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Synagogue Men's Club theatre night is on September 17, opening night of a musicale production. Tickets at regular prices from: Harry Berns, 32 Tavistock Road, ME. 8-8554; David Miller, president, 42 Tavistock Road, ME. & 4663; A. Sherman, 101 Denbigh Crescent, ME. 5-0562; Philip Elias, 63 Whitburn Crescent, ME. 3-0117. Proceeds go towards building a Sanctuary and Hebrew School.
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Club opening meeting is at the home of Mrs. I. Drickler, 5 Bain-tree Court, on Wednesday, September 19, at 8.30 p.m. Mrs. Nathan Cappe will preside. The guest speaker will be Dr. Douglass E. Cannel, head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Toronto.
BIRTHS
Born, to Mr. and Mrs, Jack Winston (nee Betty Rafalove), 95 Munro Boulevard, on August 15, at New Mount Sinai Hospital, a son, Howard Andrew; brother of Cathy, aged eight and one-half years; Randilyn, six; and Paul, three and one-half; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winston, 405 Clendenan Avenue; and of Mrs. Rebecca Rafalove, 101 King High Avenue. The godparents are Mrs. Rachelle Kaufman, of Miami Beach, Florida, a great-aunt; and Mr. Winston, the grandfather.
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Jewish community group barbecue was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Myerson, 8 Learmount Drive. Mr. Myerson is president. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. David Burman, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Cutler, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Iseman (nee Sheila Shadlyn), 27 Sutcliffe Drive, on September 4, at New Mount Sinai Hospital, a daughter, Susan Kari; sister of Wendy Ellen, aged twenty-two months; granddaughter of Mr.
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and Mrs. Reuben Iseman, 21$ Cod** sell Avenue; and of Mr. ana Vfft Morris Shadlyn, 525 Cranbrooke Avenue j great-granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Brown, of Toronto.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Morton Biback (nee Arlene Feingold), 10 Giltspur Drive, on September 2, at Branson Hospital, a son, Allan David; brother of Barbara, aged three years; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Feingold, 411 Dover-court. Road: and of Mrs. Cecile Biback, 63 Lanark Avenue; great-grandson of Mrs. Rose Rosenthal, 2100 Bathurst Street; and of Mrs. Millie Biback, 3560 Bathurst Street.
Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D.. Graner (hee Euth Frankel), 47 Viamede Crescent, on August 30, at New Mount Sinai Hospital, a son. Neil Thomas; brother of Paul Jeffrey, aged three years; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Frankel, 80 Cocksfield Avenue; and of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graner, 16 Vesta Drive; great-grandson of John Iscove, 80 Cocksfield Avenue; and of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ka-mamer, 72 Barton Avenue.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Miller (nee Roslyn Shoot), 328 Brighton Avenue, on August 24, at the Toronto General Hospital, a son, Robert Lome, brother of Ter-rie, aged six years; and Bonnie, five; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E. Shoot, 346 Walmer Road; and of Mr. and Mrs. M. Miller, 52 Cameron Street; great-grandson of Mrs. Gertrude Rosensweig, 346 Walmer Road. Gerald Litowitz, uncle, held the baby during the ceremony.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Saul Akler (nee Naomi Godfrey), 3 Rondale Boulevard, on August 29, at the Women's College Hospital, a daughter, Gertrude Anne; granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Godfrey; and of Henry Akler.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Max Kriezman (nee Mildred Glazier), 36 Pannahill Road, on August 27, at Toronto General Hospital, a daughter, Susan Brenda; sister of Carla, aged six years; and David, four; granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Glazier, 30 Fraserwood Avenue; and of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kriezman, 122 Garnet Avenue.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Morris Flom (Lila), 50 Neptune Drive, on August 24, at New Mount Sinai Hospital, a daughter, Marcie Cheryl; granddaughter of Mrs. Hilda Flom, 84 Burncrest Drive, and the late Max Flom.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stupp (nee Joan Zelitt), 3905 Bathurst Street, on August 27, at New Mount Sinai Hospital, a son, Sydney Alan; brother of Tina-Louise, aged two years; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Zelitt, 440 Lawrence Avenue West; and of Mr. and Mrs. Izzy Stupp, 525 Glengarry Avenue; great-grandson of Mrs. Sarah Zelitsky, 46 Ulster Street.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stevens (nee Judy Pomerantz), 18 Park Glen Drive, on September 7, at New Mount Sinai Hospital, a daughter, Jo Ann; sister of Joyce, aged four years; Joel, two; and Jordan, one; granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Shapiro, 12 Kilbarry Road; and of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pomerantz, 2700 Bathurst Street.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. William Mondrow (nee Trudi Shachter), 206 Waterloo Avenue, on September 1, at Toronto General Hospital, a son, Ian Aaron; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. David Mondrowitz, 321 Robina Avenue; and of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Shachter, 214
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Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Morris (nee Donna Cohen), 15 Shallmar Boulevard, on August 30, at New Mount Sinai Hospital, a daughter, Marnie; granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cohen, of Hamilton, Ont.; and of Mrs. Becky Morris, of Portsmouth, England; and great-granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Cohen, of Hamilton, Ont
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Prousky (nee Sheila Brandes), 2700 Bathurst Street, on Septem-
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STRONGER THAN DEATH
(Continued from Page Six) The bitter news was eventually divulged by the local doctor to the Hacham, "Shelomo's son is fatally ill. He's got leukemia. This is an incurable disease. We don't want to tell the parents yet, but you'd better know the truth."
