SUMMER ISSUE

KeliilatliJeshnrintBulletin©Volume LVI Number 8 June 30, 1989

27 Sivan 5749

STANLEY GUREWITSCH ELECTED PRESIDENT AT 117TH ANNUAL MEETINGDAVID LEVY AND FRED DISTENFELD, VICE PRESIDENTS; DR. GILBERT N. KAHN, SECRETARYFREDERIC H. BAUMGARTEN, TREASURER; AND STEPHEN J. KULE, FINANCIAL SECRETARY

RABBI HASKEL LOOKSTEIN GIVES MEMORIAL LECTUREThe 117th Annual Meeting of

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun was a greatand memorable event. Held on Wednesday,May 17, in the KamberAuditorium, it beganwith an invocationbyRabbi Steven Cohen andthe singing of the National Anthems led byCantor Avrum Davis.

President Benjamin Brown then calledupon Martine Fox, Co-President of theCouples Club, to present 54 new members ofhe congregation for official election by themembership.

Their names are:

Wilma and Arthur AederJudith and Dr. Howard AltmanVictoria and Marshall AronowErwin AtkinsGerald Barad and Cheryl OrbachRona and Michael BernsLauren and Jacques BlinbaumRachel BlinkenViviane and Dr. Arnold BreitbartDebbie and Mark CooperVivian and Larry CreizmanGoody DaneLeon FarberHoward FarkasIrene and Bernard FeuersteinShelley and Dr. Phillip FleshnerBarbara and Henry FrommerDr. Martin GoldmanJill and Gregg HaftJesse HauserRonit and Eli HirschenboimJane JacobsonFaiga and Michael JosephCori and Dr. Harvey KatzElizabeth and Dr. Joseph KlarfeldZahava and Abraham KohenDr. Charles LangerAgatha HeiferSheila and Dr. Wallace IxhmanRhonda and Jeffrey LuxenbergSandy and Dr. Norman MagidDorica and Emanoil MarcoviciVivian and David MarkDr. Meryl and Joseph MarkShelly and Dr. David MitnickJanet and Warren NewcornDr. Orly and Robert NobelHelen and Dr. Emile PincusDr. Nathan RosenfeldVera and Hon. Meir Rosenne

Jennifer and Jeffrey RothAbbe RuttenbergAliza and Hon. Uriel SavirRita SchiffrenBarbara SeitzDr. Sue ShapiroJoanna and Ronald SlevinMaxine and Arthur SteinkolerBarbara E. WaitmanDebra and Dr. Daniel WeissGigi and Dr. Wayne WinnickMerle and David WolffMarlene and Dr. Joachim YahalomJoel YunisMarjorie and Harvey ZuckermanRabbi Haskel Lookstein then presented

citations to a number of members of thecongregation who were celebrating significantmilestones of their affiliation with KJ. Mrs.HarryW. Baumgarten and Mr. and Mrs. A.Phillip Goldsmith were honored on theoccasion of their 40th anniversaries. The

following were cited as 25th anniversarycelebrants: Brenda and Albert H. Bernstein,Dr. Nathalie and Israel Friedman, Hannah andJoseph Lorch, Gabriella and Dr. WilliamMajor, Carol and Ralph Perlberger, and SamSilverstein.Presidential Report

Benjamin Brown then gave a beautifulPresidential Report as he completed his 6thterm in the Presidency of KJ. He talked aboutwhat a special placeKJ is and how supportivethe congregation has been of Fran and himselfand theirsons sinceAlan's accident. He calledspecial attention to the enhancement this yearof the work of the Social Action Committee,the creation of a Political Action group andthe development of a Hatzoloh organizationon the East Side which was created throughthe special efforts of Dr. Stephen Stowe andothers from the KJ community along withseveral others from congregations on theUpper East Side.

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RABBI JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN UPPERSCHOOL OF RAMAZ GRADUATES 84 SENIORS

30 Graduates to Study in Israel Next Year2 National Merit Scholarship Winners; 7 Semi-Finalists

and 18 Letters of CommendationOne of the finest classes in the history of

Ramaz was graduated from theRabbi JosephH. lx>okstein Upper School at exercises heldin ourMain Synagogue onWednesday, June14. Of the 84 graduates, 30 will be spendingnext year in Israel, 26 of them in the full-timestudy of Torah with four others in part-timeprograms of Judaic Studies. This is the bestpercentage among graduating classes since thedevelopment of the Israel study programs.The students have distinguished themselves

in many ways. Their performance on theNational Merit Scholarship Contest isprobably a record for the country. Twenty-seven out of the 84 graduates received somesort of recognition in that contest. That is over32 percent of the class. Two of the studentswereNational MeritWinners, 7 were Semi-Finalistsin the competition, while 18 received lettersof Commendation.We are very proud of this graduating class

which has excellednot alone in academicworkand inter-scholastic competition of all sorts,but also in menschlichkeit. As a group, theyconduct themselves with dignity, refinementand a sense of commitment to their fellowhuman beings that is truly remarkable. Theyrepresent, on the whole, much of what aRamaz education is all about.In addition, they have been admitted to

some of the finest colleges in the country inlarge numbers. Among the schoolswhich ourgraduates will be attending are the following:Barnard, Bar-Ilan, Brandeis, Brown,Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, Dartmouth,Duke, Goucher, Harvard, Johns Hopkins,MIT, NYU, Princeton, Stern, SUNY, Tufts,University of Michigan, University ofPennsylvania, Washington University,Williams College, Yale and Yeshiva, amongothers.

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THE SADDEST SHIP AFLOAT: A HALF-CENTURY LATERREPRINTED FROM THE JEWISH WEEK

By HASKEL LOOKSTEINOnMay 13,1939, the St. Louis, a luxurious

cruiseship of the Hamburg-America Line, setsail from Hamburg, bound for Havana. Onboard were 907 German Jews, fleeing fromNazi Germany, who held landing certificatesentitling them to enter Cuba. These certificates,purchased for $150 to $300, were not honoredby the Cuban government to the consterna¬tion and horror of the St. Louis passengers.The ship remained in the port of Havana fromMay 27 until June 2, after which it was forcedto depart.The ship sailed slowly up and down the

Florida coast while negotiations were con¬ducted with Cuba by Lawrence Berenson ofthe Joint Distribution Committee. The distressof the passengers was front page news in TheNew York Times on June 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Onthree occasions the Times editorialized about"The Saddest Ship Afloat Today," laden withher "cargo of despair," cruising off the coastofMiami whose shimmering towers were "onlythe embattlements of another forbidden city."These unfortunates, who were rejected byeveryone, wrote The Times, will be welcom¬ed home by "Germany, with all the hospitali¬ty of its concentration camps."OnJune9, TheTimeseditorialized: "Wecan

only hope that some hearts will softensomewhere and some refuge be found. Thecruise of the St. Louis cries high to heaven ofman's inhumanity to man."Despite its compassionate editorial, The

Times failed to ask why the St. Louis refugeeswere not offered asylum in the United States.It remained for James Cannon Jr., Episcopalbishop of Richmond, Va., to raise that ques¬tion in a letter to the Richmond Times-

Dispatch: "Why did not the President,Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury,Secretary of Labor and other officials...ar¬range for the landing of these refugees who hadbeen caught in this maelstrom of distress andagony through no fault of their own?"Cannon's obvious question, which eluded

most observers, was not posed even by Jewishwriters. The Yiddish press in New York andthe Anglo-Jewish press all over the country be¬moaned theplight of the St. Louis passengers,printed their cries of anguish in the form oftelegrams from the St. Louis, told the story asit unfolded day-by-day, but they never askedwhy the passengers could not be received herein the United States.

