_______,_ - The Jewish OF RHODE ISLAND Jewish Federation of Rhode Island Adarl 5760 February 2000 The men and women who get to spend their days at the Adult Day Center discover their artistic side. The Center, in Providence, is run by the Jewish Seniors Agency for adults who should not be alone during the day. A variety of programs stimulate their minds and bodies, and may include health monitoring and personal care. To find out more about this service for elderly people, See page 3 Ethiopians in Israel are the focus of several JDC pro­ grams, and a couple from In Business for 105 years, CJ Fox moves forward Warwick visited three under the team of Bob Ethiopian communities in and Josh Starr, and Jill Israel and another in Addis Fox Tabak, the 3rd and Ababa. 4th generations in the See pages 7, 10,11 family company, who Postmaster: Dated Material. are mixing the tried and Please Expedite! true with the latest technology. See page 3 2 The JewishVoice of RI • February 2000 The Jewish briefs are compiled by the editor ~~CORRECTION~~ largely from dispatches from the Voice of RI , T he January feat ure story age 54, and H as kell ass umed I Jewish Telegraphic Agency. o n Union Industries noted the busi ness. The Jewish Voice of Rhode Island (465- 71 0) that H as kell Fran k and his is printed monthly, ~- To contribute ro Venezuelan brother toge ther ran the busi­ T he Jewish Community except Aug ., in Sept. , Relief write a check to JDC ness founded by thei r father, Oct. , Nov ., Dec., Jan., Center asked to clarify its Feb ., Ma r., Apr. , May, with note on memo line. Mail Moses. The brorher's name change in income as reported June and July by the to: JDC • 7 11 3rd Ave. • NY, was Casper Frank. H e died at in the January Voice. On page Jewish Federation of NY 1001 7. Rhode Isla nd, 130 28, the anicle said that in the Sessions St. , Provi­ ea rl y 90s, rhe base grant from dence , RI 02906. the United \'/lay dropped to Telephone 401-421- Holocaust Updates $ 106,000. In fact, it dropped 4111 ; FAX 401-331- Museum founder "responsibility" to find out by $ 106 ,000 from 7961 ; e-mail his fate. [email protected] . ISSN relinquishes chair $33 1,000 to $225,000. Do­ number 1078-7232. Wallenberg , a Swedish WASHINGTON, DC - nordesignation amounting ro diplomat employed by the National and interna­ Miles Lerman , chair of the $4 0,000 then brought the in­ US War Refugee Board, tional news is gathered US Holocaust Memorial come from United Way ro from Jewish Telegraph ic Museum these last six saved thousands of Agency , Wo rl d Zionist $265,000, a loss of $66,000. years and a driving force Hungarian Jews from the Press Office , general By 1999, the total funds behind its creation , has Nazis. He was last seen media, etc. Member: Supplies are being loaded from plane to truck at from United \'/lay had dimin­ American Jewish Press being taken into custody by Caracas airport. The boxes were marked "from the stepped down five months Assoc .. ; Inte rn ational the Soviet Union on ished further to $240,000. people of Israel to the people of Venezuela," and were after an independent report Jewish Media Assoc . January 17 , 1945. It is Combined with the $337,000 sent in the aftermath of recent floods to Congress criticized him Publisher: Jewish for interfering too much in possible that Wa llenberg, allocated by the Jewish Fed­ Federation of Rhode then age 32 , is still alive, eration of Rhod e Island , the Is land: the day-to-day operations of but most believe he is dead. Center rece ived funds from Robert Mann , President National Notes the Museum. Steven Rakitt , Executive Lerman, nea rl y 80, said he Why has n't his fa te been rh e two sources totali ng Vice Presi dent resolved? David Harri s, Arab blasts charged with killing a gay will remain on the 55- $577,000 for FY 2000. Editor-i n-c hi ef: head of th e AJ Committee, Jane Sprague couple in Californi a ha s member board, adding W hile th at is more than Anti-Jewish commented, "This is not Production Assistant: admitted to planning th e "Th is mu se um is my life." rheJCC received in 1986, Ex­ about nuclea r weapons. It's Leah Camara cartoon arson attacks on three Lerm an, who was born in ecu tive Director Vivian about the fate of one man, Editorial Board: LOS ANGELES - James northern California syna­ Poland , was captured by Wisema n says th e Center suf­ Joshua Stein , PhD but not just any man." Chairman Zogby, who heads th e Arab gogues