L’ Chaim! Federation: 940-6001 Issue No. 11 July 2005 · 2016. 2. 20. · L’ CHAIM PROFILE Page 4 News & Chailights of The Greater Altoona Jewish Community L’ Chaim! Name: Len

L’ Chaim!News & “Chailights” of The Greater Altoona Jewish Community

July 2005

Issue No. 11

Federation: 940-6001

E-mail:

[email protected]

Schneider

serving

in Iraq

The Altoona JewishCommunity is representedin Iraq.

Adam Schneider, a2002 graduate ofHollidaysburg Area HighSchool, hasbeen serv-ing the U.S.Army sinceDecember.He wasdeployed inJanuary.

A d a mis the son ofBen and Cathy Schneiderof Duncansville.

The community hasbeen sending Adam carepackages. He has relayedhis appreciation throughcorrespondence to his fam-ily and in a recent E-mailto Agudath Achim RabbiAmmos Chorny.

“I am good, and I amstaying safe,” he wrote. “Imiss you all.”

The entire Jewishcommunity’s thoughts andprayers with Adam and hisfamily.

For anyone wishing towrite to Adam, his addressis:

SPC Benjamin A.Schneider 1225thCSB/818th Maint COQ-West Base ComplexAPO, AE 09334.

Brothers Michael (left) and Sam Scheinberg share a light moment with their

cousin, Ruth Ann Rosend. For L’Chaim’s “Smile for the Camera feature,” please

see Pages 6-7.

Schneider

Kivitzes to host picnic Aug. 28The Federation will hold its

fourth annual late summer familybarbeque/pool party at the homeof Vicki and Alan Kivitz onSunday, August 28.

The picnic, which will runfrom 3-7 p.m., has become a tra-dition and a nice way to celebratethe end of summer.

“We always have a greatturnout and a lot of fun at thepool party, and the Federationthanks the Kivitz family for invit-ing us this year,” FederationExecutive Director Bill Wallensaid.

In previous years, this event

has been hosted by Phyllis andBruce Thaler, Kathy and EdHenderson and Michael Tomorand Tom Trexler.

Each year the numberattending has increased with wellover 100 joining us last year.

“We’re small enough of acommunity that we can still holdthe event at somebody’s homebut big enough that we trulyappreciate the hospitality of theKivitz family and those whohave hosted previous picnics,”Wallen said.

There will be swimming, apicnic dinner and fun for all ages.

The Federation will alsohold a brief installation of its newofficers, including incomingpresident Michael Tomor.Mark your calendars now!

Call 940-6001 to RSVP orE-mail to at [email protected]

Vicki and Alan Kivitz

L’ Chaim!Page 2 News & “Chailights” of The Greater Altoona Jewish Community

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Around the communityBy Bill Wallen

Comings and goingsWe are happy to welcome Alan and

Vicki Liss to Altoona. They are newmembers of Temple Beth Israel. Alan wasborn and raised in Jersey City (you can’tmiss the accent) where he was a Yeshivaboucher.

Vicki is from Bellwood. They arenewlyweds, having just celebrated theirsecond wedding anniversary. Alan hasalways been involved with sales and cur-rently works with Mike Rosen at ValueCity Furniture. He has a special interest inworking with youth and has volunteeredas a coach and with Boys Club. Vicki andAlan look forward to meeting all of us.

Our community sends our best wish-es with Helen and Jack Edelman, whowill be moving to Chico, Calif., wherethey will be closer to their son, Sam, andhis family. Helen (Cazen) and Jack areboth Altoona natives. Jack moved to Mt.Vernon, N.Y. as a boy and returned homewhen he and Helen married.

They are both retired. Jack worked atSky Brothers and Imler’s and Helen atthe DPW, County Board of Assistance.All of their friends will miss them.Mazel Tov

The Blair County Chamber ofCommerce honored Don Devorris on

May 2 with the 2005Lifetime Achievement forBusiness Advocacy Award.

At the dinner, alongwith his many achieve-ments, it was noted that healways keeps his prioritiesin order. “His faith, hisfamily and his community

have been the unwaveringtop three,” his son, Philip said.

Our Federation appreciates Don’slifetime of service to the Jewish and gen-eral community and joins in congratulat-ing him.