Fifty years later we understand the reasonsfor Jewish reticence. Anti-Semitism in Americawas at its height. The Father Coughlins of thatday preached hatred of Jews over coast-to-coastradio networks and struck fear into the heartsof American Jews. Furthermore, the anti-alienforces in Congresswere powerful and influen¬tial. People like Senator Reynolds of NorthCarolina and Congressman Rankin of

Mississippi intimidated the Jewish communi¬ty and made Jews fearful of pleading with theU.S. government to open the doors of Americato these 907 unfortunate people.American Jews feared that were they to ask

for this simple humanitarian gesture the forcesarrayed against them in Congress would de¬mand that the doors be shut entirely and thatall refugees be barred, looking back on thedouble tragedy of refugees without a havenand American Jews too frightened to plead fortheir rescue, Jacob Lestschinsky wrote in theCongress Bulletin on June 16, 1939:"It did not even occur to Jews to appeal to

the American Government to find away of sav¬ing the hapless passengers of the St.Louis...(We are) showing increasing signs ofbecoming spiritually and morally reconciledto accept the ghetto and almost voluntarily tosurrender the positions won by the emancipa¬tion. Our own depression and demoralizationare immeasurably more dangerous toourselves than the blows of our enemies."As the St. Louis steamed slowly back across

the Atlantic toward an expected, tragic lan¬ding in Hamburg, Morris Troper of the JointDistribution Committee worked feverishly tofind a haven someplace in the world for thesedoomed passengers. Finally, one day beforethe ship was to arrive in Germany, he suc¬

cessfully negotiated with The Netherlands,Belgium, France and England to each take one-quarter of the passengers. Thus ended whatone observer has called "the voyage of thedamned," a tragic saga of hopeless victims andhelpless bystanders.In our own day history has repeated itself.

The story of the St. Louis has recurred, mostrecently in the case of the boat people of SouthVietnam and other benighted lands ofSoutheast Asia. The lessons of the St. Louishas not been ignored. The United States andother countries have admitted hundreds ofthousands of these refugees.In a remarkable twist of history, Israel was

the first to open its doors to the boat people.On June 21, 1977, the day Menachem Begintook office as prime minister, his first officialact was to grant asylum to 66 Vietnamesewhohad been picked up by an Israeli freighter andrejected at several Far Eastern ports. The day,by coincidence, was exactly 38 years to the dayfrom that when the last of the St. Louis refugeesdisembarked in Southampton, England.

Haskel Lookstein is rabbi of CongregationKehilath Jeshurun and the principal ofRamazSchool in New York. The above article is

adapted from his book, "Were We OurBrothers' Keepers? The Public Response ofAmerican lews to the Holocaust, 1938-1944."

HIGH HOLY DAYSEAT RESERVATIONS

DUE NOWMembers of the congregation and friends

in the community have already been asked tosubmit their High Holy Day seat requests tothe synagogue office.The holidays this year come as follows:

ROSH HASHANAH

Friday evening, September 29Saturday and Sunday

September 30 and October 1

YOM KIPPUR

Sunday evening and MondayOctober 8 and 9

We have asked each member family to in¬dicate to us on the seat reservation cardwhether or not they will be with us for theholidays, and if they do intend to join us toindicate how many men's and women's seatsare needed and for whom they are intended.In that way the names can be properly enteredon the seat ticket and entered on the ushers'lists.In addition to those seats towhich a member

is entitled, we are happy to try to arrange ad¬ditional reservations for members of one's

family as space perm its. The price for seats forguests is available from the synagogue office.Services, as in the past, will again take place

in the Main Synagogue, the KamberAuditorium and the Social Hall.Children over the age of twelve are required

to have reservations. Members' children fromthe age of twelve through the completion oftheir full time education may be enrolled as

Junior Members which entitles them to a

reserved seat as space permits. No such seatsare available in the women's section of theMain Synagogue.All ticket requests should be directed to our

Executive Director, Mr. Robert Leifert or toChani Wolk of the synagogue office staff. Theprocessing of requests has already begun and,therefore, those who have not yet submittedtheir requests should do so immediately.

RABBI LOOKSTEINELECTED A VICE PRESIDENT

OF SCAWe are proud to note that Rabbi Haskel

Lookstein has been elected Second Vice Presi¬dent of the Synagogue Council of America.The SCA is the umbrella organization of Or¬

thodox, Conservative and Reform lay and rab¬binic organizations.

We wish Rabbi Lookstein well in thisendeavor and know that the Synagogue Coun¬cil has made a wise choice in selecting our Rab¬bi in pursuit of Jewish unity.

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ROBERTA BAUMGARTEN ANDDR. ROSALIND LEVINE NEW PRESIDENTS

OF COUPLES CLUBThe congregation is pleased to announce

that Roberta Baumgarten and Dr. RosalindLevine will serve as the new Presidents of theCouples Club for 1989-1990. They succeedMartine Fox and Isaac Pollak who have servedin that capacity for the past year. Robbie hasserved as Vice President of the Couples Clubfor the past two years and has chaired suchevents as the Couples Club's AnnualShabbaton and New Member Sabbath andKiddush.Roz has served as Treasurer of the Couples

Club and chaired thePurimMishloachManotproject that included all members of theCouples Club in relation to all senior membersof the congregation.Members of the CouplesClub Board for the

coming year include: Susan Alpert, VivianCreizman, Karen Gibofsky, Howard Katz, Dr.

During the weeks of sefira and ending withtheShavuot festival, anumber ofguests fromIsrael visited our congregation and addressedvarious groups in the community.Alexander Kholmyansky spent a Shabbat

with us. He emigrated from the Soviet Uniona year and a half ago after having served a termin Soviet prisons as a prisoner of Zion. Ourown members, Mel Stein and Irving Kagan,presented briefs in Moscow in support ofAlexander's case. Mr. Kholmyanskyparticipated in one of Rabbi Lookstein'sTalmud shiurim and gave a thrilling accountof how he first became interested in Judaismand in aliyah.On Shabbat, May 27, Yuli Kosharovsky was

our guest. Having arrived in Israel just twomonths ago, he spent a few weeks here as theguest of the National Conference on SovietJewry. KJ was the only congregation he visitedin the New York area. Mr. Kosharovskyaddressed the congregation from the pulpit onShabbat morning and spoke about howmeaningful our support for him was as hewaited 17 years for a visa.

We are very happy to announce that we havereceived in the office dozens of letters frommembers of the congregation to Secretary ofState Baker, SenatorsMoynihan andD'Amato,and several Congressmen expressing theirstrong support for Israel in its current struggle.These letters were written in response toappeals by Rabbi Lookstein and thesuggestions made by Malcolm Hoenlein andothers at ourAnnual Shabbaton. Themailingby our Political Affairs Committee wasinstrumental in stimulating many letters.Among the copies that we received in our

Jerilyn Kronen, JohnLieberman, Dr. NormanMagid, RochelleMajor, WarrenNewcorn, Dr.Emile Pincus, Helen Potaznik and RonaldSlevin. Martine Fox and Isaac Pollakwill servethe Board as Past Presidents.A SPECIAL THANKSA special thanks goes to those members of

the Couple Club Board who served this pastseason and whowillnot be continuingduringthe coming year. They include: Past PresidentDr. AdamBender, Ida Frankel, EugeneMajor,Elaine Schreibman and JonathanWagner. Wethank these members of the congregation fortheir devoted service and look forward to theircontinued support of the Couples Club in itsactivities and are looking forward to theirfurther involvement in congregationalactivities.

