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with the Royal Engineers, then with
England's military intelligence.
Among his admirers was Chaim
#15) The Ten Commandments direct I Weizmann, who recognized Kisch's
unique position as both a committed
I a person to honor his father and moth-
Zionist
and a respected member of
er. Why does the father come first?
the British establishment.
According to the rabbis, this is
In 1922, Weizmann recruited the
because a child more naturally loves
young
officer to work with the execu-
his mother, and hence the command-
tive committee of the Jewish Agency
: ment to honor her is easier to fulfill. A
in Jerusalem. He would have direct
I child more likely fears his father, how-
relations with the ruling Palestine
: ever, and so must make a greater
administration, headed by the occupy-
I effort to honor him. Incidentally, the
ing British forces.
I rabbis also stressed the importance of
At first, neither side totally trusted
this commandment by saying that he
I
Kisch
(the British thought he was a
who honors his parents certainly will
I little too Jewish; the Jews thought he
be rewarded both in this world and
I was a little too British). Eventually
I the one to come.
i he won them over and secured
I their trust. He was, all agreed, an
# 16) There was a time when
I honest man.
Bergdorf-Goodman was one of the
Kisch eventually left his position with
world's most prominent family busi-
the Jewish Agency to settle in Haifa,
nesses. Started by Herman Bergdorf
where he was active in numerous phil-
and Edwin Goodman, both tailors,
anthropic agencies. When World
the store was — and continues to be
War II broke out, however, he left his
— famous for its upscale merchan-
home and volunteered with the British
dise. Edwin% heir was son Andrew,
I Army. He was killed by a land mine.
who became president of Bergdorf-
Throughout his life, Kisch remained
Goodman and hoped his only son
committed
to his faith and his new
would do the same.
homeland — passions he said he
But Andrew's son wasn't interested.
inherited from his father.
At first he went into the business, he
suggestion that "Avram" was a deriva-
ti ve of any popular name of the time.
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said, because he was "supposed to."
I #19) Isaac was 60 years old
But in 1968, he announced he was
I when his twin sons Esau and
leaving Bergdorf-Goodman, where he
Jacob were born.
had worked as vice president.
#20) There are four times when a
Jewish father may offer a special
I Orthodox rabbi, is apparent in Lily
I blessing for his child. (It's the same in
I H. Montagu (1873-1963). She
each case: "May God make you as
was one of the founders of the Liber-
Ephraim and Manasseh," begins the
1 al Jewish movement, England's ver-
bracha said to a boy, and "May
I sion of the Reform movement.
God make you as Sarah, Rebecca,
(Interestingly, Montagu is believed to
Rachel and Leah," for a girl.)
I be the first woman ever to deliver a
a) When he returns from synagogue
sermon in a synagogue when, on
or temple on Friday.
June 15, 1918, she spoke at the Lib-
b) The evening prior to Yom Kippur.
eral Synagogue in London. Her topic
c) Just before his child weds, as the
I was "Kinship with God.")
couple step under the chuppa (wed-
: ding canopy).
#18) Two spots in Israel bear the
d) As a final blessing prior to his
I death (in the Torah, see the bless-
name of Kisch: a moshav and a for-
est. They honor a little-known, but
I ings of Isaac in Genesis 27, of
intriguing figure, named Frederick Her- I Jacob in Genesis 49 and of Moses
man Kisch (1888-1943).
in Deuteronomy 33).
Kisch was born in India, the son
#21) According to the Torah, the sins
of a British official. He became a
of
the father will continue through to
professional soldier, working first
# 1 7) The influence of her father, an