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Liberators, Officials And Interfaith Leaders Join In Remembrance

By DAN WEINTRAUB Holocaust. Greenhouse quoted Noble Prize Editor of The Jewish Voice winner Elie Weisel who once said that he fears "Each year we come together to remember not hatred but indifference. Greenhouse those brutally murdered in the Holocaust," said pledged to see that the voices of victims and Toni Young, President of#the Jewish Federa- survivors will continue to be hear. He pro- tion of Delaware (JFD), "this year we also re- claimed the week as Days of Remembrance member the liberators. On the fiftieth anni- in New Castle County. versary year of the liberation of Nazi concen- Also acknowledging the Oklahoma tragedy, tration camps, Delaware's interfaith Holocaust Wilmington Mayor James H. Sills, Jr., spoke remembrance included three liberators in ad- of a new urgency to remember victims of or- dition to distinguished civic and religious lead- ganized political violence because of the re- ers at the City/County Council Chambers on cent "vivid reminder that such organized vio- April 27. lence still threatens us." Sills sees a growing A U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard was led intolerance for others growing. He said this is by Harry Lubin, Commander of the Delaware caused in part by some who perceive a loss of Jewish War Veterans. Lubin, a veteran of special preferences which have been wrong- World War II received the Bronze Star and fully enjoyed in the past. Sills urged that Dela- Rabbi Sanford Dresin reflects before solemn prayers and remarks at the Holocaust the Purple Heart. wareans reaffirm commonalty and a sense of Memorial in Freedom Plaza on April 27. congressman Michael N. Castle indicated community. He quoted the Reverend Dr. Mar- that remembering the Holocaust is important tin Luther King, Jr. who said "we must all learn because it "shows how deep hatred can rtin" to live together as brothers or we will all per- and the acts which it can inspire. Alluding to ish together as fools." In the aftermath of the bombing of the Murrah Federal building Oklahoma, Sills said we as a people must re- in Oklahoma, Castle asserted that "a tremen- spond to higher values or what President dous amount of hatred still exists." He said we Abraham Lincoln called the "better angels of "still have a distance to travel" because "ex- our nature." Sills also said we can only find tremism still leads to violence." He concluded common ground by moving to higher ground. that all should speak out again "despicable Dr. William Newby, who witnessed the lib- hatred." eration of the Dachau concentration camp New Castle County Executive Dennis Green- when he was 21 years old, said he was shocked house said that he was honored and humbled when he first saw the "living corpses" of the to be with the liberators in attendance. He concentration camp in what he later learned noted with regret that they were too late to was a death march. Recalling the victims, es- save six million Jews who perished in the pecially the boys, girls and infants who in his words were "guilty of what?" Newby was vis- ibly moved as he said "we mourn and we re- member." Merle Ward liberated the Nordhausen con- centration camp. He recalled how photos he brought back were not run by The News Jour- nal because they were considered by the edi- tors to be "too graphic for those who read our paper with their morning coffee." Ward says that as terrible as the Oklahoma bombing was it only represents the hatred of the few. He A U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard stands at attention during Delaware's interfaith concludes that the Holocaust was proof that Holocaust remembrance. man's horror to man knows no bounds. David Morrison was assigned to sanitize the Edward R. Murrow and liberators. endorsed by the Delaware Commission of barracks area at Buchenwald and assist med- Following the program Rabbi Sanford Veterans Affairs. ics at the death camp. He recalled sadly of Dresin, President of the Rabbinical Associa- learning that up to a third of those killed at tion of Delaware, and cantor Norman Swerling Buchenwald were killed in the two weeks prior of Congregation Beth Shalom led in memo- INSIDE to the American's arrival. He was shocked to rial prayers at the Holocaust Memorial in Free- ARTS 17 dom Plaza. see Buchenwald survivors who were so ema- Rabbi Dresin, a former Army BRIEFS 3 ciated that one could "put your fingers around Chaplain, recalled a colleague who while both their thigh bones." Many suffered from dys- were stationed in Germany talked about her BUSINESS/PROFESSIONALS 15 entery and tuberculosis. Other complications liberator father's burned hand he received CALENDAR OF EVENTS 18 came from sleeping 3 to 4 deep in barracks while it was placed against a crematorium wall. CLASSIFIEDS 23 with no cushions. In trucks and in sheds he This hand reminded the chaplain's father when EDITORIAL 4 he encountered racism saw dead bodies piled high. or anti-Semitism to ask ENTERTAINERS 13 During the course of the program Rever- "what can I do to intervene?" Dresin also wor- (MAY 1) NEW YORK - President Clinton end Patricia McClurg of the Christian Council ried that so often the words of our mouths, LATE BITS 3 addresses the audience at the World Jew- of Delaware, gave the invocation. Rick the meditations of our hearts and the words LOCAL 11 ish Congress Edgar M. Bronfman Tribute Geisenberger presented a proclamation from of our hands are evil. NATIONAL* INTERNATIONAL 3 Dinner in New York April 30, where he for- the Governor. Cindy Goldstein sang two mu- The remembrance was sponsored by the OBITUARIES 22 mally announced his intention to impose sical selection "Many Gifts, One Song" and Christian Council of Delaware and Maryland's additional trade sanctions on Iran. The "Partisan's Song" in Yiddish. Reverend Dawn Eastern shore; Delaware Region of the Na- OPINION 5 executive order Clinton is expected to Christopher of the Interdenominational Min- tional Conference or Christian and Jews; the PANIM EL PANIM 7 sign the week of May 1, which goes into isterial Action Council and Richard LaPenta Interdenominational Ministerial Action Coun- RESTAURANTS 12 effect 30 days later, will prohibit trade and of the National Council of Christians and Jews cil; the Jewish Federation of Delaware and the SYNAGOGUE LIFE 16 U.S. investment#in Iran. read selected words from General Eisenhower, Rabbinical Association of Delaware. It was Page 2 OffroN 5 —ins/ 5755 May 5, 1995 (K) FP'E TIME Kutz Home Prepares For Expansion

By STEVE WILLENS of a Jewish nursing home and mak- tivity space will enable us to decen- Executive Director of the The Kutz Home ing capital improvements to the tralize our group programs and in- The Kutz Home,through its Long Home at its current location, as op- stitute innovative state-of-the-art pro- Term Planning Committee, has been posed to building a new Home adja- grams designed to enhance the qual- working for several years to develop cent to the Jewish Family Campus. ity of service we provide. For ex- a plan to improve the Home and The survey also demonstrated a con- ample, we plan to use diverse ensure its continued viability in the siderable demand for Jewish-spon- Alzheimer's and "dementia" pro- years ahead. Those efforts have pro- sored assisted living. gramming focusing on prevention, duced a plan for the renovation and In the summer of 1993, based on response, activities, and imagery. expansion of the Home from 82 to the results of these studies, the Plan- Safe and interesting places for move- 90 beds, with twice as many single ning Committee retained Lorraine ment will be developed both inside rooms and much needed additional Hiatt, a nationally respected expert and outdoors. Space and activities HA777E LIITZ HOME space for resident treatment and ac- in nursing home renovation, to re- will be provided for a wide spectrum IfffETON AND tivities. On March 17, 1994, the view its plans for renovation and ex- of needs, such as light to heavy losses project as it will look upon Board of the Jewish Federation of pansion and to explore the possibili- of memory and memory loss with or Shown above is an illustration of the Delaware(JFD) approved those plans ties for providing assisted living. without a reduction in physical ca- completion. and authorized the Home to proceed Over the next six months, the Plan- pability. We will also expand our with them. ning Committee worked closely with physical therapy and rehabilitation Since being built as a retirement Ms. Hiatt and Jerry Roller of J.K. programs and create more activities community in 1960 and expanded Roller Architects to develop detailed for our alert residents, including the in 1970, the Kutz Home has had to plans for an ambitious project to sat- development of additional options for adapt to major changes in the na- isfy the Home's needs. dining. ture of the residents and market it The renovation and expansion We are especially excited about the serves. Residents of the Home to- project will alleviate most of our cur- design of the new rooms. The ex- day are much older, more frail and rent problems. An important market- panded facility will include eight new less mobile than they were in 1960 ing consideration confirmed by the "biaxial" double rooms, which pro- or 1970. The competitive environ- Hamlyn study is the need for more vide more privacy. These have equal ment has changed too, so we must private rooms. Today, the Home has space for each resident, individual modernize the Home in order to pro- only twelve and almost none of those windows, and a large bathroom. The vide our Jewish elderly with the rooms have private baths. In fact, renovation also includes remodeling amenities that they and their fami- many contiguous double and single the main entrance to the Home to lies have come to expect. rooms in the Home share one bath provide a covered walkway from the In the late 1980's, the Home be- for three people, and the bathrooms driveway to the front door and a new gan to experience large operating are not wheelchair accessible. The "visitor's center" adjacent to the re- losses and had to seek substantial renovation and expansion will double designed reception area. increases in its allocation from the the number of private rooms from Consistent with the demand for annual Federation campaign. At one 12 to 24, and they will be truly pri- assisted living reflected in the Hamlyn point, our allocation escalated as high vate with private baths. The project survey and the apparent interest in as $185,000. Fortunately, that situ- also calls for increased space for taking more advantage of the 11 acre ation has improved, and for the last housekeeping, laundry and medicine property on which the Home (which three years the Home has had a carts which end up cluttering the occupies approximately 4 acres) is stable budget and has operated on a hallway. Other aspects of the reno- situated, the planning Committee Pictured at a meeting at Diane Levin's home are from left Alan Levin, much lower allocation. Indeed, last vation include updating our mechani- also developed preliminary plans for Stuart Young and Toni Young.The focus of the meeting was the Kutz year's allocation was $50,000. Un- cal systems, lighting, wall coverings a 24 unit assisted living facility ad- Home expansion and renovation. Community leaders spoke about til we renovate the Home, however, and furniture, adding a sprinkler sys- joining the Home, having its own the need for a successful capital campaign to help achieve the Kutz we cannot expect to achieve the ap- tem, and expanding all the existing separate parking, entryway, dining project's completion. Among the speakers was Toni Young who said, proximately 90% Jewish occupancy bathrooms to make them wheelchair room and lounge area. Although the "Honor thy father and thy mother" is one of the basic teachings of rate we historically enjoyed and hope accessible. The total expansion will Planning Committee and the Kutz Judaism. Our Jewish community is our extended family. Just as we to achieve again in the future. 15,600 square feet, which will Board are optimistic that they will be be are commanded to honor, meaning to care for our parents, we must In 1987, the Home's leadership enable us to convert a corridor of able to proceed with an assisted liv- take care of the elderly in our midst." recognized the need for action and problem rooms to more activity ing project in the not too distant fu- also family directed our Long Term Planning space and replace them with more ture, we view it as separate from and Mrs. Young also said that the Kutz Home leaders were true Committee to evaluate the options attractive rooms in an expanded secondary to the renovation and ex- members who thought about the good of the whole.Several years ago for the future. Over the next few space. Of the 90 beds in the reno- pansion of the Home, which is our they wanted to begin a campaign, but another section "of our ex- years, the Committee commissioned vated facility, 24 will be brand new. first priority. tended family," the Jews in the former Soviet Union, needed our several professional studies, includ- An "activity mall" will be created Christiana Construction Company immediate assistance. Because the leaders of the Kutz Home decided ing a market analysis by Howell As- consisting of a mild dementia pro- has been hired as the "Construction to postpone their campaign, Jews throughout the state of Delaware sociates in 1989 and 1990 and an gramming room, an independent Management" firm. The final details were able to do our part for the rescue of Jews in the former Soviet extensive demand survey in early activities room, a physical therapy of the renovation and expansion Union,she continued."Everyone in Delaware should be proud of the have been worked out and 1993 by the market research firm, gym, beauty parlor, employee project role they played in rescuing our fellow Jews," said Mrs. Young."Now Hamlyn Senior Marketing. The lounge, and medical examination we soon will be breaking ground. it is time to do the same for the elderly in our community," she Hamlyn survey involved 365 tele- room. The time has come, therefore, to fin- phone interviews of Jewish adult Another important aspect of the ish raising the necessary funds. The concluded. children of elderly (ages 45 to 64) project is program-related. Rather total project cost, including all con- pledged or contributed by MBNA, as it is today — an extremely con- and the Jewish elderly themselves than dealing with our residents as one struction, furniture and equipment the Auxiliary, the Kutz foundation servative assumption. The Horne (ages 65 and older) throughout the large group, we will become a build- expenses, architect's fees, fund-rais- and the Home itself. In late April we may continue to seek a low level of State of Delaware. The survey dem- ing of smaller programs, thus recog- ing costs and a modest contingency will launch a community wide capi- Federation support, but any such million. A onstrated, among other things, that nizing the different levels of need fund, is $3.6 total of over tal campaign to raise an additional request would be geared to specific our community favors sponsorship among our residents. Additional ac- $1.3 million already has been $1,375,000. Pledges will be payable programs. over five years, beginning this year. In summary, all of us associated Diane Levin and Irving Shapiro. The to restore the condition of the aging The remaining funds will be sought with the Kutz Home are convinced Kutz Home Kicks Off chairpersons of the Advisory Coun- facility. Toni Young emphasized that from corporate and foundation that this project will make the Home cil are Ellen and Alan Levin along Jewish support for the elderly stems sources. fully competitive in today's nursing Expansion Campaign with Toni and Stuart Young. from the principle of honor thy Fa- Our financial consultants have pre- home market and set us apart and All were in attendance for the in- ther and Mother. pared several sets of financial pro- in the forefront in terms of quality of By DAN WEINTRAUB formative social event Steve Willens, jections based upon differing levels care. For the last 34 years, the Milton Editor of The Jewish Voice Executive Director of the Kutz Home The Kutz Home is a skilled nurs- of campaign success and debt sup- & Hattie Kutz Home has been the About 60 community leaders gath- explained that the renovation and ing facility and Medicare certified port. Even the most conservative institutional embodiment of a rich ered at the home of Diane Levin re- expansion will facilitate program- rehabilitation center. estimates show the Home able to tradition in Delaware of caring for cently to inaugurate a community- ming improvements and help to at- operate comfortably in the black our Jewish elderly that dates back to Ms. Eileen Conner, President of the wide capital campaign to raise tract new residents. Donald Parsons throughout the first five years after at least the turn of the century and was also in attendance. $1,375,000 to help finance the ex- pointed out that Kutz's plans should Kutz Home completion, even if it received no the efforts of the dedicated women Several leaders indicated that a reno- pansion and renovation of the Milton lead in years to come to a reduced allocation at all from the Federation's of Bichor Cholem. The Kutz Home's expanded program- and Hattie Kutz Home. The chair- dependence upon support from the vated facility with annual campaign. This would be true continuation of that legacy is a widely attract more Jewish ad- persons of the campaign are Ethel Community Campaign administered ming might even if the Home's occupancy rate recognized and effective reminder of missions applications. The slogan of and Don Parsons along with Ruth by the Jewish Federation of Dela- and percentage of private pay resi- the generosity and commitment of the Kutz Home is "Caring for our el- and Bernie Seigel. The honorary ware (JFD). Stuart Young recalled the dents remained essentially the same Mr. and Mrs. Kutz to Delaware's Jew- ders with the reverence they deserve." chairpersons are Charles Cawley, vision of Hattie Kutz and the need after the renovation and expansion ish community. 5 "1"'N 5755 May 5, 1995 EWISH Page 3 )95 VOICE NATIONAL • INTERNATIONAL

He said permits for 9,000 hous- Expropriate Land ing units for Arabs had been ap- Plan To proved in eastern Jerusalem, but the actual construction depended on the Rankles Palestinian Leaders Arab contractors starting the work.

