 sonnel, which consisted primarily of Honesty - Integrity - Reliability the Reichmann family-including all Ctlf:SED '.'iHEL Ei\-H:S ii~ undP1~tood and practiced by one active in the indu5try more than half a century five boys-as well as a few friends, all Taharas Haniftar Should Never Be Commercialized volunteers. Every day, after school and private tutoring in Jewish sub­ jects, the boys packed and loaded these packages, which by 1944 reached 2,000 per week. Since the Reichmanns had no storage space, Mr. Aaron Cohen, a well-to-do Sephardi Jew, made his warehouse available every day after KINOR'S business hours, at about five p.m. Frequently, the strenuous work of sorting, packing and loading the packages would occupy the young volunteers until the wee hours of the WINNING morning. MATZOS TO AUSCHWITZ

or Pcsach 1944, Mrs. Reich­ NUMBERS mann had intended to provide (Pick any Kinor Cheese ... and you're a winner) F packages of ma1zos to Ausch­ witz through the Jewish Community of Hungary. With the German occu­ pation in March, 1944, however, that order could no longer be filled. Un­ daunted, she made arrangements lo send matzos from Tangier, necessi­ tating much additional work, though it took some prodding by Mrs. Reichmann of the Tangier Jewish Community to convince them of the need and urgency to have the matzos ready on time. The anival of the matzos was a great moral boost to the inmates, as was confirmed to this writer in an interview with Mrs. P., one of the re­ Go ahead, pick any Kinor Cheese ... cipients. She gave me the original and you're in luck! Because you've never tasted anythlng like label from the package, which she our Yogurt Cheese with natural had guarded with her life. She re­ herbs, or our wonderful Vegetable Muenster. Smooth and creamy with just the right amount of zip! called, that "even more precious than And, there's never a gamble when choosing the food," which she shared with a between our fabulous Muenster, or Natural Monterey jack ...... _~;...r Whichever you pick, you're always a winner... with Kinor! few friends, "was the incredible idea that someone outside cared for us." After that Pesach, she made her first contact with the Sternbuchs in

28 The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 The crowning achievement of her work was the rescue of at least 1200 Jews in during the wa(s final agonizing TORAH months, in the latter half of 1944 and early 1945. TAPES ON 5MEGILOS Switzerland, who then allocated papers were given gratis-by the many thousands of dollars from Vaad George (Mandel) Manteno. His as· Hatzalah funds for her project. sistant. Dr. Mattieux Muller4, in (Dispatching money was not a simple charge of "producing" these papers. &PESACH matter, and most of the time circui­ was a refugee from France, where he tous routes were used.) Vaad had headed its Agudath Israel office Hatzalah in New York granted her for a half century. official status as its representative in Within ten days, the previously HAGGADAH Tangier, which among other things, mentioned Swiss press campaign ~~~~BY~~~~- enabled her to make free use of the triggered a world-wide protest-by War Refugee Board communications the Pope, Roosevelt, Churchill, and RABBl system. It also gave her added stat· King Gustave of Sweden (who then ure in dealing with both the Ameri· dispatched Wallenberg)-against the RALPH PELCOVITZ can charged' affairs and the Spanish Nazi decimation of Hungarian Jewry. Government. On July 7, Hungary's Regent Admiral of Congreg-dtion Knesseth Israel Miklos Horthy ordered the halt in (!'he White Shu!, Far l!

The Jewish Observer, Febniary 1991 29 the International Red Cross took an known, were those of Swiss Consul afforded greater protection than for active interest in preventing further Charles Lutz, who provided Swiss those in the more vulnerable Jewish deportations from Budapest. This Schutzpasse to thousands of Jews, Ghetto. became particularly important, as placing several thousand in what political conditions in the capital de­ became known as the "Glass House." UNDER SPANISH PROTECTION teriorated after October 15, when He also took over the interests of a Eichmann was able to oust the vac­ number of Latin Amertcan govern­ nJuly 12, fourdaysafterthe illating Admiral Horthy and install ments, especially El Salvador, and arrtval of Wallenberg from the totally Nazi-like Arrow Cross the many thousands of bearers of 0 Sweden5 , the Jewish Coun­ Szalasi regime, which authorized the their papers. His buildings, together cil of Budapest was tnformed that the Germans to murder or to deport the with those provided by the Swedes Spanish Government had given its Jews. and the !CR, formed what became approval for 500Jewish children and Analogous to the famous rescue known as the International Ghetto, 70 accompanytng adults to travel to efforts of Raoul Wallenberg, but less which housed the "foreign" Jews, and Tangier. It had also requested that they be permitted to travel under the auspices of the International Red Cross (!RC), to which the latter agreed. Eichmann, however, refused to allow these children to go to Tangier, even protesting such pro­ tection of Jews by Germany's erst­ while ally. Meanwhile they were placed under the protection of the !RC as well as of Spain, and this provided the legal framework for the with the Pruzans!;y Family !RC to broaden its rescue to the pro­ who are famous for... tection of thousands of"foreign" ci­ vilians. • Kashruth • Quality • Service This was the culmination of much effort by Mrs. Reichmann, many Returning to Our Greot Success of Lost 'Pesach miles away. It all began several months earlier, when leaders of the at the Famous and Luxurious Orthodox community in Budapest, such as Philip Freudiger. Rabbi FRIAR TUCK INN Chaim Roth and Samuel Frey, Catskill. New York sought help from the Sternbuchs in Switzerland lo rescue as many ta. Private Sedorlm ovoiloble ta. Beautiful indoor pool· Sauna/ Jacuzzi - Jewish children as possible, espe­ ta. Daily Vaf Yoml and Holocho Shiurim Bocci/Heolt'1 Club - E11ercise 'Room cially orphans. They, in turn, com­ ta. Glatt Kosher - Cholov Yisroel ta. Tennis CouP'"ts. Bosketboll. Sports municated with Mrs. Reichmann on M- Non Gobrokts strictly observed M- Private Lake with hoots the possibility of obtaining visas to tt- Shmuro Motzohs eirclusively l&- Jo99ln9 and hiking frails Tangier for these children, an effort that required the approval ofMadrtd ta. Entertainment for Chol-Hamoed ta. Gome 'Room - Ping Pong as well as the High Commissioner of ta. Multi-choice sumptuous menus ta. Supervised Vay Comp Spanish Morocco. ta. Shul-stocked with seforim n- Doby Sitte,.- Available Not having had any previous con­ l6- Communal Seder ovai/abfe n- Private phones in all rooms tact with the High Commissioner, t&- Our famous spectacular Kiddushim M- Zl.f hr. switchboard service Mrs. Reichmann sought the help of te. C:rtensive Cultural 'Prog,.-am ~Close proximity to all major attractions. Rives Childs, the Amertcan charge ~ Tea Room always open horseback riding. go~carts, bowling d'affairs in Tangier, who was known for his good relations with him. In lJnd•r fh• Sup•rvision ol Entire Hotel Kosher Two Complete K'hal Adath Jeshurun his memoirs, Foreign Service Fare­ Washington Heights. NY for Passover Separate Kitchens welL Childs recalled his meeting with Friar Tuck Inn is kosher only when operated in asscx:::iation with the Pru7.CI11Sky Family this indomitable Jewish woman:

