Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1990 Page: 3 of 28
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October 4,1990
BOOK FAIR NEWS
Jewish Book Fair to include a poetry workshop, reading
office at 771-6221.
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DAVID J. WOLPE
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South Africa impatient they too will know the pleasure of
tury-old synagogue in Port Gib- of ten opted for intermarriage
while 35 percent said they would state in 45 years, and with Neil
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David J, Wolpe to discuss Jewish
view of God on Mazel Tov, Oct. 7
over singlehood when the possi-
ble choice concerned a son.
.Only 14 percent of respondents
said they would try to dissuade a
35-year-old single daughter or
granddaughter from intermarrying
with reports Israel is
a big supplier of arms
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try to dissuade a 35-year-old son
or grandson. The overwhelming
majority, 79 and 81 percent re-
spectively, said they would try to
Children are an important au-
dience and the JCC's Jewish Book
Fair seeks to involve them so that
B’nai B’rith Women and among
the married children of members,
it appears that within a decade or
two intermarried members will be
more typical in the organization
than in-married ones," the sum-
mary said. The organization has
more than 100,000 members in
the U.S. and Canada.
In the summary's "tolerance for
intermarriage" report, "a little
mOre than eight out of ten re-
spondents said they would prefer
to see a 35-year-old daughter
marry a Gentile rather than remain
single. A little more than six out
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WASHINGTON - South African
governmental leaders indicate
they have little patience with
media reports that arise from time
to time that Israel is their coun-
try's big arms supplier and a ma-
jor trading partner.
The topic was raised with Pres-
ident F. W. de Klerk, who was
welcomed to the White House by
President Bush in the first visit
there by a South African head of j
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Children may submit original
rhythmical entries on any topic,
clearly typed or printed on 8% x
11 paper by Oct. 12. Entry and
rule forms are available at the
ICC. Songster and poet Barry
Polisar will award the winners
during his concert. Poems will be
posted for view during Book Fair.
Author, songwriter, singer,
storyteller and poet Barry Polisar
will appear in concert on Sunday, -
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at the second meeting.
Hirsch recommends the expe-
rience to "anyone who seems
genuinely interested in poetry, in
reading it further and impossibly
writing it". The price of the two-
BARRY POLISAR
Poetry contest, authors, songwriters and
more for children at the Jewish Book Fair
entitled Cora Fry and Some Deaths .
in Delta.
All who hear the call of the
Muse are invited and partake of
what will be two memorable pro-
grams at this year's Book Fair. □
David J. Wolpe, author of The
Healer of Shattered Hearts, will. I
discuss the Jewish view of God I
when he is a guest on the Mazel .
Tov radio program on Sunday,
Oct. 7, at 2 p.m., on KPFT, 90.1 FM. 1
Wolpe, a rabbi and the director
of the Ostrow Library at the Uni-
versity of Judaism, is also the edi-
tor for the Conservative move- I
ment's Torah commentary. Wolpe
and Mazel Tov host Aaron Howard
will discuss how the ancient Jew-
ish idea of God - a personal God
who hears prayers and knows the
secrets of people's hearts - is still
central to giving meaning to hu-
Education Committee, chaied by
Harriet Friedman, and made pos-
sible by funding from the Beth
Israel Endowment Fund. Marilyn
Kretzer chairs CJE.
For a registration form or more
information, contact the temple
by Marsha Kirstein.
Classes are open to the com-
munity at large. There is a charge
of $20 for materials in the cooking
class. However, there is no charge
to attend any other course, al- -
though registration is required.
CJE is sponsored by the Adult
Much more can be
done to prevent
intermarriage, BBW
leaders report
bringing authors and readers to-
gether. Patricia Rauch and Liz
Aussenberg, Children's Program-
ming cochairmen, have planned
some exciting events to accom-
plish that purpose.
A Children's Poetry Writing
Contest, developed by. Barbara
Meltzer and Marci Goodman, is
open to all students, grades 1-5.
Van Heerden, director general of
South Africa's Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
The interview took place at the
National Press Club where de
Klerk spoke at a lunch given by
the club the day after conferring
with Bush.
"We have very good relations"
when de Klerk was questioned
about Israeli-South African bilat-
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Registration continues for the
fall series of classes at Congrega-
tion Beth Israel's acclaimed Cen-
ter for Jewish Enrichment (CJE).
Classes will begin Oct. 9 and
continue each Tuesday evening in
October. A coffee period at 7:30
p.m. precedes each class session,
scheduled for 8-9:30 p.m.