By NAOMI SEGAL "This constitutes the highest form of JERUSALEM (JTA) — 's de- terrorism against the Palestinian cision to expropriate Arab-owned people, which really threatens their LATE land to build Jewish neighborhoods existence," said Saeb Erekat, the in eastern Jerusalem has erupted into Palestinian Authority official in an international controversy, spark- charge of municipal matters. BITS ing adverse reaction from a host of Nabil Sha'ath, the official in charge nations, including the . of planning for the Palestinian Au- The following summaries relate The decision came amid vows thority, accused Israel of trying to to late breaking stories and other from the Palestine Liberation Orga- create facts on the ground before the items of interest. Much of what nization that it would step up its fight final status negotiations, slated to follows was not available at press in the world arena against the begin in 1996. time in a more substantial form. planned expropriations. But he stopped short of calling for Other items are included in sum- DI At its weekly meeting Sunday, the a halt to the peace talks with Israel. marized form to reflect current Cabinet gave the go-ahead to expro- The United States said the expro- developments. These news summa- priate some 120 acres of land, about priations were damaging to the ries are adapted from what has 70 percent of it Arab-owned. The peace process. been provided to The Jewish Voice decision was taken despite the op- "It's difficult to see how this type from the Jewish Telegraphic position of Cabinet members from of action, this land confiscation, can Agency (JTA). the left-wing Meretz bloc. be helpful at this time in the negotia- NEW YORK — President Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin de- tions," said U.S. State Department Clinton's decision to impose a full fended the move, saying that a terri- spokesman Nicholas Burns. trade embargo on Iran is greeted with torial link to Jerusalem was needed France called on the U.N. Secu- a blessing from the Jewish world and OKLAHOMA CITY — Caroline Dennis of Oklahoma City marches in for the suburbs of Ramot and Gilo, rity Council to debate the issue call- a vow to help expand efforts to in- protest of "Hate Radio," — the ultra-right wing talk programs con- which are located near the projected ing Israel's planned expropriation a ternationally isolate the Muslim fun- demned by President Clinton — during a demonstration outside WKY- building sites. "violation of international law." Brit- damentalist regime. AM radio in Oklahoma City April 28. The station airs the controver- But Education Minister Amnon ish officials have also criticized the NEW YORK — President Clinton sial Gordon Liddy program that recently called for citizens to kill ATF Rubinstein of Meretz called for equal move. addressed Holocaust survivors at the agents with a "head shot." development of Arab areas. Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre New York observance of Yom "We think the government policy Moussa flew to Damascus on Tues- Hashoah. Palestinians To Be Reunited should be based on equal care of the day for talks with Syrian President BONN — About 2,000 former Jews and Arabs of Jerusalem," he Hafez Assad about the confiscations. inmates of Dachau joined with their JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some 100 Palestinian families, separated after told reporters. "We would like to be Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak liberators to commemorate the 50th the 1967 Six-Day War, will reunite after being granted permission by the building in Arab areas of Jerusalem said this week that he was "firmly anniversary of the liberation of the Israel Civil Administration. as well." opposed" to the Israeli move. Nazi's first concentration camp. Announced this week, the step was described as a good will gesture. The Responding to the development, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert RAVENSBRUCK, Germany — move was understood to have been discussed at talks earlier this year be- the Palestinian Authority called for rejected allegations that the expro- Women survivors of the Holocaust recall particularly painful experiences tween Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. an urgent session of the Arab League priations represented discrimination As part of a possible solution to the problem, Israel has suggested that an in Cairo to discuss Israel's plans. against the city's Arab residents. of life and death. annual quota of 2,000 family reunifications be set. WASHINGTON — The worldwide decline of terrorism has not extended n, Mormons Vow To End Practice to the Middle East, according to the tz latest U.S. State Department report Lit on international terrorism. tz Of Baptizing Holocaust Victims NEW YORK — One in three Aus- trians who support Jorg Haider's far of By DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN way." right Freedom Party manifest strong re Special to The Jewish Voice "Some members of our church felt anti-Semitic prejudice, according to st NEW YORK, April 30 (JTA) — deep compassion for victims of the the results of a new survey by the After six months of negotiations with Holocaust," he said in a telephone American Jewish Committee. ly a Jewish Holocaust survivors group, interview from lake City, ex- JERUSALEM — Prime Minister the Mormon Church has agreed to plaining why they had them baptized. Yitzhak Rabin appoints a campaign stop posthumously baptizing Jews. Brough said Mormon officials first manager, even though he has not yet r A senior official of the Church of learned of the baptisms of Jewish officially declared his candidacy for Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as Holocaust victims in 1991 and di- the next elections. the Mormon Church is officially rected their church members to stop — As Israelis celebrate known, and Ernest Michel, a founder the practice. their 47th anniversary of indepen- of the American Gathering of Jew- But there "were some submissions dence, students learn about peace. ish Holocaust Survivors, were sched- after that date," he said. JERUSALEM — Israelis begin uled to sign an agreement to that It turned out that nine Mormons their observance of Yom Hazikaron, AQABA, Jordan — Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's effect this week. in four countries — Holland, France, in memory of the fallen soldiers of King Hussein speak during a news conference at the Red Sea port of An estimated 380,000 Jewish Germany and Israel — had obtained the state. Aqaba May 1. Rabin arrived in Jordan earlier that day for a joint tele- Holocaust victims and countless book-length lists of Jews killed by the NEW YORK — , vision interview with King Hussein to mark Israel's Independence other Jews have been posthumously Nazis. The lists had been published acting chairman of the World Zion- Day. baptized as Mormons and have been by the European governments and ist Organization and Jewish Agency, included in the church's database of by Yad Vashem in Israel, according rejects accusations that budget cuts Senator Biden Explains His Terrorism Proposal 200 million baptized people. to Brough. to the American Zionist Movement The Policy of the Mormon Church These Mormons then baptized, by were politically motivated. February, I introduced legislation to provide additional tools to fight ter- "In directs its 9 million members to re- proxy, each murdered Jew that was NEW YORK — An address by legislation creates a new federal offense for international terrorist rorism. This search their own ancestry and have listed. Romania's former chief rabbi to the States to cover situations which current law doesn't reach. attacks in the United their forebears baptized so that the The baptisms were performed at Romanian Senate ignites a contro- authority for the FBI to investigate, and prevent, terror- It also expands wiretap whole family can be reunited, after the church's temples by having an versy. government's ability to exclude from the United ism activities, and expands the death, in heaven. individual, who is immersed in wa- AMSTERDAM — A controversy terrorist activities." Source: The Biden Report States aliens who are involved in "Mormon baptism is required of ter, stand in for each dead person between Orthodox and Liberal Jews every person if they are to be in the who is being baptized. threatens the upcoming commemo- News From The Arab Media presence of God with their family Gary Mokotoff, president of the ration of the 50th anniversary of the members," according to Elder Monte Association of Jewish Genealogical liberating of the Netherlands. ALTHAURA (SYRIA) April 27, 1995 — The following is a published se- Brough, executive director of the Studies, is believed to be the first Jew WASHINGTON — Jewish activ- lection from the remarks of Abed Elrazaq Ayoob, member of the national church's Family History Department to discover that the Mormons were ists gear up to tackle the question of leadership of the Ba'ath Party at a rally of the Ba'ath vanguard in Hamat: and one of the top officials of the baptizing deceased Jews. religion in the school, an issue that "The Jews claim that Abraham was their father and that everywhere that Presidency of Seventy, one of the Although he first brought the bap- is certain to be front and center as he walked from the Nile to the Euphrates is the promised Jewish land. This church's highest bodies. tisms of murdered Jews to the atten- Congress reconvenes. is a lie and distortion since Abraham was a Bedouin and believing Muslim." Brough said the practice of collect- tion of the Mormons in 1992, he TEL AVIV — As the death toll It continues: "The Jews have planted the deception that they are not ing the names of prominent people, only got polite letters promising that from traffic accidents in Israel con- guilty for the death of Jesus as is written in Vatican documents." celebrities and Holocaust victims "is "they were looking into it," he said. tinues to climb, the Masorti move- [Source: Dr. Aaron Lerner, Associate IMRA (Independent Media Re- counter to the policy of the church, ment offers a new prayer for safety view & Analysis)] but some have gone and done it any- (Continued on page 23) on the road. Page 4 ThAEWISH 5 "1"li 5755 May 5, 1995 W VOICE FE)DDEUG The Sleep Of Reason Imar,o "Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for Rabbi Urges the fear of it, people would swallow each other alive." School Board Vote To the Editor: These organizations encourage the limita- - Pirke Avot 3:2, As a rabbi, a citizen supportive of the public tion of school board terms and alternate forms Rabbi Chaninah, The Assistant of the High Priests school system, and especially as a parent of of taxation other than the property tax. Di- children in the Brandywine School district, I recting their efforts to seniors and others on Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, in his book Jew- able to stifle illegal activities of paramilitary encourage all eligible voters to cast their ballot fixed incomes, they seek to defeat referenda ish Wisdom, explains that Judaism's support groups, neo-Nazis, White supremacists, and in the school board election on Tuesday, May and thus weaken the public schools. for government is due to the view that human Islamic extremists without overreaching to but neutral, trample the rights of ordinary Americans to 9. Equally important, I hope that you look nature is "neither good nor bad While our public schools are far from per- free speech, free association and against un- closely at the issues and the candidates. with some strong proclivities toward evil." fect, our job is to improve them and not elect reasonable searches or seizure. Expanded lati- There is a concerted effort underway across Therefore, he says, Judaism disputes the as- those to public school boards who would rather agencies such as the FBI should be the country to undermine public schools sertion by anarchists that government is the tude for see them eliminated. We need a committed tailored to what is absolutely needed through the election of candidates to school cause of most of the evil in world. Telushkin narrowly board member who might not have the finan- counteract terrorist threats. In- boards who wish to "privatize" them. Candi- clarifies further that governments made of to reasonably cial support for placards placed on every other are bet- vestigations of anti-War groups and others in dates are not always directly involved with these imperfect people are not perfect but street, but whose support comes from those spawned re- groups, but often support organizations — or ter than no government at all. the 1960's yielded abuses which who know true commitment to our children, Current legis- receive support from organizations — which The so-called Patriot or Militia movement forms to restrict investigations. all our children. from which the Oklahoma City terrorists de- lation should not broadly roll back these re- supposedly are independent and present them- selves as promoting values "in the best inter- Sincerely, rive has forwarded the absurd belief that the forms but should instead carefully reexamine Peter H. Grumbacher government of the United States is somehow only those investigatory restrictions which est" of students and schools. conspiring against the American people. The would actually hamper effective counter-ter- artist Goya once said that, "The sleep of rea- rorism information gathering. Such a reexami- son creates monsters." Jews have seen this nation should balance factors such as the de- Citil811 Says Shenk AMON 000111181P81 principle at work in such unfortunate contexts gree of compromise to the public's civil liber- as the Blood Libel, that Jews need Christian ties and the potential effectiveness of those To The Editor: about equal and quality education for ALL blood to make matzot for Pesach (sic), and measures which might become unrestricted. You might wonder why this "WASP" is writ- children, he would not have let an opportu- that all Jews for all time are responsible for A preference should be given to simple steps ing a letter to "The Jewish Voice." It is be- nity pass to address the diverse questions and the death of Jesus (sic). Such absurd untruths, which lessen threats without unduly intruding cause I feel strongly about an issue facing ALL issues facing the community. which only thrive in the absence of reason, on civil liberties. Just as airline passengers and of the residents of the Brandywine School Julie Shank, on the other hand, did take have served as the motivation for wrongful their luggage are routinely x-rayed and exam- District. That issue is the education of our chil- the time to complete the questionnaire. You actions. Today's anti-government frenzy ined so could entrants into potential target dren. may not agree with her answers, but the fact strongly contributed to the senseless evil in areas such as Federal buildings be unobtru- An election for a member of the Brandywine that she took the time to respond demonstrates Oklahoma. Where such sentiment crosses the sively searched. Board of Education is being held on Tuesday, that she understands that none of our children line and becomes treason it must be stopped. Such careful evaluation may not be easily May 9. There are two candidates for the fit into one mold — they are all of different The leadership of President Clinton and done in a climate which calls for swift action School Board seat — Paul Hart and Julie backgrounds and those differences should be members of the loyal opposition such as against such alleged demons as Tim McVeigh Shenk. accepted and valued. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R., GA) and John Doe 2. Flawed though it may be Mr. Hart is a newcomer to the business of Mrs. Shank has been involved in the schools and Senate Majority Leader Bob dole (R., KS) this governmental system offers a great op- the Brandywine School District. He attended of this district for over 15 years. She has served is apparent in their quick action to show the portunity to rise to the occasion and meet his first Board meeting just last August and in PTA, CAC and, for the past ten years, on resolve of this government of the people, for present challenges. Many believe that the has not, by his own account, observed a class- the Board of Education. She is a believer in the people and by the people. Legislation is United States has the best system in the world. room in operation since last October. He has public education and the diversity of its stu- under consideration to counter the threat of Indeed many Jews believe that the United been an active member of Citizens for Fair dents — from the most special needs to the terrorism both domestic and imported. Care States has been the better for the Jews than School Taxes — an organization whose focus most talented, from the poorest to the rich- must be shown in evaluating these recent anti- any other country in which we have lived out- is taxes, not the education of children. est, from the atheist to the most religious. terrorism proposals, and those previously pro- side of Israel. The threat to the government is Mr. Hart did not return the "Education '95" The question to be decided on May 9 is what posed by Senators Biden (D., DE) and Spec- great from the militias who in their paranoia Questionnaire solicited by numerous organi- type of person we want to represent us on the ter (R., PA) primarily against foreign threats, believe the government is conspiring to rob zations including the Jewish Federation, Coun- Brandywine Board of Education. A vote for challenge so that civil liberties are not unduly compro- all citizens of all weapons. Given this cil of Civic Organizations of Brandywine Hun- Julie Shenk is a vote for diversity, experience mised. we pray for the welfare of the United States dred (CCOBH), Delaware State PTA, League and children. Useful anti-terrorism legislation should be of America. of Women Voters and the Coalition to Save Cordially, our Children. If Mr. Hart truly felt strongly Eleanor Woodard The EWISH lir VOICE One Resident Touts Hart's Campaign 1111111111111111111•1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111NE To The Editor: books. Instead, we have witnessed an increase Paul Hart is a candidate for the Brandywine in administrative staff, in money Published semimonthly, and monthly in July and August, by the Jewish Federation being spent School District Board of Education. He is com- on leasing cars, and car phones and beepers. of Delaware. mitted to helping our teachers improve the These expenditures do not improve education! Daniel H. Weintraub, Esq., Editor reading skills of our students. These decisions have resulted in our children's Iry Epstein, Advertising Manager lowered The failure of education in our country and scholastic achievements — only 11% Executive Vice-President of our 8th graders Judy Wortman, our community must change. I have attended meet or exceed State read- ing standards! Jewish Federation of Delaware meetings of the Board, and it is apparent that Staff we have very little accountability from our Paul has many years experience in supervi- Shelly Advertising Representative Catrell, board in academic achievement or finances. sion, planning, and data management. His Volunteers daughter graduated in District schools, and his Tillie Epstein, Advertising Assistant The May 1994 referendum increased taxes two grandchildren currently attend District Freelancers more in one year than in the previous ten schools. Celia Gans, Reporter and Photography Steve Cohen, Entertainment Reporter years. 