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RABBI HILLEL SKOLNIK’S MESSAGE

Dear SOJC,

As always seems to happen, the summer has flown by (of course, I’m still getting used to the idea summer ends in August and I suspect that will always be the case). Nevertheless, there is a serious level of excitement that comes along with this time of year. Seeing friends who have been away over the summer, resuming learning together, and the building anticipation of the Shabbat / Holiday Services High Holidays are all part of what makes every August an exciting month Friday, August 2nd, 7:30 p.m. and August, 2013 is going to be as exciting as any other. Saturday, August 3rd, 9:30 a.m. Since the High Holidays are so early this year, beginning on the night of Friday, August 9th, 7:30 p.m. September 4 (that’s right they are super early so please make sure to get your Saturday, August 10th, 9:30 a.m membership forms for the 2013-14 year in ASAP) there is much to do before

Friday, August 16th, 7:30 p.m. Rosh HaShannah is upon us and the season of Jewish holidays begins. On Saturday, August 17th, 9:30 a.m Thursday evening, August 15th, I will be teaching a class called, “The ABC’s Shabbat Sha-Bang! at 11 a.m. of Sukkot” and then on Thursday evening, August 29th, I hope you’ll join Friday, August 23rd, 7:30 p.m. me for “The ABC’s of the High Holidays.” I know what you’re thinking Saturday, August 24th, 9:30 a.m. – why am I teaching a class on Sukkot before I teach a class on the High

Friday, August 30th, 7:30 p.m. Holidays? The answer is that it is my hope that after coming and learning Saturday, August 31st, 9:30 a.m. about the rituals of Sukkot and things like building a sukkah, many of your

Slichot Services members will be inspired and interested in partaking of these rituals in their Saturday, August 31st, time TBA own homes. Preparing to build your own sukkah takes time, so we will be at Congregation Beth Am learning about Sukkot before we learn about the High Holidays. But no Rosh Hashanah matter the order, I hope you’ll be there to learn with us. Wednesday, Sept. 4th, 7:15 p.m. I am also extremely excited that before the end of the month our Thursday, Sept. 5th, 9:00 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5th, 7:15 p.m. incredible Religious School will be back in session. The first day of classes is Friday, Sept. 6th, 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 21st for the older grades and pre-K-2 join us on Sunday, August 25th for their first day. We are thrilled this year we will be having two Yom Kippur Friday, Sept. 13th, 7:00 p.m. new classes in our school, a pre-K and a Hebrew High School class. The Saturday, Sept. 14th, 9:00 a.m. pre-K will be meeting on Sunday mornings from 9-12 and the Hebrew High Saturday, Sept.14th, 5:25–8:15 p.m. School class will meet on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-7:30. As the teacher

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Continued from previous page. for the Hebrew High School class, I am extra excited to have this wonderful opportunity to teach our teenagers and to engage in meaningful discussion about our religion. It promises to be an inspiring and fun-filled year for all. So, come and join us on Sunday, August 18th at 11 AM for registration and a “Meet the Teachers” opportunity. There is, of course, much more that fills the pages of this month’s bulletin – a new year of conversion classes beginning August 14th, two fantastic Bar Mitzvahs this month, volunteer opportunities, the continued construction of the Holocaust Memorial at SOJC, the accomplishments of the Cantorial Corps and other wonderful things. I hope as this new school year begins, it is a moment of inspiration for each of us to find new ways to be involved at SOJC, new ways to learn about Judaism and new ways to appreciate each other.

Sincerely, Rabbi Hillel Skolnik

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE SOJC’s Annual Congregational Meeting It is the beginning of August and that means it is the beginning of the High Holiday season, the SOJC membership drive, youth group activities, religious school, fundraisers, social get togethers, bar and bat mitzvahs, and a renewed SOJC. Our membership continues to grow in number and commitment, our board continues to plan and work towards financial stability and exciting educational opportunities. Our men’s club and sisterhood are planning exciting new programs for the coming year, our youth bonded over the time shared at the Cantorial Michele Fischer - President SOJC Corps trip and now prepare to make new memories together in USY and Kadima, the Holocaust Memorial is ready to be hung, and we begin our Capital Improvement Campaign. I am proud to announce that major renovations have already begun. Thanks to the generosity of Karla Salvatierra and Ed Kotler, new carpet was laid in the sanctuary and because of improved insulation (by Jeff Fischer), the familiar noise as children run up and down the ramp to the bima is a thing of the past! Dr. Abe and Barbara Hardoon have also stepped up and have generously donated new floors that will be laid in the social hall, entry way, and hallways. Our community is blessed to have such generous and dedicated members! It is our hope that they serve as examples to the rest of the community as we move forward with our Capital Improvement Campaign which is designed to eliminate our second mortgage as well as revitalize our campus. Several of our families have already graciously donated to the campaign efforts and we hope to reach all of our families in the upcoming months. This Campaign will help remove our financial burdens and enable us to repair and upgrade the SOJC facility. The fortitude and strength of SOJC is due to the generosity of its families. Together, as a community, we have overcome adversities, both personal and communal, and have bonded as a community. Brett Spector and I will be in touch with all of our families in the next few months to talk about the capital campaign, and how each family can be part of our future and vitality. Thank you all for your continued support. I look forward to seeing our community during the High Holy Days, and I wish our entire SOJC family a year of health, happiness, and continued growth! Michele Fischer

It’s Membership Renewal Time! June 15th began our fiscal year and it’s time to renew your membership. If you need a form, go to www.SOJC.org, click on Membership at the top menu bar and then scroll down to your application form, download and print.

Every single person and family is important to help keep our synagogue here for the community and your continued support is greatly appreciated. Thank you for being a member.

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5774 2013

SOJC High Holiday Schedule and Reserved Seat Form Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation welcomes you as we usher in the New Year 5774, and wishes you L'Shana Tovah Tiketavu “May you be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life for a good year”.

We are delighted that you have chosen to spend the High Holiday with us. SOJC is a community that values participation and encourages involvement, and we look forward to your joining in the ruach (spirit) of our kehillah (community). All SOJC members will receive general seating High Holiday tickets as part of membership dues. For those who are interested, we have reserved seating in the sanctuary available. The pricing is listed below. If you would like reserved seats, please fill out the bottom of this form and remit along with payment. If you had reserved seats last year and would like to reserve those same seats please let the office know and send payment before August 18th. Payment must be received in order to hold your seats. For specific location of seating in the sanctuary you may contact Michele in the office at 407-239-5444.

Rosh Hashanah Day Date Service-Times Wednesday September 4 7:15 PM Thursday September 5 9:00 AM Thursday September 5 7:15 PM Friday September 6 9:00 AM Yom Kippur Friday September 13 7:00 PM Saturday September 14 9:00 AM Saturday September 14 5:25 PM - 8:15 PM

SOJC’s High Holiday Reserved Seating Form Ticket Pricing: Adults - $100.00 Children (dependent) - $50.00 (Note there is a 50% discount if membership dues are paid in full by August 18, 2013)

Name (Family):______Number of Seats:______Address:______Phone: ______E-mail:______

Send your seating request and check to: Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation 11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd. Orlando, FL 32836

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the Annual Blue and White Shabbat Family Dinner

Friday, August 23rd at 6:15 PM

RSVP a Must– by Tuesday, August 20 by calling the office 407-239-5444

Sponsorship for $25 will be appreciated and will be acknowleged by your family’s name on the tables.

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SOJC is deeply appreciative to Karla Salvatierra and Ed Kotler for the donation of the carpet in the sanctuary Dr. Abe and Barbara Hardoon for the flooring in the social hall and entry way

CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUND Elizabeth and William Mack in memory of Louis Weintrop Libby Ackerman in memory of Bessie Brown CLERGY FUND / CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT Marian Kalman in memory of Reeven D. Kalman Shelly Silberstein in memory of Rose Silberstein Joe Jamoom in memory of Victor Jamoom Joe Jamoom in memory of Lydia and David Beckerman Ben, Rachel and Jenna Bolusky in memory of Robert Bolusky Mel and Susan Pearlman SOJC HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FUND CHARTER SPONSORS Vivian Kerstein and Richard Waldor Suzanne and Richard Goldstein Sara Schlossman Ethel Schiffmacher Jay Schwartz

Welcome New Members William and Bernice Taplitz David and Jen Bilker (daughter Jannah) Todd and Cheryl Perlmutter Jody Franson (son Brady and daughter Heather)

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Rabbi Skolnik will be teaching “The ABC’s of the High Holidays” Thursday, August 29 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Rabbi Skolnik will be teaching “Knosh and Knowledge” on Sunday, August 15 9:15 – 10:15 am

SPONSOR a Friday Night Oneg or Saturday Kiddush for $36 to commemorate a

momentous occasion, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, BIRTHS, GRADUATIONS, ETC.

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“SOJC Knowledge College” Lifelong Learning August 2013 Schedule

SOJC’s “Knowledge College” continues in August with an exciting variety of lifelong Judaic learning opportunities. Please join in!

“The ABC’s of Sukkot” with Rabbi Hillel Skolnik Thursday 7:30 PM, August 15 Join Rabbi Hillel Skolnik for a discussion of the meanings and rituals of Sukkot.

“Judaism 101” with Rabbi Hillel Skolnik Sunday, 9:15 AM – August 25 Join Rabbi Hillel Skolnik for this every-other-month opportunity to discuss basic Jewish concepts, learn about an upcoming Jewish holiday, and explore our tradition in an informal setting which is accessible to people of all backgrounds.

“ABCs of the High Holidays” with Rabbi Hillel Skolnik Thursday 7:30 PM, August 29 Rabbi Hillel Skolnik will lead a discussion of the High Holidays, their meanings and rituals.

“As the Torah Turns” with Mary Roufa Saturdays after Shabbat services Mary Roufa leads a lively discussion of the parashah, the weekly Torah portion, Saturdays after Shabbat services. This is an opportunity to deepen your knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and to explore its meaning in a relaxed, conversational setting.

Conversion Class with Rabbi Hillel Skolnik Wednesdays at 7:30 PM when there is Religious School (August 14 through March 26) SOJC will be offering a Conversion Class under the guidance of Rabbi Hillel Skolnik for those interested in converting to Judaism. Beginning on August 14, the class will meet every Wednesday evening through mid-March (when there is Religious School) and will learn about the foundational beliefs of Judaism, take a trip through the Hebrew Bible, explore our history, discover Jewish tradition and learn to read Hebrew. For more information contact Rabbi Skolnik directly by email – [email protected] - or by phone – 407-239-5444.

