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United States
and Israel
launch
peace push
By Leslie Susser
JERUSALEM (JTA) — After seven
lean years in Israeli-Palestinian rela-
tions, Israel, the United States and
moderate Palestinians are moving
to create a new dynamic.
As part of the latest initiative,
Israel will ease its control of the
West Bank, the Palestinians will
guarantee security and the United
States will provide an umbrella for
talks on a final peace deal.
In a meeting Monday in
Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert and Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas agreed to accel-
erate peace talks.
Several hours later, in a clearly
coordinated move, President Bush
issued a major policy statement in
Washington, calling for a regional
peace conference to help the parties
"move forward on a successful path
toward a Palestinian state."
Bush promised $190 million in
American aid, $228 million in loans
and $80 million to beef up Pales-
tinian security forces being trained
by U.S. Gen. Keith Dayton. He also
announced plans for an interna-
tional conference in the fall.
It has been a long time since the
key players have shown such deter-
mination to move ahead.
Still, making progress could be
difficult because of the split in
Palestinian ranks. The move comes
a month after Hamas took control
of Gaza and Abbas established an
emergency government, essentially
splitting the Palestinian polity.
To demonstrate that Abbas will
not be able to deliver without them,
radical Hamas fundamentalists may
try to launch a new wave of terror
from the West Bank against Israeli
targets. If they do, peacemaking
could become virtually impossible.
see ISRAEL p. 4
Tom Thumb takes the cake
&
Bakers at the recently remodeled Coit and Campbell location now whip up kosher-certified treats.
Photo: Michelle Weinberg
SEE RELATED STORY, P. 7
Jewish history comes alive in
:ort Worth
By Laurie Barker James
Forty-eight members of the
Texas Jewish Historical
Society gathered in Fort
Worth last weekend for their quar-
terly meeting. The TJHS is
dedicated to preserving the history
of the Texas Jewish experience, and
the Fort Worth meeting drew rep-
resentation from many corners of
the state, including El Paso,
Longview, Big Spring and Corpus
Christi. Jack Gerrick, a past presi-
dent of the TJHS and the host of
this gathering, said, "We have some
significant Jewish history and
landmarks in Fort Worth. So this
time, we had a full weekend before
our meeting"
Members were treated to a
Shabbat-eve service and tour of
Beth-El Congregation, courtesy of
Fort Worth historian and longtime
TJHS member Hollace Weiner, who
serves as Beth-El's archivist. Sat-
urday morning, 20 souls braved
humidity and mosquitoes to tour
Emanuel Hebrew Rest, the pioneer
Jewish cemetery tucked into a tree-
shaded acre in Fort Worths hospital
district. "Actually, it's not really
humid," said TJHS members from
McAllen and Houston.
Fort Worth historian Gary Whit-
EMANUEL HEBREW REST
CEMETERY
FORT WORTH <?i?IC LEADER JOHN
PETER SMITH DONATED LAND AT
THIS SITE IN FOR USE AS A
CEMETERY TO SERVE THE EARLY
JEWISH RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUNDS WAS
FIRST PROVIDED BY THE EMANUEL
HEBREW ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS
STARTED BY LOCAL FAMILIES. THE
EARLIEST MARKED GRAVE IS THAT
OF A CHILD,LEAH KAISER.WHO DIED
IN 1879. UNDER THE CONTROL OF
CONGREGATION BETH-EL SINCE 1962,
EMANUEL HEBREW REST CEMETERY
IS THE BURIAL SITE OF MANY
PROMINENT BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL,
AND CIVIC LEADERS OF FORT WORTH'S
JEWISH COMMUNITY.
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Fort Worth's Emanuel Hebrew Rest is a
national historic site.
Photos: Laurie Barker James
field specializes in chronicling
Jewish involvement in the Confed-
eracy and the Masonic organization.
see HISTORY p. 16
DJCF elects
new officers
Outgoing officers
and trustees honored
After achieving a fifth consecu-
tive year of record -breaking growth
— assets under management
climbed to $158 million as of April
30 — the board of directors of the
Dallas Jewish Community Founda-
tion held its annual meeting on
June 19. Over the past five years the
Foundation has distributed more
than $50 million in charitable
grants and distributions.
The meeting's highlight was the
election of new officers and
trustees. Peggy Tobolowsky was
elected as a Life Trustee, and was
honored at the June 7 meeting of
the board of trustees for her years
of service to the Foundation, which
included two years as vice-chair-
person and three years —
2004-2007 — as chairperson.
Tobolowsky has championed the
important work of bequest aware-
ness and has been an outstanding
spokesperson for the value of
donor-advised funds, and under
her visionary leadership, the Dallas
Jewish Community Foundation
was able to grow and solidify a
strong presence both inside and
outside the Jewish community.
For her service to the Founda-
tion, she was awarded the 2005
Endowment Achievement Award
from the United Jewish Communi-
ties. An associate chair in the
Department of Criminal Justice at
the University of North Texas,
Tobolowsky received her law degree
from George Washington Univer-
sity and worked as a federal
prosecutor, and as a litigator in pri-
vate practice. In addition to her
service to the Foundation, she has
served on the board of the Jewish
Federation for many years.
Further, Tobolowsky has been a
United Way volunteer for more than
a decade. She currently serves as
chair of the Community Investment
see DJCF p. 5
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