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Knesset member, Ran Cohen of Meretz, spoke on building peace with Syria. He said that Israel must have a circle of peace as a Israel defense against Islamic fundamentalism which From threat. He believes now is the best Voices is the real time to make peace with Syria because there is still an anti-fundamentalist atmosphere in Arab communities. By CONNIE KRESIFITOOL more an Israeli political issue than a financial He warned that in 1967 the word was to Member of The Jewish Voice Editorial Committee one. threat He said today there is a need to find a rally- wait out the PLO. Now Hamas is the empha- This year as Israel celebrates Independence ing issue which will create a pro-Israel agenda and they are even more extreme. He Day many Israelis who support the peace pro- for Jews in the United states. He did offer one sized that the Golan Heights is not Eretz Yisroel cess are losing heart and the voices of those suggekion...financial assistance from the but a security issue. He sees the settlements who oppose the process are becoming louder United States for the Palestinians. Will Ameri- as obstacles to peace and believes an arrange- and more strident. can Jews support such an effort? ment can be made to keep some land for the as was done At the recent assembly of the Association member Benny Temkin of the settlers in a lease arrangement Jordanians. However Israel does need of Reform Zionists of America I heard several Meretz Coalition provided the liberal left posi- with the before they can leave. Syria Israeli political leaders offer their solutions to tion on peace with the Palestinians. He said security assurances the key to removal of the Hezballah the current search for lasting peace. that since 1967 five million Israeli including is also 800,000 Israeli Arabs have determined the guerrilla units in Lebanon. Nimrod Barkan, newly-appointed Consul fate of two million Palestinians. This has led Knesset member Avigdor Kahalani of the Connie Kreshtool role General in San Francisco, spoke about a to increasing ethnic hatred and a cycle of ter- Labor Party also spoke about peace with Syria. for American Jews today. He began by citing rorism, war and rebellion. He does not however agree with the Labor the Declaration of Principles but the status quo that in the early years of the State Ben Gurion He said that his party believes that the only Party's position about a referendum on phased was even more dangerous. He called for a step made a conscious effort to drop the demand solution is to separate Palestinians from the withdrawal of the settlements on the Golan. by step separation of the territories. He said that Jews in the United States make in Israelis and create a border between the two. He believes that Israel should keep the Golan any peace with Syria must include peace ar- exchange tpr their financial and political help. To do this Israel must make territorial conces- Heights for another fifty years. He related his rangements with Lebanon, that the By 1967 Jews who were now part of main- sions and remove the settlements. He empha- experiences as a tank commander in the Six terrorists are under control and cooperative stream America were comfortable enough to sized that it is five minutes to twelve. Moslem Day War and how vital it is for Israel to re- arrangements on the water sources. If the undertake massive fund raising and lobbying fundamentalism is growing and the Palestin- main on the heights for security, for water and government can give these answers the people campaigns. ians are weak. With every terrorist attack he for the natural resources. His opponents claim of Israel will support the phased withdrawal that there are other security components that from the Golan. By the early nineties Mr. Barkan said that says the spokesmen say "stop the pro- of the Listening to these few members of the American Jews were unaware of changes oc- cess" which plays into the hands of Hamas. lessen the topographical advantages Heights. Knesset offers some insight into the why it is curring in Israel. She was becoming more in- He called for continued involvement of the Golan Orr Party so difficult to reach agreement in the Knesset dependent economically. Even the loan guar- United States to achieve peace between Israel Knesset member Ori of the Labor took a gamble with on these very difficult and vital issues. antees which American Jews supported were and the Palestinians. said that the government contact with clients, who are receiving wel- We must maintain protection for vulnerable Welfare Reform And Immigration Laws fare or other government benefits. We see the populations, such as assurances for health and resulted from the last election, have and will impact that this has on their lives, and can safety, and quality initiatives. continue to have a major impact on all as- imagine what its loss would mean to these We must maintain current entitlements in pects of our society. We at Jewish Family Ser- people. all program areas. vice feel an immediate concern in two areas: We are not naive. We know very well that We at Jewish Family Service feel strongly Immigration Laws and Welfare Reform. Let it there are people abusing the system, but our that without adequate funding, program avail- per- be clear that we totally support the idea that experience is that they represent a small ability for all who are eligible, and attention to changes are needed and we support any ef- centage. program quality and accountability, welfare fort to improve the system. There is a major Our present concern is HR4 as passed last reform is doomed to failure. Attention to these incorpo- problem caused by illegal immigration into our month, which is being (or has been) issues will contribute to building a strong basis These programs that country. That changes are needed, no one can rated into Senate Bills. for success. under a broad argue. However, our work with Soviet Emi- have been lumped together As the Jewish Community's agency, that targeted for reform, are in fact, gres is totally legal and authorized, and we must umbrella and deals with our most vulnerable citizens in both safety net, which protects our assure that any sweeping changes not lap over America's the Jewish and general communities, (if any- country's most vulnerable citizens - children, and impact our work with the citizens of the one still believes the myth that needy Jews do disabled, and those who are unemploy- former Soviet Republic, who are being perse- the not exist, be assured that we deal with Jewish able without training, support, and encourage- cuted and meet any reasonable criteria for families on a regular basis, who are living in admission to our country. ment. poverty and on welfare) we see and know first A more complex area is Welfare Reform. We have conveyed the following points to hand what can happen to these people if we wholly the need for reform; Senators Biden and Roth regarding the cur- Welfare Reform is not carefully worked Arnold Lieberman Again, support we are against government waste and ineffi- rent legislation which will soon be introduced through. cient bureaucracy; and we support funding in the Senate. We all cried when we saw what happened By ARNOLD LIEBERMAN programs that can make a difference in As the legislation is now written, Delaware to children in Oklahoma City. Taking away net" for many children could result Director of Jewish Family Service people's lives. stands to lose $109 million, which is sorely the "safety The sweeping changes in Congress that A significant part of our work brings us into needed. in consequences less dramatic, but just as dire. negotiators effectively limit the spread of In explaining Israel's nuclear policy, Foreign nuclear arms? Will a renewed NPT impose Minister Shimon Peres recently remarked "the Commentary: controls or penalties on rogue nations:? How Iranian suspicion is our deterrent." He could will negotiators deal with these issues? Can just as easily have said, "the Iraqi suspicion is they overcome these problems? our deterrent." Unfortunately, not a few coun- The Realpolitik Of The 1990s And Israel's Until the present time, Iran has limited its tries want to destroy Israel. So, a deterrent effort to thwart the Middle East peace process "fog," as it were, is essential to the country's through the funding and training of militant defense. Nuclear Policy - To Sign Or Not To Sign The NPT Islamic organizations, either in Southern Leba- Unfortunately, this stance has adversely af- non, the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. Both fected Israel's peaceful relations with Egypt and Hamas and Islamic Jihad proudly claim respon- other Arab states. They interpret Israel's re- By 1EVIATAR MANOR destinely trying to develop nuclear arms. sibility for the recent wave of suicide bomb- fusal to sign the NPT as a contradiction of the Consul General of Israel For instance, Iraq's nuclear development ings against Israeli soldiers and civilians. With spirit of the Middle East With the end of the Cold War, the rivalry program was temporarily halted in 1981 and peace process. To a nuclear bomb, though, Iran either could try resolve these Israel has pledged between the USSR and America has ended; again in the Gulf War. But, it continues to try differences, oil sup- gratefully, the danger of a world nuclear con- to evade U.N inspections of its remaining bio- to wipe out Israel, threaten the West's itself to begin talks on a nuclear-arms free or directly target American cities. And Middle East two after the of flagration has been greatly reduced. However, logical, chemical, and nuclear arms facilities. plies, years signing peace who could stop them? What possible retalia- accords with her current enemies. the need to control the spread of nuclear arms As for Iran, nuclear arms experts estimate that tion could there be? Currently, no reason to alter is greater now than ever. Ironically, more lo- it will obtain a nuclear capability (with or with- strategic exists At the same time, Israel has chosen not to Israel's nuclear policy. Israel is still faced with cal conflicts and trouble spots - like Bosnia, out Western technology and equipment) within become a party to the NPT. Why? Israel's security threats, both conventional and nuclear. Chechnya and others — have arisen which five to 10 years. Recognizing the gravity of a nuclear policy has to be examined in relation Although the Middle East peace process is could be even more dangerous. radical Islamic regime with a nuclear capabil- ity, the United States has attempted to halt to her neighbors. Since Israel's founding in advancing and has produced some impressive threat- That's why it is vitally important that more recently concluded deals in which Russia and 1948, Arab states as well as Iran have gains, it needs to be expanded. Until the to the state, No than 150 nations of the world have fathered China would construct nuclear reactors in Iran. ened utterly destroy Jewish Damoclean sword of nuclear annihilation is a dire together at the U.N. this month to discuss the But, the American campaign has largely been other country in the world faces such lifted, Israel must retain a policy of ambiguous Israel insists it will not be the first to renewal of the 25-year-old Non-Proliferation in vain. threat. deterrence. nuclear weapons into Middle of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT). It's certainly Quite frankly, it is enough to make you shud- introduce the (Euiatar Manor is the Consul General of but, at time, not a laudable effort. A way needs to be found to der. Such efforts as well as those of Libya and East; the same Israel will con- Israel for the Mid-Atlantic states. Stacey deal with rogue countries like Iran and Iraq other states make one wonder how effective a firm or deny the existence of an Israeli nuclear Gershwind, an intern at the consulate, (both signatories of the NPT)who are still clan- renewal of the NPT can be. Can the current capability. helped research this article.) Page 6 EWISH 5 5755 May 5, 1995 Tii0VOICE ‘‘•••mmx% \NA\ ‘‘"' 411 4.41-177 's tut t firm (: CHOCD12 6 PZUILIT'a \\A.

On May 9 and May 13 Delawareans have the opportunity to vote for members to serve on large number of our readers. The excerpts below were edited by The Jewish Voice and may local district school boards. In the last issue of The Jewish Voice (April 20, 1995)on page 4 an not provide a full insight into particular candidates' responses. For complete answers or further explanation was printed about the Schools '95 coalition's survey. The full text of the questions information, please call Rabbi Marla Feldman, Director of the JCRC at 302 478-6200. These was printed there. What is printed below are excerpts of the answers to that survey. Because of results are published as a public service by The Jewish Voice. space limitations we have printed responses only from those candidates from districts with a Some words below are abbreviated.

Candidates Paul E. Hart Julie Shenk James J. Byers Michele Hoifstetter Michael Shockley Marcella Wilson Donald Young, Sr. Christopher Yates District Brandywine Brandywine Colonial Colonial Colonial Colonial Colonial Colonial Questions 1. New Directions Did not respond Supports and will Support and will Support and will New Directions is Cannot-blindly Will support New Cannot take a firm Support? fund. She is on the fund, fund. the wrong direction agree to support Directions if it is position. New Finance? DE Profess'l funding beneficial Directions appears Standards Council good. and DE Foreign Language Commiss'n 2. Favor School Did not respond No No No No Yes No No Vouchers? 3. Textbook Removal Did not respond Case by case. Keep Case by case. Remove Opposes censorship Would use rational Would not support Case by case. Input Censorship only multicultural illegal or immoral process propaganda from teachers/ when obviously administr'n offensive and unnecessary 4. Prayer in public Did not respond Moment of silence Moment of silence Focus on education Yes - right to pray Does not want child Supports moment Moments of silence schools? not religion and express proselytized of silence or generic prayer 5. Discipline Did not respond Favors reporting & Report weapons, Parental involvement HB 85 too inclusive HB 85 is important. Supports HB 85 HB 85 strictly practices alt. schools. H.B. 85 drugs, assaults needed Favors alt. schools enforced 6. Family life health Did not respond District curriculum Not only abstinence Ignorance not Not only abstinence No propaganda Abstinence only Abstinence only is meets state standards education is the reason indoctrination offends curriculum does not unrealistic. Adoption for disease work alternative 7. Supporters Did not respond Parents and citizens Colonial education N/A N/A N/A Parents of cub scouts N/A association and boy scouts 8. Issues Did not respond Partnership parents New Directions, Parental participation, Diversity, discipline, Parent/teacher Quality teachers/ Safety, and others; balance relations with school referendums curriculum advise; bargain & administrators, extracurricular; excellence/efficiency board grievance procedures discipline; academic extracurricular performance

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third president of JFD and was after he had created some initial founder of the Brandywine Arts Fes- works on canvas Cannon gave the tival. Clara did not begin to create gift because he did not want to break Paintings By Clara Finkelstein's Donated To JFD art work until she was nearly 40. She up the collection of Finkelstein's Involvement in Art" at the created numerous works of art in- works and because he thought JFD By DAN WEINTRAUB A Family's and Roxana C. Arsht Hall cluding sculpture in addition to the would appreciate the art as it pre- of The Jewish Voice S. Samuel Editor of Delaware's paintings which have become part pares to move into new downtown Dr. Norman L. Cannon has do- at the University Campus. Cannon notes of the JFD collection. Many of her office space. Cannon believes nated to the Jewish Federation of Wilmington on her nieces sculptures are portraits of family Finkelstein would have approved of Delaware(JFD) a collection of paint- of his Aunt's influence artistic interest that members and have been kept by the the donation given her community ings created by his late Aunt, and nephews to keep at it and family. involvement and that of her husband. Delaware's Clara Finkelstein. The oil "We all were urged it drop." Norman L. Cannon told The Jew- I.B. Finkelstein was an early JFD paintings depict a variety of subjects not to let her lifetime Mrs. ish Voice that he had cleaned and leader. including some derived from her During (1885-1963)also had her varnished most of the Finkelstein Cannon is a retired board certified memories of her childhood in Rus- Finkelstein represented in a solo show at paintings which were given to JFD. urologist and a former hospital ad- sia. The Russian works employ a work Mill. she was the wife of I.B. Although he himself is considered an ministrator. Regarding his own art dark palette which suggests the fear Breck's the former President of accomplished amateur he says he work he describes himself as "an of pogroms and other difficulties Finkelstein "did not have the creative knack" that amateur who found in painting a faced by Jews there as well as chal- Delaware Hardware Co., and former his Aunt had. He credits Finkelstein continually absorbing and challeng- lenges facing immigrants to the chair of the Wilmington Housing the with encouraging him to take classes ing pastime." United States. Among the other Authority. I.B. Finkelstein was paintings is a brightly depicted bal- loon seller and another which realis- NA tically renders a nude. Detail of a Finkelstein Painting. Toni Young, President of JFD, told The Jewish Voice "The Jewish Fed- An opportunity to select gifts for erations of Delaware is delighted to have these paintings not only be- with M.A. Renzetti and N.C. Wyeth. 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myself, look forward to greeting Ms. Zatuchini Appointed JFD Annual Meeting those founders whom I have not met. I want them to know how grateful Features we are for their vision, wisdom, and Assistant Executive Director, JFS Historical Slide Show commitment to our community." Dory Zatuchni, LCSW, has been of Directors of the Federal Emer- The Annual Meeting of the Jew- photos of the same. Other photos appointed to the position of Assis- gency Management Association, ish Federation of Delaware, (JFD) of people depict the early history of tant Executive Director of Jewish Philadelphia Hadassah and Har Zion "Halfway to 120," will celebrate our Jewish Delaware. Debbie Pernick Family Service, effective May 1, Temple in Penn Valley, PA. She pre- 60 years as a united Jewish commu- will narrate the slide show. 1995. Executive Director, Arnold viously served on the Delaware In- nity. The meeting will take place on Dr. Tomases's historical slide tour Lieberman, described the new posi- terfaith Coalition of Aging Board, May 11, 1995 at 8 PM at Congre- concludes in the early 1950's. His tion as a combination of direct ser- Philadelphia Federation of Jewish gation Beth Shalom. The event will father had given an oral history in vices and administrative responsibili- Agencies' Women's Leadership honor the founders of Federation. A 1969 and described the formation ties, including staff supervision. Board and the Board of Akiba He- special show called "The Formative of the Federation as the most impor- Ms. Zatuchni joined the JFS staff brew Academy. She served as an el- Years" will be presented by Dr. Ralph tant change in Delaware's Jewish in November, 1990, as a case man- ementary school teacher and teacher Tomases. Those in attendance will community during his lifetime. The ager and counselor for the elder trainer of English as a Second Lan- be able to review a display of artwork younger Tomases's slide show under- population. In July, 1992, she was guage while a Peace Corps volun- created by Clara Finkelstein and do- scores this point. Dr. Tomases appointed Director of Services to the teer in Yap, Micronesia. Today, there nated by Dr. Norman Cannon, and worked on the slide show with Bar- Aged. During the years that followed, are still Yapese children singing, they will cast their vote for directions bara Yalisove whose husband had a the department expanded into a "Zom Gally Gaily". the JFD should take in the next sixty number of photos of the community. more comprehensive program in- years. New board members will be Dr. Tomases drew upon the work of elected at the meeting. The Toni Young and others involved with cluding workshops, support groups, event is At the April 10, JCRC Forum and free and open to the community. the historical groups such as the Jew- advocacy and outreach. Workshop on New Directions, Toni Young, President of JFD, told ish Historical Society of Delaware In collaboration with West End David Brown,shown above, pre- Neighborhood House, she was in- The Jewish Voice that "We will pay (JHSD). Dr. Tomases has been an sented Science Curriculum Stan- strumental in developing an adoles- tribute to those donors who contrib- integral part of previous community Directions. cent counseling program for those uted to the original campaign as well slide shows such as the one in 1976, dards for New at risk for violent behavior. Addition- as to donors of fifty and forty years." which focused on World War II vet- ally, she has provided the Ministry The slide show created by Dr. erans which was turned into a video JCC Sports of Caring's clientele with case man- Ralph Tomases focuses on the for- recently. agement and brief solution focused mative years of the Jewish commu- Tomases told The Jewish Voice "I Classic therapy. nity of Delaware. Dr. Tomases's pre- hope a lot of people come to the Ms. Zatuchni earned her Master sentation reaches back to the 1800s meeting and like the show." The Jewish Community Center of Social Work Degree in commu- and the forerunners to Jewish Fam- Judy Wortman, Executive Vice will hold its Third Annual JCC Sports nity organization and social policy ily Service, the Kutz Auxiliary, and President of the Federation urges all Classic on Thursday, June 1 at the from Temple University. She re- the JCC. The slideshow illustrates members of the community - teens, DuPont Country Club. ceived her Bachelor of Arts Degree why JFD was necessary, when it adults, and grandparents alike to join For information on tournament in sociology and psychology from started and who was involved. In- us as we celebrate our landmark year registration or to receive a partici- Case Western Reserve University. cluded are minutes from a 1930 and recognize 60 years of achieve- pant brochure, contact Shay Rosen Ms. Zatuchni serves on the Boards Dory Zatuchni community organizing meeting and ment and growth. She added, "I, at 478-5660. GOLF, TENNIS AND On the go LAWN BOWLING with Martins Run. TOURNAMENTS

