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Bells And Bell RingingElizabeth Hastie

The oldest bell in the world, found near Babylon, is reputed to be three thousandyears old. Bells in the Orient were used so long ago, that tracing their history is al-most impossible. Russia claims the largest bell, “King of the Bells.” Cast in 1733, itweighs 180 tons and stands 19 feet tall, but it has never been rung because a fire in1737 destroyed its supports and its fall broke an 11 ton piece from its side. A secondMoscow bell, weighing 110 tons is the largest bell in actual use. In contrast, the greatbells of England, the one at St. Paul’s cathedral, weighs a mere 16-3/4 tons, and theBig Ben at Westminster is 13-1/2 tons. The Liberty Bell in Independence Hall, Phila-delphia, weighs 1 ton. The smaller bells that can be found at Farningham Kent, Eng-land, where I grew up are far smaller and quieter.

In England the kinds of bell ringing beloved by the British are “clocked,” run on asingle note sequence, and the mathematically precise “change ringing.” My closestfriend, Caro Gould, has been abell ringer for many years. She isnow 80 years old, and I’m told shestill bell rings. The art of changeringing originated in England andis used there, and in Scotland,Canada, Australia, and the U.S.Boston boasts two sets of Englishbells, one at the Church of the Ad-vent on Brimmer Street and theother at the Old North Church. Notsurprisingly, both churches areEpiscopal or Anglican. In 1992Caro came to visit the U.S. andjoined the Old North Church bellringers one Sunday, along with an-other visitor, a bell ringer from theBank of England.

Bell ringing in England de-mands that each bell be rotatedslightly more than a full circle.

Published by and for residents of 100 Centre St., Brookline, MA

December 2013

Ed Board: Joan Cass (#814), Harriet Covell (#709), Jeanine Foreman Ham (#721), Dodie Catlett (#517), Ed Gutoff (#409), Judy S. Jacobs (#519),Lyber Katz (Editor, #909, 617-879-0536), Efim Miller (#221), June Rosenberg (#1005), Richard Sterne (#809)

Table of ContentsBells And Bell Ringing ........................................... 1Residents’ Council Minutes..................................... 2Yiddish Page............................................................ 3Internment Of Japanese After Pearl Harbor ............ 4Letter To The Editor ................................................ 6What Doesn’t Fit With The Spirit Of Our Journal .. 6One More Holiday................................................... 7Eisenhower’s First Concentration Camp Visit ........ 8Three Candles.......................................................... 9Recovery In The Mountains .................................... 9Everybody Won At Suffolk Downs ......................... 10Jews In Uganda ....................................................... 10What’s Cooking....................................................... 10On AIDS.................................................................. 10The Recycling Corner ............................................. 11Halloween Madness ................................................ 11Solve This................................................................ 12110 Reconstruction.................................................. 12Theater Schedule ..................................................... 12

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Residents present: LoPiccolo,Strauss, Ackerman, Covell, Block,Simons, Kadish, Pollock, Shamiz, andBachman; Staff present: Glyman, Dor-mady, Baber, Powell, and Christina.

The fire regulations are still a prob-lem. The following questions wereraised:

•Is it possible to have an in-housetraining or fire drill?

•There is confusion about the allclear signal. Could the telephone systembe used to signal the all clear?

•Since every resident needs to beclear about the proper procedure, it isimportant to have a meeting of all resi-dents with the fire department.

•In case of an emergency does thefire department have access to theapartments? The building does have astaff member available during anemergency.

•Should residents be encouraged tohave a lifeline?

The handicap scooters have been aproblem. Management is aware and willconfer with those who use scooters.

The gliders on the chairs in the diningroom are still a problem.

Some chairs which are placed nearthe elevators are disappearing. Someresidents who may have taken themshould be advised that the chairs belongto CCB. Also, some benches near theelevators will eventually be replaced.

When a resident passes away, an an-nouncement will appear on the backpage and or bulletin boards.

Could the fire department be advisedof residents who may need help in leav-ing their apartments?

Butt cans were suggested near thefront entrance, but were not considereda good idea. However, there should be asign in that area indicating that this build-ing is smoke-free.

