1 HOLIDAYS
Tamarack Camps Adventure Center
Tel-12 Mall (Between Montgomery Wards and Toys '11' Us)
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Sunday, December 13 — Pantomimist to Entertain -
Wednesday, December 16 — Morning Story Hour for Pre-Schoolers
Archeological Dig for 2-5th Graders
Thursday, December 17 — Quiz Show/Game Show Program
for 6-8th Graders
Sunday, December 20 — Chanukah Fair For All Ages
OPEN:
Hours
Open to:
Wednesday-Friday
10-3:00
Children who must be
accompanied by adults
Wednesday
3-5:30
Children in grades 2-5
Special weekly programs
(new this year)
Thursday
3-5:30
Preteens & teens in grades 6-8
Special weekly programs
(new this year)
Saturdays
12-5:00
Sundays
12-5:00
All ages, ten & under only must
be accompanied by adult
All ages, Ten & under only must
be accompanied by adult
Members*
Weekdays: Kindergarten & younger
$3.00
First grade & older (before 3:00) $4.00
(after 3:00)
$3.00
Saturday and Sunday
Kindergarten and younger
$3.00
First grade and older
$4.00
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than could be plucked from
even two large chickens. The
ladies who did the plucking
felt that it would require both
of them to de-feather this
giant fowl.
Once a fair price was settl-
ed, the shochet began to
sharpen his special blade.
Both my mother and I hasti-
ly left the scene before the ac-
tual slaughtering took place.
This was, after all, no or-
dinary fowl. He had been a
temporary guest in our kit-
chen and had put up a valiant
protest all the way to the
shochet's shop. We were sud-
denly devasted at the thought
of his demise. Now my
laughter turned to tears, and
as my mother tried to comfort
me, I noticed tears in her eyes
also.
At last the poor bird, now
denuded of both feathers and
fight and wrapped in
newspapers, was ready to be
taken home. We retraced our
five-block route in a quiet and
somber mood. We felt the
warmth of the heavy burden
through the thickness of
newspapers, and our return
walk was almost as slow as
our initial one had been. My
mother reflected on what a
beautiful bird it had been,
and philosophized on the
brevity of life — and I
wondered aloud if we couldn't
have kept the turkey for a
while as a sort of pet.
The prize turkey, served in
sections that Thanksgiving
night, did not look too dif-
ferent from the usual pot-
roasted chicken which we had
each Friday on the eve of Sab-
bath. In honor of Thanksgiv-
ing, the table was set with
"good-Shabbat-china" and a
linen cloth. The only dif-
ference was the absence of the
Sabbath candles — which my
mother traditionally blessed
on Sabbath Eve — the Sab-
bath prayers, and the wine.
The menu was somewhat
altered, also in honor of
Thanksgiving. My mother
had substituted cranberry
sauce for the usual stewed-
fruit-compot, and baked yams
for the usual pot-roasted
potatoes. It was, we all
agreed, very festive for a
Thursday night. I noticed
that my mother served
herself a very small portion
from the large platter of roast
turkey — and for that matter,
I really wasn't all that
hungry myself.
From the vantage point of
these many years, I have
come to believe that to cap-
ture the true essence of
Thanksgiving, there is no
substitute for having a hand-
some live turkey in one's kit-
chen. However, from a more
pragmatic viewpoint, turkey
may be impersonal and come
wrapped in a plastic bag. ❑
Kozak is a writer in Milwaukee.
°"'''''""••••H LOCAL NEWS
Days
Fees
Ta am Turkey
Non members
-
$4.00
$7.00
$4.00
$4.00
$7.00
*Members of Tamarack Camps, U.H.S., J.C.C., Synagogues, Temples or Jewish Youth Groups.
Facilities and Program open for group rental. Great birthday packages.
Call 350-8710 or 661-CAMP and leave message.
THE FIJI\ IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. AGAIN
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FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1987
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shenkman received an award from Bar-Ilan University
"in appreciation for the sponsorship of the playroom at Bar-Ilan's
psycho-educational clinic."