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Thursday, September 15, 2005
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'The Thing About
My Folks'
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Hadassah welcomes
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luncheon at the
Columbian Club
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Israel ends
the Gaza era
Israel ends era by leaving
Gaza Strip; synagogue
razings stoke tear of chaos
By Dina Kraft
NEVEH DEKALIM, Gaza Strip,
(JTA) — A blazing orange sun set
over the Mediterranean as Israeli
soldiers lowered the country's flag
at the army's Gaza headquarters,
signifying the end of an era in this
sandy strip of land.
Sunday's brief ceremony,
attended by top military officials
and the parents of soldiers killed
defending Israeli settlements in
Gaza, marked the end of 38 years of
Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip, a
period that saw the creation — and
most recently the destruction — of
lewish settlements and some of the
bloodiest fighting between Israel
and the Palestinians.
The three highest-ranking army
commanders overseeing Gaza —
the army's chief of staff, Lt. Gen.
Dan Halutz; the head of the
Southern Command, Maj. Gen.
Dan Harel; and the head of the
Gaza Command, Brig. Gen. Aviv
Kochavi, faced an honor guard of
soldiers and saluted them.
Together they sang Israel's
national anthem, "Hatikvah," and
spoke of their hopes for a better
future.
"Thirty-eight years are coming to
a close. The army is leaving the Gaza
Strip," Kochavi said. "We leave with
our heads held high. The gate that is
closing after us is also a gate that is
opening. We hope it will be a gate
of peace and quiet, a gate of hope
and goodwill."
Harel also voiced hope for a
future without bloodshed.
"We are at the brink of some-
thing new. I hope the withdrawal of
our troops signifies a period of
peace and quiet with our neigh-
bors," he said.
But there were reminders of the
difficulties ahead.
see ERA p. 3
Max Glauben volunteers at Congregation Shearith Israel's Sandwich Drive last Friday where over 10,000 sandwiches were
collected and then distributed to Hurricane Katrina evacuees at area shelters. Photo: Congregation Shearith ismei
Home at Tulane...not too far off
By Melissa Maroff
With a future that seemed uncer-
tain, a group of hurricane-displaced
Tulane University stu dents gathered
at lewish Family Service in Dallas
last week—to find out things could
likely be back on track a lot sooner
than they thought.
Dr. Laura S. Levy, Ph.D., newly
appointed Associate Senior Vice
President for Research at the univer-
sity, was there to field questions and
try to put the students' and their
parents' minds at ease. Also present
were alumni and community mem-
bers who were there to offer their
homes and their help.
"Tulane has weathered many
crises — this is a very serious one —
we will weather this too," said Levy,
a Dallas native and long-time pro-
fessor of microbiology and
immunology at the 171 -year-old
New Orleans university, renowned
for its medical school.
Levy relayed that Tulane Presi-
dent Scott Cowen predicted the
school would be back in session for
the spring semester starting in Jan-
uary. "There won't be access to
downtown in lanuary or February,
but in April or May, I'll meet you for
lunch at Galatoire's," she told the
students optimistically. She advised
them to look at the situation as
"experiential" and different than any
of the other seven semesters.
The professor, who is currently
working out of Houston where the
school moved its operations,
described her post-hurricane visit to
New Orleans accompanied by
armed escorts and the "hot, dark,
dangerous buildings." However, she
was pleased to report that the
uptown campus "looks good," with
the buildings intact and the down-
town campus buildings are virtually
unscathed as well, although sur-
rounded by three feet of water.
"Surely there are leaks in some
places more than others, but for the
most part, things are still sitting
there and will be there when you get
back," she assured the frustrated stu-
dents, which included freshmen
whose college experience hadn't
amounted to more than an hour or
two.
Area schools that are accommo-
dating Tulane students include the
University of Texas at Dallas and
Southern Methodist University, in
addition to schools throughout the
U.S. and Israel. Many have agreed to
remit payment back to Tulane as
well as issue academic credit for
equivalent courses.
Zev Rudberg of Dallas, along
with a handful of other Tulane stu-
dents from across the country, was
granted a full tuition scholarship to
study at Hebrew University in
lerusalem this semester. "I'm really
see TULANE p. 3
Outpouring
of support
continues
From large to small
community shines
in relief effort
By Sharon Wisch-Ray
From the largest of organized
endeavors at local lewish organiza-
tions and synagogues to the
individual, perhaps most mean-
ingful, gestures, the local Jewish
community has continued to
respond to the needs of Hurricane
Katrina evacuees over the past week.
Perhaps the busiest agency has
been Jewish Family Service, which
at press time had served over 1,300
evacuees with professional coun-
seling, food, clothing, linens and
housewares. While the response has
been overwhelming, JFS continues
to need more volunteers to help
serve evacuee families.
"We need to have about 30 volun-
teers in the building at all times to
help us work with the families who
come to us for help. If you have any
type of social work, healthcare, or
teaching background, we need your
help with intake (and we will train
you). If not, we have many, many
slots open for people to help the fam-
ilies sign in, help them with their
shopping for clothes and food in our
building, take and sort donations,
and do clerical work," wrote Janis
Dworkis in an email earlier this week.
Several shifts are available at JFS
throughout the day. All evacuee
families who arrive by 3 p.m. are
seen on the same day, with staffers
and volunteers often remaining
until the early evening to make sure
everyone gets their needs met.
JFS Executive Director Michael
Fleisher commented on the efforts
of his agency over the last two
weeks. "We, as a community and
Jewish Family Service as our com-
munity's source for professional
counseling, gerontology, employ-
ment and emergency assistance,
see SUPPORT p. 2
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