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Oh Baby!

Our young men and women travel to Shanghai. They often study Mandarin Chinese or Japanese in school. The focus for attention is now clearly the Orient.

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The Miracle

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Thus the Talmud relates that it was only on the following year that these eight days were established as the festival of Chanukah.

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Needless to say, the impact on the 17-year-old girl changed her perspective on her father's comments. Fifteen minutes later they left the house with a renewed and invigorated relationship!

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remember television ads in the 1970’s and 1980’s for British Airways, Air France, and KLM. I remember ads for United Airlines to London. Ads enticed travelers to see the fountains of Rome and the Eiffel Tower.

In the ads, tourists stood next to furhated guards outside Buckingham Palace. That was then.

This is now. There is now on TV an ad filled with lovely Anglo couples romancing each other at sites in India, China, Vietnam, and Korea, among other places throughout Asia. The airline sponsoring these images: Korean Air. There is a change which has occurred over the last 30 years. When I grew up, we looked to the Occident. We focused on Europe and the places where our families had established residence for centuries. We studied in school French, Spanish, and German. Some of us even studied Latin to delve further into our Western Civilization roots. Our world stretched from the U.S. to Europe to Israel, the place of our earliest roots.

I remember when the Los Angeles Ulpan to Israel for high school students was established in the 1960’s. The trips soon filled to capacity. Going to Israel was hot! I also recall all of the youth hostel trips traveling in Europe. Seeing the sites of Europe was the thing to do.

Now, our young men and women travel to Shanghai. They often study Mandarin Chinese or Japanese in school.

The focus for attention is now clearly the Orient.

To get young Jewish adults to go to Israel now, we have to provide them with a free trip on Birthright. Yet, Jewish teens and young adults, and their parents, are paying many thousands to travel to China, Bali, Indonesia, Japan, and other sites throughout Asia.

The influence of Asia is everywhere.

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Within my own field of clinical psychology, the hottest approach in therapy is based on Buddhist meditation. Psychologists with Jewish names teach seminars on the Buddhist-inspired methodologies. Jewish psychologists flock to these seminars. They see nothing wrong with pursuing Buddhist ideals and methods.

Jewish youths seek everything Eastern.

And Jewish parents pay for the Asian studies and the many excursions to China. No one seems to suspect any problems. After all, China is the location of great civilizations in the past.

And China is currently at the center of the international economy. Learning Eastern languages is said to be pursuing the international languages of commerce. Dozens of reasons are offered to justify pursuing everything Oriental.

No one in the general media seems to care how quickly and thoroughly these changes have occurred, or how previous trends have been so thoroughly replaced. But I fear what is happening. I see a threat to our Jewish heritage.

Jews traveling to France in the past have visited the homes of Rashi and his grandchildren, chief commentators on the Bible and Talmud. Jews traveling in Spain have viewed the homes of Judah Halevy and Maimonides. Most of us have family roots in Poland, Russia, or other spots throughout Europe. I have traveled with my family numerous times to the Island of Rhodes where my father’s mother grew up and his father studied. Walking on the same cobblestone byways as previous generations helps make history alive. You sit in the same pew in the old synagogue as did your great-grandfather and earlier ancestors. These European ancestral homes bring you face to face with your roots.

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This does not only apply to Europe. The focus has also shifted away from North Africa and the Middle East as the descendents of Jews from these historic lands look elsewhere to travel and study. In many cases, Jews are restricted from traveling to some Moslem countries. But the shift in focus to the Far East has produced a decline in the study of the history and unique cultural and religious contributions of these important Jewish groups.

And the focus toward the East has led to decreased identification on the part of many of our Jewish young people with Israel. Asia is new. Israel is too old school.

One can argue that there are important sites of Jewish historical importance in Asia. Shanghai is the city where entire populations of Yeshiva boys from Europe were saved during World War II. There is a great history of the Jews of India. The same can be said for Jewish communities that had thrived in other Asian cities and countries. But the Jewish experience in Asia is secondary to the Jewish experience further West.

