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When Generations Collide TOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION APRIL 2Tfatmizpah Campaign Update A PUBLICATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA The SHOFAR Volume 9 Number 8 AdarH-Nisan 5755 Passover Edition April, 1995 When Generations Collide TOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION by Helen Smith, Family and Children's Services APRIL 2tFATMIZPAH Adult children of aging parents can find support, coping techniques and information about community resources at the workshop series, The Jewish Community of When Generations Collide, co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Chattanooga will commemorate Federation Social Services Department and Family and Children's Ser­ Yom Hashoah 5755 with a joint vices' Center for the Elderly. worship service on Wednesday evening, April 26th at 7:30 p.m. at Beginning April 25th, the six two-hour sessions will be held on 7$emenb*r1kei>#*'**4 consecutive Tuesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Jewish Commu­ Mizpah Congregation. nity Center, 5346 Lynnland Terrace. Chattanooga Holocaust Survivors and their children and representa­ A brief vignette will begin each session. Its dramatization of issues tives of Chattanooga's Jewish organizations will participate in a special inevitably arising when children become parents to their parents will be candle lighting ceremony highlighting the Fiftieth Anniversary of the followed7b7a ^oupirsc^u7s7oiiT fec^edlfcr sieialTworkerSom^ Liberation ofthe Camps, the '95 focus of the Tennessee State Holocaust Commission. The Mizpah Volunteer Choir will sing songs of hope and sponsoring agencies. redemption. Participating in planning the commemoration service are the "People who are struggling with the problems of aging parents often Jewish Community Federation, Mizpah Congregation, B'nai Zion Syna­ think that they're the only ones experiencing frustration, stress and guilt," gogue and Lookout BBYO. Please join us to honor the memory of the observes Amy Boulware, Jewish Community Federation social worker. 6,000,000 who perished and to pay honor to those who helped liberate "In fact, these problems are universal and affect everyone in this predic­ those of our people who survived. ament, regardless of background." "Even though this series is held at the Jewish Both social workers hasten to add that the Lester to Speak April 9th Community Center, the workshops are intended series is for those who deliver "•long distance for everyone seeking help with the issue of caregiving,** as well as for children and grand­ The ging parents " adds Ellie Johnson of Family children who share their homes with the Goldman- and Children's Services. "No one is trained to be elderly. Moses a parent to their own parent. People who call our The cost for the six-part series is $24. Those Lecture offices with this problem say that they feel so planning to attend are encouraged to register in Series of Mizpah unprepared, alone and overwhelmed." advance. If space remains, persons wishing to Congrega­ "This series is intended to provide a sup­ attend only part ofthe series may register, at a tion and portive environment, insights on coping tech­ cost of $4 per session. the Jewish niques and information about available com­ To register, or for more information, call Cultural munity resources to assist in caring for aging Amy Boulware at 894-1317 or Family and Aits Coun­ parents." Children's Services at 755-2870. cil of the Jewish inside this Issue: ff "\ Communi­ What's 60 ty Federa- Dr. Julius Lester i V3 UlwydaspaU tion of Greater Chattanooga will co-sponsor a lecture Com»»rdty8^otkinsltewspp.4-5 Fows on Sontim p. 19 runny About by Professor Julius Lester on Sunday, April 9,1995 at £ye.Whness to History pp. M Jewish Community Programs pp. Vh22 Being Jewish?: Mizpah Congregation. His topic will be "Blacks & The Holiday ofMateate pp. \ 0-11 Pwsow Gwttngs 95 pp. 23-27 Jews: A Reassessment" Dr. Lester, an author, poet Rabbinic Greetings p. 13 Purim '95 at Religious School pp. 23-29 An Evening of and musician teaches at the University of Massachu­ *At$a&e{ot?6tit& ;., - Ali&^ Comedy setts at Amhearst As an Afro-American Jew-by-Choice, .^ipesotioriof^m^.;^, Passover Gteetings pp. 23J7 he speaks from a unique perspective. The Goldman- st Moses lecture will begin at 7:00 p.m. and Is open to ^ April 1 )) the general public. Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga Non Profit Org. P.O. Box 8947 U.S. Postage Chattanooga, TN 37414 Paid Campaign Update (Address correction requested) Permit 63 Forwarding & Return Postage Guaranteed Chattanooga, TN March 25,1995 Time Value 1995 Campaign $753,950 (down 4.58%) 1994 Same Cards $781,933 t *f % <W4¥*V4vty»7f•* •*• f .* V *f *»,**$**•**-**'•* #' •* * *9 *T ** ** *yH»^ •** T* ^ lp '*'*'* V * «f *»*tf.**' W*•**•**** T» *. * * V* *f * *r-*t *• *> ** * *.•*.**»**•**** *»."'•..'*,*, + .*".*;*•".' ?v>J^Tft** •*>••* * •» + •. VV^^*r«W«!