The Jewish National Fund presentedthe Tree of Life award to Senator BobJubelirer at a special dinner on May 19 inPhiladelphia. The record-setting amountof money raised for this event will gotoward the Robert and Renee JubelirerPlayground and Shelter in the NegevDesert. It will serve more than 120 chil-

dren in the rapidly-growing community ofSansana in the northern Negev.

Greg Morris was the 2005 recipientof the NAACP 2005 Community ServiceAward in grateful appreciation for his con-tinuing support, loyalty and dedication tothe community. The award was presentedat the Freedom Fund dinner on April 30,2005. Good work, Greg!

Yasher Koach to Joel Hollander, whois the new Board Presidentat Agudath AchimCongregation. MadelynGreenberg continues asSisterhood President. AtTemple Beth Israel, MikeRosen enters his secondyear as Board Presidentand Karen Allen andAnnette Shaw areSisterhood Presidents.Thank you

Special thanks to Barry Newbornand The Book Store for donating DVDsand VHS tapes for the Film Festival.Barry has also contributed other films ofJewish interest. The Federation has agrowing collection of videos. They areavailable to borrow. Contact the office fora list of resources.Subscribe to Hayom

The third issue of this Jewish lifestyle

magazine has just been published. Thefirst two issues were distributed by theFederation at no charge.

Beginning with this issue, the maga-zine will be mailed to subscribers only.Some of the articles in this editioninclude: Jews with tattoos, current Jewishmusic and Hilel and Chabad in StateCollege. For subscriptions or advertising,contact King Publishing at 1-800-507-1222.Way Off Broadway

Did you know that – “There’s Troublein River City?” It begins with T andrhymes with P – and that means Port. NeilPort plays the mayor of River City and iskeeping his eye on Professor Harold Hillin the Cresson Lake Playhouse productionof the Music Man from Aug. 4–20.

Don’t miss Mayor Neil, Marian theLibrarian, 76 trombones and the magic ofthis wonderful show. For information andtickets, call 886-5290.Hot off the presses

Mazel Tov to Heidi Housman andDeva Solomon, who were married on July17, at Agudath Achim Congregation. The

couple are both May grad-uates of West VirginiaUniversity and will returnthere in the fall for gradu-ate work – Heidi in Speechand Language and Deva inLaw School.

Heidi is the daughter ofJan and Jack Housman

and the granddaughter of Hilda and JoeLurie.

Mazel Tov to our former FederationDirector and a friend to all in the commu-nity, Reva Schulman, on her engagementto Gary Feldman. Reva will be movingto Harrisburg, where shewill become the campaigndirector of theirFederation.

She currently is theExecutive Director ofTemple Emanuel of SouthHills in Pittsburgh.Tentative plans are for awedding in the spring of2006.

Devorris

Hollander

Housman

Schulman

Greg Morris was honored recently

by the NAACP.

L’Chaim!is published twice annually by

The Greater Altoona Jewish

Federation.

Editor: Neil Rudel

Conscience: Bill Wallen

Photographers: Henry Weinberg, Rabbi

Ammos Chorny and Carolyn Wallen

Articles should be submitted to the

Federation at 940-6001, Fax 940-6002,

or e-mailed to [email protected]

Suggestions and feedback are welcome.

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PSU president Spanier

leading mission to IsraelA UJC Central PA mission to Israel

will be led by Dr. Graham Spanier, PennState University president, June 11-19,2006.

Missions are travel experiencesunlike any other. They deliver exciting

adventures, and culturaldiscoveries. They offer youexclusive, insider access toresidents, community lead-ers, area experts and politi-cal personalities.

Yet a UJC mission issomething much deeper.

What makes each Missiontruly unique is its sense of purpose, guar-anteeing our travelers a heightened appre-ciation and connection to their Jewishidentity.

Our goal is to create travel experi-ences imbued with meaning, giving ourparticipants the chance to visit with mem-bers of their extended Jewish family andto come face to face with the shared her-itage, traditions and values that unite usall.

Mission participants are sure to comeaway with a newfound understanding ofwhere we’ve been as well as a vision of

where we’re headed. This is a very special opportunity to

visit Israel with people from our area.Details to follow soon.

Those visiting Israel never miss The

Wailing Wall.

