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COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
Mr. Mustard
the museum in 1989, and
alk about a guy who
has been giving people a
can really cut the
taste of his passion ever
mustard...
since. Visitors may sample
His name is Barry
up to 100 mustards, as
Levenson, and he's the
well as buy such tempta-
founder and director of
tions as Grainy Gusto, a
the Mustard Museum of
beer-and-malt-vinegar mix
Mount Horeb, Wis.
made right on the muse-
The museum is exactly
um premises.
what you think: rows and
During the tour, guests'
rows of mustard. There
ears will be filled with the
are jalapeno mustards and
beautiful sound of mus-
onion mustards, fresh
tard music. As they
herb mustards and some-
admire such specimens as
thing called the Royal
the Mustard From Hell,
Bohemian XXX Hot Horse-
they'll be treated to the
radish Mustard, the
sounds of treasures like
Fuggle Mustard, the Inner
"Too Old To
Beauty Sweet
Cut the Mus-
Papaya Mus-
tard."
tard, and, of
Brochures
course, the
extolling the
Wisconsin Wil-
virtues of
derness Cran-
mustard also
berry Mustard.
are available.
As of today,
Learn about
the mustard
mustard des-
count at the
sert, where
museum is
mustard gets
1,519. Mr.
its color and
Levenson has
mustard's key
a sample from
ingredient, all
49 states (he's
in a museum
still waiting
pamphlet de-
for Alaska)
tailing "Mus-
and three from II
tard Fun
Israel. He has -------
a few kosher Barry Levenson: below, a mustard Facts."
But wait.
mustards, too, fun fact.
There's more.
and believe it or not,
Devoted fans can check
they're in big demand.
into the Proper Mustard,
"We get a number of
"the official newsletter of
people in here asking
the Mount Horeb Mustard
about kosher mustards,"
Museum," recent articles
Mr. Levenson says. "The
in which discuss Inter-
problem is that most of
national Mustard Day
the mustards are made by
(mark your calendar: it's
small businesses who just
Aug. 5) and "A World
don't realize that there's a
Traveler's Guide to Mus-
(kosher) market out
tard: How to say 'mustard'
there."
in 52 different languages,"
A Massachusetts native,
including Hebrew.
Mr. Levenson moved to
For a free mustard cata-
Wisconsin when he
log, call 1-800-438-6878.
attended law school at the
If you're planning to
University of Wisconsin in
visit Mount Horeb (or
Madison. He thought
nearby Madison) and
about being a rabbi, too,
aren't too yellow to make
and was even accepted at
a stop off the beaten path,
Hebrew Union College-
check out the Mustard
Jewish Institute of Reli-
Museum. The number is
gion.
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bring along your mayon-
naise or ketchup or any
other condiment. Mr.
Levenson is strictly a
But then,
mustard man who doesn't
e says, "I realized mus-
want his collection taint-
rd was my calling."
ed. "We have a ketchup
ollowing in the foot-
detector at the door," he
ps of his father, a small
says.
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Will Sharansky
Return To Ukraine?
I
t isn't every day that
Israelis talk about -
sending refuseniks
back to the former Soviet
Union. But that's exactly
what happened during a
recent meeting between
Ukrainian President
Leonid Kravchuk and
Israeli Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres.
Mr. Kravchuk was visit-
ing Israel when Mr. Peres
suggested appointing
Natan Sharansky as
Israel's ambassador to the
Ukraine, according to a
report from the Union of
Councils of Soviet Jews.
Mr. Sharansky, the for-
mer dissident, was born in
the Ukraine.
No word yet on whether
he's interested in the job.
Group Protests
Jail Wing
he Jewish Comm-
unity Center of
Milwaukee is offer-
ing a one- or two-week
session of Elderhostel, an
international study pro-
gram for seniors 60 and
over, to be held this July.
Sessions will include,
"From the Talmud to
Constitutional Law";
"Watersheds of Jewish
History: A Bird's-eye
View of Pivotal Events in
Jewish History"; "A
Mosaic of Jewish Cul-
ture," featuring dream
interpretation and ethnic
humor; "Modern Med-
icine and Jewish Ethics:
Practical Problems and
Israel Dedicates Children's Hospital
A
5-year-old Arab girl
from Kiri and a 6-
year-old Jewish boy
from Haifa were among
the first to be treated at
the Children's Medical
Center of Israel (CMCI), a
pediatric hospital that
just opened in Petach
Tikvah.
Leading Israeli artists,
politicians and medical
experts attended the dedi-
cation ceremonies for
CMCI. Maestro Zubin
Mehta led the Israel
Philharmonic in a musical
presentation, which was
followed by remarks from
Ephraim Katzir, former
T
he Dallas chapter of
the American Jewish
Committee has iss-
ued a formal protest
regarding a Fort Worth
jail with a special wing
that houses only Christian
inmates.
While many prisons
around the country en-
courage the practice of
religious faiths, the
Tarrant County jail creat-
ed what it calls the
"Christian Rehabilitation
Pod," which many inmates
believe offers Christian
prisoners special benefits
and an easier prison life-
style than non-Christian
inmates.
Choices";
Difficult
"Israel: A View Through
Time"; and "Jewish
Pioneer Life in the
Midwest."
The center is located
90 minutes north of
Chicago near Lake
Michigan. Accommoda-
tions will be at the
University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee in residence
halls with suite-style
rooms and semi-private
baths. Transportation
will be provided between
sites.
For information, con-
tact Shelly Goldwater at
the Milwaukee JCC,
(414) 964-4444.
president of Israel, and
various Knesset members.
MK Nu-af Matzalcha said
he hoped the hospital will
serve as an example of
Jewish-Arab cooperation
that could help foster
peace.
The director of the new
hospital is Professor
Yehuda Danon, former
surgeon general of the
Israel Defense Forces.
Ulfat Nimer, 5, of Kiri,
received a kidney trans-
plant. The girl's mother
admitted it was not easy
to bring her daughter to
an Israeli hospital. "But
everyone agreed that
Ulfat's well-being was
more important than
everything else."
Avishai Kleinman, the
Israeli boy, also received a
kidney transplant. Both
children are in good condi-
tion.
Facilities at CMCI
include:
• A 48-bed general pedi-
atrics inpatient depart-
ment on the hospital's
sixth floor. Within a week
of the opening, • every bed
was filled.
• An emergency room,
and imaging and radiology
center.
• A day-care unit for
general treatment of prob-
lems not requiring hospi-
talization.
• A burn unit, Israel's
first specifically for chil-
dren, is set to open in the
coming months.
For further information,
or to arrange a tour in
Israel, contact the Medical
Development for Israel,
Inc., at 130 E. 59th St.,
Suite 1203, New York,
N.Y. 10022, or call (212)
759-3370.