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FRONTLINES
War Of Words
STEVEN HARTZ
Teams from Southfield and Southfield-Lathrup
lead the state in high school debate.
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CLOSE-UP
Jewish Philanthropy
ARTHUR J. MAGIDA
Nationally, experts believe Jewish
fund-raising is facing a crisis.
Local leaders disagree.
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SPORTS
Killer B's
MIKE ROSENBAUM
Mark Lebovitz and Ben Pinsky kick
Harrison toward a soccer crown.
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OBSERVATIONS
'Honor Thy Children'
Zayneba Hardaga Suschits of Yugoslavia was the first Moslem to plant a tree in Yad Vashem's Avenue of the
Righteous.
We Owe The Righteous Gentiles
A Higher Place In Our History
HAROLD M. SCHULWEIS
xtraordinary human beings are
living today who, caught in the
hell of Nazidom, refused to col-
laborate and instead succored the victims.
I have met some of these righteous non-
Jews through those they rescued and I have
heard their stories.
Jacob Gilat is a nuclear physicist in
Israel. As a child, he and his two brothers
were stranded in the Warsaw ghetto, left to
fend for themselves.
He was rescued by the Roslan family —
Alex Roslan, a gentile shopkeeper, his wife,
Mela, and their two children, Yurek and
Marissia, then 10 and eight.
First Jacob, then his older brother,
Shalom, and finally his younger brother,
David, were harbored by the Roslans. The
Gilat boys lived in constant fear they would
be discovered either by the Gestapo
predators, by the Polish police or by any in-
former who was promised sugar, vodka and
cigarettes for turning a Jew over to the
Nazis.
The Roslans shared — voluntarily
undertook to share — the same fears. On
Nov. 10, 1941, the occupation government
in Warsaw issued a decree warning the
Polish population that "offering a Jew a
night's lodging, food, or taking them into
vehicles of any kind" would be punishable
by death.
Jacob Gilat tells of being hidden in
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Harold Schulweis is a rabbi in California
and a frequent contributor to The Jewish
News.
cabinets and behind the sink. He
remembers when scarlet fever broke out
and afflicted him, Shalom and the Roslans'
son Yurek. Yurek was sent to the Warsaw
hospital for help.
Of course, Shalom could not be sent to
a hospital. When the nurses at the hospital
handed Yurek his medicines, however, the
child divided them in half, pouring some
of the powder into a small envelope beneath
his pillow, taking the remainder with
water. The second half was for Shalom. In
a note, Yurek wrote out the nurse's instruc-
tions for Shalom.
At first, the medicine seemed to help
Shalom. Then he grew sicker and died. He
was buried in a cellar in a sitting position.
Someone had told Alex Roslan that Jews
are buried with their knees bent so that
when the Messiah comes they can leap for-
ward out of the grave toward redemption.
Jacob's scarlet fever soon caused an in-
fection in his ear. He needed an operation,
which the Roslans arranged with a Dr.
Masurik, who needed 100 zlotys to bribe
members of the staff to help him. Penniless,
Alex Roslan sold his apartment to obtain
the bribe money.
Jacob was carried by Alex and Yurek
in a hollowed-out sofa, covered with
cushions. They passed the admissions desk,
where they were questioned about the sofa.
Alex and Yurek were prepared with an
answer: they were delivering the sofa for
Dr. Masurik's office.
The ploy worked, the operation was suc-
cessful and a few days later, the sofa and
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A new commandment would remind adults
that honor comes through example.
EDUCATION
High School In Israel
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HEIDI PRESS
Detroit teens are planning five months
of study and living in Jerusalem.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Speak Out!
YONA KAHN
Talk show
host
Brent Triest
strives to be
a community
forum.
PEOPLE
The Mod Couple
DAVID MARGOLIS
An Orthodox couple in L.A.
find fame and fortune writing
mysteries with a Jewish flavor.
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Engagements
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Obituaries
CANDLELIGHTING
6:36 p.m.
October 14, 1988
Sabbath ends Oct. 15: 7:40 p.m.
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