5. Wallenberg also served temporarily as pro­ tector of the thousands of holders of the Salva­ dor papers, until the Govemn1ent in El Salva­ 431 Avenue P, Bklyn, NY 11223 •Tel. 718 339-0200 •Fax 718 339-1918 dor extended its official recognition and Swit­ Toll Free In N.V. stale 1-800-339-CATER •Out of State Call Collect 1·718-339·0200 zerland look over the interests of El Salvador in Budapest.

30 The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 Subscribe now to The Jewish Observer and$AVE Become a monthly subscriber to The Jewish Observer and save up to 47% off the single· The Spanish copy price (a savings of over Government had $40.). The longer you sub· given its approval for scribe for, the more you save. 500 Jewish children And this introductory offer is fully guaranteed. You have but to ask and you will receive and 70 accompany­ a prompt refund on any undelivered issues should you decide to cancel at any time, ing adults to travel for any reason. to Tangier. This was Each month, The Jewish Observer will be delivered directly to your door, filled with the views of leading Torah thinkers on current issues. .comments on the the culmination of strengths and foibles within the Jewish community ... analysis of contemporary much effort by Mrs. Jewish events ... inside reporting, interpretive commentary, inspiring biographies, infuriating letters and illuminating responses-all within the covers of one magazine, Reichmann, many The Jewish Observer. miles away. So don't delay. Check the money-saving terms below and send ln your order right away. We'll try to get your order filled in time for our very next issue. I got a call.from Madame Renee Reichmann, a Jewish refugee fin ------·SUBSCRIPTION SAVINGS CERTIFICATE Tangier} ... on the basis ofthe influence I was known to enjoy with /High DIE~_! Suite 1200• 84 William Street Commissioner General Orgaz.... Her UDSf:RVER New York, N.Y. 10038 plea to me was a very earnest and moving one.... I appealed to /General D YES! Please enter my subscription for: Jl~~y 'OYJ~~DE Orgaz] to support the issuance by the 0 3 years-at 47% off the cover price $48 0 $78 Spanish Legation in Budapest of 0 2 years-at 40% off the cover price $36 0 $56 Spanish Moroccan visafor 500 Jew­ 0 1 year - at 2 7°/o of/ the cover price $22 0 $32 ish children in Hungary threatened "'Price reflects $10 extra per year to defray air shipping costs. Foreign with extermination. Mme. Reichmann payment must be made in U.S. dollars, either by check drawn on a bank represented that the granting of the in the U.S.A. or by Visa or MasterCard. visas would not necessitate the physical transfer of the children to NAME (Please print)'------­ Morocco, but would be a means of ADDRESS ------placing them under Spanish protec­ CITY, STATE ______ZIP ____ tion. I informed Mme. Reichmann that it 0 Enclosed: $ 0 Charge my 0 MasterCard D VISA would be entirely irregular for me to intervene with Orgaz officially. but ~~c·[r-r ·1 I I I I I I LJ I I I IJ that in view of the humanitarian as­ pect, it would be impossible for me to Expiration date: [D {month) CD (year) decline to transmit the request on a Signature'------­ purely personal basis. The /ewi'h Ob5erver •s pubhshed monthly e~cepl July and August. Plea5e al low 4-6 weeks for delivery. The American charge d'a.ffairs immediately gave a letter of intro------· The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 31 duction to Mrs. Reichmann, then gested that perhaps she should try Reichmann, you Jews are all the contacted General Orgaz and trans­ for 100 adults, she responded. "Let's same. You are never satisfied .... But I mitted Mrs. Reichmann's plea, to ask for 700. He can always cul us can't say no," I added. So I went to which he received an affirmative down to 500." Orgaz again and recounted this con­ answer. With Spanish and American The American charge d'ajfairs re­ versation I had with Mme. intervention, the !RC provided a safe called this second plea as well, when Reichmann. Smilingly, he said, ''.And haven for this group for the balance he wrote: I, ir1 turn, can't say no." of the war. After a few weeks Mme. Later Mme. Reichmann called to Word spread in Budapest of Reichmann called on me again to in­ in.form me that additional 700 adults Reichmann's rescue effort, and more .form me that the visas had been is­ hadjoined the original 500 children in Jews appealed to Roth and Frey who sued and the children saved. "And a house which had been rented jar contacted her once again via the now, sir," she said, "would you be their occupancy. Thanks to the visas Sternbuchs. Unfazed, Mrs. willing to approach General Orgaz they had received, they were ac­ Reichmann made another appoint­ again and ask him .for visas jar 700 cepted by the Nazis as under the ment with Mr. Childs to present her adults?" protection of the Spanish Consulate case. When one of her children sug- I could not help but smile. '"Mme. in Budapest.

