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Plaque Depicts Rescuer of Jews
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A medal depicting the
likeness and rescue efforts
of Raoul Wallenberg will be
added to the Jewish Hall of
Fame medals collection at
the Judah Magnes Museum
in Berkeley, Calif., accord-
ing to Mel Wacks, a member
of the board of directors* of
the American Israel
Numismatic Association.
Wacks, numismatic con-
sultant to the Magnes
Museum, was in Detroit
this week to talk to the Is-
rael Numismatic Society of
ichigan.
Displaying the bronze,
numbered plaque, Wacks
explained that only 100
were cast. They were hand
finished by the sculptress
Marika Somogyi, whose
parents were indirectly
saved by Wallenberg's ef-
forts and whose husband,
directly benefited, when
Wallenberg sent the then 13
year old to be hidden in a
monastery.
The founder of the Bi-
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Numismatic Roman and Syrian adminis-
blical
Society and editor of its tration were forbidden to
newsletter, "The Augur," use gold." He said a Jewish
Wacks said he started shekel from that period
collecting U.S. coins as a today is worth • about
youngster. His father, $1,500-$2,000.
also a collector,
Among the medals dis-
encouraged Wacks to be played at the Magnes
a collector and took him Museum are: Judah
to coin shops to pursue Magnes by Victor Ries;
his hobby.
Isaac Stern, designed by
Wacks later in life be- Ries' sister, Gerta Ries
came interested in ancient Wiener; Touro Syna-
Jewish history and read gogue, designed by Rie;
Josephus and other writ- - Gershom Seixas, de-
ings. He learned that coins signed by Mrs. Wiener;
were minted in the biblical Haym Solomon, designed
period and he began collect- by Paul Vincze; and Her-
bert Lehman, designed
ing them in earnest.
His collection includes by Jacques Schnier.
Wacks added that the
silver shekels of Tyre and
some date as far back as the mintage of the medals was
Second Century BCE. He small.
For example, the Stern
has coins from the Roman
era and silver and gold coins -, medal is available - as fol-
from the Crusader period.. lows: 120 silver, 350 bronze,
"The Jewish coins were 50 pewter . and 18 in 10K
mostly bronze," he said, gold. All of the medals are
"because the Jews under the numbered.
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Cast in bronze, the Wallenberg plaque bears the
likeness of Wallenberg on one side, while the obverse,
pictured above, depicts him "enfolding a large group
of desperate men and women and children in his
oversize protective cape," according to the plaque's
sculptress, Marika Somogyi.
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Shavuot Customs Explained
The custom of decorating
the synagogue with foliage
on the festival of Shavuot
can be linked with the tradi-
tion which claims that on
this holiday judgment is
made by the Almighty over
the trees and fruits deciding
upon their productivity.
Decorating the syna-
gogue with greens reminds
us of this aspect of judgment
which takes place on this
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Others claim that it re-
minds us of the ancient cus-
tom of bringing the "first
fruits" to the Temple on that
day.
In another holiday cus-
tom some people stay
awake all night on the
night of Shavuot.
Some claim this is done
because when the revela-
iion- first took place at
Mount Sinai (an event
which is commemorated by
this holiday), the Jews
lacked deep awareness and
excitement which they
should have had in the case
of such an exciting event. To
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ing on the supposition that
Raoul Wallenberg is still
alive, the Swedish govern-
ment released documents
,detailing its efforts for the
past 20 years to discover the
fate of the rescuer of
20,000-50,000 Jews during
the Holocaust.
Wallenberg disappeared
in Budapest in 1945. The
Soviet Union claims he died
in 1947, but witnesses have
testified seeing him in later
years.
U.S.
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(Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.)
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