For more information about SOJC’s “Knowledge College” programs, please contact: Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation (SOJC) 11200 South Apopka Vineland Road Orlando, FL 32836 Tel. (407) 239-5444

SOJC NEWSLETTER - 11200 South Apopka Vineland Rd. Orlando, Florida 32836 407-239--5444 • www.sojc.org AUGUST 2013 / 25 AV – 25 ELUL 5773 Page 12 SOJC – Education Station Welcome back to all our students and parents to a brand new school year at SOJC Religious School! I am looking forward to seeing all those smiling faces fresh off of a summer of fun and family. We have two new grades and plenty of new students and two new teachers. August will be a busy month and September will carry the momentum forward. Please pay close attention to the school schedule through the Holidays. This year we will be adding a two new grades to last year’s K-7. We will be adding a Pre-K class on Sundays with our new dynamic teacher Dina Joseph. Our High Schoolers will have real quality time with our own Rabbi Hillel Skolnik on Wednesday school days. He will be teaching ethics, law, and subjects that concern Jewish adults and teens specifically. Please support these new classes by spreading the word and sending your own students to start or deepen their Judaic understanding. You can participate in your child’s religious education by volunteering with the PTA. There are dozens of tasks from the PTA that make a big difference in the educational experience. You can volunteer for 1 or 2 tasks that happen periodically, or you can pick a weekly task, or even participate in a rotation of a task. Your involvement sends a loud and clear message to Cantor Doug Ramsay your children that you value their Judaic education. Please contact Robert Moszenberg at [email protected] to claim your piece of the educational tapestry we are creating. You can support your student’s fluency with Hebrew reading by accessing our website’s Hebrew practice and games links at: http://www.sojc.org/education/religiousschool/ and scroll down to the heading “Online Learning from Behrman House.” The two links there are totally free and will give your child invaluable self-paced practice at his or her Hebrew reading. Hebrew reading is the source of some frustration for students, particularly in the fall if they have not done any reading in the mean-time, or if they were not confident in their reading in the first place. It doesn’t have to be that way. Give your child the gift of confidence by insisting that they try these tools for 20 minutes a week. If you need brushing up, or need to start from scratch, these tools can help you too! That way you can assist your student in the learning process. If you need guidance in how to best apply these tools, please feel free to contact me. Remember that you can always download registration forms, volunteer forms, a School Calendar at a Glance page and view the most up-to-date Calendar at our website: www.sojc.org

Here is our busy schedule 8/17/13 9:30am Noah Abramowitz Bar Mitzvah 9/15/13 9:00am Religious School for Gr PK-7 8/18/13 10:00am Religious School Registration Day 9/18/13 5:30pm NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL-Erev Sukkot 11:00am Religious School Open House- 9/20/13 6:30pm Family Friday Sukkot Shabbat Dinner Meet the Teacher (pre-paid) 8/21/13 5:30pm 1st Day of Religious School for Gr 3-HS 9/22/13 9:00am Religious School for Gr PK-7: PIZZA IN 8/23/13 6:30pm Blue and White Shabbat Dinner for New THE HUT and Prospective Members (free) 9/25/13 5:30pm NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL-Erev Sh’mini 8/25/13 9:00am 1st Day of Religious School for Gr PK-2 Atzeret 2nd Day of Religious School for Gr 3-7 9/29/13 9:00am Religious School for Gr PK-7 8/28/13 5:30pm Religious School for Gr 3-HS 10/2/13 5:30pm Religious School for Gr 3-HS 8/31/13 9:30am Oscar Rubenstein Bar Mitzvah 10/4/13 6:00pm Shabbat Sha-Bang! Blessing of the Pets 9/1/13 9:00am NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL-Labor Day 10/6/13 9:00am Religious School for Gr PK-7 9/4/13 5:30pm NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL-Erev Rosh 12:15pm Bar / Bat Mitzvah Family Meeting Hashannah (Families 5th and 6th Grade students) 9/8/13 9:00am Religious School for Gr PK-7 10/9/13 5:30pm Religious School for Grades 3-HS 9/11/13 5:30pm Religious School for Gr 3-HS 10/12/13 9:30pm Corinne Posner Bat Mitzvah

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SCHOOL & WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS:

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS & OBLIGATIONS ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY SCHOOLS Generally, K-12 public schools have a greater legal obligation to accommodate students who observe the High Holidays than private schools. In either situation, parents should review and follow school policies on how to request a religious accommodation for their children. A request for an accommodation should be made well in advance of the High Holidays – even if school is not in session. Advanced notice of the need for an accommodation helps ensure that important assignments, tests or events are not calendared on the High Holidays. And in situations where a school is not legally required to provide an accommodation for observance of the High Holidays, such notice gives school officials the time to develop or approve an accommodation. K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Are Public Schools Required to Close on the High Holidays?

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits K-12 public schools from closing solely for the purpose of observing a religious holiday, including the High Holidays. Public schools may, but are not required to close for secular reasons associated with observance of religious holidays, such as logistical issues created by significant student or teacher absences due to a religious holiday. Is a Public School Required to Accommodate a Student’s Observance of the High Holidays?

The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and certain state laws will in many situations require K- 12 public schools to allow students time off from school without penalty for observance of the High Holidays. This means that in addition to permitting a student to be absent, a school should give a reasonable amount of time for the student to make up any missed assignments or tests. Specifically, if a school allows students to be absent without penalty for secular reasons, such as sickness or a death in the family, the Free Exercise Clause requires a school to demonstrate a compelling reason in order to justify denial of a similar accommodation for a student who observes the High Holidays. Called the “strict scrutiny” standard, this is the most stringent of constitutional standards. Under such circumstances, it is highly unlikely that a school can show that it has such a compelling reason. A school that fails to meet

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this standard will be required to accommodate a student’s observance of the High Holidays.

Furthermore, twenty-two states have laws called Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs).1 These laws also require demonstration of a compelling reason where a school fails to provide an accommodation to a student who observes the High Holidays. For the purposes of these laws, it is irrelevant whether denial of the accommodation is based on a rule or practice that is neutral towards religion – meaning that it does not differentiate between religious and secular activity. So the stringent “strict scrutiny” standard will apply to the denial even where a school does not allow student absences without penalty for sickness, a death in the family, or any other secular reason. Additionally, certain state or local laws prohibiting religious discrimination in “public accommodations” or other contexts may cover K-12 public schools and require them to provide students with accommodations for the High Holidays.

K-12 PRIVATE SCHOOLS Are Private Schools Required to Close on the High Holidays?

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and other laws do not control whether a private school closes on a religious holiday. A private school may close to observe a religious holiday, or close for secular logistical or practical reasons associated with the holiday. Therefore, a private school has full discretion as to whether it closes for the High Holidays. Is a Private School Required to Accommodate a Student’s Observance of the High Holidays?

Generally, K-12 private schools are not legally obligated to provide students with religious accommodations for observance of the High Holidays or other religious practices. However, certain state or local laws prohibiting religious discrimination in “public accommodations” or other contexts may cover K-12 private schools and require them to provide an accommodation for the High Holidays. Furthermore, parents should closely review school policies and handbooks. Language in such documents that affirms equality of opportunity, prohibits discrimination, or allows for religious accommodations may create a contractual duty for the school to provide a student with an accommodation for the High Holidays.

PROVIDED BY: Civil Rights Division

1 The twenty-two states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. 2

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In June and July Grant Sikora, Arielle Frank, Church, Vulcan Park, The Edmund W. Pettus Bridge, the Cubby Rubenstein, Matthew Marsel, Rebecca Goldberg, National Civil Rights Museum, The Sloss Furnaces, the Matthew Jamoom, Erica Marsel, Helena Cooper, Alex Birmingham JCC, the Montgomery Civil Rights Audio Wurm, and Arielle Frank all read Torah beautifully. Tour, some great food, an epic Uno game, and a showing Rebecca Goldberg, Gabe Klavans, Seth Feldman, of Despicable Me 2. Matthew Marsel, Samantha Jacobson, Cubby Rubenstein, I want to thank the families of the Cantorial Corps, Matthew Jamoom, Max Waldor, and Helena Cooper also the SOJC Board, and the congregation as a whole for led Shabbat services with confidence and skill. your unfailing support of this youth program. Special Ten of our Cantorial Corps teens joined thanks to Jaimie Sagona for serving as the second the “Freedom Ride” to Montgomery, Selma, and chaperone. She was indispensable in her persistent good Birmingham Alabama to discover the history of the spirits and supportive rapport with our teens. We look American Civil Rights Movement. Sixteen of our teens forward to hearing these teens from the Bima in the actually accomplished all of the Torah readings, leading coming year. Please support the coming Talent Show in services, and tikkun olam hour requirements to attend. November which will make it possible for next summer’s Summer courses, schedules, and camps being what they CC trip! are, not all who qualified were able to attend. Mazel tov and yesher koach to Samantha Jacobson Those teens who were able to go kept kosher the on the occasion of becoming Bat Mitzvah. We look entire trip and were shomer Shabbas in their observation forward to your continued participation in our Shabbat of the Sabbath. Temple Beth-El in Birmingham was services in the future. our host synagogue and they made us feel most welcome, Am shalom v’shir, including us in their twice daily minyanim, arranging for Cantor Doug Ramsay Shabbat meals for us, and honoring our members with Aliyot to the Torah, reading Torah, and leading Friday night services. They also arranged for a presentation from a local expert on the Civil Rights Movement history from a local and particularly Jewish perspective. Our teens represented our SOJC family in classy style. I couldn’t have expected a more respectful and responsible group. From July 2nd to the 8th we visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Kelly Park, the 16th Street Baptist

Here’s our busy schedule: Thursday, Sept 5 9:30am Cantorial Corps Reads Torah for Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 Friday, Sept 6 9:30am Cantorial Corps Reads Torah for Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 Saturday, Sept 14 9:30am Cantorial Corps Reads Torah for Yom Kippur Sunday, Nov 17 12:15pm SOJC Talent Show

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We are at the foot of the E.W. Pettus Bridge, where the Selma march to Montgomery began. Pictures from the Cantorial Corps 2013 Summer Trip to Birmingham, Alabama

Cantorial Corps in the Temple Beth-El chapel Inside the 16th Street Baptist Church, site of the 1963 bombing. TORAH TEAM This June and July Dan Rubenstein and Shana Medel both chanted from the Torah with grace and skill. Mel Marsel, Mark Silverstein, Maris Ramsay, Rabbi Sharon Barr-Skolnik, and Alan Roufa all chanted their Haftarot beautifully. Mel Marsel, Ed Bromberg, Shana Medel, and Dan Rubenstein also assisted in leading services on Shabbat mornings. These adult Laypeople are an inspiration to us all. Some of them have honed their skills all their lives, but most have come to their mastery of these skills during adulthood and continue to practice these skills in service to our synagogue. If you would like to learn, or want to get on the list to read Torah, Haftarah or to lead a service, or if you just want more info, e-mail me at [email protected]. It’s a mitzvah, it’s uplifting, and it’s a wonderful experience! Thursday, Sept 5 9:30am Torah Team Reads Torah for Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 Friday, Sept 6 9:30am Torah Team Reads Torah for Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 Saturday, Sept 14 9:30am Torah Team Reads Torah for Yom Kippur

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Noah Michael Abramowitz will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, August 17th, 2013

All about Noah Michael Abramowitz Noah Michael Abramowitz son of Michael & Domonique Abramowitz, brother of Isabella, Sophia and Tivoli Rose Abramowitz, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday August 17, 2013.

Noah is currently entering 8th grade at the Crenshaw School.

