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RABBI SEGAL’S COLUMN:
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MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS
in honor of
“Israel. . . the Land That Flows with
Milk and Honey”!
Shabbat Eve, April 22
will be something special to remember!
Words and music! Singing and dancing!
Severely wounded Israeli veterans being rehabilitated in Israel.
The museum committee is anxious to acquire several
items not in our present collection to illustrate specific
festival and life-cycle events. If you have one of the
following items to loan or donate to the museum, please
contact Barbara Goldfield, 771-5697.
Ketubah (17th century or earlier, Ashkenazic or Sephardic)
Circumcision Set
Tzedakah Box (Produced before 1910)
Sephardic Kipah (Produced before 1920)
Naming Plaque or certificate on naming of a Baby Girl (1920
or before)
Older Tallit (Produced before 1920)
Traditional Ashkenazic Kipah (Before 1920)
Yiddish or Yiddish/English Cookbooks (Before 1920)
Kosher Food Markers (Preferably used around turn of the
century)
Contemporary Kiddush Cup (1920)
Older Elijah’s Cup (17th, 18th, 19th century)
Traditional Hallah/Matzah Covers (17th, 18th, 19th century)
Turn-of-Century Haggadah (or earlier)
Embroidered Tallit/Tefillin Bags (17th, 18th, 19th century)
Traditional Brass Candlesticks (17th, 18th, 19th century)
Antique Yahrzeit Candle
Hevrah Kaddisha Items (preferably produced before turn
of the century)
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“ BET KAY’ — ONCE AGAIN WE MUST REMEMBER THOSE
WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR THE SECURITY OF ISRAEL”
This year, 1983, I must admit, I feel a bit embarrassed. For
10 consecutive years, beginning 1973, I led a Beth Yeshurun
A.S.T.R.O. trip to Israel. We always had a full bus.
But then came 1981 when 92 people sent in deposits for the 53
seats on the bus and we wondered, “What are we going to do?” But
Israel bombed the atomic plant in Baghdad and within two
weeks 66 people canceled their reservations — and we went with
26. In 1982 only 35 were part of the annual A.S.T.R.O. trip to
Israel. There were still empty seats on the bus.
I therefore came to the quick conclusion that the A.S.T.R.O.
trip to Israel needed a moratorium — a one year vacation. I
thought that we had supersaturated Beth Yeshurun with the
Israel trip — 475 had already gone to Israel with us.
That decision was made in May, 1982 when we returned from
the A.S.T.R.O. X trip. But on June 6 Israel was forced to invade
Lebanon in order to stop the indiscriminate PLO bombing of the
northern settlements in Israel. Consequently, tourism from the
U.S. dropped sharply after the invasion and it was too late to
schedule an A.S.T.R.O. XI trip for 1983. The synagogue calendar
had already been completed. Commitments had already been
made. (However, an A.S.T.R.O. XI for 1984 will be announced
this May.)
Each year, one of the highlights of the trip to Israel is our visit
to Bet Kay, a rehabilitation institution in northern Israel. There,
severely wounded Israeli veterans receive therapy in order to
be able to reenter life and the work market. There, we have met
Israeli veterans who served in the 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973
wars — and I am positive that the next time we visit Israel we will
meet severely wounded veterans of the recent 1982 incursion
into Lebanon.
However, we have never gone to Bet Kay empty-handed. Each
year, prior to our trip, we initiate a program in which we ask the
members of our congregation to donate $1 a person to a “Bet Kay
Fund.” In this manner we have been able to raise a sizable amount
to sponsor a specific project at Bet Kay. During our early trips
to Bet Kay we have been able to present the rehabilitation center
contributions between $2,000 and $3,000. However, in 1981 we
brought $5,000 to Bet Kay and in 1982 we presented a check of
$7,000 to Bet Kay. In recognition of these last two contributions
a plaque was set up at Bet Kay indicating that the two elevators
(one for the indoor pool and one for the outdoor pool), helping
handicapped veterans to get in and out of the pool, were donated
by Beth Yeshurun Congregation.
The Israeli government cannot afford to entirely finance this
rehabilitation project. Hence, Bet Kay needs donations from out-
side sources in order to help those veterans who were severely
wounded performing their military duties for Israel.
That is why I am once again approaching our members to
participate in this very important mitzvah. Donate $1 a person for
every member of your family for this important project. Do not
ignore this appeal. By banding together we will be able to help
purchase the sports equipment that is presently vitally needed
at Bet Kay. (Toby and I have 4 children and therefore I am
donating $6 to Bet Kay.)
Please join me in immediately writing a check for Bet Kay. To
us, $1 a person is only a pittance, one ice cream cone per person,
but to a severely wounded veteran it represents an opportunity
to receive important therapy.
I truly hope you will join me in this important project.
P.S. Please make checks payable to “Bet Kay Fund” and mail to:
Bet Kay Fund
Congregation Beth Yeshurun
4525 Beechnut Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77096
The following have donated to Bet Kay this week: Anony-
mous, Mr. & Mrs. Roy Beckman, Reida Hoffer, RoseMarie
Huis, Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Kapell, Selma & Mary Marcus,
Mr. & Mrs. Benard Nelkin, Harry Pepper, Mr. & Mrs. S.
Pawlowski, Tarrant Distributors, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Zinn,
William & Ida Zinn Foundation.
TOTAL THIS WEEK: $1,951.40
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