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Off Tampa Volume 5- Number 8 Tampa, Florida Friday, February 25, 1983 fml Shocl*) Price 35 Cents Everything Was Super: Record $70,500 Set Excitement is evident on the faces of the Cam- paign leadership as the mid-afternoon tally is pasted during the Super Sunday Telethon. Smiling from left: Les Burnett, chairman of the V.is:i Tampa.Jewish Federation Campaign; Bobbe Karpay, co-chairman of the Women's Division l<)s:< < dmnaign: George Karpay, Joel Karpay, co- chairman of this event; Jolene Shor, co-chairman of the Women's Division 1983 Campaign; Michael Levine. president, Tampa Jewish Federation; and Alice Rosenthal, co-chairman of Super Sunday. The final tally: $70,500. Photos by Audrey Haubenstock If ever there was a day to live up to its designated name, "Super" Sunday was surely it. Defying a steady downpour, nearly one hundred Tampa Jewish community volunteers turned out throughout the day, Sunday, Feb. 13, for the third an- nual "Super Sunday," on behalf of the Tampa Jewish Federation- United Jewish Appeal Campaign. In 1982, Super Sunday results were just over $30,000 for the one day telethon. This year, with many more telephones, addi- tional volunteers, and the generosity of Tampa's Jewry, $70,500 was realized. Beginning at 9:15 a.m., at the offices of Thompson-McKinnon Securities in the Mack Building in downtown Tampa, the first shift of workers put on their spe- cial "Super Sunday" T-shirts, were given a special briefing and training session by Co-Chairman Joel Karpay, and by 10 a.m. were on the telephones asking for com- mitments to support local, na- tional and overseas Jewish needs. Campaign leaders said it was the largest amount ever pledged in a single day, and attibuted Tampa's overwhelming response to "both the thorough under- standing of current needs to be met at home and abroad, and a readiness on the part of the mem- bers of our community to fulfill their traditional obligation to the less fortunate." In a joint statement released at the conclusion of the event, Co- Chairmen of Super Sunday, Joel Karpay and Alice Rosenthal praised "members of our Jewish community at both ends of the Continued on Page 7 Barbie's Activities in Holland Will Be Added to French Charges Women's Division Brunch ByHENRIETTEBOAS AMSTERDAM - l(JTA) The activities of Klaus Barbie in Holland, including the deportation of ;iUU Jewish youths to their deaths at the Mauthausen concentration camp, will be added to the charges against him when the former Gestapo chief in Lyon goes on trial in that French city for "crimes against humanity." Puul Rrilman. a Dutch public prommtor who specializes in the cases of Nazi war criminals, will assist i ho French prosecuting at- torneys. He will provide details of Barbie's crimes during the eight months in 1941 when he worked for i ho gestapo in Nazi-occupied Holland. Barbie.who headed the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942-44, has been charged with the depor- tations of thousands of French lows and the torture and murder ,of members of the French resis- tance, including their leader, Joan Moulin. BARBIE WAS expelled from Roliv ia. a country where he found ha von after World War II, and was turned over to French authorities last weekend. He is presently imprisoned in Lyon. The Netherlands State Institute for Documentation on World War II has evidence that Barbie was responsible for the deportation of Jews from Holland in June, 1941, before the deportations of Dutch Jews began en masse. The youths involved included 200 German Jewish refugees who had been confined to the Jewish "working village" set up at Wieringermeer, north of Amster- dam. They were evacuated and billeted with Dutch Jewish familk's in a residential area of Amsterdam. According to the documents, Barbie obtained the addresses of those families from the local Jew- ish Council which was led to be- lieve that the youths were to be returned to the "work village." ALL OF THE homes were raided The Nazis seized not only the refugees but the sons of the families they were staying with, about 300 youths in all, and shipped them to Mauthausen. None survived. Who starred with Mac Davis in the movie "Cheaper to Keep Her?" Who played Helena in the TV broadcast of "Holocaust?" Who received Tony nomina- tions for acting in the Broadway productions of "Sarava" and "Yentle?" HINT: The answer is the same for all three questions! Of course, the answer is the versatile actress Tovah Feld- shuh. And the women of Tampa will have an opportunity to meet her in person, since she will be the featured guest at the Combined Women's Division Campaign Brunch on Wednesday, March 2nd. Every woman in the Tampa community is entitled to attend this special Brunch by virtue of a gift to the 1983 Women's Divi- sion Campaign. This is the first time all the divisions will assem- ble together in an unprecedented demonstration of unity at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Those who have not already made a commit - Tovah Feldshuh ment to the 1983 Campaign, are asked to call the Tampa Jewish. Federation office (875-1618) im- mediately with their pledge, so that they may be included at this exciting event. Co-Chairmen Judy Rosenkranz and Betty Shalett have planned a brunch, which will be the most important Women's Division function of the year. The appear- ance of Tovah Feldshuh promises to make the event even more spe- cial. In addition to those men- tioned above, her credits include: (TV) "The Woman's Room," "The Killer Bus," "Triangle Fac- tory Fire," "Rich Man, Poor Man," "The Amazing Howard Hughes." (FILMS) "The Idol Maker," "Nunzio" (BROAD- WAY) "Rogers & Hart," "Dreyfus in Rehearsal,"(OFF- BROADWAY) "The Three Sisters," "Straws in the Wind," and touring in the title role of "Peter Pan" in Philadelphia, Boston and St. Louis. All women of the Tampa Jew- ish Community are invited to meet Tovah Feldshuh and join in affirming their commitment to meeting the vital needs of fellow Jews in Tampa, in Israel, wher- ever they may live. Reservations for the brunch should be made before Monday, Feb. 28. Rrilman. meanwhile, is seeking another war criminal, Abraham Kipp. a former Dutch police offi- cer who collaborated with the :S;?SS.H3 Haddad Extends Control in South Lebanon u Dutch court in 1949 for his role in the deaths of 15 Jews and re- sistance members. He is believed to be living near Buenos Aires. Argentina rejected an earlier request for extradition but Bril- man hopes that Bolivia's expul- sion of Barbie will prompt the Argentine authorities to ex- tradite Kipp. Mitterrand to Launch Confab on Anti-Semitism PARIS (JTA) President Francois Mitterrand will convene an international conference which will study the best ways to prevent anti-Semitism, racism and discrimi- nation in the world. MITTERRAND MONDAY told a seminar of in- tellectuals convened by the French Ministry of Culture that the special "anti-hate" conference will be held in Paris before the end of the year. The President reportedly has asked a small group of intellectuals to prepare an agenda and draw up a list of possible delegates to the meeting. By FRANK WUNDOHL SIDON, Lebanon - JTA) Maj. Saad Had- dad, leader of the Israel- backed Christian Free Leb- anon Forces, has extended the area controlled by his militia to virtually all of south Lebanon from the Is- rael border to the Litani River, an area far larger than the border strip he originally controlled. At the invitation of the Israel Defense force. Haddad held an impromptu press conference in this Lebanese seaport, the coun- try's fourth largest city, for members of the American Jewish Press Association-United Jewish Appeal mission traveling ui Leb anon. They were assembled in the courtyard of the IDF compound here, flanked by a dozen freshly painted Sherman tanks provided Haddad's forces by Israel. WITH AN IDF spokesman, identified only as Maj. Shlomo, standing by. Haddad, responding to questions, told the American Jewish journalists that the pres- ence of the tanks represented "a redeployment of forces." He was referring obviously to his pro- nouncement, made hours later, that he was broadening his base of operations. The IDF spokesman said, "We think it's time for him to help us do our job." He added, "It's a question of principle. We must try to get them (Haddad's forces) to take care of Israel's northern border because it is good for all of us." He said Haddad had demon- strated an ability to unite Leban- on's diverse elements to "stop killing each other and work together against the PLO." Haddad said he was "not too optimistic" about the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon. "The political situation is too complicated. I don't think the Syrians will pull out," he said. He cited the introduction of new Soviet-made SAM-5 missiles as a sign the Syrians are not consider- ing an imminent withdrawal from I^ebanon. HADDAD expressed satisfaction that his forces had been cleared by the Israeli commission of inquiry of any involvement in the west Beirut refugee camps massacre. But he refused to comment on the forced resignation of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. "This is Israel's problem," he said. Asked about the discovery of ome 15 more bodies in and .round Sidon. Haddad observed: Many people still have weapons, hope such things will stop. It is ot to the benefit of anyone in ebanon that this vendetta go n. This is a real crime." v Page 2 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Friday, February 25. iJ i i Floridian Spotlight i By JUDITH ROSENKRANZ When Louis Morris, 63, was installed as president of Congre- gation Rodeph Sholom succeed- ing Howard Sinsley during serv- ices last Friday night, it was almost a fairy tale come true. A fairy tale for a man who's worked in one neighborhood of Ybor City his entire life either with his uncle Louis Peretzman, with friends, Sol Walker and Iz- zie Oster, or his own company, Florida Iron and Metal, with two interludes of travel compliments of the U.S. Navy. It was the story of a young boy who came to Tampa from Atlanta in 1936 to live with his aunt and uncle Annie and Louis Peretz- man. "Uncle Louis" was his mother's twin brother. Following the death of his mother when he was nine and with his father's failing health, the family thought Tampa was the place for Louis. Into Louis's life came Rabbi Adolph Burger of Congregation Rodeph Sholom on Palm Avenue. "He brought me into the choir," reminisces Louis Morris, "and from that day to this I've been involved with Rodeph Sholom." When the AZA Chapter was formed in 1938, Louis Morris was the first Aleph Gadol "don't know why. I was the poorest boy in the group," says Morris. AZA then met at the YMHA on Neb- raska Avenue. Louis fondly talks of the late A. A. Finkelstein, "Finkie," and the chapter's first advisor, Abe Silber, still active in Tampa affairs. "I remember playing basketball with Rabbi David Zielonka. We put together a team in the "Church League." Later the AZA Chapter was re- named the Adolph Berger Chap- ter, in memory of Rabbi Berger, the name it carries today. When Doris Bokor from New Jersey came to Tampa to visit family and continue her school- ing, it was Louis Morris who swept her off her feet. "We were married in New Jer- sey by Rabbi Adolph Berger who came from Tampa bringing with him his own chupah," Louis smiles. "In Congregation Rodeph Sholom I've gone from Rabbi Berger to Rabbi Berger." That's Rabbi Adolph Berger in 1936 and Rabbi Kenneth Berger in 1983. World War II found Louis in the Navy "I was a Seabee in the South Pacific. We went through five or six invasions," he tersely closes that chapter. Remaining in the reserves, he was recalled during the Korean War. This time he was sent to North Africa where he helped construct a Naval Air facility in French Mor- rocco. His wife, children, grandchil- dren, business and synagogue fill Louis Morris's life. And don't ask which order they fall in. Daughter Peggy and husband Barry Nelson live in Columbia, Maryland, where she is a teacher and he is in the Applied Physics department at Johns Hopkins University. Their two children ' are Scott, 17, and Eileen, 13. Son Judge Stan R. Morris and wife Chris live in Gainesville, FL. Embassy Bombed TEL AVIV (JTA) A hand grenade was thrown at the building housing the West Ger- man Embassy on the 50th anni- versary of Hitler s rise to power in Germany. The grenade damaged a car parked at the rear of the building but caused no casualties, police said becoming president. He sees this as the beginning of a first for Rodeph Sholom where there has never been a woman president. "My biggest challenges are, one, involving the growing number of young membew of the congregation, two, meeting the financial obligations of our syna- gogue which we'll try to do through a Tree of Life and the Jewish Music Festival and three, upgrading the religious school. Looking back at Congregation Rodeph Sholom past presidents, Morris mentions Jay Markowiu the late Emmanuel Buchman si Walker, the late Leo Levin^' Gene Eisen, Sammy Bobo, and Abe Verkauf. "I realize how vetv I big are the shoes I have to fill. We believe a Rodeph SholoJ president several years from no* will say the same thing at havini to follow President Louis Mornj 1 Louis Morris Chris teaches 11th and 12th grade English and Literature at PK Younge High School and Stan is a county judge of Alachua County. They have two daugh- ters Jessica, six, and Whitney, two. The