Fact-A-Day

!business when an observant Jew
from New York, Yisroel Weisberger,
contacted him about growing
letrogim here in the United States
(most etrogim is grown in Israel).
After 13 years, Kirkpatrick finally
saw — literally — the fruits of his
l labor. When the weather is good,
Ihe produces about 100,000
jetrogim each year. And while 2000
brought an etrog failure, Kirkpatrick
said he hasn't given up hope for the
I future. "We'll have a crop next year,
God willing," he said.
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1 • 3. Brother and sister Ronald and
!Vivian Joseph were leading ice-skat-
i ing champs in the 1960s. Both partic-
ipated in the 1964 Winter Olympics,
where Ronald won a Bronze Medal
'for the United States.

4. Looking for a fun summer get-
away? Consider Surprise Lake Camp
in Cold Spring, N.Y. Established in
1902, this Jewish camp is located 60
;miles outside downtown Manhattan.
!Comprised of 750 wooded acres in
Hudson Valley, the camp features not
'only Jewish programming but every
sport imaginable (from dodgeball to
floor hockey), hiking, music — and
baking. The camp hosts both "cre-
ative" and traditional Shabbat ser-
vices. For information, contact the
!camp at 307 Seventh Ave., Suite
1900, New York, NY 10001, or call
(212) 924-3131.

1• 5. You can take a winter tour of

1Zydu Street, the center of the Jewish
:Ghetto in Vilnius, at
www.muc.muhoio.edui-gruinitql.zydu.html

6. Reuben Iceland (1884-1955)

was a Yiddish poet and translator. A
!native of Galicia, Iceland immigrated .
to New York in 1903, and five years
later, founded the literary movement
1 Di Yunge, which emphasized "art for
lart's sake."
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1 In addition to writing poetry that
appeared in leading Yiddish journals,
liceland translated works by German,
English and Chinese authors. He was

Championship in 1996? You don't
know? Shocking! Why, it was the
Jerusalem Lions, of course.
For a complete listing of Israel's
ice hockey champs for the past
decade, visit
www.azhockey.com/champs/champsls-
rael.html

especially noted for his translations of
the poet Heinrich Heine.

7. Project Rescue, in conjunction with
the Center for Jewish Art at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, works
to research and documentJewish art
and architecture in Eastern Europe.
The organization is particularly inter-
ested in items from the Cold War
period, before the gates of Eastern
Europe opened in the late 1980s.
According to a spokesman, "In

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12. Lev Winter (1876-1935) was
a member of the Austrian Parliament,
first elected in 1907, then reelected
in 1911. By 1918, he was minister
of social welfare in the government of
the first Czech Republic. His brother,
Gustav Winter (1899-1943), was a
I leading Czech journalist.

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You can visit Ben & Jerry's in Tel Aviv
•kl (two stores), Jerusalem, Rehovot, Ris-
I hon Lezion, Yavne and Eilat (two
`stores). There's even a Ben and Jerry's
lice cream factory at 1
Hameisav Street in Yavne.

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13. If you grew up in the Jewish
neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., and
miss the good old winter days, visit
www.brooklynonline.com/bol.winter.bol .
Here, you'll experience the thrills of

10. Okay, Israel has Ben &

A Torah crown.

cities, towns and villages, remnants of
Jewish life, such as synagogues, pri-
vate homes, cemeteries, museums,
and library collections are still to be
found [in Eastern Europe]... Even the
most remote areas hold collections of
Jewish objects from Hebrew-illuminat-
ed manuscripts and scrolls to Torah
crowns and shields, spice boxes and
Kiddush cups." For information on Pro-
ject Judaica, visit:
www.dryummy.com/pi/pj/otherpro-
jects/other7.html

8. Among Israel's greatest supporters
is columnist Tony Snow. Check out

his writing at www.iewishworldreview

1 9. There's kosher Domino's Pizza,

Burger King and McDonald's. But did
you know Israel also has eight shops
1 where you can buy your favorite Ben
1 & Jerry's ice cream? (This is besides
the leading hotels, Pizza Hut restau-
rants and supermarket chains that
1 offer those scrumptious concoctions.)

Jerry's, but does it have your
favorite flavor? See exactly
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!which ice creams you'll
!find there: Butter Pecan,
MOTIMAN MATCH
'Brownie Special, Cherry
Garcia, Chocolate, Choco-
I late-Chip Cookie Dough,
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'Chocolate Chocolate,
:Chocolate Cointreau, Choco-
I•late Fudge Brownie, Chunky
'Monkey, Cinnamon,
Coconut, Coffee, Cookies
Ben &Jerry's ice cream is popular in Israel.
land Cream, Doonesberry TM
:Sorbet, English Toffee Crunch,
:French Vanilla, Maple Wal-
•1 nut, Mint Chocolate, New York Super
"Brooklyn's Wintertime Living."
!Fudge Chunk, Peanut Butter, Pina
The Jewish community there was
1Colada Sorbet, Pistachio, Pink Lemon-
once so large that everyone shut
; ade Sorbet, Purple Passionfruit Sorbet,
down for holidays like Rosh
1 Rum Raisin, Strawberry, Strawberry
Hashanah and Chanukah, the Web
:Kiwi Sorbet, Vanilla Chocolate
I site host says. It was almost like
Chunk, Vanilla, White Russian AND
"everyone was a Jew."
— don't miss this one — Sweet F .
a dulce de leche ice cream with
14. Author Pete Hamill's best-selling
I fudge, created especially in honor o
novel Snow in August chronicles
Israel's 50th anniversary.
the friendship between Michael
Devlin, an 11-year-old Catholic boy,
11. Heads up, ice hockey fans!
and Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a refugee
Who won the Israeli Ice Hockey
from Prague.

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