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THE JEWISH CITIZEN
Jewish communal leaders predict lasting benefits as 2008 JCC Maccabi Games end
By Donald H. Harrison
 LA JOLLA, California--As 1,600 teen athletes from Israel, Mexico, and across the United States unwound on climbing apparatuses, bungee-style trampolines, mechanical bulls and surfboards, Jewish community leaders suggested on Thursday evening, August 7, that the just- concluded 2008 JCC Maccabi Games will have lasting impacts, both in the physical and spiritual realms.
David Wax and Michael Cohen, respectively president and executive director of the Lawrence Family JCC, Jacobs Family Campus, said the outpouring of support from volunteers and host families for the athletes, already is being translated into ongoing positives for San Diego’s Jewish community.
 
“It has been an amazing community-building experience,” Wax commented amid the tumult of rock music, and athletic-oriented tests of skill and agility. Besides team and individual competitions in a variety of sports among teenagers representing more than 40 Jewish Community Centers, the focus of the week of activities was on tikkun olam—the Jewish community helping out others less fortunate.
Accordingly, Wax noted, there were Maccabi Cares festivals in two locations, at which the Maccabi athletes—between their own competitions—ran booths and games for 1,200 children who were bussed from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Furthermore, he said, all the athletes who came to San Diego were asked to bring some packaged food, whether in cans or in boxes, for donation to the Hand-Up food pantry program operated by Jewish Family Service. “I understand this was the largest single donation ever made to this new program,” he said.
Cohen, interviewed in another part of Mandel Weiss Eastgate Park, which is part of the Lawrence Family JCC’s 13-acre complex, suggested that with more than 1,000 volunteers, and 600 families providing hosting, “a lot of people who had never stepped foot inside the center" had become involved "and our goal is to really continue that journey with them, and involve them with the Jewish community.”
 
Cohen said that the United Jewish Federation had provided a grant to create a JCC program to follow up with all the people who participated in the running of the Maccabi games and to learn about their interest in and needs from the Jewish community.
“We’ll be doing outreach to continue having these kids and families involved,” said Cohen.
As Cohen spoke, Maccabi athletes nearby were exchanging shirts, pins and other mementos from their cities. As buses for the airport were announced by city of destination, there were numerous hugs, farewells, and promises of ongoing e-correspondence.
  One friendship formed during the games was between tennis players Max Kaye of Palm Beach, Florida, and Aaron Goldwyn of Sacramento. Coincidentally, both boys traveled to JCC’s in other cities in order to participate in the JCC Maccabi Games—Kaye to Boca Raton, Florida, and Goldwyn to San Francisco.
Kaye became ill on the flight from Southern Florida to San Diego, developing flu-like symptoms that at one point pushed his temperature to 102 and had him wondering whether he would be able to play. He was nursed back to health at the home of his cousin, attorney Marc Kligman, who has won renown as a professional sports agent who is an Orthodox Jew.
Photos by Marc Kligman and Donald H. Harrison
Kaye had to miss the opening ceremonies on Sunday night at the Cox Arena, but, althoughwoozy, he decided to play in Monday’s competition. He was entered both in singles play and in doubles play.
Notwithstanding a hacking cough, and the need between points to stand at the back of the tennis court, bent over with his hands on his knees, Kaye played well enough in singles to get to the quarter-final round before being eliminated.
What was amazing, according to Beverly Feurring, a coach who traveled with the Boca Raton tennis team, was that Kaye was able to hold on in doubles competition—and paired on Thursday with his new friend Goldwyn—was actually able to win the silver medal, notwithstanding his illness.
In JCC Maccabi games, doubles tennis players are assigned different partners each round, and their standings are computed by how many winning matches they participated in. As luck would have it, Kaye and Goldwyn drew each other as partners in their last match of the tournament, which they won—earning them the silver medal.
Although Kaye clearly was not at the top of his game, with his strong forearm he guarded the right baseline well. Goldwyn rather than Kaye typically was the one to charge the net—in an effort to preserve Kaye’s strength.
So close was the competition that if Kaye and Goldwyn had lost, they would have been bronze medalists. On the other hand, if they had each won another game apiece, they could have been tied for the gold medal.
Asked why he decided to stick it out in the tournament, instead of withdrawing for reasons of health, Kaye said that “I was in the moment, and no matter what challenge God gives you, you have to deal with it.”
I had a chance to check in with the Israeli team from the Negev, which played in partnership with Sha’ar Hanegev’s sister region of San Diego. This publication had reported Thursday morning that the Israelis already had won 19 medals. After Thursday’s competition, they brought the grand total to 31 under the guidance of Coach Amir “Fish” Cohen.
Swimmers Efrat Rotsztejn and Yarden Avital each won 11 medals. Rotsztejn is Israel’s No. 1 female swimmer in the Age 16 bracket, while Avital is the second ranking male swimmer in the Age 15 bracket. Coach Cohen teased Avital about not winning a twelfth medal, explaining that the swimmer, evidently fatigued, stopped at the far end of the pool, forgetting that he still needed to swim the return lap. As he was relaxing thinking his swim was over, competitors he had been leading passed and finished before him. With 11 medals to Avital’s credit, the coach didn’t rib him too hard about his mistake.
Dancers Or Salom, Oksana Alpaev, and Gad Milo finished with two medals each; and the other three medals were won by volleyball player Shir Eskanazi (gold); and soccer players Gon Sousanna and Noam Israel in soccer. In different age brackets, one soccer player was on a gold-medal-winning team; the other on a team that won a silver medal.
The pool in which Rotsztejn and Avital demonstrated their prowess had been refurbished as part of a three-year, $5.2 million campaign to finance the Maccabi Gams and Lawrence Family JCC, Jacobs Family campus, improvements. Wax said $1.5 million was allocated for the conduct of the games themselves, with the balance set aside for a complete renovation of the swimming pool and a planned overhaul of the athletic fields.
Amplifying, JCC Executive Director Cohen said that the pool was completed in March, involving construction of a “a completely new deck, tile, plaster, a state-of-the-art pool room, expansion of the Jacuzzi, the children’s school—pretty much of everything.”
Additionally the JCC in its $5.2 million campaign replaced its software computer system, and now that the games have concluded, “we are looking forward to renovating the field, which will include new grass, new drainage system and a new sprinkler system.”