On the Shabbat before Shavuot we had thehonor of hosting Leah Shakdiel, the heroicJewishwomanwho was elected to the ReligiousCouncil of Yerucham, a development town inthe Negev, and who had to fight theestablishment in order to occupy her seat onthatCouncil. Mrs. Shakdiel gave a memorableaddress at a seudah sh'lishit on the subject of"Jewish responsibility for the Jewish womanof today."Finally, on Shavuot we had the honor of

having Rabbi Aharon and RabanitMalka Binain our congregation and in the community.Rabbi and Mrs. Bina gave shiurim during theTikun Led Shavuot and they davenedwith uson the first day of Yom Tov and the Shabbatwhich followed. Rabbi and Mrs. Bina are ofcourse the primary teachers and advisors tothe American students at Yeshivat Hakotel.All in all, the weeks between Pesach and

Shavuot were fascinating and exciting at KJand afforded many of us an opportunity tomeet and to listen to some of the wonderfulIsraelis of our day.

office were responses from the Secretary, theSenators and Congressmen who received theletters.We ask that every reader of this Bulletin take

a few moments to write to at least one

governmental personality to express supportfor Israel in this critical time. Remember: theletters are weighed as well as counted. Rightnow, the weight and the count are goingheavily for the Arabs. The onlyway to changethat is for each person to do his or her part.It is literally up to YOU!

TO RABBI AND MRS.ASHER BERKOWITZ

L'HITRA'OTWe bid fond farewell and I'hitra'ot to Rabbi

Asher Berkowitz and to his wife ShoshanaBulow Berkowitz and their two daughtersRivka and Talia as they leave our congregationafter four years. During that time RabbiBerkowitz ran the Beginyan prayers servicesfor beginners and taught in our AdultEducation program.Rabbi Berkowitz also served as a wonderful

member of the faculty in the Rabbi Joseph H.Lookstein Upper School of Ramaz where hetaught many of our children not only thecontentmaterial of Judaic Studies, but also thefeeling and the commitment. A graduate ofRamaz himself - as is Shoshana - he broughtspecial feeling to his teaching and he was ableto reach the students in an admirable way.Rabbi Berkowitz and his family will be

moving to Cleveland where he will serve asa teacher in the developing junior high schooldivision of the Bet Sefer Mizrachi, a centristOrthodox school in Cleveland Heights. Wewish themwell and we look forward to seeingthe whole family from time to time and tohearing very good things about their work inbehalf of the Jewish people.

SHIRA LOOKSTEIN ENGAGEDMazel tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Haskel

Lookstein upon the engagement of theirdaughter, Shira to Dr. Larry Baruch, son ofMrs. Gladys Baruch and the late David Baruchof Forest Hills, New York.The chatan is a graduate of the Albert

Einstein College of Medicine of YeshivaUniversity and is a resident in medicinepursuing a specialty in cardiology at MountSinai Hospital.The bride is a graduate of Ramaz and Stern

College for Women of YeshivaUniversity andnow serves as a member of the faculty of theRamaz Lower School.Mazel tov to Shira's grandmothers, Mrs.

MorrisKatz and Mrs. Joseph H. Lookstein onthis great milestone in their granddaughter'slife. May thewedding, scheduled for Sunday,November 5, take place in happiness and inblessing.

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Stephanie Cohen Abrahams, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Bernard Cohen and a graduateof Ramaz, upon her graduation fromQueensCollege with a BA in Early ChildhoodEducation.Ari Jack Ackerman, son of Mrs. Mona

Ackerman, upon his graduation from Ramazwith a New York State Regents Scholarship.He was Senior Vice President of the G.O. andserved on the basketball team. Ari was a

member of the Business Investment Club andthe Republican Conservative Club. Hewill at¬tend Duke University in the fall.Daniel Lewis Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Benjamin Brown and grandson of Mrs. LillianBrown Borenstein, upon his graduation fromRamazwith a New York StateRegents Scholar¬ship. He was Secretary of the G.O. and amember of the Business Investment Club andthe basketball team. Daniel will attend Univer¬sity of Michigan in the fall.Dara L. Cohen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Bernard Cohen, upon her graduation fromRamaz. She received the Sherut Award foroutstanding commitment in service to theschool. Dara was captain of the Service Squadand head of the stage crew and cheerleading.She will attend SUNY Albany in the fall.Jessica Leah Cohen, daughter of Dr. and

Mrs. Charles Cohen, upon her graduationwith honors from Ramaz with an Empire StateScholarship and as a semi-finalist in the Na¬tional Merit Scholarship Contest. She receiv¬ed the Drama Award and was co-director ofthe senior play. Jessica will attend MABAT inJerusalem in the fall before beginning herstudies at Columbia.Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker, upon her

graduation from Columbia Law School as aHarlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She also receivedan award for highest academic achievementfrom theDepartment ofGermanic Languages.Carolyn will be working at the law firm ofLeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae this fall.David B. Doft, son ofMr. and Mrs. Avrom

Doft, upon his graduation from the HoraceMann School with honors in mathematics. Hewas awarded a New York State RegentsScholarship and is the recipient of a letter ofCommendation in theNationalMerit Scholar¬ship Contest. David was a member of the var¬sity football team and the varsity track team.He was a founder and president of the BusinessInvestment Club. David will attend the Whar¬ton School of Finance at the University ofPennsylvania in the fall.Michael Doft, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan

Doft, upon his graduation from SyracuseUniversitywith a degree in American Studies.Jacob HellerEisenstat, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Eisenstat, upon his graduation fromRamazwith aNew York State Regents Scholar¬ship. He was Chairman of the Business Invest¬ment Club and captain of the Hockey team.He was also active on the Tzedakah Commit¬tee. Jackie will attend Yeshivat HaKotel inJerusalem in the fall before beginning hisstudies at University of Pennsylvania.

AC AD E MICHKehilath Jeshurun extern s he lest

Daniel Etra, son of Nitza Etra and AaronEtra, and grandson of Blanche G. Etra and thelate Harry Etra and a graduate of the RamazLower School, upon his graduation from theHorace Mann School. Daniel received earlyadmission to Yale College.Ian Etra, son of Dr. and Mrs. William Etra

and grandson of Rebe Etra and the late MaxJ. Etra, upon his graduation from theCollegiateSchool as a finalist in the National Merit

Scholarship Contest. Ian will attend Dart¬mouth College in the fall.Daniel A. Freedman, grandson of Mr. and

Mrs. Saul Linzer and son of Dr. Louis and Nan¬cy Freedman, who is a former Ramaz student,uponwinning first place in the local and Penn¬sylvania state competitions for NationalHistory Day in the individual media category.He also presented "Elie Wiesel: A Cry forHumanity" at the National competition at theUniversity of Maryland. Daniel also suc¬

cessfully completed the requirements for thetalent search conducted by the Johns HopkinsUniversity Center for the Advancement ofAcademically Talented Youth by his superiorperformance on the college SAT exam. He willbe attending an intensive threeweek programat Franklin and Marshall College in July.Noah Goldstein, son of Dr. and Mrs.

Theodore Goldstein, upon his graduationfrom the Fieldston School as Captajn of itsTrack and Swimming Teams. He will .attendthe University of California at Santa Cruz inthe fall.Ariella Graetz, granddaughter of Mrs.

Charlotte Lebovics and daughter of RabbiMichael and Naomi Graetz, who is a Ramazgraduate, upon her acceptance to the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem, after completing herarmy duty.Ilya Grozovsky, son of Dr. Inna Bakker,

upon his graduation from Ramaz. He was amember of the Business Investment Club andthe hockey team. Ilya will attend Universityof Maryland in the fall.Steven Gurewitsch, son of Mr. and Mrs.

StanleyGurewitsch and grandson ofMrs. RoseGurewitsch, upon his graduation fromBrandeis University.Michael Haber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar¬

tin Haber and a graduate of Ramaz, who ispresently a student at the L.A. Arts Center Col¬lege of Design, upon receiving an Italian-American Scholarship'for 1989-90 at the Euro¬pean Institute of Design in Milan. He will bethe first exchange student from the L.A. ArtsCenter to study in Milan.Gail Hannah Javitt, daughter ofDr. and Mrs.

Norman Javitt and a graduate of Ramaz, uponreceiving the Professor Carl H. BoyerMemorial Prize for the best undergraduateessay in the History of Science at ColumbiaUniversity. Gail is entering her senior year atColumbia.

