5755

,E3arbrcz Streisa
on calling NBC during its
airing of The Prince' of
Tides to
complain
about the
loud volume
of comm,er
dials. (2117)

661

It threw off the defensive
line of the opposition by
them hearing Hebrew, in-
stead of 'hut-hut' "
— San Francisco 49er
offensive tackle Harris Bar-
ton, who is Jewish, on why
he taught quarterback Joe
Montana to count in He-
brew. (2117)

" U

After The Rebbe

For the Brooklyn, N.Y. -
based
Chabad-Lubavitch or-
Lubavitch
ganization, it was a year of
supporters painful transition. Their spir-
demonstrate itual leader, Rabbi Menachem
their unity Mendel Schneerson, had died
in Moscow. the previous June. From his
headquarters on Eastern
Parkway, he had for four

decades directed a vigorous
global outreach campaign to
unaffiliated Jews. Many
thought the organization, the
modern blend of traditional
Orthodox Chasidic ritual and
sophisticated public relations,
would split or be weakened.
Neither scenario came to

pass. One year after Rabbi
Schneerson's death, Chabad
had begun construction on 16
new schools and centers, net-
ted more than $100 million in
capital building projects and
sent emissaries to work in 35
new locations. No single per-
son emerged to take over the

Syrian Chief Rabbi
Avraham Hamra
marked the end of the
emig-ration. He had
lived in New York for
the past year, waiting
for his community to
arrive in safety. All of
the Jews still in Syria
are free to leave. About
1,500 of the Syrian
Jews wound up in Is-
rael, the remainder in
New York, where
there is a large Syrian
Jewish community.
Jews in the former
Soviet Union kept
coming to Israel, al-
though at rates lower
than in previous years.
At the same time, in
the former Soviet
Union more Jewish day
schools sprung up as
communities expanded their services. In
North America, Jews explored how much
support to offer these overseas groups of
Jews in an era when the ability to fund
their local needs became increasingly dif-
ficult.

Disappearing And Reemerging
Communities

Syrian chief Rabbi
Avraham Haram is
greeted last October
by members of his
community at
Ben-Gurion Airport.

A Jewish diaspora community, for all in-
tents and purposes, came to an end. To-
day, about 200 Jews live in Syria. That's
about 3,800 less than in April 1992 when
a long-fought-for exodus of the group be-
gan. This spring, the departure to Israel of

group, Rabbi Schneerson's vi-
sion still at the helm.
A small group of followers
still believed that their rebbe
was the Messiah and would
return to reveal himself as
such.

e said it was well
deserved and why did it
take so long?"
ESP1V's Steve Bornstein,
quoting an ailing
Howard Cosell on receiving
the sports network's Arthur
Ash,e Courage Award.
(2 /24)

professor Dr. Moike'Addoz.
(31,3)

Illie are blowing ourselves
up in buses. Do you -think I
am afraid of the death
penalty?"
Hamas member Said
Badarneh, who was sen-
tenced to death by an Israeli
military court for master-
minding a suicide bombing.
(3117)

61
I say to
my friencLs
they should
understand it
ain't going to
be Sh'ma Yis-
rael."
Rep.
Barney
Frank
,
Issue or school prayer.
(4 1 14)