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Vol. LXIII No. 3
A Tree of Life sculpture has been donated to Beth El Synagogue to help the Endowment Fund Campaign raise more than $400,000. According to Howard and Sharon EpRtein, co-chairmen of the Tree of Life Campaign, the [sculpture has been donated by Pennie Z. Davis, Saul Z. Davis, and Rose N. Davis in loving memory of Dora and David Z. Davis and Lorri Anne Davis. In addition, the Davis family has donated funds to refurbish the East entrance Jo the Synagogue, the area selected for the installation of the Tree of Life. Mr. Epstein said the Tree of Life is an original sculpture by Sanford Werfel Stu-
Dr. Paul Shyken has accepted the post of general chairman of the Omaha 1954 campaign for State of Israel Bonds, it was announced by Brig. General Yehudah Halevy, president of the State of Israel Bond Organization. In accepting this top position in the local Israel Bond effort, Dr. Shyken said that the Bond campaign is helping Israel meet pressing economic challenges at a time of major austerity measures. Dr. Shyken is well qualified for the post of general chairman. He is past president of Beth Israel Synagogue, and past co-chairman of the Professional Division of the State of IsrcM Bonds. Currently Dr. Shyken is on the boij-d of the United Talmud Torah. Dr. Shyken pointed out that Israel Bond dollars are needed to help Israel continue to build its infrastructure and to develop its high technology center as part of a drive to increase exports and help improve its balance of trade. He added, "By the year 2,000 it is expected that $6 billion per year will be exported in high technology industry. The Galilee is blooming into Israel's own 'Silicon Valley'". Dr. Shyken continued, "We take great pride in the role our community plays in the Israel Bond effort. Bond proceeds have helped Israel develop into a modern industrial nation. Now, development monies are needed to help it meet the new economic challenges that confront it. "Israel Bonds is a major source of devel-
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dio, Abenel, N.J. He described the sculpture ns being of a cast bronze trunk with extended branches. There will be 1,000 leaves, 12 large stones and 12 smaller stones suitable for honoring the celebrations of simchas such as bar mitzvahs, weddings, anniversaries, and similar occasions. According to Mr. Epstein, leafs will be available at $300 for a single, and also in cluster arrangements; the smaller stones will cost $5,000, and the larger ones $10,000. Sales will begin after Yom Kippur and the sculpture will be dedicated Dec. 19 during the annual Hanuhkah concert, Mr. Epstein said.
Georgia state Senator Julian Bond will give the opening lecture for the foil semester of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council's College of Jewish Learning Saturday, Oct. 20, ot 8 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. The lecture 13 co-sponsored by the AntiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith Community Relations Committee, and the J.C.A.C. Admission is free, but by ticket only. Free tickets will be available at the JCC, limited to a maximum of four per person. The fall semester of classes will begin Oct. 29 and run through Dec. 3. Sen. Bond was co-chairman of the Georgia Loyal National Democratic Delegation, . an insurgent group, to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. At this time he wa3 himself nominated for Vice President — the first Black in history to be so honored. His age (28) disqualified him for the post. Sen Bond, was first elected to a seat created by reapportionment in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965, but was prevented from taking office in January 1966 by members of the legislature who objected to his statements about the War in Vietnam. After winning a second election in FebV----J)'.^"-f..'' ruary 1966, a special House Committee again voted to bar him from membership in the legislature. Sen. Bond won a third election in November 1966, and in December 1966 the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Georgia House had erred in refusing him his seat. On Jan. 9, 1967 he took the oath of office and became a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Dr. Paul Shyken Sen. Bond, former leader and founder of opment capital for Israel, having provided' the Student Non-Violent Coordinating more than $6.5 billion since its inception. Committee at Morehouse College, particiBond proceeds, channelled through Israel's pated in the voting drives, sit-ins, and other Development Budget, help to finance in- activities of that movement until his camdustrial and agricultural projects, construc- paign for State Representative in 1965. He tion of highways, harbors, expansion of has spearheaded a number of grass roots communications and transport, and the campaigns to foster full participation in the building of new towns and development of political process by minorities. new sources of energy." Dr. Shyken continHis civil rights stance has enlightened ued, "Bonds are Israel's life line to the only Americans as to what he describes as "sins democratic nation in the Middle East." against the people." That is that current This year's dinner is set for Nov. 18, and government policies do not include enforcwill be held at Beth Israel Synagogue. For- ing equal opportunities for minorities and mal invitations will, be mailed shortly. women.