Amber Katz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Howard Katz, upon placing third in all of NewYork City in the 1989 National Science andTechnology BuddingGeniusWriting Competi¬tion sponsored by the New York Academy ofSciences. The Ramaz Upper School, where shewill be entering ninth grade in the fall, sub¬mitted her paper "Non-Fatal Attraction" in the8th grade section of the competition.Rebecca Amy Kobrin, daughter ofMr. and

Mrs. Lawrence Kobrin and granddaughter ofMr. and Mrs. Irving Kobrin, upon her gradua¬tionwith honors from Ramaz with a New YorkState Regents Scholarship and as a recipientof a Letter of Commendation in the NationalMerit Scholarship Contest. She received TheWalter Koppel Jewish Political Action Awardfor demonstrating leadership and commitmentto political action for the benefit of the Jewishpeople. Rebecca was Chairman of the JewishAffairs Committee and served on the yearbookstaff. She will attend MABAT in Jerusalem inthe fall before beginning her studies at Yale.David H. Kramer, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Seymour Kramer, upon his graduation fromRamaz. He was a member of the Business In¬vestment Club and the hockey team. Davidwill attend NYU in the fall.

Toby Ellen Lazarus, daughter of NaomiLazarus and the late Mel Lazarus and a

graduate of Ramaz, upon her graduationwithhonors from the Johns Hopkins University,where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Shewill continue her doctoral studies in

Psychology at the University of Chicago,where she received both a full tuition andgraduate studies scholarship.Scott David Lebowitz, grandson ofMr. and

Mrs. William Lebowitz, upon being acceptedin the National Honors Society of the Secon¬dary Schools for scholastic achievements.Mark Lefkowitz, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Lefkowitz, upon his graduation from Col¬umbiaUniversity. In his senior year,Mark wasthe Student President of Columbia's Councilof Jewish Organizations.Michal Lemberger, daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Ervin Lemberger, upon her graduationwith honors from Ramaz. She received theEdith Schrank Memorial Award for outstan¬ding work in creative writing as well as theBand Award. Michal was co-editor of Parallax.Shewill attend Midreshet Moriah in Jerusalemin the fall before beginning her studies atBarnard.Daniel Max Libin, son of Dr. and Mrs. Barry

Libin, upon his graduation from Ramaz witha New York State Regents Scholarship. Hereceived the Minyan Award for outstandingassistance in the daily Minyan and the DavidKagan Memorial Award for exemplifying thevalues of sportsmanship and menschlichkeitboth on and off the playing field. Daniel alsoserved on the tennis and Softball teams. Hewillattend NYU in the fall.

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GHONORShejiest congratulations to ..

Jane Rebecca Lukashok, daughter of Mr.andMrs. Ed Lukashok and granddaughter ofMrs. Muriel Lukashok, upon her graduationtrom Ramaz. She was an activemember of thechorus. Jane will attend Machon Gold inJerusalem in the fall before beginning herstudies at Queens College.Dr. MarkMeirowitz, an attorneywith Bear,

Stem andUpham, upon receiving his doctorateinPolitical Science from FordhamUniversity.Joshua Nathaniel Nathanson, son of Mr.

andMrs. Joseph Nathanson, upon his gradua¬tion from Ramaz. He served as PhotographyEditor of the yearbook. Joshua will attendBoston University in the fall.Arianda Newman, daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Melvin Newman and granddaughter ofMrs. Rita Kaufman, and a graduate of Ramaz,upoi her graduation from Barnard with a BAinPolitical Science.

Zvi Gil Pagovich, son of Dr. andMrs. Ben-jami r Pagovich, upon his graduation fromRam az. He served on the basketball and soft-ball earns. Gil will attend Syracuse Universi¬ty in the fall.R< dney Propp, son of Mrs. Eve Propp and

agre duate of the Ramaz Lower School, uponhis graduation with an MBA from theUnh erstiy of Chicago Graduate School ofBusiness.

A! an Rechtschaffen, son of Rabbi ManfredReel tschaffen and a graduate of Ramaz, uponhis g raduation from ColumbiaUniversity witha BA in Political Science, he will attend lawschool in the fall.T. mara Rennert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Ira Rennert and a former student at Ramaz,upen her graduation from the FieldstonSch >ol. She will attend Barnard College in the(all.F annah Robins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Irw n Robins and a graduate of Ramaz, uponher graduation from Queens College. She willassrme the position of Assistant Teacher inthe third grade of the Ramaz Lower School.f nneth Rochlin, son ofMr. andMrs. Mar¬

tin Jochlin and a graduate of Ramaz, uponhis appointment to the Presidency of theYes liva UniversityDrama Society. He receiv¬ed t ie Dr. Abraham Tauber Memorial Award,wh ch is given to a junior for excellence inspe;ch and drama. Kenny was appointedBu: mess Editor of the Yeshiva's newsletter, TheCo nmentator.I isa Rosen, daughter ofMrs. MarcellaRosen

an a graduate of Ramaz, upon her gradua-tioi i from Johns HopkinsUniversitywith a BA.

J jsiah M. Rotenberg, grandson of Mrs.Ch rrlotte Lebovics, and son of Dr. Aubey andMc norah Rotenberg, who is aRamaz graduate,

upon his graduation from FrischYeshivaHighSchool. He will enter Johns Hopkins Univer¬sity in the fall.Carolyn Judith Rubin, daughter ofMr. and

Mrs. MortonRubin, upon her graduation fromRamaz. She received the School ServiceAwardfor contributions to school programs. Carolynwas co-captain of the Service Squad and amember of the tennis team. She will attendBrandeis University in the fall.Susie K. Rubin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Morton Rubin and a graduate of Ramaz, uponher graduation from NYU with a BA in Art.She will be working with an art broker.Marc Lee Saroff, son of Mrs. Michael

Mukasey and a graduate of Ramaz, upon hisgraduation from Dartmouth College with aBA in Psychology.NoahScheinfeld, son ofMr. and Mrs. David

Scheinfeld, upon his graduation with honorsfrom Harvard Law School. He was appointeda Teaching Fellow in American History at Har¬vard this past semester. Noah will be an

associate in a large law firm this coming year.Allan Schwartz, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Smilow, upon his graduation fromYeshiva of Central Queens. He will attend theRamaz Upper School in the fall.Leonard Silverman, son ofMr. andMrs. Ar¬

thur Silverman and a graduate of Ramaz, uponhis graduation from Brandeis University withhighest honors in English and AmericanLiterature, one of forty students out of a

graduating class of 660 to receive suchacademic recognition. He minored in NearEast and Judaic Studies. Leonard spent the pastfive months studying at Yeshivat HaKotel inIsrael. He will attend the University of Penn¬sylvania Law School in the fall.Stephen Smigel, son ofMr. andMrs. Loluis

Smigel, upon his graduation from the HoraceMann School. He was on the varsity footballteam andwas captain of the lacrosse team. Hewas also an officer of the Horace MannBusiness Investment Club. Stephen will attendtheWharton School of Finance of the Univer¬sity of Pennsylvania this fall.Sanford I. Smokier, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Leonard Smokier and grandson of Mrs. LolaGross, upon his graduation from Ramaz. Hewas captain of the softball team and the AVSquad. Sandy served on the hockey team andwas a member of the stage crew. He will at¬tend Boston University in the fall.StevenTanz, son ofDr. and Mrs. Alfred Tanz

and a graduate of Ramaz, upon receiving theChancellor's Service Award at NYU SternSchool of Business for a broad record of leader¬ship efforts ranging from orientation to alumnioutreach.

MAY THEY GOHIGHER AND HIGHER

We extend a warm Mazel Tov to the

following youngmembers of the Congrega¬tionwho participated in Advancement DayExercises as they completed the RamazLower School.

