…and redemption is perhaps best exemplified by two songs of the Holocaust years that were destined to become the credos of Jewish hope for the future. They are: The Jewish Partisan Song by Hirsch Glick, and the Ani Maamin of Maimonides. Never say that there is only death for you Though leaders skies may be concealing days of blue — Because the hour we have hungered for is near: Beneath our tread the earth shall tremble: We are here! I • • 41...…
…Each month in this space, L'Chayim will look back into issues of The Jewish News to see what was happening in the local Jewish community or in the Diaspora ten, 20 and 40 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO A letter criticizing President Jimmy Carter's proposed arms sale to Saudi Arabia and Egypt was written by 21 members of the 37-member House International Relations Committee. the 25 students. Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Simcha Dinitz, opened ...…
…acP t pp Pesah Is A Happy Family Holiday Vocabulary 1°0 Each month in this space, L'Chayim will present a Yiddish lesson entitled "Du Redst Yiddish (Do You Speak Yiddish?)" whose aim is to encourage further study of Yiddish. The lesson will include a brief story utilizing the Yiddish words to be studied, a vocabulary list with English translations and a family activity which involves using the new words. Two books which may be helpful for ...…
…ses The Magician: A Passover Folktale A magician came into the village one day, just before Passover. Although dressed in tatters, he wore a top hat. A wrinkled one, it is true, but a top hat nonetheless. His face was drawn. Hunger burned in his eyes. Where did he come from? The big city. Where was he going? Another city. Then what was he doing here? He had lost his way. If people gathered too close around him, suddenly he disappeared — and ...…
…Heifetz Linked To Family Of Scholars And Rabbis Pl ‘ By BETTY STARKMAN A local family, related to the late violinist Jascha Heifetz, has requested information about this surname. Cheifetz/Heifetz/ Keyfetz were used as Jewish male first names as early as the year 1050. The female version is found in the Bible (Kings 21:1) as Heftzi-Bah. About 350 years ago we find the name used as a surname in Prague and later in Lithuania. This was a rabbin...…
…Special Sephardic Traditions By SHIRLEY CHICOREL BEHAR Sephardic Jews, who trace their ancestry to 15th Century Spain and Portugal, have unique holiday traditions that sometimes differ from those practiced by their Ashkenazi counterparts. Syrian Jews prepare for Passover on "Shushan Purim" by cleaning up all the "hametz" (unleavened foods) left over from the Purim seuda (meal). Weeks before Pesah the women begin to prepare the rice for the P...…
