Page 6 - the Canadian Jewish.News, Thursday, October 8,1981
Oi^nizatioiis and People
What's New
By Miriam Hemifln
Dealers Association. Merchandise on sale will include Ganadiana and Viaorian furniture, glass^ china, clocks', jewelry, nostalgia; and collectibles. Flesherton is 38 miles northwest of Qrangeville at the junction ofHwys. 10 and 4. -
ARAB-JEWISH PROGRAM
International B'nal B'rith Women President Grace Day greets Nor Eldeen Masallah [left], an Arab stadent at Hebrew Um'versity, and Dani Yuyal, a Jewish stadent, participants ha a anlqae Arab-Jewish human relations program at the university. BBW has sponsored the program for the past 14 years, under the direction of Jack Cohen, Hillel director at HiebrewU.
SIMCHAT TORAH RAUY
The Simchat Torah raJly in solidarity with the Jews of the Soviet Union has changed its locale. This year's rally, set for Wednesday, Oct. 21, takes place on Peveril Hill south (one block west of Bathiirst and South of Eglinton). Forthe occasion, PeveHl Hill • south will be renamed Archipova St., on which the Choral Synagogue in Moscow is located.
A candlelight procession will circle the entire block, culminating in a program of song and dance in celebration of the festival and the ongoing struggle for Jewish rights to leave the USSR or to live there as Jews.
BUILDING A SUCCAH
The North-East Branch of the Jewish Community Centre invites all residents in the area — that is, grandparents, parents, teens and youngsters — to the annual succah building and decorating. The succah is being put up at theJCC Valley, 70V5 Leslie St' on Sunday, Oct. 11, from 1.30-430 p'm. Bring hammers and wrenches, and dress in informal, outdoor clothing. If you have any questions, call EUeen Garber at the NE office. 493-8866.
ISRAELI DANCE AUDITIONS
Auditions are being held for tne Neurim Israeli Dancers, a new performance group of the Koffler Centre of the Arts Program.in Dance, specializing in Israeli dance. Members must be 15-18 years of age and will be selected by aiidition. This group will perform throughout the city and will serve as a pre-training for entrance to the Nirkbda Dance Company. Rehearsals are held on Sunday. To arrange for audition, call the dance office'at 636^1880, ext. 61 or37.' . ■
occupational health high on the list of priorities for lung associations and anyone concerned with respiratory care. For this reason the lung associations across Canada have chosen"Lungs at Work" as the national theme for "Lungs Are Life Week," which runs Oct. 4-11.
The York-Toronto Lung Association has a series of brochures available, free of charge, which relate specifically to occupational health. Display materials for the workplace and classrooms are also available. Lung function testing can be provided at your place of employment by trained volunteers. Call 226-1454 for information.
LUNGS ARE FOR LIFE WEEK
Contaminants in the workplace can cause numerous respiratory problems for Canadian, workers. In fact, the nuniber of productive work days lost, asVell as the tremendous amount of personal suffering and medical expenses resulting from these hazards, puts
SINGLE PARENTS DISCUSSION SERIES
The Family Education Department of Jewish Family & Child Service is again sponsoring two 6-week discussion programs for single parents. Sessions take place at JF & CS offices, 3101 Bathurst St, There will be a Sunday morning group, starting Oct. 25 at 10.30, and a Tuesday evening group, beginniiig Oct. 27 at 8. The issues covered range over the whole sphere of interests of single parents, both custodial and non-custodial, and sessions are conducted in a friendly,' open, small group atmosphere. For a descriptive brochure and registration, contact 781-1592, ext. 244. .