His interests and passions mostly have to do with the water, which include water polo, salt and freshwater fishing , exploring , trading and keeping lizards and fish as pets. Anything aquatic, Enjoying his shared interests with his close friends & family and did we mention Fishing….

Sharing his Simcha will be Noahs parents Michael & Domonique, sisters Isabella, Sophia, and Tivoli , Grandma Sarina, Grandpa Albie, Grandma Dawn and Bill, Uncle, Aunts, cousins, family, and close friends.

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Oscar Stixrud Rubenstein will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, August 31st, 2013

All about Oscar Stixrud Rubenstein Oscar Stixrud Rubenstein, son of Margaret and Dan Rubenstein, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, August 31, 2013. Oscar is entering the 8th Grade at Orlando Science Schools where he is a straight “A” student. Oscar, who prefers to be called “Stix” as a nickname, enjoys creating stop-motion animation with Legos and amazing worlds in Minecraft. He loves Scifi and is a confirmed “Trekkie”. Stix will watch any version of Star Trek, anywhere, anytime (even when he’s supposed to be doing something else). Another deep, long interest of Oscar’s is trains, especially steam trains. In fact, he will watch any movie, no matter what the theme, if there is a train in it.

Sharing in Stix’s simcha will be his brother Cubby, his grandmothers Jackie Rubenstein and Helga Rose, and many cousins, aunts and uncles from around the country.

SOJC NEWSLETTER - 11200 South Apopka Vineland Rd. Orlando, Florida 32836 407-239--5444 • www.sojc.org AUGUST 2013 / 25 AV – 25 ELUL 5773 Page 19 SOJC – Youth Group Activities Welcome to SOJUSY! The SOJC Youth Groups are Kadima (6-8 Grades) and USY (9-12 Grades). Risa Sikora is the Youth Director and Shana Medel will coordinate the Regional Events. We have an AMAZING year planned for SOJUSY!!! We want to welcome the 6th Graders to SOJUSY and welcome back our SOJUSY members. We will have loads of excitement, laughs, and a lot more with our true blue friends, and that’s what it’s all about!! This is where you will make amazing memories!!! You’ll definitely want to be a part of SOJUSY!!!

Please turn in your SOJUSY Youth Membership form with your check to Risa Sikora or to the Youth Group Mailbox at SOJC ASAP but not later than the Sleepover on August 4, 2013. The form can be found at www.sojc.org/youth/sojusy/.

The 2013-2014 SOJUSY Calendar can be found at www.sojc.org/youth/sojusy/. Please note the calendar events are still being loaded into the system. Stay tuned to Facebook (www.facebook.com/groups/SOJUSY/) and look for future emails for more details. Sleepover - Sunday, August 4th Calling all SOJUSY PEEPS! There is a SOJUSY Sleepover Sunday, August 4th!!! It’ll be filled with fun times, outdoor sports, indoor ultimate volleyball, karaoke, Wii Tournament, music, games, and movies. Bring a BIG appetite because we’ll have a Pizza dinner, an Ice Cream social, and special Homemade Waffles for breakfast! The cost for this incredible experience to bond all night long with your Jewish buds is only $9.00. Drop-off at 6:30pm at SOJC and Pick-up at 9:00am.

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MAZEL TOT! A celebration of our children

Children's Ark Feb. 8, 2013 SOJC invites its members and their families to be part of our exciting dedication ceremony on We have many opportunities for you to honor your most precious jewels: your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and special friends, whose name plaques will be engraved on its doors.

To be part of this lasting legacy, please choose to have your loved ones honored by making a donation through the following options:

_____ Ark: (3” x 6” plaque) $360.00

_____ Ark Doors: (2.7” x 5.5” plaque) $154.00

_____ Eternal Light: (2.7” x 5.5” plaque) $118.00

_____ Curtain: (2.5” plaque with child’s name & message = to 40 characters) $72.00

_____ Stuffed Torah (2.5” plaque with child’s name & message = to 40 characters) $54.00

_____ Plaque with Child’s Name and message $36.00

(2” plaques with 40 characters including the child’s name)

_____ Plaque with Child’s Name(1” plaques with 1 child’s name only) $18.00

Family Name: ______

Name of Child(ren): ______

Wording for the plaque (where applicable): ______

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SOJC NEWSLETTER - 11200 South Apopka Vineland Rd. Orlando, Florida 32836 407-239--5444 • www.sojc.org AUGUST 2013 / 25 AV – 25 ELUL 5773 Page 21 SOJC past for the future The Holocaust Memorial at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation SOJC is sponsoring a Boy Scout Eagle Project creating a Holocaust Memorial

connecting the that will be housed in our synagogue. THELook on HOLOCAUST the SOJC website under Holocaust MEMORIAL Memorial. SOJC.org/HolocaustMemorial of andSouthwest read about the Orlando project and Jewishthe stories asCongregation they continue to be uploaded. Learn from the witnesses. Be PartBECOME of the Legacy A CHARTER . . . Be a SPONSORCharter Sponsor Donate now and until Sept 1, 2013 and your name, your company’s name or name of someone you want to honor or be remembered, will be on a plaque hung next to the memorial as Charter Sponsors of the Holocaust Memorial.

____World Peace Supporter $504

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____Never Again Supporter $180

____Never Forget Supporter $108

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Make your check donations to:My father “My mother was a different story. Or go online to make a credit card donation at “ returned from Auschwitz before my mother. She was beaten down by her HENRI LANDWIRTH experience and the Ruth Klüger Jews in Iraq He found their house Kindertransport ransacked but these loss of both her sons, Sophie’s Identity from 1932 until 1952 “Well, I hadn’t ever been on a big train, … The Bear “Refugee” “When the newspapers reported of Kristallnacht, Hungarian Holocaust survivor Jack Gluck’s testimony is (the ketuba and tanaim) parents, sisters, brothers, Jack Gluck very touching as he recounts the many miracles that it was evening,…when my dad … took us to Holocaust Survivor Laura, Sophie’s mother, escaped the ghetto with “Night of Broken Glass,” most could not believe were in the middle of nieces and nephews - For over 50 years Sophie held on saved his life and the lives of his family members. Jack Initially under the first king’s rule the station. And the station was fairly filled Sophie Turner-Zaretsky Sophie to Krakow. This began the hiding under false everyone. She walked home to the bear that she had received it, but I was aware of the very same pattern of was two years old when his family was liberated by the conditions were favorable for the Jews, the floor and he took with many—obviously parents, with their identities. Sophie, only 5, was named Zofia and from the camp and swore behavior being a prelude to hostilities and hatred Russians from a Jewish safe house established by Raoul but in the mid-1930s they worsened that as a sign that my children. There was so much talking, you as a little girl. It was with her that she was done with her mother Bronislawa Tymejko, posing as Polish and began inquiring about emigration to the USA Wallenberg. They had lived there after Raoul gave them with the rise of Nazism and Arab Henri’s Parents–Fanny and Max mother would return. know, between them, and tension, and the when she was Zofia, a Catholic in nationalism. Anti-Semitism became He cleaned the house, everything Jewish. When Catholics, was hired by the SS Commander in the where I began citizenship procedures for my Schutz passes at the railway station in Budapest, enabling From the Krakow ghetto, his father, Max, smell of the smoke from the engine. And then Poland; it was with her when she rampant and persecutions and frequent set up a kosher kitchen she got home, she found resort town of Busko-Zdroj. Have light eyes and family.” them to be seen as Swedish citizens. In his testimony, as the time grew a little shorter, I actually grew up in England; and it was Jack expresses his deep gratitude for the many righteous arrests of Jews became common. On was taken to a prison called Radom and and started rebuilding his the house ready for her and blond hair few suspected Sophie was Jewish and her think I saw somebody, a woman. She could with her when she moved to the Christians who hid and aided his family from April 1944 a few occasions there were public then to the killing fields along with other hardware store connections to get product her husband with his determination to identity was hidden from her as a child. She grew up “I became even more religious and dedicated to hangings of Jews accused of being SOJC www.SOJC.org/HolocaustMemorialnot—when her child was about to get on the on, knowing that if they were caught, they would be prisoners and shot dead. His mother, Fanny, and reopen. At my father’s funeral, survivors rebuild their lives and she said that she United States to begin a new life spies for Zionist causes or sometimes Elisabeth N. Dixon train, she couldn’t let her go. She got her hating Jews and after the war, they went to relatives my faith and raised my family orthodox. The grief shot. He knows that God will truly bless everyone who was moved to the Plaszow labor camp and just started going through the motions. yet again. The bear was a silent as Communist sympathizers. Holocaust Survivor told the story that they returned to find him Holocaust Survivor through the window, and she said, “I can’t in England when her mother told Sophie she was and disbelief of losing our entire extended family risked his life for the Jews. Jack is compelled to share his Ron (son), Amanda (granddaughter), Sasson Bechor survived, only to be killed in a boat filled hammering and trying to rebuild the shul Eventually, she was able to reconnect Born: May 21, 1928 in Vienna witness to the miracle of Sophie’s was unbelievable.” story so that the generations to come may understand Founder of 6 Philanthropic Name at Birth: let you go. My dad must have felt just as bad Jewish. Sophie had a breakdown but eventually with women that was blown up by the singlehandedly. The men picked up both with her life and with Judaism.” rescue, rebirth, and success. Pincus Vogel and never forget the reality of the Holocaust. Organizations Alice Leopoldine Franziska as she did, but he had the love to let us go.” learned about Judaism and embraced it. Nazis at the end of the war. tools and started to help.” The arrival of Jews at the Terezin Holocaust Survivor (Theresienstadt) Ghetto, near Prague