There are substantial Jewish spiritual experiences available without resorting to Buddhist meditation. There are enough Jewish heroes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries without a need to idolize the Dalai Lama and

other Eastern leaders. Let others promote Eastern philosophies. Who else but our Jewish youth can maintain our Jewish history, language, and philosophy?

Adopting the religious practices of others should remain taboo for Jews. Why then should we look away as we witness Jewish young people embracing these practices? Seeing the Himalayas is I am sure a beautiful sight. But so is seeing the snow capped Mount Hermon when looking north from the Sea of Galilee.

Our universities teach multi-cultural experiences. Embracing Eastern cultures is upheld as a primary value today for university students. However, to be multi-cultural in approach requires first upholding and maintaining one’s own culture. We should not sacrifice our Jewish culture and heritage for the sake of “multi-culturalism.”

The shift of focus to the East has occurred rather quickly. It represents a threat to the preservation of Jewish heritage and values. We parents and teachers need to stand up and say enough is enough.

When Judah Halevy wrote poetically “My heart is in the East,” the focus was on Jerusalem and not China.

Jerusalem should remain the primary focus of our people.

Our children need to learn Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino to keep our languages and literature alive. We need to restore our Jewish priorities and maintain our great heritage and history. •

Robert J. Rome, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in clinical practice in Encino, California.

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The Kravitz’s launched Jews for Judaism 25 years ago after receiving a brocha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

“The Rebbe entrusted us with a special Shlichus and empowered us with the perseverance to rescue Jews who have been ensnared by cults and Christian missionaries,” Rabbi Kravitz told the crowd, many of whom have experienced first-hand the highly specialized skills that resulted from the Rebbe’s brochas and guidance.

In his Keynote, Paul Cohen described in detail how he discovered Jews for Judaism and Rabbi Kravitz after one of his Jewish athletes, Gabe Kapler, contacted him in a state of confusion. The relentless peer-to-peer proselytizing of fellow player and Born Again Christian perplexed Kapler and pushed him to the verge of

Rabbi Kravitz totally disarmed Curtis’s best arguments, face-to-face, when he met with Gabe, Paul and a fellow player in a 3-hour, pre-game encounter in San Francisco. At that very moment Gabe Kapler made the fateful decision to remain Jewish and strengthen his Jewish pride and identity.

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aby. In the sixties it was a term of poetic affection meted to any living organism that a particular party was interested in. In the school yard, its chant -- and a directive to stick its head in a sauce usually reserved for a roast -- is a verbal taunt usually invoked by one of two immature sparring partners.

But when the Torah refers to someone as a child or a na'ar it is taken very seriously. Often it raises a flag. It is reason to analyze and deduce. The word na'ar is often translated a child.

It is hardly used for an infant and rarely for a mature adolescent. But when applied in those circumstances, the commentaries note its usage, and they comment.

In fact, when infant Moshe is found in a reed basket floating on the Nile, the Torah tells us that the daughter of Pharaoh heard a na'ar crying. (Exodus 2:6). Rashi comments on the apparent anomaly. After all the word na'ar is not used for an infant. He explains by quoting Midrashic sources that Moshe had a voice like a mature lad.

This week, the term na'ar is also used, and on the surface it is not complimentary. "Yoseph was 17-years-old and was a shepherd with his brothers by the flock, but he was a na'ar with the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives.”

Again the expression na'ar raises a flag. The Medrash obviously feels that that term should be reserved for children younger than teens. And so the Medrash asks, is it fitting to label a 17year-old a Na'ar? It teaches us that at that age Yoseph acted immaturely; dressing his hair and adorning his eyes to look handsome.

(Ramban feels that the term na'ar would apply, as he was youngest of all the brothers except for Benjamin, a mere child at the time.)

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The Sfas Emes asks a powerful question. If the term na'ar is out of place for anyone even approaching his late teens then an earlier verse surely needs clarification.

