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Friday. April $, 1N4
PLAIN TALK-By Alfred Segal
All About a Good Man
THc column la not by me .. . this
Segal, that la. It ie written and
■poken by one who ia • worthy aon
of parents who have gone. He bad
given $166,000 in their memory to
the good of other parents who still
live and have grown old and find
shelter hi the Orthodox Jewish
Homes for the Aged in our city of
Cincinnati.
A beautiful new home had been
ereeted for them . . . and a lovely
garden and a fountain in front. This
man’s $166,000 had helped much to
build it ... end. besides. $100,000
more had been given out of his
business, the $165,000 was of his
private purse.
This man’s name: Jack I. Lash
kow who’s of Cleveland but whose
earlier life had been of Cincinnati.
Well, the new Orthodox Jewish Home
for the Aged was being dedicated
one day the other week and Jack
Lashkow was one of the speakers
at the dedication.
I have in hand a typewritten copy
of his speech on that good day, and
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it’s of this column today. Yes. Jack
Lashkow was telling that his own
parents had been tenants of the
home and in their memory he had
given his $165,000.
He said: "Today my heart is
brimming over with happiness .
At last we have a home that is
truly an ideal haven for the com
fort of our aged ... full of grace
and charm and without the faintest
suggestion of institutional living
Friends, to help us share our hap
piness today, I visited the graves of
my pMerits 1 asked my departed
ones to be with us here today and
partake in the happiness and glad
ness in the hearts of all who are
here
Yes, Mr. Lashkow was recalling
the time when his parents were res
idents and workers in this home for
the aged . . . long ago when it was
an old, old house. And Mr. Lashkow
was telling about them: "During my
visit to the cemetery, I tried to
commune with my parents, asking
their forgiveness for any transgres
sion that I may have committed
against them in my younger days.
“I recalled the time, years ago,
when they entered the Old Home
to work. Mother was in charge of
the kitchen and dad took care of the
synagogue. After mother and dad
were unable to work any longer,
they continued to receive respect
and loving care in the home for the
aged, for this I can never fully re
pay the community. 1 promised that
somehow, some way, I would do
everything in my power to com
pensate for the care and respect
bestowed upon by beloved parents.”
Mr. Lashkow went on in his
speech to say modestly that he had
fulfilled his promise that he had
made to his parents at their graves,
and he recalled the past when his
mother taught him to be worthwhile
in the world . . . “At the foot of my
mother’s grave, I reminisced about
her teaching the meaning of the
word charity. I recalled to her the
annual visits of the holy man who
nailed a little tin box on our kitch
en wall; how everyone of us would
put in a penny or two whenever we
could. I doubted very much that
anyone of us put a whole nickel in
this box at one time; we had very
few worldly possessions.”
Yes, and as he stooo at his
mother’s grave Mr. Lashkow’s heart
heard her telling him never to forget
the Orthodox Old Home . . . “My
son, if ever in your life you find
yourself in a position to spare a
dolllar or two, do not forget this
Home where your father and I spent
many years in happiness and con
tentment.”
So Mr. Lashkow had fulfilled the
wish of his parents who had spoken
to his heart out of their graves. He
had given $165,000 to it, and also the
$100,000 that had come out of his
business corporation.
And he spoke more about his par
ents at the opening service of the
new Orthodox Jewish Home for the
Aged "I cannot help but think of
the pleasure they would have de
rived from this miracle. How their
hearts would have been gladdened.
As the residents arrive at this new
home, their steps will quicken and
their eyes will light up like those
of happy children . . . And as I
look around me today I know that
God has been good and has helped
to create a miracle on this, the
greatest day of my life. This Home,
dedicated to the happiness of our
aged must continue to be sustained
in generations to come. This is the
beginning of a new era in the care
and well-being of the aged . until
now, the forgotten people.”
There’s a plaque in the new Home
in celebration of the goodness of Mr.
Lashkow; it’s fixed to the wall of
this new Old Home and it reads:
“Remember the Fifth Command
ment: Honor thy father and thy
mother.”
And Mr. Lashkow concluded his
speech: “It is a demonstration of
my belief in the beautiful, inspiring,
never-to-be forgotten Fifth Com-
mancknent.”
I thank Mr. Lashkow for his noble
contribution to this column which
thereby becomes a lot nobler than
usual
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