SHAARE ZEDEK WOMEN'S DIVISION
The Women's Division of the Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation is holding an executive
, meeting on Thursday. Oct. 15, in the board room of Beth Sholom Synagogue. AH members of the executive and others interested in joining ^re invited to attend; For inforination and to RSVP, call
\781-3584: ,
FOR ANTIQUE BUFFS
Due to popular demand, Fliesherton's ahtiique show will double in size for the Thanksgiving . weekerid, Oct. 10-12. The show, held. at Grey Highlands Secondary School auditorium, is the third such event Sponsored by Fleshertoh's Antique
About People
PRESIDENT OF SHOE RETAILERS
The Canadian Shoe Retailers' Association has elected Harry G. Silver as 1981-82 national president. Mr. Silver, who has operated a medium to high-price family shoe store in Peterborough, Ont, for the past 35 years, is president of Harry G. Silver Shoes and Budget Boots Ltd. He has served a number of years on various committees and the board of directors of the Canadian Show Retailers' Association and is a retail consultant for the association and also for the Federal Business Development Bank. He is also a lecturer and columnist on thesubjectof retailing.
In the Jewish community, Mr. Silver (known to his friends as "Hush") is a past president of Peterborough B'nai B'rith and Beth Israel Congregation and was chairman of three Israel Bond drives^ He was also an organizer and leader of Young Judaea of Peterborough and was active in many community projects.
He now resides in Toronto.
A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER
Se.pl. 11 -13 was a weekend to remember for Annie Novitsky. This Baycrest resident presented the centre with three tablecloths and two challah covers, all hand-embroidered, at a ceremony Friday, Sept. 11, attended by more than 20 members of her family. Ahhough it took her close to a year to complete the cloths, it took her only seven minutes to win the wheelchair section of the 2 km Mini Run of the Rogers-Baycrest Fun Run the following Sunday. Son Jerry provided the muscle powerv
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT
Labor Minister Robert Elgie has announced the appointment of Alan Wolfaon as acting chairman of the dntario Manpower Commission. He replaces Donald- Ponodt whose 2-year appointment as chairman expired on Sept. 4,
/^DrT^Wolfson, a specialist in the economics of /' human resources, took a 1 -year leave of absence from the Univerwsity of Torontoto fill the position. He had , previously served as vice-chairman of the Advisory Council on Occupational Health and Safety. .
AT BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY
David Altman has been named director-general of Bar-Ilan University in Ramat, Israel. The post is the highest non-academic administrative position at the university. Mr. Ahman, who formerly served as director-general for special tasks, succeeds Shab-tai. Mayevsky, acting director-general, who is retiring. i.
A third-generation Israeli; Dr. Altman was born in Jeru.salem and educated at Bar-Dan University : where he received a degree in political studies and graduate, he was head
NEW HOME FOR DOWNTOWN SHUL
Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue has become the new home for one of Toronto's older, established, "downtown" Orthodox synagogues, the Machzikei Bnei Yisroel Congregation on Dovercourt .just south of Dundas. Discussions were fmalized this past August when the respective presidents Dr. Marvin Gersteln and Ra^h Burite signed the documents to make the transfer legal and binding.
AT THE LEAH POSLUNS
. Thrteah Posluns Theatre is shooting for the stars with the best season ever! Reports are that the subiscription campaign is way ahead of schedule with 70% of all seats sold and still counting. That is an increase, of 40% over last season's subscription
count. Season gets off to a start with "Two For The Seesaw" which previews Oct. 22 and opens officially Oct. 24 for a run to Nov. 7. Box office number is 630-6752. .■'.V.-UC NEEDS BOOKS TO SELL
Book Sale 81 at University College of the University . of Toronto is slated for Nov. 4-6 in West Hall. Books of all kinds are needed — hardbacks, softbacks and paperbacks, covering any subject. Proceeds from the sale will go to the library. For information and to arrange collection, call the UC alumni office at 978-8746or978-8601. ; -
OBSERVANT SINGLE PARENTS^
The Jewish Family Life'-Education Departmentof the Jewish Family & Child Service has dieveloped a series of programs specifeally- for traditionally bbservant single parents. "There will be a special evening, Thursday, Oct. 15, with a panel discussion with Rftbbl Rj^hael Marcos, Maaieen Feder, Afflud
Some light dishes to enjoy
season
David Altman
philosophy. As an under-
of the Bar-Dan Student. Representative Council and chairriian of the Israel Student Union. He is currently chairman of the board of the Israel Student Tourist Association. -
ISRAEL DAY CHAIRMAN
With the summer barely over, plans are already going ahead for Israel Day 1982. According to an announcement by Mele'ch M.Halberstadt, president of the Canadian Zionist Federation, CentraJ Region, Dr. Mei Katzman has been named chairman of the event taking place at Ontario Place.'Dr. Katzman, an active member of the Jewish community, is past co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal Optometrist Division and past chairman of the board of governors of Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue.