last summer and to th e Nazi s and imprisoned in fers a loss in purchasi ng power Members: Stanley Aron­ American Institute in personally torching the a slave labor ca mp. In when the gra nt income is fac­ son , MO , Alan Axelrod , Washington, DC , con­ largest one. 1942, he escaped and tored for inA atio n. Patricia Cohen, Mark demned an anti-Jewish form ed a re sistance group Feinstein , Linn Freed­ Benjamin Matthew Wi lliams, ca rtoon that appeared that spent the next two man, Rabbi Alvan Kaun­ 31 , told reporters during a Israeli Items fer, Eleanor Lewis , Toby alongside an essay of his in jailhouse interview that as years fighting the Nazis in London , Doris McGarry, the official Palestinian many as eight other white the forests of southeastern Robert Riesman, Authority newspaper. Poland. Really going from strength to strength! Richard Shein , Gladys supremacists joined in the Sollosy , Norman Tilles , Appearing on December 28 June 18 arson spree in the Representative Ralph JERUSALEM Judith Romney Wegner, in th e daily Al-Haya! AI­ Sacramento area. Regula , whose committee - The Entre­ Alan Zuckerman. ordered the scrutiny, Jadida, it depicted an old Williams told two reporters preneurial Advertising Represen­ man , labeled "20th Cen­ praised Lerman's service Incubator at tative: Seena Taylor from the Sacramento Bee and said, "Without him there Correspondents: tury," and a young man , that the "success" of the Israel's would n't be a museum." Betty Aronson , Stanley labeled "21st Century," and firebombings emboldened Technion Aronson , Joshua between them a short Jew him to slay the gay couple University has Edelglass , JJ Goldberg , with a hooked nose, developed Terna Gouse , Yehuda two weeks later in what he Where's Lev sk ullca p and Star of David, termed "homicides." Wallen berg? Flexibeam, a Photographers : labeled "The disease of the mixture of The arson spree evidently Is now a good time to Seymour Glantz, Bi ll century." rubber-like was some kind of in itiation Sprague pressure th e Russian synthetic Zogby wrote the editor, into a racist organization, Advertising Deadline: government to resolve the materi als, metals and metal composites that is ideal for _ Advertising space must "Since such anti-semitic which Williams refused to longtime mystery of Raoul paramedics' stretchers because it is collapsible, lightweight be reserved by the 1st of cartoons are harmful both identify. He said that to "get Wa llenberg's disappear­ the month . The Voice to the Jewish people and (only Bibs) and yet strong enough to hold the weight of into the organization you ance during World War II ? does not accept also to th e Palestinian and three or fou r grown men . advertisements for pork had to get involved in a The American Jewish Arab people, I urg e you to Because every mechanical structure is based on support or shellfish, or attest to group activity to do some­ Committee thinks so . the kas hru t of any refrain from including such beams , Flexibeam has very wide application for su ch items thing of signifi ca nce for the William Korey, author of the product. For information as firemen 's ladders, folding bed s, shelving , pergolas, material in your paper in th e movement." He said he call 421 -4111 , or e-mail AJCommittee-published, oars, tents, yacht stanchions, scaffolding , antennae, future ." personally assembled the to [email protected]. "The Wal lenberg Mystery; electric poles, traffic signs, even solar panels. Copy Deadlines: All gasoline and oil firebom bs, Fifty- five Years Later," said news releases, The process "glues" fibers of glass, carbon or synthetic Murder suspects which he described as th at because Wallenberg photographs , etc. must material into a frame or matrix of ceramic, metal or "Jewish cocktails." He was an employee of the be received by the 15th admits arsons polymer. The result; tough , lightweight materi_als , far of the month. Letters to personally set the library United States at the time he LOS ANGELES - A man stronger than concrete or steel, able to sustain heavy the Editor are due by the ablaze at Congregation va nished, America has a 20th . You may send stru ctures , and to survive under extreme co nd1t1ons. them by e-mail to JVoi ce@ aol.com. By-lined articles reflect '111,ttte. Sp,eet4( '9e4t11-ie1 the opini ons of the writers , not necessarily In B usiness those of the Federation. 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