The Hacham nearly buckled at hearing this. The doctor went on to explain that the boy was showing considerable resistance to the internal havoc wreaked by the forces of the disease. This struggle could go on for some three years and even longer, but eventually there could be no escape from the clutches of the Angel of Death.
As soon as the rabbi heard that the boy Was not threatened with immediate extinction, God forbid, he calmed down a bit. Blessed be the Lord; Y&m Kippur was coming, there would be prayers and fasting, and the dread curse might yet be exorcised.
The wheel of fortune, which for once had been so favourable to Shelomo when Moshe was born, now turned against him once more. At first the effects weren't noticed; on the contrary, all of a sudden Shelomo found out that everyone was his friend. The doctor, the teachers and the instructress began taking an interest in him and started coining regularly to their home.
Moshe himself was showing no signs of any marked change yet, except that he was becoming rather spoiled. Every now and then he would be sent for a few weeks to the hospital, which would then require blood donations for him. The Ashkenazim donated their blood freely, as though they weren't Jewish at all.
The Torah says that the blood is the soul, and who could have concocted this cruel, pagan-like medicine�sucking the blood of a healthy person for the sake of a sick one? But Shelomo had no choice, he would pay any amount to purchase blood from those who'd sell it. Binafsha, on the other hand, simply refused even to conceive of the possibility that her son might be in danger of his life. Why, he was already strong and wise, already going to school�and, anyway, children don't die off in Israel . . .
But the boy's condition grew steadily worse, and now it even began to show in his looks. Again the parents turned to the old, time-tested medicines.
The signs of the affliction started showing in Shelomo, too. He grew thin and soon became a shadow of his old self. To hide his despair, he began avoiding people. On Sabbath he would be the very first one to come to the synagogue, early in the morning, and would be back home before the rest of the congregation.
One Sabbath night he came to the rabbi's home dead drunk, and sat there a whole hour mumbling and muttering that Israel was no longer the Holy Land, that it could no longer bear all the crimes committed in it, and that the Lord was now punishing the just instead of the wicked. What sin had he, Shelomo, sinned that the Lord should take away from him his own had-diehj the son he'd raised with blood and tears? If the boy should die, God forbid, he would put an end to his own life and the life of his wife.
How could the rabbi comfort his hapless friend? He started, in his customary manner, to tell Shelomo the story about a prince who went roaming in the land and the people mistook him for a regular beggar and insulted him and so on and so forth. But the story wasn't to the point and it failed to comfort him.
After a while Shelomo disappeared from sight It was said that work on his farm was being done irregularly, by hired labourers or by a partner, and that Shelomo himself was commuting to some development town�to win the favour of a young woman. He seemed to have decided to remarry, so as not to be wiped off the face of the earth without leaving behind a kaddish, and without some hope of the next world.
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wrapped up in her growing anxiety for the welfare of her son, seemed to be oblivious of the frequent absences of her husband from home�until one day some merciful neighbour, a woman, handed her the news that had been spreading all over the village, 'To habibee," she said, "we're all like dogs in the eyes of our men. If we don't bear children, they chase us out. Now suppose he starves you or he beats you up so you'd grant him a divorce�what'd you do? He's got to have a kaddish, it's a mitzvah with him, so what can you do to him?"
At this Binafsha leapt to her feet like a wounded lioness. She rushed to the cupboard, put on her holiday dress, bedecked herself in all her finery, and told the neighbour imperiously, "You stay here until the boy falls asleep," and darted out of the house like a passing hurricane. That was how she showed up before the instructress.
"Look here, madricha" she said. "We believe everything you say and you lie to us about everything. You said in Israel the children don't die�so let them live! You said in Israel a man can't take another wife as long as his wife is living so why do you force her to grant him a divorce? You must fijid me a big doctor, you must get me some medicine, so that I'd bear another child myself. I've got to bear another child, so that there will be a kaddish for me and my husband, so that we won't forever burn in the fire of hell. You've got to take care of that, so why are you keeping mum?" . . .
That same day Moshe was taken to the hospital in Jerusalem again. The nurse and the instructress escorted him part of the way, stuffed candy in his hand and gave him a gift of an illustrated book. Binafsha too went with her son to Jerusalem. She was to stay with her relatives in Katamon (a suburb of Jerusalem), so that he could visit the patient every day. The doctor had said, "You'd better not stay too far away from him ..."
That night Shelomo danced at the wedding of one of the villagers. It was a fine wedding, numerous guests having arrived from other settlements, even from far-off moshavim in the Negev. There was a "real, honest-to-goodness" orchestra, comprised of a flute and a drum. A large circle was formed, and the age-old oriental dances were executed with fervour and zest. At first only the older folks danced, whUe the young girls, in their modern, short and bulging skirts, stood aside. But the melody and the rhythm of the dance swept over them, and finally they too joined in the dance. Everybody danced, but Shelomo danced more than anyone else. He came out at the head of the line supple and tall, waving his kerchief, as though he were the principal celebrant there.
The instructress noticed that the Hacham's gaze was fixed on Shelomo. After a while she could no longer contain herself, so she went up to him and said, "Your reverence, how can this man do it? His own son may already be dead this very hour!"
Replied the Hacham, "It's a great mitzvah to be joyful. Joy is stronger than death."
This story is from Jewish Affairs. It is one among many in Rivka Guber's latest book, "For the Fire Signals of Lachish," derived from the concluding line in one of the ostraca (clay tablets) unearthed some twenty-five years ago at Tel el Duweir, the ancient Lachish, which date from the time of the Babylonian invasion at the end of the period of the First Commonwealth t "We are watching for the fire signals of Lachish ... for
we cannot see Azeka." The Lachish ostraca represent the oldest Hebrew epistles yet found in Israel.
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