The JCC Maccabi Games were the culmination of a three-year planning process in which San Diego—which never before had hosted the event—decided to put a West Coast/ San Diego spin on the games. The slogan for the Games was “Reach the Beach,” and surfboards with the names of the various competing JCCs were used for identification purposes throughout the week. Visits to Sea World and the aircraft carrier USS Midway were among the programmed evening events, with an additional night reserved for host families to devise their own activities.
The co-chairs of this year’s games were former JCC Presidents Gary Jacobs and David Geffen, as well as volunteer powerhouse Ruthie Warburg. After a video recapping the week was shown on an outdoor screen, these three San Diegans had the task of turning over the Maccabi torch to representatives of three JCC's that will host the games next year: San Francisco, San Antonio, and mid-Westchester County (New Rochelle/Scarsdale).
All the work, all the fun—were Wax and Cohen even willing to turn over the torch? Did they perhaps want to keep it so San Diego could be one of three host cities all over again? (The other host cities this summer will be Detroit, Michigan, and Akron, Ohio, which in some cases clubs chose in coordination with their end of camp/ beginning of school dates.)
Neither Cohen nor Wax expressed a desire to keep that torch. “Our people are ready to give it up,” said Wax. "It has been a wonderful experience but it is time for someone to take the torch and to run with it, and we wish them all the best in their planning.”
Expressing a similar sentiment, Cohen said: “I think it was a great, great week—a great journey for the last three years. And I look forward to the next community having that same experience!”
JERUSALEM DIARIES
Right-wing rally on third anniversary of Gaza disengagement features Anita Tucker
By Judy Lash Balint
 JERUSALEM—The passage of three years since she was evicted from her home in Netzer Hazani, Gush Katif, has not dulled the passion of teacher turned farmer, Anita Tucker for the land of Israel.
At a commemoration of the third anniversary of the so-called “disengagement” from Gush Katif and northern Shomron organized by the Council of Young Rabbis in Israel, Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue and the Young Israel movement, Anita Tucker was one of four speakers who slammed Israel’s Gaza pullback as she called for the public to “get out to the streets and shout, ‘Tzedek (justice) Tzedek!’ in the face of all the terrible things happening today.”
Tucker, an American-born teacher who moved to Nezer Hazani with her young family in 1976 and went on to build a thriving agricultural export business that employed local Arabs, is well known amongst Gush Katif supporters in Israel and abroad. As one of the veteran English-speaking Gush Katif residents, Tucker has addressed scores of audiences since the disengagement plan was announced—initially in her Netzer Hazani hothouse or on the lawn in front of the community synagogue. More recently, from her temporary home in Kibbutz Ein Tsurim, where her family has relocated after spending 11 months in youth hostels and guest houses in the Golan.
As she tells it, every time she speaks her longing for a return to her land becomes more intense. “I have a big zchut (privilege) that I was exiled –I can feel the longing of the Jewish people for its’ land,” she explains.
As the third anniversary of the evictions approaches, several commemorative events have been held. Yesterday, thousands gathered at Kissufim, one of the entry points into Gush Katif, to hear right-wing politicians and former Gush Katif residents pledge to hasten a return of Jewish settlement. Tucker relates that earlier in the week she took part in an organizational conference of people who are making practical preparations for an eventual return to the 23 destroyed Jewish communities of the Gaza Strip.
This despite the telephone calls she’s been getting from some of her Arab former employees telling her that all of Netzer Hazani is covered with sand since the Jews left. “It’ll be just like we found it 35 years ago,” Tucker exclaims, relishing the challenge of recreating the close-knit, productive community she was expelled from three years ago.
Aviva Pinchuk is one of those who has spent the last three years dedicated to helping the Gush Katif refugees recover from the trauma of their eviction. She told the Jerusalem audience that for her, “the disengagement is only just beginning.” Known for her activities on behalf of Kever Rachel, Pinchuk has organized bat mitzvah celebrations there for Gush Katif girls; led solidarity tours to the temporary homes of the refugees and organized bridal showers to help young Gush Katif couples establish their households. As a Torah-observant woman, Pinchuk addressed the question that shook the faith of many young Gush Katif expellees. “It does seem that God left us in the dark, He hid his face,” she noted. “But in every period of hester panim –God hiding himself, He opens a crack of light.” For Pinchuk, it was the innumerable acts of tzedaka and chessed—charitable giving and acts of loving kindness done on behalf of the refugees—that let the light in.
On the political front, Rabbi Sholom Gold, one of the founders of the Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel, slammed the disengagement as “the most tragic act of treachery Jews have done against fellow Jews.” Rabbi Gold called on Israel’s leaders to institute a period of “regret, repentance, reconstruction and renewal.”
Meanwhile, the hundreds who attended the Jerusalem commemoration will do their small part for the children of Sderot and the former Gush Katif communities. they collected funds for 3000 pencil cases filled with school implements and goodies that the kids will find on their desks on the first day of school.
Elaine Galinson named chair of Jewish Women’s Foundation
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THE JEWS DOWN UNDER
Australian Football supports peace team
By Garry Fabian
 MELBOURNE - Chris Judd, Adam Goodes and Brendan Fevola are just some of the AFL stars set to help the Peres Peace Team in its quest for glory at the International Cup next month.
The side is set to find out exactly what it takes to be an elite-level AFL footballer, when it hits the training track with the Carlton Football Club and the Sydney Swans ahead of the competition, which gets underway on August 27.
The Peace Team will play a minimum of three games, including two in Melbourne and one in Warrnambool ( a country centre some 220km from Melbourne). But before the action gets underway, the side will have a chance to get up close and personal with some of the game’s greats, such as premiership captain and Brownlow medallist Judd, dual Brownlow medallist Goodes and former Coleman medallist Fevola.
The team, made up of Israeli and Palestinian players, arrives in Sydney on August 21 and has six days before their opening match against Great Britain.
During this time, the side will travel through NSW and Victoria meeting dignitaries, celebrities and be wined and dined.
First stop is Sydney, where the side will be put through its paces with an intensive skills session with the Swans.
This will be followed by a whirlwind tour of the city, including a Sydney Harbour Bridgeclimb and a meeting with the Governor of NSW.
Once in Melbourne, the players will head for Telstra Dome (one of the two Melbourne football stadiums) to watch the clash between Sydney and Collingwood.
