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hey're avid travelers, so Fe- with the reunion, and I accepted
lix and Ruth Wolfstal of an invitation to meet the partic-
Jerusalem have had many ipants on the day that they visit
unusual travel experiences the Jewish Community Center
— but nothing like their trip to to tour its modern facilities and
then enjoy a coffee and cake re-
Frankfurt.
After more than 50 years, ception in the social hall.
On the tour, they looked ad-
they've come back to Germany to
spend two weeks in Felix's native miringly at the cheerful class-
city. They've visited the house rooms, the colorful posters, the
where he lived as a child, and modern equipment — all so dif-
they've seen streets and sites ferent from when they were
youngsters in Frankfurt.
from his early childhood.
PHOTO BY RUTH ROVNER
They also took a
boat ride on the
Main River,went
on a sightseeing
tour, attended the
theater and opera.
And they ex-
plored Jewish Ger-
many. They took a
day trip to nearby
Worms, visiting the
historic Rashi syn-
agogue and the old-
est Jewish ceme-
tery in western Eu-
rope. They've at-
tended Shabbat
services at Frank-
furt's distinctive
Westend Syna-
gogue and today
they're visiting the
city's modern Jew-
ish Community
Center.
they've
And
done all this with
other Jews who,
like them, were
born in Frankfurt, The new JCC of Frankfurt.
speak German,
and are visiting
Now, seated at large round ta-
scenes and sights from their past.
"It's been a wonderful experi- bles in the social hall, they're all
ence," says Ruth Wolfstal. She talking animatedly — in Ger-
and her husband are part of a man, English, and Hebrew.
group that is being hosted for two They've come here from Israel,
weeks by the city of Frankfurt.It the United States (two-thirds of
is one of a number of German the group are Americans), South
cities which sponsor annual re- Africa, South America, Europe,
unions for its native Jews, invit- even Australia.
The invitees include a rabbi
ing them back to re-connect with
their past and experience mod- from England, a cantor from the
ern Germany, including its Jew- United States and five survivors
of concentration camps.
ish life.
"They've come from the whole
Frankfurt's reunion is one of
the largest. In the Wolfstals' world," says Ludia Plottnik, who
group are 130 participants, and works for the city of Frankfurt.
they're being hosted in style. On Coordinating the reunions, which
their arrival, they were welcomed take a year of planning, is her
with a festive reception and greet- full-time job.
The city invited Jews who have
ed by the mayor, Andreas Von
Schoeler — and there will be a lived in Frankfurt for at least 10
gala farewell banquet in the years before they emigrated, ex-
Town Hall at the end of their vis- plains Ms. Plottnick. The Frank-
it. Meanwhile, they're staying at furters are then invited to bring
the five-star Frankfurter Hof ho- a spouse or other guest, also at
the city's expense.
tel.
"The people who come are so
By sheer luck of timing, my
own visit to Frankfurt coincided beautiful," says Ms. Plottnick,