“I painfully remember being a witness to one of those hangings List of his Philanthropic Organizations Living as a Refugee The Space Shuttle Henri with his twin sister, Margot. Sophie’s Raoul Wallenberg of Jews accused of Zionism or Ruth Klüger wrote an account 11200• The Fanny Landwirth FoundationSouth Apopka Vineland Rd. and earmark“Finally we realized that it was time for the train yourSophie Turner-Zaretskydonation was born as grandparents toDiscovery the Pincus became a naturalized US citizen in 1909, of her remarkable wartime Raoul Wallenberg, SASSON BECHOR Communism (it did not make a to go, and they started shouting. So then there Für Das Kind Selma Schwarzwald in Lvov, Poland Josef and Mina secured passports for his wife, Gusti Pauker In December 2006, Space Shuttle Discovery a Swedish diplomat born in 1932 in Amara near the difference what the charges were was a lot of crying and a lot of hugging, and Westbahnhof Station on September 2, 1937 to Daniel and Litwak experiences to share with a few Vogel and his two daughters to return to the U.S.A. • The Mercury 7 Foundation Vienna, 2008 Commander Mark Polansky took a replica of “Refugee” assigned to Sweden’s southern Iraqi city of Basra as long as those “criminals” were some of the children didn’t want to go. It was one Laura. Her parents were educated They left just weeks before the Polish ghetto was with him on the shuttle’s mission. The Commander friends. Today, her story of growing embassy in Budapest, Jews).” of the last trains to get refugees out of Vienna. Story about Sophie’s Father Thousands of Jews were murdered or sent into forced created. They pleaded with family to accept and had a successful business Polansky visited the US Holocaust Museum and met up Jewish during the Holocaust led one of the most - Sasson Bechor • Give Kids The World (GKTW) Collections highlight: Selmalabor at nearbySchwarzwald Janowska camp. Later in 1942 they were sponsorship and leave before falling under Nazi extensive and Mary Roufa, member Then the last thing—and then the train started exporting lumber. On June 30, 1941 Sophie Turner-Zaretsky on February 27, 2007.. continues to resonate with and her bear, "Refugee" — ID Card occupation but they insisted that the hostilities successful rescue of SOJC, was born to move, slowly at first, of course. So he walked the Germans entered Lvov and their deported to the extermination camp Belzec. Sophie’s The Farhud • Dignity-U-Wear “Although we can send people into space, we countless people worldwide. were just a temporary misunderstanding and efforts during the after WWII ended. Both of her parents along with us on the platform, and as the train lives changed forever. Her family, grandparents Joseph and Mina Litwak died there. (loosely translated as “pogrom”, still can’t seem to stop them from hating and would soon pass. Holocaust. He protected or “violent dispossession” in Arabic) About GKTW survived Auschwitz and reunited back hurried more, he hurried more. He was running, grandparents, aunts, and uncle were tens of thousands of • Memories Of Love Pincus and his wife Gustie lived a pious life in the in their home, having lost their two finally. And he said—he sort of called back a tribute to the forced into the ghetto. Trying to get killing one another. A child’s stuffed toy from Pincus’ Naturalization Papers Hungarian Jews from In early April 1941, a coup led to Hans and me. He said, “Gewährt Sie dem British people for USA until his death in 1976 and her death in 1989. saving the lives out with false papers at the Jewish the Holocaust and a photograph of a refugee April 9, 1909 deportation to the by a pro-Nazi junta came to power boys and other family members. The Holocaust strengthened his faith in the hope and they immediately began • Gift Of Life In America Foundation Kleinen.” He meant, “Take care of the little one.” of thousands of council, Daniel was shot and killed from the genocide today in Darfur remind us the Auschwitz-Birkenau children from Nazi that the world would recognize injustice. inciting the masses against the Orlando, FL 32836 HolocaustThat was me. And then the train just hurried out, Memorialterror through the Fund killing center. by the Germans. lessons of the Holocaust have yet to be learned.” Jews. and he was gone.” Kindertransports. About Janowska About Belzec • Heart Of America Foundation Sophie’s parents Laura and Daniel SchwarzwaldDaniel Schwarzwald Labor Camp Children deported from Theresienstadt Pincus Vogel Jews lining up in front of the Born: Byelts, Poland November 1, 1901 to Auschwitz “Glass House” during World War II Daniel, usually known as Danek, was one of three children born to Raphael and Amalia Schwarzwald, a Ruth Klüger Wikipedia Jewish couple living in a village near Lvov. When he was a young boy, his family moved to Lvov, where he to obtain protective exit visas. went on to attend secondary school and a business college. Daniel opened a lumber export business. He traveled extensively and could speak Polish, German, Russian, Yiddish and English. 1933-39: Business prospered and in 1935 Daniel married Laura Litwak and settled in an apartment in a On June 1st and 2nd 1941, in Christian section of Lvov. But war loomed and industrial Lvov was coveted by both the Germans and Soviets. Daniel wanted to emigrate to Britain, where he had business contacts. But his wife, who was Baghdad during the Jewish pregnant, did not want to abandon her parents. In September 1939 the Soviets occupied Lvov and Daniel's business was expropriated. holiday of Shavuot, mobs of A ketubah is a special type of 1940-42: After the Germans occupied Lvov in 1941, the Schwarzwalds were forced into the Lvov ghetto. With his remaining money Daniel bought false "Polish Catholic" ID cards for his family. Polish friends Schutz-Pass sample agitated Muslims began a two- Jewish prenuptial agreement promised to help them in case anything happened to him. One day, while he was at the Jewish council offices, soldiers surrounded the building and ordered everyone out--someone had killed a drunken German. day pogrom that resulted in 180 considered an integral part of a People were shot as they left, so Daniel tried to save himself by jumping from a window. In September 1942 Ruth and her mother “To this day we have found no surviving relatives Speaking of a non-Jewish friend of her “So it happened on that blustery winter night, As Daniel jumped from the window that Tuesday, September 1, 1942, he was shot by the Germans. He was Jews massacred and hundreds “Henri had lived in hell. He traditional Jewish marriage. Hans Knight 41 years old. I became a refugee. I found myself on a boat Nye, France, 1941. Sylvia and her parents At only six months old, her family was forced to were forced to leave Vienna on one of the from Poland. I have never been able to forgive the injured. Many women were It outlines the rights father’s Elisabeth said, “so he decided Nichtenhauser raped, people were mutilated and had seen the worst humanity crossing the English Channel, clutching my little Sylvia leave Belgium and fled to France. In the summer last transports to Theresienstadt, a ghetto in Germans for the horrible losses of family, culture, and responsibilities of to volunteer for one of the Nazi things Brother of Elisabeth of 1942 with her father ill, the Vichy police countless Jewish homes, shops, had to offer and yet he chose Dixon sister Lilly’s (Elisabeth’s) hand. There were some 40 northwestern Czechoslovakia. and the enduring prejudice that is their legacy and synagogues were looted and the groom, in relation (military branches). He thought that if he Born: April 25, 1923 arrested her mother, her sisters and her and although I understand that they were misguided Vienna, Austria kids, huddled together under damp blankets. We The majority of transports from Theresienstadt destroyed. The Farhud was a to answer with the best. Where to the bride. showed the rest of the people that you Ruth shipped them to the Rivesaltes internment camp. Mass Grave of the could smell the heavy, salty air that seemed to press and manipulated.” tremendous psychological blow to In his narrative called “The were bound for Auschwitz, and in May 1944 Victims of Farhud the approximately 140,000 Jews there was abundant reason for can do that (be with Jews as friends) and down upon us in our makeshift cabins. Few of us Tanaim or tannaim are literally Man in the Trench Coat”, on Gutmann mother and daughter were among the prisoners Vogel Family 1969 of this ancient community. This still live and be a decent person. … he “The ugliness and hatred of prejudice must never anger, hate, and bitterness there “conditions.” Originally signing how he became a writer, he would ever see our parents again, but we didn’t Born in Antwerp, Belgium deported. After escaping the death march in was the beginning of the end of had a red convertible. … And he drove us know that at the time. As children will, we thought to parents Nathan and be tolerated and we must not enable such actions the Jewish Babylonian Exile. Soon this was a separate ceremony that wrote about his young years February, Ruth and her mother joined the flow of was only love, forgiveness, joy, of our escape as a great adventure. I imagined Malcha Gutmann. Sylvia, to go unchallenged. Education and understanding after the Farhud, many Jews began served as a formal announcement through the town, waving to everybody. in Austria, the Nazi takeover, the youngest of 3 sisters, and – yes – gratitude.” LOVE & HATE of the engagement. Now, only a I was Long John Silver sailing to Treasure Island. refugees from the East into Germany, obtained Gustie and Pincus is ultimately the best long-term weapon against seriously considering leaving Iraq …he was proved wrong, because the next and his escape to Britain. survived through an 1969 and never looked back. The Story of formality, a tannaim contract is Perhaps, too, I sensed that there was indeed a underground network identity cards and settled in Straubing (Bavaria) bigotry and we must assist the victims of bigotry thing we knew, he’d vanished.” Henri Landwirth signed and read aloud prior to the treasure awaiting us in England: our freedom.” that hid the children until until their emigration to the United States in wherever we see it.” the war ended. Ruth Klüger - Bill Halamandaris by Bill Halamandaris Badeken or veiling of the bride. reads Still Alive October 1947. Sisters, Adele and Sally