In Parshas Vayeirah Avraham travels for three days together with his sons Yitzchak and Yishmael, and his servant Eliezer, pursuing Hashem's command to bring his son as an offering on Mount Moriah. As he finally sees the mountain, he knows it is time to conclude the journey alone with only Yitzchak. So Avraham tells Yishmael and Eliezer, "remain here with the donkey, and I and the na'ar will go yonder."

(Genesis 22:5).

Yitzchak was 37-years old at the time, yet not one commentator is troubled that his father calls him a baby! Why? A man once approached my grandfather, Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetzky, of blessed memory, quite distraught.

"I know this may not sound like a major problem," he began, "but my 17-year-old daughter is very upset with me. It has come to a point that she hardly talks to me. It began a few nights ago. My wife and I were with a number of old friends at a wedding when my daughter walked by. I introduced her to them by saying, 'This is my baby.'

"I could see that at the moment she became very upset. Moments later she pulled me to aside and was crying.

'You still think I'm a baby!' she sobbed. 'I am almost eighteen already, and all you do is call me your baby!

Won't I ever be a grown-up in your eyes?' Ever since then she doesn't want to talk to me."

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At the time Reb Yaakov was staying at his youngest son, Reb Avraham's home, and he invited the man to visit him there together with his daughter.

He assured him that he would not discuss the incident but was confident that by the time the visit was over the matter would be resolved."

The next day the man and his daughter visited Reb Yaakov at Reb Avraham's home. Reb Yaakov invited the man and his daughter into the dining room where they discussed a variety of issues from school work to life in pre-war Europe everything but the incident at the wedding.

About 10 minutes into the conversation, my uncle, Reb Avraham, came down the stairs. Reb Yaakov looked over to him and invited him to join the conversation. But first he introduced Reb Avraham to his guests.

"This is my baby!" exclaimed the revered sage as he gave a warm hug to his 55-year-old son.

Needless to say, the impact on the 17-year-old girl changed her perspective on her father's comments. Fifteen minutes later they left the house with a renewed and invigorated relationship!

The Sfas Emes answers his question very simply. When the Torah in a narrative describes someone as a na'ar it is a flag for concern. It needs explanation, whether complimentary or otherwise. But when a father calls a child his na'ar there is no need to explain. It is simple and more than acceptable. And Hashem Himself refers to his children that way. "When Israel was a na'ar and I loved him, and since Egypt I have called him my child" (Hosea 10). • info@communitylinks.info

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A miracle occurred, and they lit the menorah with this oil for eight days.

On the following year, they established these [eight days] as days of festivity and praise and thanksgiving to G-d.

Many miracles, great and small, accompanied the liberation of Israel from Hellenic dominance and the reclaiming of the Holy Temple as the lighthouse of G-d. But there is one particular miracle, the Talmud is saying, that is the sum and substance of Chanukah: the miracle of the small cruse of pure oil that burned for eight days.

The challenge faced by the Jewish people at that time was unlike any that had confronted them before. Hellenism, a noxious blend of hedonism and philosophy, could not be resisted by the conventional tools of Jewish learning and tradition. Only the cruse of pure oil-the supra-rational, supra-egotistical essence of the Jewish soul, from which stems the Jews intrinsic self-sacrificial loyalty to G-d could illuminate the way out of the mudswamps of Hellanism. Only by evoking this inner reserve of incontaminable oil were we able to banish the pagan invader from G-d's home and rekinNovember 19, 2010

But this was oil sufficient for only a single day. By nature, man's highest powers flare brightly and fleetingly, soon receding to the supra-conscious, supra-behavioral place from which they have come. When a person's deepest self is challenged, the essential oil of his soul is stimulated, and no force on earth can still its flame; but then the moment passes, the cataclysmic levels off into the routine, and the person is left with his ordinary, mortal self.

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The miracle of Chanukah was that they lit the menorah with this oil for eight days-that the flame of selfless sacrifice blazed beyond a moment of truth, beyond a day of reckoning.