Calendar

of events

August 14 Tisha B’Av

August 28 Annual Picnic

at the home of

Vicki & Alan

Kivitz

September 11 Bus trip to

Jewish Baltimore

September 18 Opening session

of Altoona Jewish

Community

Sunday school,

10 a.m. – noon,

Agudath Achim

Congregation

October 3 Erev Rosh

Hashanah

October 4-5 Rosh Hashanah

October 12 Kol Nidrei

October 13 Yom Kippur

Upcoming B’nai Mitzvah

September 17 Leah Schneider

9:30 a.m.

Agudath Achim

Congregation

Spanier

L’ CHAIM PROFILE


Name: Len Zimmerman

Address: 895 Greenway Drive, Altoona

Family: Wife Bonnie, daughter Ilissa, who is an attorney inAltoona and son Josh, who is a physician in Scotch Plains,N.J., Len and Bonnie are the grandparents of five, includ-ing Ginger and Grant Glass of Altoona and Allison, Kellyand Jeremy Zimmerman of Scotch Plains.

Education: AAHS (1950), Bucknell (1954), University ofPittsburgh (1958) Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. (1959-62)

Occupation: Physician

Interests: Family, reading, travel and sports (both as aspectator and participant).

Congregation: The Zimmermans are members at bothTemple Beth Israel and Agudath Achim Congregation.

First memories of being Jewish include: Len was born inBrooklyn and lived in a neighborhood where everyone wasJewish until he was 14 years old. “The next neighborhoodwas Italian, and it was about 20 blocks away. We were toldnot to venture there alone, to always go with a group. Thesame people who told us that would complain aboutItalians who came into our area. Seders were very long –they seemed even longer to us as kids – but we sat quietlyat the end of the table and compared matzoh balls made byone grandmother vs. those made by the other.”

Our strongest Jewish influence at an early age was: Mygrandparents.

We’ve been to Israel: Yes. We traveled to Israel about 10years ago with Joe and Pat Silverman as part of a physi-cians group. It was a great experience! We traveledthroughout the whole country and visited Elot, Tel Aviv,Massada and of course, Jerusalem. “We felt a great sense ofhistory walking in the same streets in Jerusalem wherethousands of years ago David and Solomon had been.”

Activities/responsibilities in the Jewish Community: Iserved as president and board member at Temple BethIsrael, and I also served as president of the JewishMemorial Center.

In our Jewish community, I am most proud of: Theaccomplishments of its members in the business and pro-fessional community and the arts. Giving the relativelysmall numbers, the contribution has been outstanding. Ishould also mention there has been strong leadership inphilanthropy.

My vision (hope) for our Jewish community includes: Iwould like to see a coming together of the entire Jewishcommunity to spread its Yiddishkeit among all its mem-bers, both young and old. I would also like a strong Templeand Synagogue so each may worship according to his ownpersonal beliefs.

Zimmermans are proud of community

Len and Bonnie Zimmerman often travel the world,

but they love their life in Altoona.


PERSPECTIVE

Cuban experience enlighteningBy Norma Sevel

If Stanley Cohen of Pittsburgh hadn’treturned from a visit to Cuba 10 years agowith a deep sense of Tikkun Olam, the B’naiB’rith Cuban Jewish Relief Project mightnever have been born.

Through his efforts, from 1995 to thepresent, much has improved in the life of theCuban Jewish community.

A notice in the Pittsburgh/Ohio B’naiB’rith newsletter about the project, now inits 10th year, piqued my interest. After a fewcalls, I decided that this trip held a real focusfor me. The purpose, as it was for the other13 members from all over the country, washumanitarian – a chance to visit the Jewishcommunity, deliver aid and learn about lifein Cuba.

Each participant was required to bring14 pounds of supplies ranging from over-the-counter medicines, medical supplies tospiritual and personal support items such asJudaica, new clothes, toothbrushes, tooth-paste, pens, pencils, paper, etc. Indeed, thiswas a heavy load!

From 15,000 Jews before theRevolution, there are now only 1500, mostof whom live in Havana, the others inAenfuegos and Santa Clara. The B’naiB’rith missions contribute support with bothsupplies and funds. The funds, which comefrom the U.S. through Canada, supplementthe small government allowances theyreceive as well as helping to repair the threesynagogues, maintain (as well as they can),the two cemeteries and other communityneeds.

