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Unraveling The Mystery?

Yiddish Limericks

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A wine connoisseur known as Breck,
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A leading Jewish organization is urging the U.S. gov-
ernment to immediately pressure Russia to help
resolve the longtime mystery of Raoul Wallenberg's
disappearance.
Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat employed by the U.S. War
Refugee Board, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the
Nazis during
World War II and
was last seen
being taken into
custody by the
Soviet Union on
Jan. 17, 1945.
It is possible
that Wallenberg,
who was 32 at the
time of his disap-
pearance, remains
alive, although it
is widely believed
that he is dead.
At a luncheon here Tuesday, and in an advertisement in The
New York Times the previous day, the New York-based American
Jewish Committee announced publication of a new monograph
on Wallenberg. It said the United States should "seek the coop-
eration of acting Russian President Putin to fully open the
Soviet-era archives and reveal the truth."
William Korey, the author of the AJCommittee-published,
The Wallenberg Mystery: Fifty - five Years Later, said that
because Wallenberg was an employee of the United States at
the time of his vanishing, America has a "responsibility" to
find out his fate.
"Nobody to my knowledge has raised this in a vigorous way
at the highest levels of government," said Korey. "It's time and
it's necessary"
With the Cold War over now for almost a decade, David
Harris, the executive director of the AJCommittee, said it is
finally time to obtain answers on Wallenberg's case.
"In this era of accountability, we deserve answers."
Asked why the matter had not yet been resolved, Harris sug-
gested that diplomats had faced more pressing priorities. "This
is not about nuclear weapons. It's about the fate of one man, but
not just any man." El

— Martha Jo Fleischmann

* (literal) a taste and a smell
(idiomatic) inadequate or cursory attention

Why Are There No Bells
In Synagogue?

here's something distinctly
ecclesiastical about ringing
bells. And what with modern
Judaism's mounting troubles
with assimilation and continuity, ringing
bells in synagogue probably would only compound
the problem.
But there is a deeper reason. In most Orthodox
and Conservative synagogues, you won't find bells,
organs, flutes, guitars, saxophones or any other
musical equipment because, for the most part, the
use of instruments in the synagogue service is pro-
hibited. In ancient times, instrumental music per-
formed by the Levites was an integral part of the
Temple services. But the destruction of the Second
Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E. led to a complete
rearrangement of Jewish life and observance. Musical
instruments, as part of the prayer services, went out
with them.
Musical accompaniment, however, can be found at
many Reform services and those of smaller streams of
Judaism.

— Steven H Pollak

Source: Encyclopedia Judaica

— Julie Wiener/JTA

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