CJE each year offers a diverse
group of classes that team chal-
lenging and exciting subjects with
top-notch professionals as mem-
bers of the guest faculty. Those
who have participated in the
series attest to the intellectual
stimulation, challenging discus-
sions and fun of "doing something
for myself" that are byproducts of
CJE enrollment.
On tap for the fall are five
courses:
• Ethical Issues in Health and
Illness", presented by Rabbi
Samuel E. Karff and Dr. Stanley
Reiser;
• "Jewish Mysticism", taught
by Dr. Larry Laufman;
• "The Book of Job: A Perspec-
tive for the ‘90s", with David
Ostfeld;
• "The Relevance of Jewish Law
to American Jurisprudence",
under the helm of University of
Houston law professor David
Dow; and
• "Taste of Our Tradition", a
hands-on culinary course taught
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elsewhere.
For information on the confer-
ence, contact SJHS president-
elect Carol Hart Esq., P.O. Box ,
15859, New Orleans, LA 70175 -
504/895-3452. Chairman of local
arrangements is Dr. C. Ralph
Daniel, 2427 Culleywood Road,
Jackson, Miss. 39211. For infor-
mation on membership, write to
SJHS, P.O. Box 5024, Atlanta, Ga.
Nov. 2-4
Southern Jewish
Historical Society
will meet in
Jackson, Miss.
Members of the Southern Jew-
ish Historical Society (SJHS) will
encounter the Southern Jewish
experience when they convene in
Jackson, Miss., Friday through
Sunday, Nov. 2-4. Anyone may
attend SJHS's 15th annual confer-
ence. Reservations are required
and should be made no later than
Oct. 15.
A morning and afternoon bus
tour to historic Natchez and to
the newly opened Museum of the
Southern Jewish Experience in
Utica will highlight the weekend.
The tour will also stop at a cen-
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son. "This is our society's first
conference in Mississippi and the
first daylong tour we have under*
taken," said Rachel B. Heimovics,
of Longwood, Fla., SJHS prsident.
Membership in SJHS is open to
. anyone interested in the study,
documentation and recognition
of the history of Jews in the
American South. Members reside
throughout the United States and
dissuade the intermarriage of
a son or daughter of a younger
age.
On the issue of rabbinic officia-
tion, 73 percent of the respon-
dents said that faced with reality
of an impending intermarriage
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mony for an intermarriage.
About half of the respondents
said they would "make an effort"
to hay.e a Gentile daughter-in-law
convert to Judaism while little
more than a third said they would
do that with a Gentile son-in-law.
"The overwhelming majority," it
said, "would like to see their
grandchildren raised exclusively
in the Jewish tradition - even
when the mother of the child is
not Jewish."
- IOSEPH POLAKOFF
they preferred a marriage that eral relationship. But when that
was officiated by a rabbi if the was followed up with a query on
bride was Jewish and 69 percent arms deals he referred this re-
if the groom was Jewish. About 35 . _
percent would prefer a civil cere- ------(Continuedon Page Five
Itfs not too late to register for classes
Beth Israel’s CJE fall
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series to begin Oct. 9
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Dr. Edward Hirsch, professor part, eight-hour workshop is $30
of creative writing at the Univer- for JCC members and $45 for the
sity of Houston, will lead a two- public. The class is limited to 30
part poetry writing workshop on participants, so tickets should be
Nov. 4 and 11 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., obtained early.
at the JCC's 18th annual Jewish Rosellen Brown, renowned
Book Fair. novelist and poet, will join Hirsch
Hirsch is the author of three for a poetry reading of the works
books of poetry entitled For the of Jewish poets on Saturday, Nov.
Sleepwalkers (1981), Wild Grati- 10, at 6:30 p.m. The reading, spon-
tude (1986) and Night Parade sored by NCNB Texas, will take
(1989). He has defined poetry as place in the Bookstore cafe with
"the clear expression of mixed hors d'oeuvres and wine prior to
feelings". the performance of Wendy Was-
At the first session, Dr. Hirsch serstein’s play, Isn't It Romantic.
will discuss the work of various Brown is the author of several
contemporary poets with the fo- books: Tender Mercies, The Auto-
cus on the poetry of childhood. biography of My Mother and Civil
Participants will then be asked to Wars. She has also written a col-
compose their own poetry and lection of short stories, Street
read it to member* of the group Games, and two books of poetry
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