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Creative Ketubot: Young Couple's
Labor of Love, Community Service
By HEIDI PRESS
Maxine and Neil. Gardner
of Windsor have put their
Jewish training to use artis-
tically — not only to benefit
themselves, but others as
well.
Before the couple were
married, Maxine searched
for a ketuba — Jewish mar-
riage contract — that would
be suitable to document the
couple's marriage. She
found the prices prohibitive
and began thinking about
-eating her own.
her
of
Members
synagogue, Cong. Shaar
Hashomayim in Windsor,
encouraged the couple and
they outlined plans for the
creation of their own
ketuba.
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Gardner had some art
training in Toronto and
studied oil and acrylic
painting on his own. He is
a lecturer at the Univer-
sity of Windsor in the
school of business and a
PhD candidate at the
University of Michigan in
management science.
Mrs. Gardner is a secre-
tary at Shaar Hashomayim
and taught herself Hebrew
lettering.
The couple crested the
design — an open Torah
scroll adorned with a crown
with the text of the ketuba
printed in black and gold
Hebrew letters in the cen-
ter.
Mrs. Gardner lettered the
work in one nine-hour sit-
ting. She said the reasoning
for the marathon lettering
session was that the oils in
one's body and tension in
the hand are apt to change
from day to day and it could
ruin the effect of the piece.
The couple have since
framed their ketuba and
it adorns their living
room as a painting. Be-
fore it became official,
however, the ketuba was
given to the synagogue's
rabbi to read for mis-
takes and to be approved
by him.
usually emphasizes some-
thing important about the
relationship." At the same
time, it can be decorated
with something other than
ritual items, such as flow-
ers, she said.
The couple is offering
their service to persons whd
wish to create their own
ketuba or other items that
require Hebrew lettering.
They need at least a month
to do the job, and the charge
for a ketuba is $300.
Persons who are in-
terested should call Mrs.
Gardner daily at the
synagogue, 1-519-253-2352,
or at home, 1-519-3202.
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Brazilian Government Snubs
Scientist on Polio Treatment
RIO DE JANEIRO — The
government of Brazil has
slammed the door in the
face of Nobel Prize winner
Dr. Albert B. Sabin.
Dr. Sabin, creator of the
oral polio vaccine, came
here to help stem an
epidemic of the disease, but
was snubbed after he dis-
closed that statistics given
to the World Health Organ-
ization by Brazilian
authorities had been doc-
tored to show a decline of 86
percent at a time when out-
breaks were on the rise.
The minister of health,
Waldyr Acroverde, who had
originally invited the 74-
year-old scientist, said his
advice was no longer
needed. President Joao
Baptista Figueiredo, who
warmly received him on his
arrival, declined to answer
a letter outlining the diffi-
culties he - had encountered
in his work in Brazil.
Brazil's director of So-
cial Security, Jair Soares,
accused Zionist groups of
having brought Dr. Sa-
bin, an American Jew, to
Brazil in order to "grab
newspaper space now
being devoted to cover-
age of the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization."
The bureaucratic coun-
terattack came only days
after Dr. Sahin had suc-
cessfully mounted an im-
munization campaign in the
southern state of Santa
Catarina reducing the
number of newly reported
polio cases in that area from
200 to two.
The Cuckoo Clock Castle'
Will Delight the Children
Kalman the Clockmaker
is the hero. Shir (the He-
brew word for song) is the
location. The Wooden Cuc-
koo Bird provides the theme
for the mystery.
They are the symbols of a
delightful story for chil-
dren, "The Cuckoo Clock
astle of Shir" (Bloch). In it
h e storyteller, author
ichael Muchnik, provides
the answer to the questions
whether a wooden
ukoobird (from a clock) can
y, get married, have chil-
dren.
The young reader will be
delighted with the story,
and if an elder reads it to the
young listener it will prove
hilarious for the elder as
well.
The author, who is also
the book's illustrator, a
native of Philadelphia,
studied designing, then
pursued his studies in the
Rabbinical College of
Morristown, N.J. He
gained popularity as a
Hasidic artist and has
lectured and exhibited
his works in several
American communities.
He has written and illus-
trated many children's
books.
This explains why the
imaginative author was
able to make the cuckoo
clock perform so well and
turn it imaginatively into a
cheerful symbol.
When Kalman married
Kaila, the cuckoo bird em-
bodied in the clock that
mystifies this story sang a
wedding song.
There were children out
of the Kalman-Kaila mar-
riage and the cukoobird re-
mained a stirring feature of
a life enhanced by an im-
aginary ideal that emerges
as a reality in a splendidly-
told story.
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