That the small pure cruse of oil burned beyond its one-day lifespan for an additional week, illuminating the seven chambers of the soul (Kabbalistic teaching enumerates seven middot or basic character traits-love, restraint, harmony, ambition, devotion, bonding and receptiveness from which stem all feelings and motivations of the heart). This was no mere flash of light in a sea of darkness, but a flame destined to shed purity and light for all generations, under all conditions.

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little boy cele- tears that fell just a year ago in a synbrates his upsh- agogue in Mumbai, as the same boy erin, the Jewish cried out "Ima, Ima!" perhaps sensing, boy's traditional third-birthday hair- if not knowing, that he had seen his cutting ceremony, and smiles broadly parents for the last time. at the guests—some of them familiar A year after the devastation faces, many of them in Mumbai, Moshe strangers. The focus Holtzberg's life continues, is on him and he feels much like the life of any the collective other boy in Israel. He lives warmth, while his in Afula with his maternal grandparents and grandparents, Shimon and nanny stand close by.

Yehudit Rosenberg, and his The name of one nanny, Sandra, who snatched rabbi after another is him from the jaws of terror. announced and the "This year Moshe is going to boy seems confused gan (preschool) and is doing and yet energized by very well. He is very happy the sheer number of and excited to go every day," Rabbi Nachman people passing by Holtzberg of Brooklyn, says Yehudit. "He is a very him. He receives a N.Y., carries his smart kid, but at the same huge gift and a grandson Moshe on his time, he is like any other chocolate cake with shoulders for a round of kid." on occasion of candles, and the joy dancing the little boy’s third Moshe's memories of his in his face replaces – birthday. life with his parents in disand yet recalls – the

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tant India come in vivid flashes and dawn on him suddenly. "Sometimes he has flashbacks and memories from the time he was in Mumbai," Yehudit continues, "and when they appear they come out amazingly fresh. We freeze when these memories come up and we try to go along with him and support him to open up and share.

We reply to him that his parents love him and care for him very much.

"Moshe is the source of inspiration and hope and we need to provide him with a healthy environment…we do not let the tears and sorrow show up when he is around. There is a right time and place to let the tears come out."

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after the tragedy, Moshe awoke in the middle of the night and called for Sandra. The nanny sat at the little boy's bedside, held his hand, and he told his nanny that he saw his mother who knelt beside him and said, "I love you very much."

memory, but seeing their smiling faces every day on the way to gan, Moshe waves at his parents and sometimes asks, "Saba (Grandfather), where are Ima and Abba (Mother and Father)?"

niggun Gabi loved," recalls Rikal. "It was the niggun of my ancestor, Rabbi Michel of Zlotchev. This niggun also happened to have been chanted by the thousands of mourners at the burial on the Mount of Olives.

"In heaven, Moshe," answers his "Sandra is the only link to his past. grandfather.

"After completing the song, my faHe is very strongly connected to Moshe refers to Yehudit and Shi- ther noticed a change in Moshe's deher," Yehudit said of the Indian mon Rosenberg as Savta and Saba meanor. He was in another world, a nanny who risked her life by snatch- (Grandfather and Grandmother), sad expression clearly visible. And so ing the crying toddler with blood- and it is clear from his behavior at my father prepared to sing a more stained clothes and running upbeat niggun. But before he from the hostage scene that could begin, Moshe asked that once was a Chabad House. they sing the Zlotchever's nigYet Sandra feels that her task gun again. Upon finishing it, of caring for Moshe is drawMoshe wanted to repeat the ing to a close as the little niggun yet again. They continboy's bond with his grandued singing the niggun toparents, who seemed almost gether over and over. like strangers in the initial Indian nanny Sandra Samuel presents three-year- "That Shabbat, while sitting days and weeks following the old Moshe Holtzberg, whom she saved from the at the table, Moshe began carnage of Mumbai’s Chabad House, with his tragedy, is growing stronger. singing. He was singing his fabirthday present.

