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Shavuot Study's Wide Reach
I was surprised to see in your Shavuot
overview article ("Giving Of Our
Torah:' May 13, page 27) a statement
that the mystical tradition of Tikkun
Leil Shavuot (studying Torah through
the night on the first night of Shavuot)
is virtually limited to the Orthodox
world. In fact, Jews from all across
the spectrum, including a growing
number of secular Jews in Israel and
the U.S., participate in Tikkun Leil
Shavuot learning nowadays. It is a
fast-growing phenomenon.
Here in Metro Detroit, Tikkun Leil
Shavuot Torah study sessions were
held at my shul, Beth Ahm, as well as
at Adat Shalom, Beth Shalom, B'nai
Moshe, Downtown Synagogue, Shaarey
Zedek (both locations) and perhaps
others I'm not aware of.
Almost 20 years ago, lifelong learn-
ers at Temple Beth El held a Tikkun
Leil Shavuot, inviting the Reform com-
munity. Almost 100 people attended. It
was a great experience.
I hope next year, the IN will return
to running a comprehensive list so
readers can find Tikkun Leil Shavuot
learning at all congregations observing
this beautiful "new" tradition.
Nancy Kaplan
West Bloomfield
Eichmann Rewind
On May 11, 1960, infamous Adolf
Eichmann, one of the Nazi Germany
high officials responsible for the "Final
Solution," was abducted in Buenos
Aires, where he and his family found
refuge after the war.
He lived under an assumed name,
was abducted by members of Israel's
Shin Bet, a special wing of Mossad,
and brought to Israel to stand trial for
his crimes against the Jewish people.
However, we, the Israeli public, didn't
know about it until on May 23, 1960,
when Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion announced the incredible news
to the Knesset. Soon, we all knew it.
I will never forget it.
My husband, Shelly, and I lived in
the doctors' residences at the Assaf
Harofeh hospital, where he did his
internship. Like all Israelis at the time,
we tuned to the hourly news on the
radio. The entire country was in shock
and disbelief. When Isser Harel, head
of Shin Bet, informed Ben-Gurion of
the abduction, he said, "The beast is in
shackles:'
Argentina cried foul at first for
Israel's unlawful act of forcibly remov-
ing one of its law-abiding citizens;
however, when it became clear that
he was not coming back, the protests
eventually ceased.
The State of Israel, then only 12
years old, was established to provide
a home for every Jew in the world in
need of one. It saw itself responsible for
seeking justice in the name of Jewry
the world over. Bringing Eichmann to
justice was the right thing to do.
After months of preparations, on
April 11, 1961, Eichmann's trial began
in a place called Beit Ha'am, the Home
of the Peopli, in downtown Jerusalem.
Israel do not have the death pen-
alty except f9r Nazis and their collabo-
rators. Eichrnann was found guilty of
the crimes against the Jewish people;
tens of witnesses testified against him
and his cruelty. Upon conviction, he
was hung, the first and only hanging
in the history of the Jewish state.
Rachel Kapen
West Bloomfield
The writer is a native Israeli who came to
America in 1963.
Great Chaldean Community
I read with great interest and admira-
tion your article "Forging A New Era;
Jewish and Chaldean communities
explore common roots, new opportu-
nities" (May 6, page 10).
I was a Southfield Public Schools
teacher at Stevenson Elementary
School from 1968 to 1993. Many of my
students were from the Chaldean com-
munity. They were wonderful students
both academically and socially. I loved
teaching those children along with
the Jewish students as well. I lived
on Tavistock Trail, and most of my
students were my neighbors; and as I
would walk to Stevenson, the parents
would wave and say, "Hi, Mrs. Torgow;
have a great day."
Vanessa Denha was one of my stu-
dents. She was a terrific writer and a
lovely, polite, sweet young lady. She is
now the editor of the Chaldean News.
I hope she still remembers me. The
Chaldean mothers were always avail-
able to help out in class whenever a
mother was needed.
I feel that this new Jewish-
Chaldean initiative, supported by the
JN, is a great idea. Good for the JN for
bringing back into the fold a wonder-
ful segment of the community.
I would love to hear from my stu-
dents to find out what they are doing
now. My e-mail address is
rteacher2@gmail.com .
Bonnie Torqow
Southfield