SPENCER BAGLEYson of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bagley

GREGORY BRENNERson of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Brenner

ROGER COHENson of Dr. and Mrs. Seymour Cohen

MARK CREIZMANson of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Creizman

ADAM DAYANson of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Dayan

DANIEL EDELSTEINson of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Edelstein

DANIELLE ELISOFON

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan ElisofonDAVIDA FRIEDMAN

daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Mark FriedmanSUSANNAH GALLIN

daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard GallinADAM HIRSCH

son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard HirschEMIL KLEINHAUS

son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry KleinhausDEBRA KOBRIN

daughter of Mr. andMrs. Lawrence Kobrin andgranddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Kobrin

JESSICA KOBRINdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kobrin andgranddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Kobrin

ORAN PACHTERson of Dr. and Mrs. Leon PachterANDREW RECHTSCHAFFEN

son of Rabbi and Mrs. ManfredRechtschaffen

AARON TUGENDHAFTson of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tugendhaft

HILAN WARSHAWson of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Warshaw

DARIELE WATNICK

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Watnick

NEW OFFICERS FOR RAMAZHIGH SCHOOL G.O.

The Congregation is pleased to congratulatethe following young people whowere electedto office by their peers in the Rabbi Joseph H.Lookstein Upper School of Ramaz to head thestudent organization there.Adam Scheer was elected President; Elisha

Wiesel, Senior Vice President; Sam Rascoff,Junior Vice President; Julie Stern, Secretaryand Rachel Falk, Treasurer.We wish the young people well in guiding

the student body in the Upper School.

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A TIME TO EMBRACE AND A TIME TO LET GO10th MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO RABBI JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN

by Rabbi Haskel LooksteinOnWednesday evening, June 29,1979, my

father, of blessed memory, began a chapter inhis unfinished autobiography. He entitled it"A Time To Embrace And A Time To Let Go."It was a sad chapter. It spoke of the need togive up leadership of institutions and causesthat he held particularly dear. The first twopages which he wrote that night ended withthe midrashic portrayal of the sons of Aaronwalking behind Moses and Aaron and sayingto each other: "When Will These Two OldMen ..."My father never finished that sentence. He

never completed the thought. He put his pendown without writing the word "Die."And henever wrote again. During that night he suf¬fered the stroke that led to his passing sixteendays later.That's about as close as one should come

to ascribing to his premonitions or prescience.It is almost a "Rabaiyishe" story. But it is true;and it leaves mewith onemessage in two parts.First, my father, like other great Jewish per¬sonalities, did not die. As his children-physicaland spiritual - live on, he lives on as well. Se¬cond, there is a time to embrace and a time tolet go, but when we let go, we let go only ofthe person; we continue to embrace the prin¬ciples. We let go of the man but we continueto embrace the message. We let go of thephysical being but we continue to embrace thespiritual essence.

Ten years after his passing we might assesswhat it is that we are trying to embrace.First and foremost, we try to embrace his

qualities as a family man. In a letter that hewrote two and a half years before his passinghe urged the family to Remain close, as, thankGod, we have always been. He assured us that"Whatever occasions you will celebratetogether, be sure that my spirit will be there."In the almost ten years since his passing wehave been blessed by the fact that every oneof us is still here except for an uncle, my father'ssister's husband, who passed away severalyears ago. And at every happy family occa¬sion - and there have been many - we have felthis spirit. When he died, he and my motheronly had two great-grandchildren. Now, thankGod, there are sixteen, more than one of themnamedforhim. Hewould have loved that. Hewould have had sixteen different Yiddish termsof endearment for each of the great¬grandchildren, as he had for the two - Ericaand Lizzy - whom he knew and loved.My mother continues, thank God, to be the

center of our family. We know that her homeis what it always was: A gathering place forall of us. That is what we embrace even as we

let go.Second, all of us try to embrace him as a

leader of our community. I looked around theShul at morning services today and I saw thattwo-thirds of the Minyan was composed ofRamaz graduates or parents - and, in one case,a grandparent - of Ramaz students. My fatherwould have loved that. However, he wouldhave been very upset by the small number ofpeople at the service and he would have let usknow in no uncertain terms how upset he was.But he would have liked and he would haveappreciated the nature of the Daveners.He would be thrilled to see Benjy as Presi¬

dent of this Shul, Benjy whom he loved as a

child. I am sure he would have been as

devastated as anyone over Alan's accident, buthewould have given the family encouragementand perhaps that is one of the sources for theirextraordinary strength - beginning with Alanhimself. He would have been so proud of hisyoung people taking leadership in the Shul:Fred Baumgarten, whom he would have call¬ed Freddy; and Gil Kahn, and a host of otherswho are on the boards of the Shul and theSchool. What Nachas he would have had fromMel Newman as a Past Chairman of theRamazBoard, and Steve Gross as a Vice Chairmanand David Kahn as Treasurer and David Sar-na as Financial Secretary. It isn't every com¬munity that is fortunate enough to have suchcontinuity. He founded Ramaz, in part, inorder to give permanence to this community.He would have been proud of the fact that

one youngmanwho was approached to serveas a trustee responded with the followingwords: "I don't think I am sufficiently religiousand observant to be a Trustee of this congrega¬tion. I think that a Trustee of a Shul like thisought to be someone at whom people can lookand say he representswhat the Shul stands for."You know, we accepted this temporary demur-ral, but what this young man could not knowis that my father would have considered sucha response to be an absolute indication of howdeserving that youngman was to be a Trusteeof his Shul.He would have loved the baby carriages in

the downstairs vestibule on Shabbatmorning,but he would not have loved the sounds thatsome of the children make in Shul. Hewouldhave been thrilled with the increase in atten¬dance, but upset about the rising decible levelof conversation. We have to be careful aboutthese things. He wanted this Shul to be asbeautiful and as aesthetically appealing as areform temple and yet aswarm and as vibrantas a Chassidic Shteibel. We will never reacheither extreme but we should never stop striv¬ing to attain them. God forbid that we shouldend up with the esthetics of a Shteibel and thewarmth and vibrancy of a temple. (And Imeanno offense to either Shteiblach or temples.)We have not let go of his vision of Ramaz

either. As Rav Soloveitchik said to me a fewyears ago when he asked me how the enroll¬ment ofRamazwas going and I told him, thankGod it was going very well, he responded:"That's because you haven't changed." WhenI asked him what he meant by that, heanswered: "You haven't moved to the right;don't let them pull you to the right."

Ten years after the passing of Rabbi JosephH. Lookstein we have not pulled to the right.We are self-conscious about our religious goalsand purposeful about the message we are try¬ing to communicate, but we remain a CentristSynagogue and school, committed to teachingand preaching menschlichkeit, tolerance,respect for all Jews and derekh eretz towardall people. We will strive to be holy but notholier than thou; righteous but not self-righteous; observant of Torah andMitzvot butnot competitive in the seach for the Churnraof the month.As an institution and as a community we

are embracing virtually all of the values andprinciples which my father taught usthroughout his 56 years.

Finally, we are trying to hold fast to anothermajor principle of my father's life: his AhavatYisrael. Many times during the last ten yersI would have given anything just to be able toask him what he thought about the internecinehatred which abounds among Jews today. I canjust about imagine his well chosen words todescribe the stone throwers on the haredi rightand the Orthodox bashers on the liberal left;the intolerant and insensitive religious powerbrokers in Israel and the opportunistic op¬ponents from liberal Judaism in Americawhoare trying to seize political power in Israel andwho demand communal funds for projects andprograms that do not even yet exist. My fatherwould have disagreed strongly with theLubavitcher Rebbe in the 'Who is a Jew" con¬troversy in November, but it would not havediminished in the slightest his love and admira¬tion for the Rebbe. He had the ability to loveand respect thosewith whom he did not agreebecause he viewed all Jews as members of afamily. We have tried to embrace that attitudeat a time when people are choosing sides andlining up to hurl insults at each other.This attitude is not simply manifested in

words. It has been translated into action. Theleadership role that our congregation playedin operationMoses was an example of AhavatYisrael in practice. Our appeal this year forpassage to freedom at the UJA kick-off in Alanand Elizabeth Doft's home is a further exam¬ple. We have not lessened our support for thecongregation, for Ramaz or for YeshivaUniversity. On the contrary, ourmembershipis giving more and more generously to thesecauses which are so near to us. But most ofus recognize that our first responsibility is toKlal Yisrael. That is what my father taught us.He probably learned it from my great¬grandfather, Rabbi Moses Z. Margolies whotaught a young Rabbinic radical from theLower East Side how to appreciate Jewishsecularists, how to promoteMizrachi and howto develop the attitude that every Jew is poten¬tially religious. He or she may simply not bethere yet. But no one is without a neshama.

