*** -r- ^•,- >^ •« Chattanooga Jewish Federation Nonprofit Org. P.O. Box 8947 U.S. Postage Volume 2 Chattanooga. TN 37411 PAID Permit No. 63 Deadline for Chattanooaa. Tf\ next issue March 1 Number 7 March 1988 Adar-Nisan 5748 Chattanooga Federation Chattanooga community to celebrate Purim to host two Israeli students Jews around the world have celebrated Purim megillah reading on Wednesday night, March 2, for about 24 centuries, and this year will be no followed by a program of refreshments, singing exception. The holiday will fall on Thursday. and a costume contest. Shalom Zachmy Judaic March 3 when the Day School will have its annual skills coordinator for the synagogue, is planning Purim program-including the usual reading of the program and details will be available in the the Scroll of Esther and the children drowning out next bulletin. an's name with handmade graggers. In the book of Esther, the story of Purim tells of Family Programming committee of the Persia's evil prime minister. Hainan, who i Community Center will be organizing the convinced King Achashverosh to sign a decree al Purim carnival to be Sunday. March 6. that would seal the fate of the Jews of the land. or shine in the JCC gymnasium. The day's The date for the slaughter of the men. women and ires will feature game booths, a cake walk, children was to be determined by the casting of sturne contest, a haunted house and lots. Purim, in Hebrew. ainment. When Esther, also known as Hadassah. was i carnival will continue from 1 to 3 p.m. and chosen as the king's new wife neither the king nor will be a hot dog lunch available for S2.50 a Haman knew she was the niece of Mordecai. the including the drink. Game tickets will be 25 leader of the Jews. The cleverness of Mordecai Teach. combined with the beauty and modesty of Esther [Sholom Congregation will celebrate in its and with the fasting and prayers of the Jews, Inal manner with the reading of the reversed completely the evil plans of Haman and In on Wednesday night and on Thursday resulted in the destruction of his entire family, Ohad Mayblum ng. On Thursday, March 3 at 6.15 p.m. the and a decree was issued to reverse the earlier evil sis-erhood will have their Purim Seudah. There decree against the Jews. Gilly Naheer My name is Ohad Mayblum. I was born and will be entertainment, the cost will be S5 for So. for almost 24 centuries. Jews have marked raised in Haifa. I have been learning in the Reali adultPand S3 foi children, and the community is their miraculous deliverance, and passed on the school since the first grade. This year I am in This year the Chattanooga Jewish Federation invited. lesson of Divine Providence, by fasting and eleventh grade, studying in a science program. I will again host a pair of Israeli high school Mizpah Congregation's Temple Youth Group repenting on the 13th day of Adar-the Fast of am sixteen and a half years old. students as a participant in the 1988 Israeli Youth will again organize its annual Purim Carnival at Esther-(March 2 this year) and making merry on My grandparents immigrated from Eastern Delegation, a project of the Government of Israel TempBThe group's major fundraiser will feature the 14th Adar (March 3). On Purim evening and Europe in the thirties, settling in Haifa and in that has been successful for a number of yeais. a numer of different booths, a hot dog lunch. again on Purim morning it is a mitzva to hear the Tiberias. My father's father founded a law firm in gamesTprizes costumes, a parade and fun for all Scroll of Esther read. Children particularly enjoy The students, Gilly Naheer of Galilee and Ohad Haifa, in which my father started working Mayblum of Haifa, will be staying in Chattanooga ages. drowning out the evil name of Haman each time it eighteen years ago after completing law studies in the homes of members of the community is uttered. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Last year There will also be a special Family Sabbath during the week of March 20-27. They will also be on my father was appointed to the bench in Nazareth Service Friday. Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m. To Other mitzvot of the day include giving gifts spending time in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville celebnb the holiday. Rabbi Kanter will have a (money or goods) to the poor, sending Mishloach and Charleston while in the United States. Magistrate's Court. My mother taught for years, but has concentrated on homemaking in the last megiW reading that will involve the entire Manot to friends (a gift of at least two different The following are biographical sketches of the congregation -whose members are asked- to ready-to-eat foods to at least one friend) and. few years. I have an older brother (18). a sister 4 students as they have provided: (13) - both in Reali school - and another brother come in costume as their favorite Purim having a festive meal. It is also a mitzva to get so My name is Gilly Naheer and I am in 11th grade. (5). character- There will also be a regular 8 p.m. drunk that you can't tell the difference between I live in Yuvalim. a new settlement in the Galilee. Sabbat Service celebrating Purim with the "cursed be Haman" and "Blessed be Mordechai!" I belong to the "Noar Le'Noar" youth tne Yuvalim was founded five years ago. and belongs organization. Last year I was the counselor of 40 readirwf megillah in somewhat more sedate (This mitzva can also be fulfilled by taking a nap). to Misgav Regional Council. I was born in Los 14-year-olds and one of the Haifa chapter's marine! Toby Katz and Morris Rombro Angeles in 1971, while my father was studying for leaders, responsible for organizing its social B'napion's congregation will celebrate with a contributed to this article. his Ph.D. in civil engineering at Caltech. My family activities. I also belong to C.I.S.V., an returned to Israel when I was five years old. I lived international youth association whose aim is to and went to school in Kiryat Bialik until I was ten, strengthen the connection among youngsters and then we went to Holland for a year where my from different nations, C.I.S.V. is spread over father spent his sabbatical at the Delft Hydraulics more than a hundred countries all over the world. Laboratory. In 1982 we returned to Israel and As a member of C.I.S.V . I was sent to a summer moved to Yuvalim, camp in Spain in 1982. and took part in a Danish- Today my father works for Rafael in Haifa. My Israeli exchange program. I volunteer weekly in a mother is a physiotherapist and works in learning institute of the Nitzan association. kibbutzim. My grandparents came from Eastern helping a twenty-year-old brain-damaged Europe in the Third Aliya. My mother's parents woman master basic arithmetic. I like music, were among the founders of Kfar Warburg, a especially Heavy Metal. I play soccer and ISRaELH^NW moshav in southern Israel. My father's parents basketball, and "waste" whatever free time I've were among the founders of Kfar Vitkin, a got left on taking care of my two-year-old white, I moshav near Netanya. female Labrador dog. Emma. I am sixteen years old. I have an older sister, The Youth Delegation is an official joint project eighteen years old. in 12th grade. I also have a of Israel's Ministry for Foreign Affairs and younger brother and a younger sister. Israel at 40 programs announced Ministry of Education. The purpose of the project The thattanooga Jewish community will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Israel with a series of I have a few hobbies which I enjoy much. I play is to introduce Israel to American high school the flute and belong to a jazz group. I enjoy students, and to acquaint Americans, both programs and events sponsored jointly by the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community listening to music-especially jazz, the Beatles. Jewish and Gentile, with the life of young people Centen Simon and Garfunkel. and Israeli singers. I enjoy in Israel. The|40th Anniversary Committee chaired by Claire Binder and with the assistance of Helen hiking all around the country, particularly with The participating students, whose PreguWian and Amelia Lebovitz, has prepared an exciting array of events. Some of the events are by my friends. I think I have learned to love Israel backgrounds and experience are representative invitation only for those who have joined JETCA. To join, simply call Tom Neuman at 894-1317 and through hiking. of all facets of Israeli life, undergo an intensive you will receive invitations to all the events. Other programs will be for the entire community. I am a counselor in a youth movement, working process of selection, preparation and training. Jhf current plans include the following schedule of events. with eighth-grade children. The movement is Candidates are initially nominated by their called "Ha-lhud Ha-Haklai". or "agricultural school boards, and are selected upon the basis of Thursday, February 25 • Carmi Schwartz, Director of Council of Jewish Federations union". It is apolitical and includes more than written examination and interviews at the Sunday. March 27 • Miriam Weiner, Genealogist seventy settlements. Foreign Ministry.