THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Collection Gains Detroit Haggada
Maurie Orodenker, prom-
inent Philadelphia public
relations man, added the
Haggada used at the
Sedorim of the Sholem
Aleichem Institute of De-
troit to his vast collection of
1,400 Haggadot.
Orodenker is reputed to
have collected more Hag-
gadot, from all ages, than
any other bibliophile in the
world.
Orodenker has about
1,400 Haggadot in 25 differ-
ent languages. The search
for Haggadot has taken
Orodenker around the
world. His collection comes
from 30 countries.
According to the
Philadelphia (Pa.) Bulle-
tin, among Orodenker's
Haggadot are those writ-
ten by survivors of the
Holocaust. These show
Nazi soldiers instead of
the biblical Egyptians.
One, published in 1948 in
Munich, Germany, notes
that "Passover, 1948,
marks the third Seder
after the redemption
from the bondage of the
Nazi tyranny," and con-
tains pictures of the chil-
Mercy Students in Solidarity
With Holocaust Survivors
(Editor's Note: Sister Carol Rittner of the order of
Religious Sisters of Mercy, has embarked on a project
of raising the consciousness of Christians to the
events of the Holocaust. She also is teaching a course
at Mercy College entitled, "Agony and Triumph: An
Encounter With the Holocaust."
(The dais was assigned to write an essay about
the Holocaust survivor in today's society. Sister Carol
selected three by non-Jews which she thought would
be of interest to the Jewish community: "Can We Ig-
nore the Voice of Survivors?" written by Barbara
Laubscher, a nurse and emergency room supervisor
at Detroit General Hospital; "Value in the Survivor's
Voice," by John Shuell, a Detroit policeman; and
"Who Heard the Screams of 11 Million?" by Detroit
policewoman Midge Roberts.
(The essay follows in toto.)
dren from Nazi concen-
tration camps.
Modern Haggadot use
pictures of Israeli Army
tanks next to the chariots of
biblical days or call for
prayers for Soviet Jewry.
There are women's libera-
tion Haggadot and a "hip-
pie" Haggada.
Orodenker's collection in-
cludes the smallest Hag-
gada published, about the
size of a postage stamp, and
the largest, a 20-inch by 16-
inch Hagadda published in
1971 in Israel.
Orodenker's collection
includes a limited edition
facsimile of a German
Haggada from the year
1400. Another facsimile is
of a 14th Century Hag-
gada called the Bird's
Head Haggada, which
uses birds' heads in its
illustrations. Rabbis for-
bade the use of any
human forms in illustra-
tions because of the bi-
blical commandment
against graven images.
His oldest Haggada is
part of a prayerbook printed
in 1521 in Rimini, Italy. His
oldest separate one is the
Amsterdam Haggada, pub-
lished in 1695.
Who Heard the Screams of 11 Million?
"Who heard the death scream of 11 million innocent
men, wcJ.nen and children? No one. It was not a scream of
rage or even of despair. It was a scream of silence. The
silence of disbelief? Perhaps. The silence of apathy? Defi-
nitely. The wailing of the many victims went unheard. Will
humanity now try to redeem itself by hearing the whisper
of the survivors? There are so few of them left. They speak
so softly, as if they are embarrassed to speak at all. Can
they be blamed for their reluctance?
"They were freed from an unimaginable nightmare
only to find that they had been brutally betrayed by an
uncaring world. They left the ashes of their dead families
and friends at Auschwitz and Treblinka. Yet, even now
they carry the ashes of their dead dreams and hopes in their
hearts.
"The nightmare is over. They are free to speak their
truth as they lived it. Humanity is free to listen to their
truth. But it can not be heard with ears alone. It must also
be heard with the heart. The survivors are not on trial.
They did not cheat death in the gas chambers, only to be
judged by those of us who can never know or understand
their agony. It is as if they stand accused— not of surviving
— but of having the poor taste to keep reminding us of their
survival.
"Would it have been better if they had all died?
The world could have erected a memorial for the mil-
lions of victims, mouthed some universal prayers and
then conveniently forgotten them. It would have been
simpler and much kinder on the conscience of the rest
of humanity. How bizarre it is to confuse the victims
with the victimizers.
"Is our guilt such an unbearable burden that we must
attempt to thrust it upon the frail shoulders of the sur-
vivors? Haven't they endured enough pain, enough sorrow,
enough anguish? When the last survivor dies, will our guilt
and shame die too? When there are no more survivors will
there be no more memories? When there is not a single
yoke left to cry out, will it finally be over? Will the
Holocaust be buried like the bodies of its victims?
"To forget is far worse than to forgive. When you for-
give, you still acknowledge that a wrong has been done. To
forget this crime against all mankind is the same as saying,
`It never happened at all!' The survivors can never forget
the Holocaust. The stark reality of the horrors they suffered
are forever burned in their minds and in their souls.
"The world owes the victims a debt and it owes the
survivors an even greater debt. It is a debt that can never,
never be paid. The survivors can never regain what they
lost. How do you regain that which is of the spirit: love,
honor, dignity and trust? It is impossible, as impossible as it
is not to listen to the voice of the survivors. That voice is like
a single candle of justice, flickering in the abysmal dark-
ness of the mind. A lonely beacon guiding us to truth. That
voice can be heard in many ways: in the books we have read,
in the alms we have seen, and from the survivors, who were
willing to share their painful experiences and their tears of
blood with us. I have heard that voice and I will continue to
hear it for the rest of my life."
Moshe Dayan's Ouster Sought by Faction
JERUSALEM (JTA) --
Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan left on an official
tour of Far Eastern coun-
tries Monday as Premier
Menahem Begin acted to
ease reported tensions be-
tween them despite de-
mands for Dayan's resigna-
tion from some members of
Begin's Herut Party.
The Herut Executive, at a
meeting Sunday night from
which many members were
absent, recommended Day-
an's immediate dismissal.
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