Morris's were avid basket- ball fans of Plant High where son Stan starred and was named All Western Conference. Following college Stan was a captain in Military Intelligence. Speaking proudly of the offi- cers serving with him Louis hopes naming Bernice Wolf to a vice presidency will lead to her Carol Gold. Florida Department President of the Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary, recently made an official visit to the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. Pictured from left are: Stanley Gold: Ida Kaden. department junior vice president: Belle S. Horowitz, department senior rice president: Mrs. Gold; Richard A. Silver, j director: Minnie Posner. VAVS,Representative, F.lcanor Pales; and Jerry Posner. Silver discusstil patient care and 10 year growth plans for tki\ hospital before the group was escorted on a tout] of the facility. <$* eta* By LESLIE AIDMAN (Call me about your social news at 872-4470) Much love and bushels of congratulations to Manuel and Rose Aronovitz who just celebrated their 65th. wedding anniversary on Feb. 6. The Aronovitzes now reside inJohn KnoxVillage but have been dedicated and hard-working members of our Tampa community for many years. Even more important, they have contributed in many, many ways to the betterment of our Jew- ish Community throughout their lives. Manuel has received more than 50 local, national, and international awards in his life- time. They are longtime members of Congregation Rodeph Sholom, and both participated and gave many years of service to a myriad of organizations. The Aronovitzes have two sons Marvin, and Arnold, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild! Again congratulations on this milestone, Manuel and Rose. Bradley Arthur, Florida sculptor, will be in New York City exhibiting at the Lever House (53rd and Park Avenue), from reb. 25 through March 14. Arthur's unique sculpture. "Re- ligious Persecution" was selected for the juried "Judaic Art Ex- hibition, sponsored by the National Council on Art in Jewish Life. 1 he show will include works by many world famous artists such as Chagall, Aronson and Gross. Following the Lever House exhibition Arthur's bronze, marble and metal works will be shown at Pietrasanta Fine Arts Gallery, Lincoln Savings Bank and the City Gallery, through May in New York City. Congratulations to some of our young people who have really been sparkling by achieving some truly shining goals. Jonathan Stuart Gilbert, son of Leonard and Jean Gilbert. has become an Eagle Scout. He is a member of Troop No 23 Jonathan was officially made an Eagle Scout at ceremonies held last month. We think you are terrific Jonathan and really ad- mire your tenacity in working for this ultimate level in Bov Scouting. ' Robinson's of Florida recently announced the Gulf Coast Re- gion winners in the 1983 Scholastic Art Awards. Three cheers for David Hochberg. son of Dr. Bernie and Jackie HochberK who won in the "Gold Key Award" category, from Berkeley* Prep; and for Terri Aronovitz,daughter of Marvin and Mary Aronovitz, who won also in the "Gold Key Award" category from Leto High School. The work of all of these top student artists from Hillsborough, Polk, and Pasco Counties, is on dis- play through Sunday in the Community Room at University Square Mall. Fantastic kids, perhaps another Gaugin in the making? Congratulations to Celeste Ganderson. Lila Polur and Helene Wallace who were initiated into the National Honor Society at Plant High School last week. They join NHS members Pamela Barkm, Jeff Becker. Janet Echelman. Robin Rosenberg and Jan Sisley in the 74 member chapter. Vice-president of the Plant NHS is Pam Barkin and Janet Echelman was accompanist for the ceremony. Congratulations to Michele Paley who has been promoted to director of The Marketing Centre Task Force Division. This division services the field marketing requirements of Standard Oil of Indiana and Newsweek magazine. Michele's office is lo- cated in St. Petersburg. However, she resides in Tampa with her son and daughter. Matthew and Brie. Rabbi Kenneth Berger of Rodeph Sholom was really surprised on Feb. 11 when his staff greeted him with a birthday party and gilt. Ice Cream and cake was enjoyed by all who sang "happy birthday"" to their boss on his special day! Sandra and Martin Hurwitz have finally moved into their new home alter living in a camper these past six months. They bought a lovely home in Apollo Beach right on the canal. They love to sail and have two boats. Sandra (daughter of Jay and Anna Lee Markowitz) and Martin ILt. Col. in Army retired! moved to Tampa from Fort Riley. Kansas, this past August. Martin is an accountant in the Hillsborough County Sheriffs department and Sandra is a teacher in-the elementary grades. They have two children. Marva. a Junior in the School of Nursing in the University of Florida in Gainesville (her parents Alma materl and Kenneth, who received a four-year ROTC Scholarship, is a freshman at Tulane University, in New Or- gans, La. Last Friday night, the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, combined with celebration of the 84th birthday of the Sisterhood of Congrega tion Schaarai Zedek were remembered during both Temple serv- ices and at the Oneg Shabbat. An original Shabbat worship service. "The River of Life." written by Norma V. Levitt, who is Honorary NETS President, was used. The Sisterhood of Con- gregation Schaarai Zedek joined more than 100,000 members in over 600 sisterhoods, in this celebration. Bobbie Taub, president of Sisterhood and her three Vice-presidents, Golda Brunhild, Leslie Osterweil. and Leslie Aidman participated in this lovely onginial service together. In addition, Mrs. Julian Witman looked back on Sisterhood in the past and Fraud Rudolph re- flected on the future of Sisterhood. Afterwards, everyone en- joyed a lovely and delicious Oneg Shabbat that was co-spon sored by Sisterhood with the family of Lfea Levy, who was cele- brating her Bat Mitzvah that weekend. Meet Drs. Phyllis and Randy Feldmao who moved here in June from Columbus, Ohio. Randy is originally from Toledo. Ohio and Phyllis was born and grew up in the Northern Virginia and Washington. D.C. area Randy and Phyllis both lived in Chapel Hill. North Carolina, for a while, and married there. They were both taking their residencies at the University of North u i,1 "a ******* is an orthodontist, in practice with Dr. Jack Shaffer. Phyllis is currently finishing a 2 year fellowship at the University of South Florida in child and adult psychiatry. When she completes this training program in June of 1984 she hopes to PuaCV,CeJch',ld Psychiatry Phyllis attended Medical School at the Medical College of Virginia, in Richmond and Randy at tended dental school (specializing in orthodontics at Ohio State) and took a program in Oral Medicine at UNC. Today, the Feldmans are moving from the apartment they nave been renting to the home they recently bought in Carroll- wood. I hylhs has already joined ORT and Hadassah and Randy liT T.t W?Ky basketbal1 game with dentists and lawyers, iwm oi the reldmans enjoy square dancing. Most of the time over the past few years the Feldmans have had to spend their time studying and reading. We are certainly glad that you two have chosen Tampa in which to make your home. Good luck on yourian< * Until next edition. _^___ riday. February 25,1983 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Page 3 WUSF Sponsors Karl Hass Lecture-Recital Feb. 27 Karl Haas, the popular host of (,e internationally broadcast idio program, "Adventures in food Music," will return to the npa Bay Area for his fourth UP concert-lecture under the Worship of WUSF(FM) oncert 90, University of South orida- kn afternoon devoted to Beethoven: the man, his time Lj his music" will begin at 3 [m. Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Fkw- \ West Coast Symphony Musk enter, 706 N. Tamiami Trail, asota. | General admission tickets to public performance are $7 xh and are available by sending check or money order, made Lyable to the USF Foundation, <., for the Karl Haas Concert, on'g with a stamped, self-ad- esled envelope. The mailing tidress is.Haas Concert. WUSF Karl Haas Radio, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620. Information is available at 974- 2215 in Hillsborough and at 461- 7763 in Pinellas. Haas' music-lecture program is broadcast weekdays at 12:30 p.m. on local National Public Radio member station WUSF(FM). "Adventures" is the most popular program on the non-commercial NPR station. Haas does his daily work with a lot of preparation and no script. He plots most of his dialogue driving to work. Haas came to the U.S. in 1936 to join the faculty of the Netzorg School of Piano, pursuing his own studies with the famed Artur Schnable, and at Wayne State University of Detroit. He is the recipient of six honorary doctor- ates in music, fine arts, and hu- manities, awarded by various American universities and colleges. Over 1,000 Tampa Signatures Sent To The Soviet Union Marlene Linick, President of the Tampa Jewish Federation Women's Division, has an- nounced that the Tampa Jewish Federation Women's Division has mailed over 1,000 Tampa sig- natures on a petition to Yuri An- dropov, General Secretary, Soviet Union. The petition are an effort to show support of the two and a half million Jews in Russia and request that the Soviet Union: 1. "Permit those men, women and children who for years have sought to leave the USSR the Right to Leave, and to be united with relatives. 2. Cease all harassment of and pressure on Jews who express the wish to emigrate and to unite with their families and their peo- ple in their national homeland. 3. Free all Jewish Prisoners of Conscience sent to labor camps, prisons and exile solely because of their desire to leave for Israel." The Women's Division, as a special project in conjunction with the December annual ob- servance of "Women's Plea for Soviet Jewry," has been coordi- nating the signatures through the Jewish and non-Jewish com- munity. Chaim Potok Visits USF Search Committee Formed to Find New Headmaster of Hillel School By JUDITH ROSENKRANZ Dr. Chaim Potok's lecture at Ihe University of South Florida Vebruary 14 was a high water mark for the campus. He goes by Dr. (PhD in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania) not "abbi (Jewish Theological ninary ordination) because as says, "I've never occupied a pulpit." Potok was, however, a rhaplain in the front lines of Korea for 15'/t months. Potok was brilliant, incisive, itty and captivating. This pisiting professor in Philosophy ht the University of Penn- sylvania (Philosophy of Literature) held the overcrowded, standing room only plus crowd in \he palm of his hand. Not even the 40 minute delay ks extra chairs were brought in and the microphone was con- nected (an unforgivable snafu) Wtered to the faculty, towns- leople and students once Potok egan. He was every bit the rombination of Chassidic family, fonservative rabbinic training knd college scholarship that his books convey. He considers his subject as core cultures in confrontation. He discusses the core of a culture versus the core of another culture. Often it is the core of one culture versus periphery of another culture or the periphery versus the core. Of his writing of the Chassidim Potok says, "This was my world. If you write seriously you write about what you know best, what you know thoroughly." He confirmed that My Name Is Asher Lev was autobiographical. But said "Asher Lev violated no Jewish law he violated a moral and esthetic law" referring to the young Chassidic artist who painted a crucifixion. Says Potok, "In the edifice of things Jewish, writing stories is in the basement." He jokingly told the story of his mother's response to his announcement he wanted to write stories. She said, "Be a brain surgeon and write stories on the side." BaK Burke), Angalo G> Klnajmond Cartlf ed Public AooountanU John W. Burke 220 E. Madison Suite 300 Tampa, Florida 33602 (813)229-3379 2109 So Dele Mabry. Tampa, Florida 33601 HERMAN LERNER Realtor-Associate W Relocation Assistance Anywhere1 BUS: 013/253-3171 EVES:Sl3/t30-923 BEN GUTKIN, PA., KA. ACCOUNTANT FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION ^n-nlkid to rtf want TaTTT"3 "-*tk- '"t-~l H*Sarvice Accounting data and income tax returns prepared by computer Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Federal Taxation 1220 S. Dale Mabry, Suite 206 Tampa, Fla. 33000 ,(813)254-2205 R#.rdence(813)a35-9331 Potok looks at his latest novel, The Book of Lights as "the deepest, richest and most dif- ficult" of his books to date And, yes, he has another book in process right now. Of the movie "The Chosen," Potok said he was very pleased with the result. "They intended to make a movie of the book, not Hollywoodize it, and this they did." He said he had prepared the screen treatment and was on the set during the filming. Potok said he felt extremely flattered that a Methodist stock- broker from New Orleans (one of the backers of the film) said that he wanted to see The Chosen made into a movie to show that all kids were not on drugs, dope or involved with sex and cars. The stockbroker said the book was "very American." The Hillel School of Tampa is currently looking for a new head- master. Kay Doughty, Principal for nine years, has indicated her desire to retire at the conclusion of this semester, June 30. In accordance with that request, and the desire on the part