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CAN'T BE
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That's the number of Michigan students who
participated last year in travel, study and work
programs under the auspices of the Israel
Program Center. 23 of them are in Israel at
this very moment. And they're having a ball.
Don't take our word for it. Take theirs.
What's In A Name
Sometimes one's name at birth takes on many
changes throughout a lifetime
Look at Israel through the eyes of your
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Special to The Jewish News
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28
3 P.M.
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• View slides and hear personal experiences of
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studied and worked the land during this 40th year.
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PAULA SYLVAN WEISS
W
hat goes around
comes around again.
On his birth
certificate my cousin's name
was Rubin. His Jewish name
was Raphael. Everyone,
mother, father, sisters,
brothers, aunts and uncles
called him Rafull. I was four
years younger than him and
on my innocent tongue Rafull
became Fully. Fully it was for
everyone, mother, father,
sisters, brothers, aunts and
uncles.
Fully was a terrific cousin.
As I got older he was a great
playmate. I learned to hunker
down on the sidewalk to shoot
marbles. Never mind that my
panties showed. In those days
girls were girls and pants
were only for boys.
We went to the movies, two
for a nickel, and brought our
own version of a brown bag
lunch, pungent smelling,
kosher salami sandwiches.
We were out of our parents'
hair for the duration of two
full-length movies, a cartoon
or two, the newsreeel, a serial
and coming attractions.
When we got bored we
would chase Schmutz the cat
all over the house until she
took refuge, with arched back,
on top of the china closet.
Another panacea for boredom
was when one of us sug-
gested, "Let's fight."
We would kick off our shoes
and dive into the mile-high
softness of perinas, feather
quilts my aunt had brought
from the old country. In-
variably it ended when Fully
was in tears because I pulled
his hair and I had a bloody
nose. Sometimes my aunt
would come along to put an
end to our fight by hitting the
lukshen strop against the wall
and threatening us with it. To
my knowledge it never touch-
ed human skin, but the
threat of a cat-o-nine-tails is
a great deterent to
misbehavior.
We grew up. Fully went in-
to the army during World War
II and I worked in the Navy
yard. By that time Fully was
being called Philly by all his
friends. To family he was still
Fully. I wrote to him and sent
packages. When he was on
leave we would double-date or
just go to the movies.
We went to a dance and he
met his future wife. I was
maid of honor at their wed-
ding. Then I got married and
our families were very close.
At that time his business
cards, bearing his name in
the lower left corner, read
"Phil." He was Phil to all his
friends and business
associates, but still Fully to
the family.
One day I received a let-
ter from the U.S. Department
of State requesting my
presence at its downtown of-
fice. My cousin Fully had to
go to Switzerland on business
and had applied for a
passport. He had given my
name as a witness and I had
to swear before a notary that
to my knowledge (and who
knew better) Rubin of the
birth certificate and Phil of
all legal papers were one and
the same person. Of course!
What goes around comes
around.
Paula Sylvan Weiss is a
pseudonym for Pauline Weiss
who is a local freelance writer.
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I LOCAL NEWS
Beth Shalom
Book Sale
Cong. Beth Shalom
Religious School will hold a
used book sale on Sunday
from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the synagogue. The used book
sale will be held in conjunc-
tion with the Purim carnival
sponsored by the Kadima and
Yachad United Synagogue
Youth groups. Hardcover as
well as softcover books, of
general and Jewish interest,
will be sold along with
children's books. All proceeds
will go directly to the school.
The public is invited.