Reb Elimelech Tress had already begun a surreptitious distribution of thousands of Kosher food packages to Cheese! the DP Camps, with Now you can squeeze cheese , the help of Orthodox right out ofthe bottle to enjoy on crackers, with r

32 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 appointed Mayor of Budapest. Szalasi's Arrow Cross henchmen had great respect for them. The thou­ Considering a move sands of Jews there, as well as in all the Protected Houses of the Interna­ toMOJVSEY? tional Ghetto, were cared for and fed with money supplied by the Joint for careful attention to your Distribution Committee6 through Saly Mayer, its Swiss representative. individual needs, call us today! Incidently, Mrs. Reichmann suc­ cessfully applied for visas for the (914) 354·8445 parents of most of the children of the first group, as well. These became part of the more than 3,000 Jews cared for by Spain's Consul Briz and, later, his successor, Georgia Pertasca. i-rr''""------" MY CLIENTS ARE AMAZED POST-LIBERATION CONCERNS AT THE SERVICE ANO he liberation of Europe did not SAVIN6S OH THEIR mean an end to Jewish suf­ INSURANCE-BUSINESS INSURANCE fering. nor of Mrs. Reich­ T OR PERSONAL" One Blue Hiii Plaza. Suite 1024 mann 's relief efforts. In some re­ IRVIN6 SAFRIN Pean River. NY 10965 spects, she and her staff (i.e., family Tele (914) 620-1800 and friends) were busier than ever, because the opportunities to help the survivors increased. Now all former inmates were able to receive pack­ ages and kosher food, yet the bu­ .. ~,.. reaucracies-the U.S. Army, UNRRA JI (the United Nations Relief and Re­ {f habilitation Administration) and Abraham S. ..7 Abraham Roswell McClelland, the MD, FRCP ,/ new /IP!!!. 7-Pt!dltelm! unsympathetic Amertcan WRB rep­ resentative in Switzerland-all pre­ An Indispensable Guide sented formidable obstacles. During the first year following the liberation, to Medical Halacha ... even the Joint was unable to set up •CONTAINS 50 DETAILED relief centers in the DP Camps. CHAPTERS RELATING THE Reb Elimelech Tress had already TORAH VIEW ON MEDICAL begun a surreptitious distrtbution of The Comprehensive Guide to MATTERS. thousands of kosher food packages • DISCUSSES THE LATEST IN to the DP (displaced persons) Camps, MEDICAL INNOVATIONS with the help of Orthodox servicemen MEDICAL AND PROCEDURES, and chaplains. But this was on too A ·CHAH ALONG WITH A HOST OF small a scale to meet the vast needs HALfl}. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. of the survivors from the camps and •ANSWERS HUNDREDS OF the returnees from Siberia. Mrs. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Reichmann thus increased her al­ RELATING TO ILLNESS, lotment for distribution by the DISABILITY, AND Sternbuchs, and constantly prodded INFIRMITY. them to demand more money from • EASY TO READ ANO EASY TO Vaad Hatzalah in New York. The !RC USE: WITH GLOSSARY, INDEX, ANO HEBREW served as primary channel for H.C. $19.95 FOOTNOTES AT THE transporting food from Tangier to A BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE. Geneva, from where the Sternbuchs V Available at all Jewist> bookstores. or direct tram:. 111sa··e. M.••te.rcaid ·•~"Pted FEl.DHElM PUBUSHER$ .Sen(jfor your !rlf" copy! 6. The Joint was the major Jewish relief orga­ · II 200. Alrpo.. rt Exec..ut.ive·. ·. Pa. tk., Spring.Va. 1.l~y. N:t.10977 otout.111111 catalog; nization that had cared for Jews the world over :.I Tel. (914) 356.-2282/T<>h free: 800"237-7149 l(slil)!! over 1a new ti.ties: since the first World War. m The Jewish Observer, February 1991 33 (11/ltliRGF:NCY CO ..,M!TTF:f:/ IH "';!!;~ .•~T~

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distributed it to the DP Camps. The Tangier. via the Spanish as well as 1945-1946. and get to France, Bel­ Joint also turned to Mrs. Reichmann French Red Cross. All this in addi­ gium, Italy. or eventually Eretz Yis­ to seive as their channel to liberated tion to her Vaad Hatzalah operation. roeL This was in addition to a collec­ Europe. She was already known to tive guarantee for the entire Nitra them as a highly efficient relief orga­ MORE THAN FOOD PACKAGES Yeshiva, whose remnants Rabbi nization through Mr. Isaac Laredo. Weissmandl had painstakingly their representative in Tangier. As rs. Reichmann's postwar brought together from among the Mrs. Reichmann noted in a letter to efforts for the survivors did survivors; however. he chose not to the Sternbuchs. several days after M not end with food pack­ utilize her generous offer, opting in­ Germany's surrender, on May 9th: ages. She worked equally hard at stead for the United States. where he winning permission for several hun­ eventually re-established the Yeshiva .... the representative of the Joint dred survivors to settle in Tangier. in Mount Kisco. N.Y. asked me to send parcels in their The difficulty proved to be the col­ Once the one hundred survivors name and put on {sic] my disposition lective guarantees assuring the au­ came to Tangier, they received daily any amount of money. Since two thorities that the immigrants would support of the Joint. Many of them weeks I send daily about 4,000 kilo­ not become public charges. With the arrtved in tatters, or rough clothes gram offood packed by friends and help of the Vaad Hatzalah. she was sewn from bed sheets had to be my children. The goods are sent ID the able to secure guarantees for about completely outfitted. The first group Red Cross in Paris at the Joint's dis­ 100 survivors. from various camps. of eight suivivors were girls from posal.... to come to Tangier, while the Joint Bergen-Belsen, whose entire families Her "Joint relief operation" soon provided for their room and board. has perished in Auschwitz. Mrs. reached a level of two-to-four tons of In addition, she was able to send Reichmann channelled them into food daily. In this instance as well. hundreds of Tangier-entry-visas to "nonnal" life. and within a half year, the Joint printed up labels that listed stateless Jews for whom these seived she got five of them married, their the addressee as Renee Reichmann. as transit visas to leave Poland in weddings no less festive than the one