of the school to bring in a headmaster to take on significant public relations and fund raising responsibilities, the school has formed a search committee. The committee is made up of leadership individuals in the community, members of the Hillel School board, and the members of the Hillel education committee. The committee is Paul Pershee, Dick Gordimer, Judy Tawil, Ben Greenbaum, Michael Levine, Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal, Rabbi Kenneth Berger, Marilyn Win- ner. Bill Kalish, Dr. Harry Kolodner, Elaine Markowitz and Lorna Michaelson. In its first two weeks, the search committee reported that several very exciting, experien- ced candidates have applied for the headmaster position. The search committee has set a target date of April 1, to retain a new headmaster. Don't Forget the Needy Foor Bank supplies remain low. There is a continuing need for your support if the hungry are to be fed. All food products except pork or shellfish) are welcome. Canned fruits and vegetables are needed this week. Donations can be left at the Jewish Community Center or at any synagogue. Jewish Community Food Bank TOGETHER WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH GRATITUDE FOR YOUR 1983 CONTRIBUTION TAMPA JEWISH FEDERATION WOMEN'S DIVISION invites you . to attend an APPRECIA TION BRUNCH with TOVAH FELDSHUH International star of stage and screen Featured in TV Series, "Holocausf on WEDNESDAY, MARCH2,1993 11:00 AM. at the HYATT REGENCY Parking available at Ft. Brooke Parking Garage BRUNCH S10.00 Reservations 875-1618 v Page 4 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Friday, February2S i eJewish Floridian of Tampa Bun Office 3655 Mendcrton Blvd Tamp*. KU 1WI9 Telephone HIi 47" Publication Office 120 NK 6 St Miami. Kla III 12 FRE;. K SHOCHET Editor and Publi.her SUZANNESHOCHET Kecuiive Editor FrrdSh.rhrl JUDITH KOSENKHAN/. Aaaocialr Editor The Jawiaa Floridian Dora Not (iuaraatre The Kashrmh Of The Merrhandiae Advrrlioed In ll* CnUmno Published Fridays Weekly September ihmuiih Mai Bi Weekly June through Auvusl bv The Jewish Floridian ol Tampa oi .. Second Claaa Po.i*ne Paid at Miami. Fla. USI'SITI HI hT^HS?!?""c,Uo" "Form 35791 rraardi*K undelivered paper, i.. Ike Jr.i.h Floridian PO Box 012973. Miami. Florida 3:1101 SUBSCRIPTION RATES lineal Arrai I- Year Minimum .Subscript ion sT iki i Annual *.i >i>i-4tut ol Town Upon Request The Jewish Floridian maintains no tree list People rvmvmjf the paper who hate not MtMCflM directly are subacnbers ihroujh arrarurement with the Jewish Federation..! lamp* wherein M.NI par year la deducted from their contribution, lor a subscription to the paper \nvmr wi.hini; In cancel auch a subscription should so notilv Th.- Jewish Flo-ukm... The Fislernimn Friday. February 25, 1983 Volume 5 12 ADAR 5743 Number 8 Weinberger's Obsession Now that the confrontation has died down between some Israeli tanks and Charles Johnson, a U.S. Marine stationed in Beirut, it is high time that the American Jewish community gathered its courage to say what it thinks. And that is that the villain in the whole affair was Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Many unreasonable things have been said about Israel on Capitol Hill during the past few years well preceding the tensions arising out of the attempt honestly to implement the conditions of the Camp David accord of 1979. Hut most of those who have said them, dupes though in some cases they may be, have at least had the courage of their convictions to express regrets at what they honestly believed to be an about-face in Israels moral rectitude and documented commitments. Not so with Secretary Weinberger. There is literally not a thing that Israel can do or say that will meet with his approval. From the moment he signed an Agreement of Understanding that would have made Israel a more obvious partner with the United States in the defense of the Middle East against Soviet incursion, Secretary Weinberger chafed at the bit to have the agreement undone. His opportunity came within 48 hours, and the agreement has since been consigned to the trash heap of Reagan Administration business. It is Weinberger who has downgraded Israel's strategic importance to the United States in the face of the obvious Middle East realities to the contrary. It is Weinberger who developed the insidious concept that there is no relationship between the government of Prime Minister Begin and the people of Israel a masterstroke of diplomacy designed not only to disenfranchise Prime Minister Begin, and therefore Israel as an American ally, but to suggest that until Begin goes, Israel is nothing but a detriment to peace in the Middle East. Though Weinberger signed the Agreement of Understanding with then- Secretary of Defense Ariel Sharon, it was Weinberger who set Capitol Hill buzzing with the underground commitment to oust Sharon (and, of course, Begin) before returning Israel to his "good graces." The Reagan Administration may by now know that the Weinberger masterplan for Israel, its diminution and return to the pre- 1967 borders, will not wash. Perhaps Sharon is gone as Defense Minister, but he is not really gone. And, were Mr. Begin to call for new elections, he would not only not lose, but win by a wider margin of power than he holds at this moment. Still, Secretary Weinberger sits astride Capitol Hill like a recalcitrant shadow, less than subtly injecting his venom against Israel to everyone over whom the shadow lies like a deathly pall. Though the truth of the John Wayne acting job of Marine Johnson is now widely known, that he confronted the tanks~within Israeli jurisdiction in Beirut, word Is. .. Israel-Phalangist Relations Deteriorating By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM (JTA) Israel's relations with the Christian Phalangists in Lebanon have deterio- rated of late, and Jerusalem seems to be concentrating now on increasing the po- wer and influence of its ally, Maj. Saad Haddad, leader of the Christian militia, in south Lebanon. Pundits here and abroad are uncertain whether this is a ploy to prod President Amin Gemayel, leader of Phalangist party, to accept Israel's terms for a with- drawal and security agreement or whether it means the Israelis have given up on the Gemayel government and are following a . contingency plan. THE CONTINGENCY, predi- cated on the failure of the Israel- Lebanon US negotiations, now in their seventh week with little progress to show, is for Israel to secure its northern border by unilaterally establishing a secu- rity zone in south Lebanon with the help of Haddad. This plan, observers say, has been in the making since the end of last year and recent events give it some credibility. The growing sense of estrange- ment from the Phalangists. Israel's ally against the Pales- tinians and Moslem leftists, seems to stem from a feeling here that they could have exerted more pressure on Gemayel to conclude an accord with Israel. The rift with the Planangists surfaced about three weeks ago after Defense Minister Ariel Sharon returned from what he described as a tough meeting with the veteran Phalange leader, Pierre Gemayel, in Beirut. The elder Gemayel is the father of Amin and of the late Bashir Gemayel, Lebanese President- elect, who was assassinated last September. SHARON TOLD the Cabinet that he had warned Pierre Gemayel that Amin Gemayel could hardly be expected to govern Lebanon if he took his orders from Syria and Saudi Arabia. Israel has been charging publicly that the Syrians and Saudis were pressuring the Leb- anese President to resist the kind of accord Israel demands with Lebanon. Sharon's report to his Cabinet colleagues leaked to the press and was taken as an insult by the Phalangist leader. Later the same week. Pierre Gemayel delivered a stinging attack on Israel, ac- cusing Jerusalem of collusion with Syria to partition Lebanon into spheres of influence. positioned behind Syrian lines. Responding to one minister's question. Sharon said the Israel Defense Force would certainly not intervene in what was "a matter between the government of I^banon and the government of Syria." The Phalange-run "Radio Free Lebanon" accused Israel for the first time of openly aiding the Dni7.e. "Israeli forces are preventing our forces from confronting attacks mounted against us by Druze Socialists in Aley." the radio said. Alev, once a popular mountain resort astride the main Beirut-Dai cus highway. The Phalange i report indicated that the have overrun the town. At an l8rael-Lebanon-Ul meeting at Khalde. Anu Fatale. head of the Leba delegation, said his gove. held the IDF responsiblefo. was happening in Alev. The ID holds the Aley area and is i fore responsible for the success and the Christian i from the town, Fatale said. Readers Write EDITOR, The Jewish Floridian: "For the past six years I have been privileged to work and live among many of your readers. It is now time for me to leave. At the end of February, my family and I are moving to Boston, where I will become the Execu- tive Director of the NCCJ office. I want to convey to your readers that my stay in the Bay Area has meant much to me per- sonally. Many of them have worked with me and encouraged me in my endeavors. They've sometimes taught me, been pa- tient with me always, and have even allowed me to teach them some things. In a word, I've matured greatly in the past few years, and their generous recep- tivity has contributed largely to making this possible. Programmatically, the NCCJ has sought out ways to en- courage interfaith cooperation and understanding. While no sin- gle effort has been necessarily significant on its own, the long series of efforts have paid some very worthwhile dividends. We've established an ongoing in- terfaith program for local clergy to clarify their thinking on im- portant religious and social is- sues, and in recent months we have successfully begun a truly Interfaith clergy group, and from time to time we've been success- ful in involving laypersons in our programs too. I want to point out the impor- tance of Cecile Essrig, Lawrence Falk and Bill Saul to NCCJ and to the whole community. I'm well aware there are many others worthy of 'thank you's,' but in my personal experience, these three dear people do so much to enlighten and enliven any and all of the organizations with which they are associated that I want to publicly thank them for being my mentors For the most part the publicity j| inadequate as it appears in Floridian, either too little formation or misinformation. 1 Jewish Community Center is derelict in this regard. As ai the attendance can be poor asj was with Galgalim, one of finest musical productions senting Israel at its best, i'i seen here or anywhere. (If Wn of War kept any Jewish away from the program, I Jewish selectivity.! The Holocaust program at I University featuring outstandiq people in the non-Jewish con-l munity as well as the Jewish i parts, drew a very small attend-] ance. Yet this past Monday wi- ning. Feb. 14, when Chaim Potou was the guest, the attendance was overwhelming. Yet specific directions were given in the papers as to what room wail going to be used in the Husinesil Administration Building. On ar-l rival, hordes of people found| themselves taking a maze turns in the basement area, onlyl to wind up in an amphitheater] classroom, totally inadequate i the numbers who attended. Id, preparations had been made fot an overflow, so about 50 had to stand during and interminable wait for a microphone. This wu upsetting to both speaker and the audience. It threw a damper on what would have been a highly | rewarding evening. I feel there's a great lack in the I inter-communication and pulling together on the part of the! diverse groups who represent theI community at large. Perhaps** can start to pull our act together j for the good of all. One last example and state-1 ment. In speaking to a friend who had made a contribution to th UJA last year, she told me sh has yet to be called. 