Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1981 — Page 7

$15,000 Ambulance Drive Goes Over Top

Success crowned the campaign to provide a fullyequipped ambuance for Israel’s Tel Hashomer Hospital as $1,887.00 was contributed this week to put the total

at $15,924.40.

POST AND OPINION readers came through again for a needed project in Israel, starting with some $40,000 for tuition for high school students when high school in Israel was not free, and continuing with a modern x-ray room for the Government Hospital in Eilat at a time when that community was ancient. From there Post and Opinion readers supplied an ambulance for Red Magen David, and oversubscribed it to the point where the additional funds were applied to a Red Cross bank.

PROGRESS OF TEL HASHOMER FUND

AMOUNT NEEDED $15,000 Contributed thus far (Regular Drive) $11,125.50 Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Bender, Chicago $36 Helmut & Illen Isaak, San Francisco $35 Rayus Club, Indianapolis $25 Blanche & Murray Rudolph, Hollywood, FL $18 Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Weinstein, Indianapolis $18 Sam Brown, Deerfield Beach, FL $5 Balance thus far (Regular Drive) $11,263.56 Auxiliary Fund $2,646,00

Religious School Fund $2,014.90 GRAND TOTAL: $15,924.40

$100 AUXILIARY FUND Contributed thus far $2,246 Sisterhood, Solel Cong., Mississauga, Ontario$200 Mr. & Mrs. S. Laurence Amdur, Wood in ere, NY$100 Standard Milling Co., Kansas City, MO $100 BALANCE THUS FAR: $2,646

The newest achievement of Post and Opinion readers came about through the suggestion of Dr. Aleck Herczberg of Tel Hashomer Hospital on a visit to his parents in Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Herczberg, formerly of Bulawayo, then Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe. Dr. Herczberg related the need to The Post and Opinion who readily concurred and from past experience recognized that P-0 readers would respond. THE FINAL $500 from the religious school of The Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, which like all gifts from religious schools is being doubled by an anonymous donor, came as the drive was nearing its goal and put the campaign way over the top. Additional gifts will no doubt arrive in the mail over the next week or 10 days until this issue is received by subscribers and thus the fund should go over the $16,000 mark. The additional monies will be devoted to some aspect of the hospital’s needs.

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND

Contributed thus far: $332.45 Congregation Beth-EI Zedeck Synagogue School, Indianapolis $500.00 Temple Beth Shalom Keren Ami Fund, Livingston, NJ $150.00 Hebrew Academy, Indianapolis $25 Balance Thus Far: $1,007.45 DOUBLED BY ANONYMOUS DONOR: $2,014.90

Post and Opinion readers have a vaunted record of aid to Israel starting with a fullyequipped ambulance for the Magen David Adorn, Israel s Red Cross, plus a Blood Bank, an X-ray room for the Government Hospital in Eilat, a tractor for the Falasha which, when it proved to be not feasible because the land provided became inaccessible, was used to smuggle them into Israel, and other benefactions. including $40,000 for scholarships for Israel’s poor at a time when high school was available only to those who could afford the tuition. Tel Hashomer was founded in 1940 on the outskirts of Tel Aviv and served as a British

army hospital. When the British withdrew from Israel and the War of Liberation erupted, the conglomeration of quonset huts were transformed ito a military hospital as an evacuation center for the wounded from Tel Aviv became a civilian hospital in 1953. and now caters to both military and civilian needs. SMALL AND LARGE gifts will be appreciated, and donors will be listed week to week unless otherwise specified. The gifts are tax exempt, and remittances should be made out to the Tel Hashomer Hospital Fund, and mailed to The Post and Opinion, 611 N. Park Ave., Indianapolis. Ind 46204.

ISRAEL PLACATED — The five-day visit of Gen. David Jones, chairman of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Israel found him impressed with the Israel Defense Forces and his visit may have had some political connotations since close ties are being forged with Egypt by

— Jerutalem Post photo the U.S. Military Establishment and the impression that Israel was being ignored was inescapable. Gen. Jones is shown here as he received full military honors at General Staff Headquarters of the IDF-

Notes From Contributors

This donation is in honor of our children and grandchildren. Rabbi and Mrs. Daniel Isaak, Ari and Marissa of Briarcliff Manor, NY and Debbie Isaak of Berkeley, Cal. Wish it could be more, this is a good cause. Keep up the good work! — Helmut and Illen Isaak, San Francisco. Enclosed please find check for $18 for the Tel Hashomer Hospital Fund. I cannot think of a more urgent cause and hope by the time this check arrives, you will go over the top. — Blanche and Murray Rudolph, Hollywood, Fla. The Sisterhood of Solel Congregation sends its best wishes along with our donation to the Hospital Fund in the amount of $200.00. We hope that these funds will help your organization in performing its magnanimous task. — Riva Kurz, President, Solel Sisterhood. Compliments on the work you’re doing. We’re glad to help. - Mr. and Mrs. S. Laurence Amdur, Woodmere, N.Y. Our Beth-EI Zedeck Synagogue School has collected money every week for Keren Ami (Fund of My People). We have a knesset in our school which is made up of two representatives from each class. Mrs. Blatt, our principal, told us about Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv needing an ambulance. We understand that you have a contributor to match this money. We at

Beth-EI Zedeck Synagogue School are very proud to be a part of this program and to know that our money will go to such a good cause. — BethEI Zedeck Synagogue School Students, Indianapolis, IN. May I congratulate and wish you good luck on achieving your goal for the Tel Hashomer Hospital Ambulance Fund. As your drive came to our attention, it was the consensus of our student body as well as the faculty that our Keren Ami Funds collected to date be donated to the Tel Hashomer HOspital Ambulance Fund. Our students take a great interest in projects that support lifesaving work in Israel, and are fully aware of the Ambulance Fund’s great humanitarian service that relies so much upon contributions such as ours to assure the Israeli people of 24-hours-a-day emergency medical treatment. We hope that the enclosed check for $150 will help you to conclude your drive on behalf of Tel Hashomer Hospital Ambulance Fund. — Isaac Friedman, Educational Director, Temple Beth Shalom, Livingston, N. J. Enclosed, please find a check from the Children of the Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis. The children contribute money on a regular basis to distribute to worthy Jewish causes. This check exhibits their feelings about their fellow Jews in the State of Israel. — Sylvia Blain, Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis, Ind.

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Why Women's League Changed Its Names

TEL AVIV - The League for Women’s Rights in the Courts has changed its name to the League For Family Rights as men began seeking help from the volunteer organization specializing in divorce problems. The League’s eflorts are aimed at keeping divorcing couples out of the courts Divorce litigation, says founder Sylvia Mandelbaum, is a non-Jewish concept and

leads only to a spiral of mutual accusations and degradation. Under Jewish law, divorce is an agreement between the spouses, with the man giving the divorce and the woman accepting it. Mandelbaum teaches volunteers, whom she calls consultants, to to differentiate them from trained marriage counselors, to help couples reach an agreement amicably and .'yi.tJ 1 .mutual respect.

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