There were many questions aboutthe food committee. Should the Councilbe advised about what happens at thefood committee? Should a person on theCouncil be a member of the food com-mittee? Should that person report to thecouncil? The consensus was that theCouncil will not be involved with the foodcommittee. Should a report from the foodcommittee appear in the Journal?

Now that medical marijuana hasbeen legalized in Massachusetts, can itbe used in our building? Since this is aFederally funded building, it is not al-lowed here.

There are, and will be, many newresidents, but their phone numbers arenot available. An updated phone listingof residents who desire to be listed isneeded. A new point person is requiredto organize this.

There was some concern about thenumber of residents who need assis-tance. It was pointed out that this is notan assisted living facility, although if resi-dents need assistance, they may have itat their own expense.

The weekly schedules are now on atable near the cubby holes and are avail-able for the taking.

Rhonda Glyman informed the councilthat there will be an advertising cam-paign in and near Brookline. There willbe signs on the Beacon Street trolleysabout Center Communities.

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Uyslernen DererkheretsFun Royte Pomerantsn

A yid, a yeshivnik, hot gehat a porkinder, hot er zey avekgegebn a rebn inshtot. Hot er geredt mitn rebn, er zolakhtung gebn af di kinder, zey zoln gutlernen, zoln nit tsu fil shtifn, kholile un“bifrat” zogt er “volt ikh aykh gebetn, irzolt zey uyslernen a bisl dererkherets,zey zoln nit azoy vild zayn, zey zoln visnviazoy tsu redn un viazoy tsu ton.”

Der rebe is maskim geven un hot emtsugezogt, tsu lernen di kinder dererkherets.

In a halb yor arum iz der tate ge-kumen in shtot, iz er gegangen zen dikinder. Fregt er dem rebn: “Nu, vos iz mitmayne kinder?”

Zogt der rebe: “Gants gut. Zey lernenzikh gants fayn.”“Ye, — zogt der yid —ober ikh hob aykh dokh gebetn, ir zoltzey uyslernen dererkherets. Ot zogtaleyn: ikh bin gekumen fun der heym, unzey hobn mikh afile gefregt, oyb di mameis gezunt.”

Zogt der rebe: “hot kayn tsar nit. Irvet kumen dem ander mol, veln zeyshoyn kenen dererkherets.

Der yid is avekgeforn, un di kinderhobn vayter gelernt baym rebn in shtot.

Epes in khadoshim tzvey arum iz deryid vaiter geven in shtot, iz er gegangentsu di kinder. Vi er geyt arayn in shtub,loyfn di kinder tsu-n-em un fregn: “Tate,tate, di mame iz nokh gezunt?”

Teaching RespectFrom Royte Pomerantsen

A Jew, a yeshiva man, had a coupleof kids, so he brought them to the rabbiin the city. He asked the rabbi to pay at-tention to the children, see that theystudy well, should not, God forbid, mis-behave and “In general” he said, “letthem learn some respect; they shouldn’tbe wild, they should know how to speakand how to do.”

The rabbi agreed and promised toteach the children respect.

A half-a-year later the father came tothe city and went to see his children. Heasked the rabbi: “So, what’s with my chil-dren?”

The rabbi answered: “Pretty good.They are learning rather well.”

“Yes,” said the Jew, “but still, didn’t Iask you to teach them respect? Now,don’t you agree—I came from homeand they didn’t even ask me whethertheir mother is in good health?”

The rabbi replied; “Don’t let it botheryou. Next time you come, they will al-ready have learned respect.”

The Jew left town and the childrenremained with the rabbi in the city.

About a couple of months later theJew was again in the city and he went tosee his children. The minute he walkedin, the children ran up to him and asked:“Daddy, Daddy, is Mommy still healthy?”

From The Joys Of Jewish FolkloreDavid Max Einhorn

• During his first week in New York, a greenhorn saw a man with a cigar in hismouth sitting on Saturday on a park bench and reading a Yiddish newspaper. Criedout the greenie: “America is a goldene medina (a wonderful country). In Amerikakenen afile di goyim leyenen Idish (In America even the Gentiles can read Yiddish).”

• A Russian Jew made his way to Canada and later entered this country. The immi-gration inspector asked him his name, but he thought he was being asked what coun-try he just come, so he replied “Kenneda.” And so it was that a Jewish family named“Kennedy” came into being.