For most members of the team, it will be the first time they see a live game of football.
Another highlight of the side’s trip to Melbourne will be a rare chance to step onto the hallowed turf of the home of footy, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) (generally refered to as the Spritual home of Australian football).
The Peace Team’s game-day coach and five-time premiership player with the Hawthorn Football club Robert “Dipper” Dipierdomenico, will show the team around, before they head to MC Labour Park for another training session, this time with AFL powerhouse, the Carlton Football Club.
The side will then be hosted by the Pratt family at Richard and Jeannie Pratt’s private residence, Raheen.
The side is scheduled to play three matches against Great Britain, Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific Island nation of Naru plus finals, should they get there.
And in another show of support from the AFL, Dipierdomenico and legend of the game Ron Barassi are in Israel this week to prepare the team for the International Cup in what will be the last official visit before the side leaves for Australia.
Dipierdomenico and Barassi will visit the Kotel and tour Jerusalem and other areas of Israel as part of the trip.
New look for a long-standing tradition
MELBOURNE - A tradition dating back to the 1950s has been updated, with the annual Mount Scopus College presentation ball set to become an end-of-year graduation celebration.
The presentation ball has been a highlight of the school’s calendar for half-a-century, but escalating costs and the outdated nature of the event has led the school to reconsider.
In what has been touted as an “evolution” of the ball, the evening will now be held after the final VCE (Year 12) exams, rather than mid-year. The presentation element will also include a short tribute to every participating student.
“The focus will be on marking and commemorating the student’s graduation,” Mount Scopus principal Rabbi James Kennard said.
He said the new idea had been well-received by year 11 students – who were informed of the change on Tuesday – and that he had received positive phone calls from parents.
In a break with tradition, participants will not be asked to bring a partner and students from other schools will not be involved. And in a move that is sure to be popular, girls will now have a choice of wearing black or white.
Mount Scopus has chosen to retain some of the much-loved features of the ball. There will be a shorter choreographed dance segment with dance classes taking place after the exam period and families will be invited to a dinner dance after the evening’s formalities have concluded.
Rabbi Kennard added that while the new format would be more affordable for families, he hoped it would still raise funds for the school.
A commercial decision or discrimination?
MELBOURNE- Glick’s, a beloved Jewish bakery that over the last 30 years has become a communal institution, has just received a setback with its hopes of opening a store at the Chadstone Shopping Centre ( the largest shopping mall in Melbourne).
The board of Colonial First State, the Australian investment company that is the majority owner of the centre, is believed to have shunned the Jewish bakery because it would not have opened on Saturdays and Jewish holidays.
The decision stunned Glick’s general manager Nathan Glick, who had signed off on a lease agreement with the centre’s management. As recently as last week, he was at the centre meeting with designers and architects to discuss the fit-out of the proposed store, which would have opened in October.
“I am very upset,” Glick said. “It’s a very strange decision because we were upfront with them from the very start that there would be certain days of the year that we would not be open.”
“They were the ones who first approached us to open at the centre, which is why this is so baffling.”
According to Glick, there was no indication the last-minute rebuff was coming. “They made me an offer. I accepted it and there we were last week out at Chadstone deciding where the grease traps would be in the new store. I thought the whole thing was set to be rubber-stamped.”
The store would have been Glick’s seventh in Melbourne and a popular destination for the many Orthodox Jews who visit the centre but have no place to eat.
Last month, when news of the potential new store first surfaced, Glick said, “We’re not going to have a huge Friday, but we’re really excited about it and we think it’s going to do really well.”
The new store was to be located in an outdoor strip-centre facility on Chadstone’s north-west, alongside other bakeries, cafes, butchers and newsagents.
Both Chadstone centre management and Colonial First State refused to comment when contacted by the media
Australian Jewish author in line for major award
MELBOURNE—An Australian-Jewish author has been catapulted into the top of world literary circles after his debut novel was announced as one of 13 long-listed titles in line for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Steve Toltz, 36, has been nominated for his comic novel, A Fraction of The Whole, which was published by Penguin and released in March this year.
The massive 650-page episodic novel is the story of Martin and Jasper Dean, a father and son whose complex relationship takes them from the Australian bush to the cafes of Paris, from the Thai jungle to strip clubs, asylums, labyrinths and criminal lairs, and from the highs of first love to the lows of failed ambition.
"It's always surprising when things go well," Toltz said this week.
"And if they turn out for the best, it's shocking. Writing a book is a little like having a child. You wish the best for the child, and that includes entertaining fantasies of wild success."
The idea for the novel began as a 500-word short story for a magazine in London, which Toltz subsequently withdrew and expanded over four years.
"The idea for the story came from a number of simultaneous preoccupations, the main two being my curiosity about how it must feel for the children of those people who are skinned alive in the media, and also to explore how a child of a rebel himself rebels."
As for the impact of his Jewish background on his writing career, Toltz said that while he couldn't pin down exactly what influence it had on what page, he was certain his "background as Jewish, as an Australian, as a middle-class person in an affluent western nation, all bore some influence on the novel".
"Other than one specific instance in the book in which Jasper mentions having to listen to standard, run-of-the-mill dull-witted schoolyard anti-Semitic jokes, which I remember from my school days, I find the bridge that connects reality to the page shaky and hard to make clear sense of, mostly because it has to pass through the dense fog of the imagination."
The 13 finalists for this year's prize were selected from 112 entries, only two of which are Australian. The winner of the Man Booker Prize receives £50,000 ($105,000).
Others on the list include Aravind Adiga, Gaynor Arnold, Sebastian Barry, John Berger, Michelle de Kretser, Amitav Ghosh, Linda Grant, Mohammed Hanif, Philip Hensher, Joseph O'Neill, Salman Rushdie and Tom Rob Smith.
The short list will be announced on September 9, with the winner to be announced on October 14.
Now in its 40th year, the Man Booker Prize aims to reward the best novel of the year and is widely considered one of the world's most coveted literary awards.
Putting social change on the agenda
SYDNEY -A capaicty crowd of “Jewish change-makers” filled Sydney’s Shalom Institute last week to hear ways that individuals can make a difference.
Ruth Messinger, president of the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), who is visiting Australia for the first time, addressed the audience, discussing how philanthropy, advocacy, volunteerism and other means can prompt change.