34 The Jewish Observer. February 1991 she made for her own son. While she and her "volunteers" bore the brunt of the work. most. but not all, of the financial support came from Vaad Hatzalah. To Schools and Organized Groups In one of her typical letters to Vaad Planning Trips to Washington Hatzalah, apologizing for the delay in sending back detailed reports, she Add this newest "must" stop on any descrtbes her daily preoccupations: Orthodox tour of the nation's capital: My house is like a travel bureau, constantly filled with people coming or going, with all kinds ofmajor or minor THE WASHINGTON OFFICE OF concerns, unfamiliar with the lan­ guage, requiring intervention on all AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA levels, with any number of govern­ (just a few short blocks from the White House). mental bureaus. Some need an apartment, others train or airplane Be briefed on the most important current activities in Agudath fares, a visa or any ofnumerous gen­ Israel's advocacy for Orthodox Jewish rights and interests. eral purchases. [Moreoverj... I have to Visits must be arranged in advance. For information, write or call: do everything with the help of my children, who are also over-worked. Even her wartime Tangier visas Agudath Ist·ael of America Washington Office found a new lease on life, as she Suite 411, 17 30 Rhode Island Avenue N.\V., Washington, O.C. 20036 found out at the Agudah Convention (202) 835-1414 in London in December, 1945. A member of the Budapest Kehilla in­ formed her that with these "visas," they were able to prevent the Russian occupation forces from deporting over 400 of the orphans in the Spanish houses to institutions in fles 8 a.m. The baby is crying. The oatmeal is Russia. It occurred to someone from the Budapest Kehilla to "rescucltate" ;,t'boiling over. The phone is ringing. The kids need the Tangier visas. With the help of the breakfast. And what you need (besides a vacation) !RC (Spain had no relations with Russia), they convinced the Russians is AKERES HABAYIS. that these children had been autho­ rized to go to Tangier where they would be reunited with their rela­ The acclaimed author of Aizer tives. They were then given over to the K'negdo and The Delicate Balance Kehilla and eventually sent to Israel now shows you how to successfully or the U.S. cope with the demands of a modern Jewish home. POSTSCRIPT Here are innumerable tips rs. Renee Reichmann il V designed to take you around the and her daughter, Eva, were home-and around the year-in a M thrust by Hashgacha into meaningful, satisfying and histolic events and places. They were enjoyable way. among the chosen few to meet the Full of inspiration, sensible challenge head on, and make the plans, and interviews with expert most of their talents: personality, homemakers, AKERES HABAYIS drtve, intelligence and above all, the is nothing less than a survival ingrained trait of mestras nefesh to manual for today's busy Jewish help their fellow Jews in need, to seize wife and mother. the crucial moment and its opportu­ Available at all Jewish bookstores or direct from: nities. lt is an extraordinary legacy in Visa & MasterCard accepted which Mrs. Reichmann trained her FELDHEIM PUBLISHERS Send for your free copy family and left as a model for Klal 200 Airport Executive Park, Spring Valley1 N.Y. 10977 of our 1991 catalog, Tel. (914) 356-2282/Toll free: 800-237-7149 listing over 70 new titles. Yisroel. •

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 35 Sarah Shapiro The Opposite of NighttiDle

Awakened by thunder, I lie in the dark I switch on the lamp and Reader's Digest yet there in the dark I cannot lie. fills up my mind with American dreams. There was a dream but I can't recall At last, determined to get my rest what I was doing there at all. I turn it off. I was in a dream but lightning caught fire on the hem of the dream and I awoke. It's strange. It seems I tried to remember, but no longer tired, that what In the light is easily denied forgot the dream as the thunder spoke: In the night's too bright for me to hide: 1he only kindness I do that's kind "What are you doing? Where do you stand is the kindness I do with You In mind, among all the dreams that by day you planned? my only words less false than true There was a day but you can't recall are those I know are heard by You, what you did yesterday at all. the only ground that does not slide Thousands of words in a drift of sand. away from my feet like sand on either side Thousands of deeds in a drift of sand." is the ground I walk in search of You.

The clock ticked its questions, the skies told time. The stars behind clouds called my bluff, and this rhyme ...The hours drag by, but at last-what's this? got twisted up in my blankets. All asunder The darkness Is blowing a goodbye kiss went my plans for tomorrow. Continued the thunder: and now at the window a tentative dawn is whispering greetings. The stars are gone. "Your dreams are but dreams, by day or by night. How Is your wrong all that different from right? As morning gropes softly with long ale gloves Wake up! Go to sleep! It's all the same thing. I linger back to the sleep my heart loves. You dream you're awake and awake when you dream. and when I awake. curtain lifting on a breeze Your days fly by on ego's wings, inform me the day arrived. Your days are filled with empty things Oh. what a tease Thousands of thoughts in a drift of sand. that darkness! How heartless thunder's anger. Thousands of moments in a drift of sand." scaring me like that when there was really no danger.

Sarah Shapiro, who lives in Jerusalem, is a frequent contributor to these pages. Her book, Growing With My Children, was published by TargUm Press.