Grauel sailed aboard the famed illegal refugee FamiliesFamiliesFamilies Deported Deported Deported PrisonersPrisonersPrisoners in incamp incamp camp Lucille Eichengreen, September 1942. Children saved at Rivesaltes by Lisl Hanau. Drancy, 1999 Ernest was one of three children born of Polish nationalty, was born as “It was very frightening, to see a John Stanley Grauel (1917 – September 1986) running ship the Exodus on March 23, 1947. The It was a small boat that took them to Baltimore, Sylvie (bottom left), Rita (2nd row, 3rd from left), Susi (back row, 5th On Sylvia’s Blog: Sylvia visited Drancy. He who saves a to a Jewish family in the city of Breslau, Eliane Norman/Meyer Cecelia Landau synagogue burning, to see people Deblin, 1939 Deblin Ghetto 1942 was a Methodist minister and American Haganah placed him aboard under the cover of a Maryland in in 1942. Her mom couldn’t bring from right), and 18-year-old Lisl Hanau, our rescuer (half visible, far left). “To this day, I do not know the single life is as Germany. His father owned a factory on Feb. 1, 1925 laughing and to see books burning, is very single life is as Christian Zionist leader. He was a crew member foreign correspondent for the Episcopal journal, Eliane Norman/Meyer was much money with them, but she hid gold in her circumstances surrounding my father’s He was 4 years old that made matzah, the unleavened in Hamburg, frightening. That was 1938, I was 13 years Sam Harris was born ifif hehe hashas savedsaved of the famed refugee ship the SS Exodus-1947 The Churchman. He organized and transferred born 11/15/1931 in Lyon, underwear. The investigators stripped her of her capture in 1943. Recently I learned he was when the war broke bread, used during the Jewish holiday of Germany to old and it was a feeling that is not to be Szlamek Rzeznik in and a secret “Haganah” operative. clothing to see if she was hiding anything and first held in the infamous Prison Fresnes, out in 1939. Upon the entire world. refugees from the Displaced Persons Camps Passover. Ernest was 12 when Hitler took France. Lyon was the center described.” May 1935 in Deblin, with several hundred resistance fighters and Sala Landau, Nazi occupation a Grauel is credited with being the key individual to the ship. Filling multiple roles, he acted as a power in 1933. of the textile business, and fortunately they didn’t find it. They went to New Poland. He was the downed Allied airmen. In February of that and Benjamin “I did not know the saying portion of Deblin who persuaded the United Nations Special liaison for the crew and the refugees. she had one older brother York to meet her cousins. youngest of 7 siblings. year, like my mother the year before, he Landau. Her by Heinrich Heine, “When was turned into Committee on Palestine to recommend for the In February 1939, three months after and her mother was a His father, Shmuel Rzeznik was a Torah Kristallnacht (the “Night of Broken was transferred to Drancy, a holding center sister, Karin, they start burning books, it a ghetto where Sammy and his family Partition Resolution of November 1947, creating homemaker. The family scribe. The first three of his siblings came for Jews in the Paris suburbs, and then was born in won’t be long before they lived. Soon overcrowding, lack of food Glass” pogroms), Ernest and his mother Samuel from his aunt, and after she died his father the State of Israel. In a speech to the Jewish moved to Paris, where her deported to Auschwitz, where, like start burning human beings,” and medication caused men, women and fled to Shanghai, one of few havens for 1930. Cecilia married the younger sister Sheva, Szlamek’s Agency, Golda Meir, referred to his testimony as father had a shop but in 1939 the Germans started to my mother, he was gassed.” and that was written 200 children to die from typhus, dysentery and refugees without visas. His father and Eliane survived the Harris mother, which was the custom in those days. the first appeal by a “priest, a perfectly worthy invade the country and they had to close the shop. They years prior.” starvation. In 1942, Sammy and his family elenelen elen arfinkel arfinkelarfinkel reenspun reenspun reenspun sister stayed behind in Germany; they Łódz Ghetto and the Nazi concentration Interview: May 30, 2002 Sheva’s four children were Rosa, David, HHHGGG GGG LucilleSummer by the sea: 1931 in were rounded up for deportation. During the gentile, a priori, no Jewish witness was to be perished during the Holocaust. A brother had previously bought a home in the country in 1938 camps of Auschwitz, Neuengamme, One of the Youngest Ernest G. Heppner and April 24, 2003 Sara and finally Sammy. chaos Sammy’s father pushed him out of line believed.” …one…one…one family’s family’s family’s miracle miracle miracle escaped to England. and moved there for refuge. Cuxhaven (Nordssee) with her Holocaust Survivors HolocaustErnest Survivor and Bergen-Belsen. and told him to run and hide. John Stanley Grauel younger sister Karin of a Death Camp Humanitarian and Supporter of the Jewish People Norman The State of Israel recognized Rev. Grauel “It was a ghetto. It was Lucille arrived in Auschwitz in August, She published From Ashes to Life: 1944 and wasEichengreen later transferred to the through the Humanity Medal, the Fighter for Helen GreenspunHelenHelen Greenspun Greenspun was born was inwas born Chmielnik, born in Chmielnik, in Chmielnik, Poland, Poland, Poland, surrounded by barbed “On September 13, 1942, Rosh Hashanah, My Memories of Throughout his life “In November of 1942, with the help of the CzestoChowa Camp in 1926in to 1926in Sara 1926 to and Sara to Kalman Sara and and Kalman Garfinkel. Kalman Garfinkel. Garfinkel. She and She her Sheand andher her wire. And we were “And if it really got bad, he work camp, Dessauerufer in October the Holocaust While in the concentration camp, Sammy he maintained close Israel Medal and the Medal of Jerusalem. He Heppner The hiding worked, as no immediate family were killed. my mother was selected for deportation. She French resistance, we were passed illegally under a volunteer would send you for one night 1944. She was then transported to chose wetting the bed and getting died at his home in Roosevelt, New Jersey, and six brotherssix brotherssix and brothers sisters and and sistersgrew sisters up grew in grew an up Orthodox inup an in Orthodoxan Orthodox To make money they rented part of their country home It took her mother some years to get a good left us behind in the care of a stranger, a into Switzerland, where my father had a sister. in 1994. All her The Deblin ghetto associations with Jewish service called the into the bunker [punishment the slave labor camp in Neungamme Her father was arrested twice. First was infected as the better alternative to having was buried in Jerusalem, Israel, at services JewishJewish home.Jewish home.Helen home. wasHelen Helen 13 was years was 13 old years13 whenyears old oldthewhen when the the to farmers. paying job in the government until she passed young woman, a nurse who worked with the family died in the was converted into a concerns. In the 1950s and Pao Chia, under the Polish Refugees in barracks]. The bunker itself We hid again.” in November and December of 1944. on October 27, 1938 and returned in to go past those dead people outside attended by an Israeli Naval Honor Guard, B’nai GermansGermans enteredGermans entered Chmielnik entered Chmielnik Chmielnik in September in September in September 1939. In1939. 1939. In In Fortunately they didn’t experience the concentration the civil service exam. Eliane went to school but clandestine child rescue organization known concentration concentration camp. 1960s he led investigations Japanese, um, uh, the Shanghai Ghetto was a death sentence, one as Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), and There, Lucille worked until the long the spring of 1939. The second was the Since Sammy was the barracks. This choice caused him Brith, members of the Aliyah Bet and fellow SeptemberSeptemberSeptember 1942, Helen’s1942, 1942, Helen’s four Helen’s older four foursiblings older older siblings were siblings were were camps or the ghetto and they didn’t go hungry but the they moved her back two years until she could After the war she and camps. into the terrible conditions supervision. Uh, self- night. Because the bunker was walked us back to the empty barrack. Several walk to Bergen-Belsen in February and day World War II began and only his too young to work he hid from the guards, great pain. roundedrounded uprounded for deportation.up forup deportation.for deportation. Sent by Sent her Sent bymother herby hermother to mother to to speak English well. It took about one and a half her sisters moved to of Jews living in Morocco crew members of the Exodus. defense...kind of self- full of typhoid. Typhoid. Uh, if food was bad. They had little meat, ate root vegetables, weeks later a Mademoiselle Rothschild also March of 1945 where she ashes were returned in a cigar box tied hiding in the darkness of the barracks. give hergive oldergive her brother herolder older brother a packagebrother a package a of package bread of andbread of bread warm and and warm warm the U.S. to live with protection. Um, they you got out of the bunker the saved their eggs in salt water which made them taste years to speak and more to write. working with the OSE took us out of the camp.” with a rubber band in September 1941. and Algeria. In 1975 he their uncle. Many was finally liberated in socks, Helensocks,socks, alsoHelen Helen was also herded also was was herded onto herded a ontotruck. onto a Helentruck. a truck. Helen Helen Ernest Heppner wore armbands and next day, it would take about bad and had bad bread. After her father’s death in 1940 Elliane went on to an impressive education Jewish forCeD led one of the first Jewish Shanghai April 1945. She moved Lucille was 16 years old and her regular In 1944, the Nazis moved the Jewish workers years later she traveled survivedsurvived twosurvived labor two twocamps labor labor camps camps they had to be at the a week or two before you got they left for Portugal while they waited to be allowed and life receiving a PhD from Cornell University Above, Switzerland, 1945. Suzie from the Deblin camp to Czestochowa labor in the youth tours of the Nazi to the United States schooling ended after being deported Sammy watched his parents and four sisters ghetto exits and entrances, to guard against anybody ill, and...but everybody knew back to be reunited CzestoChowa and fiveand concentrationand five five concentration concentration camps: camps: camps: into the United States of America by other relatives in Botanical Science and teaching at Stetson (left), Rita (right), Sylvie (center). in 1946, married Dan to the Lódz Ghetto in Poland where and brothers march towards the railcars. concentration camp. Upon arrival in the concentration camps in Europe. Reverend Grauel was leaving who was not authorized. And, uh, uh, at already you have about two with Mademoiselle Camp Skarzysko,Skarzysko,Skarzysko, Chestochowa, Chestochowa, Chestochowa, who vouched for them. University for 26 years. Right, entry visa to Switzerland,1943. she remained for nearly four years and That was the last time Sammy saw his main camp Sammy was lifted up, kissed and drawn to numerous humanitarian efforts including the that time, conditions were such that the ghetto was weeks to live.” Rothschild, the woman Eichengreen (at right) BergenBergen Belsen,Bergen Belsen, Turkheim, Belsen, Turkheim, Turkheim, family. Sammy was able to escape death, hugged, by each prisoner. The prisoners, governed by a very brutal, sadistic Japanese named and had two sons. where her mother died of starvation. American Civil Rights and Native American struggles. John.Stanley.GrauelSOJC Burgau,Burgau, DachauBurgau, Dachau and Dachau Allach. and and Allach. Allach. USHMM Polish Jewish Refugees in the who rescued her. his survival was nothing short of a miracle. many of whom had lost their own children, HelenHelenHelen in theatre in intheatre theatre group group group Ghoya. 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About 20,000 refugees, including Ernest and SheShe was was liberatedShe liberated was fromliberated from Allach Allach from by by AmericanAllach American by Americansoldiers soldiers on soldiers on on his mother, settled around the synagogue, Heppner was self- On January 16, 1945, Sammy was liberated by About Book Burning the Italians, the Jewish population did sam besiDe a rail Car at reliant, energetic, the Russian army. As a young child, he survived four The young boy showed musical talent at a very AprilApril 29, 29, 1945.April 1945. 29,Miraculously, Miraculously, 1945. Miraculously, Helen’s Helen’s brother, brother,Helen’s Nathan, brother, Nathan, Nathan, in an area called the Restricted Sector for Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener Isaac Nehama not initially suffer. Yet, in September of the holoCaust museum “They (Nazis) went to public libraries, they Stateless Refugees but more commonly and clever, and Born April 29, 1927 in Athens, Greece 1943, when German troops began to occupy years in the Deblin and Czestochowa concentration Cantor young age. His paternal grandfather was a Baalei andand her her sistersand sisters her Bela, Bela, sisters Regina Regina Bela, and andRegina Sonia Sonia and also also Sonia survived survived also survived (Gerd Zwienicki) On the Move & eDuCation Center went to school libraries, they went to private known as the Jewish Ghetto. The 2.68 his story of finding A Student in a Nazi School the area, the situation Ann became a nurse and married Henry camps. After living in an orphanage in Lublin, T’Filah, a person who leads the congregation thethe death death thecamps. camps. death Tragically, Tragically,camps. Tragically, her her parents parents her and parentsand youngest youngest and youngest “Oh, no, sir,” Isaac and his two younger homes, and the authors and the titles of William Hauben square kilometers, or about a square mile, niches for his for the Jewish popula- Poland and then Vienna, Austria, Sammy made in prayer and who brings new melodies to the siblings,siblings, Rachelsiblings, Rachel Rachel Born March 25, 1917, Rabbi Wiener was in high school Jan- brothers were born and Ann Rabner and had a daughter, Beverly. After the Ann Rabner was born June 13, 1922 in his way to the United States and lived in a foster certain books were just pulled off the shelf. congregation by traveling to the big cities to listen which was cordoned off by the Japanese skills that enabled I replied. tion took a turn for andand Fishel, Fishel,and had had Fishel, had uary 1933 when Adolf Hitler and the raised in Athens, Greece. German invasion of Poland in 1939, home in Chicago. On April 10, 1948, through the They were loaded on trucks and they were to the great hazzanim (cantors). His father loved the who controlled the city, also was home to him to survive in a Bremen, Germany the worse. Aware of Kiev, Russia to parents who were living beenbeen deported deportedbeen deportedto to to Nazi party came into power. Anti- The Nehamas were tra- what had already hap- people fled Warsaw towards Mosheska Jewish Children’s Bureau, He continues to speak taken downtown to the famous street of violin and played for family and friends. At the age 100,000 Shanghaiese. precarious fashion Died February 15, 2011, “You are in Russia under Stalin and communism. Holocaust Survivor, His father specialized in imported bakery Semitic legislations began immedi- ditional, Sephardic Jews pened to other Jews, where they were living and in the military. Sammy was adopted by extensively on the Unter den Linden, which is one of the main of 6 in 1928 he began to sing in the synagogue Treblinka,Treblinka,Treblinka, where where where is a tribute to New York, NY who observed all Jewish Her father was an office worker for a fruit Cantor and Author ingredients for pastry shops in Poland. wrong. I also Isaac’s father, mother, Dr. Ellis and Harriett Harris local and state level thorough fares in Berlin, in front of Humboldt choirs, as an alto, and he became a soloist. He was in inOctober Octoberin and October and and In 1945, after the liberation of China, human endurance. ately and unannounced in school. holidays. Isaac’s father was They left the army during the war and He traveled all over and spoke many languages. brother, and maternal and vegetable company and her mother Today, Sam is an active member of the about the lessons of the Holocaust and his University, which is a longstanding of Born in Krakow, Poland surrounded by music as a young child. NovemberNovemberNovember of of of Heppner found a responsible position The teachers had to join the party have blue an accountant at a Jewish- the couple kept moving south towards in Northbrook, Illinois. He was the oldest child of 12 siblings. grandmother went into worked in a sugar factory. The communist community, serving as President of the experiences, which can be found in his with the American forces there. He and and follow the brainwashed policy owned textile firm. Both of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan ending in learning, and they piled the books sky high 1942 Wansee Conference March 25,1922 1942,1942, the the 1942,Nazis Nazis the Nazis hiding. Isaac fled to government encouraged Anti-Semitism and remnants of DestroyeD Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois. his wife, whom he had met and married in to teach Hitler’s book Mein Kampf. eyes and Isaac’s parents belong to memoir Sammy: A Child Survivor of the and they waited.” William Hauben was a teenager when the murderedmurderedmurdered most most of of most of Thessaly and joined a Tashkent, where the weather was warmer Jewish Cemetery in He led the efforts to build the new Illinois 70th Anniversary Observance Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. They were the ghetto, arrived in the United States in They began teaching Judenhass local Jewish organizations. Ann remembers name-calling as a child. Holocaust. “And at night, again, the torch parades; Chmielnik’sChmielnik’sChmielnik’s Jews. Jews. Jews. detached partisan enclave there. Isaac, studio portrait and they didn’t need winter clothing. Food CzestoChowa Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Video of Presentation forced to live in the 16 block ghetto of Krakow. 1947 with only eleven dollars but boundless [hatred of Jews]. Gerd Zwienicki, holding a She had one older sister named Sonia. that’s standard operating procedure for picture book. Isaac was still in high school when Athens Isaac worked mostly with toy dog to eat was growing in trees. by Kurt Marburg hope and energy. Shanghai Refugee (Amazon) earlobes.” Holocaust Survivor was occupied by the Axis powers in 1941. as a telephone operator Because Athens was administered by and a cipher clerk, but did participate Kurt Marburg