So, almost ten years after his passing I amnot sure exactly what he would have thoughtabout every single activity of our communitybut I think, on the whole, hewould have beenpleased. I don't know, for example, what hisreactionwould have been to aWomen'sTefillahGroup in our chapel, but he probably wouldhave been ready to give it a chance, and if hehad heard his own daughter reading the Torahand even eavesdropped while a great-granddaughter read a portion, he just mighthave been flexible enough to have said: "Nu- it has its value." He was a trail blazer formostof his life and we are following the paths thathe blazed for us."There is a time to embrace and a time to

let go." Ten years ago we let go with tears andgrief. Today, we embrace with love, withrespect and with gratitude. His soul is foreverbound up among the living - among the liv¬ing in the Yeshiva Shel Ma'ala where he hasearned his place and among us, the living, inthe Yeshiva Shel Mata where we honor andpreserve the kind of community that helabored so lovingly to create. That is hisultimate reward - and it is ours as well.

KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page Seven

117th ANNUAL MEETINGGAVEL PASSES FROM BENJAMIN BROWN TO STANLEY GUREWITSCH

(continued from page 1)

Mr. Brown then spoke about the fact thatthis will be the third year in a row with thesame dues structure. He told the membershipthat this is possible because of theextraordinary generosity of KJ membersthrough the Annual Synagogue Appeal,which in the coming year must raiseapproximately $450,000 in order to cover thedifference between what our dues and normalincome brings in and our expenses entail.

Benjy closed with a special tribute to Franfor all of her support and encouragement. Hethanked his family, his fellow Officers, theRabbis and the entiremembership. He assuredus all that "I shall continue to be available to

KJ in any capacity. I am leaving the Presidency,but I do notwish to leave an active involvementin the congregation's affairs. I feel greatlyindebted to KJ for helping me to become whatI never thought I would be. I shall try, withGod's help, to express that gratitude bycontinued commitment to Torah and mitzvotand to all of you in this wonderfulcongregation."

The asemblage gave Benjy a standingovation in tribute not alone to his address butto his person and to all that he has meant tothe congregation throughout the past six years.Memorial to Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein

Mr. Brown then called upon Rabbi HaskelLookstein to deliver the annual tribute to hisfather. During the past eight years membersof the congregation have given this tribute.This year it was felt that following the specialmemorial addresses by Dr. Norman Lamm,Dr. Emanuel Rackman and Prof. Elie Wiesel,itwould be fitting for Rabbi Haskel Looksteinto deliver a special tribute. The text of thattribute is printed elsewhere in this Bulletin.Report of Committee of Nominations

The President then called upon RichardE. Kobrin, a member of the NominatingCommittee, to present the report of thatcommittee, a report which was developed byNathan Salzman, Joseph Lorch and StevenGross, along with Mr. Kobrin.

Mr. Kobrin nominated Joseph Lorch, aformer Vice President of KJ and formerChairman of the Board of Trustees ofRamaz,and FannyWald, a cherished longtimememberof KJ who has been devoted to numerous

cwish causes throughout her life, as HonoraryTrustees.

Mr. Kobrin then indicated that TovaBulow, Dr. Norman Javitt and Stephen J. Kulecould no longer serve on the Board of Trusteesaecause they have completed the constitutionallimit of nine years on the Board. He thankedhem for their service. He also noted thathllian Brown Borenstein and Dr. Bernardhabakow have asked to be relieved of theesponsibility of serving as Trustees.

Mr. Kobrin then presented the followingor three year terms on the Board: Harvey\rfa, Dr. Adam Bender, Elias Buchwald, Dr..athalie Friedman, Sue Javitt, Harryleinhaus, Richard Kobrin, Armand

Lindenbaum, Herb Mehl, Sue Robins, IrwinShapiro, Sam Silverstein, and Israel Waldman.

The President called for a vote and theabove Trustees were elected unanimously.

Mr. Kobrin then indicated that theConstitution, in Article 5, Section 1, providesthat the Board of Trustees may, from time totime, elect other Officers besides President,Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. It isthe recommendation of the NominatingCommittee that a second Vice President anda Financial Secretary be added, as was the caselast year, and that a Gabbai also be added. Mr.Kobrin then nominated Irwin B. Robins as

Gabbai, Fred Distenfeld as Second VicePresident, and Stephen J. Kule as FinancialSecretary. He then nominated, further, DavidIxvy as Vice President, Dr. Gilbert N. Kahnas Secretary and Fred Baumgarten asTreasurer. All of these were electedunanimously.

Mr. Kobrin then thanked BenjaminBrown for his extraordinary service asPresident of the congregation and he placedin nomination the name of Stanley Gurewitschfor the office of President of the congregation.Mr. Gurewitsch was elected by acclamation.Presentation to Benjamin Brown

As his first act in office, Mr. Gurewitschexpressed the thanks of the congregation toBenjamin Brown for all that he has done forthis community and he expressed the hope thatBenjy would continue to serve KJ and itsmembers for many years to come. On behalfof the congregation he presented the outgoingPresident with a beautiful challah board,encased in a modern silver tray together witha lovely challah knife inscribed to Mr. Brownfrom his friends in the congregation.

Appointment of Associate TrusteesIn accordance with the provision of the

Constitution, Mr. Gurewitsch then nominated15 Associate Trustees to serve on the Board.They are: Neal Boyarsky, Francine Brown,Lionel Etra, Martine Fox, Ira Gober, RaeGurewitsch, Michael Jaspan, Jeffiey Kaufman,Barry Kluger, Yvonne Koppel, EdwardLukashok, George Rohr, Dr. Stephen Stowe,Ronald Tauber, and Burton L. Usdan.

Memorial to Departed MembersMr. Gurewitsch then called upon Rabbi

Lookstein to present brief memorials to thefollowing members of the congregation whopassed away since our last Annual Meeting:

Lou Bacon

Bertha Citron

Esther GreenbergPaula Herman

Jean KassoverWalter KoppelMelvin Lazarus

Lynette LevyJacob M. Miller

Annual Meeting of RamazMr. Gurewitsch then declared the 117th

Annual Meeting of the congregationadjourned and he called upon Steven Grossto preside over the Annual Meeting of theRamaz School. Mr. Gross called upon JosephLorch to present the report of the NominatingCommittee. Mr. Lorch nominated for fullterms on the Board of Ramaz Avrom Doft, Dr.Nathalie Friedman, Stephen J. Kule, JeanLindenbaum, Roanna Shorofsky, BarbaraZimet.

For Parent Trustees he nominated JudithHauptman Adesnik, Jacob Berman, JoanMeyers.

As Alumni Trustees he placed innomination the following names: Dr. TerryAnn Krulwich, Pamela Nash, Francine Gerber.

For Community Trustees, Mr. Grossnominated the following: Rabbi Neil Gillman,Pearl Hack, Joan Sadinoff Katz, Rabbi DalePolakoff, Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, RadineAbramson Spier.

All of the people nominated byMr. Lorchwere elected by the assemblage at which pointthe Annual Meeting of the Ramaz School wasadjourned.

Mr. Gurewitsch then called upon RabbiLookstein for a few closing remarks.

Rabbi Lookstein spoke about BenjaminBrown as an inspiring example of someonewho helped the synagogue to establish itselion the three pillars with which the Ethics ofthe Fathers opens: Torah, worship, and actsof charity.