On our arrival in Cuba, after a frustrat-ing two-hour wait getting through CubanCustoms, we were driven in our beautiful,comfortable bus for the week to the BethShalom Synagogue and the Patronato AKAthe Jewish Community Center. There wemet with the president of the Jewish com-munity, Dr. Jose Miller, and the vice presi-dent, Adela Devorin, who reported that mostof their ancestors came from Turkey, Syria,Spain, Russia and Poland.

Today’s Jews in Cuba are or were pro-fessionals or government employees whoearn a small salary to supplement the verysmall government grant. Education is freefrom pre-school through graduate schools.Health care is provided for all as are thebasic food necessities for which governmentration books are a must.

The majority of our supplies weredelivered to the pharmacy and the remain-der repacked for delivery to our people fur-ther down the island. As a group, we attend-ed Friday night services which were inter-esting, even though they were conducted inSpanish and Hebrew.

A wonderful feeling of family andJewishness pervaded the sanctuary, and wewere greeted with open arms. We met thecongregation members both at the oneg andthe post-Saturday morning services lunch,which is free each week. They were as curi-ous about us as we were about them. Eventhe language barrier didn’t deter our com-

municating because hugs, smiles and hand-shakes and pats on the back said it all.As a community, Cuba supports senior andyouth groups an active B’nai B’rithMaimonides Chapter as well as men andwomen’s groups and even Hadassah.Through our new friends, we learned theJewish community on the whole is poor, butthere is no misery. Their active Jewish lifemakes them proud and enthusiastic andtheir profound feeling for Judaism is obvi-ous. They display all forms of Judaica intheir homes from menorahs to mezuzahs,Sabbath candles and candlesticks, book andwine goblets.

In a non-religious state, the youngJewish people are being educated for life,learning tradition, customs and prayers. It isthought by some that the practice ofJudaism is accepted because Castro himselfmight have Jewish blood — an interestingthought!

There are many conversions that cantake years to complete because there is nopermanent Rabbi. Each synagogue does itsown thing, so to speak, but there is an over-all committee to approve suggestions, pro-posals and Sunday School curriculum.

I want to thank the members of ourJewish community who supplied the itemsthat I carried with me and to relay to youwords of gratitude from our Cuban friends.

Also, a word of thanks to Neil Rudel,Bill Wallen and the Federation for their sup-port. It was deeply appreciated. I had a verymemorable and enjoyable experience.

Anyone interested in participating in aB’nai B’rith Cuban Relief Mission can callme at 942-7435 or Lynne Feinberg, ourgroup leader, or Stanley Cohen, internation-al chairman, B’nai B’rith Cuban JewishRelief Project at (412) 521-2390 or bbre-lief@earthlink net.

Norma Sevel wasn’t too busy inCuba to mug for the camera.

Take a trip with B’nai B’rithB’nai B’rith’s Cuban Jewish

Relief Projects travels to the islandnation periodically during each year.

Each mission allows participantsto personally deliver humanitariansupplies to members of the CubanJewish community and experience an

unsurpassed week in a powerful set-ting.

Additionally, the Project sendshumanitarian relief through the year.Project Chair Stanley. Cohen, whoregularly visits Cuba, leads each mis-sion.


From left: Samantha Bilofsky, Sophira Morris and Sidney Glass.

Smile for the camera: The Jewish community in focus

Ian Bilofsky maintains his

family’s proud tradition of

cross-dressing.

Carly Port (right) and Ginger Glass

are ready for a trip to Dom Pablo’s.

Ruth Vanderglas joins Rabbi Burt

Schubob.

From left: Phyllis Thaler, Sue Katz, Michelle

Schmidt at the Super bowl party.

Ava Kline befriends a

stuffed animal.

Paula Binus (left) and her

sister, Sue.


From left: Samantha Bilofsky, Sophira Morris and Sidney Glass.

Smile for the camera: The Jewish community in focus

From left: Phil, Izzy and Roz Sky.

L’Chaim researchers are checking to see if Sarah Lipitz

is distantly related to Richard Nixon.

Arielle Port gets some encouragement from

teacher Brent Pielmeier during the Maccabean

Games.

Mandy Belle Sky was one of the many

princesses at the Purim Carnival.

From left: Phyllis Thaler, Sue Katz, Michelle

Schmidt at the Super bowl party. From left: Ben Scheinberg, Scott Cohen,

David Katz.