Herbert Launer was born March 28, Listen to the WMNF Radio 88.5 FM interview in March of 1944 in a sabotage operation in 1946 where he studied and obtained 1925 in Vienna, Austria, the only child in against a German convoy. his master’s in electrical engineering at After the War Journey’s End

a middle class Jewish family. Herbert’s Jacob was used as an example in They were scared and separated from Nazis.” “…lends, let’s say, the impact, He survived 4 concentration Upon returning to the University of Illinois. They stayed in a father was a fur dealer and a highly camps, one was the camp run class, “You can recognize a Jew their families. Stalin censored information makes the impact stronger. They marched Kristallnacht commemorations “You are wrong, sir, Athens in November Displacement Camp until decorated soldier of the Austrian army from the side streets onto that square, by the vicious commandant 1937 simply by his features. A German, a 1944, Isaac learned that and they were not aware of the extent of point to the need to show the Amon Goethe, who was From his book, “From 1949 training to move during World War I. played music. They waited until it was really Rabbi Nordic, is tall, has blond hair, blue only his father had the Holocaust. They were in Turkmenistan portrayed in the film the Flames: Miracles and there is not such a thing, to Israel (learning how to On November 9, 1938, Kristallnacht (the dark, until the torches on, then they threw world that we must stop hate Cantor Hauber teaching Bar Mitzvah boys. th eyes, a straight nose, and detached survived in hiding. at the end of the war, made their way to

Schindler’s List. His message Wonders and Survival” Rabbi night of broken glass), Herbert and his gasoline onto that mountainous pileup of as you say, as superior ear lobes. A Jew is short and stocky, His mother, brothers, Kiev to see if any family remained and then operate sewing machines, in its tracks before it leads to Romek, William’s younger brother, did not have is about “honoring people 38 has dark eyes, a crooked nose, and and grandmother had printing presses, repairing family were severely beaten by four Nazi books. And then they took their torches and traditional Jewish looks and spent most of his time as that did the right thing I am often asked, “Cantor, how have you or inferior. I would rather to a Displacement Camp looking for other threw them onto the books. That was the end the ultimate: a final solution. found the power to forgive?” And I tell his earlobes are tied to the skin. The been denounced by an machinery) but ultimately hoodlums who broke into their apart- an outsider with gentile friends. During the time of during the Shoa (Holocaust).” informer and sent to survivors. Ann and Beverly, along with of literature, of free literature, in Germany. Yet, in remembrance, there His second book “Light: them that forgiveness is part of the Jewish Born on June 1, 1937 in Piotrków, Poland, His father, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau (above), was Jews are no religion, no ethnic or received a letter from an ment, smashing furniture and forcing the Krakow Ghetto he lived outside and smuggled in say that we humans are Auschwitz. Only his Ann’s mother, went to Kiev – then went to Courage Hope” is about tradition, that the people who perpetrated Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau (above left) is a the last Chief Rabbi of the town. Yisrael Meir is Herbert’s father into the street to scrub “My father read the book that was written is hope. food and money helping them to survive. cultural group; they are a race like brother Samuel survived uncle in America which these courageous people. the crimes against our people are for the survivor of the Buchenwald concentration the 38th generation in an unbroken family chain all different. And thank Henry’s family in Moskiska, but no one had by Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on Family Photo everyone else. Now, there are supe- after two concentra- allowed them to leave the the sidewalk with a toothbrush. The next — Kurt Marburg On October 28, 1942 they had a major “selection”. most part not around anymore. How can camp. He lost both of his parents in the of rabbis. His father was beaten by the Gestapo Isaac (left), his brother survived except for some family friends. the Western Front, which was also–Erich rior and inferior races. We, the Aryan, Samuel (right) tion camps and a death Family Photo DP Camp and go to the day Herbert was kicked and nearly beaten Read on the 72nd Anniversay Romek got sick and stayed in the ghetto for the night. Light: Courage Hope we blame the children and grandchildren– Holocaust. His older brother Nephtali because he defied the German order for the Jews G-d for that. We need Henry’s family, his parents and younger Herbert Maria Remarque was I think he had some Josef, Jacob’s father ran a bicycle are the superiors. The Poles, the march. Samuel was with Isaac’s United States of America. to death by his closest non-Jewish friend, Romek and William’s parents were sent to a death they should not have to share the guilt. (above right with their mother Chaya in to shave their beards. Yisrael remembers his nanny brother, were killed. French relatives in his family. But anyway, of Kristallnacht Meir Lau Yisrael shop and Selma, his mother was a each other.” Gypsies, and the lowest, the Jews, reunited with his remaining family in a teammate on his soccer team. camp that day and died there. Launer 1927) helped save his life. father’s strength in standing tall after the beating. teacher. Jacob was the eldest. are all inferiors.” July 1945. Isaac immigrated to the U.S.

Due to the quota system in place at the Two months after his 18th birthday, Herb Rena wrote in her mother’s book “Bitter They took her deep into the time, Herbert was the only member of joined the U.S. Army, though he was still Freedom – Memoirs of a Holocaust Survivor“: “On the day before forest of Bezmiechowa to a “small, Near the end of the war, his family to qualify for immigration so not a citizen. Because of his military he wrote the book, and it tells about a Rena Wallach decaying hut, and lived in a tiny In 1939 Rabbi Wiener Jewish prisoners from the the transfer of the Jews During Kristallnacht, November 9-10, Rabbi Wiener later immigrated to escape further persecution, Herbert’s service, Herb’s parents German group of students, university room with one small window”. For negotiated with the Bergen-Belsen from Lesko to the Zaslaw Selma was murdered and Jacob was to the United States on a The Moment of extermination camp were parents sent him alone to the United were finally able to students, who volunteer in World War I. Bernstein Concentration Camp, two the next two years she pined for Gestapo and set up a student visa to attend the her parents, but the forest had arrested and held in the Wuerzburg being transported to States at age fourteen. Herbert left Vienna receive the visas they And he describes the agony of the trench unknown women came school for Jewish chil- Baltimore Rabbinical College. Liberation another camp when the warfare, and none of them come back. for her “a haunting beauty that jail. When he was released and re- ABC News on April 30, 1939 and arrived in New York needed to come to to our house and took me dren. Josef had family In 1944 he was ordained as Friday, April 13, 1945 Germans abandoned the

remains” with her to this day. She selection turned to Bremen, 8 days later, he Of course, that was anti-military: that book away. My parents stood in Saskatchewan, train. The U.S. Army came on May 8. America. They arrived in imagined her parents found out his brother Benno was a rabbi and took a position at had to be–my father hid the book, because aside as these strangers grabbed and Canada who were able upon the survivors and

deportation the Hebrew National At 17, Herb had moved into a Boys New York on the day that it told his story, what he went through on Visual History, USC carried me, crying and fighting, into were beyond two huge sent to a concentration camp. He the stories of horror the tree trunks watching and to get papers that Home, was working full time and going to the Army sent Herbert to the Somme in 1917. But that book was Shoah Foundation the street. My parents stood sobbing traveled to Hamburg where he found Orphan Home in soldiers heard, which they protecting her. This kept allowed the family to previously thought were college at night. It took Herbert nearly a the Pacific Ocean Theatre also banned.” Born April 7, 1938 in on the doorstep as these women took his father and a younger brother. Yonkers, New York. Krakow, Poland, her calm and secure. She If your name was called you left. Lau’s mother leave Germany. Rabbi propaganda, became me, still screaming, through the town to When the Nazis were taking Naphtali and liberation 1945:

year to learn that his parents had CBS News of War. At the end of the Kurt Siegbert Marburg, Interviewed by Tori Lockler spent her days wandering was called but not her sons, so she didn’t reality. Herbert Launer in Rena was four years a dirt road that led into a dark, heavily left Israel with his mother, she knew that Lau Wiener and his family escaped Vienna and had arrived in war, Herbert was finally November 4, 2010 through the woods, eating respond. His mother grabbed her children the U.S. Army Born August 17, 1924 in Berlin, Germany old when her parents wooded forest just beyond the town’s would have a better chance of survival with left Germany on May England on September 1, 1939, the start reunited with his parents Photo: 1938 Interior of Berlin wild berries and lying on and moved swiftly with both children. The Immigrated to the United States, gave her to a family streets. They walked all afternoon, the able bodied men and threw him onto the train 31, 1939 and immigrated to Canada First Person series— of World War II. after 7 years apart. Arrived in Hoboken, NJ, Nov. 4, 1938 synagogue after Kristallnacht to hide in the forest. the ground watching the Germans grabbed Shamuel, an older brother, two women taking turns carrying me, with his brother. He stayed in Buchenwald by way of Great Britain. Conversation with a Holocaust survivor Five days prior to Kristallnacht, 11/9/1938 despite all my protests.” clouds, only coming back he was shipped to Treblinka that same day. [2005 season at the to the hut to sleep. with Naphtali until liberation at age 8. US Holocaust Memorial Museum]

