A PUBLICATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA The m Shofar

VOLUME 10 NUMBER 8 TEVET/SHEVAT 5757 JANUARY B96~" /-•*.•'- ~ JON SIMON TO PERFORM AT ANNUAL MELTING The Fourth Annual Meeting ofthe Jewish Community Fed­ eration Of Greater Chattanooga will be held on Sunday, January 19 1997, at 7:00 p.m. This year's Annual Meeting will be held at the UTC Fine Arts Center, insert address. The Annual Meeting is free and open to the public. The evening will focus on honoring individuals from each of the Jewish organizations in Chattanooga with a "Volunteer ofthe Year" award. The following individuals have been selected By their organizations to receive this award:

Barbara Prigohzy Jewish Community Federation JST Andrea Strom hadassah Jsabell Feintuch Beth Sholom Congregation muriel Porter. Seth Sholom Sisterhood Iris Rbelson fflizpah Congregation Rosemary Wofflf mizpah Sisterhood Ruth Votava .. B'nai Eion Synagogue Susan Leininger...... B'nai ZJon Women's l^vuz Rachel Sadowttz.... Board ofJewish Education "There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very Other highlights ofthe event will include elections and instal- 11 f^tilat we can s°lve hy ourselves." Lyndon Baines Johnson lation of Board members, the President's "State ofthe Federation" address and a 1997 Campaign report. Incoming Board members include:

3 Year Terms - 1QQO Amelia Allen Stuart Bush Lynn Hochman Mary Spector Bertha Miller Stanley Nusbaum

To top the evening off with fun and relaxation, nationally renowned pianist, Jon Simon will perform. His repertoire ofJewish music is truly unique. Using a contemporary jazz piano style, Mr. Simon has performed his interpretations ofJewish music for the Is­ raeli Ambassador to the U. S. as well as hundreds of others audiences across the United States and around the world. A dessert reception will follow the meeting. Dietary laws will be observed. There will be no solicitation of funds. Community Chanukah Party. December 1996 (l-r)Rabbl Josef Davidson, Rabbi Joseph Klein, Rabbi Maynard Hyman Jewish Community Federation o! Greater Chattanooga photo courtesy of Mrs. Evelyn Hyman (Chattanooga Jewish Welfare Federation) P.O. Box 8947 Cha1tanooga,TN37414 (Address correction requested) + CAMPAIGN GOAL Forwarding & Return Postage Guaranteed $800,000 Time Value

1997 CAMPAIGN TO DATE $677,269

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WANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA

DID YOU KNOW:

ONE-HALF OF EVERY DOLLAR WE CONTRIBUTE TO FEDERATION GOES TO UJA (UNITED JEWISH APPEAL) WHICH IS ALLOCATED TO THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL AND THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE FOR PROGRAMS OF JEWISH SURVIVAL WORLDWIDE.

DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, UJA DOLLARS HAVE RESETTLED OVER 650,000 JEWS FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN ISRAEL

OUR UJA DOLLARS ARE FUNDING HEBREW SCHOOLS AND OTHER JEWISH PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

ie weal's his WWII medals every time he goes out. He's f**+**4+*****++**444++*+*+**^4*+**+*+^**+***+****^*+++**+*+*+**+*****************< proud he fought the Nazis. Proud of a lifetime of taking care of himself and his wife. Now his wife is dead, his pen- Ision harely pays for his rent and medicine, and he is alone. Until the Jewish welfare society lady calls and invites him to one of the neighborhood "warm houses." Through the Joint Distribu­ tion Committee, your Campaign gift provides the food; the welfare society provides the labor. But for nim, it's the company. It's about having friends again. Four times a week they get together from noon until the sun goes down. Four tames a week, he's part of the living. The annual food subsidy for 15 elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union to participate in a warm house is $2,500.

The Meaning of A Campaign

Through the ages, Jewish survival has always depended on Jews taking care of Jews. Local Jewish community organizations emerged before the Civil War. In the early years of this century, mass immigration brought forth new institutions for immigrant aid. A large population infused American Jewish communities with viality and encouraged develop­ ment of numerous educational, health and social services. Gradu­ ally, American Jewry became prosperous and self-confident enough to reach out to help Jews abroad. The condition of Jews in devastated Europe after the First World War, and later European refugees fleeing Nazi persecution, inspired enormous sffort from american Jewry, largely through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. In 1939, the JDC and United Palestine Appeal joined to cre­ ate the United Jewish Appeal which consolidated fundraising for all overseas needs. he survived the Holocaust. Now, it's Just a matter of surviv­ The rise of Israel created a new kind of challenge. Upon ing the wait for home care. A fixed income and a broken hip achieving independence, Israel welcomed hundreds of thousands of emptied her bank account. Medicare takes care of doctors, refugees from Europe and the Arab lands. Israel automatically be­ Sbut little else. She cant face the next six months in a nursing came the focus ofthe most ofthe institutional aid set aside for the home. She won't. Yet making even the simplest meal is becoming a refugee needs, but on a much vaster scale, and in greater concentra­ huge chore. Your community provides daily home health care. Fifty tion than anything attempted before. Helping the refugees in Israel, hours of in-home services to an elderly Jewish woman is $150. which the United Jewish Appeal does through the United Israel Ap­ peal/Jewish Agency for Israel, became an opportunity to participate ultimate good of all. in the rebirth ofthe Jewish homeland. The effort caught the imagi­ The campaign is more than a drive to collect money, central nation ofJewish people everywhere. though that is. A campaign educates the community about its own Our present system, a combined UJA/federation patnership, needs and involves people who might otherwise not be aware of is the product of a gradual evolution, with the needs of American those needs. It calls forth leadership and starts people thinking and Jews and Jews in Israel constantly readjusted and balanced for the planning for the future. It builds up the community and creates "FOR OURSELVES, FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR ISRAEL, FOREVER" January Shofar Page 3 FEDERATION CAMPAIGN

Dear Friends,

The 1997 Federation Campaign is moving towards a successful wrap up as we enter the new year. After careful deliberation, a goal of $800,000 was set for the 1997 campaign. Objectives for the campaign were outlined as well. Enthusiasm and excitement began to build when we sat down with campaign volunteers to strategize and plan for the solicitation of each divi­ sion. It was teamwork all the way. It was so exciting to be with others as focused and determined as we to see the Campaign succeed.

It was our goal to educate each person we spoke to about how your gifts are spent and the purposes for which the funds are raised. We hoped we could bring you closer to the importance ofthe Campaign to so many here in Chattanooga, in Israel and beyond. So much can be made ofthe fact that we have an obligation to each other, that we hold each other in trust, yet when die other person is half a world away, out of sight, it is hard to hold that person close. Certainly traveling to Israel brings it all home. And right here in Chattanooga we can see our Campaign dollars at work nurturing and build­ ing a stronger Jewish community. Social services; transportation for se­ niors; programs to benefit families, children, singles and newcomers to Chat­ tanooga abound throughout the year funded by your support. Rosalee Bogo, Women's Division Campaign events which were held included the Major Gifts Dinner, the Men's Campaign Training Breakfast and the Women's Campaign Train­ ing/ Culinary Night as well as the Major Gifts Dinner and Men's and Women's Telethon. These events served to provide momentum, heightened awareness and express appreciation to those who have taken on the volunteer chal­ lenge. The essence of true volunteerism is not in the time spent on a cam­ paign, it is in the commitment held. Each volunteer expressed themselves with a commitment of time and support. We want to continue to thank Michael Lebovitz, Jay Menuskin, Robert Siskin, Helen Pregulman, Claire Binder, Pris Siskin, Gary Chazen, Merv Pregulman, John Pregulman, Vince Pellegrino, Colman Hochman, Sanford Winer, Stuart Bush, Albert Wolff, Bob Berz, Dr. Jeff Balser, Dr. Frank Miller, Dr. Hyman Kaplan, Dr. Sam Binder, Dr. Stuart Frank, Dr. Steve Ulin, Dr. Joel Ginsberg, David Gimple, Jonathan Minnen, Joel Altman-Shafer, Michael Mallen, David Binder, Richard Zachary, Lee Brouner, Larry Zuckerman, Roy Rosenfeld, Sam Roistacher, Patrick McFadden, Jay Susman, Jed Mescon, Michael Spector, Mark Spector, Dr. Ernie Kresch, Dr. Ira Kraus, Michael Dzik, Amelia Allen, Miriam Levine, Marlene Gary Chazen, Campaign General Chair Perlman, Lynn Hochman, Donna Tabb, Bertha Miller, Marjorie Goldberg, Nada Ginsburg, Gerry Sadow, Judy Sachsman, Edie Redish, Merle Backer, Nancy Ulin, Elaine Winer, Candi Kruesi, Rachel Sadowitz, Susan Kaplan, Barnetta Allen, Susan Distefano, Felice Klein, Clara Shoenig, Joy Adams, Owen Allen, Bruce Goldberg, and Alvin Shoenig for their participation in the 1997 Campaign drive.

As we look toward our future, we are beginning the development of a long range strategic plan for the Federation. It will be a look backward, a perspective on the present and a vision for the future of Chattanooga's Jew­ ish community, support oflsrael and a guide for future campaigns.

With Campaign 1997 drawing to a close, our goal of $800,000 is within our reach ifeveryone will do their part. In our community of 1,350 members, it is crucial for everyone to think, my gift is "for ourselves, for our children, for Israel...forever." If you will help us reach the goal, we will succeed and we will guarantee our future together.

Each year brings change to our Federation. We have new children bom into our community, we age a httle, we develop new ideas to make our community a fun place to be and we move a little closer to the realization that it does take each one of us to bring each other along. As we reach greater and greater heights in the campaign we are mindful this is a wonder­ ful gem of a community in which to be Jewish. The future is about positive change and it means that we will continue to grow and prosper as a Jewish community. You are the key to every campaign's success and the future is about you.

Very sincerely yours,

Gary Chazen rom generation to generation, for 2000 years, Ethiopian Campaign General Chair Jews kept the faith. They prayed for a return to the Jewish homeland Even in the most remote places. People could only Preach his village by foot. A Joint Distribution Committee doc­ tor showed up. They weren't sure he was a man, his hair seemed more Rosalee Bogo lite that of a goat. Then the man said he was a Jew. Together, they sang Women's Division Hava NagUa and laughed and cried. And they followed him to Israel; they followed him home. Jewish Agency immigration and early absorp­ tion costs for one person from Ethiopia are $1,600. From the Chair of in the way of natural resources. For Christianity, Jerusa­ Geographically speaking, it had lem was the city of Jesus, from Excellence in Judaic Studies no fUture and could well have dis­ the time he was presented in the appeared from the annals of Temple as a baby, until he was World History. Nothing, how­ ultimately put to death and bur­ ever, could have been further ied there in what was later to be­ Tenneesse Makes News from what was in store for this come the Church ofthe Holy Sep- city. ulcher. The Resurrection took There is perhaps no other place there and the Ascension Again city in the world which has took place on a hill nearby on the By Dr. Irven Resnik PhD. aroused such strong religious Mt. of Olives. Later, during the feelings and convictions as Byzantine rule, attempts were publishes dozens of books dedicated Jerusalem. Religion made the city. made to Christianize the city, with to proving that the Holocaust is a The problem was that it was churches and monasteries built on Jewish fabrication. The National "everyone's" religion that consid­ the numerous sides mentioned or Alliance was founded by William ered this city to be holy and this hinted at in the Scriptures. Dur­ Pierce, the author of The Turner Dia­ did not always result in a willing- ing this time, though, the Jews ries - a racist and anti-Semitic novel in which terrorists attack a Federal office building.) According to the Times re­ port, similar leaflets have appeared in Holocaust-related books at Nashville's largest independently owned bookstore, Davis-Kidd Book­ sellers. Although they are removed by bookstore staff, they seem to re­ BylrvResnik appear every couple of weeks. When the University of Ten­ Tennessee made the news nessee at Chattanooga hosted a con­ again, in the .Mew York Times (De­ ference on the Holocaust in 1992, our cember 1,1996). The story was not faculty received unsolicited mailings about our aquarium, tourism, or eco­ from Holocaust deniers. Anti- nomic development. Rather it de­ Semitic literature dismissing the Ho­ scribes the efforts of Benjamin S. locaust as a hoax was often found in Austin, an assistant professor of so­ rest rooms across campus. Happily, ciology at Middle Tennessee Univer­ I can report that since then this type sity in Murfreesboro, to frustrate the of literature has become all but in­ activities of Holocaust deniers on his visible on campus. I would like to campus. The deniers have inserted attribute this in part to the success of leaflets and flyers within the pages our conference and subsequent cam­ of books treating the Holocaust in the pus lectures on the Holocaust -- in­ university library. Despite Austin's cluding presentations by Deborah attempts to remove them, new cop­ Lipstadt and Zev Kedem, a ies which include quotes from anti- Schindler's list survivor. But I am Semitic literature and provide the not so sanguine (or naive) as to be­ addresses ofthe Institute for Histori­ lieve that we have done enough. For cal Review and the National Alliance, that reason, we are planning a sec­ reappear with alarming regularity. ond major conference for March, (The Institute for Historical Review 1998 at UTC. I invite Shofar read­ sponsors the pseudo-intellectual ers to be involved in any way pos­ Journal of Historical Review and sible. As always, I can be reached at 755-4446.