L’CHAIM MILESTONES

Weddings

Scott Marlowe and Sue Croft,

May 7, 2005

B’nai Mitzvah

Alex Primack, April 16, 2005

Asher Kline, May 28, 2005

Allison Cohen, June 4, 2005

Dana Holliday, June 11, 2005

high sChool graduation

altoona

Emily Benjamin

Jason Kivitz

Brian Thaler

hollidaysBurg

Erin Allen

David Kivitz

Matthew Kivitz

Daniel Chorny

Annie Schneider

Caitlyn Williamson

CaMden Military aCadeMy

Rick Evan Rosenthal

College graduation

Heidi Housman, daughter of Jan

and Jack Housman, graduated

from WVA with a degree in

Speech Pathology and Audiology.

Nicole Hollander, daughter of

Barbara and Joel Hollander,

received a degree from George

Washington University.

CondolenCes to

Lynn and Mike Rosen on the

death of Mike’s mother Gloria.

Dianne and Neil Rudel on the

death of Dianne’s grandmother,

Josephine DeLeo.

Ethel Fried, Bess Lang and the

Kline family on the death of their

sister and aunt, Ann Kline Gilbert.

Harry Hansel on the loss of his

son-in-law Simon Perlman.


TRIBUTE

We also remember...

Rosch led generously

So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now part of us, as we remember them

Dr. Julius C. Rosch, 85 died May 9,2005 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Even thoughJules and his wife, Annette, lived in Florida

for the past 12 years, he isremembered with love by hisfamily, many friends and for-mer patients in Altoona andBellwood.

Jules was a native ofAltoona who went toPhiladelphia for medicalschool and then returned

here to treat patients in his home area formany years. He was the only physician inBellwood from 1947-53. He then receivedtraining in internal medicine and cardiologyand served the Altoona area until his retire-ment in 1991.

He brought Dr. Bernie Kron to Altoona

to practice with him.Jules was a true citizen of the commu-

nity and volunteered his time generously inthe Jewish and general community. He lovedJudaism and served as a Gabbai as well asBoard President at Agudath AchimCongregation.

Dr. Rosch was a member of the ChevraKaddisha, and led the rebuilding of the syn-agogue chapel.

He was equally active in the communi-ty with Blair Civic Music and the AltoonaLibrary as well as the Federation and JMCboards. He became active in his synagoguein St. Petersburg and was a volunteer forHabitat for Humanity.

Jules was a loving husband, father,grandfather, physician and friend and will besadly missed by all.

Rosch

Ruth Freeman Karp, 88, died on May13, 2005. Ruth was an Altoona native whotaught English to thousands of junior highstudents at Roosevelt during her 34 years ofteaching. After retiring in 1981, she was aloyal volunteer for the Altoona Hospital andthe American Cancer Society. She was adevoted wife to “Swifty” for over 41 yearsuntil his death in 1983 and a loving motherto their son Ardie.

Ruth is remembered with love byArdie, her sister Eleanor, family membersand friends.

Jack “Smitty” Schmitt, 80, died onApril 4, 2005. Jack was one of the threeSchmitt brothers who were born and grewup in Altoona. (Bernie now lives inHuntingdon and Irv, of blessed memory, isdeceased.)

Jack was an honored and decorated vet-eran of WWII and participated in the D Dayinvasion. He returned to Altoona after thewar and began his 47-year career withAutomotive Supply Co. He married the loveof his life, Elva, in 1952. In their over 52years of marriage, they had two children,Jackie and Jay and two grandchildren.

Jack was an active and loyal member ofAgudath Achim Synagogue and was activein playing and coaching sports in the com-munity.

Pat Adelson Park, 71, died on January

10, 2005. She was born in York, PA, butmade our area her home for her whole adultlife. Pat was active and well known in theJewish and general community for her workand volunteer activities. She helped count-less young couples begin their lives togeth-er as a bridal consultant for JC Penney’s. Patalso helped assure quality daycare servicesfor children as one of the founders and earlyboard members of Daycare Services ofBlair County. She was a loyal member ofAgudath Achim Synagogue and looked for-ward to celebrating the 50th anniversary ofher conversion to Judaism this year.

