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by Robyn Freedman Spi/man
Writing L’Chaim has been a
labor of love. The many dedicated
individuals who make a difference
in our community have made this
column possible. Yet this month s
L’Chaim lives over 5.000 miles
from Atlanta. I didn’t know who
she was or where he lived until l
turned each page of a story that s
been silently and proudly written
for thousands of years.
When my husband Willy joined
us on the“Panim-El-Panim”(Face-
to-Face) missionjointly sponsored
by the Atlanta Jewish Federation
and area synagogues, 1 was very
hesitant. To the last minute I was
fearful. 1 was always ready for a
trip, but this one held many
unknowms. I always felt that 1
cared about Israel, and certainly
supported it, but it was so far away
and not a real part of my daily life.
Israel was like a movie I hadn’t
seen that everyone raved about.
Those who had seen it said it was
the best ever. Still, I remained
skeptical. 1 had many excuses. My
work would pile up, and my L’Chaim
story was already late.
When I expressed these feelings
the week prior to departure, my
Aunt Ramona said, “But that’s
your story.” My eyes widened and
it was then that I knew 1 would go.
1 would find L’Chaim in Israel.
Surrounded by 187 Atlantans at
the El A1 terminal in New York, 1
became increasingly tense. I called
home three times exchanging last
goodbyes. The sounds and the faces
all blurred together. As we boarded
the airplane for our destination,
the stewards “shaloms” and smiles
began to break the ice. Fourteen
hours later, the sun was rising and
we were landing in Israel.
As each day of our mission
unfolded, 1 began to understand
what everyone else who had ex
perienced Israel knew. I, too, found
myself on the edge of my seat,
waiting for each new experience
and what was to happen next. Still
I knew not where my story lay until
we entered a children’s school in
Yehud, Atlanta’s Project Renewal
sister city. Dozen s of smiling children
greeted us waving their Israeli Hags
with a sense of pride and a spirit
like none other. Their voicesjoined
in harmony. Not one of us had a
dry eye or an untouched heart. It
was then that I came “face-to-
face”—“ Panim-El-Pan im”—with
L’Chaim. From then on each turn
in Israel brought a new dimension
to the word. My search for L’Chaim
had only just begun.
In Israel, making the front page
of the Jerusalem Post is no small
task and this mission did just
that—this was the single largest
U J A group ever from one community.
In fact, upon seeing our delegation,
one Israeli woman jokingly asked
me, “Is anyone left in Atlanta?”
Yet numerous as we were, no person
on this mission went untouched
and this story only scratches the
surface. Each one of us was affected
uniquely. Putting this into words
does not do the experience justice
and the following is just a brief
representation.
The smiles of the Ethiopian
children moved one gentleman as
he embraced an infant, giving him
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a kiss; while the innocent beauty of
the childen’s art work from the
Holocaust deeply moved another
Outside an Ethiopian absorption
center, where Ethiopian Jews were
being helped to settle, stood young
Maureen Greenberg who made aliyah
to Israel from Detroit seven years
ago. For the last two months, on a
wall overlooking the mountains of
Safed, she has been sensitively
painting a wall mural of the Ethiopian
Jews as they made their pilgrimage
through the desert. When I asked
her about her experience in Israel
she answered “It’s a rougher life
but a deeper one.”
While visiting Kibbutz Gevim,
we learned that all 200 members
gather on Erev Rosh Hashana and
watch the sun set while someone
plows the first row of their harvest
to symbolize the beginning of the
new year. The shofar is blown
along this beautiful hillside and all
rejoice with hope.
Mission members met with Soviet
Jews who came from Leningrad.
They were told of a refusnik who
was arrested because he wrote a
letter to inquire why he wasn’t able
to go to Israel. He was arrested and
would be tried within 14 days. One
hundred and eighty seven telegrams
were sent by the Atlanta delegates
to plead for-his freedom.
While talking with a 23-year-old
Israeli fighter pilot, he admitted,
“Sure my mother worries about
me.” She tells me to “fly low and
slow.” He gently smiled and said “I
try to tell her that’s worse.”
A child born prematurely to a
kibbutz family required physical
therapy once a day. His four older
brothers insisted on helping, so
instead of once a day, the child
received the therapy four times the
needed amount daily. Within one-
fourth of the predicted time, the
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