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36 The Jewish Observer. February 1991 Dr. Aaron Twerski

Legacy of a Tel Aviv Grocer

his story begins strangely cision with considerable consterna­ enough with a visit to a local tion. We were concerned that my fa­ T dry goods store to purchase ther would have time hang heavy on several pair of support hose. The his hands. So we came up with a proprietor is a diminutive Poilishe plan. My brother owned a weaving Chassidishe Yid who possesses mill on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. We danctng blue eyes, an engaging smile suggested to our father that he might and a quick wit. We frequently en­ go to work for several hours a day at counter each other in a local beis the mill. My brother suggested that hamidrash where our friend says a 'traveling to the mill takes an hour daj yomi shiur each evening. From and returning takes another hour. time to time I have caught snatches You'll work for two hours and of his shiur. It is clear that he is ar­ shmuess for another hour. The day ticulate, well-organized and thor­ will go by pleasantly.' oughly prepared. Having made my " My father looked at us with dis­ purchase, what do Jews talk about? I placed my package on the dain. 'Oi veyh. Bonim gedalti Daf yomi, of course. counter and asked our friend to pro­ veromamti v'hem poshu bi. I have This being my first time through ceed, raised children and exalted them and the regimen, I told our friend that l "My father," he said, "owned a they have betrayed me. Listen, regretted not havtng undertaken the grocery In Tel Aviv. He worked very kinderlaclL After me'ah ve'esrim (one daj many years ago. From there, the hard for his livelihood. He would arise hundred and twenty years), we will discussion turned to Maseches in the wee hours of the morning to have to account for the time we spent Eiruvin and the difficulties of ex­ learn Torah. And he always had a on this earth. When I am asked how plaining the complex diagrams to his Gemora at his side. Bein koneh I spent my days and weeks, I shall talmidim. I was about to take my l'koneh (between one customer and have to acknowledge that much of it purchase in hand and leave the store the next), he would remove his was spent in the grocery earning a when our fiiend suddenly said, "Ihr Gemora from the cubby hole and living. But, for that I shall have an hot ejsher a par minit? (Do you have study. When my father was seventy­ explanation. I had children to raise, perhaps a few minutes?) Ich vill eich years-old, my mother passed away. mouths to feed, s'charlimud(tuition) nisht oijhnlten. (I don't want to keep Shortly thereafter, he announced to to pay. I had to marry off my children you). Ich vill ei£h epes jahrrzehlen ( I us that he was going to sell the store and provide for them. And then I want to tell you a story)." and devote himself to the study of shall be asked, What did you do after Torah. The years past seventy,' he you married off your children? Did Dr. Aaron Twerski, a professor of law at told us 'are geschenkte yohren. They you still have to work in the grocery? Brooklyn Law School. Chairman of Agudath Is­ rael of America's Commissioner on Legislation should be totally devoted to the And for that, too, I shall have a re­ and Civic Action, is a frequent contributor to Ribbono Shel Olam' sponse. Your mother was fearful of these pages. "My brother and I viewed his de- retirement. As long as we had the

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 37 ------~. I store she came tzivishen mentchen, that he had time, I would see him al RABBI AVROHOM GoLDBERG, I she socialized. l had to keep the store the various shiutim more frequently. DIRECTOH { for her. And what happened after she Instead, as the months passed, he BRACHA PERSONAL SERVICES passed away? Why, l shall tell them, began missing even the shiurim that

',1 l spent an hour on a Tel Aviv bus he attended pre-retirement. Offrrs Sbidurhim &rv:kes for; 0 Single D VVidmved 0 DivorC('d I going there, an hour back, two hours "One day I ran into him and asked MODERATE FEES /\LL 1\GES ! weaving and the rest schmuessing. 'Vos iz dos mit eich? What's the Call: ('118) 338-2170 1 And for that l will get a knip in beckele matter with you? Why aren't you ___ _j (a pinch in my cheek for good be­ coming to shiur?' He answered me havior)."' that he was looking for a job. I knew Manual Our friend of the diy goods store that this gentleman had sold hi" paused. "Let me tell you. For the next business for a handsome sum and By Dr. Bert Miller thirteen years of his life, my father did not need the money. edited by Rabbi Moshe Heinemann put in twelve to thirteen hours a day "When I looked at him quizzically. with 90 + pages studying Torah behasmoda, filling in he responded, Tm sony I just can't on modern-day Eruv construction his spare time with acts of chessed sit and learn. I must be active at of interest to Daf Yomi students and the like." work.'" Send $15 to: My friend the shopkeeper P.O.B. 32426, Baltimore, MD 21208 aving heard this moving tale, eyeballed me. "With four hours a day I readied myself to leave. But preparing and teaching the dafyomi TEACHER: H our friend had yet more to and two hours devoted to my other say: "You know, almost eight years shiurim, l am readying myself for re· Growing Baltimore Cheder is ago when I began saying the dafyomi tirement. To be sure, I am a knakker. opening a new class & has a shiur, l took on the task with some I would not be able to do this if my Rebbe teaching position open trepidation. l had other shiurim that wife would not relieve me at the store for coming school year 1991-92. were staples in my life and was con­ and send me home to do my learning. cerned that l was overloading. But, When I am finally able lo close this Excellent opportunity for thank G-d, l have slowly been able to shop, I will merely be adding four or vibrant experienced Rebbe. recapture those shiurim The prepa­ five more hours to my Torah regimen. ration for the daf takes me several l will hopefully be prepared to do that Top pay & benefits, enjoyable hours a day. Teaching the dafis an­ which my father did." working environments in other hour and my other shiurim take nationally recognized school. substantial time, as well. I finally took my package and left. Strong, established, in expand· "l think what I'm doing is impor· It was hard crossing the street. My ing Torah community. tant. I recently had experience with eyes were misty and I was reeling one elderly gentleman in our shul from the blow. It was time to begin Days (301) 426-0194 who retired. I fully expected that now training for the Olympics. • Evenings (301) 358-4577