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group's spirited singing of traditional JCRC Forum And Workshop Third Annual Women's Seder and contemporary Pesach songs. For information about the Juda- On New Directions For Delaware Sponsored By JFS ism and Feminism group or the women's seder, contact Myrna By DAVID L. GREEN By MICHELE SANDS also the number of the matriarchs - at Jewish Family Service, 478-9411. JCRC Education Task Force Member More than forty women and one Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah. The Jewish Family Service is a ben- On April 10th, a JCRC-sponsored man, representing many genera- As in the past two years, music eficiary of the 1995 "Live Jewish" forum and workshop on the New tions, shared a special Passover ex- was an important part of the Community Campaign which is ad- Directions for Delaware Content perience on April 18. They gathered women's seder. Several women ministered by the Jewish Federation Standards was presented to an audi- at the B'nai B'rith House for the third played instruments to accompany the of Delaware (JFD). ence of about 30 people at Congre- annual women's seder sponsored by gation Beth Emeth in Wilmington. Jewish Family Service's Judaism and In addition to concerned citizens and Feminism group. speakers, the forum was attended by Dorothy Flippen led the seder, several state legislators and by Paul which utilized a hagaddah written by Fine, President of the Delaware State members of the group, and those be well suited for any occasion Board of Education. gathered around the tables took turns In his introductory remarks, Rabbi reading. They read about Miriam, the • suits Peter Grumbacher of Beth Emeth sister of Moses, and honored the vi- • coats she played in the Pesach emphasized the importance of pub- tal role • separates lic education reform for a Jewish story. Miriam, the prophet, was re- community that has traditionally sou rcef ul, courageous, strong- emphasized learning in both sacred minded, persistent, talented, and a savings of and secular contexts. Nancy Doorey, convincing. to the a member of the State Board of Edu- They read different answers cation, described New Directions in traditional four questions; answers terms of its three major aspects: that related to women's experiences. of standards, assessment, and capacity- They read about the significance building. the number four in the seder; four is First, standards have been devel- David Green, JCRC Member oped in the four major content ar- chaired the April 10forum on New Thursday • May 11 eas. Second, uniform assessment Directions for Delaware Content Comfortable Friday • May 12 tools are being developed to mea- Standards. sure the progress of both schools and Senior Saturday • May 13 individual students. 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Ardentown, Delaware. The Garden also honors two very No Debate On School Prayer Garden Of Righteous special rescuers. One is Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat in De The 4-6 graders at the Albert beneficiary of the "Live Jewish" Gentiles Inspires Visitors Hungary, who saved more than Einstein Academy have been study- Community Campaign which is 100,000 Jews by issuing them false Je ing debating and have conducted stu- administered by the Jewish Federa- papers. The other is the King of dent debates on various issues. On tion of Delaware (JFD). By CONSTANCE KRESHTOOL first such garden planted outside of Denmark whose leadership encour- Monday, May 1st, two parents of Chair of the Halina Wind Preston Israel. aged the Christian populace to Einstein students, who are attorneys: Holocaust Education Committee The Garden of the Righteous Gen- smuggle the entire Jewish commu- Mark Caplan, father of Elana Caplan With hundreds of people coming tiles was the dream of Halina Wind nity out of Denmark into Sweden in (grade 5) and Jack Blumenfeld, fa- to the Jewish Community Center to Preston. She was inspired by the order to save them from being trans- abl ther of Nathan (grade 6), Rachel view the "Fifty Faces: The Holocaust "Avenue of the Righteous" at Yad ported to concentration camps by the Sta (grade 5) and Aaron (kindergarten) Remembered" Exhibit, co-sponsored Vachem in Jerusalem as a way to pay German occupiers. coi debated each other. by the Halina Wind Preston Holo- tribute to the two Christians who kept A tree has been planted for each grc The Caplan-Blumenfeld debate the caust Education Committee, many her alive as she hid in the sewers of of these heroes and for the Unknown Ce issue "Prayer in Public Schools - have been moved by the Garden of Lvov, Poland. Other Holocaust sur- Righteous Gentile who represents all mil Should the Law Be Changed?" The the Righteous Gentiles. vivors living in Delaware joined her those unknown men and women history of the issue, the bill of Rights, The grove of trees and landscaped in recognizing the courageous men who risked their lives to save our is the Constitution and the Supreme beds that form the garden opposite and women who saved their lives at Delaware survivors from death. tre Court decisions were discussed and the entrance to the Jewish Commu- risk of death. Contributions to the Garden may debated. nity Center on Garden of Eden Road Also remembered in the Garden be made to honor or remember fam- tio The students had the opportunity is the Delaware Jewish Community's are local rescuers, Ger and Gerard ily and friends. They should be sent fac to see a debate and to react to the tribute to those Christians who dur- Van Raan, who hid two Jewish chil- to the Jewish Community Center and issues. Jack Blumenfeld, left, and Mark ing the Holocaust rescued Jews who dren in their home in Holland dur- designated for the Garden of the Albert Einstein Academy is a Caplan later became Delawareans. It was the ing the Nazi occupation. The Van Righteous Gentiles Maintenance A Raans later came to live in Fund. YLC Seniors' As Videotapes Oral Histories Cc Yom HaShoah Observed Hi By MICHAEL R. SCHWARTZ taping and the seniors did the talk- and see from whence they came? If TI Where can you find the history of ing. The stories ran from personal they choose to do so the hard work at th, Delaware's Jewish community? In stories to the evolution of the cur- of those involved in this project Hillel is the memories should help. of our senior citizens. rent Jewish organizations in Dela- By JORDAN SOPINSKY Lee Wilson tells of the theologian of wl Those stories that Bubbe and Zayda ware. The topics included If you are interested the De- in the Archives Special To The Jewish Voice whom she admires more than any GI tell so often will one day fade from pression, WWII, anti-semitism, the or the Young Leadership Cabinet It is March 1938. Clara Isaacman, other and tells of how he died be- at our collective birth of Israel (YLC) call the Jewish consciousness. It is the and the Jewish Federation of a young girl living in Antwerp, Bel- cause of his participation with the ar combination community's experience Delaware (JED) at of these individual sto- with these (302) 478-6200. gium with her two brothers, sister, Resistance. "Oh God, Oh God, events. A three The YLC is a ries that makes up our community's page questionnaire beneficiary of the 1995 and parents, is listening to her Uncle where were you?" she asks. history. accompanied each videotape provid- "live Jewish" Community Campaign Emil trying to persuade her father to It is August 1945. Clara Isaacman, tic On April 4th ing a detailed written genealogy. which is administered by the perishable nature the Jewish leave Belgium. He tells them he is her mother, her brother, and her sis- In of this invaluable And what is a fitting repository for Federation of Delaware past met with (JED). headed to Palestine and that they ter, find out that Antwerp will be lib- this collective narrative? The Jew- today's technology and was captured should do the same. Clara's parents erated by the Allies within a few for all times. ish Archives at the Delaware Histori- At the B'nai B'rith don't want to move and they don't hours. After spending three years House's cal Society, of course. These videos auditorium three Hadassah Chapter think Hitler will get away with much hiding in over twenty different places, will rest among a gathering of books camcorders met six seniors and the more than he already has. the Isaacmans can now look forward and photos that tell the history of our stories flew. The General Programs To Install Officers It is April 26, 1995. Clara to freedom. people. Will future generations take Committee of the Young Leadership Isaacman, the keynote speaker at the It is April 26, 1995. Rabbi Booth, Cabinet of Jewish Federation did the the time and interest to look back The Wilmington Chapter of Hadassah will hold its installation of Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remem- director of Hillel, speaks of healing. "We have to let officers for the 1995/1996 year on brance Day ceremony at the Univer- fear and sadness Monday May 22, 1995 at 7:30 P.M. sity of Delaware Hillel, is pointing out soften our hearts," he says. at the Melting Pot Restaurant in In- friends and family in slide pictures. In August, 50 years will have dependence Mall. The new Board As each new picture emerges, she passed since the defeat of the Nazis PLORE flatly states that none of the people and the liberation of the concentra- 4XXXXX XXXXXXXX. Members will be installed by Judy ,XXXXX .XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX in the picture survived the Holocaust. tion camps. During these fifty years, 4XXXXX

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"Jews and Christians in Historical could only occur after Jewish con- the Revolution, much of the commu- Cantor himself acknowledges his Norman Cantor Foresees Perspective" at Christ Church, version, while the internal develop- nity divided between Bolshevism and unpopularity in the wake of "The Greenville, on April 23. Cantor, a ment within the Jewish intellectual Zionism. Eventually, with the total Sacred Chain," reporting that he has Demise Of American history professor at NYU, is author community represented broad accep- secularization of Russia and enforced even received several death threats. of the recently published and con- tance of Catholic teaching. In fact, elimination of ethnic group identities, Is it possible that Cantor will soon Jewish Community troversial book "The Sacred Chain: many of converted intellectual Jews Jews who remained in the country be seen as the Jewish Salmon A History of the Jews." Based upon became church officials who actively lost their Jewish identities. Rushdie? By PRISCILLA W. SIEGEL his research, Cantor implies that pressured other Jews to convert. Returning to the situation in the Special to The Jewish Voice Jewish history has, for centuries, Cantor said that conversions ac- United States, Cantor finds that past "Jews are declining as an identifi- been a distortion of facts and a cover- count for the fact that the approxi- history points to the future. Foresee- "Pasta Bliss" able religious group in the United up. mately two million Jews who lived in ing a cycle of a strong Christian re- States. like the Amish, they will be- The anticipated demise of Ameri- Spain in the 14th century dwindled vival coupled with an ever-weaken- At Pasta Blitz come an admired, but marginal can Jewry has, according to Cantor, to 100,000 by 1492. And, contrary ing Jewish group identity, American group. By the middle of the 21st several historical precedents. Look- to the 300,000 figure recorded in Jews will increasingly be absorbed By IRV EPSTEIN Century, there will be only about two ing back to the 13th-15th centuries, standard histories of the Expulsion, into majority population. According Are you ready for a true Italian- million Jews in the United States who Jews in Spain, responding to exter- Cantor claims that perhaps as "few" to Professor Cantor, Jewish religious style restaurant that encompasses the have a Jewish identity—unless there nal pressures and reflecting internal as 40,000 were expelled. Thus, a institutions do not have the vitality cuisine from all of the regions of Italy? is some drastic change in current development, converted to Christian- vibrant Jewish community was deci- to attract and maintain a strong fol- Here on Philadelphia Pike, right trends and widespread reformation." ity in massive numbers. External mated not by persecution, but by lowing. Reform Judaism, which in our midst, is a charming bistro that Norman Cantor's gloomy predic- pressures represented diligent mis- voluntary conversion and assimila- moved to the United States from serves fresh and attractive food in an tion, delivered in a blunt, matter-of- sionary work by Christian clergy who tion. Germany, is stagnant, bogged down informal atmosphere, with attentive fact style, was the thesis of his talk believed that the Second Coming The second historical precedent somewhere in the 1920's, while service. cited by Cantor was the German Conservative and Orthodox syna- Every meal begins with small slices Jewish community, which from the gogues hold equally little appeal for of focaccia, a delicious spice-topped Joel Glazier To Receive Honor mid-19th century to the first quarter Jews. Nor will the Lubavitch move- crusty bread. Salads are crisp and full, Activist of the 20th century, followed a simi- ment have a significant impact on the and come with a selection of care- The Delaware State Education ber of the Halina Wind Preston Ho- lar course of assimilation and con- Jewish community at large. fully prepared dressings. And oh, the Association and its Minority Action locaust Education Committee. Gla- version. Reform Judaism, developed Ties with Israel, which have long entrees! Fish prepared to your order, Committee will present the annual zier is incidentally an internationally in the 1850's in Germany, addressed served as the Jewish identity for along with regular menu selections, Human & Civil Rights Banquet on renown expert on the Beatles and this issue by modernizing Judaism American Jews, will gradually and daily chef specials. Thursday, May 11 at 5:30 p.m. at was featured in the pages of The and making it relevant to the con- weaken, while Israel itself will be- They call this delightful restaurant the Sheraton Inn-Dover. Joel Glazier Jerusalem Post. Glazier is also an temporary German Jewish commu- come ever more enmeshed politically "Pasta Blitz," and the blissful fact is is a Human and Civil Right Awardee occasional contributor to The Jew- nity. Ultimately, however, it was Na- and economically, with its Middle that the pasta is out of the ordinary. who will be honored at the banquet. ish Voice. tional Socialism that thwarted the Eastern neighbors. In fact, says Can- Just as you would want it, and the Glazier works as a reading specialist Dr. William B. DeLauder, Ph.D., progression toward assimilation by tor, Israel, with its expanding elec- only problem is, how you can leave at Gunning Bedford Middle School president of Delaware State Univer- the tragic physical destruction of the tronics industry as the centerpiece, room for dessert. and is a member of the Colonial Edu- sity, will be the guest speaker. He was Jewish community. will have a kind of trading post sta- PASTA BLITZ — 514 Philadel- cation Association. He is described recently honored by the Delaware Cantor's third precedent was the tus similar to Singapore or South phia Pike, Wilmington. Reservations by DSEA as "well-known for his na- chapter of the National Conference demise of the Jewish community in Korea. for parties of eight or more. Wines tional volunteer work with Amnesty of Christians and Jews (NCCJ). For Czarist Russia, where 5 million Jews It's easy to see why Cantor's lat- and spirits are served. 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ORT Remembers DICA Looks Interfaith describes the DICA of- tion. Delaware Native ficers. Schenker is an active mem- "The New York Times on Feb. 4 At Intergenerational ber of Congregation Beth Emeth. this year headlined a study of elderly Gets Hopkins Post The Holocaust With her husband, Henry, she ex- patients with 'Religious Faith and to Heal' show- Chapter plains Jewish customs to members Social Activity Help Molecular biologist Daniel About 30 Brandywine Relations May 12 churchgoing and being part of attended the April 6 gen- of many religions. Other officers are: ing Nathans, a Nobel Prize-winning phy- members network of a congregation have which featured the sto- By MARION RECHSTEINER vice chair, Rev. Ronald Bergman, the sician, has been named interim presi- eral meeting definite health benefits," Schenker dent of Johns Hopkins University, ries of two Holocaust survivors and DICA Board Member pastor of St. Paul's United Method- Brandywine reported. the university announced. Nathans, their daughters. "The presentation Jews and Christians in Delaware ist Church, Foulk Rd., Wayne Blancett, "It seems to be the sheer optimism a native of Wilmington, will take of- was thought-provoking and moving work together with the Delaware In- Hundred; treasurer, and member of that's part of the religious outlook fice June 1 and lead the university and showed us all the importance of terfaith Coalition on Aging to help retired DuPonter Lutheran Church, that makes a difference." She adds during a search for a successor to always remembering the Holocaust," seniors. Concordia "We started out trying to involve Brandywine Hundred, and secretary, that "a 1994 review of dozens of William C. Richardson, who will be- said Heidi Kinsella. Francisca as- church and synagogue to promote Barbara Majerus, pastoral associate studies concluded there is a valid come president of the W.K. Kellogg Verdoner Kan and Ellie Kan involve- spirituality for oldsters, but now we at Christ Our King Church, sociation between religious Foundation. Nathans, 66, has been Alexander and Manya Perel and health." are interested in all phases of quality Wilmington. She is the only lay per- ment and better a Hopkins faculty member for 33 Sylvia Wagman were the two inner-city parish of life for the aging," says Verna son in the Catholic Diocese of Majerus, whose years. He was one of three winners mother/daughter pairs who gener- help in the neighbor- Schenker, DICA chair. Wilmington to hold this kind of posi- has a nurse to of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Medicine. ously shared their lives with ORT. hood, is encouraged by this headline on a Wall Street Journal article last Fourth of July: "From Churches, a New Kind of Healing," describing the growing trend among churches and synagogues to become health cen- ters, even developing interfaith ap- proaches to church-supported medi- cal care, especially for seniors. DICA's mission is educating Dela- ware congregations on problems of the aging. Board members, repre- OSPital senting all faiths, and a number of related professions and service agen- cies, report back to their groups af- atnient /1/('(///.c mar( thanjust good medicine. ter hearing programs on aspects of aging. "Our main means of educating the public is our yearly conference," says Schenker. "Family Ties: Fact or Fiction?" will be the theme of the 15th annual DICA conference Wednesday, May 12, at Beth Emeth Synagogue, 300 Lea Boulevard. Dr. Kate Conway-Turner, director of women's studies and associate professor in the department of indi- vidual and family studies at the Uni- versity of Delaware, will speak, of- fering solutions on intergenerational conflict. Mother of three daughters, Dr. Conway-Turner is on the advisory board of Christina Cultural Arts Cen- ter and co-director of the Center for Black Family Development. In 1944 she organized the Delaware Kids Conference, by and for kids, empha- sizing leadership and interest in cur- rent issues, such as the environment. The conference, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., is open to anyone interested in problems of the elderly, including church leaders, social workers, thera- pists, nursing home administrators, physicians, nurses, caregivers and For more information persons concerned about strength- call 652-5433. ening family ties. The cost, $20, in- -Thiog.s like sorilv. ?rink. m- cludes lunch. For reservations or in- oven rt pot on the shoulder Ilill Franciscan Health System formation, call Majerus at 762-4140. trot a-gotten.- St. Francis Hospital Paul Fine Returns To Automobile Business When a loved one is in the hospital, the whole in a survey conducted by a major national Greenville resident Paul R. Fine has returned to the automobile busi- research firm. family needs support. ness. Paul Fine (previous owner of Fine Honda Oldsmobile, Newark, No wonder — our mission has always been caring for Delaware) along with partners Bill Gorski and Marty Sussman have At St. Francis Hospital, we give that support — people. We treat all patients as if they were our only purchased and renovated an Oldsmobile-Cadillac-GMAC and people notice. They write to us in appreciation patient. And we make sure that every patient dealership, just over the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Pennsville, New of our kindness to both the patient and the family. comment or suggestion is acted upon within 48 hours. Jersey. The dealership plans services such as free pickup and delivery, service fact, we recently learned that St. Francis In Because there's more to good treatment than just loaners and VIP Valet Service for Wilmington customers. exceeds the national average for patient satisfaction good medicine.