Messinger, who also spoke at Monash University’s Caulfield campus on August 5, is an expert on social change through her work with AJWS, which supports 370 grassroots social-change programs around the world.
She is best known for her strong advocacy for the people of Darfur placing the beleaguered Sudanese region on the Jewish community’s agenda.
“Surely as a Jewish community, what did we mean by ‘never again’?” asked Messinger, listing the multiple genocides that have occurred since the Shoah.
She spoke of the “huge need for expanded Darfur activism around the world," mentioning the critical window of the Olympics, which get underway today.
She said that she hopes some athletes will highlight the fact that “China is the biggest enabler” of the Sudanese regime. She urged more members of the Jewish community to stand up and make a difference, noting that there are “thousands of ways to save a life”.
Sydney- and Melbourne-based activists involved in making a change locally joined Messinger at the evening organised by Network, Yallah, Jewish Aid Australia, Emanuel Synagogue and Shore Thing.
They spoke about various forums for involvement in the local community, including Tikkun, Mazon, Oz Harvest, Jewish Aid Australia and Derech Eretz.
Ric Benjamin from Jewish Aid Australia reiterated Messinger’s message that the “essence of being Jewish is to give to others”.
Maccabi head announces resignation
MELBOURNE - Maccabi Victoria president Russell Jaffe announced this week that he will step down at the AGM on August 25 after four years in the top job.
Jaffe said he would stay on as a member of the Maccabi Victoria Foundation, but felt the "time was right" to hand over the reins after eight years as president and vice president.
He is likely to be replaced by Miles Clemans, who is the current Maccabi Victoria co-vice president.
"I think I knew about two to three weeks ago. I'd been thinking a lot about the level of energy I was having for the job after eight years as president and vice president and 10 years on the board," Jaffe said.
"It's been an incredible time. We've had intensive growth in the organisation and there have been some huge developments. We've had a nice problem, in that we've been trying to manage some significant growth.
Jaffe, who has overseen a resurgence of the Maccabi Victoria brand within the community, said the highlights of his presidency were the 2007 Junior Carnival in Melbourne -- which saw a record 1200 participants -- and the development of the Leon Haskin Tennis Centre, a $1 million facility completed earlier this year.
But far from taking a back seat, Jaffe hinted at a move to the national body, Maccabi Australia Incorporated.
"I've already had considerable involvement with Maccabi Australia on the board of governors and in my role as president, so I might look to be involved at the national level," Jaffe said of life after the presidency.
Clemans, who is expected to be elected unopposed at the AGM, was full of praise for Jaffe and described his leadership style as "masterful".
"He has really succeeded in getting the branding for Maccabi Victoria better than it ever was. Its profile is the best it's ever been."
"During his time, the Maccabi Victoria Foundation was established and it has facilitated the success of the Leon Haskin Tennis Centre, as well as at least $25,000 a year going back to the clubs as development funding."
A HERALD IN ZION
Inspiring 'Brundibar' at Theresienstadt remembrance at Givat Hayim-Ihud
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson
 MEVASSERET ZION, Israel—Every year the Theresienstadt Martyrs Remembrance Association holds its annual general meeting at Beit Theresienstadt, located in Kibbutz Givat Hayim-Ihud, where there is a museum and archive devoted to the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Every three or four months a newsletter is sent out to members and during the year educational activities are held there for schoolchildren from all over Israel.
I have kept up my late father’s membership of the association because I feel that this is one way in which I can maintain some kind of connection with the memory of my grandmother, whom I never knew. Regina van Son perished there a few months after I was born in London, a thousand miles away from where she was incarcerated.
The annual meetings of the association are not mournful occasions of remembrance, though obviously the commemoration of the dead does play a part. The participants are of all ages, and the sight of several hundred people, some of them former inmates (albeit fewer and fewer every year), alongside members of the second, third, and even fourth generations, all sitting together on a sunny Saturday morning to hear the committee report on its activities is heart-warming. The drive to the kibbutz, through the fields and orchards of the lovely Hefer Valley region, also constitutes an enjoyable outing into Israel’s countryside.
This year the annual general meeting was particularly festive. It marked the opening of the new permanent exhibition in the renovated museum, the dedication of a new classroom and a performance of the children’s opera ‘Brundibar’ given by children from schools in the region. The libretto of the opera was written by Adolf Hoffmeister and the music by Hans Krasa in 1938, when both were still in Prague. Later Krasa was sent to Theresienstadt, where he managed to reconstruct the score. The fact that cultural and educational life continued in the inhuman conditions of the camp represents the triumph of the spirit that inspires us still today. ‘Brundibar’ was performed at Theresienstadt fifty-five times by a group of children under the guidance of Krasa, bringing pleasure and hope to the starving, tormented prisoners. Most of the audience as well as many of the young performers were later sent to Auschwitz and murdered.
At the initiative of Hanni Ricardo, a spirited and caring music teacher at several schools in the Hefer Valley region, the opera has once again been brought to life, after many years in which few people in Israel were aware of its existence. Accompanied by a talented young pianist from nearby Zikhron Ya’akov, the youngsters sang and acted the Hebrew translation of the original Czech text with gusto and sensitivity, throwing themselves wholeheartedly into the spirit of the story. The message of the text, which tells of the triumph of good over evil and the power of unity in overcoming adversity, was as potent today as it must have been when it was originally performed
But the pinnacle of the event was what happened once the main performance was over. In the audience were three well-dressed ladies who, it transpired, had all participated in the original performances given in Theresienstadt. They were called to the stage and each one was asked to say a few words about herself and her life. Then each of them joined their young counterpart to sing their role in the opera. The original participants sang in Czech while the youngsters sang in Hebrew, but the music was the same. The adult and youthful voices blended perfectly, inspiring all those present with admiration and joy.
THE JEWISH GROTTO
Howard Wayne eyes 2012 State Senate race
By Gary Rotto
 SAN DIEGO—Time to look at the elections in 2012. I know, we haven’t even gotten thought 2010. Oh wait, it’s only 2008. Yes, we have presidential campaign, city attorney election, city council campaigns and an open Assembly seat in the 78th State Assembly District.