"Jerusalem: Just What is so Holy About It Anyway" Joshua Schwartz, Ph.D. ness to share. continued to see the city as sa­ For the Jews, the sanctity cred to Judiasm and a struggle Professor Joshua Jerusalem and the C. G. Founda­ of the city revolved around its occasionally took place, usually Schwartz of Bar-Dan University tion Jerusalem Project. His book, Biblical period ("First") and Sec­ in the realm of theological writ­ in Israel will lecture at the Uni­ Jewish Settlement in Judaea af­ ond Temple period Temples. ings. versity of Tennessee at Chatta­ ter the Bar-Kochba War until the Jerusalem was the holiest city in The city also became holy nooga, January 27,1997 at 2 p.m. Arab Conquest (in hebrew), won the Land of Israel, the Temple for the Muslims, with Jerusalem in the University Center's Signal Israel's prestigious Yad ben Zvi Mount and Temple were progres­ serving as the original direction Mountain Room. Professor Prize. Subsequent books and ar­ sively holier and the Holy of Ho­ of prayer, before it was replaced Schwartz will also address Miz­ ticles on ancient Jerusalem and its lies was the holiest spot in all the by Mecca and eventually the pah Congregation, January 28 at environs have established Dr. world. Jerusalem was' so holy "Further Mosque" mentioned in 7 p.m. to kick off the spring term Schwartz as a scholar of interna­ that events mentioned in the Bible the Koranic "Night Journey" of of adult education. The Univer­ tional renown. His visit to Chat­ and not specifically ascribed to Mohammed became identified sity lecture is entitled "Jerusa­ tanooga is made possible by the Jerusalem, such as the meeting of with Jerusalem and the al-Aksa lem: Just What is so Holy Chair of Excellence in Judaic Abram (=Abraham, later on) and Mosque. The Jews and Chris­ About it Anyway," and is open Studies at the University of Ten­ Melchizedek(Gen. 14:18-20) or nessee at Chattanooga and the tians, however, continued to to the public. The Adult Educa­ the binding of Isaac (Gen. 22) maintain their own claims on tion talk at Mizpah on the 28th is Jewish Community Federation of were transferred there. There Greater Chattanooga. Jerusalem. entitled, "The Most Famous was even a tradition that Adam Increased sanctity often City of the East: The Tourist Following is an abstract himself was buried on the Temple led to increased tension and in Ancient Jerusalem." of what promises to be a fasci­ Mount under what was to be­ struggles. Unraveling the com­ Professor Schwartz re­ nating lecture at the University. come the site ofthe future altar. plex web of religious relation­ ceived hisB.A and B.S. degrees City and Temple were so impor­ ships to this city can be a life-time at Yeshiva University, and both "Jerusalem: Just What is so tant that it was even uncertain for mission. It is our purpose, how­ his M. A andPh.D. at the Hebrew Holy About It Anyway" some time after the destruction ever, to attempt to show what University of Jerusalem. He has of the second Temple in 70 CE exactly made the city holy for been a member ofthe faculty at Jerusalem began as a whether Judaism could survive everyone and what this meant for Bar-Ilan University since 1979 small out ofthe way city, not lo­ the loss of the Temple and holy the history of the city from an­ and is also the director of the cated on any major thoroughfares city. cient times and until the early Ingeborg Rennert Center for nor blessed with anything unusual Middle Ages. January Shofar Page 5

charnel house. Aren't we survivors the — AROUND THE WORLD — My family and I were de­ sociologist's dream, if not the ported by the then pro-Nazi So­ NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS demographer's. Haven't many of viets, who had invaded Poland us achieved comfort, status, even from the East, to a Siberian labor recognition, after nimbly climb­ camp where life hung by a thread. ing the ladder of success? Other On Holocaust Denial But we were the lucky ones for consolers announce that the Ho­ war's end found us haggard, ema­ locaust is the most documented ciated, broken but still alive. We event in history, with .memorials tried to make our way back to aplenty. Jarolsaw, the city of my birth, but widespread pogroms in post-Ho­ And yet we know that the locaust Poland forced us to flee hardest thing to predict in the to the country and find haven in twentieth century is the past. the American occupied zone of Ideologues, armed to the teeth, Germany. are studiously at work rewriting history. Words foreshadow ac­ The survivor community tions as lightning does thunder. is daily reduced by the ravages of When Holocaust deniers spread age and illness. And what is it that their venom we survivors find we, the remaining witnesses, hear ourselves again directly in the in our autumnal years? A rising cross hairs of danger. In the chorus of mendacity, orchestrated 1930's, the West slumbered be­ by the demons of hate and en­ fore the scourge. Today we must hanced by faux erudition and not be caught napping, even if the high-tech bulletins direct from danger is yet relatively small. And hell. If this is what we are hear­ we must standguard against the ing while we are yet alive, imag­ slippery compromises that aca­ ine the hate and misinformation demic charlatans, clamoring to be Pictured from left to right — NobelLaureate ElieWiesel: after our passing. heard, can lead an unsuspecting Mrs. Joseph Wilf and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilf. Libertarian free speech public to. theorists remind us that hate mon- Survivors, as all people of Joseph Wilf gering, after all, has a place in a conscience, must expose false­ democracy. They inform us about hood, catch the cunning in their Truth telling is once more its political hue, is an unpardon­ society's need for expressive au­ craftiness. We, who have walked under assault. The latest research able sin. For those of us who tonomy. We, the handful of sur­ through the valley of death, must evidence from the U. S. Holocaust passed through the fires of the vivors - the victims ofthe State's not be hoodwinked into silence Memorial Museum indicates that Holocaust, the imperatives of depredations - should , of all and hurried into oblivion. We there are currently 126 published memory are, and must remain, people, be the first to appreciate have learned the most desolate books denying the Holocaust uncompromising. We know that the higher virtues of the First lessons that history has to offer, written by Ph. Ds from recog­ only by a precise accounting will Amendment. so horrific as to be beyond utter­ nized universities around the history be served. There are those who re­ ing. Yet we are commanded by world. Perhaps even more trou­ A few facts. I was born assure us that Holocaust deniers the call of memory to speak out bling, is the proliferation of Ho­ in Jaroslaw , Poland, a spoke in are a fringe element, their books loudly and clearly. Not only do locaust denial websites on the the wheel of what was once the nothing but scurrilous ravings, the we owe it to ourselves, but far Internet. Battered, violated, and most thriving Jewish community kind of nuttiness that is almost more importantly, we owe it to cleverly twisted out of shape, his­ in Eastern Europe. Indeed, the normative in post-industrial soci­ the millions of dead who can have torical reality is on the defensive. heart of Polish Jewry, with its ety. Others assuage our fears by no rest as long as the truth goes The forces of denial in America, unrivaled roster of yeshivas, syna­ reminding us how secure we are brazenly denied. as in Europe - the tireless cap­ gogues and cultural institutions, on this side of the Atlantic. tors and foes of truth - are alive beat in sympathy with the deep­ again, using the benefits of high- est currents of humble humanity. tech to globally orbit their mes­ Then came 1939 and the Nazis. sage. And their presence may not A thousand years of Jewish life simply be an aberration but a sign went up in smoke during the Nazi of society's decay and the fray­ juggernaut that swept first across ing of its fabric. Poland and then the rest of Eu­ COMMVN1TY BRIEFING Truth-bashing, no matter rope, turning the continent into a AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE The Shofar (AIPAC)

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If you want to learn what's NEWT in Helen Pregulman, President Lori Meyers, Executive Director Congress, please join us on Sunday, February 2nd Editorial Board Chair, Irv Resnick at the home of Pris & Robert Siskin and you will Kdilor, Rose C'esario learn a LOTT. Members Amelia Allen Hailie McFadden Our AIPAC Southeast Regional Director, Mark Ronnie Charyn Rick Rader Randy Jarvis Harold Shapiro Moskowitz will knock your SOCKS off. Ira Kraus Robert Siskin You will get the latest political update from I Washington and Israel. PLEASE R.S.V.P. at 629- The Shofar is mailed at no charge to members ofthe Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and not 1681. (THIS IS NOT A FUNDRAISER) necessarily those of the Federation or the editorial staff of this newspaper. TT-rTTTrTTTT—" ! January Shofar Page 6

AROUND THE WORLD • NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The compromises that he's made on the economic and social U.S JEWS VOW COMPROMISE AND justice issues are going to result in real hardships and an increased MODERATION burden on the Jewish community to fillth e tears in the safety net," said Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action By Matthew Dorf Center of Reform Judaism. The level of support for Clinton roughly matches his showing Washington (JTA)- When President Clinton and the Republi­ in the 1992 election, reaffirming a long-standing pattern that can Congress finish riding the wave of victory, how they govern American Jews vote overwhelmingly- and disproportionately- will strike the very core of American Jewish life. Democratic. The White House and Congress have promised to save Medicare When voters swept Republican majorities into the House and and Medicaid from going broke; Jewish social service agencies Senate two years ago, the political upheavel turned Jewish Wash­ depend heavily on those entitlement funds making in more than ington on its head. $2 billion last year alone. Jewish groups, which tend to have a more liberal bent, largely Clinton and Gop leaders have pledged to enact campaign fi­ went from proposing initiatives to playing defense against legisla­ nance reform; Jews gave more than $25 million to fund this years's tion they opposed, such as welfare and immigration reform. election, sparking concerns of diminished influence under a This time around, little will change when the new Congress changed system. opens its doors in January and Clinton take soath of office for the The president and Democratic leaders have vowed to revisit second time. welfare reform; Jewish charities fear that the recently enacted But many ofthe activist who failed to stop legislation they op­ welfare legislation will force them to step in to fillth e void for the posed before say they have learned their lessons and are ready to needy kicked off the rolls. work with former foes in shaping legislation they once sought to With so much at stake, Jewish activists are asking which scuttle. Clinton will emerge: the centrist one who signed welfare reform For representatives of Jewish groups who work day in and that ended the federal guarantee of benefits for poor Americans day out in the nations's capital, this means a new approach: start­ or the more liberal Clinton who fought to his near - political death ing some legislative fires instead of focusing on putting so many for sweeping health-care reform? out. Despite concern over what such reforms could mean for the Overwhelmingly, they believe that Clinton the centrist is here future, access to the 105th Congress appears secure. That ac­ cess is attributed to a ttributed to a combination of political activ­ to stay. "President Clinton is going to have to govern from the ism, individual campaign contributions and pro-Israel Pac money. center," said Ira Forman, executive director ofthe national Jew­ "We have the relationships, now we need to put teeth into the ish Democratic Council. "He like all other president is going to ones that are new relationships and strengthen the relations with want to make history. That means governing to get things done. those who will likely become the next generations of activist con­ The larger questions loom over the direction of Congress, gressional leaders," said Howard Kohr, executive director ofthe where on some issues, such as welfare and immigration reform, American Israel Public Affairs Committee. the Jewish community appears ready to cooperate. Meanwhile, Jewish activists are increasingly concerned about On other issues, however, such as school prayer, a balanced bud­ the emergence of a push for school prayer on the national agenda. get amandement and the foreign aid program, Jews are preparing "We're likely to see the Congress takes up wherethey left off on to dig in their heels. chruch-state issues and school prayer," said Jason Isaacson, the Clinton moved to the political center after the 1994 Democratic Washington- election debacle that gave the republicans control of Congress, a based director of government and international affairs of the position they cemented in Tuesday's election. American Jewish Committee. But in so doing, the president drew the wrath of many of his Said Saperstein: "The religious right clearly had an impact on loudest supporters in the Jewish community and faced off against the makeup of Congress. This is where the battle will be fought." many Jewish activists who remain particularly bitter that he signed But while Jews prepare for battles, their buzzwords this election welfare reform legislation. week are compromise and bipartisanship. This article was excerpted.