Pat was married twice, first to AbeAdelson and later to Sam Park; both aredeceased. She is sadly missed by childrenAmos and Peggy and their families, as wellas her niece Anna Paikin, nephews Sam andHarold Kaplan and by many friends.

Dr. Samuel Cohen, 87, died on June21, 2005. Along with his wife, Beverly, andtheir children, Sam moved to Hollidaysburgfrom New York City in 1961. He practicedOptometry there until his retirement in1988. He was a fixture on Allegheny Street.The family were members of AgudathAchim Congregation and Sam was active inCivic organizations. Upon his retirement,Sam and Beverly moved to Georgia. He isremembered and missed by his family andmany friends in our community.


SUNDAY SCHOOL

By Mark ThalerAs part of my Jewish education

requirements in this community, Iattend Sunday School during the reg-ular school year. When I wasyounger, I went to make crafts, seemy friends and talk about the Jewishholidays. But as time went on andthe years progressed, the idea ofschool on Sunday became moretedious.

Having just completed my firstyear at Hollidaysburg Junior HighSchool, it didn’t take me long to real-ize that getting up for school eachmorning at 6:15a.m. was not fun.Completing the many homeworkassignments was about as equallyentertaining. By Friday afternoon Iwas looking forward to chilling out,sleeping in and hanging out with myfriends. Just one catch…SundaySchool…Oy Vay!

Every Sunday, as much as Iprotested, I would find myself in thecar at 9:45 on my way to SundaySchool. As much as I sound like I’m slamming Sunday School, Iwouldn’t give it up for anything. Even though we talk about thesame holidays each year and the same Ten Commandments, itseems as though we delve into deeper meanings. I can rememberlong class discussions about “loving your neighbor as yourself.”

Early on in my education, Iwould have said it’s nothing morethan the golden rule.

Now after many Sundaymorning talks, I understand thatthose five words can mean a lotmore. I find myself thinking aboutdeeper meanings and realize thatthis is what it must have been likefor our sages as they read over eachand every passage of our holybooks.

Sunday School has other ben-efits. There is something nice aboutspending two hours with justJewish kids talking about Jewishissues. I am fortunate to have manyJewish friends in public school.But, when we come together onSunday mornings, we connect on amuch deeper level.

Yes, it is a struggle to wake upeach Sunday and head off toSunday School, but it is well worththe while. Learning about currentJewish events and those that hap-

pened thousands of years ago helps me feel connected with mypeople. We are a people with a deep commitment to educating ourchildren about Jewish history, torah and traditions.

After eight years of Sunday School, I am beginning to feel thesame way.

A familiar face has left Temple BethIsrael.

Long-time secretary Barbara Woods,who served the Temple for 20 years, hasretired, this time for good.

“I’m going to miss all of the friendsthat I have made in the Jewish community.Many of you have become members of myfamily,” she said. “I’ve really enjoyed mymany years at the Temple getting to knowso many people in the Jewish community.”

TBI leadership knows Barbara leavesa significant void.

“Barbara has meant so much toTemple Beth Israel,” Temple presidentMike Rosen said. “She is without a doubtthe glue that held the Temple together formany years. She is a friend to many and aright arm to others. She has helped meevery step of the way. We wish her a very

happy and healthy retirement.”Barbara also served as a mentor to

Rabbi Burt Schuman.“When I arrived at Temple Beth Israel,

a raw rookie, I was desperate for someonewho would orient me, set professional pri-orities and organize my time — as well asput up with my hyperactivity, my moods,driving deficiencies, and my tendency toget lost in Altoona,” he said. “I will missher very much.”

Barbara is being replaced by MaryBoscaino, who has been on the job sinceMay 20. Mary and her husband, Dennis,have two adult children — Frank, who cur-rently resides at home, and Toni who livesin Maryland.

Mary has worked different jobs overthe years, including at Kranich’s Jewelers.She says she has had a varied career. She isenjoying her work and “getting to knoweveryone in the lovely Temple family.”

School on Sunday ... Oy Vay!

Woods retires from Temple

Mark Thaler believes it takes time to fully

appreciate Sunday School.

Barbara Woods (left) is leaving the

Temple after 20 years and being

replaced by Mary Boscaino.