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111.1..mft Oumkeoe-JE FE "Magical Moments" Popular Magician To Perform IV Evening At Beth Shalom At Beth Shalom Gala Diz Congregation Beth Shalom of news release. Planning committee Ron Geoffries, Magician, Come- many other commercial and enter- exl Wilmington has announced plans for chair Karolin Lipman has indicated dian and Juggler will highlight the tainment appearances. Magical Mo- evening of dining, dancing, live that Magical Moments will be the entertainment program at Beth ments evening will also include din- an fro music, and entertainment for Satur- premier social event for Beth Sha- Shalom's Magical Moments Evening ing and dancing in the tradition of Na night May 20, 1995. "Recalling lom in 1995. This evening will be- in May. Mr. Geoffries has appeared Temple and Synagogue Balls of years day ish the tradition of Temple and Syna- gin at 8:00 p.m. at the Synagogue in several national television commer- past. This premier social event of del gogue Balls of years past this event" 18th Street and Baynard Boulevard. cials as well as Harrah's and Show- Beth Shalom will begin at 8:00 p.m., enables Beth Shalom members "to Call the Synagogue office (654- boat Casinos in Atlantic City. His Saturday May 20th at the Syna- 7 renew old acquaintances and meet 4462) for more information. credits also include performing for gogue, 18th Street and Baynard chi, new friends," said a Beth Shalom Chandris Cruise Lines, Boulevard. For more information call baE Place, Great Adventure, Macy's and the Synagogue office 654 4462. phi The Rabbi Writes: do( That, and Jewish War Relief during World War I led to the Jewish Fed- Sigman Speaks At Next Temple Albany and Wilmington eration of Delaware, the central fund raising association for local, national, Beth El Men's Club Breakfast me By RABBI HERBERT DROOZ Abraham Lincoln led him to free the and international Jewish service in- mu Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Beth Emeth serfs of Russia. However, with his stitutions. go5. My life has a mystery surrounding death and the enthronement of Czar The Temple Beth El Men's Club question and answer period will fol- a ri In 1902 the Ladies Bichor Cholem it. I'm heading toward eighty years, Alexander III in 1881, the Jews, as Breakfast meeting on May 14 will low the presentation. left Society was formed to aid the Jew- well as the Roman Catholics and continue its annual saluting of moth- tWE yet I have lived in only two commu- ish ill. It was the Protestants of the Russian Empire, forerunner of the ers on this Mother's Day and will fea- The morning's program begins the nities; Albany, N.Y. and Wilmington, Kutz Home for the Aged. easy ac- suffered not merely a political reac- ture Mr. Mike Sigman as the main with a and breakfast buf- wa, Delaware. Both cities had Machzikey Nadas Congregation, railroad or boat tion, but a return to the barbaric con- speaker. Mr. Sigman is the anchor fet, at $5.00 per person, at 9:30 the cess to each other by began in 1929. The synagogues ditions of the Middle Ages. The Proc- of for the First State news program of AM. The presentation by the guest Wa from early times. We have court Dover and Newark lamation General of the Holy Synod, followed World TCI Cablevision of New Castle speaker begins at 10:30 AM. This is records revealing Jews traded with War II. the Czar's most influential advisor, County. He will speak on "News and the final breakfast meeting of this the Indians at New Castle, then Fort A mighty force of ter planned a three fold enterprise: to vision and en- Public Affairs in New Castle County" 1994-95 season. A spokesperson Casimir, in 1655. This was within a during devotion is scr starve one-third of the Jews; to con- required to as- and will offer some insight into the for the Men's Club said "Please plan year of the first Jewish settlement in semble the ho vert forcibly another one-third; and people and set them to directions of Cablevision and how it to join us." For more information call North America at New Amsterdam, work to establish ha to harass the final one-third into lasting institutions. fits into the community's daily life. A the Temple office at 366-8330. now New York. Also, the Dutch West In historical terms, a qu, emigrating from Russia. He suc- century is not a India Company had ordered their great deal of time. All of us have ish governor at New Amsterdam, Peter ceeded with the last third. Jews known individuals whose lifetimes to allow Jews to trade streamed out of Eastern Europe, Stuyvesant, have virtually spanned the history of Beth Emeth Holds with the Indians in Delaware and up more than a million, between 1880 tio our community. And our Delaware the Hudson River at Fort Orange, and 1900 in utter poverty. A large Jewish community history is largely 10.1 Albany. Poor immigrants percentage of the emigrants came to Confirmation June 3 now made up of the biographies of some earned a living for their families by America. Czar Nicholas II was en- remarkable individuals, sometimes peddling in rural Delaware, return- throned in 1894. Alas, he proved to The 1995 Confirmation Class of Stacey Renee Jacobs, Michelle M. charismatic personalities. We should ing for the Sabbath to be with their be no improvement on his father. His Congregation Beth Emeth cordially Jonas, Adam Gordon Joseph, pay tribute to personalities who families in Philadelphia or Baltimore. reign, the last of the Czars, ending invites the community to the Shavuot Michelle Lynn Kramer, Jacob Ryan shaped our Jewish Community, Delaware, after New York, was the in revolution, and a revolution even Confirmation Service on Sunday, LaPorte, Matthew K. Lipson, people like Louis and William and opened legally to the more rigid and oppressive than the June 3, at 3 p.m. Amanda Kate Lukoff, Jessica Eve second colony Charles Topkis and their sister, Sally special personal co- Czar's rule. The twenty-eight students have Lukoff, Samantha Jill Lukoff, Daniel Jews. This is of Topkis Ginns, figures like J. Harry born in Eastern European migration, be- written and will be conducting the Ben Medwin, Robyn Julie incidence to me, for I was Gordon, David Snellenburg, Morris Pollack, ginning with the vicious May Laws service, which is the culmination of David Allen Rapkins, Adam Albany and have served as rabbi in Levy, Judge Aaron Finger, and I. B. Jeremy of my life. Indeed, of Russia in 1882, expanded their years of Religious School edu- Ruben, Sarah Elayne Delaware for most Finklestein, Harry Cohen, Nathan Tartack, Scott the congregation where I was reared Wilmington's and Delaware's Jewish cation at Congregation Beth Emeth. Franklin Travis and An Ross Miller, Milton and Hattie Kutz, Max and prepared for rabbinical studies Community from a few dozen to The students are: Jon C. Wishkoff. Please join the Keil, and other people whose vision is Beth Emeth of Albany, the third twelve hundred souls by 1900. An- Amsterdam, Gregory Adam Confirmands and their families for and energies profoundly shaped our oldest Reform Congregation in other fifteen years, on the eve of Berman, Sarah Berman, Aaron this simcha. community. These shapers of our America, established in 1838 over World War I, our Delaware Jewish Cohen, Emily Ann Davis, Brian destiny were either nourished over- forty-nine years before Wilmington Community tripled to thirty-eight Steven Eng, Julia Gayduk, Julia S. seas or born in families fresh from even had a synagogue. As late as the hundred souls. Gelman, Joshua M. Goldfeder. Eliza- the old European communities. The ThLiEWISH early 1870's attempts to establish The religious, social and economic beth C. Gross, Alexander Cary next century will tell us if the institu- lir VOICE regular synagogues here in Delaware needs of Wilmington Jewry created Grumbacher, Adam J. Hebbel, tions they created, plus our newest failed. almost all of the present Jewish in- Jewish institution, the Albert Einstein Not until the end of the decade of stitutions or their immediate fore- Academy, our all day Jewish school, 1870's, with the heightening of bears between 1885, when Adas JED Cancels meeting Homes Needed the could meet the dire eco- Kodesch Synagogue was formed, monumental chal- religious persecution and lenges of the and 1906. The year 1895 saw the 21st century. The Jewish Historical Society of nomic hardship for Jews in parts of Amen. For Exchange Central Europe and in the Empire institution of the first Liberal-Reform Delaware 1995 Annual Meeting of the Czar, were there sufficient Congregation; Oheb Shalom was planned for May 6th at 7:30 p.m. at Students immigrants in Wilmington to estab- born, but died in its third year. The Oklahoma Federation the JCC has been canceled due to a lish our first permanent institution, present Reform congregation, Beth scheduling error. A nonprofit organization urges the Moses Montefiore Beneficial Emeth, was born in 1906. Our Con- Says "Thanks" We apologize for any inconve- you to invite an International Ex- congregation, Beth Sha- change Society. It was founded on Septem- servative The Jewish Voice received the nience this may cause. Student from France or lom, was born out of religious divi- Spain into your ber 28, 1879, the day after Yom following item by fax this week: home for a month sion in Beth Emeth in 1922. In 1901 this summer. Kippur, in the home of Nathan "To All our Friends in Jewish Fed- To Aid Oklahoma's Recovery That organization Nacel Congregation Chesed Shel Emeth Cultural Lieberman, who had established his erations From Edie Roodman, Ex- B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund Exchanges will assist you Market in was born out of disagreement within every step of the way. clothes store at 5th and ecutive Director of Oklahoma City 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W. To find out Adas Kodesch, only to be remerged how, call Gwen Sigler at 1862. The announced purpose of To Our Jewish Family Washington, D.C. 20036 1-800-428- in 1956 into Adas Kodesch Shel 5469, or Nacel's national the Moses Montefiore Society was It is most difficult at a time like or office at indigent and unfortunate Emeth. In that same year, 1901, the 1-800-NACELLE. A press release "to aid this to find the right words for ex- The American Red Cross in present Jewish Community Center's from the group asserts that, brethren who may be cast ashore, pression of our heartfelt thanks. The Delaware "As a Soci- ancestor was born as a Jewish So- Nacel Host Family, you'll Open your so to speak, in this city." This hundreds of kind phone calls, notes, 910 Gilpin Avenue flourishing a century later. cial Club that soon grew into a well door to the World!" ety is still faxes, offers of help and contribu- Wilmington, DE 19806 tried unsuccessfully organized Y.M. and YWHA. Lieberman had tions have boosted morale and made to establish a synagogue in 1872. At In 1898 Moses Weil, a Civil War us proud of the Jewish response to services the day before veteran from Ohio, organized the rescue workers and law enforcement coming." Yom Kippur this tragic event. As you might imag- quarters within the Wilmington Lodge of B'nai B'rith. personnel stationed at the site. Our The address of the Federation in in the makeshift ine, there is an incredible roller- at 211 Market Well was Delaware State Com- commitment is to help mend our Oklahoma City is as follows: Morrow Building coaster of emotion that we all are Evening mander of the Grand Army of the community, renew its spirit and re- Jewish Federation of Greater Street, a Wilmington Every experiencing. However, despite the Republic, the Civil War Veterans or- built the downtown area. Oklahoma City story reported thirty worshipers Federation has, ganization. In 1899 Morris Levy ups and downs, our P.S. The enormous task of han- 2800 Quail Plaza Dr. present. The worship service used moment of the explosion, helped establish the Hebrew Charity from the dling those from Hawaii to Buenos Oklahoma City, OK 73120 German along with the Hebrew. been involved in manning round-the- Association which eventuated in the Aires to Miami for their generosity Czar Alexander II of Russia was a clock volunteer shifts to feed all the liberal, whose admiration of Jewish Farriily Services organization. beyond our expectations will be forth- 5755 May 5, 1995 TheEWISH Page 17 VOICE 1= 0 LMEJIKU SOHO, Exhibition At Jewish Cafe Tamar Museum Explores Wyoming Jews Presents "Neshama" PHILADELPHIA — "'Fringe of the free with Museum admission. The the Soul of a People Diaspora: The Jews Of Wyoming,an exhibition runs through July 24. exhibition that reflects in words and An evening of song and dance will images what it means to be a Jew usher in Israel's 47th year of inde- from the Cowboy State, opens at the Godiva Chocolates pendence celebration at 7:30 p.m. National Museum of American Jew- on Monday, May 29, 1995. The ish History, 55 N. 5th Street, Phila- Are Now Kosher event will be held at Cafe Tamar in delphia, on May 7. the social hall of Adas Kodesch Shel NEW YORK — Godiva Choco- Emeth synagogue. Through oral history extensive ar- lates will be certified Kosher in time The program entitled, "Neshama! chival research and visits to attics and for Mother's Day this year. The Soul of a People" will be per- search of basements in material, Starting in May 1995, virtually all formed by the AKSE choral and Photographer Penny Wolin, has Godiva pre-packaged products will dance groups with featured soloists documented four generations of carry the necessary OU-D symbol on Cindy Goldstein, Linda Vodovis, Wyoming Jews. the bottom of the packaging. Over- Cantor Daniel Leeman and Sam Born and raised in Cheyenne as a seeing the Kosher certification is Romirowsky. member of a thriving Jewish com- Godiva's Rabbinic Coordinator Rabbi The choral group directed by Faith Moshe munity whose 700-member syna- Elefant of the Orthodox Brown will be accompanied by Sara Union Kashruth gogue boasted seven Torah scrolls, Division. Berman and the Tamar musicians. 2kiW a ritual bath and a cemetery, Wolin "Godiva has always been commit- David Gesterak, accordionist will left for Hollywood when she was ted to meeting the evolving needs of present a medley of Russian and Yid- W20,2,0%‘k\t‘‘C'C twenty, and encountered more Jews chocolate lovers around the world," dish songs. Narrator for the evening there than Wyoming had people. "[I says Gene Dunkin, a Godiva repre- will be Joel Tenenbaum. was] faced with a world that thought sentative. "Our new Kosher status New to this year's program will be 2,00 the idea of Jews from the Wild West extends this commitment to the AKSE's youngest group of dancers, ttlIet was some kind of joke," says Wolin. American Jewish population as well Akids 2 directed by Melinda Ok0 as to those people joining the emerg- Weinstein. Melinda also directs Akids t Through her photographs and in- ing culinary trend towards Kosher 1, who will also be part of the pro- terviews, excerpts of which are silk- foods." gram. Ha-rokdim, a teenage group screened onto mats, Wolin reveals Godiva's Kosher certification does of dancers will perform several ex- how the culture of Jews in Wyoming not apply to select items such as Cafe citing dances directed by Harriet Catering has changed and raises provocative Godiva, chocolate golf balls or prod- Ainbinder. The adult dancers are led questions about the American Jew- ucts sold by the piece or filled with by Faith and Lou Brown with Harriet Gracious Service - Imaginative Presentation ish community at large. liqueur. Ainbinder. Penny Wolin will open the exhibi- Kosher foods will be sold at 6 p.m. Delicious Food 4 tion on May 7 with a gallery talk at 4 I ThJEWISH r .• . .7141.1a41-4-!..FLTiSt p.m. that is open to the public and is fr VOICE Continued on page 23 Information In the photo For Reservations or on the top Is Your Sign Looking a Little right of Call(302) 658-8571 Today this page performers Run Down? are shown at a previous TAKEHREAKi Cafe Tamar (ikue &Reinedusteot Seweeel WIR