CLINTON'S HAWAII VACATION TURNS INTO COUP FOR UJA IN HONOLULU

UJA News — Although Clinton was not there to attend the UJA dinner, on Sunday evening, just as the event's preliminary activities were getting un­ derway in the private dining rooms of Roy's, one of Honolulu's best restau­ rants, a buzz went through the main room. Secret Service personnel were entering. The President and Mrs. Clinton were coming todinner . Were the Clintons coming to the UJA dinner after all? Later in the evening, from his vantage point in the private dining room Lansensky, Director of Community Planning, Network of Independent United Jewish Appeal Communities, saw Clinton getting ready to leave. Lasensky asked if the President had the time to say hello to the UJA people. Before the question was out of Lasensky's mouth, the President said, "Bring them over!" Clinton shook everyone's hand, and Lasensky presented the Presi­ dent with a lapel pin making him an honorary member of the President's Council ofthe Network of Independent UJA Communities, an organization Jerry Lasensky of the Network of Independent UJA presents President of 343 small Jewish communities across America which raise funds in part­ Bill Clinton with a CD at the kick-off dinner for the 1997 UJA Major nership with the United Jewish Appeal. President's Council members give Gifts Campaign for the Jewish Federation of Hawaii. $ 10,000 or more to the UJA Federation Campaign. Photo by: Herbert Roitblat "He wouldn't accept any pledge cards," said Mark Davis, who is also a President's Council member. "But despite that, we were honored and pleased that the President took the time to talk with our entire group. Many of us thanked him for his continuing support oflsrael." The Newspaper is an institution developed by "In one of our faxes, we told him the food was great at Roy's and he modern civilization to present the news of the day, to agreed," said Roitblat, Federation President. "I think the lesson here is that foster commerce and industry, to inform and lead public people should attend every single campaign event, because you never know • < opinion and to furnish that check upon government who will show up." which no constitution has ever been able to provide.

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OPINION, COMMENT, INSIGHT

from the editor's desk From the Desk of the Executive Director

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Last month we began are warmly woven into my Lori Meyers with "Hello Again, Hello"and a childhood's happiest memories. brief business - professional But, the time had come. "The responsibility of tolerance lies in those background. This month, I'd "My children will be raised who have the wioer vision." George Eliot like to once again bore you with American and attend the best a bit of personal info. schools I can find." We were by Lori Meyers The first child (alas- a moved away from the monkey girl yet!) of immigrant parents and the organ grinder, away who were among thousands from the man with the long side As many of you know, on December 8th the Chattanooga packed suffocatingly together on locks and a beard who came to Jewish Community held its annual Chanukah Party at B'nai Zion a ship, weary, sick, but eyes kill the chickens, away from the Synagogue. Organizations involved in this event included the Jewish filled with the hope of escape caring and concern of people Community Federation, BBYO, Hadassah, B'nai Zion Synagogue, from poverty, they disembarked who had not forgotten where Congregation Beth Sholom, Mizpah Congregation, JCF Jewish Singles, at Ellis Island to pursue "the they began. Golden Agers, Chai Steppers, and the BJE. David Solovey, a member ofthe Social Services Committee spear headed the latke makers which dream." The school was surely consisted of 10 or so males who grated hundreds of potatoes and That "dream" was not to the "best" - certainly the most prepared the delicious latkes that were served. This event was more be realized by sitting back and expensive, replete with ivy than a chance to eat, drink, and socialize, it was a celebration that covered walls. But there was waiting for it to happen. What united the cornmunity and brought several hundred Jews, young and something missing - a void in the U.S. offered was the old, together in a positive and meaningful way. opportunity to pursue that this idyllic setting. Everyone At this event, Chattanooga was an example of pluralistic dream by using the ethics, looked the same, spoke the commmiity at its best! Members of Mizpah, B'nai Zion, and Beth philosophies and determination proper phrases and dressed as Sholom attended; although nobody paid special attention to that. they brought with them. That though a special assembly line Attendees were individuals, not conservative, orthodox or reform Jews. had been created exclusively for "dream' was not for They were young and young at heart, families, and couples and their use. Being one of two themselves, but for their everyone seemed to enjoy being together. American Italian students in a children. In Chattanooga's small Jewish Community, the three Rabbis class of 250 was indeed culture Chicago was a city alive, have been instrumental in breaking down the divisiveness and uniting shock. bustling, ripe with opportunity. our people. This divisiveness is a fact of life in many Jewish Only Carl Sandburg has done There were no communities and is very destructive in undermining our culture's strong justice to an apt description of invitations to join the bridge spiritual commitment. Our community is different. Rabbi Davidson, "the hog butcher to the world." club, no invitations to the teas, Rabbi Hyman, and Rabbi Klein are flexible and are involved in many Sleeping on chicken no inclusion in social functions. of our activities. The three Rabbis are working together and paving coops, (to guard against thieves), There were indellible memories the way for us on a Kashrut policy that is workable and agreeable for earning 25 cents a week during of walking down the hallowed our whole community. Chattanooga's Jewish community is especially the depression, was not exactly halls, past a group of young pluralistic thanks to the leadership of our three Rabbis. I admire and what my father envisioned as women whispering and respect each of them for having the sensitivity and ability to see "the "upward mobility", but it laughing, with the painful big picture" despite the fact that they have philosophical and afforded him something vastly knowledge that you were the theological differences. We cannot afford to let this segregate our more important - he kept his object of their ridicule. Thus already small Jewish community. We are all Jews and need to pride - "no welfare, work for was lost the intellectual perpetuate our faith by sticking together, and looking at each other as your bread." innocence of my youth. equally important members of our faith. The chicken coops paid It is also how I acquired off handsomely - with the greatest philosophical introductions to the meat knowledge. My father, dressed business and the people whose in his "long Johns", appeared in respect he had earned. It wasn't my room one evening after eyes, then a deep peace settled in better than any other human long before there was one shop, being awakened by my crying. them as he slowly and being - but there is no other then two and three, etc And "No one likes me because I am human being better than you. "voila", there it was - "the Italian", was my lament. deliberately once again reduced You are as good as the pride and American Dream." "Their fathers are all executives his life's philosophy to the simplest terms, incapable of dignity you refuse to give up. How I loved the with college degrees and you distortion or compromise. "If Dry your eyes and lift your neighborhoods. Sitting on the can't even speak English you never remember anything head!" front porch in the evening - the properly," were my excuses for I've tried to teach you, He is long since gone, but smells of Jewish chicken soup, wallowing in self pity and remember this: You are no his words remain my gift from Italian sausage and Polish breaking his heart. him. sauerkraut intermingled with an It was not pity my unforgettable melange of complaints elicited. There was a Until next time, chattering in various accents short flash of anger in the green Rose Cesario January Shofar Page 8 EPITOIIAL / COMMENTARY

Messy questions Who is a Jew? Who is an Israeli? Who decides? Jews held, or defined their Jewishness by traditional re­ by Hillel Halkin ligious beliefs. to the Jerusalem Post International When secular Zionism once spoke of "normaliz­ One sympathizes with those Jews and Jewish or­ ing" Jewish life, it meant that, once a Jewish state ex­ ganizations that are once again up in arms over proposed isted, a Jew would be simply someonewho live in it, spoke its language and considered ithis homeland, just as a changes in Israel's conversion law- changes which would Spaniard is someonewho speaks Spanish and lives in make only Orthodox conversions legally acceptable in Spain, regardless of whether he attends Sunday mass of not. Such a concept involved a revolutionary redifinition Israel. From the perspective of the large majority of ofJewishness, putting it on a national and territorial rather Israel's and the world's Jews, who are far from Ortho­ than a religious basis. Today, living in what is still far from a normal coun­ dox, why should Orthodox rabbis be granted a monopoly try, it may seem that the idea of "normalizing" Jewish life on deciding who is or is not, can or cannot become, a was a chimera to begin with. Indeed, not only have the words "Jew" and "Israeli" failed to become synonymous, Jew? they are becoming less congruent all the time. A thor­ There is, however, a problem with the demand of oughly assimilated child of Jewish parents in Paris or the Conservative and Reform movements that their rab­ Los Angeles who feels not the remotest connection to bis, too, be allowed by Israeli law to perform conversions. other Jews is a Jew: a child of non-Jewish immigrants These movements are asking not for the dismantling of who have cast in their lot with the Jewish people is not. a monopoly, but for the right to be co-monopolists. If After 100 years of Zionism, we continue to define they were to have their way, then instead of only Ortho­ ourselves as a people in pre-Zionist terms. Orthodox and dox rabbis being allowed to confer membership in the non-Orthodox rabbis can quarrel among themselves Jewish people, only Orthodox, Conservative and Reform about the criteria for religious conversion, but such a rabbis would be allowed. conversion remains the only way to make a Jew out of a One might ask: What other rabbis are there? To Gentile. this question there are two answers - one perhaps trivial, We know that there is something anachronistic and the other going to the heart of modern Zionism. illogical about this. We know that the Halachically non- It may be trivial to point out that if you or I were to Jewish child who grows up in Israeli society is a living establish a rabbinical seminary tomorrow and start or­ part of the Jewish people, just as we know that the purely daining rabbis in the name of a new Jewish religious nominal Jew in Paris or Los Angeles is not. We just don't demomination, the first to object to its graduates per­ know the terms in which to state or live out such reali­ forming recognized conversions would be the Conser­ ties. vative and Reform movements. Nor does there seem to be any better way of offi­ "How," they would say, "can you just come along cially making new Jews. New Americans are made by and start turning out rabbis, without proper credentials, becoming American citizens, but equating Israeli citi­ without a solid anchor in Judaism, without even a certi­ zenship with Jewish ness is clearly an impossibility, if only fied academic program?" Although this is exactly how because every fifth Israeli is an Arab. they themselves started out in the 19th and early 20th The fact of the matter is that we are in a kind of centuries, they would not welcome deregulated compe­ double bind, the outcome of which will almost certainly tition. be an even deeper split between the concepts of "Israeli" Who elected these movements to represent us? and "Jew." In whose name beside of their congregants do they Should secular Israeli society come up with some speak? Orthodox rabbinic institutions at least have the non-religious procedure for accepting new Jews into its weight of a long tradition behind them. But what is so midst, it itself would lose its Jewish status in the eyes of special about the faculties of the Jewish Theological its large Orthodox minority. Should this not happen, we Seminary, the Hebrew Union College, or their various will be living in a country with an increasing number of branches and offshoots that they should share the ex­ Hebrew-speaking, non-Jewish, non-Arab Israelis. clusive power to license Jews to admit non-Jews to the Including Conservative and Reform rabbis in the Jewish people? Jew-making monopoly may help those individuals who An expanded cartel is still a cartel. wish to convert but lack the patience or eligibility to do Most of us in Israel do not belong to any specific so in an Orthodox manner. It will not, however, alleviate religious curent. We are, as the unenviable expression the larger problem - which is that of an ancient people in goes, "secular," which means that while we may respect an unfinished revolution that it is unlikely to complete or admire some rabbis and think little of others, rabbis and quite literally no longer knowing who it is. as such do not constitute authorities for us. Why should It may take generations to find out. Meanwhile, rabbis of any kind decide for us who is a Jew? the question of who is a Jew will get messier, regardless Secular Zionism was an attempt to solve a whole of who converts whom. complex ofJewish problems. One of these was the prob­ lem ofJewish identity in an aae in which fewer and fewer The writer is a Zichron Ya'acov-based author and translator. VIEWPOINT BACK IN 1R* tt40% %)t> NOW AM6RTCAN J£WS UJ£R€ -TRV.AJG CONVERTS AR€ TO Pfo\£ IB AT -fJtey DEMANDING R6CCX3M\T\0KJ THAT TU€V AR£ J6U)lSH?f January Shofar Page 9 Congregation News

BETH SHOLOM CORDIALLY TNY1TES BETH SHOLOM SCHEVK/LE THE JEWISH OESERVICES COMMUNITY TO HEAK AND JEWISH EmiCHMEMT CLASSES

SATURDAY MORNING FAMILY SERVICES - 9:00 A.M.