>*^').i * '*t"*_*: Page The SHOFAR, April, 1995 I The News at Home and Away WGOW's "Free Speech Zone" to Feature Enrichment Program Unites Community Holocaust Awareness Week April 23-30 National Training Program Comes to Chattanooga Michelle Cahn, host of WGOW's "Free Speech The Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga, in cooperation with Beth Sholom Zone," a daily, local talk show in Chattanooga will be Congregation, B'nai Zion Synagogue, Mizpah Congregation, Beth Sholom Sisterhood, Womens' dedicating a series of shows to the Holocaust, during League of B'nai Zion, Mizpah Sisterhood, Hadassah, and the Jewish Community Religious School, HolocaustAwarenessWeek,April23rd-30th.Thechild is excited to present a stimulating four-part Jewish enrichment program entitled To Transform Our of a Holocaust Survivor, Ms. Cahn is interested in Community. This program is under the auspices of CLAL — The National Jewish Center for having survivors and children of survivors on the show Learning and Leadership. CLAL is dedicated to prepare Jewish communities to respond to the to share their experiences. Any interested parties should challenges of modern Jewish life, through study and dialogue. CLAL's programs tend to bridge the contact Ms. Cahn direcUy at WGOW at 756-6141 or inter-denominational and inner-group conflicts, to reinforce the commitment to sharedheritage and 756-1505 during the day, or at home at 499-0230 in the evening. values, to teach respect for diversity and further the concept of CM Yisrael. On Friday, April 28th, she will be doing the show A special four-part series for the Chattanooga Jewish community has been proposed by the live from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. fromBooks-A-MUlion steering committee, which is made up ofthe presidents of all ofthe above organizations. Two on Gunbarrel Road at Hamilton Crossing Center (across sessions will be presented this spring, on Sunday April 2nd and Sunday, June 11*. Participation from Hamilton Place Mall). The reason? Herfatherhas in the program is by invitation only by the presidents ofthe various synagogues and organizations. just written a book entitled "Mavbe Tomorrow: A The program will rotate between the three synagogues, taking place from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Hidden Child ofthe Holocaust." The book is timed for including time for dinner and socialization. release during Holocaust Awareness Week. Books-A- Rabbi Steven Greenberg, a senior teaching fellow at CLAL, will be our first scholar on Sunday, Million will stock the book, and has agreed to host a Di Book-Signing Party from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. that April 2 at B'nai Zion Synagogue at 4 p.m.. Rabbi Greenberg received his B A. in philosophy from evening. Yeshiva University and his rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. A scholar for CLAL's national programs and ongoing classes throughout North America, he has Autobiography of Child Survivor to be Released developed and coordinated very a innovative Judaic training program for communal leaders, the "Mavbe Tomorrow: A Hidden Child ofthe Holo- caustZ will be released for Holocaust Awareness Week, Learning Leaders Program. In addition, he has been actively involved in numerous Jewish relief April 23-30,1995. "Maybe Tomorrow" is the autobi­ organizations in the United States and abroad, including: a program in Israel for Sephardic ography of Eric Cahn, a child survivor of Germany's immigrants in development towns; programs for Russian Jewish students in Moscow and Leningrad darkest years. Eric's story is both a condemnation of and New York City; and a mission to Ethiopia, where he was involved in the rescue and relief of man's cruelty and a tribute to the triumph ofthe human Ethiopian Jews. He has also co-authored Reunion, a musical for teenage Jewish youth that was spirit performed in synagogues and Jewish Community Centers across the Eastern seaboard. Eric was born a German Jew in 1938 during the eye "We are thrilled that Rabbi Steven Greenberg has agreed to be the first scholar to' kick off The ofthe Nazi storm. When Eric was only two, he and his Chattanooga University of Jewish Continuity," stated Federation President Pris Siskin. The family were torn from their home and sent to a squalid holding camp in the French Pyrenees. Two years later, Federation is privileged to be working in cooperation with all of our synagogues, sisterhoods, and Eric was smuggled from the camp and hidden in the Jewish organizations in bringing a program of this caliber to the Chattanooga Jewish community." basement of a French Christian family who delivered Funding for this program is being provided by a grant from the Jewish Community Federation him from his mother's fate — death at Auschwitz. of Greater Chattanooga. The Christian family furnished safe haven for Eric in theirbasement, but could notprovide the trappings of Chechen Jews Find Refuge from War Aided by Jewish Agency & American Jewry a normal life. Eric remained confined to the cellar from the ages of four to six, when most children are free to explore their world with blithe abandon.
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