1 know for a fact that goal-reaching hs not been achieved in Tampa Once again, that persuades me that there's lack of communk* Finally, Tampa has been good tion> ""'** whatever. I fear there to me. I will never draw com- parisons in my future associa- tions. I will simply enjoy what I've gotten here and strive to Th ->__n bui'd on it Thank you, the Jew- thJ ,SffS by "h Co"""""* of Tampa, for AJSTT^viS^^^ your-part Jl the best sbt '"of Druze and villagers in the Shouf mountains district ot Lebanon an area under Israeli occupation. Sharon reportedly warned Pierre Gemayel that Israel would with- draw its forces unilaterally to the 4fl kilometer security zone north of its border, leaving the Phal angists and other Christian factions to fight it out with the Druze and Moslem militias unaided by Israel. my life." are too many chiefs and no little Indians in this burgeoning com- munity. Chiefs make war. In- dians make peace. Let me hasten to commend the Women's Division of the Federa - tion on the functions I've at tended and wUl attend under ROBERT H KITTRirii tneir uP>c* Thy "*'Xfl ELL The evening chapter of ORT de- serves a round of applause for the Art Auction. So it's not all bed. It just needs to get better. V. L. MALEVAN Tamp* EDITOR. The Jewish Floridk I would like to offer a few con- fKT critici8n I trust they II be received as their intent ;Lmea"i.tf.be-forthegoodof SHARON ADDED fuel to the fire by remarking that President (iemavel should apply "to his Syrian friends" to put an end to. the shelling of Christian easy Beirut by Druze artillery ' Jewish Community of . pa EDITOR'S NOTE. The front 1 want to speak about several Pa8' story in THE JEWISH ol the functions I've attended ELORlDlANofTampa.Feb.il. over the course of the past 4'/, /y&? hegan with the following* years I ve lived in Tampa. Some Paragraph: "The celebrated nave been held under the thor of five best sellers, (ham Potoh, will speak at the Vnivtr sity fij South Florida at H P-m Monday. Feb T4; Bifhe CollV* of Business Administration audi- f^fitthiffrfm-'hwm1-- auspices of th* Jewish Com- munity Center; some have to do with the University of South Division of the Federation efV^W^'f'W' Fr iday. February 26,1983 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Page 5 National Conference of Christians and Jews Hillsborough County Board of Governors This week marks the 50th anniversary of National Brother- hood Week, established in 1933 by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The following material on NCCJ was prepared by the NGCJ Bay Area Executive Director, Robert H. Kittrell who will become NCCJ Director in Boston March 1. (See Letters to the Editor.) The National Conference of Christians and Jews was born in response to a dramatic episode of discrimination. In 1928, the Democratic presidential can- didate, Irish-Catholic Al Smith. was defeated because of his religious heritage. The hate- mongers of that day, not the least of which was the Ku Klux Klan, convinced many would-be Democratic voters that his election would mean the im- mediate subservience of the United States to the Pope in Rome. Others went so far as to say that Al Smith's election would result in priests and nuns practicing celibacy right out in the open!' The fears and ignorances of that election were obvious and overwhelming. Then Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, several of his colleagues, and Dr. Everett Clinchy met and formed the NCCJ. Dr. Clinchy served as Left to right, seated: Mrs. Helen Wilson. Executive Director Robert H. Kittrell, Ms. Paddy K. Moses. Board Chairman Gordon L Finch, Jr.. Ms Robin C. Krivanek, M. William Saul, Mrs. Cecile W. Essrig. Standing: Burt S. Haskins, Father Edward Colohan (USAF).-Rev. Richard Bingham, Charles I. Jones. Lawrence L. Falk. Rabbi Ken Berger, Dr. Daniel Rutenberg. Frank T. Callahan. Not shown: Dr. Richard Cheshire, Stuart S. Golding, Father Laurence E. Higgins, Rev. A. Leon Lowry. St.. John W. Osterwell. Mrs. Marlene Smith, Rabbi Frank Sundheim, Ronald L. Weaver, Jack Murray. sions. They never pretended to be in agreement in all of their re- spective beliefs. They did agree to find points of unification, in spite of their diversities. The first trio was composed of Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, a Pres- byterian minister, Father John Elliot Ross of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron of Baltimore. In the late 20s and early '30s, their ap- pearances together were both courageous and novel, and they were not welcome in all the places where they ventured. The first tour covered 38 cities in 21 states. Dr. Clinchy characterized the endeavor by calling it "good sportsmanship in American intergroup relations." Father Ross noted that "religious liberty was made in America, and we must keep it safe from Old World jealousies and hates." Rabbi Lazaron stated that "as rep- resentative of the mother reli- gions whose followers have been here since colonial days, and who have stood shoulder to shoulder with our fellow citizens in the struggles of war and peace, I deem it a privilege to participate " > 1-T. ^iuiliiy aeivcu iuj (|(rm ll a pnviltHf ui |iaiuiipoic NCCJ's first president from 1928 m thjs pilgrimage to ensure and In l'tr,H __:_:_ >U Amoriran irfpnl of to 1958. NCCJ's present structure of some 80 regional offices in most of the major population centers in the U.S. grew spontaneously in the beginning and in response to its original program of The Tolerance Trio. In the beginning. , funds were donated for a tem of ' one Protestant minister, one Catholic priest, and one Jewish rabbi to begin touring the country. Their purpose was to espouse the ideas of mutual toler- ance, acceptance, and respect for each other's religious persua- maintain the American ideal of religious liberty and human brotherhood." The value of the Tolerance Trip Program was focused against the background of the gathering momentum in Europe of Hitler and Naziism, and economic hard times in the United States. Even here, many Americans were voicing sentiments in favor of Hitler's methods for righting the ills of society- In a written statement, the original Trio stated: "Social equilibrium has been seriously disturbed by chaging economic conditions, which in turn has resulted in unrest. Historically, a time of insecurity has always led to a rise in tensions between cultural groups. We must face this complicated problem in an American way. If hostile, overt action is to be escaped between Catholics. Protestants and Jews in this time of depression. continued conference among the group is necessary for the removal of misunderstandings, the breakdown of unwarranted prejudices and the promotion of cooperation." The Trip Program simply wanted to demonstrate appreciation for another person's point of view, while remaining loyal to one's own. As the organization moves into the "80s, it is beginning to frame its programmatic interests in three areas: interfaith, inter- cultural, interracial. There are basic questions to be answered in determining program directions in each of them. These include: "Who are the groupings that are either misunderstood, or who are at odds with each other for what- ever reasons?" "How can NCCJ serve to bring enlightenment to the larger community, either about misunderstandings or in the cause of improving relations between groups who are at odds with each other?" And in par- ticular. NCCJ seeks out those situations where continuing separations are destructuve to all concerned. Annual Brotherhood Awards Dinner will be May 10 at the Surfside Holiday Inn, Clearwater Beach. NCCJ President is Jacqueline Wexler. Mrs. Wexler is the fifth presi- dent of NCCJ and the first woman president. She is a former Roman Catholic nun, former president of Webster College in St. Louis, former president of Hunter College of the City University of New York, serves on several corporate boards, is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and is an advisor to the director of the National Insti- tutes of Health. Tampa Bay honorees for this year are Frank Callahan from Hillsborough County and Sister Margaret Freeman and Dr. Philip Benjamin of Pinellas County. Last year's honorees were Dow Sherwood, Hillsborough County and Jean Giles Wittner, Pinellas County. Take the Haymakers To Division Street The Playmaker's have estab- lished themselves as first rate local theater and now they will take their audiences to Division Street by Steve Tesich. Perfor- mances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday through March 6 at 8 p.m. at the Cuban Club Theatre in YborCity. This play is the story of where the 60's radicals are in the 80's. The original show opened in Los Angeles and then moved to Broadway. It's Division Street in Chicago and farce is what is ex- pected. President of playmakers is Anne Thai, Executive Director of Tampa Jewish Social Service. Mark Hunter is Producer Direc- tor and Steve Rudolf is Box Of- fice and Marketing manager. Members of the board include Gail Levine and Ben bynn. For reservations for Division Street call 248-6933, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and noon until curtain Saturday and Sunday. An-nell Hotel Strictly Kosher 3 Full Course Meals Daily Mashglach & Synagogue on Premises TV Llvo Show-Movies Special Diets Served Open All Year Service* Neat a" good anoppmg Write lor Season Rales_____ 700EUCLIDAVE/ CALL MIAMI BEACH 7l SUU91 A Fun Filled Summer Adventure Aival* Your Child POCONO HiGHLANDCAMPS M EHUCHCD f*U* WYSW0 6ltU^ J , uuTirm pocoho mountains or northeastern pennstuimia OUR NAT.ONW.DE tNROUMENT .NCIUDES. WJWS WUJJW' "' STATES ATTENDING FOR AND 8 WEEK "K'0S CAMPERS mi flY NONSTOP IN ESCORTED GROUPS. 0W4ITMYEM0QIIWnPInCMIfllNi *m* innmnvm Wmm* % *** !^e5" e**i. im com* l-* mmtm el-* mtm < **""" JT^ ^_^_ . St Petersburg Temp* _ilro.lra> mt 11* Aw.*. NCCJ is based on the best democratic ideals of pluralism and mutual respect. It believes, both viscerally and in its cor- porate heart, that it must act to bring together those social forces in our society who are either at odds, or who can greatly benefit from a better mutual under- standing of each other. Beyond this essential act of "coming together," it also seeks, through research and common sense, to build the kind of knowledge that will facilitate even deeper levels of cooperation. The Bay Area Chapter of NCCJ has two separate divisions, one in Hillsborough and one in Pinellas counties. Each has its own board of directors and programs. The onh/ official common activity the two divisions share is the Annual Brotherhood Awards Dinner. It is at this event that local citizens are honored for their outstanding civic, human relations, and reli- gious contributions to the com- munity, and it b *}*> Jb organizations only fund-misuig event. The Tampa Bay Areas 14th Florida. Like It Used lb Be. The Villas. Only 11 luxuri- ous condominiums, remarkably secluded, magically unspoiled, per- fectly untroubled aa face to face with the GuVof Mexico. Pool, tennis, and enduring cedar. A Grand Opening discount com- pletes this rare enchant- ment Lioe itnoux before it disappears. 6010 Worth Beach Road On The OuK Manasota Key Enoiewood. nortda 3MJW I-S13-474-M11 DneiopedbyUnco* Property Company OMftS-lOU Orai,Vmmm*Untnnmber*ml\jpon. Sstoiottope^doeumenm Page 6 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Friday, February 25,^1 Purim! By RABBI KENNETH R. BERGER Purim is a wonderful day for young and old alike. There is no other holiday as unique. It is a bit like New- Year's Day, Halloween, and Mardi Gras all wrapped up together. If one was to inquire which other Jewish holiday relates to Purim, one might be tempted to say Simchat Torah because of the merrymaking characteristic of both. The last suggestion to come to mind would be the High Holidays. After all fasting and soul searching seems utterly in- compatible with groggers and hamentashin. Well, leave it up to our rabbis to make a fascinating connection. As you know, Yom Kippur is also called Yom Kippurim (the day of many atonements). Hence, if we take these words apart we have YomK. Purim. which means a day similar to Purim. Now, how are these two related? On Purim, we put ori masks. On Yom Kippur we remove all of our fronts, facades, and present our true selves before God. On Purim, we put on masks and pretend we are someone else. And often these symbolically represent something more than we are. There is a story about a man who dovened three times daily. Well, one day he hit the lottery and finally after years of poverty bought a new suit, a new boat, and a lovely home. As he was strolling about town showing off his new wealth, he stepped in front of a car and was killed. As he approached God in heaven he asked "How could you let me die? After all, I dovened, I kept Shabbos." God looked at him and said, "Shlomy, that was you who was run over? I didn't recognize you." Yes, we all wear masks. Some masks are positive, like the ones of Mordecai and Esther, and others are negative like Hamen and his sons. If our wealth makes us snobbish, selfish, into ourselves, then the mask we wear is a negative one. If on the other hand, we pretend to be nicer than we really are, more religious than we really are, more generous than we really are, then Purim is teaching us: "That's a fine start." Just try to live up to the masks you wear. Charlton Heston once commented that after spending five years playing Moses in the production of The Ten Commandments, that the experience had made him more humble and compassionate, a bit of a better person. Perhaps there is truth to Professor Hocking's assertion: "There is a deep tendency in human nature to become like that which we imagine ourselves to be." Perhaps, then, this is a valuable lesson which Purim wishes to convey. We need to put on positive masks. These are the masks of integrity, of honesty, of generosity, of compassion, of support for synagogues, and community in- stitutions. Then, all is left, is for us to live up to the masks we wear. With best wishes for a joyous Purim. J Rare book dealers from across the country will gather in Tampa on March 4-6 for the second annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. The event, which last year attracted more than 1,000 collec- tors and interested spectators, will be held in Fletcher Lounge of Plant Hall at the University of Tampa. Approximately 35 dealers will exhibit for sale a wide selection of collectibles including fine books, antique maps, engravings, prints, and autographs. An exhibition from the Stanley P. Kimmel Collection will be one of the featured attractions at this year's fair. The author's entire collection of books, porcelains, painting, etchings, and personal memorabilia was recently donated to the University's Merl Kelce Library. Signed photos, autographs, and manuscrips from literary greats such as Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, and other 20th century American writers are just a few of the many interesting items included in the vast collection. The rare book event, the only one of its kind in the Southeast, is co-sponsored by the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Associ- ation and the Friends of Merl Kelce Library. It will be open to the public Friday. March 4, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.. Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: and Sunday from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Admission $2.50 per day of $5 for all three < days. Admission proceeds will benefit the University library. For further information, con- tact James Shelton, Hyde Park Book Shop, 1109 Swann Ave., Tampa 33606, (813) 259-1432; or Lydia Acosta, Merl Kelce Li- brary, University of Tampa Tampa 33606, (813) 253-8861. Binnie Warshaw Coppersmith and Sandford Coppersmith Are Pleased to Announce their Affiliation with and Ultimate Acquisition* of: Travels Unlimited 5401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Suite 131 Tampa, Florida 33609 879-8335 3105 W. Waters Ave. Suite 101 Tampa, Florida 33614 933-5454 ?Subject to Approval of Governing Agencies Meyer Robinson (right) of Lawrence, LI, chairman of the board and treasurer of Monarch Wine Co., producers of Manischewitz Wine Co. is presented the Canal Founders Award of the Israel Bond Organization by Lt. Col. Baruch Spiegel of the Israel Defense Font, I IDF I. A Canal Founder is an individual who invests $100,000 or mom in Israel Bonds to provide "seed capital' for Israel's Mediterranean- Dead Sea Canal project, which when completed will providt hydroelectric power to greatly reduce the country's dependence on imported oil. Col. Spiegel made the presentation while in the Unittd States with a group of senior IDF officers to promote the Israel Bond campaign. 2nd Florida Antiquarian Book Fair To Be Held in Tampa In this world of man-made synthetic products, it's a relief to know that there still are products made in harmony with nature. For nutrition, personal care, and household products, Shaklee products are the best of all the basics for better living. Many are certified by the Kashruth laboratories of Brooklyn N.Y. to be Kosher and Pareve. For information; Write or call Daniel or Sherry Evans Shaklee Independent Distributors 3206 Azeele St., Apt. 108, Tampa. Fla. 33609 Ph. (813) 870-2708 Howard B Greenberg Realtor Robert S. Wolf Realtor-Associate Crown Realty of Tampa, Inc. CommerciaMnvestment'lndustrial Properties* "Call us-we speak your language" 4032 HENDERSON BLVD. 879-8863 ANNOUNCERS Thm Smcond FLORIDA ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR i Fine Books, Maps, Prints, and Paper Collectibles MARCH 4, 5, 6, 1983 FLETCHER LOUNGE. PLANT HALL UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA 1 (Tampa, Florida) A* Friday- 7PMto 10PM Saturday 11 AM to 6 PM Sunday Noon to 6 PM AdalMioa f 1.60 or $6.00 for all 3 Uy '-S5fST0X' ** *** ^ Shop. M09 *. Av... TW FL 336<* ""/".MX,,,,/*, *M< MKKJ KKI.CH.IBRARY. IMV OF lAMI'A February 25.1983 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Page 7 1/ in their 'Super Sunday" finery, the first group of callers * for (he full day telethon at the office of Thomson McKinnon s Sunday, Feb. 13. Shown standing from left: Abe Silber, kmett. 1983 Tampa Jewish Federation Campaign Chairman \ Field; Ann Rudolph, John Burke, Aida Weissman. Gary Alter Executive Director. Tampa Jewish Federation; Judy Rothburd, Joel Karpay. co-chairman Super Sunday; Jeremy Gluckman, Donald hinsky. and Howard Sinsley. Seated from left: Alice Rosen thai, co- chairman. Super Sunday; Jerilyn Goldsmith, Lois Older, Celina Forrester. Lee Tobin and Stephan Segall. president, Tampa Jewish Social Service. Everything Was Super: Record $70,500 Set on tinued from Page 1 ne for acting in the best I tradition at a time when ctive commitment to the | of our fellow Jews every- is taking on special be." They called for con- support to the 1983 Cam- i that "we may discharge Iponsibility in a manner ; these crucial times." er Sunday" workers and (milii's were treated to a nd "super sundae" dinner Jewish Community Center Evening. Alice Kosenthal, jrman of Super Sunday charge of the arrange- [and added, "The dinner families really topped off (exciting day for our com- Children's Resource Service The Children's Resource Center is offering the Infant Stimulation Course for babies, ages six weeks to one year and their parents beginning Wednes- day, March 2. The course ($25) meets weekly on Wednesday for six weeks from 1 to 3 p.m. Several courses are planned. Parents learn how to enrich their child's development through fun activities and discussions. The class meets at Hills- borough Community Mental Health Center, 5707 N. 22nd Street, Tampa. For more in- formation, call Lenay Suarez or Cathy Manuele at the Children's Resource Center, 238-8495. A Message From the Chairmen It is our pleasure to report to the Tampa Jewish Community that over $70,000 was realized during our "Super Sunday" tele- phone event on Feb. 13. We are most appreciative and grateful to our wonderful core of volunteers who worked diligently throughout the day and to each of you who answered the call "to life" on behalf of our local, national and overseas agencies who will benefit from your posi- tive response. We encourage everyone who did not respond on Super Sunday to call the Tampa Jewish Federation of office at 875-1618 to make their commitment to the 1983 Campaign. Sincerely, JOEL KARPAY and ALICE ROSENTHAL "Super Sunday" Co Chairmen \ol Ami Scholar in Residence Weekend March 11-13 Congregation Kol Ami Education Committee will r. Shaye J.D. Cohen as the tholar- in- Residence March the theme for the weekend | the Truth Many or One? us Diversity in Judaism khout the Ages." |Cohen is the Jack and Shenkman Associate sor in Post-Biblical ktions of Western Civili- pnd associate professor of pish Theological Seminary lenca. Ordained by the |ry in 1974, he received his |with distinction from pia University in 1975. He Warded master of arts from both institutions I'as a BA from Yeshiva Pity where he majored in '"' Latin. f77 ne received a summer from the National ent for the Humanities. fo summers he was a J of the faculty of the Ins- {> the Teaching of the Biblical Foundations of i Civilization, a Seminary > funded by the National nent for the Humanities <">d 1979. Rabbi Cohen Vwife' Brenda, live in [Vernon, New York with ^"gnter, Zahava. pohen's keynote address dnng Friday evening reservations must be made for all meals which will be provided for a nominal charge. Babysitting will be provided during all sessions. Contact Congregation Kol Ami, 962-6338, for further information. Kosher Lunch Menu Kosher lunch menu of the Senior Citizen's Nutrition and Activity Program is sponsored by the Hillsborough County Commission and held at the Jewish Community Center. Marilyn Blakley, site manager, 872-4451. Menu subject to change. WEEK OF FEB. 28 MARCH 4 Monday Beef Pattie with Gravy, BBQ'd Navy Beans, Spinach, Pears, Molasses Cookie, Whole Wheat Bread Tuesday Baked fish with Creole Sauce, Grits, French Style Green Beans, Fresh Orange or Citrus Sections, Applesauce Cake, Whole Wheat Bread Wednesday Cabbage Casserole, Green Peas, Tossed Salad, Peaches, Italian Bread Thursday Baked Chicken with Gravy, Bread Dressing, Mixed Greens, Carrot Salad with Pineapple, Fresh Fruit, Biscuit Friday Liver with Onion Gravy, Green Baby Limas, Whipped Irish Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Old Fashion Carrot Cake, Whole Wheat Bread Dr. Shaye J. D. Cohen services, followed by an Oneg Shabbat and discussion. Following Saturday morning services and a Shabbat luncheon, there will be a study session about "Sects and Cults in Jewish Antiquity." Shabbat will be concluded with afternoon and evening services, a Seudath Shlishit, an open forum with Dr. Cohen, and Havdallah. 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At the same time, "peace in the Middle East" and a "strong Is- rael" were listed as the chief mat- ters the inter-national scene af- fecting the welfare of Jews. The survey, which was mailed to 110 major lay leaders in Metropolitan New York, was conducted from October to December of last year. It in- cluded 16 multi-part questions ranging from organizational af- fliations to children's involve- ment in Jewish activities. The survey also revealed that more than 90 percent of the re- spondents believed that "con- cerns and ties with other Jews" was "extremely important" or "very important" in defining what it means to be a Jew. Next in importance "a way of life" fol- lowed by "custom and tradi- tions" and then "religious be- liefs." According to Esther Leah Ritz of Milwaukee, JWB president. JWB contacted the communica- tions consultant, "because JWB deals with so many facets of Jew- ish life, from Jewish education in informal settings to problems of the aging, to leadership training. We wanted to develop a clearer profile of the concerns and activi- ties of some of the major opinion- molders and decision-makers in the community. This way JWB's YOU Intergenerational Project in Full Swing "Being with my young friend is a warm and loving experience" says Miriam Sansweet. a senior resident at Jewish Towers. Project YOU (Youth and Older Understanding) is filling a much needed service to residents in the Jewish Towers. Service Club members at Plant High School are making friends with seniors at the Towers in an effort to find out more about each other and share experiences. (Service Clubs are comprised of honor students who wish to devote some of their time and energy in community service). The senior members of YOU are residents of Jewish Towers who may have no close family members, who have little contact with family members, or simply, who want the experience of sharing with a young person. An effort is made to form recipro- cal relationships where both oldsters and youngsters gain positive rewards of friendship and commitment. Co-sponsored by Tampa Jewish Social Service and Plant High School, Project YOU was activated at the beginning of the school year when two workshops dealing with Communication Skills and Aspects of Aging were presented by the staff of Tampa Jewish Social Service. Over 50 students attended these workshops. Residents who would like to participate, fill out an application requesting a student friend. They list what their interests are and what they would like to do with their time together. They are paired with a student whose responsibility is to make the initial contact. An agreement is made as to how much time they want to spend with each other and the relationship begins. Over the past year some of the experiences shared between participants have been special outings, shopping trips, card games, learning to sew, sharing warn .. /.,, # tt i familv a,bums- or iust visiting. first Meeting of Children of Holocaust Tht,sutTt'ss"fthiM,i,rn'ntPmJ|,t'1 has led to plans for expansion to other Senior Housing facilities in the Plant district. How do the young people feel about this experience? One student was heard to say, "I love my lady she's very special and I 'm really learning a lot!" For more information call Dale Johnson 251-0083. Survivors to be Held in March Sunday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. the first organizational meeting for children of Holocaust surviv- ors will be held. Throughout the country groups such as Boston's "One Generation After" have been formed where people can meet and join together for support, education and remem- brance of the Holocaust. The meeting on March 6 represents the first such group being organ- ized in the Tampa Bay area. This first meeting will provide an overview of what other groups have been doing throughout the country and will open discussion to what this local group would like to do. People will be attend- ing from St. Petersburg, Semi- nole, Clearwater and Tampa. The meeting on March 6 will be held at the home of Malina and National Leadership Mission To Washington March 9 The United Jewish Appeal has invited all $5,000 and over contributors to participate in a National Leadership Mission to Washington on Wednesday, March 9. This is the third consecutive year that leaders from Jewish communities throughout the nation will gather for a day-long insider's view of key policies and policy makers in government that influence the quality and continuity of Jewish life worldwide. Highlights of the program include briefings on issues of critical concern by top-level rep- resentatives of the adminis- tration, the Israeli Embassy, Congress and veteran foreign policy observers. Les Barnett, Chairman of the 1983 Tampa Jewish Federation- United Jewish Appeal Campaign will be leading a contingent from Tampa. Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to contact the Tampa Jewish Federation at 875-1618. Meni Kanner, 8999 St. Andrews Drive, Seminole (Phone number: 1-392-2385). Anyone interested is welcome and is requested to call the above number in advance of March 6. Bilirakis Urges Better Treatment For Soviet Jews WASHINGTON Congres- sman Michael Bilirakis (R- Tarpon Springs) called on the leaders of the Soviet Union to comply with international law and basic human rights in their treatment of Soviet Jewry. Bilirakis, one of the first fresh- man House members to join the Congressional Conference on Soviet Jewry, said Soviet restric- tions on Jews were violations of the basic rights of all people to have freedom of choice. "It's not a question of Republican versus Democrat or Conservative versus Liberal. It's just a simple case of right versus wrong when our fellow human beings are not allowed to live freely with all of their basic human rights," Bilirakis said at a reception which called for Soviet leaders to permit more emigration by Soviet Jews. For a brief period, the Soviet Union had relaxed its emigration policies toward Soviet Jews, reaching a peak in 1979 when 51,320 Jews were allowed to leave the country. Since then, Soviet attitudes once again have har- dened. In 1981.9,447 Soviet Jews were permitted to emigrate and in 1982 the number shrank to 2,692, the lowest point in nearly a decade". Ajour^tsarfiooctCji ,w. For ALL your Passover and Gift neodl 3303 Swann Avenue 1 o 3 Mon Fri Tampa, Fla. 33609 g. ^ Sunday 876-2377 : NOW OPEN "Pach's Place" Al Pack, Proprietor' For Fine Food Featuring Menu Items That Will Make You Remember Mama. Bay to Bay at Bay shore Blvd. Sun. am-2*0 pm Bayehore Bldgs. Mon.-Fri. 7 am 4 pm 831-7122 Board of Directors will be cog- nizant of a broad spectrum of thinking among Jewish leaders as it weighs new areas JWB and the Jewish Community Center movement may concentrate their energies and resources." Mrs. Ritz said. "We received a good deal of important informa- tion from this survey as well as some surprises. For example, we were pleasantly surprised by the depth of concern registered for Jewish identity and Jewish education." Many of the respondents des- cribed their perceptions of the YM & YWHA and Jewish Com- munity Center movement, a prime concers of JWB since it is the central service agency for hundreds of Ys and JCCs throughout North America. According to one leader who responded to the questionnaire, the Y and JCC movement pro- vides "an organized identity on the home front a place for youth and the aged to continue a Jewish togetherness a central meeting place, really a way to build Jewish community and continuity." The profile that emerges from the survey is of a leadership that is active, alert and concerned in many major Jewish organiza- tions including UJA, the Federa- tion of Jewish Philanthropies, the Council of Jewish Federations, the Joint Distribution Committee and HI AS. It is a leadership whose prin- cipal motivations for participat- ing in Jewish affairs an ism" and "following familv I tns;" a leadership who* cerns are for helping Zl home and abroad but whose J personal sphere of intereMl philanthropic not political predominantly religious deeply occupied with values t have their source in Jewish | tions and heritage. The respondents revealed* their major sources of in* tion on Jewish activities from the Jewish Teles Agency and the Jewish W, New York. One of the questions in the, vey dealt with Jews in Diaspora. The most imt concern, the leaders felt, wi help Jews in "unfriendly fa countries" such as the Union. JWB is the network of; central service agency forJe^ Community Centers, YM YWHAs, and camps in the 1 and Canada, serving one : Jews. At the same time. JWBi agency accredited by the I government to serve the i ligious. Jewish educational,! morale needs of Jewish mil personnel, their families, hospitalized VA patients. JWB is supported by Je Federations, the UJA-Fe Campaign of Greater Newfl Jewish Community Centers! YM & YWHAs, and JWB i ciates. BOUNTY CATERERS Kosher Catering Under Rabbinical Supervision COMPLETE CATERING FOR ALL OCCASIONS ONE OF FLORIDA'S LARGEST COMPLETE BRIDAL SERVICES 25% DISCOUNT INVITATIONS FLOWERS PHOTOGRAPHY WED0INQ CAKES-MUSIC KOSHER CATERING AVAILABLE "SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE'S BUDGET' Serving -INDUSTRIAL'MOME & OFFICE'DINNER PARTIESRECEPTIONSWEDDINGSBARMITZVAHS Call Collect 1-446-8474 11890 B. DREW ST., CLEARWATEI IMrHutlun Robert A. 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"You mot destroy a state by terror- BUT HARKABI warned that here is a problem in maintaining [Jewish education. He said where Ince identification was cemented ly religion, it is now baaed on (upport of Israel. But he added where Israel had been a "source Perez of the State Department's of pride to Jews around the Office for Combatting Terrorism worid, it is now "embarrassing agreed that terrorist attacks against Israel and Jews will rise them.' Harkabi said now was the time to seek a settlement with the moderate Arab countries. He said if this does not occur, the radical Arab states which realize they cannot destroy Israel will now again as a result of the Palestine Liberation Organization's defeat in Lebanon. They both said the recent attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions in Europe were not done by the PLO but turn their attention to seeking to Pale8tirn splinter groups. radicalize the moderate Arab states. He said they believe that if this can be accomplished they will have a united Arab world against Israel. It is better to make a realistic "compromise" now than "wait for the showdown in the future," Harkabi said. BUT HARKABI and Frank In introducing the discussion, Kalman Sultanik. a WJC vice president, said that anti- Semitism is not a "passing phase." He said no country lacks anti-Semitism no matter the size of its Jewish population nor the make up of its political and economic structure. He said it is in the democratic countries where anti-Semitism is most seriously manifested be- cause "any statements of demo- cratic governments that criticize Israel play in the hands of anti- Semitism." IN A discussion of anti- Semitism, Dr. Stephen Roth, di- rector of the London-based Insti- tute of Jewish Affairs, said that "after the events of the past nine months, we have a right to be alarmed but not alarmists." He said that according to figures computed by the Insti- tute, which is operated by the WJC, there was a record 104 ter- rorist attacks against Jews in 1982, half of them in West Euro- pe. He said 25 persons were killed, and 400 were wounded. In more than 75 percent of the cases, the terrorist acts were committed by Palestinian Terrorists occa- sionally helped by local gangs, Roth said. ORT Federation Elects Gray New President NEW YORK Alvin L. Gray, of Cleveland, was elected presi- dent of the American ORT Fed- Camp Universe for BOYS AND GIRLS ^ Blast off for a Summer of fun in Central Florida! WATER SKIING HORSEBACK RIDING TENNIS GOLF 3 MILE LAKE OLYMPIC POOL 1320 So. Dixie Hwy., Suite 811 Coral Gables 33146 (305) 666-4500 OflCU I Music lovers will enjoy the xcitement of Quisisana musicel [evenings with future greats from Julliard and other conservatories. These young artists are members of lour staff and present concerts, Broadway musical excerpts and I evenings of opera. 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OUTSIDE FLORIDA 1-800-327-5353 AaA about our Amwk^X^^jroor^o^raot.i u nou Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg of Englewood, N.J., a WJC vice president, said that while most Jews believe anti-Semitism is "more menacing today than it has been since the end of World War II," he expressed belief "the comforting probability is that the institutions of American demo- cracy will withstand future shocks and that anti- Semitism, despite Jewish fears, is not likely to burgeon in the United States." He said the major threat to Jewry is that unless major popu- lation trends are soon reversed, "American Jewry will soon lose a million people, or perhaps more by the end of the century." Hertzburg declared that the American Jewish community "cannot afford such losses. Such large energies will be mustered in the efforts of self-preservation." eration at the organization's an- nual national conference here. Long active in ORT and other Jewish organizations, Gray has been a member of the World ORT Union Executive Committee and will now serve as both a vice president and a member of the Administrative Committee of the World ORT Union. He will be in- strumental in directing the policy and programs of the ORT inter- national network of some 800 -chools and training centers vhich provides vocational, ochnical and Jewish education to more than 100,000 Jewish stu- dents of all ages, 74,000 in Israel ulonc. Among those attending the conference from Greater Miami Men's ORT was Norman Chusitt. Speaking to the 500 delegates from Men's ORT chapters throughout the United States at- tending the three conference who pledged to raise a record total of $2,600,000 for ORT in 1983, Gray noted that "For more than a cen- tury since it's founding in Czarist Russia in 1880. ORT has met the needs of Jews throughout the world. Today, in a world of rapidly changing technology and shifting political realities, ORT continues, and will continue, to provide top flight education to meet the challenges confronting us in the years ahead." Among the developments Gray cited was an increased emphasis on computer training and com- puter based technologies at the ORT schools in Israel, France, Latin America. India and in the U.S. at the Bramson ORT Tech- nical Institute in New York and the ORT program at the Jewish High School of South Florida in Miami. JANE KETOVER TERRILL HAMEROFF RAINBOW VILLAGE 11433 N. DALE MABRY TAMPA, FLORIDA 963-2505 Fine lighting **d accessories at Discount Prices SSS/SJS//S/S/////S />, 'SS,// /,.,/* ,'/////////// 'f/f/fffS> ZJhe Monogram Shop " 'Diiunctivc^ Qifu oAnd eMonogramming " . S. Klein Ph. (811) 879-8848 4241 W. Kenndy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33609 ?/./* Because you love your baby. 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The lectures take place at the Synagogue at 10 a.m. each Sun- day, concluding on March. 5. Sisterhood Purim Dinner A Purim family dinner will be held at Congregation Rodeph Sholom tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m. before the Megillah is read. Dinner is being prepared by Sisterhood and served by members of USY. The Men's Club is supplying the groggers. The charge is 85 ($2.50 for children six and under) with a family special of $15 for parents and two children. Call Lynn Greenberg before Shabbat to make your reservation (and don't forget to come in costume!). SCHAARAI ZEDEK Purim Carnival SchZFTY. Schaarai Zedek's Obituaries NINO i Amelia, Brening, s. died i Thursday, February 10. She was born In Roumanla and had lived In Tampa almost *0 yeen She waa a member of Congregation Rodeph Sholom. lira. Brening la sur- vived by a daughter. Rhode Jenktna. Tampa; two aona. Barry Brening. Venezuela and Ray Brening, Tampa: a later. Tonl HerevlU. Miami, and brother. Herman Marks, Homestead; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grand children. Graveside funeral services at Congregation Rodeph Sholom Cemetery were conducted Friday, February 11, by Rahbl Kenneth Berger and Cantor Wil- liam Hauben. Youth Group is sponsoring its annual Purim Carnival on Sun- day, Feb. 27 at 11:30 a.m. follow- ing Sunday school. The entire Congregation is invited to attend a fun-filled afternoon. SchZFTY- ites will man booths, supervise games, sell lunch and baked goods and sell raffle tickets. This is a great opportunity to celebra- te Purim with family and friends. Outreach The Outreach Committee of Congregation Schaarai Zedek is presenting a panel discussion, "When My Child Intermarried: How I Felt Then How I Feel Now" Sunday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Temple. Panel participants are Use Juergenaen, Audrey Haubenstock, Sandra Solomon and Irvin Packet. Moderator for the evening is Rabbi Frank Sundheim. The issue of intermarriage is an important one and many feelings related to it will be discussed. Some questions to be discussed are: Was a Jewish wedding im- portant to me? Why? Did-do I feel like a failure? How important are Jewish grandchildren to me? How did I relate to the other family then? Now? How impor- tant was conversion of the non- Jewish partner to me? The Outreach Committee en- courages all Temple Members to attend this important program. Sisterhood Spring Fling A Fashion Show featuring ladies and children's fashions will be the special treat awaiting at- tendees, March 7, at the Schaarai Zedek Sisterhood Spring Fling. The show and luncheon will be in the Temple Social Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. A gourmet lunch is being pre- pared by the March Circle and members of the Spring Fling committee. With all models either Sisterhood members or children of Sisterhood members and the clothes coming from Banker's Note and Peppermint Soup, a beautiful spring day is forecast. Reservations should be made with the Schaarai Zedek office Community Calendar Friday, February 25 (Candlelightinp, time 6:08) ORT (Bay Horizons) Garage Sole 9- 1 Late Night Service at Congregation Kol Ami 10 p.m. Saturday, February 26 Hillel School Shabbat at Congregation Schaarai Zedek 10 a.m. * Congregation Rodeph Sholom Purim Family Dinner 6:30 p.m. * Congregation Kol Ami Megillah Reading 7 p.m. Jewish Towers Birthday Social 8 p. m. Sunday, February 27 Paries Tune in "The Jewish Sound 88.5FM 9-11 a.m. Jewish War Veterans General Meeting -9:30a.m. Jewish War Veterans and Auxiliary Meeting 10 a.m. Brandon Jewish Chavurah Purim Party 1 p.m. Congregation Kol Ami Purim Carnival 7 p.m. Congregation Schaarai Zedek Purim Carnival * Congregation Rodeph Sholom Purim Carnival Hillel School Purim Seudah at Congregation Rodeph Sholom 6 p.m. Monday, February 21 Hillel School Purim Program Grade 8 10a.m. Tuesday, March 1 ORT (Boy Horizons) Board Meeting 10 a.m. Congregation Schaarai Zedek Lunch with Rabbi noon B'nai B'nth Hiliel-USf. Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. ORT (Tampa) Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. Congregation Schaarai Zedek Brotherhood Board 7:30 p.m. Jewish Towers Games 7:30 p.m. Hadassah-Amee- Board 8 p.m. Hadossah-Shalom Brandon Board 8 p.m. Wednetday, March 2 Congregation Kol Ami Sisterhood Board 7:45 p.m. Congregation Rodeph Sholom Full Board Meeting 8p.m. Thursday, March 3 JCC Food Co-op- 10 a.m. 12:15p.m. Friday, March 4 (Candlehghting time 6:12) Ameet Hadassah Bazaar t support cancer research VFW Hall 304 W. Waters 9 to 5 Hillel School Family Shabbaton through 3-6-83. (876-2377) no later than Monday, March. 3. Tables of eight may be reserved. Tennis, Anyone? Congregation Schaarai Zedek Sisterhood will have its annual tennis round robin and supper on Sunday, March 20. Any tennis player is welcome to sign up, a partner is not necessary. All play will be at the Cal Dixon courts on Watrous, the Grady courts. Warm up begins at 1:30 with play beginning at 2 p.m. Dinner will follow at the Temple at 6 p.m. Non-tennis players are welcome to join the fun by just attending the dinner. Dinner alone is 86. Tennis and dinner is 815. There will be "A" and "B" Di- visions and applications are available now at the Schaarai Zedek office. Carol Osiason and Mary Sue Rotbenberg are the "tournament directors." Novice players are more than welcome! CONGREGATION KOL AMI Festive activities will be taking place at Congregation Kol Ami, in observance of Purim. On Saturday evening, Feb. 26, services will be held at 7 p.m. at which time the Congregation will participate in the reading of Megillah complete with music and skits. The following morning, Sun- day, Feb. 27, services will be held at 10 a.m. followed by a Purim Carnival. There will be many booths, a Moon Walk, costumes, parades, food, hot-dogs, Haman- taschen plus other goodies. Jewish Singles Kol Ami Singles will have a "Purim Party" on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at Congregation Kol Ami. Admission is $3, there will be a cash bar SI drinks. (Munchies will be served) All Jewish singles ages 20's-40's are invited to attend. HADASSAH Ameet Chapter-North Tampa The Ameet Chapter of Hadas- sah, North Tampa will hold a bazaar in support of cancer research on Friday, March 4, at the VFW Hall Post 424, 304 W. Waters (next to Cooks) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Merchandise for sale includes baby items, clothing, furniture, bric-a-brac, books, citrus and baked goods. A food plate will be served all day. If you would like to donate mer- chandise please call Ruth Cantor at 963-1135. Pick-up is available upon request. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Traveling in Israel The American Jewish Con- gress will present a free audio visual presentation on Wednes- day, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. Claire Mitchell, Florida Tour Consul- tant, will make a presentation on traveling in Israel and other foreign countries. Mitchell will provide informa- tion on different options to take when planning a trip, whether it is a singles mission, couples or a senior tour. This presentation has been given throughout the state and is free of charge. II i For Your Feet "Oh, my aching feet! can mean more than just that. Foot reflex - ologists (foot accupressurists) say that relieving strain in feet can have positive effects on other parts of the body," says Donna Davis, Director of the Senior Center Program at the Jewish Community Center. To find out more about this fascinating practice, the public is invited to a program on "Foot Reflexology" on Friday, March 4 at 10:45 a.m. at the JCC. Ms. Frida Ham will talk and demonstrate. There is no charge to senior adults (age 60+), though dona- tions are always welcome; non- seniors may pay a 82 fee (non- members) or 81 fee (JCC members). The Senior Program is sponsored in part by a grant from the Older American Act, through Florida's HRS and Manahill Area Agency on Aging. Senior Travellers to St. Augustine Invite Others "Living in Florida, everyone wants to see St. Augustine, our oldest city," says Donna Davis, Director of Senior Center Program through the Jewish Community Center. "That's why we are offering this trip: so many people are requesting it." The JCC's Senior Travel I welcomes anyone age 55 or be to join them in a three dayld night tour to St. Augustine^ includes walking, carriage Zl shopping tours of the city; (" theatre; enroute stops at National Forest; deluxe esco tour coach; all breakfasts hotel accommodations. Toun sponsor is "Travels Jeanne." e,ThenS!tOUrp~:kaePrJ 8114-double room occupant id Travel Club Members and 111 for others. Trip dates: Manal 24 (Tuesday Thursday) Registration deadlines deposit and for final payo**] may be obtained by calling t ' Jewish Community Center, 8 4451. Tour group size is P so early registration m mended. Synopsis of the Weekly Torah Portion "And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brothtr, for splendour and for beauty" (Exod.18.21 TETZAVEH TETZAVEH Moses was told: "Thou shah command tat children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the Lord." For Aaron and his sons were to serve as priests to God. The priestly garments are described in great detail, as well as the various offerings that the priests were to bring on the day of their anointment. This portion concludes with the laws relating to the offering of incense on the altar. (The rtcountine, ot the weekly Perttee of the Lew Is tree tee and mm upon "The Oraphic Hittery el the Jewish Herlteoa," edited by P. WoMma- Ttamir, sis, published by Swswssld. The volume Is available at 7S Masks Lane, New York, N.Y. leM. Joseph Schlsng l< president ef the socitty dis- tributing the volume) A REMINDER Bar-Bat Mitzvah, wedding and engagement farms are available at all of the synagogues or may be picked up at the "Jewish Floridian" office. All forms must be completed and returned to our offices no later than two full weeks before it is to appear. JEWISH COMMUNITY PHONE DIRECTORY B'nai B nth 8764711 J Jewish Community Center 872-4451 I Jewish Floridian of Tampa 872-4470 1 Jewish National Fund 8769327 State of Israel Bonds 879-8850 Tampa Jewish Federation 875-1618 1 Tampa Jewish Social Service 251-0083 T.O.P. Jewish Foundation, Inc. 253-3569 1 Schools Hillel School (Grades 1-8) 839-7047 JCC Pre School and Kindergarten Seniors Jewish Towers 872-4451 870-1830 Mary Walker Apartments 9858809 Kosher Lunch Program at JCC 872-4451 Seniors' Project 872-4451 Religious Directory TEMPLE DAVID 2001 Swann Avenue e 251-4215 e Rabbi Samuel Mallinger Services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9a.m. Daily morning and evening minyan, 7:30 a.m., 5:45 p.m. CONGREGATION KOL AMI Conservative 3919 Moran Road 962-6338 Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM rsas.aal.a 2713 Bayshore Boulevard 837-1911 e Rabbi Kenneth Berger, Hazzan William Hauben e Services: Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday. 10a.m. Daily: Minyan, 7:15. CONGREGATION SCHAARAI ZEDEK Reform 3303 Swann Avenue 876-2377 e Rabbi Frank Sundheim Services: Friday, 8 p.m; Saturday, 9a.m. CHABAD HOUSE {g**j" Center. University of South Florida UC217, Box 2463 Tampa 33620 (College Park Apts.) 971-6768 or 985- 7926 Rabbi Lazar Rivlrin Friday, 7 p.m Shabbat Dinner and Servicea. Saturday Service 10:30 a.m. Monday Hebrew Class 8 p.m. B'NAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION Jewish Student Center, University of South Florida Rabbi Jeffrey Foust 5014 Patricia Court 172 (Village Square Apts) ' 988-7076 or 988-1234 wine and cheesehour 5-6 p.m- * Shabbat Services 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Dinner 7:15 p.m. Lay. February 25,1983 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Page 11 Costa RicaWhere 3,000 Jews Thitfve jy KIM MULLER-THYM mnght Baltimore Jewiah Time* Upnnt by Special Arrangement our minibus charges kieh crowded streets of San t Costa Rica's capital, our fer honks at slowpoke vehicles pedestrians who line the ets waiting for public trans- ation. Dusk is descending on city. People in our little bus , a panic. It's Friday, and we |koo late to return to the hotel lhange into more appropriate thing and make it back in time Shabat services. |we can't possibly go to tices like this. This is a shut Ire men and women sit irately to wear pants Ud be an insult." [But we have no time. And lr are expecting us. What an bit that would be, if we didn't VCK AND forth, The ex- heats up. Then several tks ahead, the brilliant ned glass Star of David ns, welcoming Jews to ser- The decision is made: we the bus at the entrance and l in our best dressed emissary xplain the situation. A syna- je elder soon returns and piously invites us to join serv- i we traipse, self consciously. de the somewhat plain, two- stucco building, we are prised to find a warm, wooden with a lovely, hand- fed bima at its center, a ting silver candelabra at each lcorners. irom upstairs we watch the regal ion pour in, filling all ats. About 60 or 70 men sit _.ds the front of the sane- y, most wearing suits, a few teleisim, and all with yar- ...es. More than 200 teen-agers 1 in the central portion, the Is on one side and the girl on |other. JEY ARE dressed casually signer jeans and polo shirts, natically putting us more at about our own apparel. We old this is a special teenage Young and Old are Close-Knit: Dating Problem a Concern KIM MULLER-THYM herewith reports on a familiarization tour she has just taken to Costa Rica. Why? Because, she says, Israel and Costa Rica are fast becoming friends. It was Costa Rica President Luis Alberto Monge who decided to move his government's embassy back from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Then, Israel gave Costa Rica $7 million and a promise to encourage American Jews to visitithere. This, says Muller-Thym, is a first step toward introducing Americans to Israel's sunny new friend. service that takes place every other Friday evening, and we are invited downstairs to feel more a part of the family atmosphere. Leading the services is a young man of Bar Mitzvah age who chants all the prayers in Hebrew. The congregation follows the services closely. The young peo- ple sing out exuberantly, filling the large space with their joy. Their enthusiasm is due in large part to an Israeli teacher, who seems to be orchestrating the services from the boys' section. He is one of the most popular instructors at Weizman Institute, where 98 percent of the Jewish children study through twelfth grade. Apparently he exudes such love of Judaism that the students in return love him and Judaism. THE CONGREGATION has no rabbi at present. "We are a synagogue of 2,000 rabbis," quipped one member. About 60 members, most of them under 20, are qualified to lead services. The community performs no divorces and no conversions (these are said to be done in Israel, accord- ing to Orthodox law) and the same elderly spiritual leader per- forms all the marriages. However, the congregation does boast a shochet and a mikvah. After services, we are invited for an Oneg Shabat. Two long tables are set up with white table i cloths and plates of homemade cakes and cookies and bottles of fruit juice and Manischewitz wine. No one touches a thing until the blessing is complete. Then hundreds of little hands scramble for the country. What they can't consume, the children entrust to amused parents, standing, along the wall. Laughter and conversation abound. THIS IS the heart of Costa Rica's Jewish community, consisting of 3,000 people, or 400 families. It is a group that thrives economically and politically and, at the same time, is fiercely de- termined to maintain its own reli- gious traditions and social cohesiveness. Both younger and older gener- ations are very close-knit. As a teenager at the Oneg Shabat re- marks, "Everybody knows everybody. Everybody knows where you're going and what you're doing. There are few secrets." She speaks near perfect English with an American ac- cent, thanks to several vacations in the States. One problem with such a close network of friends, she says, is that later they have little interest in dating one another. Many go out of the country to South America, Panama and Israel to find mates. Panama, with a large Jewish community, is trying hard to unite its youth, while Jews in other Central American countries have become almost totally assimiliated. DESPITE THIS inconven- ience of finding mates elsewhere, the community has little trouble with intermarriage maybe one a year at most, and even those i couples tend to raise their off- spring as Jews. Only about ten percent of the community keep kosher, mostly young couples. Not everyone goes to synagogues. Yet Jewish Continued on Page 12 IDF Spokesman Kimche Declares Israel Welcomes Deployment of Lebanese Troops By HUGH ORGEL I'LL AVIV (JTA) A lior Israeli official said it Israel welcomes the Jyment of the Leba- army in the greater ut area where an Israeli |trol rammed through a Nblock manned by P>anese regulars last ek. hvid Kimche, Director eral of the Foreign Ministry, down that incident in wks during a half-hour W of the Israel-Lebanon- negotiations held in nya Kimche, who heads the efi negotiating team, said army patrols in the area not aimed against the P*nese army but were wsary to combat Palestine eration Organization elements ch have reinfiltrated the on. ROADBLOCK incident url only hours after the *se army took