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Hanuka in Romania
Continued from pep* 15
They agree to come on our bus to Birlau and
Teccuci some 170 km. to the south—and a
modern miracle occurs. On an ice packed
country road in the winterlands of Romania, less
than one mile from the Russian border some 360
km. north of Bucnarest, an overfilled bus of 13
Americans and 45 Romanians are smging Oseh
Shalom, Am Yisroel Chai, Hatikva, and the
Hanuka bruchot. Why not? It’s the third night of
Hanuka 1980. and we are somewhere in
Moldavia—in the Ukrainian steppes.
In Teccuci, friendships that evolved during
the five hours on the bus were hastily snapped.
Rosen was on the way out as we arrived—and we
left right after him. The trip to Ploesti through the
snow and sleet took four hours and the bus was
quiet and sad It's past 1 a m when we arrive at
the large synagogue; time enough to grab an
apple or orange at the dinner, do the birchat, with
Rosen, quickly see the sanctuary and back on
the bus for the hour and a half to Bucharest
In the morning we go to Rosen's office in the
Federation building next to the Coral Temple. His
office library is extensive, but our eyes are drawn
to his desk and the threne-like chair behind it. We
spend an hour with him as he enumerates the
organizational make-up he has established in the
country.
We see the newspaper he has published twice
monthly and we get our Hanuka gift from him,
autographed copies of his book. From his office,
we go to the Jewish hospital, two old-age homes
(one is the new modern one that is named for
Rosen), to the social assistance clothing
distribution center and the meals-on-wheels
kitchen in the canteen. We see how the
community provides for its needy under the
parameters of dignity and in line with what Rosen
describes as the “climate of confidence.”
The Romanian Jewish community raises
money itself, through the sale of wine imported
from Israel, and tombstones, from which it runs
all educational and cultural program*. The JDC
sends some $3.5 million which is used entirely for
social assistance programs effectively run and
closely supervised by Rosen. Nearly 10,000 Jews
receive aid in terms of clothing, medical
assistance, food (300 in Bucharest are on meals-
on-wheels), pension and even wood allotments
for the winter. Aid is received in the mail, by
check—dignified, like a pension.
"The Nazis destroyed so much, and these are
the survivors. Let them now exist with dignity."
says Rosen, the man who singularly determines
the destiny of every Jew in Romania.
We saw it all and were treated royally. They
appreciated us, but asxed that their story be
told.
Erev Sabbat—in shuj^ in Bucharest at the
Coral Temple, the 4th candle is lighted—and we
walk the cold cobblestones back to the hotel.
In the morning, shul is at 8:30, Shabbat
Hanuka. parsha Miketz (my haftora! My bar
mitzva was 26 years ago today!). We all have an
aliyfeh, then, Kiddush in the Rabbi's library
upstairs,—cold lunch at the canteen—go to the
Schneider's shul which is now a museum, and
then to a large old shul being used as a
storehouse for food supplies so the government
will not have it torn down. We walk to the hotel to
pack and then back to shul for Havdahla and the
big celebration in Bucharest for Hanuka. The
shul is packed, all three tiers. As a children’s
choir sings the 5th cahdle is lit—and we must
leave. Individually we say our good byes to the
Chief Rabbi as we pass him—and on to the
airport for our Malev flight to Budapest.
As we waited for the plane to take us to
Budapest reflections came to mind. Pieces had
to be made to fit together so the picture will look
right. The Romanian experience was about over
I’ve seen it—had lived some of it—but why? How
do they, the atheistic communists, allow it?
Because it is to the advantage of the Romanian
and Ceausesco government, that is why.
Most Favored Nation
Romania is the only Eastern Bloc country with
diplomatic and economic ties with Israel and, as
such, precariously maintain^ foreign policy in
defiance of Russia. Romania imports from Israel
such goods as citrus, and passes it on to other
Iron Curtain countries who do not trade with “the
enemy." This has, in turn, produced favorable
public relations dividends in the West.
So what is good fqr the Jews can also be good
for Romania. As Rosen explained. "It is complex
and based on reciprocal confidences and
services, and is certainly apart from relationships
with other minorities." The thriving Jewish
community and sizable Jewish emigration
contrast favorably with the repression practiced
against Jews and Judaism in other areas of the
Soviet sphere and on several occasions has
received the important "Most Favored Nation”
tariff agreements when they faced opposition in
the Congress of the U S.
In short, we traveled to a land that was once
alive; vibrant with Jewish life, which was
destroyed as the world stood silently by, and—
like the Phoenix—rose from the midst of a
nightmare to appear once again. We visited with
the very old and the very young and learned a
new meaning of Am Yisrael Chai. We saw
wooden boxcars, and wondered if?...saw
synagogues used as storehouses and wondered
why?, saw children and adults asking about
Israel, and wondered, when?...and I know that in
my lifetime it will end. The Jewish community of
Romania will die—will disappear and be no more.
Over the objections and protestations by some, it
will be gone, and no one will mourn its demise
except those, like us. who were privileged to be
touched by these people who love life.
Tevya will leave— and Moldavia will be the lesser
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