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Entries for the Calendar of JULY lence. The seminars will be conducted Breverman Birth Young Birth Events are due on the Thurs- by an attorney trained and experi- be the Charles and Georgann Young of day deadline, published in The enced in family law. It will Charles and Rebecca Breverman Sunday 9 fourth Wednesday of every month of Wilmington, members of Congre- Lawrenceville, N.J. proudly an- cl( Jewish Voice. Copy should nounce the birth of their son, Jed be typed and double spaced. Young Jewish Adults of Dela- from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Dela- gation Beth Shalom, are happy to th ware (YJAD) - Post-July 4th Picnic ware Technical and Community Col- announce the birth of a baby daugh- Taylor, born March 3, 1995. Jed tic Entries are preferred on 3 1/ weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz. and was 20" 2" floppy disk or via E-mail. at the Gross Mansion. 2:00 p.m. lege, Wilmington Campus, Fourth ter, Avital Liora, born Saturday, long. Please include day,date, time, Come join us for food, friends and and Orange St., and is open to the March 18. Big brother is Asher The grandparents are Judy and place, brief description, and fun. Reservations are required by public without charge. Betzalel. Grandparents are Dr. and in Ari- Herme Bloom of Wilmington, DE, contact person. June 29th. Call Phil at (302) 652- The new Protection From Abuse Act Mrs. David Dragiff of Sun City, se 6688 for directions, cost and further makes it possible for victims of do- zona, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry and Lois and Jack Young of info. mestic violence to get protection from Breverman of Phoenix, Arizona. Her Princeton, N.J. MAY their abusers without bringing a crimi- parents noted that "Avital Liora is a The great-grandparents, for whom be Tuesday 18 nal action. Victims can request no product of the 'Live Jewish' Com- Jed was named, are Jane and Edgar "n of The Jewish Young of Medford Leas, N.J. Saturday 6 Young Jewish Adults of Dela- contact orders; removal of deadly munity Campaign in weapons; and custody of children Federation of Delaware." A great-grandmother. Lillian re Young Jewish Adults of Dela- ware(YJAD) - YJAD Chavurah DIS- CUSSION GROUP. 7:00 p.m. Join and support for a limited time. The There's no charge to print your Bloom, reside at the Greenhill in ware(YJAD) - Barbecue at Ethan's. information and Lower Merion, PA. us for a lively discussion and hors seminars will provide Naches announcement and photo- PE 6:00 p.m. YJAD has planned a bar- answer questions about how to ob- becue bash to include drinks and d'oeuvres. Please call Merrily at(302) graph as space allows in The Jew- PC 477-1302 for further details. tain and use these petitions. ish Voice. Send your typewritten B'nai B'rith D( food. YJAD will attempt to accom- Handbook Available On Intern- modate all dietary constraints and Naches announcements and pho- ca Sunday 23 ship Opportunities In Israel. Have tographs to: Collects $64,000 preferences based upon advanced you ever considered working in Israel notice. Reservations required by April Young Jewish Adults of Dela- The Jewish Voice Y( as an intern or volunteer? A book, Naches Section thi 30th. Call Ethan at(302) 792-9375. ware (YJAD) - Annual picnic and entitled Volunteer and Internship 1n6 Days To Aid ORT Cocktail Party at 8:00 p.m. olympics. 12:00 noon at the J.C.C.'s 101 Garden of Eden Road CO Possibilities In Israel, can make that Wilmington, DE 19803-1579 thi Call Rachel Harrod at (302) 239- Family Campus. Join us for food, dream a reality. Published by the Oklahoma Victims 6011 for details. fun, swimming, and the least com- Send a stamped self-addressed da Joint Authority for Jewish-Zionist Washington, D.C. — In an enor- petitive and wackiest olympics you'll envelope if you would like your lar Education, this handbook is perfect mous outpouring of support, the lin Tuesday 9 .ever see. Reservations are required photograph returned. Please allow for students, young professionals and B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund col- tei by July 16th. Call David at (609) three to six weeks for return. Young Jewish Adults of Dela- potential ohm interested in explor- lected more than $64,000 in just six 678-8029. ware (YJAD) - ELECTIONS AND ing employment opportunities in Is- days for the victims of the April 19 Dt DINNER AT BENNIGAN'S. 6:30 rael. To Aid Oklahoma's Recovery Oklahoma City bombing. More than p.m. It's time to elect the new slate of Sunday 30 To order Volunteer and Internship B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund 1,500 people of all religions, back- PE officers. Reservations required by May Young Jewish Adults of Dela- Possibilities In Israel send $10 for 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W. grounds and ages had already sent sic Noncompeti- 3rd. Call David at (609) 678-8029. ware (YJAD) - Co-Ed each book to: USD/AZYF, 110 E. Washington, D.C. 20036 their donations and heartfelt words res- tive SOFTBALL. 1:00 p.m. No 59th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, or of sympathy by April 25. wl- Monday 15 ervations are required, but there is NY 10022 or call: (212) 339-6941 The American Red Cross in B'nai B'rith President Tommy Ar so, if you Halina Wind Preston Holocaust always a shortage of gloves, or 1 (800) 27-ISRAEL. Delaware Baer announced the creation of the ev Education Committee meeting, 7:30 have one, please bring it. Call Sandi 910 Gilpin Avenue fund for the Oklahoma City bomb- p.m. at the Jewish Community Cen- at(609) 678-8190 for directions and Commentary: Wilmington, DE 19806 ing victims just hours after the bomb- th( ter. For more information call 478- further info. ing occurred. B'nai B'rith is currently ac. 6200. working with government officials Ongoing Don't Abandon Israel Now and relief organizations in Oklahoma en Sunday 21 Dr Yjad Weekly Activities. Young By ELMER L. WINTER *The privatization of government- City to determine how to best help Young Jewish Adults of Dela- those affected. B'nai B'rith's first di- Jewish Adults of Delaware's(YJAD's) Chairman, Committee for Economic owned businesses has stepped up ware(YJAD) - BRUNCH AND WEL- saster relief campaign was organized CI co-ed, noncompetitive volleyball Growth of Israel and is expected to bring in $1.5 bil- COME TO NEW MEMBERS. 11:00 Gt. league will continue every Wednes- Some thoughts that occurred to lion this year. Government bureau- to help victims of a Baltimore fire in a.m. Join us for Allyson's huge rei day night from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. on Israel Independence Day: cracy is rapidly being eliminated — 1868. brunch, or their salad bar. Call David me Behind the J.C.C. as of May 31, Ironically, Israel's peace accords a welcome development that is re- Donations, earmarked for Okla- at(609) 678-8029, or Sandi at(609) may be 1995. with the PLO and Jordan, buttressed flected in the fact that some 300 homa City Bombing Relief, 678-8190 before May 17th. B'rith Disaster Relief Exhibit Highlights Henrietta by its significant economic strides in American companies are now oper- sent to: B'nai Fund, 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, Szold "Daughter of Zion: Henrietta the last two years, appear to be erod- ating thriving factories in Israel. Monday 22 Woman- NW., Washington, D.C. 20036 Szold and American Jewish ing American Jewish interest in Is- *The Israeli government has en- Vi ORT Brandywine Chapter 1995 hood," a new exhibition, will be open rael. The fits and starts of the peace Leadership Award Dinner in honor tered into a contract with the United din at the Jewish Historical Society of process notwithstanding, many are the finish of Sandra N. McBride. Dinner starts States to create a U.S. Science and line. Though progress has Maryland (JHSM), 15 Lloyd Street, beginning to feel that Israel no longer Technology Institute to provide been noteworthy, the country still has at 7:00 p.m. Presentation begins at Baltimore, from April 9 through needs our support. Conversely, some 8:00 p.m. at Congregation Beth matching grants for American and a distance to go. The assumption by December 10, 1995. "Daughter of Israelis assert they no longer require some American Jews and Israelis Emeth. RSVP required by May 12. Israeli companies to undertake tech- that Zion," will reveal and reinterpret the our help. Israel no Call Michelle Engelman at(610) 358- nologically sophisticated joint longer needs outside sup- life and work of Henrietta Szold I consider such views self-decep- projects, including the development port and help is a dangerous fallacy. 1969 for details. through artifacts, audiovisual materi- tive; I don't buy either. There are still of imaging cameras to record nuclear It would be a tragic betrayal to pun- documents and rare als, label text, 100,000 Israelis desperately looking tracers; programs to improve tech- ish Israel for her recent successes by archival photographs. A native of for jobs and some 600,000 living niques at marine "farms" that breed abandoning her now, just when she Baltimore,Szold (1860-1945) is best below the poverty line. And Israel is fish for human consumption, and is halfway up the ladder. founder of Hadassah, JUNE known as the still a long way from economic self research to develop an advanced Israel continues to need our help, the women's Zionist organization. sufficiently, although she is on the solar-powered system. especially in the economic sector. It Friday 2 For more information, call at The road to achieving that goal. needs us to open corporate doors in Jewish Historical Society of Mary- inveterate optimist regard- 'Exciting new products are being Young Jewish Adults of Dela- As an the U.S., to find R & D partners and land,(410) 732-6400. Israel's future, I must acknowl- developed through grants from the to tap into ware(YJAD) - Synagogue Drop-In - ing American technology. "Coming To Delaware: The edge that much has happened dur- Binational Research and Develop- My post-Israel Independence Day Come out and join us for Shabbat Amish, Jewish and Italian Farm ing the past year that gives us rea- ment Fund (BIRD-F) — financed by advice to American Jews? Help plant services. Following services, YJAD Communities" will be on display son to rejoice at Israel's accomplish- the U.S. and Israel — enabling -a corporate flag and do business in will go out to eat at a local hot spot. through June 30, 1995. The exhibit ments. Consider this: American companies to do R & D Israel; spread the word that it is prof- Reservations required by May 28th. will feature the stories of three ethnic *In spite of Hamas terrorism, Is- in Israel at a cost of only 25 cents on itable to do business there! Call Merrily at (302) 477-1302 for groups which settled on farms in rael has kept the peace process with the dollar. If that sounds like a booster slo- time and location. Delaware during the first quarter of the Palestinians inching forward. *U.S. financial institutions and gan for Israel, so be it. That is what Thursday 15 the 20th century. The goal of the *The peace agreement with Jor- accounting firms are continuing their it is meant to be. exhibit will be to foster an under- dan and Jordan's abandoning of the rush to open offices in Israel, dem- (Elmer L. Winter is chairman of Young Jewish Adults of Dela- standing of multicultural differences Arab boycott is a first giant step in onstrating confidence in Israel's eco- the Committee for Economic ware(YJAD) - HAPPY HOUR AND and similarities in farming and farm providing Israel with trade access to nomic future and its role as the fu- Growth of Israel and the founder DINNER AT THE CACTUS BAR & life in Delaware. The history of why a Middle East market of 200 million ture financial center of the Middle and long-time chairman of Man- GRILL.6:30 p.m. Call David at(609) the Amish, Italians and Jews mi- potential consumers. East. power, Inc., the world's largest tem- 678-8029 for directions and further grated to Kent County, Delaware, *Israel's Gross Domestic Product *Japan, China, Korea and other porary help agency.) info. how they approached farming, their has risen 7 percent in the past year, countries that formerly refused to do success as farmers, and their lifestyles among the highest in the world. business with Israel for fear of jeop- Sunday 25 will be explored in the exhibit. Unemployment dropped to 7.6 per- ardizing their Arab markets have Children's Expo Young Jewish Adults of Dela- Protection From Abuse Semi- cent in 1994; inflation dipped below begun to ignore the boycott in order The Great Jewish Children's ware(YJAD) - CANOE TRIP down nars.The Project For Domestic Vio- 10 percent: exports rose 10.6 per- to do business and conduct research Expo, the world's first traveling Jew- the scenic Brandywine. Reservations lence Reform, Inc. will sponsor cent; investment increased 17.7 per- in Israel. ish museum will be at the Jewish are required by June 11th. $21 per monthly seminars on the use, filing cent, and Israelis' average monthly This is a pretty handsome record. Community Center from Wednes- person. Call David at (609) 678- and hearing of Protection From Abuse earned income was $1,433 — an But it does not mean that Israel has day, May 10 through Sunday, May 8029 for directions and further info. Petitions by victims of domestic vio- historic high. run the course and is about to cross 14, 1995. 5 "1"X 5755 May 5, 1995 rnEWISH Page 19 W VOICE made two seasons ago, when he (The Journey to Rheims), was like Torah Observant Psychologist To Speak summer's Three Tenors made his local debut playing another concert at Happened in the Garden of Eden," Dodger Stadium, but tripled ... The AKSE Adult Education Com- romantic Rachmaninoff showpiece, and and "Dear God: What Have You with original music! mittee presents guest speaker Dr. May Entertainments the RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF Done for Me Lately?" The composition was lost for a Lisa Aiken on May 19th and 20th. PAGANIN1. Dr. Aiken will address the congre- century and a half, and it just Dr. Aiken is a modern, Torah- By STEVE COHEN The weekend's three concerts received gation during Friday night services, were sold out. A spokesman for the its Delaware Valley premiere by the observant Jew who is apsychologist Special to The Jewish Voice nationally at 8 p.m., followed by an Oneg The Delaware Theatre Company Delaware Symphony says that audi- Curtis Institute of Music. David Hayes in private practice and a author and speaker. Shabbat. closed the regular part of its season ences seem to panic when the end conducted the multi-star vehicle with recognized in clinical On Shabbat morning, Dr. Aiken this week with a wonderful produc- of the season nears. They can't stand a cast of Curtis students. All of the She received her Ph.D. University will speak on a different topic at tion of George S. Kaufman's and the idea that there aren't going to performers had to pass a challeng- psychology from Loyola written a schol- 10:30 a.m. (Services begin at 8:45 Moss Hart's YOU CAN'T TAKE IT be any more concerts until the Fall, ing audition to be admitted, and all in Chicago. She has are there on scholarship. arly study of the role of women in a.m.) A -luncheon will follow. WITH YOU. The company is throw- and they rush to make sure they don't Everyone in the community is in- A videotape of IL VIAGGIO A Judaism from a traditional point of ing a supper party to mark the miss this one. vited to attend on both Friday and RIEMS has just been released on the view, entitled, "To Be a Jewish season's end on Saturday evening, There's a big musical event com- Shabbat at no charge. Reservations Bel Canto label, capturing the 1988 Woman." Dr. Aiken co-authored May 13. ing to Philadelphia this week, when are needed, though, so that the com- Vienna production conducted by "The Art of Jewish Prayer" with All of the music at the party will Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts his mittee can plan accordingly. Claudio Abbado. The concert Rabbi Yitzchak Kirzner. be by Cole Porter, and some of it is very first opera performances in the hall Babysitting is available on Friday was turned into a hotel and spa, "new" — songs never before heard United States. Richard Strauss's with night at no charge but advance reg- hot tubs on the stage. The cast was Dr. Aiken has been a lecturer and in public, recently discovered and just ARIADNE AUF NAXOS. What istration is required. filled with big names, most notably scholar-in-residence at various syna- released by Porter's estate. makes this notable is the fact that Please call the AKSE synagogue Montserrat Caballe. the Spanish so- gogues throughout the U.S. During It's being called "What a Swell Sawallisch made his reputation in office, 762-2705, with your reser- prano was past her prime, but she her visit to AKSE, her talks will be Party," a title borrowed from one of Europe largely as a conductor of based on the topics: "What Really vations. Porter's songs. Proceeds benefit the opera and other vocal music. managed the Rossini coloratura with surprising skill and Delaware Theatre Company's edu- Theatre Ariel, founded to foster vitality. For any lover of vocal music, cational programming. awareness of Jewish culture, is pre- this tape should be part of your YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH senting a new comedy called "36" library. There are two YOU won a Pulitzer Prize for its au- from now until May 21. The play is other Rossini tapes by Bel Canto to satisfy thors in 1936. It's a warm and gentle a co-production with the Cheltenham you while you're in the mood for catchy, me- Joel h. shoulson comedy about an eccentric family in Center for the Arts, and is playing at lodious Italian music: the midst of the Depression. In those the Cheltenham theater. MARILYN days, playwrights often wrote for HORNE: ROSSINI CONCERT, and the only second generation "36" refers to the 36 RICCIARDO & ZORAIDA. Stefan large casts. Kaufman and Hart de- Lamedvovniks, or blessed ones, of lineated a dozen memorable charac- Zucker, perhaps this country's great- fully approved Chassidic tradition. The same sub- est authority on florid opera singing, ters in this story, and each of them ject was the basis for a play I reviewed full-fime, professional was well cast by director Apollo says that the Home concert is "the last summer at the Aliens Lane The- most dazzling display of coloratura Dukakis and the Delaware company. ater. In this new play, a group of Dukakis kept the play true to its on videotape." The RICCIARDO Chassidic scholars take up residence stars June Anderson and features ',rant period, and the action unfolded in a Cincinnati Reform temple and (mohel) slowly and gracefully, building to- some of the highest notes ever re- come to believe that the Polish- corded, by her and her tenor co-star, wards the action-filled Act Two finale, Catholic electrician at the temple serving your community since 1951 which is one of the great scenes in as well as excellent video quality. may be a member of this blessed 1-800-700-JOEL (5635) American theater history. Almost group. The author, Norman Lessing, actors 610-896-7750 every one of the twelve main gently pokes fun at the search for CORRECTION was perfect for his or her role, and origins of faith. In our April 7th issue Barbra please call for videotape and information there were five or six gems of char- acter acting. When Charles X became King of Streisand should have been The Delaware Symphony just France in 1825, the leading musical quoted, saying: "I am very proud ended its season with guest soloist comedy composer of the day, to be a liberal. Liberals fought sla- Dmitri Ratser playing Gioacchino Rossini, wrote an opera very, fought for women to have Rachmaninoff's PIANO CON- about the coronation and loaded it the right to vote, fought against CERTO NO. 2 with Stephen with big tunes for nine or ten of the Hitler, Stalin, fought to end seg- Gunzenhauser conducting. Ratser most popular singers of that time. regation, fought to end apartheid. reinforced the good impression he This piece, IL VIAGGIO A RIEMS What's to be ashamed of?" 