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and Jewish unity in
Another small book, this one
the face of modernity.
offering proverbs from the sages,
Jay Berkovitz is associate pro- is Wisdom of the Jewish
fessor and chair of the Judaic and Sages: A Modern Reading of
Near Eastern studies department Pirke Avot (Bell Tower Books)
of the University of Massachu- by Rabbi Rami Shapiro.
setts at Amherst.
This new "interpretative read-
ing" of The Sayings of the Fathers
he fax are:
is Rabbi Shapiro's "address of the
• Hannah wants an end
Sages as I hear it," and includes
to homelessness.
such verses as:
• Jacob wishes his rabbi
Judah ben Tema said:
hadn't died.
Be strong as a leopard,
• Jo wants her cat to survive
light as an eagle,
an operation.
swift as a deer,
• Isaac wants to see the Tem-
and brave as a lion
ple rebuilt.
when carrying out the tasks of
In Faxes To God (Harper San righteousness.
Francisco), Joyce Starr offers a
Rabbi Shapiro, of Temple Beth
look into the private notes from Or in Miami, Fla., is director of
around the world sent to be the Miami-based Rasheit Insti-
placed at the Kotel.
tute for Jewish Spirituality.
This small book includes the
prayers and dreams of men,
ara Weiss was a 13-year-
women and children. Some are
old in California who want-
fairly ridiculous ("It is my life's
ed advice. Otto Frank was
dream to work in Hollywood.
the father of a young girl
Could you ask Steven Spielberg named Anne who had been mur-
to phone MY home?"). Many are dered by the Nazis.
touching, often poignant ("Tyler
For 22 years the two corre-
James is on this earth through sponded, with excerpts from the
no fault of his own, by no request letters compiled in the new Love,
of his, and is an innocent, loving Otto (Andrews and McMeel) by
and precious person. He truly be- Cara Weiss Wilson.
longs to you, Lord. The request is
In her letters, Cara turns to
to help his mother recognize the Mr. Frank for guidance on every-
responsibility she has to provide thing from sibling rivalry to her
future career,
from having chil-
dren to dealing
with President
John Kennedy's
death.
In the end, the
two meet when
Cara travels to
Amsterdam for a
tour of the Anne
Frank attic, then
journeys on to
Switzerland
where she meets
Otto Frank.
We talked about
Anne, looked
through the family
album that Anne
had put together,
her neat lettering
captioning each
photo. Margot
powdering baby
Anne's bottom.
Cousin Buddy
and Anne as chil-
dren. More family.
And there was one
for Tyler. Make Amy see that picture of some beautiful blond-
benefits are earned through ef- haired moppets playing together
fort, and welfare is provided by in a backyard. They had posed
working. As parents, we can as- during a brief interval in their
sist and guide her, but she is be- game of hide-and-seek, still
yond the point of being provided scruffy with curls aflutter and
for. If there is a way for you to cheeks flushed. Even in black and
awaken the desire to succeed and white they seemed to glow, smil-
the will to persist, please help ing shyly at their intruder.
Tyler by giving Amy this gift. Cherubs at play. "You see these
Joseph.")
children, Cara?" Otto ran his fin-
Ms. Starr also is the author of ger across each face. "These were
Covenant Over Middle Eastern my playmates when I was a boy.
Waters and Kissing Through And they all became — except that
Glass: The Invisible Shield Be- one right there — they all became
tween Americans and Israelis.
Nazis." 0
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