THE JEWISH CHRONICLEVOL. 39, NO. 20 AUGUST 26,1999 ELUL 14, 5759 $1.00

World

Turkish tragedyHorrifying numbers of dead and miss­ ing are coming from Turkey in the wake of a huge earthquake. Among the tens of thousands believed killed are more than two dozen Israeli tourists and a pair of Turkish Jews. Page 2.

Israel

What's the price of peace?Should murderers walk free because that's what one side to a needed peace agreement demands? Can an Israeli government, representative of a nation long bloodied by killers and terrorists, just close its eyes, take a deep breath and return those who have killed to the streets? Page 4.

Nation

Guards and prayer shawlsThe High Holidays are coming and there is more than passing concern about the safety of Jewish insitutions in the wake of a sudden rash of violent anti-Semitic incidents. How much must be sacrificed for everyone's safe­ ty? Page 6.

[Metro^^mmmtmSallying forth

She came a long way from The Chronicle's former Oakland offices to Downtown Pitts­ burgh and the Post- Gazette. It was just a couple of miles, but for columnist Sally Kalson, it was quite a journey. Nobody ever (at least at The Chronicle) told her it was easy to be a jour­ nalist, but there she is.

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'ho is what?Raised Jewishly with a Jewish education, journalist Meryl Hy- man discovered that a lot of the Jewish world wouldn't accept her as a Jew. So, she began a quest with a lot of questions, probing the best minds in the Or­ thodox, Conservative and Reform move-

__ ments, here, in Israel ' England for a take on "who is a

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Quake, then a Coke

RNS Reuters Photo

Shiran Franco, a nine-year-old Israeli girl, receives medical attention from Israeli army medics as the girl's mother Iris looks on, moments after she was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building following the Turkish earthquake. Shiran was trapped for over 100 hours and when pulled to safety asked to have a soft drink. The girl's mother pulled herself out of the nibble in the same building after being trapped for 30 hours. Shiran's twin brother, father and grandfather were killed.

Israeli girl recovering after dramatic rescueBY NAOMI SEGALJewish Telegraphic Agency

JERUSALEM In a rescue operation that defied shrinking odds, Israeli rescue teams have saved a 9-year-old girl who had been trapped for four days in earth­ quake rubble in Turkey.

Doctors said Shiran Franco was dehy­ drated but in good condition when they reached her early Saturday morning. Her mother, Iris, who was rescued from the ruins on Thursday, said the first thing her daughter asked for was a soft drink. Shiran also asked her mother why it had taken so long to reach her.

"They worked very hard," Iris Franco responded.

Israeli teams also recovered the bodies of Shiran's twin brother, her father and grandparents. The bodies of another Is­ raeli couple who had been vacationing in the resort town of Cinarcik were also found.

Rescue units reached Shiran around 4 a.m. on Saturday morning in the wreck­ age of an apartment building where she had been staying with her family.

Maj. Eran Magen, who first spotted Shiran, said he decided'to drill a hole in what'he believed was the room in which the children had been sleeping.

"I drilled a hole and looked inside, and thought I saw a hand," Magen said. "I yelled down, and I think was answered. I ordered everyone to turn off the [drilling] equipment. From there, every­ thing started moving quickly."

The reunited mother and daughter were flown back to Israel on Saturday, where the girl was hospitalized at Sheba hospital in Tel Hashomer.

Israeli aid efforts, including a field hos­ pital, continue to operate in Turkey. Some of the several tons of food, clothing and blankets collected in Israel for the earthquake victims were sent to Turkey this week.

CRC collecting fundsfor Turkey earthquake victimsCRC release

The Community Relations Committee of the United Jewish Federation is col­ lecting funds for non-sectarian relief for Turkey's earthquake victims. Make checks out to JDC-Turkey Earthquake Relief and send to the CRC, 234 McKee

PL, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Call (412) 681- 8000, ext. 235 for further information.

The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is the overseas relief agency of the American Jewish community, which has raised money for numerous causes, in­ cluding funds for Mexico's earthquake relief, Bosnian relief, and Kosovo relief.

UJF photo

Frieda Shapira

Frieda Shapira to receive Emanuel Spector AwardUJF release

Frieda G. Shapira has been named recipient of the 1999 Emanuel

' Spector Memorial Award.The annual award is given for outstanding leadership and commit­ ment to the Pittsburgh Jewish community and is the highest honor presented by the United

Jewish Federation for an individual's communal service contribution.

Shapira has played a significant role as a community leader for more than 50 years. Her volunteer work has touched numerous social, health, educational and cultural organizations and institu­ tions.

Currently, Shapira serves on the board of the Jewish Healthcare Foun­ dation and is their 1999 Volunteer of the Year honoree.

A long history with the UJF, Shapira served on its board for numerous terms, was a leading volunteer with the Women's Division and also played a key role with the Community Relations Committee.

She is a past member of the Temple Sinai, Montefiore Hospital and Jewish National Fund boards. She is past chair­ person of the American Jewish Com­ mittee and past president of the Nation­ al Council of Jewish Women.

"This award has great meaning for me because Manny Spector was my cousin and I clearly remember the work he did for the United Jewish Fed­ eration," she said. "I am honored to join the very distinguished group of people who have received this award, includ­ ing my husband and my son."

Beyond the Jewish community, Shapira is vice chairperson of the Pitts­ burgh Foundation; serves on the boards of the Forbes Fund, the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and its Board of Visitors of the Graduate School of Social Work; the Pittsburgh Public Theater, the Pittsburgh Opera, Magee Hospital, Phipps Conservatory, and the Community College of Alleghe­ ny County. She is also a lifetime mem­ ber of the board of the United Way and board member emeritus of WQED.