MORNING SERVICES ARE FOLLOWED BY A SISTERHOOD KIDDUSH RECEPTION Rabbi Hyman will continue with the Saturday morning MISHNA Class following the Kiddush. Men and women are invited to attend.

SUNDAY MORNING TALIS AND TEFILLEN SERVICE - 9:00 A.M.

(This service is also used as a learning experience for those wishing to conduct a weekday service.) Breakfast and discussion every Sunday following Services.

WEDNESDAY EVENING SYNAGOGUE SKILLS CLASS AT 7:30 P.M.

Every Wednesday evening Rabbi Hyman will teach a class for men wishing to have their skills in conducting weekday, Shabbas and Holyday services as well as chanting Haftorahs and Torah reading. BETH SHOLOM TO CELEBRATE MR. LEE ANDERSON 38TH ANNIVERSARY PUBLISHER AND EDITOR OF THE WITH DINNER CHATTANOOGA AND GUEST SPEAKER NEWS FREE PRESS SUNDAY, JANUARY 12,1997 WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 22,1997 AT 7:00 P.M. On Sunday, January 12,1997 Beth Sholom will celebrate its 38th anniversary with cocktails, dinner and a guest speaker. Lee Anderson is publisher and editor ofthe Chattanooga News This year's guest speaker is Rabbi Benyamin Friedman, the Free Press. dynamic spiritual leader of Atlanta's newest and fastest growing Orthodox Congregation in the Dunwoody area. In addition to his He joined the newspaper as a reporter at the age of 16, while Rabbinic duties, Rabbi Friedman is the Director of Outreach for the a junior at Chattanooga High School. He worked at the newspaper Atlanta Scholars Kollel. He ha also lectured in various communities while completing high school and graduating fromth e University of throughout the Southeast. Chattanooga, with time off for World War II Military service as an Rabbi Friedman was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minne­ Air Force aviation cadet. sota. He attended Yeshiva High School in Chicago, Illinois and then He is active in civic affairs, has won 24 Freedoms Founda­ continued his Torah studies in New York and Jerusalem. In 1981 he tion awards (including the 1979 prize for the top editorial in the joined the Post-graduate Kollel division ofthe Ner Israel Rabbinical nation), along with Chattanooga Bar Association's Liberty Bell College in Baltimore from which he received his Smicha ordination. Award, the Sertoma Club's Freedom Award, the Chamber of Com­ Rabbi Friedman moved to Atlanta in January 1988 to help merce Arthur Vieth Award and others. In 1987, he was given the found the Atlanta Scholar's Kollel. He and his wife Dena are blessed first national James Monroe Foundation editorial award in Washing­ ton, D.D. He is an elder and Sunday School teacher at First Presbyte­ rian Church. He is past presidentof the Rotary Club, past chairman ofthe Chattanooga Convention and Visitors Bureau, past chairman ofthe Chattanooga Chapter ofthe American Red Cross, and was United Way campaign chairman in 1979, he was awarded the Kiwanis Distinguished Service Award for 1995. He is a retired major in the Army Reserve and 1986 chairman ofthe Chattanooga-Hamilton County Armed Forces observance. He is married, has two daughters and two grandchildren, and Rabbi Benyamin Freidman lives on Missionary Ridge. with three daughters. Members and friends of Beth Sholom are invited to join in Rabbi Maynard Hyman, spiritual leader of Beth Sholom cred­ helping us celebrate this auspicious occasion. Reservations can be its Larry Levy, the Synagogue Vice-President for the idea of inviting made by simply mailing your check to Congregation Beth Sholom, Mr. Anderson. Mr. Levy is very much mindful ofthe fact that Mr. 20 Pisgah Ave., 37411. The cost ofthe dinner is $50.00 per couple and $25 for a single. Cocktail hour is from 5:30 - 6:30 p.ni Dinner ANDERSON, see pg. 11;

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January Sabbath Worship

B nai Zion During the month of January Mizpah's five Friday evening Erev Shabbat worship services will begin at 6 p.m. The service will still Rabbi Josef Davidson include a Torah Reading and Rabbi's Message. The Friday evening B'tiAiZion Synagogue worship of January 10 will be a Newcomer Welcome Shabbat. The In this secular new year month we Jews also celebrate one of Board will invite newcomers to the community for a special Friday the four Jewish new years that occur annually in our calendar, ac­ (6 p.m.) Sabbath Service. On Friday, January 24, the Religious Ac­ cording to Massechet Rosh Hashanah 1:1 in the Mishnah. You are, tivities Committee will celebrate Shabbat with a "Tu Bishvat Seder" no doubt, familiar with the new year which occurs on Rosh Hashanah. incorporating our Sabbath liturgy into a unique Tu Bishvat program You may remember the Torah refers to the month of Nissan as the and commemoration. first of months (another new year). You may not have known that the first of Elul is also a new year, according to this Mishnah. No Rabbi Klein in Israel doubt you remember that Tu Bishvat is the New Year ofthe Trees. Tu Bishvat occurs this year on January 23 and gives us all a Rabbi Klein has accepted an invitation to participate in an wonderful opportunity to stop and appreciate God's wonderful gifts ARZA (Association of Reform Zionists of America) sponsored rab­ of creation. Where would we be without trees? How would we binical mission to Israel, January 18-27,1997. Included in the itiner­ build our shelter? How would we findfood ? How would so many ary is a trip to Petra (Jordan) and the following presentations and species find homes and nourishment? Where would all creatures meetings: find shade? What would hold the soil together? What would keep Discussion with the Egyptian governor of South Sinai, and the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our air? Trees are a the mayors of Eilat and Aqaba (Jordan); Visit to Reform settlements very important part of our habitat and our lives. of Yahel and Lotan (both in the Negev); Seminar at Officers' Train­ Tu Bishvat also allows us to focus on Israel, our ancient and ing School (Negev) with university professors, Israeli army officers present homeland, named for the ability of our ancestor, Jacob, to and the head ofthe school; Seminar on "The Israeli Army in the New struggle with beings divine and human and to prevail. We, too, have Middle East" with an army general and a professor at Jaffe Center struggled with beings divine and human and have prevailed as a for Strategic Studies; seminar on "Israel's Economic Direction for people. We have survived and given the world much over the last the Future" with the Minister of Tourism, officials of Bank oflsrael four millennia since Abraham left home following the unseen God. and Bank Leumi, and representative of Palestinian Authority; Meet­ It has not always been easy for Jews in the Diaspora or for those in ing with Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu (invited), and mem­ Israel. Were it not for the Jewish National Fund and its penchant for bers of opposition Labor and Meretz parties; Meeting with Israeli planting trees, the modern state oflsrael would not be such a desir­ settlement leaders (opposed to leaving West Bank); Panel discussion able place to visit, let alone live. Tel Aviv, a swamp when the early "The Palestinian Reaction to the Peace Process" with heads of de­ Zionists arrived, was reclaimed through the planting of trees and is partments at Bir Zeid University; Field trip to Ramala to meet with now Israel's largest city. Palestinian Authority ministers; Meeting with a Supreme Court Jus­ The work of the Jewish National Fund is not yet finished. tice and discussion of "Religion and State in the Jewish State."; Semi­ Trees are still needed to enrich the lives of those who live in Israel. nar on "The Reform Movement's Role in Israeli Politics after the We can maintain our connection with our fellow Jews in Israel through 1996 Election."; Field trip to Israeli industries and meetings with top the purchase of trees for Tu Bishvat and through eating ofthe seven Israeli industrialist. species of produce that is native to the land. Rabbi Klein will reflect on his ARZ A/Rabbinical Mission trip This Tu Bishvat, take the opportunity to reconnect with na­ on the four Friday nights in February. ture and with Israel. Express your appreciation for God's gifts through a contribution to the Jewish National Fund and through a closer con­ Sisterhood January Meeting nection with Israel. The Sisterhood will meet at 12 noon January 9, and will fea­ ture a presentation by Don Eaves "Abraham Lincoln Comes to Miz­ BWAIZIOhl pah". Reservations should be made to the Mizpah Office. JANUARY EVENTS • , . •

The secular new year will open this month with the usual MIZPAH SISTERHOOD LUNCHEONS festivities for many of B'nai Zion's membership. Officially, our con­ gregation has much to celebrate in this first month of 1997. by Joy Adams, President After the week of January 6, anyone entering B'nai Zion will see a new look as the majority ofthe carpeting is replaced and a December's Mizpah Sis­ ing bodies: the presidential, the great deal of painting will have been completed. Do come in and terhood meeting was held on a legislative and the judicial, but enjoy the remodeled B'nai Zion! rainy day, but the spirit around the that now we have a fourth gov­ Erik Brook, son of Bob and Rita Brook, grandson Of Harold table was anything but dreary. erning body » the media. Only and Yuppie Shavin, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on UTC's Professor of Communica­ time will tell what will be the out­ Shabbat, January 4. Erik is a seventh grader at the McCallie School, tions, Dr. Peter Pringle, caught come ofthe growing power ofthe active in sports, music and academics at the school. our attention with his spritely media if it does not develop some Our Talmud Torah begins class once again after the Winter address about the media, "The sense of RESPONSIBILITY in break on Wednesday, January 8, at 4:30 p.m. Grades three through Tabloidization ofthe Media." reporting the news. six will be back studying Hebrew and prayer. Junior Congregation When he finished,everyon e re­ The next Sisterhood Lun­ also begins again on Shabbat morning, January 11 and 25. mained seated, eager to hear cheon is scheduled for Thursday, The monthly Shabbat Experience for Families and Friends more, and we had a spontaneous January 9,1997 in Feinstein Hall will take place on January 24. Services begin at 6:00 p.m. with the question and answer session — no at 12 noon. Miriam Levine is Friday evening dinner following. Cost is $6.00/adult, $3.50/teenage one seemed ready to leave this chairman ofthe day and will work and $1.50/child over age two. Reservations are due on Wednesday, dynamic personality. January 22. Everyone is invited to this wonderful monthly welcome He pointed out that our SISTERHOOD, seepg. 11 B'NAI ZION, seepg. 11 forefathers formed three govern­ January Shofar Page 11 Congregation News