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Internment Of Japanese After Pearl HarborRichard Sterne

Roughly forty-five years after the end ofWorld War II, I met, in Newton, Massachu-setts, a Japanese-American who had re-ceived from the American government notonly an apology for what was in effect hisimprisonment after the destruction by Japa-nese airplanes of most of the American fleetat Pearl Harbor in December 1941, but alsotwenty thousand dollars. Because his pridedid not permit him to keep the money, hehad immediately given all of it to variousAmerican friends.

According to the material published bythe Institute for Historical Review, manyAmericans expected an immediate attackagainst the Pacific Coast, “and a wave ofhysterical antipathy against the Japaneseengulfed” that area. The FBI quickly beganrounding up all “suspicious” Japanese forinternment; almost all were simply commu-nity organizers, such as Buddhist or Shintopriests, newspaper editors, language in-structors, or labor organizers. Thus, theJapanese community leadership was sud-denly eliminated.

Although some arrestees were soon setfree, most were secretly sent to internmentcamps around the country. Most of the fami-lies knew nothing about why their men hadsuddenly disappeared, or when they wouldbe permitted to return.

But this FBI operation was merely aprelude to a mass evacuation. On February19, 1942, although by this time (as the Na-tional Asian-American TelecommunicationAssociation makes clear) the United Statesgovernment’s own evidence indicated thatJapanese Americans posed no militarythreat, President Roosevelt signed an Ex-ecutive Order authorizing the removal andincarceration of over 110,000 JapaneseAmericans. The NAATA discussion alsopoints out that two thirds of these peoplewere American citizens, and that half werechildren.

In March, President Roosevelt signedanother Executive Order authorizing theSecretary of War or any military commanderto designate “military areas” from which anyor all persons could be excluded. A monthlater, another Executive Order established

the War Relocation Authority, which eventu-ally operated the internment camps. Roose-velt named Milton Eisenhower, brother ofthe future president, to head the WRA.

It is troubling to learn that not one mem-ber of Congress expressed an objection tothese draconian measures.

Also, beginning in March 1942, theArmy organized the evacuation of about77,000 United States citizens of Japaneseorigin (”Nisei”) and 43,000 older Japanesecitizens (”Issei”) from California and parts ofWashington, Oregon, and Arizona.

Despite evidence gathered by theAmerican government that these people,two-thirds of whom were citizens and half ofwhom were children, posed no militarythreat, the President signed an executiveorder that forced 120,000 Japanese Ameri-cans into exile in their own country, de-prived of civil liberties.

The website, “Historical Overview: Japa-nese Americans,” informs us that “a numberof courageous Nisei challenged the consti-tutionality” of the “curfew” imposed on themas well as the constitutionality of theevacuation itself. Other Nisei “demonstratedtheir courage by joining the service. The fa-mous 442nd Regimental Combat team,made up entirely of Japanese Americans,became the war’s most decorated unit.”

The institute for Historical Review pointsout that although “military necessity” wasthe rationale for the West Coast evacuation,that claim was inconsistent with what hap-pened in Hawaii, whose population was 38percent Japanese (as compared with aboutone percent in California), who were notsubjected to mass imprisonment.

More consistent with the hideous racismof Nazi Germany than with the famousstatement of the founders of the UnitedStates (some of whom, however, were slave-holders) that “all men are created equal”was the insistence of Colonel Karl Bende-stein, who administered the evacuation pro-gram, that “if they have one drop of Japa-nese blood in them, they must go to camp.”

The United States government “told theAmericans that our detention centers had

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nothing in common with the horrible concen-tration camps established by the enemy inEurope.” The Army public relations agencyalways referred to the ten permanent deten-tion centers as “resettlement camps” and“havens of refuge.” But Chief Judge WilliamDenman of the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap-peals described the Tule Lake Camp inCalifornia as having “a barbed wire stock-ade surrounding the 18,000 people there”that was “like the prison camps of the Ger-mans.” He described the buildings as“covered with tarred paper over green andshrinking shiplap—this for the low wintertemperatures of Tule Lake. No federal peni-tentiary so treats its adult prisoners. Herewere children and babies as well.” As forreaching the “unheated latrines,” this “meantleaving the residential shacks and walkingthrough the rain and snow—again a lowerthan penitentiary treatment, even discourag-ing the sick and the children. So also wasthe crowding of 18,000 people in one storyshacks. In the cells of a federal penitentiarythere is no such crowding.”