History Teacher, Matthew Rozell, brought Her parents spent 2 years with Each one of them was skeleton thin with starvation, a sickness in their faces and the together the survivors and their liberators arianka (Marianne) Zadikow Jafa’s brothers hiding in a man- from the U.S. Army for a reunion in 2009 made cave 1.9 meters by 1.4 meters way in which they stood-and there was something May was born in Prague in Manya Moszkowicz Friedman at Hudson Falls High, NY. covered with wooden flooring. The else. At the sight of Americans they began laughing in joy-if it could be called laughing. It 1923 and spent the years Nazis used the Born December 30, 1925 1944-1945 at transit camp afael Schächter, was a brilliant was an outpouring of pure, near-hysterical relief. M building as a factory in Chmielnik, Poland There they came upon a long string of grimy, M young Czech opera-choral Theresienstadt, a 50 year old fortress at Drafted in and the four had to in ISrael ancient boxcars standing silent on the tracks. As Terezín, Czechoslovakia. The creative Jewish conductor who was sent to be silent during the Manya was born December 30, Palestine Palestine the American uniforms were sighted, a great stir talent of Prague were forced to live in this R Terezín in 1941. Under the most Poland 1925, in Chmielnik, a small R day and could only town in central Poland. Her went through this strange camp. Many rushed brutal of circumstances, talk at night. ghetto, but their creative spirit continued and father owned a furniture shop toward the Major’s jeep and the two light tanks. Left above: World War II infantry veteran Carrol Walsh, gave them purpose and hope. he sustained dignity, After the liberation of Lesko, and her mother took care of This had been-and was-a horror train. In top, hugs Holocaust survivor Paul Arato. Right above: Shep was born in Vilna, Poland, May 27, 1917. Vilna was Naphtali had a career in journalism and these freight cars had been shipped 2500 people, from the New York Jewish Week humanity, and hope with Rena’s parents came to the forest to the home and children. German Matthew Rozell Below: Reunion at Hudson Falls High. known as the “Jerusalem of the East.” be reunited with their daughter. politics. In 1981 he became the Israeli jam-packed in like sardines, and they were people “I was in the chorus since its beginning in the his fellow prisoners. With an The boys joined an OSE transport of children troops invaded Poland on This Jewish community numbered Ambassador and consul-General in New September 1, 1939 and three that had two things in common, one with the fall or winter of ’42,” Marianne said. “We sang abandoned piano he found from Buchenwald to France. (Yisrael above In early 1939, Hitler turned his attention to Poland and about 30,000 before the war, after Bitter Freedom -– York. Yisrael Meir followed his father’s days later, Sosnowiec, where other: They were prisoners of the German State some Mozart operas, including ‘The Marriage in the basement, he recruited Rena and Jafa, her mother, left). But Naphtali wanted to immigrate to and they were Jews. Shep was drafted into the Polish Army. On September 17, there were only 81 survivors. Rena Memoirs of a footsteps. Later was appointed chief rabbi they had moved in 1938, was of Figaro’. Since it was a necessity to work and taught 150 prisoners are reunited after two years Palestine. One month later, they made the occupied. At the end of 1943, 1939, the Red Army invaded eastern Poland, including was the only child survivor. Holocaust Survivor Manya’s extended family taken at a wedding. Guiseppe Verdi’s Requiem by in the Bezmiechowa Forest. journey and arrived in Haifa on July 15th. of the State of Israel. He wrote Out of the Manya’s family was deported Excerpt from Wayne Robinson, Move out Verify: the

by Jafa Wallach buchenwald at Shabbat eight, 10 or 14 hours, it was much Vilna. In July 1940, the Soviet Union absorbed the Baltic School Girls dressed in costume for a school (Manya standing at far right) Combat Story of the 743rd Tank Battalion Marianne Zadikow May rote, after grueling days of (The brothers in Palestine above right.) Depths, his memoir of the Holocaust. to Auschwitz when the ghetto was liquidated; she never appreciated that we did not have to think Shep Zitler (Germany, no publisher, 1945) countries of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. performance. (Manya, second row, second forced labor. Marianne was saw them again. of what tomorrow will bring if tomorrow Scan for more information on from left) brought a rehearsal.” Marianne Zadikow May’s book Rafael Schächter one of the chorus members.

Manya’s Story About shifted like an ocean wave. What now? In those few to climb into the truck, but it brought few results. The Story of the Torah seconds all kind of thoughts flashed through my mind. Though the truck’s tail-gate was down and we tried Scrolls of Czechoslovakia Her Liberation Why me? Where to? Sneaking a quick glance at the hard, we were too weak to conquer this hurdle, despite Eve Homburger . “The shrill sound of the Kapo’s whistle, like a whip cutting others around me, I tried to figure out how I differed the fear that at any moment the Kapo’s whip come red remembers his childhood home life On October 28, 1938, all Early in February 1964, in the nineteenth from the rest. Again the thought, why me? And why now, Eva (Szeva) Galler was born on January 1, 1923, in the “I was a member of the Jewish Scout Group by Daughter of Fred Rudolph Homburger and through the air and through our shivering bodies, reminded down on our emaciated bodies. Instead, to everyone’s They performed on 16 occasions Rehearsals for the 150-member chorus were as very comfortable, with his parents male Polish Jews living in year after the last German troops had when there is a spark of hope that this hell may finally end, disbelief and amazement the Kapos actually helped us climb town of Oleszyce in southeastern Poland. Eva’s father Israel Vogel was a 1936 then and unlike scout groups anywhere else our Lore Marck Homburger, Holocaust Survivors that it was time for the appell (roll-call). I rushed to get in for fellow prisoners, with the last, generally every other day, but there were the and a four-year older brother. The Karlsruhe were deported to surrendered in Prague, there arrived in judging by the frequency of air raids, and the roar of Allied up into the truck. Somehow, from nowhere a crate appeared businessman exporting Jewish ‘articles’ and a leader of Oleszyce’s Jewish goal was—What can we do to London 1,564 Torah scrolls representing line — lines of grotesque-looking figures. In the winter we most infamous performance on transports that regularly shipped prisoners Eve’s father Fred was extendedF family lived nearby. Social contacts Poland. Synagogues were shivered from the cold underneath the striped, thin dresses, in planes above our heads. There was no use trying to find a which we used for a step to climb up. I thought I was community. Eva’s mother Ita was from nearby Jozefow. The family was survive? We would meet, and hundreds of Jewish communities in reason, there was no reasoning in camp. To the many hallucinating, or this must be a dream, I did not trust my T June 23, 1944, in front of high- to Auschwitz. By the time the chorus was POW Camp born in 1918 and was among Jews and non-Jews were maintained destroyed on Kristallnacht, Bohemia and Moravia that had been wiped the summer we sweltered under the oppressive heat, waiting Orthodox and Eva was oldest of eight: Hana was 14 in 1939; Pincus 13; Berko by this time the Nazis did not a banker in Karlsruhe, questions circling in my head, there were no answers. senses any longer. But momentarily I recalled how the ranking SS officers from Berlin and the Inter- ordered to perform Verdi’s Requiem for the until 1933, when restrictions for Jews began. November 9–10, 1938. out in the Holocaust. For many years, the to be counted. The countless reading of the numbers, no 12; Molly 10; Dora 8; Gezel 6; and Aariel 1. Eva was the only survivor. allow more than 3 Jews to meet Between 1939 and 1941, Nazi Germany. Banking At that time 3,358 Jews lived in Karlsruhe. Most of the men were scrolls had lain unused and unattended in names, the faint reply “here,” counted by one of the Kapos Though one thing was certain, a selection had never meant Germans often used all kinds of tricks to get the people to national Red Cross. The Requiem expressed to International Red Cross and high ranking SS a better lot. come to an assembly point, using the pretense either to unless at school or in prayer and Germany and the Soviet Union were was a longstanding During the first years of the Nazi regime, the arrested and sent to Dachau a Prague synagogue that had been used then another; often someone in line fainted from exhaustion their oppressors what they thought of them, officers in June 1944, its membership was register, or to check and stamp the passports, but instead we met with our prayer book. If ‘allies.’ The Soviets transferred Vilna family business and as a warehouse. Then they traveled across and weakness, and had to be supported by others. Even in After the selection, our small group of girls, with stooped the private bank community continued to function, particularly concentration camp, but Europe and arrived at the Westminster were put in trains or trucks and deported. anyone would come up we would absent of having firearms for armed rebellion. down to 60. back to Lithuania and it became a this small camp it seemed like an eternity, being counted and shoulders under the weight of uncertainty, resigned to feeling that his family ran to prepare Jews for emigration. In a book were released after they Synagogue in London on February 7, Fred (right) in front recounted, again and again. helpless and dragging our feet in the wooden shoes, was After being settled in the truck, each one of us received immediately switch to be there Marianne said, “This wasn’t in our capabili- satellite of the Soviet Union. The Shep and other Jewish soldiers ‘of Lithuanian origin’ were sent to was taken published about the family history, Fred wrote, of the family’s bank had furnished proof that 1964. From there, over the years that have Ernst Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] was marched toward the gate of the camp, leaving the others a “C.A.R.E.” package. Again disbelief, but no time to rational- praying.” ties - but there was still a way to show that Germans classified Shep as a Jewish soldier ‘of Lithuanian origin,’ a POW camp and separated from Polish-Jewish soldiers (who were over during I “clearly remember the abuses suffered on in his army uniform they intended to emigrate. passed since, they have been sent out to But that day was different. While standing in line to be behind, and not knowing what the future would bring. Would ize “HOW” or “WHY”, even if this would represent our last 1925 born in Berlin, Germany in 1925 to a Jewish father, and no longer a Jewish soldier ‘of Polish’ origin. The Nazis were World War II Jewish communities in Great Britain and counted, a Kapo accompanied by a military person walked up we can preserve human dignity. Perhaps the killed). Shep didn’t know why the Nazis didn’t murder the Lithuanian Monday afternoon, January 30, 1933, when Fred was in Zurich when there be a future? meal. Within seconds the packages were ripped open and the Max who practiced medicine, and a non-Jewish mother, Maria who Henry remembers 1 Gestapo who and became Sorting of ritual objects twenty other countries of the Western world, to our group, pointed a finger at about a dozen or so girls, Germans did or did not get the message - but ‘cautious’ with prisoners (like Shep) who came from an ally country, Jewish soldiers. Shep and 9 friends from Vilna, spent the next the gym teacher arrived in SS uniform for the his father and uncle were deported to Dachau on their arrival in Prague including West Germany, to be cherished contents devoured. IT WAS FOOD. There was powdered milk, was an artist and designer. Maria was married previously and had came and watched a while and headquarters and ordered them to step forward. You could sense the Outside the gate, a white, covered truck was waiting, a few Henry’s membership card in it did help the inmates.” fearing diplomatic repercussions. 5 years and 7 months in various German POW and labor camps. first time.” Fred continued at the school for two and was unsuccessful in attaining visas for during WWII as memorials to a tragic past but at the cocoa, sardines, crackers, everything was eaten at once, Henry Lowenstein then went away. He said, “We for the Nazis. uneasiness and anticipation in the lines, the lines Kapos and soldiers were mingling about, flirting and a daughter Karin Steinberg, Heinrich’s older non-Jewish half-sister. the Jewish scouting group. years before leaving for Switzerland in 1935. them. A month later they were released when Photo: Archive of the same time to be read and studied by a we were not even aware what it was. Some of the girls Eva Galler got away with it that time.” laughing, a familiar sight. The Kapos motioned to us Israel Vogel, Eva’s father and A Jewish Boy Scout they agreed to liquidate the bank. Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation’s Jewish Museum in Prague new generation of Jews, the guarantors of got sick, our stomachs not used to digesting such food. Eva, mother Ita and sister Hana Scan for thoughts Jewish survival and rebirth. Holocaust Survivor Ita, Eva’s mother in BerlIn DURING WWII from Terezín Czech MemorialCzech Sefer Torah - Number 478 Torah