control of "an east Beirut, previously 1 by the private militia of iristian Phalangist party. P Israel army spokesman * that "the Lebanese army a roadblock near Monte east of Beirut, and at- ' to prevent an IDF patrol Passing through." He said the patrol, commanded by a full colonel, "burst through the road- block and continued on its way eastward. There was no exchange of fire." The spokesman stressed that the IDF had no intention of discontinuing the patrols in the area which he described as "a routine part of the ongoing security activities in the region." Observers have expressed surprise that a "routine" patrol would be commanded by an officer of the rank of colonel. THEY SUGGESTED that the incident was a "probing action" by Israel to test the response of locally deployed forces. The confrontation between an Israeli tank squad, commanded by a Lt Col. and an American marine captain, recently in south Beirut was part of the same pattern, they said. During the brief negotiating session at Netanya the subject was raised of the expansion of the area in south Lebanon controlled by Israel's principal ally, Maj. Saad Haddad. The Israeli delegation stressed that H ad- dad's movements were not in- tended to exert pressure on the I^ebanese negotiators. Haddad's Israel-equipped militia, known as the Christian Free Lebanon Forces, now oc- cupes most of south Lebanon from the Israel border to the Litani River. Haddad expressed surprise over the furors created by the entry of his forces into Sidon, Lebanon's fourth largest city, and other towns in the region in recent days. "We have always had a presence in Sidon," he said. HADDAD'S MILITIA staged a military parade through Sidon and followed it with a parade through the town of Nabatiya where he received a lukewarm welcome. He also sent his forces marching through Jib Jinnin village. Haddad said he plans to establish a large military base in Nabatiya. He insisted he does not intend to interfere in local affairs which are the responsibility of the central government in Beirut. His aim, Haddad said, was to ensure that PLO fighters do not return to south Lebanon. Meanwhile, the negotiators in Netanya broke up into various subcommittees. One is a military subcommittee which hopes to solve the Haddad issue peace- fully, Israeli delegation sources said. Page 12 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Friday, February! Sunny Costa Rica Where 3,000 Jews Appear To Be Thriving Today Continued from Page 2 values are instilled deeply enough for intermarriage and assimila- tion not to be major problems at least not yet. The community, encircled socially and geographically in one area of San Jose, is admittedly tight and closed. Ninety-nine percent of Costa Rica's Jews are Ashkenazim. The Sephardim and Dutch Jews who came at the turn of the century from Aruba, Curacao and Spain have become so assimilated that they no longer see themselves as Jews. In the 1920s, about 30 to 40 Jews came from Poland, most of them from the two small towns of Jelskov and Kosnitz, while a few came from Warsaw and Turkey. THEY HAD no idea wheu- Costa Rica was; they simply ended up there on their journeys west because it was easy to enter without a visa and because it was cheap to live. They came not speaking a word of Spanish and with no money but they knew each other and supported each other. Many became peddlers and established the credit system in Costa Rica. Once established, they sent to their families. They settled in San Jose, where they made a cemetery and set up kashrut facilities; they export kosher beef. In 1936 they established the Zionist Israel Center (Centro Israelita Sicuista) which acts essentially as a national Jewish federation, coordinating all social services, fundraising and education for the community. The third wave of Jewish immigrants came in 1946 and 1947. These World War II survivors swelled the Jewish community. Today they consti- tute the majority. The commu- nity can now boast many active groups. THEY INCLUDE the Zionist Israel Center, which is now affi- liated with the Federation of Central American Jewish com- munities and the World Jewish Congress; a central Zionist B'nai B'rith lodge and unit, a Zionist youth movement (Hancar Haz- ioni) and a women's welfare orga- nization (Sociedad de Damas Is- raelites de Beneficencia). A Jewish periodical in Spanish, Baderej, established with the help of the Federation of Central American Jewish Communities, was published and circulated for several years; it may be regener- ated in the near future. The Jewish community has flourished in Costa Rica's en- lightened society, which knows little discrimination. "I didn't even know what discrimination was until I went to the States," said Manuel Rodriguez, who went to military school in Flor- ida. A Catholic, he grew up in a Jewish neighborhood, where most of his friends are Jews, "only here we don't rail them Jews. We call them Polish, just as we identify all people by their place of origin." When the Polish Pope was elected, Costa Ricans were really confused. MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, a self-employed businessman and former amateur tennis champion of Costa Rica, says he fully sup- ports his country's recently intensified friendship with Israel. It's a bond "that makes sense, because we have so much in common," he says, "We. are both little, democratic countries caught in the middle of much bigger, stronger countries. The difference is that Israel defends herself and we don't. That's why we need friends like Israel and the United States " Israel has also promised to consider buying coffee, depend- ing on the taste, price And cost of shipping. Israel is also increasing its number of scholarships for Costa Ricans to study in Israel. Costa Rica is the only western- style parliamentary democracy in Latin America; if for no other reason, Turgeman, implies, it deserves the friendship and support of Israeli and American Jews. As Zelda Bloom, a member of our delegation and director of B'nai B'rith's national tour Department, put it, "Jewish organizations have often stopped tours to countries unfriendly to Israel. That's all the more reason why we should support with tourism dollars those countries friendly to Israel. TO REINFORCE this friend- ship, President Luis Alberto Monge moved the Costa Rican embassy from Tel Aviv back to Jerusalem only two days after being elected. (His predecessor had moved it to Tel Aviv.) President Monge told his cabinet they could dispute anything in his administration but this. He was supported unanimously. Monge had been the Costa Rican Ambassador to Israel from 1963 to 1964. As such, he had resided in Jerusalem. Also, his second wife, Doris Yankelewitz, is Jewish and their daughter, Lena, 16, has been brought up a Jew; all of which doesn't raise an eyebrow in egalitarian Costa Rica. But there are other reasons, more subtle, more hidden, for making a "Jewish Connection" with this little country. ONE REASON, not officially espoused, but suggested by Dr. Bernie Rubinstein, a guest at the presidential reception, is the highly flammable political situa- tion in Central America. "What if the political situation in Central America gets out of hand," Dr. Rubinstein worries. "What would happen if Nica- ragua, breathing down our necks, and El Salvador ready to explode any day, it is hard to tell what will happen to our country. If terrorists or revolutionaries ever took over, we would be the first to get it. We would become what do you call it scarjeGrrotra "Nicaragua is by far our biggest threat. With their politi- cal brainwashing, they send propaganda over the radio into northern Costa Rica all the time and the peasants listen. Nica- ragua gets all its military advice and arms, and even its teachers and textbooks from Cuba. This could have a dangerous influence in our country, especially now, when the economy is suffering . We definitely need all the friends we can sret." Another reason for nurturing a Jewish connection even less talked about because of its negative implications comes from Harry Wohlstein formerly national chairman of the Security Department, and today a private attorney. "We have to be careful as Jews," he says. "We have a lot of affluence and a lot of influence in the government which could easily be resented." Wohlstein is wary of having too many Jews in office at once. Indeed, when he was asked to head Security, he declined at first, because a fellow Jew had already accepted the prominent position as health minister. "POLITICS ARE a new ex perience lor us. We only got our first major political appointment less than ten years ago," he says, adding that since then quite a few Jews have served in office as finance minister, vice minister of finance, coordinator of higher education, as well as ministers of country's security and health and today, they wield con- siderable weight in the country's upper echelons. Complicating the Jewish image, several Jews have recently become involved in illegal activities, such as tax evasion, fraud, and briberies, all of which have been covered by the newspapers. Wohlstein says that "at least six Jews have been indicted for using their political influence to gain grants. New money is supplanting our morals. And these incidents are giving a bad name to our community." At the same time the Jewish community has received several bomb and kidnapping threats. THE THREATS have come to nothing and were probably in- spired by a handful of PLO students at the University who was angered by Israel's invasion of Beirut. Although the threats are probably empty, guards now stand duty around the clock at the synagogues and the Hebrew school, and an underlying sense of uneasiness pervades the com- munity. Also, Jews have not been totally free of problems in the past. Traditionally the country has been a little wary of new- comers an attitude that af- fected Jewish settlement. In 1937, the Refugee Economic Corporation bought land with the idea of making a settlement for central European Jews. The government decided it was illegal for a foreign country to buy land for settlement purposes. In 1941, legislation was in- troduced to nationalize all foreign businesses, which could have destroyed all Jewish enterprise and the community as well. The law luckily, was never enforced. Three years later, another unsuc- cessful attempt was made to ban peddling, which would have hurt the economic security of many .lews AFTER WORLD War II with the influx of Kuropean Jews, the Costa Rican government un- derwent a revolution that led to an investigation of the status of all Jews in Costa Rica. As a result, all visas issued to Jews prior to the revolution were cancelled. Again nothing came of the legislation. In 1952 the Junta demanded a law restricting all businesses to native Costa Ricans, an anti-Semitic campaign that put Jewish homes and insti- tutions in jeopardy. With the 1953 decuJ rigueres, however^ country's most 1 presidents, the situaUo,! began to improve. Si there have been no incidents at least recent bomb threats are the handiwork , radicals. The atmosnh wise in Costa Rica ', hospitable towards Jewsl THE COUNTRY , want little else than to, the, ideals espoused in its anthem: "Vivan *,, trabajo y la paz!" Long I and peace! In general. Jews havei in Costa Rica. They express themselves and politically. They i enough to wear Euro,, and designer jeans and i children to Israel and tb States. They live in where people are easy- relaxed in their attitod where freedom of expression are pro... costs. It is little wonder! young Jews who venture] Israel and the United! return to live in Costa Ria All Publication Kighttl Costa Rica Embassy Move Wasl Of 'Historical Importance' SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (JTA) Costa Rican President Luis Alberto Monge has told a group of American Jewish leaders here that his decision to transfer Costa Rica's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was one of "tremendous historical importance."' The President told the group of more than 100 who were here Jan. 23-30 on a "mission of appreciation" for the transfer that the diplomatic move, taken last year, supports "the sovereign right of Israel, like all other nations, to determine its own capital." THE WEEK-long mission grew out of an initiative taken by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and was sponsored by five U.S. Jewish organi- zations. Addressing the Jewish leaders at a dinner last week, Monge said he was gratified that Costa Kican Israeli ties are deepening and added that the two nations share an adherence to "many human values preserving world improving conditions human race." Since 1948, the Co leader went on. Israel has) "a formidable example entire world of technical,! progress, economic and spiritual greatr added: "I love, re admire the people of Jewish communities th the world." Others at the dinner i held at San Jose's Ci included Israeli Arab David Tourgeman. Cost government official: members of the nation's | community. RABBI MORTON director of ADL's La can Affairs department, i of the leaders of the along with David Bl former international presij B'nai B'rith, told Mori group had come to "primarily to express preciation to you. your ment and the people of] Rica for your support of I' of Israel." **** *e ever* SrJnWa\'jTSiftl* W**0* 9t\0 *%0L \we **** and an tHB0 o\* Ships of Panamanian and Ub**m *0*l |
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