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Holocaust Victims Recalled Commentary: that at least the possibility exists that his "excess in speech" in fact led to Oklahoma and Us sin, he could regain (or perhaps gain) In Israel And Around The World some credibility. But no, the connec- tion between those murderous By RABBI ROBERT L. discourse in America today is in this crazies who believe that Washington By URIEL MASAD ii speaking of the past, said: "Fifty WOLKOFF regard inferior in the extreme. Not is under the control of "ZOG", the and NAOMI SEGAL have a years passed since the doors of Special to The Jewish Voice only is there no rhetorical precision "Zionist occupation government", JERUSALEM, April 30 (JTA) — hell were opened and exposed the The tragedy in Oklahoma is just before the fact, thus inviting acts of and those who thunder that Wash- Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Re- great tragedy of the Jewish people. that, a tragedy — people doomed by terrorism. Even after the fact no one ington is "occupied by New York lib- membrance Day, focused here and In the name of the Jewish people, I fate, suffering at the hands of forces takes responsibility for having al- erals" is just ignored. around the world this year on the want to say today thank you to the outside their control. A mournful si- lowed their "students to become Returning to the Arab-American 50th anniversary of the liberation of Allied nations and their armies, who, lence rather than the shrill noise of apostates." No conclusions are groups, it is true that they had noth- the death camps and the Allied vic- although they took too long, did bring political analysis is the most appro- drawn which could temper the rheto- ing to do with Oklahoma. They are tory over Nazi Germany. about the day of liberation. priate response. The "forces outside ric and contribute to greater civility. however guilty of the same kind of At an April 26 ceremony in "We hail today the fighting of the their control" must however sooner What does this mean in practical blurred vision. For years they have Jerusalem, President , Allied forces, which included 1.5 or later be addressed and, since terms? It means that condemnation urged people to "understand" the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as well lives million Jewish soldiers, but we have are at stake, sooner is better than without introspection is empty, motives of terrorists—instead of sim- as top governmental, military and not and will not participate in the later. meaningless—indeed, worse than ply saying, before the fact, that as diplomatic officials joined Holocaust circles of dancing." There has been a great deal of meaningless, since it becomes a sort regards bombs in supermarkets, survivors and their families at the Yad Rabin's speech was followed by unequivocal condemnation" going of moral camouflage. It allows one there is nothing to understand. Pe- Vashem Holocaust Memorial. the now-traditional lighting of six on, not least from Arab-American to continue to propagate evil, instead riod. In similar fashion, they have In New York on Sunday, President flames by six Holocaust survivors. groups. They feared, correctly, that of being forced, by the heinousness done everything possible to expand, Clinton unexpectedly addressed the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yisrael many would see the hand of Mos- of the deeds perpetrated in the name rather than restrict, the freedom of largest public U.S. gathering of Ho- Meir Lau, who was 8 years old when lem fundamentalists behind the of a cause one believes in, to recog- action of terrorist groups. James J. locaust survivors to observe Yom he was liberated from Buchenwald, bombing (I admit that was my first nize one's own culpability. Zogby (president of the Arab Ameri- Hashoah this year. Clinton said the also addressed the gathering. assumption), and that an anti-Arab Several examples can illustrate can Institute) is for example presently Holocaust "redefined our this under- "Even today we cannot turn a new backlash would point. Let us begin fighting the proposed Counter-Ter- standing of result. President with one uncon- the human capacity for leaf if we are asked to forgive," the Clinton, rorism Bill (which might have pre- evil." showing considerable moral nected to Oklahoma City. Since the rabbi said. leadership, cautioned the traumatized recent murders at abortion clinics, vented the Oklahoma bombing) It Clinton's address marking the sol- "We have received a will to re- American public against rushing the right to life movement has would cut into "support for the chari- emn occasion followed Holocaust to been member and never to forget, but we judgment — a caution that in light undergoing a frenzy of spin table and political activities of some ceremonies in Washington last week. -control. have absolutely no permission to for- of later events was entirely war- Cardinal John J. O'Connor wrote, Middle East groups that oppose" the Speaking at Madison Square Gar- give or absolve," said Lau. ranted. "If anyone peace process, writes Zogby. "Ef- den, the president said that eventu- has an urge to kill an abor- The commemorations continued Nevertheless, at the risk of being tionist, let forts to link this charitable activity ally, the generation "born him kill me, instead. That's after the April 27 as life, as it does year, came politically incorrect, I must point out with support for terrorism smacks of war will have to shoulder the respon- about as clearly as I can renounce to a standstill with a 10 a.m. siren something suspicious about the con- 'guilt by sibility that the survivors such madness." association'." have carried and two minutes of silence. demnations. Something for so long." about the Which is, in fact, not nearly clear How would he respond to a claim Flags flew at half-mast, restaurants timing. It is one thing to condemn a from a Jewish The responsibility is "to fight all enough. For the Cardinal went on organization that a and places of entertainment were terrorist atrocity after it happens. It contribution to forms of racism, to combat those to describe those who perform and a Baruch Goldstein closed, and across the country the 6 is something else again to condemn Memorial who distort the past and peddle hate undergo abortions as people "treat- Fund is support for "a so- million dead were honored in a se- terrorist activity and ideology before cial program", in the present," he said at the event, ing unborn human babies as non- not a contribution to ries of wreath-laying ceremonies. something happens. In a similar vein, jointly organized by the American persons." And there, in a nutshell, is terrorism? This simply will not wash. At the Knesset, government lead- it is one thing to use precise rhetoric Gathering of Jewish Holocaust the problem. For if, indeed, a fetus The refusal to actively campaign Sur- ers read aloud the names of those to point out that a terrorist vivors and the Warsaw atrocity is an "unborn human baby", a "per- against the terrorism perpetrated by Ghetto Re- who died during the "Every Person is "over the line." sistance Organization. It is something else son", then the gunmen are not crimi- their Arab, Moslem, and/or Pales- Has a Name" ceremony. again to use equally precise rhetoric Back in Jerusalem, President nals. They're heroes. tinian brothers puts the Arab-Ameri- The ceremony was initiated sev- before the fact in order to define Weizman also focused on ex- Instead of having the courage and can leaders squarely in Rabbi Judah's future gen- eral years ago by Dov Shilansky, a actly where that line is. erations by calling upon insight to say, "Dear Lord, forgive category of "deliberate sin." all Jewish Holocaust survivor who now serves This is a theme repeatedly dis- children, wherever me for the desecration of Your name The tragedy in Oklahoma was they live, to come as deputy speaker of the Knesset. cussed in the Ethics of the Fathers. and live in Israel. caused by my teaching" the Cardi- caused by forces outside the control The ceremony is observed "Avtalyon taught: Sages, be careful Referring to the 50th anniversary nal simply goes on as before, calling of the victims, but not outside the throughout the world. More than of what you say, lest...your commemorations, Weizman said, "I people "baby-killers", and then be- control of society as a whole. There 500,000 names were read in 135 students.. become apostates. You will am grateful to the spirit of history ing shocked, shocked at the results. is however one unconditional re- cities across America under the spon- thus be responsible for the desecra- for awarding me the privilege to rep- Getting closer to Oklahoma, Rush quirement if that control is to be ex- sorship of B'nai B'rith. tion of G-d's name." Or as Shimon resent to the entire world the miracle "America Held Hostage" Limbaugh ercised—a recognition that words In Washington, members of Con- ben Gamliel said: "Excess in speech of the revival of the ancient Jewish has been backpedaling furiously to can kill, a recognition that one must gress read aloud the names of Holo- leads to sin." Or as Rabbi Judah people in its historical homeland." distance himself from the "angry take responsibility and share culpa- caust survivors from the steps of the taught: "To err in teaching may be Weizman also spoke of the change Capitol. white men" who have been his bread bility even for—especially for—one's considered a deliberate sin." and butter. If "the smartest man in political that has occurred in Israeli society's The reading was led by Sen. Arlen and moral sympathizers The quality of political and moral America" had been willing to admit when they "go treatment of the survivors of the Specter (R-Pa.), who was joined by over the line." Holocaust. "The passage of time has Sens. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.), the (Rabbi Robert Wolkoff writes for a variety of Jewish publications across the country.) taught us how inane was our ques- son of survivors, and Barbara Boxer tion, 'How did they let themselves (D-Calif.), Jim Jeffords (R-Vt.) and be led to their death like sheep to Rick Santorum (R-Pa.). - the slaughter?' In other ceremonies, Sen. Strom ismers 47 e4r YIllI Ki "We, the generation of the War Thurmond (R-S.C.)led a candle light- )sARs OLD ?. WOW qi I CAN KAMER iNFIEN A MAD Presentation of Independence, knew no other ing ceremony in the Capitol rotunda lietn ANcIENT; 11E STATE OF ISRAEL heroism except in the battlefield. GRAMM! to honor the victims of the Holocaust A. CO A GLIMMER IN CR EYES! I Today, we know and understand that and the American -1 At U of D Gallery military forces who .111 under the circumstances of those liberated the concentration camps. years of horror, to get a piece of Thurmond was at Buchenwald bread for a child in the ghetto was shortly after the liberation. Friday, May 12, MAD Magazine an act of supreme heroism, un- (JTA correspondent Matt Dorf in collector Mark J. Cohen and a panel equaled heroism," he said. Washington contributed of artists from MAD, including John to this re- Si Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in port.) Caldwell, Paul Peter Porges and Bob *tau Clarke, will present a public panel JCC Holds Third Annual Sports Classic presentation on the impact of MAD \fir on popular culture from 4-6 p.m., The Jewish Community Center lawn bowling tournaments will be in Room 006 of the Willard Hall will hold its Third Annual JCC Sports held at 12:30 p.m. with tournaments Education Building, located on Main •••• 4, Classic on Thursday, June 1 at the beginning at 1:30 p.m. A cocktail Street on the University of DuPont Country Club. and award reception will follow all Delaware's campus in Newark. The tournaments at 5 p.m. discussion will be followed by a re- I •• • • " The Sports Classic features golf, For information on tournament ; - - ception in the University Gallery, lo- tennis and lawn bowling tourna- registration or to receive a partici- -n#CeCtIENT---- cated in Old College on Main Street, ments. The day begins with golf reg- pant brochure, contact Shay Rosen from 6-7 p.m., where the exhibition istration, practice and use of the driv- at 478-5660. The JCC is a benefi- "Humor in a Jugular Vein: The Art, ing range at 10 a.m., followed by a ciary of the 1995 "Live Jewish" Artists and Artifacts of MAD Maga- buffet luncheon for golfers. The golf Community Campaign which is ad- Writers needed for The Jewish Voice. zine" will be on view, for more infor- tournament is scheduled to begin at ministered by the Jewish Federation mation, call the University Gallery at 12 noon. Registration for tennis and of Delaware (JFD). Call Dan at 478-6200 (302)831-8242. Free. 5 -1"ti 5755 May 7, 1995 Page 21 A VOlitig JCC Holds Third Clinton Speaks At NJCRAC Reiterates Position Annual Sports Classic Remembrance Gathering The Jewish Community Center By GEORGE ROBINSON On Affirmative Action Policy will hold its Third Annual JCC Sports Special To The Jewish Voice Classic on Thursday, June 1 at the President Clinton attended the By DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN NJCRAC first adopted in 1973, ization's chair, said after the consul- DuPont Country Club. largest gathering of survivors in the which was amended in 1975 and tation. The Sports Classic features golf, U.S. commemorating the 50th an- NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Jew- 1981. "Today's action by NJCRAC tennis and lawn bowling tourna- niversary of the liberation of the doubt that the orga- ish community's most comprehen- That policy supports affirmative should leave no ments. The day begins with golf reg- death camps and the end of World community remains sive umbrella group has staked out action remedies to racial imbalance nized Jewish istration, practice and use of the driv- War II, which was sponsored by the strongly committed to ensuring equal its position on affirmative action — in both the government and the pri- ing range at 10 a.m., followed by a Ghetto Resistance Organi- opportunity," she said. Warsaw and found that despite changes in vate sector. But it opposes the use buffet luncheon for golfers. The golf zation (WAGRO), the American inconsistent with the Representatives of a dozen local government and public opinion on of quotas "as tournament is scheduled to begin at Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Sur- nondiscrimination and community relations councils and the topic, the mainstream Jewish principle of 12 noon. Registration for tennis and vivors, the Museum of Jewish Heri- goal of equal opportunity." seven national agencies took part in community's views on affirmative the lawn bowling tournaments will be NYJCRC and UJA-Federation, The NJCRAC policy encourages the consultation, including: the tage, action have not changed in the past held at 12:30 p.m. with tournaments of 6,000 survivors compensatory training and educa- American Jewish Congress; Anti- drew an audience two decades. beginning at 1:30 p.m. A cocktail and family members, as well as a Jewish Community tion; intensive recruitment of quali- Defamation League; Jewish Labor The National and award reception will follow all guest list that included Gov. George Relations Advisory Council convened fied and qualifiable individuals; and Committee; National Council of Jew- tournaments at 5 p.m. Pataki, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a consultation April 25 to assess an on-going review of established job ish Women; ORT; Orthodox Union; For information on tournament U.S. senators, several members whether the positions of its 13 na- and admissions requirements. and United Synagogue of Conserva- three or to receive a partici- of Representatives, Is- tional agency members and 117 lo- "The NJCRAC consultation con- tive Judaism. registration of the House contact Rosen Minister Shimon Peres cal community relations groups had cluded that affirmative action is nec- Presenters included Bill Taylor, a pant brochure, Shay raeli Foreign changed on the issue. essary to provide equality of oppor- vice president of the Leadership at 478-5660. The JCC is a benefi- and Meir Lau, chief rabbi of Israel, After hearing from think-tank tunity for minorities and women, and Conference on Civil Rights, and Clint ciary of the 1995 "Live Jewish" himself a survivor of Buchenwald. commentators and representatives of that efforts to erode programs or to Bolick, who represented the Wash- Community Campaign which is ad- The event was held Sunday at Madi- its own member groups, those eliminate them altogether should be ington-based conservative think tank ministered by the Jewish Federation son Square Garden. present affirmed the policy that opposed," Lynn Lyss, the organ- Institute for Justice. of Delaware (JFD). Speaking briefly but effectively, President Clinton said that the events Moshe Zimmerman said he saw his conviction that certain parallels of the Shoah "redefined our under- Professor Sparks strong similarities between the two exist between the settlers and Nazis, Children's Expo standing of the human capacity for groups. including racism. evil." Controversy With "There is a whole sector of Israeli Likud Knesset member Ron The Great Jewish Children's Wearing a black yarmulke, a sub- society, that without hesitation I Nahman called on Education Minis- Expo, the world's first traveling Jew- dued Clinton told the audience,"We Comparison to would call a copy of the Nazis," he ter Amnon Rubinstein to dismiss ish museum will be at the Jewish must remember these years of radi- said. Zimmerman immediately. Community Center from Wednes- cal evil as though it were a command- Hitler Youth "Look at the children of Hebron: Nahman also called on the State day, May 10 through Sunday, May ment to do so. ... Those of us who They are exactly like Hitler Youth. Attorney's Office to bring criminal 14, 1995. The Expo uses imagina- were born after the war will have to By NAOMI SEGAL They are brainwashed from age zero charges against the professor for in- tive multi-media displays to promote shoulder that responsibility" as the JERUSALEM (JTA)— A Hebrew that Arabs are bad and about anti- citement. Jewish education and fun. generation of survivors dies out. University professor who compared Semitism, making them paranoid "The professor's remarks are a Regular admission for children is filthy stain on the Hebrew Univer- the children of Jewish settlers to and racist — just like the Hitler $4 and $5 for adults. When you can't breathe, Hitler Youth has prompted calls from Youth." sity, and anyone who expresses such For more information or to sched- nothing else matters' the right wing for his dismissal. Zimmerman later said some of his opinions should have no place in the ule a group tour, contact Susan Gen- In an interview with the weekly comments were distorted in the pub- Israeli education system," said try at 478-5660 or Rabbi Chuni t AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION. newspaper Yerushalayim, Professor lished interview. But he held firm to Nahman. Vogel at 478-4400. 1-800-03-CISA