"I felt a kind of responsibility when Moshe lost his parents, knowing that he was so attached to me. Now he has adjusted to the new surroundings and his family members just adore him," Sandra told Israel's Channel 2 news. "My home is India. I belong to India. The kid is quite attached to his grandparents now, and I would like to move on."

While questions about his parents are not constant, Moshe asks about his parents and waves to them every day on the way to gan as he passes a billboard with a large image of the slain couple. The billboard marks the future site of a replica of "770," as the building that houses Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, NY, is known. The 770 in Afula has been established by the Rosenbergs as a "House of Good Deeds" that will provide free meals, dental services, clothes and toys for poor families. Unaware of the project of kindness undertaken in his parents'

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ther's beloved niggun." times that he knows that the familiar images of the smiling couple are his mother and father.

In the weeks prior to his upsherin, when a boy's hair is cut for the first time and when he begins to wear tzitzit, the Rosenbergs let Moshe try on his tzitzit to get used to wearing them. After putting them on, reciting the blessing and kissing the strings, he immediately ran to the large picture of his mother and put the tzitzit strings to her lips, then pointed to the picture of his father, smiled and said, "Look, I have tzitzit just like my father!"

Nachman and Freida Holtzberg, Gavriel's parents, flew from New York and visited Moshe for a month.

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"In Heaven," Rabbi Rosenberg replied.

"Why did they go to Heaven and not me?"

"They were great holy people," Rabbi Rosenberg replied. "For you it is not time yet."

"But Saba, you are a great holy person, and you are still here..."

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aakov prepared himself to confront his brother -- a man who 22 years ago set out in a rage to kill him. Yaakov had no idea what this encounter would yield. All he knew was that his brother Esav was fast approaching with 400 armed men. And the prospects for peace were dim.

There was little to do. He prepared for war, but he also prepared to avert war by offering gifts to appease the wrath of his mighty kin. He sent messengers laden with sheep, cattle, donkeys and camels all as offerings of peace to Esav.

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The Rebbe, Reb Ber of Mezritch, was once approached by a chasid who had a very common problem.

"Rebbe," he pleaded. "I never seem to have enough.

The more I get, the more I want. I know it is improper to think this way and I need help."

The rebbe told the man to visit Rebbe Zusia of Anipoli. "He can guide you with your difficulty."

The bribe worked and the encounter that ensued was not confrontational at all. Yaakov greeted his older brother with great dignity. He bowed and called him, "my master."

The man was shocked as he approached Reb Zusia's residence. He saw a ramshackle wooden hut with boarded windows. Upon entering, the poverty was overwhelming. The man figured, "surely this is a man who is in constant need. He hardly has what he needed, and must grapple with new desires on a constant basis. He surely will be able to counsel me on my longing for the articles that I lack."

At first, Esav declined Yaakov's generous gifts. "I have much, let what you have remain yours." (Genesis 33:9)

The man discussed his problem with Reb Zusia, but Reb Zusia looked at him in amazement.

Yaakov urged Esav to accept the offering. "Please accept my gift," he pleaded, adding that "G-d has been gracious to me and I have everything." (Genesis 33-11)

"What are you coming to me for? How can I advise you? I have absolutely everything I need!"

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Ultimately Esav agreed, accepted the gifts and made a counteroffer. He asks Yaakov to join him or at least let his men accompany Yaakov and his family on their journey. Yaakov refused the magnanimous offer from his former enemy and the brothers parted ways. Esav left toward his destiny -- Seir -while Yaakov traveled to a town he named for its symbolic transience -- Sukkoth, meaning tents.

There is a distinct difference in how Yaakov and his brother Esav perceived their lot. Yaakov said he had everything. He needed no favors, wanted neither gifts or help from Esav, and was very happy to live in a tent city named Sukkoth. Esav only had most of what he wanted. If you push the right buttons, he could be bought, cajoled and swayed for a little more.

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n my desk sit the pictures and the invitation -- so different yet very much the same. The pictures are of a past generation that never really was, and the invitation represents the future generation that may never be.