MAZEL TOV

Erik M. Brook

Erik Brook, the son of Robert and Rita Brook, will celebrate his becoming a Bar Mitzvah, Saturday January 4,1997. Erik is the older brother of Sarah Brook and grandson of (1-r) Mrs. Evelyn Hyman, Bat-Mitzvah celebrant Rachel Harold and Yuppie Shavin of Chattanooga and Julius and Ruth Brook Roistacher and Rabbi Maynard C. Hyman. of Defray Beach, Florida. Erik is a seventh grade student at McCallie School. He enjoys (photo courtesy of Mrs. Evelyn Hyman) computer games, cross country, soccer, listening to music, playing the Oboe and playing with his two dogs "Bear" and "Zack", and On Saturday night, December 7th, Rachel Roistacher traveling. lovely and talented daughter of Sam and Gayle Roistacher Friday evening January 3rd, 1997 at 6:00 p.m., Erik will celebrated her Bat-Mitzvah at Beth Sholom Congregation. participate in the Shabbat services held at B'nai Lion. Saturday The Synagogue Sanctuary was beautifully decorated with morning services will begin at 10:00 a.m. at B'nai Lion. We hope you Chanukah decorations. Each table had its own Chanukah will all join up in our simcha. Menorah with three candles in each one besides the Shamash celebrating the third night of Chanukah. Rachel looked radiant and conducted the various parts of the evening service brilliantly. She conducted the entire B'NAIZION, fr.pg. 10 traditional havdalah prayer, the Chanukah candle lighting service plus every one of the stanzas of the Maoz Tzur hymn, the to the Shabbat. responsive singing of Yigdal and Adon Olam to the tune of Maoz Our weekly Lunch 'n Learn series continues at 12:00 noon Tzur. each Tuesday in the Library. A new adult B'nai Mitzvah program will also be underway during January. We will miss the Community In addition, Rachel delivered a sermonette highlighting the invaluable contributions that brave and heroic women have made, Religious School and the Academy ofJewish Studies as they move not only during the Chanukah period but throughout Jewish to Mizpah, but we also plan to keep our members and our building history. quite busy. The entire Bat-Mitzvah program was put together by Last, but certainly not least, do join us for our annual Rabbi Maynard and Evelyn Hyman. Mrs. Hyman was Rachel's Super Bowl party. Everyone is encouraged to take a chance on Bat-Mitzvah teacher. Sam Roistacher as President of Beth the score each quarter. Even if you don't win, you will have Sholom presented his daughter with a special gift of Shabbat and spent the evening with good friends and good food. It may even Holyday candlesticks on behalf of Sisterhood. be a good game! Neil Bellinger of Atlanta catered the Shabbat morning Kiddush as well as the Saturday evening full course chicken dinner. Highlighting the delicious food was "Baklava" treats baked by Gayle Roistacher, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Betty Roistacher and sister-in-law Lisa, both of Atlanta. This addded bit of the Sephardic tradition, comes from SISTERHOOD, fir. pg 10 Rachel's grandmother's side of the family. Baklava is a phyllo dough filledwit h ground pecans drenched in honey. One need not with her committee to create a be Sephardic in order to enjoy them. delicious lunch for all to enjoy. Chattanooga City Coun­ cilman, Mr. Don Eaves, will ANDERSON, from pg. 9 present his fascinating imperson­ ation, " Abrahom Lincoln Conies Anderson, over the years has shown himself a true and loyal friendo f to Mizpah." Mr. Eaves will ar­ the State oflsrael. This is born out by the many fair-minded, infor­ rive dressed as Mr. Lincoln him­ mative and uplifting editorials he has written regarding the Jewish self and carry on from there. You State. will not want to miss this totally Rabbi Hyman also points out that it is very significant that different entertaining meeting. Mr. Anderson's talk happens to coincide with the fifteenth day ofthe All Mizpah women, and Hebrew month of Shevat which is the "Jewish New Year for Trees." also the men, are cordially invited This special day on the Jewish calendar has always symbolized the to attend our luncheons. Just hope and rebirth oflsrael even in our darkest moments. Rabbi Hyman make a reservation so we can set concluded by saying, "that Tu B'Shevat and Mr. Anderson's friendly a place for you at the table. Cost editorials do indeed complement each other. ofthe lunch is still $4.00, a real The reception following Mr. Anderson's talk will consist of bargain. See you January 9..... sweets and Tu B'Shevat fruits. January Shofar Page 12

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The CJ.C.R.S will NOT hold classes on the day ofthe Kallah, BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION as the entire faculty will be attending. We would also like to NEWS invite interested members ofthe community to participate in the by Tziporah Altman Shafer Kallah. It's not too late to sign up; if you would like more infor­ mation about this exciting educational opportunity, contact me at your earliest convenience. The month of December started out with a bang for the Bu­ reau of Jewish Education! The word Chanukah means dedica­ On January 12, the Chattanooga Bureau ofJewish Education tion, but the root letters of Chanukah (Chet, Nun, Chaf) are also and the Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga the root of the word Chinuch, which means education. During will be holding the first annual Israel Experience and Jewish Camp Chanukah 1996/5757, the Jewish Community showed it's strong Extravaganza. At this program, representatives from a variety commitment to Chinuch (education). Israel trips and Jewish camps will be in Chattanooga to introduce families to exciting experiences in Israel and at camps across the On December 8, the Bureau ofJewish Education and the Jew­ country. Don't forget that the scholarships for EVERY Chatta­ ish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga held a joint nooga child spend one summer at a Jewish camp and to visit Is­ Chanukah party. Over 300 people attended the event! There was rael on one occasion. T this Extravaganza, you will have the food, entertainment, celebration, and education. What's more opportunity to learn about lots of different programs at once. The the ENTIRE community came together for the event. On behalf event will begin at 11:00 a.m. at Mizpah. Don't miss this exciting ofthe Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga and morning! the Chattanooga Bureau of Jewish Education, I would like to thank everyone that was involved with the success of this won­ A special high light ofthe program will be an introduction to derful program. A lot of people helped with the program; I'm Camp Lamah Lo. Camp Lamah Lo is a Jewish Day Camp that sorry if I inadvertently leave out any names. A big thank you goes has been run by the Dalton Jewish community for the past four out to: years. The Chattanooga B. J.E is currently having discussions with Blair Abelson (marionette show), Iris Abelson (marionette Dalton representatives about making the camp joint venture. Camp show), Lee Abelson (marionette show), Joy Adams (marionette Lamah Lo is located on a beautiful farm outside Calhoun, Ga. show), Barnetta Allen (candle making), Jeff Balser (latkes), Raul More information about the camp will be available as our conver­ Beker (latkes), Rachael Brem (face painting), Rachel Brodsky sations with Dalton progress. If you are interested in helping plan (card making), Bob Brook (latkes), Amy Cohn (music), Judy the camp, please contact me. Geschwind (card making), Nada Ginsburg (wrapping paper), Steve On January 19, the C.J.C.R.S will be holding a special family Gordon (latkes), David Gottlieb (latkes), Stephanie Hays (mari­ education program for fifth graders and their parents. On Janu­ onette show), Rabbi Maynard Hyman (taster), Rabbi Joe Klein ary 26, there will be a family education program for third graders (button making), Bill Lefton (latkes), Melissa Lefton (marionette and their parents. Both of these promise to be exciting educa­ show), Rachel Lefton (marionette show), Sheri Lefton (marionette tional opportunities. Call Tziporah for more information. show), Jed Mescon (latkes), Spence Misner (latkes), Barbara The spring semester ofthe Chattanooga Academy ofJewish Oxenhandler (card making), Donna Page (card making), Vince Studies is fast approaching. On Tuesday, January 28, at 7 p.m. Pellegrino (latkes), Alan Richelson (latkes), Angie Roistacher (face we will hold the Spring Convocation with guest speaker Joshua painting), Sam Roistacher (latkes), David Rose (latkes), Roy Schwartz will speak about the history of Jerusalem in honor of Rosenfeld (latkes), Chuck Rosenthal (latkes), David Solovey Jerusalem 3000. The title of his lecture will be, "The Most Fa­ (latkes), Lucille Speal (Jewish trivia), Leslie Wagenhein (card mous City ofthe East: The Tourist in Ancient Jerusalem." The making), Michael Wise (dreidel game). convocation will be free and open to the public; we hope that you will attend. The biggest thank you of all goes to Gayle Johnson who The Convocation and the spring semester ofthe C.A.J.S. worked very hard to organize the program. classes will run from February 4 - March 11. Here's a preview of a few ofthe exciting courses that will be offered: On December 25, members ofthe Chattanooga Jewish Com­ munity Religious School had an exciting opportunity to act on an Intermediate Hebrew (with emphasis on Modern & Prayer book important principle that we study about in school: Tikun Olam. vocabulary) Amy Cohn Tikun Olam is a Hebrew term for Perfecting the World. It is a Jewish concept that human beings are partners in creation, help­ Israeli Folk Dancing Marcy Pellegrino ing God to perfect the world. By doing acts of Tikun Olam, we help to make the world a better place. C. J.C.R.S. families had the Introduction to Judasism-Part 2 Rabbi Joe Davidson & Rabbi opportunity to do just that when we joined together with the Jew­ ish Singles group to deliver meals to shut-ins. The CJCRS. is Joe Klein grateful to the Jewish Singles group for allowing us to participate Jewish Home Beautiful ( Jewish Crafts) Marcia Menuskin in this important Mitzvah. During the past month, the C.J.C.R.S. has been holding adult The Jewish Life Cycles Ronni Charyn education classes every Sunday morning. The classes, conducted by Rabbi Davidson, run from 10:45 - 11:15 and 11:15 - 11:45. The Literature of Sholom Aleichem: The Tales of Tevye's The first class addresses holiday and home ritualobservance ; the Daughters Trudy Trivers second class is a discussion group that determines it's own course of study. We cordially invite ALL members of the community to Parshat Kedoshim and Menschlichkeit in the 21st Century participate in these classes. They meet every Sunday that there is religious school in the Milzpah library. Tziporah Altman-Shafer As I mentioned last month, on January 5, the Atlanta Jewish Pirkey Avot: The Ethics ofthe Fathers Rabbi Maynard Hyman community will be holding a regional Kallah (conference). The Purim. Pesach. and Shavout: Season of ourReJEWvination Keynote speaker at this program will be Rabbi Sam Joseph, pro­ fessor ofJewish Religious Education at the Hebrew Union Col­ Channa Rudnick lege-Jewish Institute of Religion. His topic will be "Celebrating Jewish Education. Moving into the 21 st Century." At this Kallah, Stwto in Jewish Poetry Rabbi Joe Klein workshops will be held on variety of topics including (but not limited to ): The Positive Portrayal of Women in the Bible There is Seder (ordert in the Siddir (praver book! Rabbi Joe Come Let us Bless "Experiencing the Holocaust" Workshop Davidson The God I Know Homemade, Handmade Haggadot Yiddish. Hebrew, and Ladino Music Chaim Charyn Unique Challenges: Teaching the Holocaust to Jewish Children Your Guide to Israel Andy Danzig Prayers Through Drama and Art ftlffajni and Early Christianity Irven Resnick, Phd. Critical Issues Facing Jewish Schools: A Problem Solving Workshop B JEN, seepg. 15 Creative Dramatic Tea Party —Rabbinic Thoughts— A Message From the President Rabbi Josef Davidson B'nai Zion Synagogue In this secular new year month we Jews also celebrate one of the four Jewish new years that occur annually in our calendar, ac­ cording to Massechet Rosh Hashanah 1:1 in the Mishnah. You are, The Federation and the no doubt, familiar with the new year which occurs on Rosh Hashanah. Bureau ofJewish Education par­ You may remember the Torah refers to the month of Nissan as the ticipated in several joint activities. first of months (another new year). You may not have known that These were well attended and the first of Elul is also a new year, according to this Mishnah. No created a great deal of excitement doubt you remember that Tu Bishvat is the New Year ofthe Trees. and interest. Another Academy Tu Bishvat occurs this year on January 23 and gives us all a ofJewish Studies was launched wonderful opportunity to stop and appreciate God's wonderful gifts and received with enthusiasm. of creation. Where would we be without trees? How would we This is a broad summary build our shelter? How would we findfood ? How would so many of where we are and what we species find homes and nourishment? Where would all creatures have in our community. Now we find shade? What would hold the soil together? What would keep By Helen Pregulman must determine what we need and the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our air? Trees are a where we are going. We are at a very important part of our habitat and our lives. The year of 1996 was a year of change for the Jewish crossroads in Chattanooga. The Tu Bishvat also allows us to focus on Israel, our ancient and necessity of devising a plan has present homeland, named for the ability of our ancestor, Jacob, to Community Federation of become apparent. We are ex­ struggle with beings divine and human and to prevail. We, too, have Greater Chattanooga, there was tremely fortunate to have Vince struggled with beings divine and human and have prevailed as a a change of professional and lay Pellegrino to head up this effort people. We have survived and given the world much over the last leadership. A newly elected Ex­ as Chair of a Long-Range Plan­ four millennia since Abraham left home following the unseen God. ecutive Committee and Board of It has not always been easy for Jews in the Diaspora or for those in Directors, along with the entire ning Committee. Oliver Wendell Israel. Were it not for the Jewish National Fund and its penchant for community, embarked on a part­ Holmes said, "The great thing in planting trees, the modern state oflsrael would not be such a desir­ nership with a recently hired Ex­ this world is not so much where able place to visit, let alone live. Tel Aviv, a swamp when the early ecutive Director, Committees and we are but in what direction we Zionists arrived, was reclaimed through the planting of trees and is their chairs met, planned and pro­ are moving." now Israel's largest city. moted a variety of activities. The In 1997, we will have this annual campaign was successfully The work of the Jewish National Fund is not yet finished. vital direction and we will start launched and nears completion. Trees are still needed to enrich the lives of those who live in Israel. moving toward these goals. We can maintain our connection with our fellow Jews in Israel through the purchase of trees for Tu Bishvat and through eating ofthe seven species of produce that is native to the land. This Tu Bishvat, take the opportunity to reconnect with na­ ture and with Israel. Express your appreciation for God's gifts through a contribution to the Jewish National Fund and through a closer con­ nection with Israel.