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The Jewish Observer, Febrnary 1991 39 poslctmin 1957 against participation Turnabout, the Malbim on (Feldheim. Jerusalem. 1990. regular in the Synagogue Council of Amertca. Megillas Esther. represents another size $12.95. pocket size $6.95). This The reader will find in this volume a treatment of the Purtm story by the work-small in volume-was the last clear presentation ofTorah teachings same author (Targum/Feldheim. sefer wrttten by the Chafetz Chaim; as they apply to our communal life. Southfield. 1990. h.c. $10.95). he obviously saw a great need for 127 Insights Into Megillas Originally published in 1971 and each Jew to be fully aware of all the Esther. compiled from the words of reissued in a revised edition. this mitzvos which the Torah obligates Chazal by Mendel Weinbach work is a retelling of the Megillah in him to observe in our time. It went (Targum/Feldheim. Southfield, depth. The Malbim. in line with his through a number of editions, which 1990, h.c. $12.95). The author usual approach in his Tanach com­ were marked by such improvements gathered from the Talmudic tractate mentruy, raises a number of incisive as the addition of sources and a list­ Megillah the explanations and questions on the text and answers ing of the mitzvos applying only in elaborations on Megillas Esther of­ them by elaborating on the concise Eretz Yisroel, which the Chafetz fered by our Sages. He found 127- account of the Megillah. He specu­ Chayim. wrtting for the Jews of the corresponding to the 127 provinces lates on the motives and goals of the golah, had not included. Feldheim of the Persian Empire over which main actors in the story and arrives Publishers have now issued a new Esther ruled-a remarkable reflec­ at a coherent and sophisticated in­ edition in which. among other im­ tion of the inner unity of Tanach and terpretation. Rabbi Weinbach not provements, textual mistakes are Talmud. Many of the Talmudic ex­ only tells the Purim story as the corrected; at the same time. they also planations are well-known; however. Malbim understood it. but offers the have published an edition containing all of them are here presented clearly. reader the Hebrew text of the an excellent English translation. In beautifully interpreted according to MegiUah and the Malbim as well as addition lo regular-size copies. it is the classic commentators, and an English translation of the Megillah also available in pocket-size. to be bound together in a pattern that and the Malbim's questions. A his­ carrted along and studied wherever provides a much fuller understand­ lmical introduction and a brtefbiog­ one may find himself. This work is ing of the story of Purtm. At the same raphy of the Malbim round out this beautifully produced and represents time. this book provides a running fascinating volume. a great contribution to the Torah commentary on the Megillah and an The Concise Book of Mitzvoth, world. that should be taken full ad­ excellent source to enrich the Purim compiled by the Chafetz Chayim. vantage of by everyone. se'uda with Torah thoughts. translated by Charles Wengrov Bais Halevi-Bereishis. rendered

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The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 41 that those who can are well advised wrote a little-known, brief interpre­ these themes. to go back to the original, as in all tation of these passages, and Rabbi Inspiration and Insight, Dis­ cases of translation). The translator Feldman here presents us with an courses on the weekly Parasha by the wisely chose to omit the halachic elaboration of the Gaon's interpreta­ Manchester Rosh Yeshivah, Rabbi discussions on Chanuka, which are tion of the wisdom hidden in them. Yehuda Zeev Segal, translated and included in the Hebrew edition. since In addition to the commentaries in arranged by Rabbi Shimon Finkelman they have no connection to the the Eyn Yaakov, more than 25 books (Mesorah Pub!., Brooklyn, 1990, h.c. Chumash. On the other hand, the have been written on these stories. $17.95, p.b. $14.95). The Manches­ readers would greatly benefit if the However. it is the Gaon's explana­ ter Rosh Yeshiva's influence on Klal next volume would include the tions as elucidated by Rabbi Feldman Yisroel and on the innumerable in­ aggadic essays lha l appear in the that turn these strange passages into dividuals who seek his sage counsel Responsa of the Bais Halev~ which a guide to the most fundamental need not be underscored. This vol­ deal in great depth with many of the concepts of Judaism-thus the book ume provides a most welcome intro­ themes of Bereishis and Shemos. opens with a chart listing the topics duction to his teachings. fl repre­ The Juggler and the King, by (and subtopics) dealt with in the sents discussions ofbasic, yet down­ Aaron Feldman (Feldheim, Spring various riddles and parables. to-earth topics, arranged by the Valley, 1990, $14.95). Rabbi Rabbi Feldman also provides a Sidros of the year, culled from the Feldman is well known for his earlier general introduction lo the nature two-volume collection of his Mussar works, notably The River, the and role of Aggada, and an English talks, Yirah Vodaas. The personali­ Kettle and the Bird. This present rendering of Rabbi Moshe Chayim ties described in the Chumash, Tal­ volume, however, is without question Luzzatlo's Essay on Aggadoth. Fi­ mudic sages, and Gedolei Yisroel the most remarkable and original of nally, the complete Hebrew text of the down to our days, and their actions his writings. In Talmudic literature Gaon's commentary is included. and sayings, provide the starting can be found many aggadic passages Thus this work serves a dual func­ point for the Mussar concepts here that puzzle the student-among tion: an introduction to the proper propounded; the goal: to point out them, the travel tales of Rabba Bar approach to Aggada, and a state­ which path to chose, and what to Bar-Chanah and the riddles of the ment of Chazal's teachings on the avoid in order to serve G-d as one Elders of Athens. The Gaon ofVilna most profound questions of exist­ should. Scholars will be moved by the ence. Clarity oflanguage and excel­ author's words-but one does not lent design and lay-out will help the have to be a scholar lo understand reader gain a full understanding of and absorb them. •