Remember Me Forever

By Sara Esther Crispe

I look at these pictures again and again. Some are already discolored, some withered with age. The victims are mainly in their early 20's. They are laughing at the beach, sitting in a boat, posed in front of the house, celebrating at a wedding.

They are beautifully dressed.

Style must have been important to them. The men are wearing ties, vests and jackets. The women are in fancy dresses and beautiful hats.

They all wrote messages on the back of their pictures.

They all wrote, "Remember me forever."

My grandfather can't really recall the majority of their names. It is not his fault. It's been many years. As we sit on his sofa in his Tel Aviv apartment we go through the pictures one by one.

Who is this? What is this name written on the back?

"Yes, yes, I do remember him -- we grew up together and went to the same university. He also did not survive." He thinks he has found a picture of his house. It is a huge red-brick home with beautiful large windows. He changes his mind. It was not his, as the house in the pictures has two stories and his had only

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one. He must not have brought any pictures of his house with him. Why would he have? He never thought he would not be back.

My grandfather, Yosef Matz, was an ardent Zionist like the rest of his friends. It was everyone's dream to move to the Holy Land and build a Jewish State. Many of the messages on the backs of the pictures told of this dream. "Moshe Golshifsky, 1937 -- Remember me forever. We will meet soon in our land, Eretz Yisroel." Unfortunately, my grandfather could only be left with his memory, as Moshe and the others never made it. My grandfather was one of the fortunate few. In 1937, he obtained a visa to study in British Palestine.

Eagerly, he packed his bags, grabbed a few photo albums, and left Utena, Lithuania to fulfill his dream. His hope was that he would be able to secure visas for his younger brother and sister. He was never able to.

He remained in contact with his family through letters. Then the war broke out. The letters became more and more scarce.

Then he stopped receiving them altogether. That is what happens during a war.

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In August of 1941 all the Jews of the town of Utena were rounded up. They were marched to a forest. They were beaten, stripped of their clothes, and shot, one by one, their bodies falling into the shallow pit behind them. Men, women, children, young and old. This was their end. This was the end of the Jewry of Utena. This was the end of all of his family and friends. He was a Matz. There were 70 other Matz families. He was the only survivor. All he is left with are their pictures and their desperate wish -- "Remember me forever."

He didn't find out what happened until after the war. He had just married.

I look at his wedding invitation. Tzvi and Masha Matz (Litva) invite you to celebrate in the wedding of their son, Yosef. The chuppah will be December 21, 1941. Though Tzvi and Masha wouldn't be there. He didn't know. He couldn't have known. He shouldn't have.

My eyes glance from one invitation to the next. From the simple, tattered invitation of my grandfather's, my father's father, to the traditional, white, elegant invitation of my dear cousin.

The extended family will attend. Her father will walk her down the aisle. The priest will marry them. This bothers no one. Her mother raves about how beautiful the church is. My cousin has decided that she will raise her children Catholic. She's not religious but her fiancée is. Quite religious actually, and he is insistent that any children he has be raised Catholic. She doesn't care. She wasn't raised with any religion, except an X-mas Tree. What is important is that they are happy. Having her raise her Jewish children Catholic will make him happy.

My cousin's mother married a nonJew. Her uncle married a non-Jew. His two children are not Jewish. She and her brother are, but only "biologically," I'm told. Will her children ever realize they are Jewish? Not according to their father. Not according to his church.

She has no way of knowing what she will be denying her children. She has never been exposed to the beauty of her heritage, of her Judaism, of her soul. Because she has no knowledge, she has no knowledge to pass down.

Her family was more fortunate. They left Europe for America years before the War. They never needed to deal with such hatred, horror, and loss. They were not tortured and murdered for being Jews. This side of the family lived and flourished and had children and their children had children. And now, her family eagerly awaits her special day.

And it is this invitation that sits on my desk.

Will her children ever taste fresh, home-baked challah on Shabbat night?

