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KARL & ESTHER GUTMAN

JUDI & HOWARD FRIEDMAN
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tern on all sides, on a journey
whose outcome he couldn't fath-
om. The Israelites passed
through the amniotic waters of
the Sea of Reeds to be reborn
into freedom. Rebecca and Jacob
fell in love at her father's well.
Twenty-one years old and 10
time zones from home, I threw
my bread crumb sins into the sea
and felt an entirely new dimen-
sion of my Jewish identity come
into being.
Havdala completed, we began
to scatter. Just then Alisa, the stu-
dent from Mexico, approached
Steffie and asked if she could
help her find the Kaddish in the
prayer book. Several of us within
earshot stopped in our tracks
and began counting. Just like
that. We called others back to be
sure we had enough for a
minyan. We didn't know then
that Alisa had just received a wire
from home that her grandfather
had died. And we didn't have to
know it. She didn't ask us to stay
or ask for a minyan, but we un-
derstood and were there for her.
Plain and simple that's what it
means to be Jewish.
As we stood around, giving
our silent support while Alisa
said the words to the Kaddish, I
felt an indescribable solidarity
with the Jewish people. It oc-
curred to me then why you need
10 for a minyan: so that you are
not alone. You might feel deso-
late and grief-stricken, but Jew-
ish tradition has structured itself
so that you will not be alone in
your grief Your community will
come forward for you.
The semester passed quicker
than a black market deal in
Leningrad, and before I knew it I
was home, attending my broth-
er's bar mitzvah, celebrating
Passover with my family, looking
forward to graduation and my
first move into the adult world.
That was 12 years ago.
I am married now, raising
kids of my own. When they dip
their apples into honey they
leave sticky golden trails on my
white tablecloth. Each year when
the shofar blows in synagogue, I
hear an echo of the ship's horn,
loud and mighty as Moses. I've
forgotten Korea's GNP and how
to say "excuse me" in Turkish.
But I will remember this forever:
Am Yisroal Chai.

MRS. HELA JUTKIEWICZ & FAMILY

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GOLDA J. HARTZ (MURRAY) SONS - DAUGHTERS
GRANDCHILDREN - GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN - FLORIDA/MICHIGAN/OHIO

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our
Friends and Family.

GAYLE & ARNIE GOODMAN
JACLYN, RICHARD & NICOLE

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ESTHER & BENDET LEWKOWICZ
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DELE & SAUL GAINES

BOYNTON BEACH, FL

NORMAN & GLORINE KATANICK
PLANTATION, FL

RABBI E.B. BUNNY & SHAINDY
FREEDMAN & FAMILY

9/10

1999

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