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A registration form will be mailed to you in the near future; the cost ofthe program is $18. This cost covers both hours for the entire six weeks. Classes will meet from7 - 9:15p.m. Babysitting will be available to people who preregis- ter for the service at a Federation for more information. Last semester over 90 adults participated in the C.A.J.S. This semester, we hope to see YOU there. A few dates for you to mark on your calender: FEBRUARY 2: The C.J.C.R.S. will hold an all school Family Education Program on the theme of Tzedakah. FEBRUARY 16: The C.J.C.RS will hold a family education Ronni Charyn's 4th Grade Class show off their program for second graders and their parents. handmade Torah scroll FEBRUARY 23: The C.J.C.R.S will hold a family education (l-r) Padraig O'Dwyer, NickSzapiro, Phillip program for kindergartners and their parents. Goldberg, My chai Bowling, Julia Lowy March 23: The Bureau ofJewish Education will hold a Purim Carnival for the entire community. As I mention at the beginning of this article, it was thrilling p||l to see such a large percentage ofthe community join together 38* to celebrate Chanukah. During the week of Chanukah, the Si Jewish community also recieved a lot of attention fromth e media. Throughout the week of Chanukah, the Jewish commu­ nity rallied to support numerous programs in the Jewish com­ munity. It was gratifying to see people's dedication (chanukah) to education (chinunch). I hope that this year's Chanukah party was a sign of things come, a sign of ever increasing participa­ tion in the Jewish coimnunity. f The B.J.E office and the C.J.C.RS Classrooms have now moved to Mizpah. Please come visit me in new office. Please keep in touch with me; I am always looking for new ideas. I value your comments, questions, and criticisms. Send me an e- mail at Tziporah A @aol.com, call me at 267-9771, or fax me Caroline Prebul excitedly hurries to class. at 267-9773. vtiirt s»l iinmxitJ! vm

0VR WOMEN AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.....YOV GO GIRLS!!! By Bertha H. Miller This was my first time at revolutionary concept in a coun­ a GA, and I was nervous and try where the Orthodox Rabbis excited. Nothing that anyone rule with an iron hand and where would have told me could have women have no religious rights. prepared me for this experience. Then there was Karen I had always wanted to go to a Abrams, a women's rightsadvo ­ big Jewish meeting, and this was cate who conducts workshops in the mother of all meetings. women's awareness in Israel. She From the very first ses­ gave a moving tribute to her sion I attended I was awestruck mother who inspired her in her by the fact that there were thou­ work by saying, "She's the most sands of Jews from all over North brilliant and powerful woman I America gathered together in one know, and she's just starting to place to meet each other, to learn, realize it. I never want other and to grow from the experience. women who are similarly talented All the people there were leaders to ever have to doubt them­ in their communities, and they all selves." wanted to make a difference in Then came Dossi, an Is­ the world. I'm from a tiny town, raeli student who heads a pro­ New Bern, on the North Caro­ gram in Israel where Jewish lina coast where there were only women 18-22 years old gather Presenting $35,000 check to the United Jewish Appeal at the a handful of Jews, and for me to for a month from all over the General Assembly: (l-r) Larry Joseph, Richard Pearlstone, be at the G A. with thousands of world to discuss issues of femi­ Chairman United Jewish Appeal, Claire Binder and Avrum Berg, Jewish people all committed to nism and Judaism. Young women Chairman Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel the same goal filled me with won­ come to this program from coun­ der and inspiration. tries like China, India, Russia Claire Binder My first session was a where women have few rights The theme ofthe 1996 addressed, along with our Syna­ Southeast Regional Women's and little self esteem. She takes CJF General Assembly held in gogues and other Jewish Organi­ Division meeting to discuss the these girls and makes them feel Seattle was Federation: The Next zations to make our convictions various programs that have been good about themselves. Hundred years. Seminars, Study as one. We need to engage the successful in different communi­ Then there was Joelle, a groups and plenarys discussed, Jewish community in Social ac­ ties. I was so impressed with the writer from San Francisco whose "Where will we be in the next tion, not only Jewish, but in local things they were doing in their federation funds a program which hundred years, and how dow we community social actions such as respective cities that I forgot how teaches Israeli women in the get there? The biggest questions Habitat for humanity, Hospice exhausted I was from the long Northern Galilee ideas such as for all Jewish communities is will Care, to name a few. By chang­ flight and the early morning ses­ democracy and empowerment. there be a Jewish community in ing our attitudes and becoming sion. In the Tampa area they of­ This has mushroomed into a 60 the next hundred years, and what kinder and more understanding fer mini missions where women woman forum where the women type of community will it be? we can understand ourselves and who contribute a certain amount are running all social services in What concerns and visions will understand others. go on one to two day trips to the Upper Galilee. bind the Jewish community in the We must strengthen Jew­ fixture? What will Jews expect great places where they bond with Finally there was a dy­ ish Education for children and from their Jewish Organizations, each other and have a terrific namic speaker from Boston adults. A one day a week Jewish their Synagogues and Federa­ time. whose group has a strong com­ Education is not Jewish Educa­ tions? How are we, as a Jewish Saundra Rothenberg mitment to the city of Haifa. She tion. We need to encourage Jew­ Community going to assure fu­ from Ft. Lauderdale talked about described their Boston women's ish Summer Camps and the Israel ture generations that their will be the various programs they're do­ mission to Haifa where they spent experience along with Adult Edu­ a viable Jewish community not ing such as the Immigrant Expe­ a full two days meeting local cation. The adults should be set­ only in Chattanooga, but around rience, To Be or Not to Be where women. These Haifa women ting positive Jewish lifestyles for the world. the issue of conversion was ad­ then joined their mission and trav­ the children. At each of these dressed by women who had gone eled with them all over Israel. Through various sessions sessions I discussed our through it, and Growing Up Jew­ These Jewish women from two on Jewish action, Jewish Interest, community's Bureau of Jewish ish in a Small Town - what to do different worlds formed ties and Learning Through Stories, Education and how it has brought without a kosher butcher. understanding of each other's Changing Public Private Partner­ our community together. We One ofthe most exciting problems. I was extremely im­ ships, to name a few ofthe ses­ must be aware that often a com­ sessions I attended was another pressed with the work these sions this topic was explored. munity spends too much time Women's Division event. It was women were doing. What does this mean for Federa­ counting our processes and not tion and the Community System? enough time doing projects. a panel discussion about feminism Going to the G.A. and in Israel. There were three Israeli "The Jewish Community Connec­ We must develop models meeting wonderful people from tion; For All Your Jewish Needs" and two American panelists. First all over North America was one of future Jewish Communities. there was a female Progressive were just a few ofthe discussion Will it really include the entire of themost exciting and educa­ groups addressing these con­ Rabbi who had made aliyah in tional things I've ever done. I had community? Is continuity really cerns. Many of these sessions reality or just window dressing? Israel and is head of a very inno­ a chance to hear brilliant speak­ centered on what motivates us as We must work together as a com­ vative school where egalitarian ers from North America and Is­ Jews, the connection on inherit­ munity, not only to help our­ principles rule. At this school rael. It gave me great pride in ing an imperfect world and our selves, but we must help others, girls participate just as fully as being Jewish and a desire to carry charge to improve it Tikun even those that have turned their boys in religious life and decision on the work that is being done. I Olam. backs on us. Federation can be making. The girls wear tallit, strongly encourage every mem­ Federations need to facili­ the umbrella organization to ac­ kepot. and have complete reli­ ber of our Jewish community to tate the issues that need to be complish this mission. gious training which is displayed go to a G.A. Next year it will be in a groi p Bat Mitzvah. This is a in Indianapolis, and I will be there. MY LOVE AFFAIR... WITH MARIONETTES

by Joy Adams H*&*ss*h T4ews It all started many years ago in 1935 about this time of year in mid-winter. Miller Bros. Co. on Market Street offered a Tony Sarge group of marionette dolls for sale complete with a cardboard by Judy Sachsman who would like to train for the stage. In our family I was the oldest of four daughters. I saw these dolls in Millers' toy department at Christmastime, and then persuaded Make your New Year's treasurer position is welcome to my Dad to buy the dolls Hansel and Gretel and the Witch, and 3 or 4 Resolutions and place Hadassah contact Andrea Strom, who has more marionettes that caught my eye. at the top of your list. Reduce temporarily assumed the duties of your tax bill next year by giving Treasurer. (499-2969) Previous to this, I had seen a marionette show at the Temple, to charity this year. Besides a Congratulations, Rachel complete with a dancing balleriana, that Fannye Mennen and her standard check donation, you can Sadowitz, on being Hadassah's family gave. That did it. I wanted to give shows too. And down give stocks, bonds or real estate newest member! Remember through the years, that's just what I did—give marionette/puppet that has appreciated in value since what a lovely gift membership is shows. you bought them. for any life cycle event. Contact Then came my teen years and the dolls were packed away. High school kept me too busy doing "grown-up" activities and boys. For 1997 the Young Dana Waxier for membership in­ After I married and my children were born, out came the mari­ Judaea Camp, sponsored by formation. (820-4013). All an­ onettes! !! Hadassah, will be represented at nual-members who have not sent the Joint Religious Sunday dues to national Hadassah in New As a result, I taught my children how to make dolls of wood School "Camp Day" on January York should send $25 to Dana blocks as well as paper machee. 12. Young Leaders at Hadassah Waxier. will be meeting in January for a Wishing you all a "make-over" day. Call Renay Happy New Year. Remeber a Metzger for details. (886-2065) Happy Hadassah needs your Any Hadassah member involvement!