Will they ever dance with the Torah until their little feet float in the air on Simchat Torah? Will they be given the opportunity to delve into the depths of the Torah and drink of it's life-giving waters as their minds and hearts explode with its Infinite wisdom? Will their precious neshamas,their Jewish souls, ever experience the love of their Creator ?

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My grandfather's family went to their deaths praying and praising their Creator. Will my cousin and her children ever recognize their ability to pray and praise Him? The answer must be "yes."

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to reunite with its Source. The tragedy is that they will have to come from so far to recognize what is so near -- what is hidden right inside them.

Tzvi and Masha Matz unfortunately were unable to attend their eldest son's chuppah. My grandfather was married without any family to help him celebrate. He had his first child, my father, with no family to share in the joy. When my father was born in 1945 my grandfather still didn't know what had happened. Little did he know how alone he was. No more mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin. "Remember me forever," they all wrote. He tried. I am trying.

I hope to make copies of all of my grandfather's pictures. Perhaps one of the Holocaust museums will help me restore them. Perhaps they will want to display some of the only historical artifacts of Jewish life in Utena. Maybe he will remember some more of the names. Maybe someone will be able to decipher the inscriptions on the back of the pictures. Maybe one day when my children and grandchildren and greatgrandchildren visit a memorial they will be able to find out about their ancestors.

I can help ensure that their memories stay alive -- that they don't remain old pictures in an old box tucked away in the closet. My grandfather couldn't do anything with them. It hurt too much.

But I can. I can try.

And so their pictures sit on my desk.

They are turned over and I stare at the inscriptions they all wrote on the back.

"Remember me forever..." Directly next to it sits my grandfather's wedding invitation, and to its right, my cousin's.

"Please respond at your earliest convenience" it reads. And so I write, "Rabbi and Mrs. Crispe will unfortunately not be able to attend."•

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Grate the onion on a box grater into a large bowl. Grate both potatoes into the same bowl, grating down the length of the potato to get long strands. Toss the potatoes with the onions as you work to keep them from discoloring. Put potato mixture in a clean dish towel and wring out excess liquid. Toss the latke mixture with the flour, salt, and cayenne. Stir in the egg.

Heat a 1/4-inch oil in a large cast iron or other heavy skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, spoon about 1/4 cup of the latke mixture into the skillet, pressing lightly to form 3-inch pancakes.

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Dining Guide Listing Please Call 323-965-1544 MEAT Afshan Restaurant RCC 106 W. 9th St. LA, (213) 622-1010 Bocca Steakhouse RCC 16610 Ventura. Encino, 91436 (818) 905-5855 Café Del Mar Meat Kehila 12526 Burbank Blvd. N.H. 91607 (818) 487-8171 Chic N Chow Kehila 9301 West Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 274-5595 Chinese and Kabob Kehila 9180 Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 274-4007 Schwartz Bakery and Deli RCC 433 N. Fairfax Avenue, LA, 90036 (323)653-1941 Cohen’s Restaurant RCC 316 E Pico Blvd # F LA, CA 90015 (213) 742-8888 Elat Burger Ben Zaken 9340 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 278-4692 Elite Cuisine RCC 7119 Beverly Blvd. LA, 90036 (323) 930-1303 Shawarma Express Kehila 5577 Reseda Blvd. Tarzana, 9135 (818) 342-2226 Glatt Hut RCC 9303 W. Pico Blvd. 90035 (310) 246-1900 Golan RCC 13075 Victory Blvd. N. H, 91606 (818) 763-5344 Got Kosher? RCC 8914 W. Pico Blvd. 90035 (310) 858-1920 Habayit Bukspan 11921 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90064 (310) 479-5444 Haifa Ben Zaken 8717 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 888-7700

Jeffs Gourmet Kehila 8930 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 858-8590

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Kosher Chicks RCC 186081/2Ventura Blvd. Tarzana, 91356 (818) 343-8800

Tierra Sur at Herzog Winery 3201 Camino DelSol Oxnard (818) 752-6866

La Gondola Kehila 9025 Wilshire Blvd. BH, 90211 (310) 247-1239

Smokin’ Rabbi Furst 12514 Burbank Boulevard, Valley Village, CA 91607 (805) 983-1560

La Glatt RCC 446 Fairfax Ave. LA, 90036 (323) 658-7730

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Nagilla Pizza Kehila 9411 West Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 788-0111 Nana Cafe RCC 1509 S Robertson Blvd.