When the Japanese organized a protestdemonstration at Manzanar camp in Califor-nia, soldiers threw tear gas and fired intothe crowd. One inmate was killed instantlyand another died later. Nine were injured.Some Japanese committed suicide out ofdespair; many more died prematurely owingto harsh conditions.

Three generations of prisoners oftenlived in one bare room, 20 by 24 feet. Attimes, three such families were crowdedinto such a room. A hanging light bulb wasthe only fixture, except for whatever furni-ture the inmates could build for themselves.In some “assembly areas,” families dwelledin converted horse stables where the stenchbecame vile in the summer heat.

All mail was censored, the Japaneselanguage was banned at public meetings,and the Japanese religious services weresuppressed.

An ironic touch was the requirement thatinmates salute the flag and declare their al-legiance to “one nation, indivisible, with lib-erty and justice for all.”

In view of the virtually universal Ameri-

can condemnation today of the Japaneseinternment program, it is difficult to compre-hend the strength of support for it at thetime. The reform Mayor of Los Angeles,Fletcher Bowron, denounced on a Lincolnbirthday radio broadcast the “sickly senti-mentality” of people concerned about theinjustices to the Japanese living in theUnited States. If Lincoln were alive, Bowronasserted, that “mild-mannered man whosememory we regard with almost saintly rever-ence would make short work of rounding upthe Japanese and putting them where theycould do no harm.”

The influential liberal columnist, WalterLippmann, preceded the influential conser-vative one, Westbrook Pegler, in supportingthe mass evacuation in February 1942.

A Mississippi Congressman told theHouse of Representatives that “This is arace war, as far as the Pacific side of theconflict is concerned.” Another congress-man favored “mandatory sterilization of theJapanese,” and a March 1942 national pollrevealed that 59 percent wanted to evacu-ate U.S. citizens of Japanese origin, whileonly 25 percent disagreed.

Earl Warren is called by the Institute forHistorical Review website, “the most sur-prising advocate of evacuation”—in view ofhis later vociferous liberalism. And that web-site called Norman Thomas, the socialistleader, perhaps “the only honest personalityin this whole story” because he denounced“liberals” who accepted evacuation of theJapanese.

According to Wikipedia, in 1980, Presi-dent Jimmy Carter conducted an investiga-tion to determine whether the internmentpolicy was justified. He appointed a Com-mission on Wartime Relocation and intern-ment of civilians to investigate the camps.The Commission’s report, “Personal JusticeDenied,” found little evidence of Japanesedisloyalty at the time, and recommendedthat the government pay reparation to thesurvivors. The reparations consisted of atwenty thousand dollar payment to each in-dividual internment camp survivor.

In 1988, Congress passed, and Presi-dent Ronald Reagan signed, legislation thatapologized for the treatment on behalf of theUnited States government. The legislation

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We regularly read our little Journal pub-lished by an honorary editorial board of vol-unteers, and we are grateful for their hardwork. We like what our neighbors-residentswrote, sharing each other's thoughts, feel-ings and memories.

However, not for the first time, we ex-perience deep feelings of protest againstthe politically-biased editorials, unsigned, orsigned by the Chief-editor. The questionarises: is the task of the editor to rehash thelies that constantly brings down upon us theliberal media, trying to justify the misleadingpromises and failures of our, not of the best,President? Is our Journal the publication ofa political party? We think - NO! If the edi-tor’s personal political activity requires itsrelease, is it not better to confine himself to

Letter To The EditorI respectfully request that this Letter To

The Editor, be printed in its entirety!My letter is in response to Mr. Katz’s

latest front page editorial entitled“Congressional Insanity.”

Once again my good friend Efim Millerhas written his descent. (Page 9 of the No-vember issue of our Journal). Efim is amember of the editorial staff, and wrote thefollowing: “I do care about the face and themission of our Journal, which is supposedto be ideologically neutral, serving thewhole community.”

