For Openers
Bundles Of Hope
Yiddish Limericks
New York
An old confirmed bachelor named Shmeer
Would tell all his dates, "I've one fear.
'Til death do us part'
Strikes fear in my heart,
So, shreck mere, but shtruff mere nisht,* dear!"
— Martha Jo Fleischmann
M
ore than 800 boxes of clothing, toys and toiletries were
sent to Israel this week to help Lebanese Christian
refugees living there after they fled Hezbollah's takeover
of their towns.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations sent cartons of goods to Israel as part of its "Bundles of
Hope" initiative.
Jewish federations across the United States participated in the pro-
ject, as well as the United Jewish Communities, the Jewish Community
Centers Association of North America,
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and others.
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice
chairman of the Presidents
Conference, met last week with Col.
Sharbel Barakat, former deputy corn-
mander of the South Lebanon Army
(SLA), which helped Israel patrol its
security zone until the Jewish state
withdrew from Lebanon last month.
"He said how much it touched the
Lebanese Christian community when
they heard about this campaign and
the immediate response from the
Jewish community," Hoenlein said.
New York Lt. Gov. Mary
"We want to send a message that we
Donohue commends Jewish
organizations for their contri- stand by our friends."
Around 6,000 former SLA mem-
butions.
bers and their families have been living
in northern Israel since Israel's with-
drawal from Lebanon. Many left their homes in Lebanon with only the
clothes on their backs.
.
Hoenlein estimates that the group has already raised more than
$100,000. The Israel Defense Force will distribute the packages.
At a June 19 news conference, New York Lt. Gov. Mary Dononue
said: "Once again, the Jewish community has proven that when they
send a distress call, there will be thousands of organizations, clergy and
individuals there to help. The effort this morning serves as an incredi-
ble lesson of what it means to assist those who cannot help themselves."
Chief among the contributors was the International Fellowship of
Christians and Jews. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, IFCJ's founder and presi-
dent, recently visited the Lebanese refugees in Israel. "I was looking
into the children's eyes who are displaced and scared, and this prompt-
ed me to say we need to do something."
— Brian Seidman/Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1
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GRAPEJEWZ
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fl notables
"Being a camp director is like being mayor of a
small city."
— Rabbi Sheldon Dorph, Ramah camps' nation-
al director.
"We all do a very good
job in affirming our own
religion. But our biggest
step is to affirm the legiti-
macy of the religion of
your neighbor."
— Rabbi A. James
Rudin, retiring after
33 years as interreli-
gious director for the
American Jewish
Committee.
2000
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