But with that being said, former California Assemblyman Howard Wayne recently opened an election campaign for the State Senate seat in 2012. Wayne, a member of the Jewish community, hasn’t specified which seat number because the state will go through the redistricting process after the 2010 census. At that time, the boundaries of the different congressional, state senate and state assembly districts will be adjusted – or gerrymandered, it all depends on how you look at the process.
State Senator Chris Kehoe currently represents the 39th Senate District. She is seeking re-election to her 2nd and last term in the Senate under term limits. So this seat will be open in four years – no matter how it is numbered. Unless something dramatic happens, the boundaries should be very similar and Wayne should be a resident of this district.
“I’m looking at a number of alternatives. I’m not sure which course I’ll follow yet,” says the former State Assemblyman. With almost $100,000 remaining in his treasury from his time in the Assembly, he has a head start on any of the potential candidates on the Democratic side – be they Assemblymember Lori Saldana, Councilmember Toni Atkins, or Councilmember Donna Frye. They are the logical candidates, but that does not mean either that they are interested in serving in the Senate or would be residents in the district.
So while it’s very early, Wayne has put a marker down and can raise funds with an eye towards that campaign. It doesn’t mean that he necessarily will, as he once opened a committee to run for City Attorney but decided that was a job he really didn’t want to pursue against Mike Aguirre. “I will try to make up my mind by the election,” stated Wayne. Just to clarify, he’ll make the decision by the election this November, we’ll ahead of the opening in the State Senate.
 Editor's Note: This is the 20th chapter in our serialization of Reluctant Martyr, a historical novel by our columnist Sheila Orysiek. It is based on the experiences of her aunt. In each Friday-Saturday edition of San Diego Jewish World, we will run another installment of the 21-chapter book until its conclusion. We thank Sheila for granting us first publication rights to her book. Comments to the author are welcome at orysieks@sandiegojewishworld.com
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Reluctant Martyr—Chapter 20
In May Hannah’s routine was shattered by a phone call from Bernard. Sharona had suffered another heart attack and had been taken to Dr. Werner’s hospital during the night. It was Sunday and Hannah was off from work and so she rushed down immediately to the hospital on Pine Street. Again, this was a major heart attack and a private room and nurse were paid for by Yarosh. As Etah, Hannah and Yarosh stood around their mother’s bed, they sensed it might be the last time they would all be together.
Sharona was in terrible pain and barely conscious. Day after day the two sisters sat by their mother’s bedside; hour after hour they prayed over each breath that she drew. When Sharona awoke enough to ask for water or a blanket each of them jumped up determined to be the one to help. As they stood side by side each offering Sharona a glass of water, it became of paramount importance which one she would chose. To the very last the sisters vied for their mother’s attention. Dr. Werner met all three of Sharona’s children out in the hall. “I am keeping her alive on heavy medication,” he told them. “This was a major cardiac event.”
“But she’ll recover?” Hannah asked anxiously.
“I think you had all better be ready for the worst because...”
“Doctor....?” Hannah’s voice quavered.
The doctor grimaced at her interruption and he continued on, “...the effects of the medication will deteriorate and then it’s only a matter of time.”
“OH NO!” Hannah cried. Etah covered her face with her hands, while Yarosh stood there, his usual stoic self.
“When?” Etah asked, as she began to sob.
“I can’t give you an exact time,” Dr. Werner said matter of factly, “but only a couple of days, I’m sure.”
The agony was drawn out for eight days and then Sharona was allowed to die. Part of their world died that day, this beloved mother; she was the cement that had held them together. Hannah was beside herself with grief. It had finally come to pass, the event she had dreaded most during her life. She cried loudly and two nurses hurried over to comfort her while Etah, not able to match this emotional display, however sincere, withdrew.
Sam was beside Hannah at the funeral, he was there that night as she sat at the table in her room crying after the burial. Sam was always there, but he never said the words she ached to hear. And, yet, when she looked at him and saw his concern and thoughtfulness, she loved him more than ever. Three months after Sharona’s death, Etah gave birth to a baby girl whom she named Sharon in honor of the child’s departed grandmother.
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The neighborhood was changing quickly now. Most of the immigrant residents had moved away or died and their children were grown and had left, too. Mr. Gutmann’s store was boarded up when he died and Mr. Becker had retired and sold the grocery to someone else. The sons of the fruit store man turned their place into a supermarket and in the process drove most of the other food shops out of business and so more and more store fronts were empty and boarded up. The candy shop was destroyed by fire and no one bothered to rebuild it; even the pay phone outside was gone as most people now had their own telephones. Members of the benevolent association were all gone and so it closed up, too. The synagogue’s congregation dwindled and eventually it was sold and turned into an evangelical church. Someone else lived in Hannah’s house on State Street.
The country went through a tough economic time, but it wasn’t called a depression; the new word was “recession.” Bernard was laid off and Etah had to go to work. Hannah on occasion went to visit them, but she found it a trial to do so. They had some very rough financial setbacks and eventually lost their home, however, Hannah only saw that they had each other and their two daughters, and she was alone. But, she wasn’t quite alone, Sam was still around.
That terrible day when Hannah had called out her loneliness for Jahn from the top of the Art Museum hill, had been a turning point for her. Slowly she began to realize that she would have to take her fate into her own hands. For whatever the reason that Sam did not ask her to marry him, she knew he liked - even loved - her. And, there was no doubt whatever in her heart that she loved him. She began, on a beautiful Sunday morning, by doing what she had never done before; she called him from the phone at the front of the stairs in the rooming house. “Sammy,” she said gaily, “will I see you today?”
“Oh Hannah,” he moaned, “I’m so sick! I have a very bad cold. I feel terrible. My nose, my throat, everything aches.”
“You poor dear! I’ll come over and help you. How’s that?”
“Would you? Would you, Hannah? I could use your help, Hannah dearest! Will you come soon?”
“I’ll be over there very soon, Sam.” She hung up the phone and went back into her room. Carefully in her mind she went over what she planned to say to him. She would tell him she loved him and believed he loved her, and, surely he could see they would be so happy together. No more empty days. She wouldn’t whine or plead; just a statement of the situation as she saw it. Hannah went to her closet and pulled out a dress she knew he liked. With the years adding a bit to her waistline, this dress was still flattering. She carefully arranged her hair and added a bit of makeup. She was surveying the effect in the rather dim mirror, when there was a knock at her door. She opened it and stood in shocked surprise. “Jeremy! What are....?”