Mr. Katz, time after time you havehoodwinked the members of our EditorialBoard (Except for Efim Miller) into believingthat your ultra left political tirades, must ap-pear as a front page editorial. It does not

belong there!Mr. Katz, you are to know, without any

doubt, that there are many residents whodo not agree with your “politically left” frontpage editorials.

I have urged them to speak their minds,and write to you, expressing their disap-pointment of your intransigence.

I must say, that the “die has been cast”;Mr. Katz is determined with his boardmembers (except for one) to continue plac-ing biased political left editorials on thefront page of our Journal. It does not be-long there!

I suspect Mr. Katz will prepare a rebut-tal for this letter.

So Mr. Katz “Bring it on!”Joe Steinberg

What Doesn’t Fit with the Spirit of Our Journal(Joint letter to the editorial board)

a smaller note in the middle of the Journal?Why use for this purpose the Front Pagethat epitomizes the essence of the Journal?

Frankly, it is hard to understand, how areasonable person, talented in its own way,doing a great editorial job, can not see andunderstand, especially during the 2nd termof Obama’s Presidency, riddled with con-tinuous scandals, cover-ups, and brokenpromises, that words and deeds of the Ad-ministration become like two non-intersecting circles.

Us, Russian Jewish émigrés, who hadexperienced first hand the “delights” of so-cialism under the banner of "universalequality," it hurts to see, how the Presidentis enthusiastically pushing America towardsthe so-called "justice for all." Our personal

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Items presented in the “Opinion” pages are of the writer, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Ed.Bd.

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Lyber KatzIn preparing for this, the December

issue of The Journal, I googled anevents calendar. Three dates popped upfor December: Decem-ber 24 - Christmas; De-cember 7 - Pearl Har-bor Day; and Decem-ber 2 - Cyber Monday.Although I was familiarwith the first two, Inever heard of a “CyberMonday.” Further re-

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experience, like the experience of all social-ist countries of the world, confirmed that thispath is disastrous and irreversible. This isproved perfectly by post-socialist Russia,which is now in complete stagnation.

America is turning, in our sight, from acountry of active, hard-working people intoa country of slackers, fans of freebies, ‘free-ride’- not-paying-taxes people, just hopingfor handouts from the government. Americaspends more today than it earns, while itsdebt exceeds all permissible limits. Americais losing the face of the world's leadingPower; she effectively betrayed all of herMiddle-Eastern allies in the Arab world,what has led to increased radical-Islamicterrorism around the world, to Benghazi at-tack. Are these "achievements" of Obama’sAdministration the ones that are inspiringour Editor?

No doubt, in our community there aremany reasonable, thoughtful people. Whydid our current Editor allows himself besotus by publishing repeatedly, in the name ofour community Journal, such politically-biased front-pages? We never had it beforein our friendly Journal.

The pursuit of justice is a national trait ofthe Jewish people, we belong to. But is it

fair to put on the shoulders of our hardworking middle-class millions of illegal immi-grants? Or to educate people in the spirit ofidleness and dependency? At the expenseof the hard working middle-class? Why is asingle mother in Hawaii receiving benefits of$60,000 a year – more than a specialist witha university degree? Well, why should sheseek to study, to work? And what kind of acitizen will grow up her baby? To add more,we got the present and looming hurdles andconsequences of the mandatory health carereform - Obama Care, – imposed on theAmerican people in a single-party-votingmanner; without any necessary discussionin Congress!

We, the signed below Russian-speakingresidents of our community, do not want tobe part of any political battles, the more onthe pages of our little Journal. We are justindependent voters, who love this country,whose citizens we are now. And, therefore,we are very saddened by seeing how fastthis Great Country, under Obama's Admini-stration, is changing for the worse.

That is, why we want for our Journalback his good, old, and friendly face.

Signed by: Sophia Axelrod; Maria Bey-lina; Nina Fuks; Natasha Glazman; PinkhusGureviich; Catrin Kats; Leonid Knubovets;Rena Knubovets; Vadim Melnikov; Lidia

search revealed that this is a day storesoffer “fantastic sales.” Being bombardedby “fantastic sales” offers day in and dayout on TV, radio, and by mail, I cannotsay that I’m eagerly looking forward to a“Cyber Monday.”