She has received many awards for years of volunteer service, including the first Florence Reizenstein Award for Advancement of Human Rights and Dignity from the Pittsburgh Commis­ sion on Human Relations; Brother­ hood/Sisterhood Award from the Na­ tional Council of Christians & Jews; Na­ talie Novick Award for Community Ser­ vice from the Zionist Organization of America; the Pittsburgh Women of the Year in Community Service .from Vec­ tors/Pittsburgh Men & Womfen of the

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METRO/NATION

-ball phenom changes schoolsj, PHIL JACOBS

oc Baltimore Jewish Times

[BALTIMORE—Tamir Goodman will Lsh his high school academics and bas-

ball career at the Takoma Academy, a ikoma park-based Seventh Day Adven- t institution just minutes from the Uni- rsity of Maryland campus where he II one day play his college basketball. Takoma Academy, which is also known Suburban Washington, B.C., as T.A.,

ilongs to the Beltway League, which in­

cludes Washington area schools such as The Heights, the nationally-ranked Mon- trose Christian School in Rockville, Na­ tional Christian Academy, Notre Dame Prep and others.

Tamir, 17, a former student at Balti­ more's Talmudical Academy, will be tak­ ing a secular academic course load at Takoma only. He will not be required to enroll in any Christian-based classes. The school, according to Tamir's coach, mentor and friend Chaim (Harold) Katz, has agreed to permit the basketball star

Jchool reverses ban in Magen Davidiish Telegraphic Agency

fcULFPORT, MS—A Mississippi board overturned its decision to

r a Jewish student from displaying a T of David symbol in class. The Harri-

n County School Board, which had said e six-pointed star violated school poli- f because it could be construed as a ing symbol, reversed its decision Mon­

day following an outcry from religious leaders around the country and a threat­ ened lawsuit by the American Civil Lib­ erties Union.

"We realized that it infringed on free­ dom of religious expression, and that freedom supersedes the safety issue," Randy Williams, the board's president, told Reuters.

ipector Award:rieda Shapira 1999 honoree

ttinuedfrom Page 1.IT; Distinguished Daughter of Penn: Ivania awarded by Gov. Richard

nburg; Hannah G." Solomon Award »n the Pittsburgh Section of the Na- «ial Council of Jewish Women; and the iman Relations Award from the Amer- »Jewish Committee. The Shapira family has a history of vol- teerism within the community. Frieda apira's late husband, Saul, was a UJF ard chairman, as is her eldest son, ivid. Daniel Shapira, the second eldest, Hie immediate past chairman of the

"9 UJF Community Campaign and her

daughter-in-law," Karen A. Shapira, is current UJF chairman of the board des­ ignate. Shapira has two other children, Ralph and Edith.

Shapira will be presented the Spector Award at the United Jewish Federation Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in Levinson Hall at the Jewish Community Center, Squirrel Hill.

A dairy dessert reception will follow the meeting. Dietary laws will be ob­ served. There is a minimal cost. Reser­ vations can be made by calling the Unit­ ed Jewish Federation at 681-8000, ext. 247.

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to pursue his Judaic studies on a daily ba­ sis at an area Jewish day school.

That school's identity will remain a pri­ vate, family matter for the time being. Also, Seventh Day Adventists observe a sundown Friday night to sundown Satur­ day Sabbath, so there are no activities scheduled during that time.

That it is a Christian-based school is not going to present a problem, according to Katz. The school, he said, has been more than accommodating in adjusting Tamir's requirements of continuing his Judaic studies.

"We're not shipping our son off to the Vatican," said Tamir's father, Karl. "For this to happen, Takoma had to be part of an entire package. Tamir's going to com­ mute to this school. He's got to go to minyan in the morning and learn Torah before he even steps foot in the school each day. Also, he has access to rabbis in the area. There's kosher food in the area. We didn't do this without rabbinic consul­ tation.

"Also," continued Goodman, "Tamir won't be under the same pressure at Takoma Academy that he'd face playing basketball for Jewish schools in Balti­ more."

Goodman referred to the times that games had to be rescheduled and loca­ tions changed just to handle the crowds of people wanting to see Tamir play. He said that his son would feel guilty, that it was his fault people were inconve­ nienced.

But he continued that his son also faced

unending pressure from the Jewish com­ munity to be a perfect Jewish star.

"The only way to satisfy everyone was for Tamir to be MVP of the NBA, presi­ dent of Israel and a rosh yeshiva [yeshiva dean]," he said.

There was another issue as well—the relationship between Tamir and Katz. The coach, who will not be returning to Talmudical Academy in the fall, has been taking Tamir to the summer camps, help^ , ing him not only with his basketball skills, but also making sure that kosher meals and places to pray, as well as play, were available to him.

The two remain close, and will contin­ ue their friendship while Tamir is at Takoma. It was also made clear by Tamir's parents, Chava and Karl, that Katz calls the basketball shots still for

' their son."He is Tamir's coach and he is also a

very close and loyal friend of our family," said Goodman. "Clearly he's not Tamir's agent. But if the time comes, I'd love for Chaim to be his agent."

Tamir's parents credited Mr. Katz with discovering their son when he was in ele­ mentary school. The coach and player have been down this road before. In 1996-97, Tamir left T.A. and attended Yeshiva Achei Tmimim in Pittsburgh.

Katz said by attending the Takoma, Academy, he will be able to watch the games, and the door is open should he want to attend practice. But he added that at this point, he has no intentions of doing so.

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