“How are you, Hannah?” he said a bit tentatively. “May I see you a moment?”
“Of course, come in.” She pulled out a chair from the table for him. He looked nice, even handsome; much better than she remembered.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Hannah. I had heard you’d moved and finally a neighbor on State Street said you were here. I didn’t have your phone number or I would have called first.”
“That’s all right. I’m glad to see you, Jeremy.”
“Are you, Hannah, really?”
She ignored the question and chattered on, “Well as you can see I’ve come down in the world! Look at this awful place.” She looked around the tiny old room.
“You look fine to me, Hannah.”
“Oh, thank you. You’re always so kind.”
“Were you going somewhere?”
“Well, actually I was.”
“Should I be leaving?” he asked.
“That’s all right, I have a few minutes.” She thought of Sam waiting for her, needing her.
“Hannah, I’ll come right out and say it. I had to try again. I haven’t forgotten you.”
“That’s nice to know, Jeremy.” She forced herself to smile at him.
“...and I still love you. Maybe you have changed your mind about getting married.”
“Well, Jeremy, actually I’m not sure.”
“Do you want me to come back when you’re not in a hurry?” When she hesitated he continued, “By the way, that’s a very pretty dress you have on.”
“Do you like it? Sam does...” she stopped in mid-sentence realizing what she had said.
Jeremy’s face fell and his eyes darkened. “Ah, Sam! I see, Hannah. Well, I’m sorry to lose you to him but...well he’s lucky, I guess. I hope for your sake he loves you as much as I do.”
“We’re still friends? Aren’t we Jeremy?”
“Sure, Hannah.” He kissed her cheek and left quickly to hide his disappointment.
Hannah had no regrets as she picked up her purse and only waited a few minutes to be sure Jeremy was out of the building. It was just a couple of blocks to Sam’s place and she would have run there except she didn’t want to mess up her hair. She had been raised to believe that a single woman going to a man’s apartment was against the unbreakable code. Supposedly serious moral implications were at risk, but she gave none of it a further thought. Sam had left the door to his apartment unlocked for her and she entered.
He had a spacious five room apartment which was impeccably clean and neat. Everything was organized and labeled; this was the home of a careful man. He was in bed suffering mightily with all of a cold’s dastardly symptoms. “Hannah,” he said weakly, “I’m so glad to see you. What would I do without you?”
“Hush, Sam,” she said as she pulled up a chair and patiently fed him one spoonful at a time the soup she had gotten from the kitchen. “Just eat so you’ll get well.” When he had finished she picked up a book that was on his night stand. “Have you been reading this?” she asked.
“Yes,” he answered. “Maybe I should get up now?”
“How do you feel?”
“Terrible!”
“So, just lie down. If I read to you will you be quiet and rest?”
“Yes,” he murmured as he settled down among several pillows and drew the blanket up to his chin.
She pulled the chair over to the window and began to read to him. “This,” she said after a while, “is a naughty story!”
“But I like it, Hannah. It cheers me up.”
She continued to read for a few more minutes and then put the book down in her lap. Now was the moment she thought. She kept her eyes glued to the lowered book. It was not possible for her to say what she wanted to say and look at him too. It was terribly difficult to lay her heart so bare but she was determined to do it. “You know, Sam, I didn’t come over just to help - well I did - but I also want to talk to you. We have been seeing each other quite a while now, several years, and we enjoy spending time together. We’ve had some really good times, too. And, you’ve been so helpful when things are bad for me. Anyway, in all these years we’ve never had a disagreement and I always look forward, and I think you do too, of spending the day together. Even when it’s just a couple of hours. You know, Sam, I think we could be really happy together. Not just like we are now, but if we were together even more.”
His silence encouraged her and just when she thought she could not say it, from somewhere the courage came. “Sam, why don’t we get married? It would be nice don’t you think?” She held her breath. “Sam?” She raised her eyes and looked at him. His eyes were closed. He was fast asleep. Hannah almost collapsed with the spent emotion. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She was numb as she walked the several blocks back to her room and as she sat in her tiny drab place she couldn’t help but remember, ruefully, how well he lived.
Sam spent almost the entire week at home recuperating from his cold. Hannah didn’t see him most of that time. On Friday after work she was given her pay, in cash as usual, and she stopped at a phone booth to call him to ask how he was feeling. “Sam, how are you today? I’m on my way home. Do you need anything?”
“I’m doing much better, Hannah. I’ll be at your place waiting for you. Is that O.K.?” he asked.
“Yes, Sammy, sure. I’ll see you soon,” and she hung up and left the booth. She ran down to the subway entrance and reached inside her purse to get the money from the pay envelope for the train fare. To her horror she couldn’t find the envelope and then in a flash remembered she must have left it in the phone booth. Almost whimpering with dread she ran as fast as she could back to the phone booth - but the envelope was gone.
Hannah burst into tears. This last week had been altogether a terrible one and this was the final straw. A fellow worker from the five and ten cent store saw her and after hearing what had happened loaned her twenty-five cents for the train fare. By the time Hannah climbed the three flights of stairs to find Sam waiting outside of her room, her face was red and swollen from crying.
“Hannah!” Sam said with alarm, “What’s wrong? Are you hurt?” He took her key and opened the door.
“Oh Sam! Sam!” She sobbed, “My money! It’s gone!”
“Where? What happened?” He sat her down and helped her out of her coat.
“I left it, by accident, in the phone booth!” She was hiccoughing from having cried so much. “I ran back - but too late. What am I going to do?”
“Don’t worry, Hannah, it’s.....”
“The rent! I have to pay the rent!”
“I’ll pay it for you, don’t worry.”
“No, you...it wouldn’t be proper.”
“Yes!” he insisted. “Think of it as a loan if it bothers you. But I’ll pay the rent.” From his pocket he brought out a kerchief for her nose and heated some water for tea.
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Only very slowly over the years did her hope of marrying him fade. Etah had told her long before that he evidently was one of those people who never considered marriage. But, when she looked at him and saw his love in his eyes she found it hard to believe. Most of all, she never really wanted to believe it.
Sam always had been well paid as a typesetter and with no responsibilities other than himself, he had saved a tidy sum and was beginning to think about retirement. “You know, Hannah,” he said as they sat on a park bench on Girard Avenue, “I’ve got a nice pension coming and maybe soon I’ll retire.”