However, it occurred tome that perhaps a differ-ent new holiday could bein order. How about a“Hibernation Wednes-day,” say on December18? No commercials!Just give us a respite forat least one day!

But ma! I can’t fall asleep.

There are no commercials!

Hibernation Wednesday

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by Sid Weinstein

My brother Lewis enlisted in theUnited States Army in the spring of1942, at the age of 37. When they ex-amined his credentials, he was immedi-ately made a Major. He was sent tothe Army War College and landed withthe American troops in North Africa.

In North Africa, he had several typesof duties. He stayed in North Africa untillate 1943, when he was ordered to goto London. In London, he was made liai-son between Eisenhower and de Gaulle.In this post, he made contact with mem-bers of the Free French Forces. Lewlanded in France just three days after D-Day.

I really don’t know what happenedfrom the time of his arrival until theAmericans liberated France. However, Ido know that he entered Paris with deGaulle, and that he was able to acquirea sound-truck, which went up and downthe streets of Paris announcing that Fri-day night services will be held at whathe learned was the largest synagoguein Paris. That Friday night, the syna-gogue was mobbed. Lew performedmany other acts related to the war in hiscapacity as liaison between Eisenhowerand de Gaulle.

Lew a lso had access tothe Situation Room, where maps anddiagrams and arrows displayed namesof divisions and their locations. Lew, likeanyone familiar with this process wouldknow the details of all war actions at thatmoment.

One G.I. was assembling all the de-tails of the action. At one point, Lew no-ticed that a different kind of flag was be-ing put on the map. Inquiring what that

flag represented, he was told that thesewere the sites of the death camps. “Whatis a death camp?” he asked, and wastold that these were concentrationcamps where Jewish men, women andchildren were lined up, led into sealedchambers, and murdered by hydrogen-cyanide gas. The G.I. told him that hehad known about this for only a couple ofdays, and was instructed where to placethe flags.

Lew was able to contact General Ei-senhower only through General Beedle-Smith, Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff. Anappointment was thereupon made forLew to meet with Eisenhower. Lew rec-ognized that Ohrdruf, the location of oneof the death camps, would be liberatedby American troops in less than a week.Lew pleaded with all kinds of arguments,that Eisenhower should be present whenthe first death camp was liberated. ButEisenhower said, “Out! I have a war tofight!”

Other sources reached Eisenhowerwith more details about the nature ofdeath camps, and finally Eisenhower de-cided to go—several days after the cap-ture. At that time, Eisenhower orderedmany of the Top Brass to be present withhim. Fifty years later, this story appearedin the now defunct U.S. News and WorldReport. The following quote was takenfrom that article: “Eisenhower himself ad-mitted to Lieutenant Colonel LewisWeinstein, “You’re persistent as hell, andI was pissed off. But you were right…Iwould never have believed that this waspossible.” This quotation of Eisenhower’sappears in many Holocaust museums.

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Three CandlesJudy S. Jacobs

November 28th this yearWas a very special date:Most folks of Thanksgiving did partake—Some also celebrated HanukkahAnd lit the second candle of eight.But in our home two celebrations wouldnot do—we had three—Including the birthday of my sister, Naomi.My sister was born on Thanksgiving DayAnd every twelve years It works out that way.The family gathered to give her her due,For that reason we had three celebrations,Not two.Seeing my great-grand nephewIs always a treat.It is amazing how fast he learnedHow to walk on his own two feet!My gifts to him are always a hit—As a great-aunt I aim to spoil him a bit.How old Naomi was, she would not say—Her years she would not give away.She put three candles on her cake—A statement to make!Which on this very day seemed to fitThe situation perfectly, in every way!

Recovery In The MountainsJeanine Forman Ham

Rocky Mountain National Park is re-covering after the unexpected Septem-ber 13 flood in Colorado—rivers over-flowed, roads were washed out, andhundreds of houses were washed away.

It was fall, and leaves were chang-ing to scarlet and gold with greenspruce and pine behind them. It wasbreath-taking. Snow was sparkling tento fourteen thousand feet above sealevel. In the valley, the male elk werebugling—calling the females to mate.

The park was closed by the FederalGovernment, due to budget cuts. One ofthe busiest tourist towns, Estes Park,almost died. Shops were closed andstreets were deserted. When the Stateof Colorado rented the Park from theFederal Government, we knew that themountain towns were recovering. Theshops of Estes Park opened their doors,waiting for the tourists and their income.Snow in the air would soon bring skiersof all ages to the mountain towns.