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42 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 is that we should believe in our G-d and thank Him for creating us. This encompasses the entire purpose of Letters Creation ....The reason for raising our ••••••••••• to the voices in prayer in shul, as a group, ••••••••••• is to have a place where we gather to ••••••••••• praise Hashem and to publicize to Editor eachother that we are His creations." Thus, the shul is the most perfect setting for many of the goals that Rabbi Yisroel Miller sets forth in his WHEN READERS ANTICIPATE, WOMEN, AND THE SYNOGOGUE article. The mitzvos of the mind and DOES JO DELIVER? AS A VENUE FOR MITZVOS emotions, and those dealing with the interactions between people, are de­ To the Editor: To the Editor: veloped in a shul setting, and then Rabbi Yisroel Miller's (Jan.'91) re­ enhanced by this most sacred tnsti­ I) The opening paragraph of cent article on Judaism and femi­ tution, which is designed as the core "When Feminists Demand, Can Ju­ nism is very thought provoking and for teaching us how to structure our daism Deliver?" (JO, January '91) inspiling. lives around the presence of Hashem gave an impression that the article The concept relating to the status RABBI MOSHE GOLDBERGER , N. Y was intended as a definitive response of the synagogue in the scheme of (The writer is author of a number of booklets on to Jewish feminists, as if all the authentic Judaism is an intliguing halacha and hashkafa themes.) questions could be answered in a one, which requires elucidation. four-page essay. Surely this is not One of the issues we have been so, and the article's intent was to fo­ dealing with lately, in the DajHayomi cus on one specific issue, the com­ of Mesechta Eiruvin, is the question mon misconception that the Torah of where and how an eiruv can and MALOHN limits women's opportunities for re­ should be made. There are cities and MIFAL ligious experience and spiritual areas where a common eiruv is inef­ growth. While this is an important fective and invalid, according to our VISITING NEW YORK?? concern, perhaps the central concern Sages. This leads to a demand by Beautiful rooms, with kitchen of many women who have difficulty women who desire to come to shulon facilities, in heart of Baro Park approaching the Torah, we should Shabbos with their little children in by day or week. Near Shuls, not close our eyes to other concerns tow for some amelioration in the take-out foods, etc. Profits to that exist. Perceptions that women situation. Mifal Torah Vodaas. are unfairly treated by the Torah or In response to this demand, Harav by the Torah community are issues Btnyomin Silber wlites tn Oz Nidberu, Call f718J 85f·Z969 that need to be addressed on their Vol. 7, Resp. 89 (last paragraph): "I own, for the sake of kiruv rechokim am amazed! What is wrong if women and also to understand for ourselves who are raising children daven at as much as we can of the dvar home? They surely do not have a Hashem mitzva to pray with a group in shun TREMENDOUS Besides, it is known that the Vilna SAVINGS 2) One could easily take issue with Gaon thought it better for women to the article's list of"dailymitzvos", e.g. daven at home... although there are why tzeddaka was not mentioned as obvious differences between the a separate obligation, or whether all Gaon's generation and ours-women poskim agree with the details of the coming to shul (for us) is a fortifica­ mitzva of tefilla given. Surely the tion of their Yiddishkeit. However, article intended merely to provide a when they biing little children who sample "to-do list" to paste on the are below the age of chinuch, the IDEAL GIFT alarm clock or refrtgerator door, and poskim have already decried this the distinction between a usable practice for it disrupts the prayers .... " U.S. NEWS.& WORLD . .3yrs. suggestion and an authoritative In conclusion, however, the sejer listing should have been made clear. Oz Nidberu refers us to the famous TIME ...... 2yrs. words of praise that the Ramban (at fPrices too low to print] Parshas Bo) RABBI YISROEL MILLER the end of uses to de­ CALLCHAVA Plt.tsburgh, PA sciibe the ideal purposes of a syna­ 718·851-9698 • 950-50 St. B'klyn 11219 gogue: ''The intention of all mitzvos

The Jewish Observer, February 1991 43 INDEX TO ARTICLES THE JEWISH OBSERVER VOL. XXDI, NOS. 1-10