The truck kept rolling on with its exhausted, helpless, This scroll came from resigned cargo, and we had no clue where to. No one n October 22, 1940, 895 Jews were “So at least not to Poland.” We pulled into fter 5 years in Switzerland, in the town of Rokycany spoke, each one of us preoccupied with our own Henry Galler expelled and interned by the French Múhlhausen at midnight. A hot soup was 1940, Fred emigrated to New York and was written in 1850. thoughts. Then, lo and behold, the truck reached Denmark. After the war she met her high school ‘sweetheart’, The troop began to meet at the apartments of Jews By this time, the Jews were trying to get away Throughout the war, the rest of the Loewenstein “We were a big family. We On the 75th anniversary of Yom HaShoah, Vichy authorities in Gurs in southern distributed. Then the loudspeaker barked City. There he tried to get 6 family FREEDOM? Incomprehensible! We were all dazed, unable Henry Galler, another Holocaust survivor. They 1937 that were being rounded up by the Gestapo who put 1938 from Germany any way they could. My parents 1946 family, including his half-sister Karin Steinberg, PBS aired Defiant Requiem that reenacted IFrance.Else Kotkowski, secretary of the an order that the appointed head of each to comprehend what was going on around us. (It was were eight children; I am membersA out of Gurs. Of the six, one died in married in Sweden December 24, 1946 and had three a seal on the door. applied for a visa to come to remained in Berlin. The family Jewish community, describes the departure: car collect 100 marks from each passenger the end of April 1945, and Denmark was still under the musical choral piece at the site of Terezín Ponary Forest the camp but the other five arrived in New the oldest of eight. When daughters. The family moved to New York in 1954. A day or two later America in 1938. It meant suffered because they lived in “Towards 7 p.m.we were led to the train to be changed into francs. Additionally the German occupation). and practiced as the prisoners had in the York in 1941. they took us to the trains to platform. There stood a very long train with speakers warned that “those that carry the Gestapo would that we could be allowed to a Jewish household, yet Maria cold damp basement. Conducted by Murray In 1943 Fred was drafted into the U.S. It appeared that the white truck that our group was being French 3rd class upholstered passenger and more than 100 marks will be shot.” The SS take [us] to the death camp, return and confiscate apply, not that we could get was able to save Max from being Sidlin, his journey led him to Edgar Krasa and In the wake of the German Army’s advance, the Nazis Army and was shipped to England in 1944, transported in was from the Swedish Red Cross. It had baggage cars. Suddenly the loudspeakers then left us and the train rolled on without markings on the sides and on the roof, but we were not I was seventeen years old all the furniture and a visa, and we could apply to transported to concentration camps landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy in early Marianka May, survivors of the camp, who dispatched Einsatzgruppen (‘special strike commandos’) sounded. “Jews on track 1, on board.” guards. On the third day our journey we The plaque below the Czech Sefer Torah aware of it. Later we learned that negotiations were going and my youngest brother goods left behind. come to the US in 1942 and on several occasions. Many of the to shoot Jews and other ‘sub-humans.’ Their policy was Post War July. He was discharged in 1946 after the participated in the choral singing to the Red There was a seat for everyone. I was proud came to Oloron, a little station in southern is dedicated by SOJC alumni members on between the Swedish Count Folke Bernadotte, head of was three years old and I The scouts would that wasn’t promising.” When Loewenstein’s friends and family Cross and the SS officers. to kill every Jewish individual in Lithuania. Out of 70,000 Shep and his fellow POWs were liberated from Gorlitz by of all our people. Quietly, without showing France. From there war ended and was married in New York. Portrait of Manya the Swedish Red Cross, and Himmler, head of the Gestapo, break the seal, which the opportunity arose Henry’s members died in concentration and Holocaust survivors, Elias and Felicia Manya Moszkowicz in ➤ still hear him scream.” ‘ Jews living in Vilna, only 7,000 survived. Shep’s family the Red Army in April, 1945. After the war Shep and his anxiety each boarded, not one loud word, in pouring rain, we He moved to Lancaster, PA to continue an Moskowicz about the release of Norwegian POWs, but since it was the would a terrible mother got him out of harms camps or ghettos. The Loewensteins Friedman, in memory of their families her first civilian dress end of April, and Himmler was realizing that Germany lost I WANT TO LIVE TOO’ was murdered at Ponary Forest, a few miles south of Vilna. friends pretended to be members of the Jewish Brigade, no tears… Anxiously we awaited departure. were shipped by engineering career. as a teenager offense if they were caught, and met Henry’s identification card Henry, 3rd from left in the front way on the Kindertransport to and the Six Million Jews who perished in after the war, speaking the war, he agreed to Bernadotte’s request to release from immigrated to the US in 1946 and Jewish people were marched to Ponary, shot in the back of attached to the British Army and they were sent to England. In which direction would the train go? … It trucks to the camp issued by the Gestapo row, at Wilsnacker Strasse Jewish with a security officer at the camps some Jewish women of Polish origin and hand inside, figuring they wouldn’t come England in 1939. Heinrich in 1947 from England where headed toward Baden Baden. We breathed a at Gurs.” Most of the Jews in Gurs were deported One of the many storehouses of the Holocaust. after Kristallnacht. School in Berlin. This was the last the head, and buried in pits. Between 70,000 and 100,000 In 1948, Shep immigrated to New Orleans where 2 of his a school in Lund, Sweden them over to the Swedish Red Cross. Thus began the Eva Galler’s extended family for the material goods the same day. they were reunited and changed their from Gurs to Auschwitz between August and Nazi-confiscated items, this one Henry Galler, in the Polish Army Jewish school in Berlin. Jewish people were murdered at Ponary. uncles lived. bit lighter and as the train crossed the Rhine Drawing of the Gurs brave rescue operation.” The Czech Torah’s Certificate containing Czechoslovakian books. family name to Lowenstein. bridge into Alsace we breathed even lighter. Camp Barracks November 1942. In 1945 there were only 18 Scan for more information Scan for more information Jews in Karlsruhe. about PBS’ Defiant Reqiem Murray Sidlin on Verdi’s Reqiem

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The Holocaust Memorial at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation will be a testiment to the lives of the survivors and those who perished during the Holocaust. The finished mural will consist of 3 3/4 inch square photographic coasters drilled and hung by binder rings, totaling 288 squares and 4 feet high by 8 feet wide. Sponsor a tile or more for $10 each. Please donate to SOJC at 11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32836, or visit www.SOJC.org/HolocaustMemorial and donate online. If you have a story or would like to contribute to its construction, please contact the synagogue at 407-239-5444. AUGUST 2013 / 25 AV – 25 ELUL 5773 Page 22 SOJC

THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL of Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation

Be Part of the Legacy . . . Be a Charter Sponsor Be part of the making of Donate now and until Sept 1, 2013 and your name, your company’s name Theor nameHolocaust of someone you Memorial want to honor or atbe remembered, SOJC by will helpingbe on a plaque with hung next to the memorial as Charter Sponsors of the Holocaust Memorial.

Construction____World Peace Supporter Day $504 - Part Two (second and____Future final day) Generations on Sunday, Supporter August $306 25 at 1 pm

Please____Never RSVP Again [email protected]. Supporter $180

Here are____Never some pictures Forget from ConstructionSupporter $108Day, - Part One, May 19.

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Make your check donations to: Or go online to make a credit card donation at SOJC www.SOJC.org/HolocaustMemorial 11200 South Apopka Vineland Rd. and earmark your donation to the Orlando, FL 32836 Holocaust Memorial Fund

The Holocaust Memorial at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation will be a testiment to the lives of the survivors and those who perished during the Holocaust. The finished mural will consist of 3 3/4 inch square photographic coasters drilled and hung by binder rings, totaling 288 squares and 4 feet high by 8 feet wide. Sponsor a tile or more for $10 each. Please donate to SOJC at 11200 S. Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32836, SOJC orNEWSLETTER visit www.SOJC.org/HolocaustMemorial and donate - 11200 online. If you have a Southstory or would like to contributeApopka to its construction, Vineland please contact the synagogue atRd. 407-239-5444. Orlando, Florida 32836 407-239--5444 • www.sojc.org AUGUST 2013 / 25 AV – 25 ELUL 5773 Page 23 SOJC – August’s Celebrations AUGUST BIRTHDAYS AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES 5 Seth Bobet 9 Joseph & Alexis Shrager 5 Rebecca Ramsay 14 Yale & Lori Schwartz 6 Vivian Kerstein 19 Jules & Karen Gelade 6 Rebecca Silverstein 20 Sheldon & Dana Anderson 7 Alexandra Feuer 21 Douglas Ethridge & Eileen Krantz 8 Susanne Bechor 21 Ronald & Phyllis Zunk 10 Holden Moore 11 Merrille Koffler 11 Christopher Proulx 15 Eric Pait 18 Zachary Lipschitz 18 Brett Spector 20 Kenneth Jacques 20 Todd Jamoom 24 Yvonne Bleecker 30 Josh Bobet

THANK YOU To Mel and Judy Marsel for donating the Challah every Shabbat morning.

To Marian and Ed Bromberg for donating the food on Shabbat mornings.

To Michele and Jeff Fischer for donating the yummy desserts every Friday night and cooking the Family Friday dinners.

Thank you to Jeff and Amy Imber and Sara Schlossman for their generous donation of new chairs in the SOJC lobby.

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Observance Deceased Observer

8/1/2013 Irving Meshover Stephen Meshover

8/3/2013 Victoria Kuperman Yvonne Bleecker

8/8/2013 Eva Goldstein Judith Marsel

8/10/2013 Frieda Zunk Ronald Zunk

8/13/2013 Billie Getson Meese Rebecca Silverstein

8/16/2013 Jerome Friend Charlotte Wasser

8/28/2013 Hyman Wolfman Marion Wolfman

8/28/2013 Gertrude Gaines Scott Regen

8/29/2013 Philip Miller Sheryl Bechor

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