Skiing was brought to the UnitedStates by an Austrian expert. It movedto North Adams, a blue collar townin Northwestern Massachusetts. Itcaught on quickly and a battalion of ski-ers fought in Italy in World War II. Sub-sequently the sport moved to theWest—to Idaho, Utah, California, andColorado. The snow is lighter and morepowdery than in the East.

No, I do not ski. I did once,on my honeymoon. It was thrilling. Theprettiest towns I’ve visited are the skitowns of Colorado—Aspen, Brecken-ridge, Frisco, Vail, and Telluride. Skiersreturn year after year by car,train, plane. The sunshine, the blueskies, and the white snow are simplybliss.

said that government actions were based on“race prejudice, war hysteria, and failure ofpolitical leadership.” The government dis-tributed eventually more than $1.6 billion inreparations to Japanese Americans whohad been interred and to their heirs.

Of the 127,000 Japanese Americans liv-ing in the continental United States at thetime of the Pearl Harbor attack, 112,000 re-sided on the West Coast. About 80,000were Nisei (second generation) Japaneseborn in the United States and holdingAmerican citizenship, ans Sansei (third gen-eration) sons and daughters of Nisei. Therest were Issei, (first generation) immigrantswho were ineligible for United States citizen-ship.

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Everybody Won At SuffolkDowns

Arline WetreichOn a cool, October day, nearly forty

residents of 100 and 112 Centre St and1500 Beacon Street had a winning good

time on an outing to Suf-folk Downs. We weretaken there and broughtback in a deluxe bus; our

luncheon tables, beautifully set, were atthe finish line; and we were offered atruly fabulous buffet by an ex-cellent serving staff. Free en-trance and programs for theraces were also included.Then there were the racesthemselves—some of us won bets, oth-ers lost, but excitement and fun werehad by all. Our heartfelt thanks to HaroldBlock, whose hard work and planninggave us this wonderful excursion at sucha reasonable cost. Harold, please do itagain… soon!

On AIDSSubmitted by Edith Pollack

Senior Citizens are the nation’sleading carriers of AIDS!

Hearing AIDS, Band AIDS, RollAIDS, Walking AIDS, Medical AIDS,Government AIDS, and most of all,the monetary AIDS to their children.

The Golden Years have come atlast.

I cannot see, I cannot pee, I can-not chew, I cannot screw. My memoryshrinks. My hearing stinks. No senseof smell. I look like hell. My body’sdrooping. Got trouble pooping.

So the Golden years have comeat last?

Well, the Golden Years can kissmy !

Jews in UgandaSubmitted by Harold Block

(Ed. Note: With this item on Jews inthe most unusual places we’d like to starta similar monthly column. Submissionsfrom our readers who have been to andseen Jews in other exotic or unusualplaces would be welcome.)

I went to Uganda as part of my workwith Focus Groups.Before I left I foundout that there is atribe of UgandanJews called the Aba-yudaua. They are lo-

cated in the town of Mbale in the Easternpart of Uganda, about a four-and-a-halfhour drive from the capital, Kampala.

One of the Focus Groups was inMbale which I visited in mid-April. I con-tacted Samson Shadrak, one of the com-munity members there, whose grandfa-ther was one of the found-ing members of the shul. Itwas an amazing experienceto see these Jews literallyin the middle-of-nowhere. Inaddition to the shul, theyhave Jewish schools and even a Ye-shiva!

What’s Cooking?

The following is a simple, delicioussauce for herring. The quantities areapproximate:

Blue cheese dressing 4 to 6 parts

Horseradish sauce 1 part

Honey Mustard sauce 1 part

Finely chopped onions 1 to 2 parts

Mix ingredients and enjoy!

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The Recycling CornerIn her “Reflections” letter of Nov. 19,

2013, Rhonda Glyman, our interim Ex-ecutive Director gave the following “dos”and “donts” for handling recycling.

DO include clean glass bottles andjars, metal food and beverage cans, andplastic bottles or jars marked with num-bers 1 to 7. Also included in the recycling“dos” are newspapers, magazines, cata-logs, junk mail, brown bags, cerealboxes, milk cartons and grease or foodfree boxes, etc.