HADASSAH MAGAZINE WINS THREE AMERICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN A WARDS

NEW YORK - Hadassah Magazine was selected as a three- Interview Magazine. time winner in the 1996 Ameri­ "It is a great honor for can Graphic Design Awards com­ Hadassah Magazine to win three petition by a prestigious nation­ American Graphic Design wide panel of 11 judges. Awards," said Alan Tigay, the Each year Graphic De­ magazine's executive editor. "I sign USA magazine sponsors the am tremendously proud that we American Graphic Design are recognized as a leader in both For young children most ofthe dolls made were hand pup­ Awards for excellence in commu­ editorial content and, with these pets, because youngsters are too prone to get the strings tangled nication and graphic design. Now awards, graphic design. This is a with marionettes. Some ofthe heads ofthe dolls are molded wood in its 20th year, the competition tribute to the magazine staff and, putty. Many are made of paper machee, assembled over balloons has emerged as one ofthe most in particular, to our art director, which were then covered with ten or more layers of paper strips prestigious and, at the same time, Jodie Berzin." soaked in paste. After the heads dry, they must be painted and then the most democratic of all graphic Hadassah Magazine ~ the work on the bodies begin. Body parts must be carved or formed: communications contests. This Bernice Tannenbaum, national hands must by made and feet too. Next comes the costumes to be year's entries climbed by more chair, Alan Tigay, executive edi­ designed and sewed. than 20% to roughly 10,000; less tor - is published by Hadassah, When I started teaching public school, I taught some of my than 7% were named winners. the Women's Zionist Organiza­ students to make dolls' heads too. Then I would finish them up with Winners will be listed in Graphic tion of America. Founded in bodies and costumes. Design USA's Award Annual, 1912, Hadassah is both the larg­ Now I have whole shelves of dolls and body parts stored at which will be seen by more than est women's and the largest Zi­ my house. Shows we have given are "Hansel and Gretel," 100,000 industry members dur­ onist membership organization in "Cinderella," "The Christmas Carol" with Scrooge and Tiny Tim, ing 1997. the United States, with health and Miss Piggy and her boyfriend Kermit, various political skits with Hadassah Magazine was educational projects in Israel in­ such characters as Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Charles de awarded certificates of excellence cluding Hadassah-Hebrew Uni­ Gaulle, Mao ZeDong, Ho Chi Min, Madame Gandhi, King Hussein for the January 1996 cover, the versity Medical Center, Hadassah of Jordan and all the heads of state ofthe 1960's. One favorite show February 1996 cover and the Career Counseling Institute and was Charlie Brown and his friends. Tastes of Tradition supplement Hadassah College of Technology. And, of course, some ofthe first marionettes I made were for cover (March 1996) — which was In the U.S., Hadassah's 300,000 the Chanukah story with Judah Macabee, his four brothers and fa­ members engage in education and photographed expressly for the ther Mattathias. Then came the Purim story with Queen Esther and advocacy programs related to Passover supplement. Other Mordecai. U.S.- magazines which have won this It's been a lifetime hobby, and now I'm thrilled to be teach­ illustrious award include The New Israel relations and issues of con­ ing my grandchildren the art of giving marionette shows!!! York Times, Women's Day and cern to American Jewish women. January Shofar Page 18

JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL REACHES 3,000 RABBIS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE GUIDE

Washington, DC. . . Jewish The guide also provides Women International (JWI) will materials on how to identify an reach 3,000 rabbis this year with abused woman or batterer; sto­ the third edition of its Resource ries ofrabbis ' successful interven­ Guide for Rabbis. The guide is tions in domestic violence; mate­ the latest salvo in JWI's decade- rial and resources to post in long campaign to educate the women's restrooms and give to Jewish community about domes­ battered Jewish women; and a tic abuse. comprehensive list of national and The Resource Guide for state resources for the battered Rabbis has been significantly ex­ Jewish women. panded and improved based on interviews and feedback from Thanks to the generous rabbis, social service workers, contributions of the American and domestic advocacy organiza­ Council of Life Insurance, Jew­ tions. As a result, rabbis who ish Women International of Dal­ receive the 1996 Resource las, and he Norma and Ernest Guide for Rabbis will find de­ Siegler Family Foundation, a tailed, practical information on supporting foundation of the how to support battered Jewish Jewish Federation of Cleveland, women, such as counseling tips, JWI will be able to distribute the "Do's and Don'ts," and safety guide to twice as many rabbis as tips. in the past. With sample sermons Copies of the guide are from all four denominations of available at no charge to rabbis I he kids are screaming. The dogs are barking. The neighbors Judaism, this guide provides a in your community. To obtain a I are looking. It's no longer a private hell. Where is she going unique perspective on the issue copy, write: Jewish Women Inter­ to go? She's too embarrassed to go to her family and friends. of domestic violence in the Jew­ national, Outreach Division, 1828 T They're not going to believe it's been going on for so long. ish community. Contributions L Street, NW, Suite 250, Wash­ The perfect couple. The perfect children. The perfect he. Three days from Rabbi Leonard Gordon ington, DC 20036; call (202) emergency counseling and/or shelter for an abused woman and her two (Conservative), Rabbi Yitzchok 857-1300; orfax (202) 857-1380. children is $198. Breitowitz (Orthodox), Rabbi Jewish Women Interna­ Bob Gluck (Reconstructionist), tional is a community of women "I'M SORRY," and Rabbi Julie Spitzer (Reform) who promote Jewish values ISN'T ENOUGH - help make the Resource Guide through local, national, and inter­ for Rabbis a valuable tool in the national programs benefitting GET OUT!!! women, children, and families. fight against domestic violence. As part ofthe national cation ofthe shelter itself. AMA Alliance SAVE-A- Reginia Johnson, SHELTER program, the M.Ed., joined Family and Chattanooga/Hamilton Children's Services Agency County AMA Alliance has in October as Coordinator of WOMEN KEY VICTIMS OF POVERTY voted to adopt the Family Crisis and Homeless Preven­ Greer Fay Cashman Violence Shelter as one of tion Services. In addition, their on-going projects. The she is coordinator of the Jerusalem Post -The feminization of poverty is becoming increas­ shelter will be one ofthe re­ Family Violence Services ingly acute, social welfare experts said last week at a Council of cipients of money from the Shelter. Women's Organizations in Israel seminar on Women in Poverty. Alliance's annual Fashion The 24 Hour Hotline Forecast luncheon and fash­ number is 755-2700 for the Notwithstanding legislation against gender discrimination in ion show, as well as hands- Family Violence Services the job market, women continue to be victimized, said Mina Westman, on projects such as beautifi- Shelter. chairwoman ofthe Small Business Authority's committee for female entrepreneurship. Women comprise 53.6% of job seekers, she said, adding that they are paid only 65% of what men doing the same job •••••••••••••••••••8"8-*****+***+***« receive. She also noted that 70% of minimum wage earners are women. Equality is in the statute books, but isn't given much expres­ GandfeMtyhfingr Times sion in practice, said National Insurance Institute Director-General for Shafcbaf Yossi Tamir, who quoted additional statistics to support the conten­ tion that women bear the bulk ofthe poverty burden. Of pensioners receiving the minimum allotment of around f:4l i NIS 1,000 per month, 20% are women and 11% are men. There are Jan. 10 f:47 200,000 households living below the poverty line, and of these 80,000 are those of single parent families. Jan. 17 f:f4 The overwhelming majority ofthe latter are headed by women, Jan. 24 6:01 Tamir said. Jan. 31 6:os

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community. Please let me know Well - once again the Ha­ if you have any suggestions to Susan DiStefano, MSW nukkah season rushed by and is bring this feeling to all of over - fairly quietly it went on - Chattanooga's Jewish community by Susan DeStefano However it was GREAT - and their children - programs, GREAT that is, to have seen such get-togethers and friendships can If we can believe the man who measures tree bark and the a fantastic turnout for a program, and will bring back much of this women who measure the fur ofthe wooly caterpillar, all the signs since I have been involved in pro­ to our kids of today if the adults point to a long, cold winter! Rumor has it that it is predicted that we gramming going back to May of (both young and old) will help. will have 8 -10 big snows (where do people get this information?) 1996. Being a social worker, news like this causes some concern. Thank you to everyone FATHER/CHILD Seniors, who only get out on a limited basis, generally do not get out who was involved by attendance at all when it snows. They may be fearful of falling on ice and break­ or help, for the great time and PROGRAM ing bones, or do not trust their judgement driving on icy streets. turnout for our December 8th Although during snows, we make every effort here to call and check Community Hanukkah Party. Back to basics - The Fa­ on individual needs, we are not able to contact (or even know) ev­ Special thanks to Tziporah for all ther/Child Program that has been eryone. Additionally, if the van is unable to pick up seniors for her help and hard work. going now for 10 weeks had its Tuesday's shopping day, there is a good chance someone you know One of my many goals as final class on December 19th, might need groceries. There is an easy way you can help. Call 2 or Program Director ofthe Jewish 1996. It was a very successful 3 seniors during a snow storm and see if they need anything. If they Community Federation of program. The kids all had a very do, and you cannot help, call us here at the Federation (894-1317) Greater Chattanooga is to get relaxed and good time and the and we will make sure their emergency needs are met. In advance, back as much ofthe lost involve­ dads did too!! We will be trying thank you for your help. ment and lost interest in our Jew­ to have another program like this ish Community and its programs at the end of winter or first of as possible. Spring. If you have any ideas Please let me know by about projects, dates, days, times, TO THE GOLDEN AGERS phone, fax, face to face contact etc., please call Gayle at the Jew­ A GLOWING THANKS! or however you choose, any ideas ish Community Federation, 894- that you have for a program you 1317. by Susan DeStefano think could help achieve this goal. I have been a part of Special thanks to all Special thanks to the wonderful job the Golden Agers did Chattanooga's Jewish Commu­ who participate - (you know at the Community Hanukah party. The kids loved bingo and all the nity all my life and I hope to be who you are) in the JCF pro­ chairs were filled with kids the entire time! If you missed the able to give my children the same grams - keep it up and please Golden Agers Hanukah party, you missed the fun! Grace cooked a feelings I have about being Jew­ encourage friends and family to wonderful lunch and Amy Cohen provided beautiful music. If you ish and loving it in a small Jewish participate the next time. would like to be a part of Golden Agers, we meet every Wednes­ day for lunch at 11:30. If you need van pick-up, call 894-1317.

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WHAT DO YOV SEE??? A woman of thirty, my young grow so fast, What do you see dear, what do you see? bound to each other with ties that should last. What are you thinking when you look at me? At fifty my young now soon will be gone, A crabby old woman, not very wise, but my God stays beside me to see I don't mourn. Uncertain of habits; with faraway eyes. Dark days are upon me, my youth long since dead Who seems not to notice the things that you do, As I look to the future, I shudder with dread And forever is losing one thing or two. My young are all happy, living lives of their own Who unresisting, lets you do as you will and I am so grateful for the love I have known. with taunting or teasing your long day to fill. I'm now an older woman and nature is cruel, Is that what you 're thinking, is that what you see? making the aged appear to befools. Then open your eyes; you 're not looking at me. The body crumbles, grace and vigor depart I'll tell you who I am as I sit here quite still; and now theres a stone where once was a heart. As I move at your bidding, as I speak at your will. But inside this old carcass, a young girl still dwells, I am a small child often, with a father and mother, and now and again my battered heart swells. brothers and sisters who love one another. I remember the joys; I remember the pains; A young girl of sixteen with wings at her feet, and I am loving and living life over again. dreaming that soon a lover she'll meet. I think of the years all too few, gone so fast, A bride soon at twenty, my heart gives a leap, and accept the stark fact that nothing can last. remembering the vows that I promised to keep. So open your eyes dear, open and see, At twenty-six now I have young of my own, Not a crabby old woman, LOOK CLOSER - SEE ME!! who need me to build a secure, happy home. anonymous January Shofar Page 20