“That would be nice for you, Sam,” she replied as she tossed some crumbs to the clamoring pigeons.
“I’ll be able to spend my days doing...what will I do? Well, we could go places any time and not just on weekends. How about that?”
“I’m still working, remember.”
“Why don’t you retire? You would get social security wouldn’t you?”
“Probably. But that wouldn’t be enough to live on I don’t think.”
“Hannah, I know that sales work is hard on you....”
“I have no choice, Sam.” She sighed very loudly. “No choice.”
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The work at the Five and Ten Cent Store became harder and harder; Hannah’s feet were swollen and her back never stopped aching. It became evident to the management, too, and they began to cut back her hours. One day soon after this happened, her old friend the dentist, Kenneth Miller, at whose home she had stayed after Jahn died, called her up on the public phone in the rooming house.
“Hannah, how are you? It’s been so long since Ina and I have seen you!”
“I’m fine. Just fine,” she said forcing her voice to sound cheerful.
“Listen, Hannah, I need some help. Do you know how to type?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Well, that probably doesn’t matter. I know how careful you are and that’s more important. A group of linguistic scholars want to write a dictionary....”
“A what?”
“A dictionary...of the Yiddish language. It’s being spoken less and less, dying out, and they want to write a dictionary before that happens. So, anyway, they need people to look up definitions and type them. Are you interested?”
“Kenneth, I don’t get about much anymore....”
“No, no. This can be done at home.”
‘I don’t have a typewriter.”
“They’ll give you one. What do you think? And pay you by the word.”
“To tell you the truth, I could use some money.”
“Well, good! This will work out then. I’ll call you in a couple of days and we’ll all meet.”
Hannah was able to quit the Five and Ten Cent Store. She spent her days in her room, with a typewriter on the table by the window and worked on the words and definitions for hours. At the end of the day her eyes were streaming with tears and her shoulders were in pain. Since she was paid by the word, she could not afford to rest, but sat hour after hour, and even so the earnings were not sufficient. Only the addition of a small social security check enabled her to continue. Sam had just retired and Hannah spent as much time as she could afford with him.
Being much older now, they seldom went out at night. Most of their excursions were therefore confined to the daytime and on one such day they planned to go to the Franklin Institute and look at the many fascinating exhibits. It was a cold day, threatening rain, but they nevertheless proceeded up the steps to the elevated train platform. Carefully Hannah stood back a bit, out of the direct force of the wind, but Sam was impatient for the train. “Do you know, Sam, it is eighteen years that we know each other?” He looked at her in surprise. Then he stepped to the edge, the very edge, of the platform and looked down the tracks for the train.
“It’s coming, Hannah, the train is coming.” Then he turned to her and said, “Why don’t we get married?” The next moment the train whirled into the station and he pulled her into the car. Hannah sat beside him entirely at a loss for words. After all these years, she had nothing to say. When she did manage to speak, the answer was "yes."
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
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What Do You Think? {Editorial}
From Southwestern Jewish Press, November 14, 2008, page 2
One of the first things Adolph Hitler did when he took over Germany was to give Goebbels the power to suppress the news. And for all the years that he was in power, the newspapers printed only what he thought.
Every dictator and bigot knows that he can never keep his hold on the people if they have access to the truth. Freedom cannot exist without the free exchange of facts and ideas. As long as our newspaper remains as uncensored as it is, all facts on both sides of any controversy will be presented to you.
Anyone who has a legitimate story to tell will find these pages open for the facts. If a dispute arises concerning these facts, the other side of the story will be told too. WE know from experience that a free press will reflect the truth. Our community will progress only as long as the facts are brought to light. IT is our hope that the Jewish Press will become the medium of expression for the people where the opinions pro and con can be aired.
We invite your letters. What do you think?
Ave! (Editorial)
From Southwestern Jewish Press, November 14, 2008, page 2
*With this issue the ownership and management of the Jewish Press passes from the hands of Ray and Lou Solomon. It is altogether fitting and proper at this time to pay tribute to them for the contributions they have made to the Jewish Community of San Diego. Because of her position as editor, Ray could not always write of her activities and efforts on behalf of the many organizations with which she was affiliated. Ray’s work with the Red Cross and the United Jewish Fund, as Chairman of the Women’s Division, should not be forgotten. She also served as President of the Junior Charity League. We cannot list all the organizations she gave her time and energy t, but suffice to say that she did more than her share to make our community a better one.
Ray and Lou should also not be forgotten for the work they did in defeating the “American Firsters” on Released Time; Helping to revive the Z.O.A. and the time and space they gave in the Press to help build the new Tifereth Israel Synagogue.
We aren’t losing Ray and Lou. They will be around for many years to come. I am sure they will continue to serve the community as they have in the past.
Hail and Farewell!
Overseas News and Views
From Southwestern Jewish Press, November 14, 2008, page 2
By Maxwell Kaufman
The organization of a D.P. Camp along democratic lines proved to be a pitfall for all the authorities responsible. Social Workers, Welfare Agencies, the Army and other American professional relief volunteers, all found themselves facing the resistance of the Jewish Camp inhabitants. No matter what plans were proposed to alleviate the bad conditions and improve things generally, the Camp leaders would listen politely and then proceed to do things their own way. Onlywhen strong measures were threatened was there compliance, and then with a shrug of the shoulder, which said, “What can we do? They hold the upper hand.”
The furtherance of the Party’s welfare and power was paramount to the individual well being of the members. It was quite true that the Party was responsible, at times, for bringing large groups to the American zone, from all over Europe. They smuggled and transported thousands of Refugees from Poland, Roumania, Hungary and Czecho-Slovakia. The party paid “expenses” for bribery and palm greasing of all kinds to military and civilian controls at border points. As a great many palms had to be greased, so much per head. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not, but always danger existed.
Naturally, the party expected (and received) loyalty in return. It was not surprising therefore that a great deal more attention was paid to the will of the Party than to any other agency. The authorities found this hard to understand, since they did not know the background of the situation.