Israel Day 1982 will take place Sunday, June 20.
OTTAWA'S ADATH SHALOM
Ottawa's Adath ShalomSynagogue recently held elections for 1981-82. Irwin M.- Brodo succeeds Lyon Gilbert as president. Oskar Hofimann and Yonl Santo are vice-presidents and Marvin Zalman is the new treasurer, Geny Pemica is financial secretary, Harvey Goldberg is recording secretary and Marcia Tanneabanm Posluns is corresponding secretary.
By ESTHER SCHWARTZ
The holiday period is a fine tiine to display your culinary art. Meals need .not be heavy, as, the recipes which follow clearly indicate. All are meatless — based on the >yonderful supply of friiits and vegetables which are available at this time of the year. Great eating wljen you tire of the traditional yom tov meals!
Except for the stuffed zucchini, all the recipes are pareve.. Omit the cheese and butter from this recipe and it's also pareve.
EGGPLANT DIP
(Serves 4-6) Select an eggplant that is firm vyith dark, shiny, smoioth skin. Eggplant is a versatile vegetable that can be fried or baked. It is used as an appetizer, served as a vegetable or a main dish.
1 mediunir'eggplant - 2 tsps. lemon juice 1 tbsp. chopped parsley 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 tsp. salt '/4 tsp. pepper
1 small onion, finely chopped
Preheat oven 400 de-:. grees. :^
Rinse and dry eggplant. Prick in several places with a fork. Bake until skin becomes crisp and starts to crack open. Dip in cold water to peel off skin easily. If seeds are dark brown and starting to separate from the eggplant, remove them as they will be bitter. If pale and small, leave them. ,
. , Mash the peeled eggplant to smooth consistency. Combine with remaining ingredients. Taste for seasoning. Chill. Scire as a dip with fresh
• vegetables or crackers or place small portions on-, lettuce leaves as a first course.
WHITEnSH STEAKS
(Serves 6) 6 whitefish steaks (salmon steaks are deli-ciouswhen in.season)
2 tbsps. lemon juice Va cup mayonnaise .
1 package onion soup mix
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Combine lemon juice, mayonnaise and onion soup mix. Place fish steaks in shallow baking dish. Spread mixture over both sides of steaks. Bake for 20 minutes, uncovered. •
STUFFED ZUCCHINI
(Serves 6) Can be served as a main dish with salad or as a side dish.
Select zucchini that are heavy for their size, have , glossy, deep green smooth skins and' are relatively straight. The smaller zucchini, are more tender and flavorable than the large ones.
3 medium size zucchini
1 tbsp. oil
2 tbsps. butter
'/j small onion, finely chopped
Vi tsp. salt
Vi tsp. pepper 1 cup bread crumbs ■
Vi cup grated Paramesan cheese (now available under kosher supervision)
3 slices tomato cut in halves
oregano
Preheat oven 350 degrees
Cut zucchini in half, lengthwise. Cook in boiling salted water for 4
miniites. Drain and plunge in cold water for 1 minute. Carefully scoop out pulp with a dessert spoon. Chop fine.
Heat oil and butter. Saute oijions for 5 minutes. Add pulp. Turn heat on high. Stirring constantly, cook until liquid is evaporated.
Add salt and pepper. Taste for seasoning. Fill zucchini shells. Sprinkli: with bread crumbs and grated cheese. Top with half tomato slice. Sprinkle, with oregano. Bake for 15 minutes.