U.J.A. MISSION-1996 Jews who were from a nearby non-Jewish Dutch Kibbutz. They were studying the Holocaust fromth e Archives if the Museum. One by Frank J. Miller, M.D. tour guide was the son of Nazi collaborators. He apparently was Jerusalem 3,00. We were there. Bertha and I had the plea­ making amends in his own way. We finishedth e day at Rosh Hanikra sure of a ten day U.J. A. Mission to Israel earned through our work taking the cable car down to the Grottos eaten into the stone by the for the local federation. Bertha had earned a full trip and I had earned action ofthe waves. He entrance to the Grotto is at the Lebanese a half trip. It was a "Mid-Western Mission" with forty people from border. We peered through the fence into Lebanon but felt very safe Omaha on one bus and twenty six fromvariou s other places on the the entire time. And this was only the firstday . other. The next day we traveled along the northern Israeli border to We came to Israel three days early and stayed in Tel Aviv. Misgav Am, the very most northern Israeli Kibbutz. Mike Ginsberg, We visited with families of Israeli children we had met in Chatta­ an immigrant from Brooklyn, gave a very inspiring and educational nooga. Two years ago we had kept a group of eleven year old Israeli talk about the Kibbutz. Before the Israeli Army controlled the Leba­ kids who were on a Children's International Summer Milage Pro­ nese border, the Kibbutzniks had to endure Ketusha rockets and spend gram. We had become very close to them at the time and we looked many weeks in the bunkers. Mike told themoving story of how ter­ forward to seeing them again. We were not disappointed. They rorists infiltrators had captured the children's house with a number picked us up at the airport and then treated us like relatives coming ofthe small children inside, and how the Israeli commandos had saved home. We spent Shabbat with them in Hertzlia, a city north of Tel them. We could feel the terror of having our own children captured Aviv. It was a wonderful addition to the trip to visit Israelis in their while we contemplated the best way to save them. Many in our home to see how they really live. The family life revolves around the group were in tears as Mike told the story. Just below the Kibbutz in children. We were struck with the devotion to the development of Lebanon are some new large homes mixed amongst the smaller the children and the frequencyo f family activities. We learned from houses. Apparently they're owned by Saudis and Kuwaitis who visit our fiends that almost all ofthe wives worked whether they needed because ofthe "peace" provided in the southern Lebanon security to financiallyo r not. The women felt compelled to work by their zone by the Israeli soldiers. friends. They didn't know of any others in their circle who did not work. We discussed the political situation. All of the families wanted Later we went tubing on the Jordan River. The water was the peace process to continue. They were concerned because they cold with even a few very small rapids. After lunch we took jeeps did not know what "Bibi" would really do in securing a lasting peace. onto the Golan Heights. The farmers ofthe Hula Valley were shelled Knowing that their children would be entering the military in the from this area. Most ofthe Israelis we talked with were willing to next several years we understood their concern. return some ofthe Golan in order to obtain peace. We ended the day at the Golan Winery in Katzrin where award winning wines are cre­ We met up with the tour at the airport in Tel Aviv ated. We tasted several excellent wines and ended the day in Tiberias. and promptly left for Haifa. We were there within two hours. From In Tiberias we visited an absorption center where we met three young Jews who had immigrated fromth e former Soviet Union. We were impressed with the staff's ability to help "Olim" of different educational backgrounds and abilities. We later visited the ruins of Beit Shean, a Roman city of 60,000 which was destroyed by an earth­ quake. Much ofthe ruins are intact since the town was abandoned. The same day we planted trees in a Jewish National Fund Forest and visited Maimonides Tomb in Tiberias. We stopped at Hebrew Uni­ versity overlooking the Old City. We had a Shechechayanu and Bracha for wine before entering the city.

Jerusalem has so much to see, hear, feel and smell.

NEXT MONTH IN JERUSALEM!! WATCH FOR THE FEBRUARY SHOFAR

THE FEDERATION OFFICE HAS NOW EQUIPPED EACH OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WITH VOICE MAIL. THE FEDERATION NUMBER WILL RE­ MAIN THE SAME, 894-1317, HOWEVER TO BE PUT DIRECTLY INTO THE VOICE MAIL SYS­ TEM AND JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE, DIAL THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS DIRECTLY: Dr. Frank J. Miller, M.D. our hotel room we had a beautiful view ofthe Haifa Harbor. From LORI MEYERS - 894-7484 Haifa we visited the beautiful Bahai Gardens and Temple in Acco. MARCY PELLEGRINO - 894-3468 The gardens were planted to brighten the spirit ofthe founder ofthe GAYLE JOHNSON - 894-8676 Bahai Faith while he was in prison there. We visited the Crusader ROSE CESARIO (SHOFAR) - 894-7552 Fort and then the British Prison in Acco where a number of jews MILDRED STALLINGS - 894-9630 were hanged without trials for possessing weapons. A break in as SUSAN DISTEFANO - 894-5483 depicted in the movie Exodus, saved the lives of many ofthe prison­ ers. Later we visited the western Gallilee College where federation funds helped to support the school. We found it interesting that the IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, OR WISH TO head ofthe Chemistry Department was an Israeli Arab. Many immi­ SPEAK TO SOMEONE, CONTINUE TO DIAL 894- grants are educated here who otherwise could not obtain an educa­ 1317. tion. About ten percent ofthe students are Arab. The most inspiring THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING part ofthe day was at the Museum ofthe Ghetto Fighters. It prima­ rily depicted the heroic fighting for the ghettoes and concentration AND COOPERATION. camps. It took the Nazis longer to capture the Warsaw Ghetto than it did to take all of Poland. We visited the Children's Memorial where survivors told heartbreaking personal stories of children affected by THE STAFF OF THE JEWISH COM­ the Holocaust. It was interesting that the tour was led by two non- MUNITY FEDERATION January Shofar Page 21

MAZSLTDV CONDOLENCES

Yetta Mitzner and Evelyn Dr. Alan Jacobson on the loss of Hyman, on the passing of his brother Samuel Mitzner~son and Myron Kushner on the loss of brother. his mother Jennie Kushner. Helen Hanna, Michael Norman Moore on the loss of Hanna, Thelma Coltan, on the his sister Selma Sachs' passing of Dorothy Jacobs- • mother, grandmother, and sister. yyy. H. M. Poss on the loss of his •H sister Margaret Ann Weil. ^I Jack and Isabelle Baras on Let me come in where you are weeping, friend, their recent marriage. And let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, Ester Prebul and Julius Dr. Harold and Eleanor can understand. Green wald of Atlanta on their Schwartz on their 60th Wed­ recent engagement. ding Anniversary. Let me come in -1 would be very still Beside you in your grief; Dr. and Mrs. Keith Dressier, Sara Dinberg, on the recent I would not hid you cease your weeping, friend, Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Dressier engagement of their son Steven Tears bring relief. Mr. and Mrs. William Dinberg to Carolyn Gorwitz of Let me come in - / would only breath a prayer, Dressier of Hallandale, FL, Atlanta. parents, grandparents, and And hold your hand, great-grandparents, For I have known a sorrow such as yours, David Binder, on receiving his on the birth of Aspen Delaney MBA degree from UTC on And understand. Dressier on November 21. December 14. by Grace Noll Crowe!!

SHALOM YA "LLH NEW FACES IN OUR COMMUNITY by Barbara Oxenhandler

Photos and brief biographies of welcome new additions to our Jewish community: If you know of others new to the area (or who have returned after a time away from us), please notify Barbara Oxenhandler at 886-6936 (FAX: 886-9900) or call Tammy at the Jewish Community Federation (894-1317) in order that they may receive a personal welcome. Make our newcomers feel "at home" in Chattanooga, with a call and/or greeting when they are recognized at various community events, or by including them in your groups. A smile and a personal invitation to an event or to your home means so much to these people. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

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Matthew Whitley, born and Edward Brodsky, son of Jenny Richard Sussman moved from raised in Chattanooga, converted Richard Rose, son of Dr. Elliott and David Brodsky, attended Gainesville, GA, to East to Judaism at B'nai Zion Syna­ and Laura Rose, returned to Purdue and received his engineer­ Brainerd. He is the department gogue in September. He is a full- Chattanooga from Memphis. An ing degree from UTK. He is a manager for Juniors, Lingerie, time student in International Busi­ attorney at Miller and Martin, full-time student in the MBA pro­ and Special Sizes at Belk's De­ ness Marketing at UTC and he is Richard enjoys the outdoors, bik­ gram at UTC, and he works as partment Store—Hamilton Place also senior sales associate at L. ing, and kayaking. We're glad to assistant manager of Ruff Hewn Mall. Richard's hobbies include Peterman & Co. at Warehouse have you back, Richard! (756- Outlet at Warehouse Row. Ed­ tennis, movies, TV, sports, mu­ Row. Matthew enjoys sports— 6076) ward loves the outdoors and bas­ sic, and board games. He was especially tennis and golf and ketball. Welcome home! (870- raised in Marietta, GA where his traveling and he is active in 5535) parents reside. (510-1864) AIPAC. Welcome to our com­ munity, Matthew! (267-6033)

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JEWISH COMMUNITY CHAI STEP­ PERS GOING STRONG IN 1997111 by Joy Adams Chai Steppers planning meeting Happy New Year from all us 106 Chai Steppers!! Yes, we (l-r) Barnetta Allen, Mickey Brem, Yuppie Shavin number 106 happy souls who attend the coed monthly luncheon meetings at the Jewish Community Center on the third Tuesday of each month. If you are 60 years young or over, come join us. We'd love to have you!! Our hot Kosher meals are delicious and our pro­ grams are something you won't want to miss. Our trip schedule has been somewhat curtailed the last six months because of lack of interest. However, I see that the Cumberland County Playhouse is offering some really great shows in 1997, which I think we should plan trips to see. Several plays that have caught my attention are "Hello, Dolly," "Driving Miss Daisy," and "The Music Man." What do you think? Will you go, if we offer the trip?? You will get a portal to portal drive in our JCC van, if you go. Chai Steppers planning meeting You know, we Jews have the best of two worlds... We get to (l-r) Yuppie Shavin, Clare Shoenig, Joy Adams celebrate New Year twice a year: once in January for the secular year and also in the fall in September or October for Rosh Hashanah. Aren't we something special, I ask you? The Chai Steppers Steering Committee met the first of De­ SUMMER FUN AT cember and have planned the whole year's events for 1997. Grace B'NAI B'RITH BEBER CAMP In just one day this summer, you can.. Jones is still our cook supreme. She cooks all our meals after the Rappel from an indoor climbing wall host teams shop and plan the menus. The programs are varied and Ski, sail, windsurf, canoe, kayak, or scurf on a lake Go Horseback Riding .*£» have been enthusiastically received. Cook, sing, or play guitar at a campfire Our next luncheon will be held on Tuesday, January 21 at the Do the Macarena (Just kidding!) Meet people from around the world Jewish Community Center at 12 noon. Cost ofthe lunch is $4.00. Film and edit a music video Irv and Mickey Brem are the Host Team for January, and do they Eat 3 "gourmet" kosher meals a day Participate in numerous sports, arts & crafts, drama have a delicious meal planned: Baked chicken breasts, oven-browned Meet Jewish campers ages 7-16 from all over the US potatoes, carrots with orange sauce, hot rolls, ice sherbert for des­ NEED WE SAY MORE?

sert, and tea or coffee. Join our camp family and come share the magic The speaker for the day is Mrs. Ruth Holmberg, Chairman of of a 3BC summer! B'nai B'rith Beber Camp in Mukwonago, WI THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES, who will bring us personal reminis­ is just 45 minutes from Milwaukee and just cences of her grandfather, Adolph S. Ochs. Ruth has named her 75 miles from O'Hare International talk, "A Granddaughter in Retrospect." She is a gracious, charming Airport lady, and you will enjoy being with her. Reservations are required; if the telephone committee does not reach you, call Tammy at 894- 1317 to make your own reservation. We are not a restaurant and cook only for this one meal a month — don't reserve if you are not going to come. Kosher food is very expensive. We want to have enough, but we don't want food left over either. Our tables are carefully set and decorated and we need to hear from you if you are, or are not coming, please. See you January 21,1997 at the Jewish Community Cen­ ter at 12 noon at the next Chai Stepper's luncheon. Bye, til then....

Social Services Available at the Federation For a video brochure and application contact the Beber office @ < Family and Individual Counseling Services 800-803-2267 or 847-498-1441 < Russian Resettlement or write < Budgeting Services 1901 Raymond Drive, Suite 15, Northbrook, IL 60062 < Elderly Support Services or e-mail < Shopping Assistance [email protected] < Friendly Home Visits < Telephone Reassurance < Financial Assistance < Transient Assistance < Information and Referral Remember. . . The Van is still available Need someone to talk to about any issues or concerns? anytime for programs. Remember to reserve For a confidential appointment, call: your spot by calling Federation at 894-1317. Susan DiStefano, MSW at 894-1317 Hours : Mon., Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by Appointment January Shofar Page 24

The Nominating Committee of the Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga propose the following slate of Officers and Board Members for 1997.

1997 President Helen Pregulman 1st Vice President Claire Binder 1998 Term 2nd Vice President Rosalee Bogo Officers Dr Ernest Kresch 3rd Vice President Michael Lebovitz President Helen Pregulman 97 Hailie McFadden Mary Susman 1st Vice President Jonathan Minnen Claire Binder 97 Joy Adams Marlene Permian 2nd Vice President Rosalee Bogo 97 Michael Mallen Dr Rick Rader 3rd Vice President Michael Lebovitz 97 Dr. Jeff Balser Sam Roistacher Secretary Mary Susman 97 Jenny Brodsky Roy Rosenfeld Assistant Secretary Joy Adams 97 Barbara Oxenhandler Treasurer Lee Brouner 98 Barbara Prigohzy Assistant Treasurer Michael Mallen 97 Dr. David Solovey

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