Party policy and needs sometimes made it necessary for the people to give up part of their rations in order to raise funds for either Israel or local purposes. If a member objected, he was strongly reminded that the Party brought him to the U.S. Zone of Germany or Austria. As food was money, one can easily see the drain the Parties made on our own meager food distribution. The pressure on the “Joint” worker for more food was constant and nerve-wracking. We were accused of keeping from them the supplies that were sent for them. As a matter of fact, if we did not strictly ration our supplies, we would have been out of food in short order and with empty warehouses. Many was the time we sat waiting for delayed transports of food or rushed to Ports with trucks at night in order to have supplies on hand for the next distribution. Otherwise, we faced riots, demonstrations, curses and denunciations from Party leaders, who demanded to know what we had done with their food.
(Next: Work and Activities in Camps)
Late News {Jewish Center}
From Southwestern Jewish Press, November 14, 2008, page 2
Those who weren’t at the Temple Center on November 1st missed a stimulating discussion pro and con on a Jewish Center for san Diego at the first Annual Meeting of the Association at which time a Board of Directors were elected.
After an enlightening presentation of the purpose and aims of a Center by Judge Irvin Stalmaster and Herbert Millman, Director of the J.W.B. Jewish Center Division Field Service, the meeting was thrown open for questions. Many different opinions were voiced which left in doubt which direction the Jewish Center Movement in San Diego would take.
Brandeis University Representative to Speak
From Southwestern Jewish Press, November 14, 2008, page 2
Mrs. M. Michaels will be the guest speaker at the Institute for Jewish Studies, Wednesday, November 9th , at the Temple Center. Mrs. Michaels comes to us as a representative of Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.,, which is the first non-sectarian university wholly supported by Jews. She will tell us of the great ole Brandeis is playing in American Jewish Academic life. All are invited.
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SAN DIEGO JEWISH WORLD THE WEEK IN REVIEW
2008 JCC Maccabi GamesWith all those medals, will Israelis be able to keep their luggage under 50 pounds? by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Where do you take JCC Maccabi athletes in San Diego County on 'host family night?' by Gary Rotto in San Diego
Girl, 11, aims to be Maccabi 'pin queen' by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Basketball, 'Jewish geography' and socializing all part of Maccabi games by Gary Rotto in San Diego
International
The clowns who make policy in Palestine and the U.S. embarrass both governments by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
U.S. following nonsensical policy in Gaza by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C.
Arts
Thursdays with the Songs of Hal Wingard:
—#54, I Wear A Hat
—#109, I Won't Put Up With You
—#283, I Hoped That You Would Love Me
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—November 14, 1949: Vote Yes! On Library Bond Issue
—November 14, 1949: Rev. Grauel and Mme Oppert To Speak For United Jewish Fund
—November 14, 1949: Community Chest Campaign On
—November 14, 1949: Take It Away by Lou and Ray Solomon
International
Abbas' refusal to accept refugees from Gaza underscores West Bank's separateness by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C.
New Israel Baseball League president vows to pay its debts and forge a 12-team future by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Arts
Jews are also the 'people of the comic book' by Joseph Laredo in San Diego
Lifestyles
Jewish-Korean wedding provides blend of two cultures with two distinct ceremonies by Eileen Wingard in Malibu, California
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—October 1949:San Diego B’nai B’rith Women
—October 1949: Council to Celebrate National Council Day
—October 1949:Ladies Auxiliary J.W. V. Post No. 185
—October 1949: Tifereth Israel Sisterhood
Sports/ 2008 JCC Maccabi Games
'Why Volleyball?' nets many responses by Danielle Potiker and Daniela Federman in San Diego
U.S. Jewish athletes ready for Beijing Olympics in four different sports by "SD Pipeline" staff in San Diego
San Diego
Father transforms his grief into helping thousands in the name of his daughter by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Arts
The Receptionist will soon lure you into office comedy/drama at Cygnet Theatre by Carol Davis in San Diego
Pen: A writing implement, or a prison? by Cynthia Citron in Beverly Hills, California
Lifestyles
Two Jewish women win acclaim for their restaurants: Lehn Goetz and Tracy Borkum by Lynne Thrope in San Diego
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—October 1949: J.C.R.A
—October 1949: Jolly 16 Celebrates 35 Years of Service
—October 1949:Senior Pioneer Women
—October 1949: Birdie Stodel Chapter No. 92 B’nai B’rith
by Ulla Hadar in Kibbutz Ruhama, Israel by Joel A. Moskowitz, M.D. by Sheila Orysiek in San DiegoOctober 1949:October 1949:October 1949October 1949:
InternationalBush hopes to salvage Mideast success unrealistic with decline in Olmert's power by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
Decisions continue with or without Olmert by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C.
Judaism
Leaving matters on a positive note by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal in San Diego
Sports
JCC Maccabi Games: Co-ed flag footballers are "two-a-dayers" by Gary Rotto in San Diego
A bissel sports trivia with Bruce Lowitt in Clearwater, Florida
Arts
Lombrozo's 'Air Filter' reflects skyline, role of 'urban tree' as waterfront show launched by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—October 1949: Kaufman Appointed New Managing Editor Of The Jewish Press
—October 1949: Notice {Publication Date Change}
—October 1949:New Federation Plans Survey
—October 1949: Editorial Page… Policy
—October 1949: Overseas News and Views by Maxwell Kaufman
Environment
Abramson is helping to preserve the earth one diatom and polar bear at a time by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Arts
Yank! A New Musical explores the travails of gays in the military during WWII by Carol Davis in San Diego
Assassins:Creepy subject, yet good musical by Cynthia Citron in Hollywood
Chapter 19 of Reluctant Martyr, a serialized novel by Sheila Orysiek
Sports
Backroom hums as Maccabi Games near by Gary Rotto in La Jolla, California
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—September 1949: San Diego Lasker Lodge B’nai B’rith News by Morrie Kraus
—September 1949: Samuel I. Fox Lodge No. 1747, B’nai B’rith
—September 1949: Kaufmans Return From Two Year European JDC Work
—September 1949: Esther Weitzman Given Signal Honor
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—Community volunteer Elaine Galinson (at right)became chair of the Jewish Women’s Foundation (JWF), a program of the Jewish Community Foundation in July, succeeding Marcia Hazan, a founding member of the JWF who was instrumental in its early success. “The Jewish Women’s Foundation is composed of some of the smartest and most experienced women I have ever known,” said Galinson. “Together, we are changing the lives of women and girls in our community by investing in groundbreaking programs.”