Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1987 — Page 4

I HEARD IT ON TUESDA Y * —————

Former refusniks settling in as mobilization looms

By GISELA WEISZ 255 5019 FREEDOM RINGS: Welcome to Alexander and Galina Pevzner and their daughter Yelena. The young family arrived recently from the Soviet

Union to be with Alexander's (Sasha) parents. Lev and Yelena Pevzner. The elder Pevzners have lived in Indianapolis for the past eight years, during which time the younger Pevzner family endured the dissonant tribulations of refuseniks in the Soviet Union. Shortly after their arrival, Alexander Pevzner publicly thanked in the State Office Building those who helped him, mainly Sen. Richard G. Lugar and his aide, Keith L. Luse, who have worked diligently for the family's emigration. On Dec. 9 — when Mikhail Gorbachev will be visiting our nation's capital — a large number of Indianapolis citi-

zens will travel to Washington D.C., in order to demonstrate en masse and demand freedom for the many Jewish refuseniks still in the Soviet Union. The trip is sponsored and partially financed by The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY: Betty Perry came in from Scottsdale Ariz. to be with her parents, Milli and Bernard Perry and with her sister and her family Stephanie, Tim and Craig Luekens and brother Doug on Thanksgiving. RIDDLE: Question: What do you get when you mix 16 huge turkeys, 75 pumpkin pies, bushels of sweet potatoes, hills of cranberries and 36 willing volunteer workers? Answer: A glorious grandparents' day at the Hebrew Academy. An overwhelming hand of applause followed the question posed by Hart Hasten, president of the Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis, when he asked the assembled grandparents: "Are you proud of your grandchildren?" Following the Thanksgiving stage performances of the

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200 students of the Academy, in his greetings to the assembled 200 grandparents and guests Hasten said: "We want our children to feel good about their Judaism, about their religion. We want Jewish children here to feel that kinship with all the Jews anywhere in the world, whether it is in a synagogue in Moscow, or whether it is in Argentina, or Tel Aviv, or Jerusalem—we want them to feel a kinship with the other Jews... (that) they could sit in a synagogue and feel comfortable there...to be able to pick up a siddur or a humash and understand... and be able to participate in prayers... in services...to be able to say a kaddish and do it without any problems, without feeling inabilities, or even feeling any nervousness!" Along with the teachers, students and guests, over 450 people were served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the HAI's auditorium on Nov. 20. HERE: For the Thanksgiving holiday Dorothy Lyman had her son and family as her guests, Susan, Tom, Julie and Allison Falender from Nashville, Tenn. FREE AT LAST: Anshel Blobstein with his wife Royzi and their son Zril-Mordche, arrived in Israel from Irshava, USSR. Anshel is the nephew of Michael Blain, executive director of State of Israel Bonds, Indianapolis. At the Ben Gurion Airport, in Israel, the newly arrived family was met by Mike and Sylvia Blain's son, former Hoosier, Rabbi Mark Blobstein. (Mark re-assumed the original family name, 'Blobstein', some years ago. SURPRISE: The show, "Me and My Shul" is going on stage this weekend at the Beth El Temple. President Bruce Jacobson will be on stage also, but the kind of role he will play in the production is a closely guarded secret! CELEBRATION: Lena Schwimer and Bill Lipken just returned from Dallas Tex. They attended the gala affair called Kfar Silver, where

Lena's nephew Erven Rovin- Adele Silver,

sky and his wife, Shirley, re-

ceived the Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award. While in Dallas, Lena and Bill were the house guests of Lena's son,Bernie Dworkin, and his wife, Roz. THE PLAY IS THE THING: Cynthia Potasnik and sdn Scott just embarked on a four week theater tour. Twelve year old Scott is the performer in a musical production visiting many cities across the country. G-CLEF: Professor Josef Gingold, the distinguished Indiana University musicologist, was honored at a reception on Sunday, Nov. 22 by the Indianapolis Performing Arts Academy. Gingold is also the recipient of the prestigious Rosenbaum Award by the National Guild of Community Schools. Congratula-

tions!

IN THE SUN: Cindy and Jack Davis took a Caribbean cruise and on their way back— -after the journey—they visited with aunt and uncle, Charlotte and Sol Mordoh, Tampa, Fla. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: On Nov. 27, at the I.H.C., Mike Silver's 40th birthday was celebrated with an Oneg Shabbat, given by his mother.

FAMILY: For Thanksgiving dinner, Ethel and Henry Marks had their family at home. Guests were daughter Susan Marks, who is living in Denver—she has a position with the Denver Post newspaper; from Lakeland Fla, Cindy and Daniel Marks with their son Jacob, who is going to celebrate his fifth birthday in Indiana with his grandparents Ethel and Henry; niece and nephew Carol and Arnold Satz and their son Mark, as well as Henry's brother Arnold Marks. DINNERPARTY: Sunday evening at the Broadmoor Country Club about 200 people assembled, all patrons of the Beth El Temple’s musical show, "Me and My Shul," planned for the first week end in December this year. After an elegant and tasty fish dinner, excerpts of the coming performance were put on the Broadmoor's impromptu stage for the assembled guests. Chair people for the evening were Janie Maurer, Karen Jacobson and Barrie

Fisch.

OOPS: Our headline writer 'promoted' Rep. Sam Gejdenson, D-Conn., last issue to the Senate. He stopped at the wrong 'house.'

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