e ci0 vt. r 0 / 0 My Most Memorable Chanukah s i° 0 By MARY KORETZ The most memorable Chanukah I hob a mol farbracht was in 1968. We went to Israrel that year to fulfill drei objectives. One was to see our son, who hawt gemacht aliyah. Then Baruch, his friend who had made aliyah shortly noch demi was to be married at Chanukah. Also, we were to trefn my mother's sister and tochter as well as my father's brother, the ayntsike Holocaust survivors. When I refer to the "we" who gemacht the trip, I mayn my husband, 15-year-old zun and my 71-year-old mother. Also, there was a hipsh amount of Baruch's relatives. The elter ranged from his neintsik-year-plus grandfather to his 11-year-old sister. Upon onkumen in Israel, the first thing that impressed me was the aroysveizn of menorahs in public pletzer and gesheftlech sites. Having just left the U.S. in the throes of Christmas einkoyfn and displays, it took me some time to get adjusted to the untershayd of scenery . . . about two minutes. After that, it all seemed comfortable and natirlech. The first day, we met at the dire of my mother's sister and her daughter. Also present was the "Jewel of Israel," the cleverest shenster young man ever ... my son, Guy. He was in army uniform. Nu, he hadn't takeh changed. In his gelechter, I sensed the same amused, sardonic view of life her always had. While we had been separated, I hadn't permitted myself to think of vi fil I missed him. Now, frayd at seeing him and the loneliness I had experienced in his absence, flooded iber me like a giant kvalie. The following tog, we went to visit my deceased father's brother. We found him krank and in bed. My father had been toyt for three years and it was a shock tsu zen his brother, who could have been his identical tsviling. The next etleche days we spent at Kibbutz Gal-On, where Guy and Baruch hobn gevoynt and where the chasene was to take place. As a newcomer, Guy hot getaylt a one- room dwelling with a roommate. It was humble ober adequate. The grounds were shayn. It put me in mind of a zumer camp I had attended as a child. The dining room tsimer showed evidence of Chanukah. There had been a contest of original menorahs. One, which caught my fancy, hung on a vant. It consisted of a groys metal circle. Nine nails were distributed arom it. On each nail was placed a raw bulbe with its top cut off. A loch was dug out of each to hold a licht. The legal requirements were fulfilled in the hoyf of an Orthodox rabbi. Following the legal formalities, we retired to the kibbutz. Dort the festivities began. The food was abundant and batemt. The skits were amusing and the musical numbers were lebedik. Community singing and dancing continued until the early hours of the following day. At least, so we oldsters were told. We went to shlofn about midnight, exhausted by the day's events and the trip. It was a eingenemen to hear the music and laughter as we fell asleep. Vocabulary a mol hob farbracht drei ever spent three hawt gemacht noch demi trefn tochter ayntsike gemacht mayn zun hipsh elter neintsik onkumen aroysveizn pletzer gesheftlech einkoyfn untershayd natirlech dire shenster nu takeh gelechter vi fil frayd iber made afterwards meet daughter only made mean son sizeable ages 90 arrival display places business shopping difference natural apartment handsomest well really laughter how much joy over kvalie tog krank toyt tsu zen tsviling etleche hobn gevoynt chasene hot getaylt ober shayn zumer tsimer vant groys arom bulbe loch licht hoyf dort batemt lebedik shlofn eingenemen wave day ill dead to see twin few lived wedding shared but beautiful summer room wall large around potato hole candle yard there delicious lively sleep pleasant L'Chayim Receives CJF Smolar Award The Jewish News and L'Chayim, working with J.E.F.F., co-sponsors several family-oriented events, including Apples & Honey, Chanukah Inside-Out, The Purim Parcel Project and The Great Israeli Kumsitz. L'Chayim, a family-oriented, experiential section published by The Jewish News since September of 1987, received special recognition from the Council of Jewish Federations at its recent General Assembly in San Francisco. given to students at Agency For Jewish Education, Temple Israel, Temple Beth El, Akiva Hebrew Day School, Temple Emanu-EI, Yavneh Academy, Jewish Parents Institute, Temple Shir Shalom, Temple Kol Ami and Birmingham Temple. The award reads: "Since its initial issue in September of 1987, L'Chayim has grown into a regular and valued part of The Detroit Jewish News. It has proven to be: a creative way for a newspaper to expand its vital role as a provider of informal Jewish education; a "hands on" Jewish family experience, and a unique way for an independent newspaper to work closely with Federation and its agencies in educating the Detroit Jewish community. "The CJF Smolar Awards pay tribute to L'Chayim which represents a superior example in North American Jewish journalism of how to creatively and actively expand a newspaper's role in educating its readers." Jewish Experiences For Families Director Harlene W. Appelman serves as adviser to L'Chayim. J.E.F.F. is part of Fresh Air Society, a Federation agency. Besides distributing 21,000 copies of L'Chayim to Jewish News subscribers, an additional 5,000 are Jewish News Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz receives special Council of Jewish Federations Award for L'Chayim from Smolar Award Committee Chairwoman Phyllis B. Freedman and outgoing CJF President Mandell L. Berman of Detroit. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS L 7 -