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Jewish Christmas Shopping
Shelli Liebman Dorfman
senior writer
What To Donate
T
hey may be Jewish, but Joy and Lou Landau hope to have a
lot of Christmas gifts piled up in their house this week.
Looking to make the holiday a bit brighter for 150 teens
at the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Whitmore Lake, they will
deliver donations brought to their Oak Park home.
"We need gifts;' they said. "They do not need to be expensive, but
we need a lot of them!'
For the past 45 years, the Landaus have been able to provide at least
one gift to each of the boys at the school.
In addition to personally donated items, they are hoping organiza-
tions with promotional items — caps, Frisbees, balls and CDs — will
also pitch in.
The Landaus say,"Many of these troubled teens are left solely to the
`system' to be raised. For many, birthdays come and go without a family
phone call or letter and this is the only gift they will receive all year."
They see the facility as a place that has had "remarkable success in
helping troubled young men become productive citizens." Their hope is
to bring "a touch of family life, warmth and kindness to these teens."
• New, unwrapped gifts for boys between 12 and 20.
• Outerwear: large and extra-large dark colored gloves, knit hats or
simple warm scarves.
• White athletic or thermal socks (no colored socks)
• Non-violent, non-sexual books at third grade to college reading level;
biographies, history, sports-related books and best sellers, such as
Harry Potter, are favorites.
• Sports bags with no emblems or imprint
• Stationery: writing tablets, note cards, greeting cards, stamps, non-
spiral, blank journals
• Art supplies (no sharp instruments or dangerous items): coloring
books and crayons, non-spiral sketch pads, paint sets, drawing pen-
cils, markers, crayons, charcoal sets and drawing paper; books related
to drawing, with no nude studies.
• Games and puzzles: backgammon, Risk, checkers, chess, Clue,
Monopoly, dominoes, Scrabble, UNO, card games, Trivial Pursuit,
Jeopardy and word games, like crosswords.
• Sports items: basketballs, footballs, Nerf balls, jump ropes, hackey
sacks.
• Wearable items with no sports team names, writing or pictures.
New, unwrapped gifts must be dropped off at the Landaus' Oak Park home by Monday, Dec.10. Call (248) 541-6884 for directions.
Volunteers are needed to help wrap gifts. Checks, made out to Joy or Lou Landau, will be donated to the school. I I
Rachel Gubow plays
Polly Browne in The
Boy Friend.
Show Goes On!
Rachel Gubow, the lead actor in the Berkley
High School musical The Boy Friend, was
injured in a car accident last week. Gubow, a
16-year-old junior, was a passenger in a car
driven by her mother, Dottie, that was rear-
ended by another car. Rachel's father, 45-B
District Judge David Gubow of Berkley, said
his wife was not hurt, but a neck brace was
ordered for Rachel.
"There's lots of dancing in the musical so
we're hoping Rachel recovers by show time:'
said Judge Gubow. Performances are 7:30
p.m. this Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on
Sunday at Berkley High. $12/adults; $8/stu-
dents.
Crayons For Holocaust
An ambitious campaign to collect 1.5 million unused crayons has
been launched by members of the teen youth group at Congregation
Temple Israel in Creve Coeur, Mo.
The crayons are to commemorate the 1.5 million children who
perished in the Holocaust. The idea for the crayon campaign was born
when the youths visited the Holocaust Museum in Peoria, Ill. That
institution collected 11 million buttons to commemorate the lives lost.
"Our kids thought we ought to have something here to serve as a
reminder of all the children who perished;' said Debbie Schultz, one of
the youth advisers.
The group has collected more than 400,000 crayons so far. Of these,
150,000 will be used to create a permanent memorial at the temple.
One crayon will represent every 10 children who perished, Schultz
explained. The remainder of the crayons will be distributed to area
elementary schools, along with copies of a coloring book youth group
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members are designing to promote tolerance and diversity.
Youth group members are actively soliciting contributions of unused
crayons or money to purchase crayons. Donations may be sent to
Congregation Temple Israel, #1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Dr., Ladue Road
at Spoede, Creve Coeur, MO 63141. Or call (314) 432-8050, ext. 239.
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