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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1989
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e were actually
moving to Jakarta,
Indonesia — the
largest Muslim nation in the
world. For a Jewish woman
who once had found moving
from Rochester, N.Y., to
Highland Park, Ill., an adven-
ture, the move 20 years after
that from Farmington Hills,
Mich., was exciting, anxious,
frightening and awesome.
Leaving our four children
scattered throughout the
United States at various
universities and in the Navy
was the hardest part.
Deciding what to include in
our allotted 200-pound ship-
ment also was difficult. In-
cluded were the Sabbath
candlesticks, Chanukah
menorah, Kiddush cup, and
Passover seder plate as well
as several Haggadot.
What optimism! Indonesia
does not sanction Judaism
and we left the States believ-
ing there would be no other
Jews in Indonesia.
Not long after arriving, I
met a woman who would
become a very close friend.
She was a native of Brooklyn
and Jewish. What a kinship!
Barbara told me about her
Passover seder the year before
with 28 people. I was thrilled
and offered to host Passover
1988, even thous we were still
living in a hotel.
Seder for me has been very
special. Since leaving
Rochester, we had always had
one in our home, shared with
people who, like ourselves,
were without family nearby.
Passover, 1987, had been very
special since all our children
had surprised us and had
come home for it. Little did
we know that a year later we
would be separated by 12,000
miles.
Comfortable in our Jakarta
home, we went ahead with
our plans to host a seder only
to find out it was spring vaca-
tion at Jakarta International
School and "everyone" would
be on vacation. We would on-
ly have eight for seder. Then
the phone began ringing.
"Hellow, I'm . . . and I unders-
tand you are having a seder.
Is there room for me and my
family? I have a friend who is
also Jewish. May he come,
too?"
And so it went. Calls came
from miles away. The most-
asked question was if a non-
Jewish spouse/girl friend/boy
friend could come. I think
that Milt and I were the only
both-Jewish couple.
Seder was incredible! We
had 50 people at a sit-down
dinner with rented tables,
dishes, wineglasses and
tablecloths. We had Haggadot
printed for everyone. Those
present included were: the
American ambassador and
his family and other embassy
personnel; the director of
U.S.A.I.D. and his family; the
president of the American
Chamber of Commerce in In-
donesia; and representatives
of the Asian Wall Street Jour-
nal, Ford Foundation, shrimp
growing industries and oil
companies, plus graduate
students from all over the
United States.
Guests
we re
from
Singapore, Malaysia, Korea,
India, Panama, England,
Europe, Australia and In-
The most-asked
question was if a
non-Jewish spouse
or friend could
come.
donesia. We had Catholics,
Protestants and Muslims. For
many Jews, it was the first
seder in many years.
The 15 children were from
several months to 15 years
old. Some were preparing for
bar/bat mitzvot from tapes
provided by rabbis in the
States or Singapore. Others
knew very little about Jewish
holidays, but came fully
aware of seder, the reason for
Passover, the meaning of the
symbols, the Four Questions
— well prepped by parents.
The food was equally amaz-
ing. The Panamanian
Catholic prepared gefilte fish
for everyone. One-hundred
matzoh balls, prepared from
matzoh meal sent to a son
from a concerned Jewish
Mother, was served with the
traditional chicken soup. We
had beef brisket and roast
chicken, sweet potato and car-
rot tsimmes, patota kugel and
charoses and Mogen David
wine. Of course, the Passover
plate was complete and
everyone had horseradish and
salt water and matzah from
Australia and the States. The
only thing lacking was baked
goods, but several Indonesian
wives provided platters of
fresh fruit.
The atmosphere as we went
around the room was over-
whelming. Everyone par-
ticipated in the reading of the
Haggadah, with accents rang-
ing from Brooklynese to Tex-
an, Virginian to Midwestern,