AUTUMN FRUIT COMPOTE
(Serves 8 or more) My. mother always made this dessert for yom tov but she never followed a recipe.
8 apples — quarter,
core and pare 3 peaches — scald in
boiling water, peel
skins, pit and slibe 2 pears — pare, core and
slice
1 dozen prune plums, pitted
any other fruits in
season Vi cup water 1 tbsp. lemon juice Vi tsp. cinnamon Vi dip brown sugar
Place all ingredients in a deep saucepan. Cover. Bring to boiling point. Turn to low heat and cook for 30-45 minutes until apples ace soft (texture should be like apple-. sauce). Stir occasionally. Taste for sweetness. More sugar may be required.
Serve cold. Can be made in advapce, bottled and refrigerated.
ORANGE KISS ME CAKE
1 large orange, jiiice,
rind and pulp 1 cup raisins
1 cup sugar Vi cupCrisco
2 eggs
2 cups sifted cake flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup water
TOPPING
V* cup brown sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon VA cups chopped nuts . Mix together Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Squeeze orange — set aside (there should be about Vi cup of juice). Grind rind, pulp and raisins in blender or food processer. Cream sugar and crisco uiitil light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly.
Sift "together the four, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture alternately with water. Add orange/raisin mixture. Blend.
Pourinto greased 13 X 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Bake 45-50 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
Remove from oven and while cake is still hot, sprinkle with topping! Ftick in several places with cake tester and drizzle orange juice over warm cake; Deliciously different!
ByMOURAWOLPERT
HAMILTON —
Before every major Jewish holiday, and in particu-lar before Yom Kippiir, the police of Kiev begin to surround the area around Babi Yar. Their purpose is to prevent Jews from gathering, for the day on which the Babi Yar massacre took place in 1941 has become the Holdcaust remembrance for the Jews of the Soviet Union. -
And inevitably, as they have done for almost 40 years j . the thoughts of ' Moishe.Shmukler will return to that time, too, though not to Babi Yar.
For him there was another Babi Yar, not generally known, that took place at about the same time in a small town near Kiev, called Lipovetz, where 11,0(X) Jews were killed and buried in two mass graves, 5,000 in one, 6,000 in another.
In the Soviet army since 1933, Shmukler, who was Mikhail then, returned to his home town a decorated war hero. He wore 14 medals— four for courage, two for military achievement, three for the times he had been wounded, one for each of the cities he had fought to liberate, from Stalingrad to Berlin to Prague, and the Order of the Red Star.
He returned to lipovetz to find his entbe family gone: mother, four sisters, three brothers [one brother had been killed fighting], their husbands, wivesj children, ancles and aants, nephews and nieces ~- aO 'had perished. - . .
Shattered, he went to Kiev and sifll inonifonn, was confronted : by a woman In the crowd who yened at him "Zhklov-skaya mordal [Jewish snoot!] So you've come back firom Tashkent where all yon Jews spent the warl"
It was the all-too familiar anti-semitism of his . childhood. ,^ Nothing had changed.
His story, says Shmukr ler,'-is the story of most Russian Jews. ^ In the cozy livings room of their small apartment in the duplex owned by the Hamilton Jewish Home for the Aged, Moishe and
his wife Rosa still cannot believe their luck at hay-ing escaped all that at last.
In December they and Yuri, Rosa's son by her first marriage, will have been here two years, brought out by her older son. Alec Bukhman, who had preceded them by a coup e of years and is now a hard-working insurance agent.
Shmukler was one of nine children and one of his earliest memories is of seeing his father killed in a pogrom in 1919. He was only 6 years old but "I can still see it before my eyes," he recalls.
Having hurriedly hidden his family in a ditch, his father climbed on the roof of their house to keep watch but the mob discovered him and shot him before the eyes of his family. .
At 12 Shmukler started work as a blacksmith, still so small that a special stand had to be made for. him. "That," he says.
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"was my childhood."
He joined the army, was transferred to the marines and served from Vladivostok to Sevastojpol to Germany — one of thousands of; Jewish war heroes.