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REBECCA P. BANK Fla., to Ingleside, near her daughter, Heimann said, "At least two of his Heatherbrooke, Brandywine Hun- KRUGER UNVEILING Rebecca P. Bank, 67, of W. 40th Ruth Schetman of Brandywine Hun- siblings died in the concentration dred; and three sisters, Susan A monument in memory of Harold St., Wilmington, died April 30 in St. dred. camps." Polmanski of Encino, Dr. Phyllis Kruger was to be unveiled April 30 Francis Hospital of a heart attack. In New York, where she graduated "He did not know his father, Jo- Levine of Seattle and Marcy Lucas in the Montefiore section of Jewish Mrs. Bank was a homemaker and from Hunter College, she volun- seph, was alive until he got a letter of Winston-Salem, N.C. Community Cemetery, Foulk Road. a member of Adas Kodesch Shel teered typing Braille books for the in the mail after the war," Mrs. The family suggests contributions Mr. Kruger, who died Nov. 1, had Emeth Congregation and Deborah blind. Heimann said. "He had survived as to Camp Ramah Fund, c/o Cong. lived at 1301 N. Harrison St., Heart and Lung Foundation. She Her husband, Harry Fried, died in a cook in a concentration camp and Beth Shalom, 18th & Baynard Blvd., Wilmington. volunteered as a solicitor for Super 1963. She is survived by her daugh- came to live in Wilmington in 1946." Wilm., DE 19802. Sunday to raise pledges for the Com- ter; a son, Lawrence Fried of New He died in 1957. munity Campaign. She won trivia Rochelle, N.Y.; three grandsons and He is survived by his wife of 61 SAMUEL MAZER JCC Annual contests which were sponsored by two great-granddaughters. years, Johanna Heimann; a son, Samuel Mazer, 91, of 3706 The Jewish Voice. The family suggests contributions Max of Darley Woods; four grand- Church Road, Mount Laurel, N.J., Meeting She is survived by her husband, to Arthritis Foundation. children and five great-grandchildren. formerly of Wilmington and sons, David H. His other son, Erich, died in July. Vineland, N.J., died April 26 in The 61st Annual Meeting of the Bernard Bank; three ARTHUR HEIMANN Robert A. of The family suggests contributions Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Cherry Jewish Community Center will be of Hockessin, Arthur Heimann, 86, a former and Michael E. of to AKSE synagogue. Hill. held on Sunday, June 11, 1995 at Sykesville, Md., grocer on the East Side of Highland Park, N.J.; and three Mr. Mazer, a poultry farmer in 4:00 p.m. on the grounds of the Jew- Wilmington, died March 31. KATHRYN SWINGER ish Family Campus, Garden of Eden grandchildren. Vineland for more than 35 years, Mr. Heimann operated a grocery LeBORITZ Road in North Wilmington. The The family suggests contributions retired in 1965. He lived in at Seventh and Lombard streets from Kathryn Swinger Leboritz, age 91, theme for this year's meeting will be to Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth Con- Wilmington in the late 1970s and the 1940s until it was torn down for of Newark, died April 1, 1995, in the 25th Anniversary of the JCC gregation, Washington Boulevard early 1980s. urban renewal in the early 1960s. St. Francis Hospital. Building on Garden of Eden Road. and Torah Drive, Wilmington; or He is survived by two sons, Irwin He lived in Wilmington, where he Mrs. LeBoritz, a homemaker, was The meeting will include Election of Deborah Heart and Lung Associa- of Blue Bell, Pa.; and Albert B. of moved in 1939 to work at a tannery, a member of Congregation Beth Board and Officers, President's Re- tion, in care of Mary Weinstein, Newtown, Pa.; a daughter, Natalie Sklut Hide and Fur, after fleeing Nazi Shalom. She moved to Newark fif- port and an Awards Presentation. 8602 Society Drive, Claymont. Oram of Las Vegas; seven grandchil- Germany the year before. teen years ago. Her husband, dren, and four great-grandchildren. Games and activities for children Michael D. BERTHA PINCUS FRIED He was a member of the men's LeBoritz, died in 1976. The family suggests contributions (ages 3 through 10) will be offered Bertha Pincus Fried, 88, formerly club at his synagogue, Adas Kodesch She is survived by two daughters, to The Kutz Home, Wilmington. during the meeting portion of the of Ingleside Retirement Apartments, Shel Emeth Congregation, Pauline LeBoritz of Newark and evening. A free family picnic dinner April 28 of com- Wilmington. Betty Wexler-Rosen of Chalfonte; will be served at 5:30 p.m., followed Wilmington, died JANET GREEN SHRIER Foulk Manor He was a native of three brothers, Louis, Manuel, and by entertainment. Advance reserva- plications of stroke in Janet Green Shrier, 77, of Del Ray Brandywine Schteepshausen, Germany, where Isadore Swinger, all of Wilmington; tions are required by calling the JCC South nursing home, Beach, Fla., and Wilmington, died few worked in his in-laws' slaughter- two grandchildren, Robyn W. Pascale at (302) 478-5660 by June 1. Hundred, her home the past he April 30 at University of Maryland house. Several months later, his wife of Valley Forge, Pa. and Dr. David Jordon Rosen is serving as the chair- weeks. Hospital, Baltimore. Mrs. Fried, a former high school and two boys joined him in New B. Wexler of Ft. Worth, Texas, and person for this event. The JCC is a three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Shrier was a homemaker and beneficiary of the 1995 "Live Jew- teacher in New York City, moved York. and A graveside service was held on a professional clown. After she ish" Community Campaign which is about six years ago from Hollywood, His daughter-in-law, Barbara to Del Ray Sunday, April 2, 1995, in the Jew- her husband retired administered by the Jewish Federa- and graduated ish Community Cemetery. The fam- Beach, she attended tion of Delaware (JFD). and ily suggests contributions to her syna- from Clown College of Florida member of Krackerjack Klown gogue or Deborah Foundation, care was a Beach, a nonprofit of Mary Weinstein, 8602 Society Alley of Del Ray professional clowns who Discovery Seminar Drive, Claymont. group of Schoenberg Memorial Chapels perform in hospitals, day-care cen- The Discovery Seminar will be RONALD BRUCE LEVINE ters and other institutions. coming to Delaware's Jewish Com- Ronald Bruce Levine, 42, of Se- She is survived by her husband, munity Center on Sunday, May 7, at In the hallowed tradition of attle, Wash.,formerly of Wilmington, Alfred Shrier; a son, Larry of Palm 1995. The seminar will be held died April 27 of a heart attack at Beach Garden, Fla.; two daughters, 101 Garden of Eden Road in North our faith... home. Linda Shrier Schiffer of Baltimore Wilmington. Mr. Levine was a computer ana- and Carol Reed of Exton, Pa.; a For more information, call Artie a dignified setting with lyst at the University of Washington brother, Louis Green of Phoenix, Allen (JCC) at 478-5660 or Rabbi reverence for customs for 10 years. Ariz.; and five grandchildren. Chuni Vogel (Chabad-Lubavitch) at and observances in strict He was a graduate of Brandywine Contributions can be made to 478-4400. High School, Brandywine Hundred, Haddassah Children's Center. accord with family De., and the University of Delaware. wishes. He played on the Deer Park Tav- ern softball team in Newark, De., and 519 Philadelphia Pica a softball team in Seattle. He is survived by his parents, Dr. WERTHEIMER 792-0334 Allen and Elva Levine of MONUMENTS

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Facing Up to the Past: In some two dozen interviews with When reminded that German use of slave labor during World War cal companies that formed I.G. representatives of more than 10 Jews were mistreated from the be- Farben, a major owner of the com- German Firms Not German companies, evidence ginning and that for them Hitler was Mommsen has been working for pany that manufactured the Zyklon emerged of a tendency among sev- never "good," Saenger said, "Oh, eight years on the book, titled "The B gas used to exterminate Jews in Mind eral corporations with either signifi- you're right." History of' the Volkswagen Factory the concentration camps, have had Of One cant Nazi involvement during World At BASF, the giant German and its Workers in the Third Reich." varying ways of dealing with their By MIRIAM WIDMAN War II or important Jewish founders chemical corporation, Ruth Fromm, Another auto manufacturer will- World War II involvement. BERLIN (JTA) — Fifty years after to ignore their past. an assistant to the company's histo- ing to explore its history during World the end of World War II, the willing- The remarks of Renate Saenger rian, first asked this reporter about War II was Daimler Benz, which pro- Two of those companies, BASF ness of German companies to re- were not unusual. her religion and whether she lives in vided the financial backing for a book and the chemical firm Hoechst AG, examine their role in the Nazi regime "The beginning period with Hitler Israel. published last year about prison la- admit that the third, Bayer AG, has varies widely. was good," said Saenger, a media Despite such comments, several borers at the company. been the most forthcoming about the When the country's leading finan- spokeswoman for Stiftung Auto- companies, such as Deutsche Bank, The three major German chemi- past. cial institution, Deutsche Bank, chose museum Volkswagen, a foundation have sought the services of histori- to fund a recent book about its 125- set up by the automaker. ans to document their past. year history — including its Nazi past But at some point, Hitler "flipped A book published this year re- Jewish n — the decision was seen as part of a out," she said, adding, "At some vealed that Deutsche Bank aided in recent, yet growing trend among point, he went crazy." the expropriation of Jewish posses- Voice German companies to openly deal sions during the war and offered little Personals with their war records. resistance to Nazi pressures to re- ABBREVIATIONS: Not all German corporations are ently not baptized. move Jews from the bank's board. To respond to a Jewish Voice Personal write to: The Jewish Voice - Personals S - Single "We would try and control the bap- The rival Dresdner Bank has pro- J - Jewish Box Your Return tism of any person like Hitler, who account of F - Female duced a remarkably frank 101 Garden of Eden Road Address Mormons would be considered an evil person the bank's Nazi period. In a book M - Male Wilmington, DE 19803 Required W - Widow, Widower and would not be an officially ap- published in 1992 on from page 3) the occasion D - Divorced (Continued proved candidate for baptism," said of the bank's 120-year anniversary, It was only when Michel discov- Brough. the fate of its many important Jew- To place a Jewish Voice Personal send your check and personal to: ered that his own mother, father, Perhaps the others "had a descen- ish board members was painstakingly The Jewish Voice - Personals grandmother and best childhood dant who felt that the ordinances of detailed, in addition to the noting of 101 Garden of Eden Road friend, all from Mannheim, Ger- baptism would be helpful," he said. the Nazi links of others at the bank. Wilmington, DE 19803 many, had been posthumously bap- The effort to expunge the names In contrast to the efforts of the To place a one inch Jewish Voice personal ad is $7. A one and one-half inch Jewish tized, that the matter was resolved. of Holocaust victims was initiated in Deutsche and Dresdner banks, a Voice personal ad is $10. A two inch Jewish Voice personal ad is $14. "I was hurt that my parents, who January, even before the final details book designed to be a history of the were killed as Jews in Auschwitz, of the agreement were worked out, 125 years of the Commerzbank, were being listed as members of the and will take about another year to published this year, begins the bank s Mormon faith. I could not accept it. complete, Brough said. history in 1945. LAWN SERVICE I would have done anything to The church is writing the software Another important German com- change it," Michel said last week in that will remove the victims' names pany, Volkswagen, commissioned FULL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE an interview in his office at New from its records, he said, adding that Hans Mommsen, a noted historian, York's UJA-Federation, where he the effort is being undertaken at "a to write a book about the company's DINs SICGONUI N TGSu FpOR N ow! served as executive vice president substantial cost." from 1970 to 1989. Michel estimated the cost to the Tama After initial correspondence with church at "several million dollars." Phone:(302) 764-0484 the president of the Mormon Church The agreement Michel and Brough (Continued from page 17) YARD DETAILING SERVICES, INC. and Sen. Orrin Hatch(R. -Utah), who were slated to sign on Wednesday REFERENCES PROVIDED is Mormon, Michel met with Brough also contains provisions requiring the prior to the performance, catered by and other Mormon officials Jan. 6 Mormons to: "Zaydie's Place." in Hatch's Washington office. *Provide a list of all Jewish Holo- This-year, Cafe Tamar will pay a "'AY^ Michel said he was prepared to sue caust victims whose names are to be musical tribute to the songs of Can- the Mormon church for invasion of removed from the International Ge- tor Debbie Friedman and the late privacy, but was surprised when the nealogical Index to the American Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. There will church leaders turned out to be "as Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Sur- also be a medley of songs celebrat- McMaids warm and friendly as you could imag- vivors; the U.S. Holocaust Memorial ing Yom Yerushalayim and the city's ine." Commission; the N.Y. Holocaust tri-millennium. Housekeeping Service "Brough said, 'We made a mis- Memorial Commission; the Simon Tickets are available at the syna- take, we want to make amends and Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles; gogue office, 762-2705 at $8 for we did not realize that we were of- and Yad Vashem Holocaust Memo- adults and $4 for children younger • Same housekeeper weekly/bi-weekly fending survivors,— Michel said. rial, located in Jerusalem; than 13. • Employees closely screened and trained never any disagree- *Reaffirm the policy and issue a "There were An AKSE spokesperson encour- • Reasonable rates and customized service ments about the substance of what directive to all officials and members ages readers to celebrate the 47th they were to do." of the church to discontinue any fu- birthday of Israel on Monday, May • Licensed and insured In a twist of fate, the agreement's ture baptisms of deceased Jews; 29 with the entire community and signing comes one week after the *Confirm this policy in all relevant to experience Israeli music and danc- CALL 762-7623 50th anniversary of Michel's escape literature produced by the church; ing at Cafe Tamar!! from the Nazis. *Remove from the International He fled a death march out of Genealogical Index in the future the Berga, a subcamp of Buchenwald, names of all deceased Jews who are SEAMSTRESS into the surrounding woods. so identified if they are known to be Local men's retail clothing As part of the agreement, the improperly included. Mormons will delete from their ge- Commenting on the agreement, store in business for 60 Windows years is looking for a full Andersen® nealogical database information Brough said, "There was never any replacement, cus- vo. about all known Jewish Holocaust intent to offend the Jewish people. time seamstress. Experi- Vinyl Windows victims who are not the ancestors of We consider ourselves deep friends ence preferred. Salary & tom made,tilt -in, double- living church members. of the Jewish people." great benefits. Please call Bows and Bays, The database, the International "All of this was done with feelings Leonard at 658-7345. pane,insulated glass. Genealogical Index, is regarded by of compassion and love, not the de- Skylights, \ss, Guaranteed Doors and experts as the most extensive single sire to injure or damage," Brough • • genealogical resource in the world. said, adding, "Our intention is to do tilt* $75-$99 37-50% off list. It contains names, birth dates, a better job to direct our members birthplaces and death dates, but not to concentrate on their own ances- Windowizards Windowizards information about religion or tors and not someone else's." 911 Market Street 1-800-220-8707 ethnicity, so it is impossible to know Mokotoff, the Jewish genealogical Wilmington, DE 1-800-220-3044 precisely how many are Jews, be- expert, welcomed the agreement as yond those already established as "the first time in recorded history that Holocaust victims. a religion is modifying its practices Railroad Hardwood The index also contains the names to accommodate the wishes of non- ISRAEL of several of the Nazi regime's most believers." notorious leaders who were baptized "It's a credit to the elders of the Ties: Floors by Mormons. Latter-day Saints Church that they BONDS According to data from the index considered the sensitivities of the For sale, reinvestment 6x6x8 new, New 1st Quality. Bruce, provided by Michel, Adolph Jewish people," he said. and redemption pressure treated. Mannington, etc... Eichmann was baptized in Septem- information call: ber 1991. Joseph Goebbels was bap- (Editor's Note: Ernest Michel spoke $10.80 Big Discounts tized in January 1990. Heinrich at the JFD annual meeting last year. 1-800- Himmler was baptized in May 1990 This year the annual meeting will Earl Windowizards and Hermann Goering in March be May 11 at 8pm at Congregation 752-56711 1-800-220-8740 1991. Hitler, however, was appar- Beth Shalom) 1-800-355-7002 a Page 24 JEWISH' 5 -1441% 5755 May 5, 1995 VOICE FOX VALLEY SUPER

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