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MODELS AT EUROPEAN PRICES SAVE THOUSANDS 1986 BMW 325 . . $15,900 1986 Saab 9000 Turbo . $19,750 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300 E ..... $31,175 1986 Volvo DL , $12,255 1986 Saab 900 Turbo $16,195 1986 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC . , $53,720 OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE SALES AND LEASING Call Roger Beard Today DYER & DYER 5260 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Chamblee, GA 30341 (404)452-0077 800-286-6016 In Georgia 800-241-3061 Outside GA. AUDI • BMW • MERCEDES-BENZ VOLVO • PORSCHE • SAAB • FERRARI 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 ‘‘LOVE’’ AND u UNDERSTANDING”.. TWO WORDS THAT ARE OUR FOUNDATION AND OUR PLEDGE While undoubtedly KING SPRINGS VILLAGE Health Care Center provides the finest nursing facilities in the South, our goal is to make our residents comfortable, happy, and secure by providing the ultimate in professional care and a wide range of social and recreational programs. 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Smyrna, Georgia 30080 (404) 432-4444 Dave Morgan, Administrator Owned By: Henry 6 Barbara Grossberg Israel B Yetra Goldberg 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 Continued next page. — Nurses — Nurses Aids — Sitters — Live-in Companions We provide high quality nursing care at reasonable charges. 373-2858 Monday-Sunday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.