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Cong. B'nai Israel of West
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senior adult department of
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Musicale
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Melody Musicale will pre-
sent "Love Makes the World
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Evelyn Berger, violinist; and
Zelda Keil Miller, pianist.
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Handelman, 976-3206.

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I can't remember exactly
when my wife Esther and I first
became interested in the
Lubavitch Foundation, but now
that she is gone, my support of
their work is my memorial to
her. Our Jewish faith added im-
mensely to our joy in life, and
this is what will be celebrated
at the upcoming Lubavitch din-
ner and musical tribute to
Esther Allan.
I was a fortunate child in that
my parents maintained a strong
Jewish family tradition. Their
experience as immigrants had
taught them to remain close
and rely upon their Jewish
faith. Although both of them
had come here from Lithuania
in approximately 1885, they did
not know each other. In 1899
they married. Music and Jewish
culture were to be the
mainstays of their family. It was
through these interests-that I
first met Esther.
Music was a vital part of our
married life. Esther had been
born in Poland and raised in
England where she pursued her
musical studies extensively:
Later she was to organize the
musical entertainment for
many events such as the one we
will soon attend in her honor. It-
zhak Perlman, who will per-
form then, had always been a
favorite.
Our strongest bond was the
Jewish faith. In our whole life
together — more than fifty
years — this remained the foun-
dation of our love. As our fami-
ly began to grow, our commit-
ment to the traditions in which
we had been raised grew as
well. It was only natural that
we should beconie involved in
the work done by Lubavitch.
Esther and I strove to instill
Jewish values in our family.
Sometimes it was difficult,
especially when I served my
country in the second world war
and was overseas for the greater
part of three years. Later there
were to be even more difficult
periods. Twice we experienced
the bitterest pain a parent can
feel when we lost first a son and
then a daughter. It was at these
times that the Jewish faith
most sustained us.
The Lubavitch are concerned
with the children, whether from
observant or non-observant
homes, and strive to teach them
the love of our faith. They pre-
sent little girls with small
candlesticks, telling them to be
sure candles are lighted in their
homes on the eve of the Sab-
bath. They teach little boys how
to put on their "tefillin"
(phylacteries), instructing them
with love. They especially serve
children from needy homes.
One of my most important
Lubavitch projects is Camp Gan
Israel/Esther Allan.

Camp allows the children to
be in a natural and wholesome
atmosphere 24 hours a day.
Under the influence of
Lubavitch these children can
renew the Jewish spiritual and
cultural values that too many
young people are in danger of
losing.
But camp is only one of many
activities promoted by the
Lubavitchers. Others include
the pushka (charity box),
hospital visits, the building of
new Chabad houses and the
support of libraries and Jewish
schools. The Lubavitchers work
hard to express their love for all
Jews, and their love of G-d and
the teachings of the Torah. They
do not believe in divisiveness.
'lb them there is no division bet-
ween Jews simply because of
their different places and ways.
What they seek to discourage is
assimilation and the loss of
faith.
Esther and I were fortunate
in being granted the means to
found or support many other
projects and institutions. One
project that was especially close
to our hearts is our endowment
of the Sally Allan Alexander
Beth Jacob School for Girls in
Beverly Hills, Michigan. There
are 260 girls in the school at
present, and it can easily ac-
comodate 500.
Throughout her life, Esther
received special citations or
honors for her work from seven
different organizations, served
as president or board member
for another seven organi?ations,
and held membership in 21
cultural, charitable or religious -
groups altogether. Notwithstan-
ding this schedule, Esther
founded the Norman and
Esther Allan Child Day Care
Center building, Haifa, Israel;
and founded or contributed
substantially to the Norman
and Esther Allan College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Allan-Touro College, Southfield,
Michigan; and the fund for the
Mediterranean-to-Dead Sea
Canal.
- My own efforts were often in
conjunction with Esther's and
have 'included awards from or
membership in 67 different
associations. I founded the Con-
gregation Adat Shalom; the
Allan Institute of Gerontology,
and the Norman and Esther
Allan Foundation, and have
formed or helped found the
Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, Yeshiva University,
New York City; the American
Committee for Shaarey Zedek
Hospital in Jerusalem; Ben
Gurion_ University; Israel In-
stitute of Technology; -the Weiz-
mann Institute of Science;
Hebrew University, as well as a
number of Young Israel Con-
gregations. I am also a Life
Member of the American Com-
mittee of Bar-Ilan University.
As long as Esther's memory
sustains me, I will strive to pro-
mote our faith. To me the best
way to carry out this goal is to
support the good work of
Lubavitch.

Norman Allan