THE WAY WE WERE

JMC founders

include, from left:

Phil Klevan, Mike

Devorris, Izzy Sky,

Rabbi Michelson,

Community Chest

Rep: Ralph Smith,

Ed Henderson, Abe

Colbus, Joe Cohen

(1949 photo)

Memories like the corners of my mind, misty water colored memories of the way we were.

Members of Agudath Achim performed “Thoroughly Modern Mollie” well, let’s just say a few

years ago. The cast included, from left, front row – Susan Cohen (flower power), Sigrid

Rosenbloom (seated in chair). Second row – Sharon Zwirn, Anita Sherman. Third row – Lee

Goldberg, Karen Sky, Carol Kron, Phyllis Port, Marion Lebendig. Back row – Evelyn Krivoy,

Freya Berger, Zelda Goldstein, Roz Handler, Mickey Port, Maxine Weinberg, Blanche

Kaminsky, Annette Rosch, Helen Rosch.


CAMPAIGN 2005

Our Lions of JudahThe Lion of Judah (Aryeh Yehuda) has

long symbolized strength and magesty, inthe Jewish world.

It is first mentioned in the Bible(Genesis, 49:9) as the Patriarch Jacobdefines the qualities, and prophecies thefates of his 12 sons and their tribes.

In Jacob’s vision,his fourth-born Judah isa “lion’s whelp” (guraryeh), poised to springat his enemies indefense of his people.

Out of the tribe ofJudah, in time, emerged the House ofDavid. Through the centuries, the Lion ofJudah has become a central sign, standardand symbol of the entire Jewish people.

It is frequently depicted on such ritualobjects as rimonim (Torah crowns orfinials), yadaim (Torah pointers) and paro-chot (Torah mantles).

The lion as a Women’s Division sym-bol is completely appropriate.

When Israeli Prime Minister Peres saidof Avital Sharansky that “she fought like alioness” for her husband Natan’s release, itwas a dramatic reminder that one woman,if she is sufficiently determined, can makea significant difference in the life, well-being and continuity of her family and herpeople.

The Lion of Judah is a very proud andbeautiful symbol of strength in Jewish life,was instituted as a pin in 14kt gold by theMiami Women’s Division Campaign in1972. It was created to serve as a symbolof commitment for a woman whose per-sonal pledge to the annual campaign is$5,000 or more.

It later became available nationwide.We salute Altoona Lion’s Shirley Pechter,Mickey Port and Nancy Devorris.

To become a Lion of Judah, contact theFederation office.

Mickey Port Nancy Devorris Shirley Pechter

Campaign under way:

Please give generouslyOUR MISSION

The Federation shall:Foster continuity and growth while

seeking to preserve and strengthenJewish life.

Study, plan and provide for the pres-ent and future social, education, cul-tural and welfare needs of the localJewish community.

Support Israel as well as Americansand World Jewry.

Raise, allocate and disburse theresources needed to meet theFederation’s goals.

OUR PROGRAMSLocal programs to strengthen andpreserve Jewish lifeEnhancing the Jewish identity of chil-dren and teens thru:

•The community Sunday school •YES (Youth Experience

Scholarships) to Jewish camps, retreats and seminars.

•Passport to Israel - trips to Israel funded by parents, Congregation and Federation

Outreach services to students at PennState AltoonaSocial, cultural and educational pro-grams for adults and families

•Annual International Jewish Film Festival

•Family Super Bowl Party and Summer BBQ and Pool Party

•Speakers on current topics of interest

•Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program

•Trips to museums, concerts and exhibits

•Newsletters - Being Jewish and L’Chaim

Services to our Senior Citizens •Adult Social Club•Senior Outreach - friendly visiting

and case management to Seniors in their home or in nursing facilities

Interfaith activities to maintain astrong Jewish presence in the commu-nity

•Celebrate Diversity - sending Junior High students to the Holocaust Museum•Educational programs to schools

and community groups•Jewish Memorial Center Programs

You are the

Jewish federation:

giving to others, taking responsibility,

acting with loving-kindness.

2004

Distribution of Funds

International

State/National

Local


The Greater Altoona Jewish Federation1308 17th StreetAltoona PA 16601

Non-Profit Org.

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Altoona PA

Permit No. 88

Sunday School students gathered for a group picture following the Maccabean Games. For the second straight year

the Games marked the end of Sunday School, and each student received a T-shirt and a trophy, courtesy of UNO’s

Chicago Grill.

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