(310) 407-0404 Pacific Pizza RCC - Cholov Yisroel & Pas Yisroel 12460 Oxnard St. N. Hollywood (818) 760-0087

Mashu Mashu RCC 12510 Burbank Blvd. 91607 (818)752-ASIA (2742)

Beverly Cafe Elite RCC 7113 Beverly Blvd. LA, 90035 (323) 931-3563

Pico Cafe Kehila 8944 W Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310)385-9592

Metro Glatt RCC 8975 W. Pico Blvd. 90035 (310) 275-4420

Bibis Warmstone Kehila 8928 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 246-1788

Pizza Maven Kehila 140 North La Brea Blvd. 90036 (323) 857-0353

Nagilla Meating Place Kehila 9407 West Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 788-0119

Bramis Pizza

(818) 342-0611

Pizza Nosh Rabbi Ami Markel 30313 Canwood St. A.H. 91301 (818) 991-3000

Café Del Mar Dairy Kehila 12526 Burbank Blvd. N.H. 91607 (818) 487-8171

Pizza Station Kehila 8965 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 276-8708

Circa RCC 8622 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 854-0592

Pizza World Kehila 365 Fairfax Ave. LA, 90036 (323) 653-2896

Delice Kehila 8583 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 289-6556

Sassis Sushi Kehila 16550 Ventura, Encino, 91436 (818) 783-2727

Fish Grill Kehila 7226 Beverly Blvd. LA, 90036 (323) 937-7162 12013 Wilshire Blvd. LA, 90025 (310) 479-1800 9618 W. Pico Blvd. 90035 (310) 860-1182 22935 Pacific Coast Highway (310) 456-8585

Shalom Pizza RCC 8715 West Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 271-2255

Jerusalem Pizza Kehila

HUMMUS KING Kehilla 12422 BURBANK BLVD. VALLEY VILLAGE 91607 818.509.7999

Orange Delight Kehila 13628 Ventura Blvd. SO, 91423 (818) 788-9896 Pats Kehila 9233 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 205-8705 Pico Kosher Deli RCC 8826 West Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 273-9381 Pita Way RCC 8532 Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 652-5236 Sassis Kehila 15622 Ventura, Encino, 91436 (818) 986-5345 Shanghai Kehila 9401 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 553-0998

17942 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91316

Shilohs Kehila 8939 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 858-1652

(818) 758-9595 La Brea Bagel Kehilla 7308 Beverly Blvd. LA, 90036 (323) 965-1287

Subway Kehila 8948 W Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 274-1222

La Pizza Rabbi Furst 12515 Burbank Blvd. N.H, 91607 (818) 760-8198

Schnitzle Kehila 9216 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 786-8282 Temptation Grill Kehila 17547 Ventura B. Encino, 91316 (818) 995-4700 The Meating Place KCA 30313 Canwood St. AH, 91301 (818) 706-1255

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17736 ShermanWay, Reseda 91326

Milk N Honey RCC 8837 West Pico Blvd LA, 90035 (310) 858-8850

Unique Cafe Rabbi Aron Simkin 18381 Ventura Blvd. Tarzana (818) 757-3100

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Fish In The Village RCC 12450 Burbank Blvd. N.H, 91607 (818) 769-0085 Le Sushi RCC 12524 Burbank Blvd N.H. 91607 (818) 763-6600 SushiKo RCC 9340 West Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 274-3474

Milky Way Kehila 9108 W. Pico Blvd. LA, 90035 (310) 859-0004

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