Sen. Julian Bond Sen. Bond said military spending continues to grow alarmingly and American's civil rights are slipping away. In the Georgia House, Sen. Bond serves as a member of the Education, Insurance, and State Institutions and Properties Committees. He ia also President Emeritus of the Southern Poverty Law Center (and a vocal advocate of Klan Watch, which is a project directed out of the center); President of the Institute for Southern Studies, and President of the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP, while retaining a.post on its national board. A dedicated advocate of equality for all, Sen. Bond is also a founding member of the National Committee, to Free Soviet Jewry, and'an active member of the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition. In recent years Sen. Bond has received exposure outside the political arena. He writes a nationally syndicated weekly column for Newspaper Enterprise Association and in a lighter vein has appeared on the popular Saturday Night Live television show.
ines Jewish Press,printing schedules require early deadlines for upcoming issues. The deadline for both news and advertising for the Oct. 19 issue is Oct. 9 at noon and the Oct. 26 issue, Oct. 16 at noon..
y return home to the birthplace that persecuted me" Editor's note: Richard F. Glimmers is a ourvivor of the Holocaust. He recently was a guest of the German government and what followo is his report in his own words: By Richard F. Gummers On March 23,1 received from the mayor of Heilbronn, West Germany, an invitation for a seven day visit to this town, where I was born, from Sept. 15 to Sept. 22, 1984. The mayor invited all former surviving Jewish citizens of Heilbronn, who managed to emigrate and escape from the Hitler regime during the years of 1933-1945 for a one week visit with all costs including plane fare paid by his City and the citizens of Heilbronn. In 1933, Heilbronn was a medium size town of about 55,000 people, of which about 900 were Jewish citizens. Five-hundred-fifty people managed to emigrate during the years of 1933-1939 (170 went to the U.S.A., 105 to Israel, 76'to England, 34 to France and the rest to 30 other countries all over the world), but a total of 352 died on the way to the concentration camps or in the various infamous concentration camps. . .•••'.'. I like to mention that the quota for German Jews to emigrate to the United States was only 5000 people per year and there lived at that time over 500,000 Jews in Germany. And now the mayor of Heilbronn asks the surviving Jews to visit this city they were born in and which persecuted them. I had mixed feelings and was •hesitating whether I should-accept the invitation or not. I decided to go andaecept the ijivitatipn inainly to pay homage to-the graves of my mother, brother and grandparents and to say the kaddish prayer orie'more time on their graves.
Richard Gummero I like to mention that during WW II I served in the American Army in the Military Intelligence Service in Europe and my job was to interrogate the German prisoners right after they were captured; It just so happened that right after the •armistice I was/sent' to Heilbronn, where there was a big German prisoner.'camp and our M.I.S. team had to separate the S.S. soldiers from the Wehrmacht soldiers. The S.S. soldiers were then sent to special interrogation camps nearby. So I returned by Lufthansa, a German airline, to Ger-
many, where I landed at the airport of Stuttgart. A driver from the mayor's office was waiting for me with a signboard saying "City Heilbronn" and he drove me to Heilbronn, about 40 miles north of Stuttgart, a one hour drive from the airport. The chauffeur took me to the Burkhardt Hotel, where I had a nice big room. There were fresh flowers, newspapers, itinerary, welcome letter from the mayor and a bottle of wine in my room and during our stay two employees from the City Hall were at our beck and call at all times. We were treated like royalty. Twenty-one people came for the reunion from every corner of the globe, from South Africa, Brazil, Israel, England, France, Switzerland, United States and Spain. Their ages were from 64 years to 84 years, it took a little while to recognize their faces, after all during the 50 years interval one ages quite a bit, even two former friends of the Jewish soccerball team were there. I understand that next year some younger Jewish emigrants will be invited for a reunion in Heilbronn. I didn't recognize the city anymore as it was completely rebuilt, as the town was for good reasons 90 percent destroyed in WW II. It is a modern town now, the downtown area is full of flowers and trees and only for pedestrians, no bus or auto traffic is allowed. The first day of arrival was at our own disposal to recuperate from the trip and to explore the town by ourselves. I was fortunate, that my cousin Use, who lives now in England participated at the reunion and she was a very pleasant companion during my stay there. The next day we had a formal dinner at the Insel Hotel (continued on page 8)