He described Benjamin Brown as a persondevoted to the observance of Torah and its

study. He cited the outgoing President for hisconsistent attendance at Talmud shiurim

through the years. The Rabbi praised BenjyBrown for his extraordinary reliability as amember of the daily minyan. We never hada President, he said, who worshipped literallyevery day in the morning throughout histenure. We never had a President who was

more devoted to the synagogue in terms ofservice. No taskwas too light, no responsibilitywas too taxing.

Finally, as a practitioner of the art ofchesed, Benjy and his family have establishedan enviable record. Both he and Fran are

members of our chevra kadisha. They visiteveryone in the hospital. They are the first tocall for happy and sad occasions. They renderacts of kindness with their substance and their

persons. They arewonderful examples worthyof-emulation.

The Rabbi expressed the hope that Benjybe able to continue to work in behalf of theJewish community in other positions ofleadership and as a supportingmember of thecongregation. He then invited everyone to jointogether, in the Social Hall for a collation anda social hour.

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Within Our FamilybirthsMazel tov toMr. andMrs. Samuel Feder on

the birth of a great-granddaughter, Amanda,to their grandchildren, Nancy and JackMarkovitch.Mazel tov to Mrs. Eleanor Friedman on the

birth of a grandson, Moshe Pesach to herchildren, Samuel and Debbie Friedman.Mazel tov to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Halper

on the birth of a granddaughter, Lea Aviva totheir children, Deborah and Mark Giddins.Similar good wishes to the proud great-grandmother, Mrs. Samuel Lukashok.Mazel tov to Debbie and Warren

Hammerschlag on the birth of a son, DanielAron. Similar good wishes to the proudgrandparents, our Trustee and his wife, Mr.and Mrs. Irwin Shapiro and the delightedgreat-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. SamuelFeder.Mazel tov to Faiga and Michael Joseph on

the birth of a son. We again express similargood wishes to the proud great-grandparents,Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Feder.Mazel tov to Prof, andMrs. Abraham Katsh

on the birth of a grandson, Emmett Reuvento their children Mr. and Mrs. Salem Katsh.Mazel tov to our Trustee and his wife, Mr.

and Mrs. Ed Low on the birth of a grandson,Andrew Judah to their children, Debbie andMichael Doppelt.Mazel tov toRhonda and Jeffrey Luxenberg

on the birth of a son, Alexander Brett. Similargood wishes to the proud grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. Leonard Smokier and the delightedgreat-grandmother, Mrs. Lola Gross.Alexander, who is a fourth generationmemberof KJ, is named in loving memory of hismaternal great-grandfather, Alexander Gross,who was a Trustee of the congregation.Mazel tov to Rochelle and EugeneMajor on

the birth of a son, Kalman Calev. Similargoodwishes to the proud grandparents, Dr. andMrs. William Major.Mazel tov to our Trustee and his wife, Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Mehl on the birth of a

grandson, Brian Samuel to their children, Evaand Danny Hoenig.Mazel tov to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Miller on

the arrival of a grandson, Jonathan Ross totheir children, Robert Miller and Sara LeeKessler.Mazel tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Mayer

Moskowitz on the birth of a granddaughter,Michael Gabriella to their children, Tammyand Steven Wagner.Mazel tov to our Trustee and his wife,

George and Pamela Rohr, on thebirth of a son,Alexander Meir. Similar good wishes to theproud grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nash.Mazel tov to Elaine and Dore Schreibman

on the arrival of a son, Jake Aaron.Mazel tov to Caroline and David Schwarcz

on the birth of a son, M. Marlin.Mazel tov to Jill and Daniel Wohlfarth on

the birth of a daughter, Lea Alexandra.Mazel tov to Dina and Chaim Zlotogorski

on the birth of a son, Yehoshua Shlomo.Similar good wishes to the proudgrandparents, Mr. and Mrs. MorrisWyszogrod.

BAR MITZVAH

Joshua Charles SchwalbeMazel tov toMr. and Mrs. Robert Schwalbe

on the BarMitzvah of their son, Joshua Charleswhich took place on Saturday, June 24, inCongregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood,New Jersey. Joshua read the weekly portionof Behaalotcha and the Haftorah.Joshua will enter the eighth grade in the

Moriah Hebrew Day School in Englewood,New Jersey, in the fall and will continue hishigh school studies at the Ramaz UpperSchool.Bar MitzvahMazel tov to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey

Zuckerman on the Bar Mitzvah of theirgrandson, Yehuda Keri, which took place onSaturday, June 24, in Columbus, Ohio.ENGAGEMENTSMazel tov to our Trustee and his wife, Mr.

and Mrs. Elias Buchwald, on the engagementof their daughter, Gena Golder to David Stern.Mazel tov to David Leitman on his

engagement to Chagit Baruch of Israel.CONDOLENCESOur condolences toRoslyn Friedman upon

the passing of her beloved father, Louis Brauer.Our condolences to Tobin Kohane upon the

passing of his beloved father, SolomonKohane.Our condolences to Jack Lefkowitz upon the

passing of his brother, David Lefkowitz.PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTSWe are pleased to announce that Alvin H.

Broome has been elected to the Board ofDirectors of the New York State Trial LawyersAssociation.We congratulate Dr. Seymour Cohen on his

election to the Presidency ofNew York CancerSociety and the New York State Society ofMedical Oncologists and Hematologists.We congratulateMargo Feiden Cohen on the

publication ofher book, "Margo Feiden's TheCalorie Factor".We are pleased to congratulate M. Ethan

Katsh, son of Prof, andMrs. Abraham Katshand a graduate of Ramaz and Professor of Lawat theUniversity ofMassachusetts inAmherst,on the publication of his book 'The ElectronicMedia and the Transformation of Law",dedicated to his parents.PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENTCongratulations to Drs. Daniel Coleman

Javitt and Reba Kizner, who have becomediplomates of their respective specialty boards,Psychiatry and Otolaryngology. Daniel is aclinical fellow at the Albert Einstein Collegeof Medicine and Reba is a member of the

Manhattan Medical Group of H.I.P.Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Chaim

Javitt on becoming a diplomate of theAmerican Board of Ophthalmology. He scurrently an instructor in ophthalmology £ ttheWilmer Eye Institute of the Johns HopkinsUniversity School of Medicine.Congratulations toDr. Marcia Javitt on her

appointment as Associate Professor inRadiology and Head of Abdominal Imagingat the GeorgeWashington UniversityMedia 1Center in Washington, D.C.Similar congratulations to Dr. and Mrs.

Norman Javitt on the achievements of thei"children.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONWe are pleased to commend our'member

StevenHaft, son-in-law ofMr. and Mrs. Mak:Birnbach, on his producership of the newpopular movie, "Dead Poets Society."We are pleased to announce that Dr. Richarc

Dubin was recently elected a Fellow of theAmerican College of Gastroenterology.We congratulate Dr. Marrick L. Kukin on

his election to Fellowship in the AmericanCollege of Cardiology. Dr. Kukin is a graduateof Princeton University and the University ofPittsburgh School of Medicine. He is currentlyan instructor in medicine at the Mount SinaiMedical Center in New York.Mazel tov to Jaclyn K. Leifert upon her

Award of Special Commendation by theUnited Jewish Community of Bergen Countyin recognition of more than a decade ofdedicated teaching and outstanding service toYavneh Academy in Paramus, New Jersey.Jackie previously taught at Ramaz.We congratulate Dr. Andrea P. Thau (Mrs.

