COMPILED BY STEVE STEIN
You Can Drop
Anchor In Anchorage
t's "Northern Exposure" with
a Jewish twist. Congregation
Beth Shalom of Anchorage,
Alaska, is once again offering its
Jewish Tour of Alaska raffle.
Some time in the spring or
summer of 1995, the winner and
his or her guest will be flown from
anywhere in the United States to
Anchorage for a 10-day trip. The
prize also includes $1,000 in
spending money.
Here are some of the activities
which are planned: An air tour of
Mt. McKinley and the trans-Alas-
ka oil pipeline with a Jewish pi-
lot at the controls; a sled-dog ride
guided by a lifetime member of
Hadassah; sport fishing with
Jewish hosts on the Kenai River;
a round of golf in Anchorage with
a Jewish golf professional; and a
tour of the world's richest salmon
fishery at Bristol Bay with a Jew-
ish commercial fisherman.
The first Jewish Tour of Alas-
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ka was held in 1988 and the
winners were a married
couple from Chicago. Pro-
ceeds from that raffle
helped finance the con-
struction of the Anchorage
temple. The current raffle
will raise funds to meet the
needs of Jews in Alaska for
programs and services.
The winning ticket will
be drawn Oct. 1 at a cele-
bration honoring Rabbi
Harry Rosenfeld's 10th an-
niversary at Congregation
Beth Shalom.
Raffle tickets are avail-
able for $10 each ($50 for a
book of five) by calling Robin
Kornfield at 1-907-248-2007
or by writing Congregation
Beth Shalom at 7525 East
Northern Lights, Anchor-
age, Alaska 99504. VISA
and MasterCard payments
will be accepted.
W–hih
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wo nonsectarian agencies er $7,500 went to the Food Bank
in Michigan have re- of South Central Michigan in
ceived grants from Ma- Battle Creek. Since 1986, Mazon
zon: A Jewish Response to has allocated $229,500 to Michi-
Hunger, a Los Angeles-based or- gan organizations which confront
ganization which al- — hunger.
The majority of
located $1,650,000 to
Mazon's funds are
hunger prevention
raised by Jews na-
and relief programs
tionwide who do-
in 1993.
nate a suggested 3
Pontiac's
percent of the cost of
lighthouse of Oak-
land County was weddings, bar and bat
given a $7,000 .cammiNNEMMlial , mitzvahs and other joyous
matching grant events. Mazon received
toward the purchase of a van and more than 34,000 contributions
other needed equipment. Anoth- in 1993.
Journal Gets
New Look
T
he new and improved Jew-
ish Social Studies journal
will debut in the fall. It will
be released three times a year
by a new publisher, Indiana
University Press.
Editors Aron Rodrigue and
Steven Zipperstein of Stanford
University say they've rede-
fined the character and scope
of the journal to reflect its sub-
title, "History, Culture and So-
ciety." For further information,
[fall 1-812-855-7931.
Don't Forget Them
pre-Mother's Day vigil on
behalf of Israeli soldiers
missing in action — some
as long as 12 years — was held
at the Isaiah Wall opposite the
United Nations in New York.
Among the participants were
Geraldine Ferraro, the United
ci)
Geraldine
Ferraro, Lester
Pollack and
Deborah
Kaplan.
States ambassador-delegate to
the UN Human Rights Commis-
sion; Lester Pollack, chairman of
the Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organi-
zations, sponsor of the vigil; and
Deborah Kaplan, president of
Hadassah and chair of the Pres-
idents Conference's National
Committee for Israeli MIA's and
POW's.
Ms. Ferraro held a picture of
Ron Arad; Mr. Pollack held a pho-
to of Yehuda Katz; and Ms. Ka-
plan displayed photos of Zachary
Baumel and Zvi Feldman.
Animal Magnetism
ust outside Netanya is one Center, prepared a professional
of the most popular stores business plan and received their
in Israel. Eli's Jungle, loan. The rest, as they say, is his-
owned by Eli Taman and Arnon tory.
Eli's Jungle currently occupies
Tal, features thousands of birds,
fish, rabbits, hamsters, ducks a three-building complex and
there are nego-
and chickens.
tiations to pur-
With all the
chase a fourth.
animals are
With the
the accompa-
help of JDC-
nying para-
Israel's divi-
phernalia
_ sion for the dis-
needed to keep
abled, Mr.
them healthy.
Taman and
Just a few
Mr. Tal are
years ago, it
setting up a pi-
didn't look like
lot program at
Eli's Jungle
a high school
would be the
for children
prosperous en-
with develop-
terprise it is to-
mental disabil-
day.
ities which
Mr. Taman
would allow
and Mr. Tal
students to run
wanted to ex-
a business
pand their
growing and
business in Some residents of Eli's Jungle.
breeding birds.
1990, but they
JDC activi-
had difficulty
getting a bank loan. They turned ties are funded by the United
to the Joint Distribution Jew-ish Appeal and Jewish fed-
Committee's (JDC) Netanya erations throughout the United
Small Business Development States.
j
More Chernobyl
Children On the may
ust one Chernobyl relief pro-
gram permanently removes
victims from their contami-
nated environment. It is the
Chabad Children of Chernobyl
Medical Relief Project of the
Chabad Youth Organization.
On the eve of the eighth an-
niversary of the world's worst nu-
clear disaster, hundreds of young
victims brought to Israel from
Belarus and the Ukraine
launched 1,001 balloons in a cer-
emony in Jerusalem.
'The 1,001 balloons symbolize
the 1,000 children already saved
j
The balloons fly in Jerusalem.
by the program, and the first of
the next 1,000 to be evacuated in
the coming year," said Jay Litvin,
a spokesman for the event.
The balloon launching was the
official beginning of a campaign
titled, "Celebrating 1001 and Be-
yond," which will feature the ar-
rival of the 1,001st child June 5
at Ben-Gurion airport.
Once the children, ages 6-16,
are evacuated to Israel, they re-
ceive medical treatment, hous-
ing and education. They are
eventually joined by their par-
ents.