SUBJECTS Rabbi Moshe Goldberger. March '90; Prayers. Nov. 90; Hllchot Yesodey Torah Treasures/Rabbi Moshe HaTorah/Rabbi EliC?--Cr Touger, Nov. '90; Adolescence An Educator's Credo/Rabbi Goldberger, March '90: How to Achieve Bechoros/Rabbi A.Y. Rosenberg, Nov. Yisrael Blumenfeld, Dec. '90 Wealth the Torah Way /Rabbi Moshe '90; Yalkut Me'am Loez. The Torah An­ Aged The Fire Within (poem)/Elana Aron, Goldberger, March '90: Watching Your thology-Tehillim/Zvi Faier, Nov. '90; Dec. '90 Weight-The Torah Way /Rabbi Moshe Vayikra/Rabbis Hershel Goldwurm. Agudath Israel From the Archives: Reb Goldberger, March '90; Shemirath Nosson Scherman. Nov. '90; Nechemia/ Chaim Ozer Grodzenski, Reh Chaim Shabbos Kehilchosoh/Rabbi Yehoshua Rabbi Yosef Rabinowitz, Nov. '90; Brisker and the founding of the Moetzes Newirth, March '90; A Physician's Hos­ Tractates Berakhos and Tan1id/Rabbi Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel/ pital Manual/Dr. Benjamin Sokol, Nachman Cohen. Nov. '90; Makos Re­ Rabbi Moshe Kolodny, Sept. '90 March '90; and the Modern view /Rabbi M. Goldberger, Nov. '90; The Baal Teshuva Taking a Leap fron1 Teshuva Kitchen/Rabbi L.I. Halpern, March '90; I-fealing Visit, Insights Into the Mitzvah to Kiruv /Abby Mendelson. Feb. '90: An Iialacha, Medical Science and Technol­ of Bikur Cholim/Chana Shofnos. Bat Author Defends His Work (Let. to Ed.)/ ogy /Rabbi Faitel Levin, March '90; The Tova Zwebner, Dec. '90; The First Seven Dr. M. Herbert Danzinger, March '90 Haggadah of the Mussar Masters/Rabbi Days/Dr. Meir Wikler, Dec. '90; Why? Books An Author Defends His Work (Let. to Meir Sholom. March '90; The Chassidic Reflections on the Loss of a Loved One/ Ed.)/Dr. M. Herbert Danzinger, March Haggadah/Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, March Rabbi Yitzchak Vorst, Dec. '90; Toras '90 '90; Succesful Chinuch/Rabbi S. Hayoledes, Jewish Laws of child Birth/ Books in Review Alef to Tav /Yaffa Ganz, Wagschal, May '90; Shma Beni, A Rav Yitzchok Silberstein, Dr. Moshe Feb. '90: The Wonderlul World We Live Halachic Compendium of the Laws on Rothschild. Dec. '90; The Path of the ln/Yaffa Ganz, Feb. '90; The Little Old Child-Rearing/Rabbi Dovid Weinberger. Righteous Gentile/Chaim Chlorfene, Lady Who Couldn't Fall Asleep /Yaffa May '90; A Collection of Pedagogic Ar­ Dec. '90: The Concise Code of Jewish Ganz. Feb. '90; Tali's Slippers. Tova's ticles on the Teaching of Limudei Law /Rabbi Gersion Appel. Dec. '90; Shoes/Yaffa Ganz. Feb. '90; Sharing a Kodesh/Rabbi Y. Sklar, May '90; Slralght Understanding The Jewish Calendar/ Sunshine Umbrella/Yaffa Ganz, Feb. from the Heart/Tehilla Abramov, May Rabbi Nathan Bushwick. Dec. '90; '90: A Purim Story /Llnda Davis. Feb. '90; '90; Raising Children to Care/Miriam Avoiding Interest/Rabbi Moshe Artscroll Youth Pirkei Avos/Rabbi Avi Adahan, May '90; The Delicate Balance/ Goldberger, Dec. '90: Fins. Feet Wings, Gold. Feb. '90; Apples of Gold. The Art of Sara Chana Radcliffe, May '90; Reach­ And Other Animal Things/Yaffa Ganz, Pure Speech/Rabbi David Bernstein, ing the Stars/Ruchama Shain, May '90; Jan. '91: King David and the Frog/Ruth Feb. '90; Parents and Children/Rabbi Growing With My Children, A Jewish Zakutinsky. Jan. '91; But Then I Re­ Yeruchem Levovitz, Feb. '90: Tales from Mother's Diary /Sarah Shapiro, May '90: membered/Chaya Leah Rothstein, Jan. the Gemara/Y. Weinstock. Feb. '90; Reflections/Miriarn Dansky, May '90: '91; Me and My Bubby. My Z.eidy and I/ Teasers, Twisters, Stumpers/Yaffa Ganz, Wildflower /Rachel Pomerantz, May '90: Yaffa Ganz, Jan. '91; A Purim Story/ Feb. '90; Tue Jewish Fact Finder/Yaffa Go, My Son/Rabbi Chaim Shapiro. Sept. Linda Davis, Jan. ·91: Dov Dov and the Ganz, Feb. '90: The Great Eagle/Yaakov '90; The Scent ofSnowflowers/R.L Klein, Money Tree/Yonah Weinberg, Jan. '91; Israel Hopkowitz, Feb. '90; The Spanish Sept. 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44 The Jewish Obseroer, February 1991 Grossman, Dec. '90; In Search of Chavie/ Ephraim Milch, Summer '90; Fifty Years Ed.). Jan. '91 Malky Brailofsky, Dec. '90; Books in Re­ After the Ch urban; Our Responsibility I Jews in USSR Davm Breaks Over Yurmala/ view, Jan. '91 Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz (Bostoner Rabbi Moshe Eisemann. April '90; Counseling Good Grief: Conventional Rebbe). Summer '90; The Mussar Im­ Yurrnala Jottings/Chaim Finkel. April Guidelines for Unconventional Situa­ perative---- Meeting the Moral Challenge '90; Notes on Yurrnala/Leah Burztyn & tions/Dr. Meir Wikler, Nov. '90; An of Contemporary Life/Rabbi Yehuda Sara Spero. Aprtl '90; Educator's Credo/Rabbi Yisrael Mendelson, Sept. '90; The Torah Jew, Kiruv (Outreach) Starting at the Point He's Blumenfeld, Dec. '90; "Rebby" /Rabbi Child Of Eternity /Rabbi Elazar M. Coming From/Yaacov Haber, Feb. '90; Hillel Belsky, Dec. '90; In Search of Schach, Oct. 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46 The Jewish Observer, February 1991 Cohen, Rabbi Dovid Reaching Out to the Teshuva to Kiruv, Feb. "90: Gemora: a Lonely and the Unattached, May '90. Circular Road Map for the Straight Route Eisemann, Rabbi Moshe M. Dawn Breaks to Growth in Jewish Life and Under­ FAMOUS Over Yunnala, April '90. standing, Oct. '90. Elias, Rabbi Joseph Rabbi Steinsaltz's Mendelson, Rabbi Yehuda The Mussar THE DAIRY RESTAURANT Approach to the Oral Tradition-Revis­ Imperative: Meeting the Moral Challenge ited, Nov. '90. of Contemporary Life. Sept. '90. ~ Epstein, Rabbi Zelig Beyond Time and Milch, Ephraim Reflections of a Parent. Place. Oct. '90. Summer '90. Feinberg, Chaim Ezekiel in the Garden Miller, Rabbi Yisroel When Feminists De­ (poem). Oct. '90. mand. Can Judaisim Deliver?, Dec. '90. Feldman, Rabbi Emanuel Challenge and Oppenheimer, Leonard The Evergreen Response: Stinging the Torah Message Nation-a Tu B'Shvat Poem, Jan. '91. to the Secular Israeli, Summer '90. 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The Jewish Observer, February 1991 47 0 Each trans­ 0 Every word of lation page the Gemara 's faces the text appears, Gemarapage vowelized and of the classic translated Vilna Shas

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