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CONTENTS
PATH TO FREEDOM
High Hopes
ADRIEN CHANDLER
From the Soviet Union to Oak Park,
the Alexandrovs are home in a new land.
SPORTS
Kosher Katas
MIKE ROSENBAUM
Local martial arts classes
are creating Jewish sho-dans.
A seder table in Jerusalem.
BUSINESS
Passover Preparations
Have An Ultimate Goal
JOANNE ZUROFF
haos in the Kitchen
would be an appro-
priate description of
the scene. Cabinet doors are
flung open, shelves are being
emptied and scrubbed, and as
they are declared "clean,"
dishes are unpacked from
boxes, newspaper wrappings
are thrown aside, and
gradually, the cupboards are
filled.
Pantries are similarly
scoured and emptied. Special
Passover supplies, from mat-
zah to canned goods, will
quickly fill the emptied
C
Almost everyone
craves a live-in
maid, chef and
waitress, if only
just for Passover
spaces. Invariably, someone
will prematurely open the jel-
ly candies or macaroon treats
to sneak a pre-holiday taste.
Stumbling through the kit-
chen, finding her way
through the maze of boxes,
barrels and balls of crumpled
newspapers to the already
spotless oven, the mistress of
the house turns the heat con-
trols to high. After the
prescribed time, the oven is
proclaimed kosher for
Passover. Electric burners are
similarly kashered, the
refrigerator is carefully wiped
clean, counters are washed
and covered with layers of for-
mica or plastic, and slowly the
transformed kitchen assumes
a semblance of neatness. Now
it's time to begin preparing
chicken soup, matzah balls,
nut sponge cakes and wonder-
ful fruity compotes!
Meanwhile, the family still
has work to do. In an obser-
vant home, the house clean-
ing procedures are as
challenging as moving to a
new home! In order to insure
the removal of any trace of
levened food, furniture is
vacuumed, carpets and
drapery cleaned, closets are
thoroughly swept and dusted
and even the pockets of
clothing are turned inside-out
to assure that no chametz —
food not allowed on Passover
-- remains behind.
Books, expecially those us-
ed around the table for
mealtime prayers, are shaken
free of crumbs and packed
away. Even the family car
gets a good once-over, as do
the garage and the basement.
The men of the house nurse
aching backs and swear that
next year they'll find some-
one else to carry up the
Passover supplies. The fami-
ly dreams wistfully of a
special Passover kitchen
where everything will always
be ready and in its place. "But
then," some worry, "it
wouldn't seem like Pesach if
the men didn't grumble for
weeks in advance about hav-
ing to bring up the dishes."
Some families have fan-
tasies of owning, for just this
period of time, a grocery store,
- one way of getting around the
exhorbitant cost of kosher for
Passover foods. Others have
visions of joining the
thousands of families who fly
south or west or east to spend
the holiday at kohser-for-
Passover hotels. Almost
everyone craves a live-in
maid, chef and waitress, if
only just for Passover!
At last the table is set for
the first seder. It's time for the
youngest fmaily member to
recite the Four Questions,
and there is an undervurrent
of response.
This night is different
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New Look
To Unleavened
KIMBERLY LIFTON
Crispy-O's, whole wheat matzah
and gourmet wines are kosher for
Passover.
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Our monthly Family Section's focus
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ENTERTAINMENT
Photo Artist .
VICTORIA BELYEU DIAZ
Caren Nederlander relies
on her 'painter's sensibilities.'
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FOR WOMEN
Unequal Rights
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SUSAN SALTER
Temporary visitor Linda Shafir
sees better conditions in Israel.
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AROUND TOWN
Kneading It
Kids were up to their elbows
at the Lubavitch Matzah Factory.
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Media Monitor
Crossword Puzzle
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Synagogues
Education
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For Seniors
Engagements
B'nai Mitzvah
Births
Teens
Single Life
Obituaries
CANDLELIGHTING
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7:55 p.m.
April 14, 1989
9:01 p.m.
Sabbath ends April 15
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