This eek For Openers Pizza And A Pepsi "The response to the project has been extremely gratifying ctive duty Israeli for us," Kuchar says. soldiers are munch- "The soldiers love to ing on pizza in the get the pizza and soda, field, at roadblocks, and are very happy to on army bases and during hear that the pizza guard duty, thanks to an was bought for them ingenious new project of by people overseas — Jerusalem-based IsraelVisit. and to see the mes- The three-month-old ven- sages." ture allows worldwide sup- • SHELLI Israeli soldiers enjoy pizza. Rabbi Alon Tolwin, porters of Israel to order pizza LIEBMAN director of Aish Detroit DORFMAN and Pepsi-Cola to be delivered to the men in Birmingham, says: "This is one of the kindest and least and women of the Israel Defense Forces, sta- Staff Writer expensive ways yet to help Israel. Many of the Aish guys have tioned primarily in Judea, Samaria and been called into active reserve duty and their wives have Gaza. reported that this a great way to boost morale on the front." "Pizza is very popular in Israel and is something that The cost of a cheese pizza and Pepsi for a patrol of five sol- Americans and others also relate to well," says Menachem diers is $16.95; for a section of 10 soldiers, $31.95; for a pla- Kuchar, chief executive officer of the Marksman Testing toon of 30 soldiers, $89.95; and one pizza and Pepsi sent System Ltd., which owns IsraelVisit, an online site for Israeli each week for a month, $61.95. Also, for $2.59 per person, shopping and information. IsraelVisit will arrange for an ice cream truck to drive up to "So we picked pizza as the product to make this connection the soldiers with ice cream cones. between the soldiers and supporters outside Israel." The Web site for the project states that "deliveries are coor- The undertaking is an extension of the organization's annu- dinated with the security forces and thus, pose no security al Purim project, in which mishloach manot (Purim parcels) risk." • are sent to soldiers. "We felt that people overseas wanted to be Orders may be placed for 18-inch kosher pizzas and a large able to connect with our soldiers in a very tangible way, more bottle of Pepsi, occasionally substituted by Coca-Cola-products, often than just on Purim," Kuchar says. depending on the kosher supervision of available pizza restau- "This connection is both in giving the soldiers something rants. Once orders are made, by fax or e-mail, they are for- physical — like a pizza and soda — as well as letting them warded to Israeli pizzerias, thereby eliminating what could have know that people around the word support them and what been quite a hefty, long-distance, delivery charge. ❑ they are doing." An additional benefit of the project, he says, is to local restaurants and pizzerias in Israel. With tourism lagging, the For information on ordering pizza and Pepsi for project is giving them some much-needed business as orders Israeli soldiers, e-mail Shimon Aharon at are delivered from the Israeli eateries. shimon@israelVisit.co.il or access the Web site at: Many donors have taken advantage of the option to wvvw.pizzaidflorg accompany their orders with a personal message of encour- Orders may be faxed to 011-972-2-625-9050. agement and thanks to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). A Chaya Masha Stock and daughter Itta Henya Stock 6 of Oak Park. Shabbat Candlelighting By Goldfein n discussions of Israel's demo- graphic stability, it is often related that Israel contains only about 35 percent of the world Jewish population. It might surprise you to learn what percentage of world Jewry resided in Israel during Second Temple times. puoDas al.p Jo po -pad alp 2upnp pm' Lir papIsai kimaf ppom jo luaDiad oz Apo Liamstry Quotables "Jewish people were lost in a mass mur- der and have no graves. Only memory has remained. They can only live in images." — Arnost Lustig; president of the third annual "Nine Gates Festival of Czech-German-Jewish Culture" in Prague, in a speech to the Czech Senate, as quoted by JTA. "You are all strangers to me, yet I have to tell you that I feel like I've known you my whole life. And that's because all of us in this room were part of this secret subculture. We've all grown up in this extremely peculiar, very specific way, a way that is only specific to our place and our time in history." — Lisa Lipkin of Chicago, a professional storyteller and daughter of a Holocaust survivor; at Living the Legacy, a June 30- July 2 conference for descendants of the Shoah and families, in Chicago, as quot- ed by JUF News of Chicago. . "Lighting candles is the act that signifies I now have a 25-hour break from the world. I am not going to work now; I am going to rest. When I light the candles, I pray for my family, for marital peace and for the ability to instill within my son love for Judaism and HaShem." Yiddish Limericks — Rochel Leah Burstyn, mother, Oak Park Staff photo by Krista Husa Sponsored by Lubavitch WoMen's Organization.To submit a candlelighting message or to receive complimentary can- dlesticks and information on Shabbat candlelighting. call Miriam Amzalak of Oak Park at (248) 967-5056 or e- mail: amzalak@juno.com 7/12 2002 10 Candlelighting Candlelighting Friday, July 12: 8:52 p.m. Friday, July 19: 8:47 p.m. Shabbat Ends Shabbat Ends Saturday, July 13: 10:02 p. Saturday, July 20: 9:56 p.m. Since things didn't work as we'd wished, Now Washington's really been dished. CIA, INS, FBI ... what a mess! Things wound up completely. tsrnisht.* — Martha Jo Fleischmann * mixed up; confused