John R. Lieberman) on her induction as a

Fellow of the American Academy ofOptometry. She also presented two researchpapers at the annual national meeting held inColumbus, Ohio. Dr. Thau is currently anexecutive board member of the New YorkAcademy ofOptometry and a Chairperson ofthe New York State Optometric Association.An assistant professor at the State College ofOptometry, she is also in private practice onPark Avenue.RULES TO BE HONOREDWe are proud to extend a mazel tov to our

Financial Secretary and Mrs. Stephen J. Kuleupon their selection as guests of honor at theFortieth Annual Dinner Dance of the JewishCenter of Atlantic Beach.The event will take place on Sunday

evening, August 20. We commend the JewishCenter of Atlantic Beach on its selection ofWilma and Steve and are certain the dinnerwill be an outstanding success.DAVID LEVY HONOREDWe are proud to extend a mazel tov to Vice

President David Levy upon his being honoredby the Karlin Stolin Yeshivos of Jerusalem andBrooklyn.He was the recipient of the distinguished

Chesed and Yeshiva Award. May he continueto merit such accolades for his service to theJewish community.

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MR. AND MRS.JOSEPH LORCH CELEBRATE

50th ANNIVERSARYA hearty mazel tov to Joseph and Hannah

Lorch upon the occasion of their forthcoming50th anniversary to be celebrated on July 3.Joseph Lorch has served our community and

the broader Jewish community in many, manyways including as Vice President of thecongregation and Chairman of the Board ofRamaz School .

Our entire community is grateful for thework that the Ixirches have done over the yearsand wish them well formany, many more yearsof happiness together.

HON. JEROME HORNBLASSCHOSEN AS PRESIDENT

OF KIRUVWe are pleased to announce that the new

President of Kiruv, the outreach organizationsponsored by the Max Stern Division ofCommunal Services of Yeshiva University, isour own member, Hon. JeromeHornblass. Heis joined by several other members of thecongregation as Officers of the organization:Fred Schwartzberg as Treasurer, and Ephraimand Gail Propp as Program Consultants. Wewish the new administration of Kiruv greatsuccess in their outreach work to young Jewson the college campuses.

WITHIN OUR FAMILY(continued from page 8)

COMMUNAL HONORS

Congratulations to our Esteemed FormerTrustee, Dr. Bernard Kabakow, upon hisdesignation as a guest of honor at a dinner heldby the Physicians Division of the UJA-Federation in New York. We are happy thatDr. Kabakow who has done so much for UJA,for Soviet Jewry and formany causes has beenhonored by his peers in this manner.

COMMUNAL SERVICE

Congratulations to Audrey Lookstein andNechi Shudofsky upon their re-election for asecond term as National Vice Presidents ofAmit Women. We wish them much success andfulfillment in their work in behalf of thisimportant organization.We recognize Binny Shalev, son of Dr. and

Mrs. Noam Shudofsky on his appointment asAssistant Director of the Gesher Foundationin Jerusalem. Binny lives with hiswifeMiriamand their three sons in Mitzpeh Hoshaya inthe Galil.

COMMUNAL NOTEWe are proud to note that our Honorary

Trustee, Mrs. Fanny Wald has endowed aJudaic Theme Essay Contest at New YorkUniversity's Jewish Cultural Foundationin inhonor of our devoted member and JCFFounder, Professor Abraham I. Katsh.

FROMOURBULLETINBOARDON 85th STREET

DASHEVSKY DENIEDEXIT VISA

We are saddened to note that VladimirDashevsky continues to be denied an exit visafor the purpose of emigrating to Israel. It isnow more than ten years since March, 1979,when Dashevsky was first refused permissionto leave the Soviet Union.A fifty-one year old astrophysicist,

Dashevsky's family includes his wife, Tatiana,who is thirty-one and their two sons, Shmuelwho is eight, Daniel who is seven and theirdaughter, Tamar who turned two this month.Zev and his family wish to be reunited with

his daughter, Irina and her husband, KaraIvanov, who have been in Israel since 1987.

THE STORYVladimir Dashevsky worked formany years

in research at the Institute of TerrestrialMagnetism. Immediately after applying for anexit visa in 1977, he was forced to give up hisprestigious position there and since then hasbeen earning a living tutoring high schoolstudents in physics.Two years after his application was

submitted, he was refused on the grounds thathe possessed state secrets, though he had neverhad access to classified information. Later thisreason was dropped and the family receivedanother refusal based on the grounds thatTatiana's parents refused to give their daughterpermission to leave the USSR.Dashevsky's broad intellectual interest

brought him to the study of general philosophythrough which he read the works of MartinBuber, five of whose books he translated intoRussian. Dashevsky then became interested inhis own Jewish background. He taught himselfHebrew and began studying texts in theiroriginal. He became an observant Jew andhelped a large group of young Jews to studytheir language and heritage.Anyonewho may be travelling to the Soviet

Union and who may wish further informationshould contact the synagogue office.

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KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETINCONGREGATION

KEHILATH JESHURUN125 East 85th StreetNew York, NY. 10028

HA 7-1000

Synagogue OfficialsJoseph H Lookstein .

1923-1979

Rabbi

Dr. Haskel Lookstein .

Rabbi

Steven Cohen .Assistant Rabbi

Michael D. Gartenberg Assistant RabbiAvrum Davis Cantor

Israel D. Rosenberg Ritual Director

Robert J. Leifert Executive Director

Officers of the CongregationStanley Gurewitsch President

David Levy Vice-President

Fred Disfenfeld Second Vice-PresidentDr. Gilbert N. Kahn SecretaryFrederic H. Baumgarten . . Treasurer

Stephen J. Kule Financial SecretaryDede Alpert Pres. Sisterhood

Asher Levitsky Pres. Men's ClubRoberta Baumgarten Pres. Couples ClubDr. Rosalind Levine Pres. Couples Club

Past Presidents

Benjamin Brown Samuel Eisenstat Nathan SalzmanOffice Staff

Florence Cohen Chani Wolk Elena Golan

Hattie Murphy BookkeeperRudy Arjune Superintendent

SUMMER SCHEDULE OF SERVICESWeekday mornings 7:30 A.M.Monday, Thursday and Rosh Chodesh Weekdays 7:15 A.M.Sunday mornings 8:30 A.M.Sabbath mornings 9:00 A.M.Evenings (Except Saturday) 6:45 RM.Friday evenings 6:45 P.M.

SABBATH SCHEDULE

Lightingof Candles

JUNE30-July 1 Shelach „

JULY7-8 Korach 8:1214-15 Chukat-Balak21-22 Pinchas28-29 Matot-Masei 7:58

AUGUST4-5 Devarim (Shabbat Chazon) 7:5011-12 Vaetchanan (Shabbat Nachamu) . 7:4218-19 Ekev 7:3225-26 Re'eh 7:22

SEPTEMBER1-2 Shoftim

SaturdayAfternoonServices

7:11 7:20

6:59 7:10

6:48 7:00

6:36 6:45

SabbathSabbathEnds

8:13 8:20 9:14

.8:12 8:20 9:13

.8:09 8:20 9:09

.8:04 8:15 9:00

7-58 8:10 8:54

7:50 8:00 8:48

.7:42 7:50 8:38

.7:32 7:40 8:26

.7:22 7:30 8:17

8:067:53

7:40

7:28

DATES TO REMEMBER

SATURDAY, JULY 1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 10

Blessing for the month of Tamuz Tisha BAv (morning services at 7:00 A.M.MONDAY, JULY 3 and with reading of lamentations)TUESDAY, JULY 4 Evening services at 7:45 P.M.

Rosh Chodesh Tamuz SATURDAY, AUGUST 26Services Monday morning at 7:15 A.M. Blessing for the month of Elul

Tuesday morning at 8:30 A.M. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 andTHURSDAY, JULY 20 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1Fast of the 17 of Tamuz Rosh Chodesh Elul

Morning services at 7:00 A.M. Morning services at 7:15 A.M.SATURDAY, JULY 29 SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23

Blessing for the month of Av The first Selichot at 10:00 P.M.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

Rosh Chodesh Av Erev Rosh HashanahMorning services at 7:15 A.M.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9

Tisha BAv eve

Mincha services at 7:45 P.M.followed by Ma'ariv and

reading of Eicha