In Kiev he met Rosa, a widow with two snudl boys, who had escaped the fate of her own family at Babi Yar only because, as', a structural engineer, she had been isentto supervise! a huge works project involving Polish and Czech prisoners, most of whom had been partisans. But years hiter, when Stalinist anti-semitism was at' its height, she was denoimc-ed as "a Jew who had befriended prisoners of war" and was hnprisoned without trial for six months.
Working as a : watchmaker by then, Mikhail took care of the boys and eventually managed to raise a bribe large enough to release his wife.
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TOPS DSr BB
Sydney Matgel, a member of the Leonard Mayzel lodge In Toronto, has woo B'nai B'rltfa Intema-ttonid'a top a^aid aa the top nude volonteer td the year, for Jda servkM to the eldei^y, handicapped, dUldren, blood donordilveo, mnsoibr dyatnqpHy teletboa, oerdbnl palqr vicftmi, and to the UJA Walkathoo/He won Us lodge'i volunteer ul the yesrawardlastYeary
lyiman and Dr. Brian Price, followed by refreshments served in the succah^ The time is 8-10.30 p.m. at B'nai Torah Congregation, 465 Patrida Ave, '
A 6-week discussion program, led by Maureen Feder, starts at Shaarei Tefillah Congregation, 3600 Bathurst St., on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. For:a brochure and additional information, call HUot Larinan, co-ordinator of Jevnsh Family Life Education, at 781-1592, ext. 244.
THEATRE COMPANY OF CHILDREN
A new repertoire theatre company of children 7-12 years of age, the Toronto Studio Players, gets off to a start Oct. 19. Workshops will deal with acting, set building, makeup and wardrobe, sound, lights and special effects, and managment, administration and publicity. Three major productions will be presented during the school year. Staff directors are Hersh Jacob and Lucy EDtchfau. If you are interested, the phone number is 368-3019.
NE SINGLE PARENTS
Here's a list of upcoming events for the single parents group of the North-l^st Branch of the Jewish Community Centre— ;
The group is arranging a bowling and social evening for Saturday, Oct.TO, at 9 p.m. at Don Mills Bowl, Lawrence Ave. E. Everyone is invited. Look for Mel at the bowling alleys or call OliBen Gaiber at the NE office at 493-8866.
The single parents families will be joining the North-East community on Sunday, Oct. 11, from 1.30-4.30 p.m. at the JCC Valley to build and decorate the succah.
On Friday, Oct. 16, there's a family Oneg Shabbat from 6-9 p.m. at the JCC Valley which includeis a kosher dinner, services with children participating and folk dancing. The cost is S7 per family members, and $9 per person for non-members. Reservations must be made and paid for by Oct. 9. Call the NE office.
NOON HOUB CONCERT SERIES
The CBC Festival Toronto's free noon hour concert series offers a chance to relax and enjoy one hour of live music by outstandmg Canadian performers. Concerts are held Wednesdays at 12 noon at Church of the Holy Trinity (at the Eaton Centre). The concert on the .14th presents guitarist William Beanvals. All concerts are recorded live for broadciaist the following Saturday at 5.05 p.m. on "Music Around Us," CBC Stereo, 94.1 FM throughout October and November.
NE JEWISH SENIORS CLUB
The North-East Jewish Seniors' Qub is now offering oil painting classes with Beryl Frow on Monday from 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Bring pencils, pictures from magazines, cards and such, small jars and your lunch (coffee and tea will be available). Fee is for materials only. Sessions are at Hillcrest Public Library, 5801 Leslie St;, prior to the afternoon regualr meeting. Call the NE office at 493-8866 for more information.
ROMANIAN JEWRY MARKS ANNIVERSARY
Dateline Bucharest — Romania's 33,000 Jews recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the religious community's fortnightly Review. Through the years, the Review has been published in three languages, Hebrew, Romanian and Yiddish, with English added recently. It is the only newspaper in eastern Europe in Hebrew and in the early years; ; thousands of Jews learned Hebrew from it.
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