Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1996 Page: 5 of 48
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5 Dallas Doings
ner
Rep. Steve Wolens
f M OA Dallas held one
f of its most success
£ Jtu\ Galas last Sat-
urday night marking the cen-
tury-old anniversary of the
organization. Honored were
Slate Representative and lo-
cal attorney, Steve Wolens,
who'-wceived the Justice
Louis Brandeis Award for
“exemplary conduct repre-
senting the highest Jewish
principles in public life.”
Reid Heller, also a promi-
nent Dallas attorney, re-
ceived ZOA’s Special
Achievement Award for “his
dedication to Jewish educa-
tion ‘ He is a past president
of the Dallas Jewish Histor-
ical Society and has been
active in the American Jew-
ish Committee and Brid-
well Library at Southern
w
Methodist University. A
member of Temple Emanu-
El, Shearith Israel and Ohcv
Shalom and Dallas Area
Torah Association, he is a
founder of Dallas Jewish
Virtual Reality, and has been
a significant supporter of
many Jewish and civic caus-
es.
Dr. Yuri Lemeshev, pres-
ident of the Dallas District
ZOA. was superb in his role
of Master of Ceremonies.
Rabbi Arych Rodin of Con-
gregation Ohev Shalom of-
fered a stirring invocation.
More than 450 attended
the gala at the Westin Galle-
ria which featured Rita Rud-
ner, former dancer turned
successful comedienne of
stage and television. Rud-
'J
Reid Heller
ner. with her matter-of-fact-
dead-pan lackadaisical ap-
proach, kept her audience
laughing for 45 minutes non-
stop Besidescappihgagreat
evening, she never stooped
to profanity or off-color
material to entertain her au-
dience. She just relied on
every-day human occurrenc-
es and squeezed the laughter
from them by using herself
as a prime example.
That’s great kudos for
Rita, joy for her audience
and an example that many
performers could emulate.
* * * *
* I 'he Dallas Chapter of
X Hadassah and the
Henrietta Szold/Tikvah
group will hold their annual
Hanuka bingo luncheon at
the Jewish Community Cen-
ter on Tuesday, December
3rd.at 11:30 a m. The $10
donation includes lunch and
an afternoon of bingo enter-
tainment. Proceeds from this
event will benefit Hadas-
sah s Youth Aliyah project.
Miriam Crcemcr, coordi-
nator of this year’s luncheon
said, “The steering commit-
tee has been working very
diligently this past month in
securing fabulous prizes for
each of the bingo game win-
ners. A hotel get-a-way pack-
age, a blender, gift certifi-
cates to local stores and beau-
tiful jewelry arc just a sam-
pling of the many
prizes...come for a delicious
lunch and an afternoon of
fun with friends, while put-
ting smiles on young faces
in Israel. Everybody isa win-
The luncheon is open to
the public. Advance reser-
vations are required and can
be made by calling the chap-
ter office 214/691-1968.
* * *
O ix “Jews by Choice”
Owill speak about their
conversions during a panel
program of the Dallas Jew-
ish Historical Society on
Tuesday, December 3rd at
7:30 p.m The event will be
held in the Senior Assembly
Room of the Jewish Com-
munity Center.
Each will discuss the mo-
tivation for his or her con-
version and reflect on indi-
vidual experiences. In terms
of affiliation, they represent
four major movements of
American Judaism. Reform,
Conservative, Orthodox and
the Chasidic Lubavitch com-
munity.
The panelists. Lee Darr
and Reuben Villarreal (for-
merly Catholics), and Cindy
Rosenberg, Tom Timmons.
Susan Vernon , and Andy
Wells (formerly Protestants)
will tell their stories, then
respond to comments and
questions from the audience
The meeting is open to the
public; there is no admission
fee. Refreshments will be
served For further informa-
tion, call 214/739-2737. ext.
261.
have been asked to bring for
children at the Vogel Alcove
are diapers, baby foods, and
other items for youngsters.
The drawing for the annu-
al Hanuka Gift Award will
be held at the close of the
meeting. Many valuable
items, topped by a $500 U S.
Savings Bond, will be award-
ed to holders of Gift Award
tickets. Anyone who has not
yet participated may pur-
chase them at $10 each, or
three for $25.
Laura Miller
Reservations are neces-
sary. To RSVP or for further
information about Gift
Award tickets call Pearl
Ebersiem, 369-2915 or Es-
ther Szor. 368-1682.
♦ * * *
* * *
T aura Miller, dynamic,
X-/pro vocative investiga-
tive reporter for the Dallas
Observer, will be the guest
speaker when NA'AMAT
USA (formerly Pioneer
Women meets on Wednes-
day, December 4, at the Jew-
ish Community Center. She
will speak on "Dallas May-
ors, Managers and Other
Mystifying Matters.”
Because the dale is just
erev Hanuka, the meeting
will be devoted entirely to
gifts of several kinds. Among
the suggested gifts members
r I 1he American Jewish
X Committee, Dallas
Jewish Historical Society
and Bridwell Library at
Southern Methodist Univer-
sity will sponsor a concert
and lecture beginning at noon
on Sunday, December 8,
commemorating two signif-
icant anniversaries in the his-
tory of Judaism and the Jew-
ish Diaspora. The double
event marks the 500th anni-
versary of the expulsion of
the Jews from Portugal and
the 400th anniversary of the
death of Luis de Carvajal. el
mo2o (1567-1596) at the
hands of the Inquisition in
Mexico City, and is part of
the 1996-97 Bridwell Li-
brary Judaica Lecture Series, j
Luis de Carvajal, nephew
and namesake of a Conquis-
tador, was burned at the stake
with his mother and extend-
ed family on December 8,
1596, in Mexico City. He
was a secret or “crypto” Jew
and the leader of an exten-
sive crypto-Jewish network
in Mexico City, leaving
memoirs, poetry, prison let
ters, and a spiritual testa-
ment; these comprise the sole
surviving Jewish literature
of the Spanish colonial peri-
od. The commemoration
falls midway during the
eight-day holiday of Hanu-
ka. the Jewish celebration of
religious freedom. Carva-
jal’s martyrdom serves as a
reminder to an entire region
of the heroic price paid for
religious freedom and
the power of the Jew-
ish spirit to renew it-
self in the midst of op-
pression.
At noon, Simon Sar-
gon, composer and
choir director of Tem-
ple Emanu-Elwill per-
form his Ladino
(Judeo-Spanish song
cycle) "At Grandfa-
ther's Knee" in the
Meadows Museum,
with vocalist Constan-
tina Tsolainu, Direc-
tor of Choral Activi-
ties at SMU.
At I p.m., following
the concert, Reid
Heller will deliver a
DALLAS DOINGS p 7
Nancy Ramsey. Howard Cohen,
Julie Ramirez, Scott Cohen
Best Wishes for a
Happy Hanuka
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