Good thing Sunday's are a day of rest

VILLANOVA VS GEORGETOWN
OKLAHOMA VS KANSAS
NEW MEXICO VS UNLV

TheitilBest Reasons
to Go Away For Passover

N
E

Z:N5:4 Glatt Kosher

Caribe
Hilton

Fontainebleau Rye Town
Hilton
Hilton

Liniment
Resort

Westchester
N. Y.

Pocono Ms.

San Juan,
Puerto Rico

Miami
Beach

Featuring the
superb
cuisine
of Stuart
Morginstin
of Danziger
Kosher
Caterers

Featuring

Simon

A uerhacher

and the
exceptional
cuisine of
Ram
Caterers

Featuring
Michael Cohen
and the
incomparable
. .
cuisine
of
Ram
Caterers

Feely

Featuring

the renowned
cuisine

of David
Scharf
of David
Scharf

Caterers

• No cancellation fees* • Low group rates available

International Tours & Catering by Ambassador
25 Rockwood Place, Englewood, N.J. 07631 • 201 567 6221 / 800 626 8777
or call Emunah Women 212-947-5454 • 800-368-6440

-

* Then,

-

small service charge for cancebt!ons whin 1 weer. of departure

-

-

Y

0

R
K

-Detroit-
-Newark-
-Detroit-

S
R

FROM

146

(incl. tax)

A
E
L

SUMMER
FARES

FROM

'599

(plus tax)

NY - TEL AVIV - NY

PASSOVER IN PARADISE

The Passover vacation of your dreams at the
Stouffer Wailea Beach Resort in Maui, Hawaii.

• Glatt Kosher meals • Traditional seders
• a Kosher Luau • Tea room 18 hours a day!
RATES: 9 days, 8 nights - includes room,
all meals ALL tips, all taxes, transfers
• ADULTS: $1773.00 + (24%) = $2199
• Children: 4 & under are FREE!
• 5-12 year olds are $592.00 (all inclusive)
• 13 - 18 years are $878.00

FREE tennis FREE SCUBA & windsurfing lesson FREE upgrades

Carlson Travel Network®

raw Travel

968-8600

FEBRUARY

Meanwhile, she led the way
into the museum's second and
larger room.
Near the front, a series of
prints were on display. When we
looked more closely, we saw that
they were anti-Semitic carica-
tures. They were drawn by Hi-
eronymus Hess who lived in
Basel from 1799 to 1850.
"He made hundreds of these
caricatures," says Ms. Silbiger.
"All of them were making fun of
the Jews in Basel."
For instance, we looked at one
caricature depicting a rabbi —
with a horn visibly emerging
from his tallit.
Another, made on terra cotta,
was titled The Moneylender. It
showed a Jew who is in an atti-
tude of prayer — but then, by a
simply moving the tile, the view-
er saw another image: This time
the same man was counting his
money greedily.
Moving from these unsettling
caricatures to other exhibits in
the one-story museum, we saw
beautifully crafted ritual objects
of all sorts, including an embroi-
dered cushion for a chair of Eli-
jah.
"We found it at a textile auc-
tion in Sotherby's in London,"
said Ms. Silbiger. "It was made
by a Swiss Jewish family who
started a textile business in
Switzerland."
In another display case we saw
16th century books in Hebrew,
including an early Bible from
1546. These books were all print-
ed in Basel, which-was an im-
portant center of printing.
Nearby, two display cases were
devoted to the historic Zionist
Congress held in Basel in 1897.
There was, for example, the fa-
mous photo showing Theodore
Herzl gazing at the Rhine River
from the balcony of his room at
the Three Kings Hotel in Basel.
Also on display was a first edi-
tion of Herzl's landmark Der Jud-
genstaat (The Jewish State) and
a program from the Congress,
held August 29-31, with a photo
of all the delegates. As we looked
at these reminders of Basel's im-
portant place in Israel's history
— the city hosted a total of 10
Zionist Congresses — a group of
young Swiss students came into
the museum, led by their teacher.
They were from a neaby town,
on a class trip to the museum;
and as they entered, they looked
with interest a the chair of Eli-
jah, the Torah crown, the cush-
ions with Hebrew letters.
In a few minutes, Ms. Silbiger
would greet them and give them
an introduction and a guided
tour. Introducing young people
to Judaism — and to the Jewish
Museum — is one of the plea-
sures of her work, she said.
"The contact with so many
people is what I enjoy," she said.
"We hope they have more un-
derstanding of the Jewish people
after they visit our museum." ❑

71