DO NOT include Styrofoam products,plastic bags, needles or medical waste,hazardous materials, or soiled containersof any kind. Do not include clothing, de-pends, or shoes.

For further information call the Brook-line Sanitation Department at 617-730-2156 or at 617-879-4900 anytime.

Bells are mounted between their gud-geons (the pivotal points around whichthey rotate), permitting a nearly perfectbalance of the bell and reducing themuscular effort needed to swing the bellthe many hundreds of times required fora complete set of changes. It is said thata skilled bell ringer can continue to ringquite late into old age. My friend, Caro,certainly confirms that.

Bells are cast of bronze, which is77% copper and 23% tin. Small metalbells were cast in this metal thousands ofyears ago, but the art was lost or forgot-ten until the eighth century. Great caremust be used in finishing and decoratingthe bell, because the removal of even afew thousands of an inch at the wrongplace can ruin one. The only remedythen is to remelt and recast the bell.

Recasting is costly. Recently theFarningham bell was hand-pulled all 26miles to the Whitechapel foundry in Lon-don, founded during the reign of Eliza-beth the First. The procession celebratedthe long walk in medieval costume toraise money for the beloved bell, stop-ping just long enough to get a mug ofbeer at a village pub.

Bells and Bell Ringing(Concluded from Page 1)

CorrectionIn the third paragraph of “Our

Thanksgiving Day” in the November2013 journal, the first sentence shouldread: “The Pilgrims had anotherThanksgiving in 1623, when, after afast, a switch from communal to pri-vatized farming, and a fourteen dayrain resulted in a larger harvest.”

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For more information and tickets contactTed Shamitz at 617-487-5573. The price oftickets includes transportation. Make checkspayable to the Brookline Senior Citizen’sCenter.

The Whipping Man — Sunday, January 26,at 2PM. The New Rep, Watertown, $39 each.

Vivaldi Concert — Sunday, February 23, at

3 PM. The Symphony Hall, $45 each.

Solve

1. Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 only once to form two numbers whichwhen multiplied give the largest product.

2. Three men called John, James, and Henry and their wives, Mary, Sue, and Annwent to the market to buy things. Each person bought as many things as thatperson spent dollars per thing. John bought 23 more things than Sue andJames bought 11 more than Mary. Each man spent $63 more than his wife.What was the name of each man’s wife?

3. What letter logically follows the series OTTFFSSE…?

Answers1.9642times87531=843,973,9022.Each(MAN*MAN-WIFE*WIFE=63).

Thepossiblecombinationsare(32*32-31*31),(12*12-9*9),and(8*8-1*1),i.e.thehusbandsspent$32,$12,and$8,whilethewivesspent$31,$9,and$1.Sincetheonlycombinationproducingadifferenceof23is32and9,Johnbought32andSue9.Alsotheonlycombinationtoproduceadifferenceof11is12and1,sothatJamesbought12andMarybought1.ThereforeJohnbought32andAnn31,soJohnismarriedtoAnn.Simi-larly,James(12items)ismarriedtoSue(9items)andHenry(8items)ismarriedtoMary(oneitem).

3.“N”-theseriesstandsforthefirstlettersofone,two,three,four,etc.110 Reconstuction

Lyber KatzWell...the hammering, the noise, the

blocked corridors, and inaccessibledoors are gone at last! The new carpethas been laid and the rooms painted.The physical fitness room is more con-venient and is useable. And all this prettymuch on schedule. Jim Dormady and theconstruction crew are to be congratu-lated.

The living room is a delight, now thatthe furniture is in place and the lobbylooks much more inviting.

For the “complainers”, about the onlypart, not yet finished at this writing, is thefurnishing of one of the activity roomswhich is now used for temporary storage.Perhaps by the time this is published,this room too will be useable and as at-tractive as the rest of the reconstruction.

Although not part of the reconstruc-tion, we welcome the gliders installed onsome chairs in the dining room. We’relooking forward to the early completionof that project also.

Once A Pun A Time I used to think I was indecisive, but

now I am not so sure. Haunted French pancakes give me

the crepes. PMS jokes are not funny, period!