Friday, November 30,1984 / The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Page 9
'Gesher' Young Leadership
Mission to Israel Scheduled for February
The Hebrew word "gesher"
esignating this UJA Young
adership Regional Mission,
bas chosen because it is a
fbridge'* between young
nerican Jews and their Israeli
ounterparts.
Have you ever wondered why s
IJA mission is different from all
ther trips to Israel? The dif-
ence is in what you get ... On
J other trips to Israel you go as
tourist. You may accumulate
jwvenirs and miles of film
[howing winding city alleys and
jsert vistas dotted with camels.
In the final analysis, maybe you
ad a better vacation than last
fear when you went to the
jlands. Next year you may go to
Scandinavia .
The UJA mission experience
ill give you much more:
Lscovery, revelation, a sense of
elf. It is an opportunity to see
for yourself what has been ac-
complished by the Jewish people
when their energy and resources
are used fully and creatively. It is
an opportunity to touch not cold
stones, but warm hearts ... an
opportunity to encounter the
reality of life in Israel today.
From the moment you meet
your Mission group at the airport
until you bid the "l'hit-ra-ot"
(until we meet again), you will
sense common purpose and
growing identity and you will
carry your own heightened
consciousness with you for the
rest of your life.
"Won't I see the important
places of interest the 'must-
sees' that have attracted millions
of visitors to Israel?"
Sure, you'll be able to compare
notes with your friends who may
have "done" Israel but you'll
.ights' An Unusual Treat
By DVORA WAYSMAN
This coming holiday season,
viewers in majo American cities
II have some unique fare served
jp with their regular prime TV
programs. Alongside the usual
Christmas offerings, audiences
across the nation will have the
opportunity to watch an anim-
ated half-hour holiday special
about Hannukah called
\ Lights."
Lights" is a fantasy-
adventure which retells, in
Jlegory form, the story of
Jannukah and the Miracle of the
eights. With something in it for
everyone, it is the first major
oduction of Israel's promising
poung animation industry. It
ok two years to produce, and
iwolved 80 people working in
even animation teams. Narrated
by film star Judd Hirsch (award-
aning actor who played Dr.
rger in "Ordinary People," and
** of the TV comedy series
/Taxi"), the film is designed by
raith Hubley (whose New York
Radio has won four Academy
Awards). Bill Littlejohn of MGM
Supervised the initial layouts.
Monard Nimoy (Mr. Spock of
Star Trek") and Paul Michael
'laser (Staraky of "Starsky and
lutch") portray two of the
lunation's chief characters. The
ruination was carried out in
reel at Ein Gedi's Animation
studio, with the help of extra
*ama from Jerusalem and Tel
Wiv.
Signed to compete with top
Network holiday entertainment,
|UghtM was carefully con-
ved Without once using the
"^ Jewish" or "religious," it
delivers a powerful and universal
message: that everyone has the
right to be different. And not just
the right the obligation to pre-
serve the unique traditions of
one's heritage against the pre-
vailing culture, no matter how
enlightened, sophisticated and
humane that culture might be.
The film's theme of tolerance
unfolds in a delightful yet
moving way, and can apply to
any ethnic minority, although the
plot is taken from a chapter of
Jewish history.
Produced by Gesher, an organ-
ization that works to close the
gap between religious and non-
religious Jews, the film projects
an unusual and universal mes-
sage: that there is significance
and worth in being "different,"
and that, more specifically, for a
Jew to assimilate is to lose his or
her special "light." The message
to all audiences is that no culture
 no matter how enlightened 
should demand the kind of con-
formity that forces people to
abandon their very special her-
itage. And that, after ail, is the
message of Hannukah for all of
us for all time.
have a lot more to share with
them than lists of landmarks and
restaurants. You're going to
witness a modern democratic
nation function. Your perspective
will be through the eyes of its
citizens and its top leaders in
government, industry, education,
the arts, sciences, social welfare
agencies. When you stand on the
Mount of Olives and witness the
panorama of Jerusalem spread at
your feet, you will see in your
mind's eye Israeli children in new
schools, Russian immigrants
being welcomed at absorption
centers and Jews from every
corner of the globe merged into a
magical unity, informed by a
sense of home, which you will
share. You'll return renewed and
inspired as a human being and as
a Jew. And your presence will be
enlightenment to every Jew in
your community.
Want to learn more about a
UJA mission? Join Florida
Region's Mission Chairman, Jeff
Berkowitz for an informal get-
together at the home of Lois
Greenbaum. Come and learn
about our upcoming Mission
"Gesher." Jeff will be on hand to
discuss the upcoming Mission
(Feb. 24-March 5, 1985) on Dec. 9
at 7:30 p.m.
RSVP to the Tampa Jewish
Federation office by Thursday,
Dec. 6,876-1618.
Menorah Manor
Orders
Furnishings
Thelma Rothman, Chairman of
the Menorah Manor Decorating
Committee, has just returned
from The Furniture Mart in
Highpoint, North Carolina,
where she checked out the latest
ideas in furnishings and decora-
tions for the Manor. Rothman
then led Sue Schechter and her
committee in marathon sessions
with Sharyn Jacobson and Raoul
Lopez of Interiors, inc. to finalize
color schemes and furniture
designs for the three resident
floors and the ground floor
consisting of the chapel, admin-
istrative offices, therapy rooms,
dining rooms and ancillary areas.
The goals of the committee
were to give Menorah Manor a
warm and homelike feeling of
harmonizing colors. The main
floor, built around a central
garden, will be done in earth
tones in order to bring the out-
side in; this will give a feeling of
oneness with the environment.
The second floor will be in aqua
and green; the third floor in blues
and greys and the fourth floor in
mauves and pinks. Everything
will harmonize and be coord-
inated to give the residents the
impression of living in"neigh-
borhoods."
Many of the furnishings for the
individual rooms have been
designed utilizing space saving
features of built-ins, and were
made to specifications by Crest
Cabinets; Maurice GoWblatt has
already begun installation of the
cabinetry.
All the major furnishing items
have been ordered to insure del-
ivery by 1st* January to maintain
deadlines of targeted dates.
Mission Participants Return
Picture above are the par-
ticipants in a recent Tampa
Jewish Federation-United Jewish
Appeal Community Study
Mission to Israel. Tampa mission
members were Walter and Lee
Resale:, Francine and Bruce
Levine, Marshall and Loretta
Linsky, Frank and Doris
Rosenblatt, Greg and Maria
Waksman, Irving and Marilyn
Weissman, Gary and Barbara
Alter. Several couples from
Daytona Beach and a large group
from Pinellas County joined the
Tampa group.
Robert A. Levin
Andy Lewis
Helen Schuster
L. Mark Carron
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Nazi Unmasked
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The Justice Department filed suit
in Federal District Court in
Boston Friday to revoke the
citizenship of Matthew Katin, a
resident of Norwood, Mass., for
having concealed his Nazi past
when he gained admission to the
United States under the Dis-
nlarpH Persons Act shortly after
World War II.
According to Neal Sher,
director of the Justice Depart-
ment's Office of Special Inves-
tigations, Katin, now 70, served
in the Lithuanian Schutzmanns-
chaft, an auxiliary police organi-
zation set up by the Nazis in
occupied Lithuania.
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or Studying in Israel, contact:
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