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PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE May 9, 1986 Excellent Food, Great Price, Formal Service 2100 Cheshire Bridge 634-8947 Reservations accepted Authentic Ethiopian Cuisine Featuring Spicy Lamb, Beef, Chicken and Vegetables. Open 7 days, Lunch & Dinner Major Credit Cards Accepted 810 N. Highland Ave., N.E. (404) 872-6483 JEWUK DAZifte flECWCRK A Nice Way to Meet Nice People. Sherry and Rae (404) 252-0251 YCXJR SPIRITS WILL SOAR! DECORATION DAY WEEKEND AT BROWN S SERGIO FRANCHI THE SHIRELLES Frl., May 23 - Mon.. May 26 With Special Guest Sta's Exerting entertainers, wonderful sports and activities luxurious dining and accommodations and lots more our special Tender Loving Care s everywhere' MIDWEEK SPRING RATES 3 Days 2 Nights $106 - $142 Per Pers 6 Days 5 Nights $258 - $318 Obi Occ Pnncess 4 Palace slightly higher LOCH SHELDRAKE N Y 12759 (tM) 434-5151 See Yaui Travel Agent • American Express MC 4 Visa Accepted for Reservations Call Tod Free (800) 431-3856 V The Entire Community is Invited to Memorialize the Israeli Soldiers Who Sacrificed their lives for the Survival of the State of Israel YOM HAZIKARON ISRAEL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY Monday, May 12 - 8:00 p.m. At AJCC Peachtree Featuring a program in Hebrew and English Israeli Chorale Readings Help us remember and honor our Israeli heroes Msruel Program ■V Center Sponsored by: Consulate General of Israel Ant*****! Touring the Zachor Holocaust Center. Zachor Holocaust Center exhibit puts focus on past, present, future by Vida Goldgar More than 500 people lined up at the Atlanta Jewish Community Center Sunday evening to make their way slowly through the rough wooden doors, designed to resem ble the dreadful boxcar doors of Holocaust transport, into the new Zachor Holocaust Center. Conver sations begun in line in the hall stopped suddenly as visitors entered the exhibit. Only occasional whispers broke the silence as, in solemn procession, viewers studied the photographs, documents and other exhibits, arranged in chrono logical order from pre-war days onward. The last exhibit, a mas sively enlarged photo of Atlanta survivors of the Holocaust and their families today, highlights the celebration of survival aspect of the Zachor Center. Many of the exhibits will be remembered from the display at last spring’s Israel EXPO. How ever, their new setting, designed by Ben Hirsch, and the impact of a number of three-dimensional addi tions heighten the effect. Among the latter is a brick ghetto wall with globs of cement testifying to the speed of construction. Above hangs a photo of a real ghetto wall under construction. There is an 1800 Vlasin, Czechoslovakia, Torah set in a recess of a painting of flames and an original wire sculpture of a tree executed by Jane Leavey, Federation’s staff coordinator for Zachor, which exemplifies the message that if the roots are strong, a tree (or a people) can survive devastation and bloom again. The message was also implicit in the gleaming smooth exit doors, con trasting with the rough “box car” entrance. At a brief and simple ceremony before the tour began, representa tives of the organizations whose cooperative efforts brought the Zachor Holocaust Center to real ity addressed the audience. The remarks of Elliot Cohen, chairman of Zachor, which are printed in part below, gave a meaningful ex planation of the purpose of the center. Other speakers were Gerald H. Cohen, president of the Atlanta Jewish Federation, who especially praised Elliott Cohen’s determined efforts on behalf of the Holocaust Center; Harris Jacobs, first vice president of the AJCC; Ben Hirsch, president of Hemshech, Organiza tion of Survivors from Nazism; and Saba Silverman, president of Children of Holocaust Survivors. Cantor Isaac Goodfriend led the “What you will see tonight represents the efforts of those who feel the imperative to tell and retell the story of the Holocaust, and to teach its lessons, so the words NEVER AGAIN will be applied to all people at ail times. “The Holocaust was unique to the Jews because they were slaughtered for no reason other than the fact that they were Jews. But remember that almost 30,000,000 other human souls also died because of the hatred and fanaticism born of the same evil. “It is the purpose of the Zachor Holocaust Center to explain that the experience of the Jews—al- though unique in the annals of man’s inhumanity to man—carries universal lessons. What you will see is not a museum; it is a teaching aid—a physical representation to bring words to life; a visual and kaddish. Each spoke with feeling, but the brevity of their remarks pointed up the fact that the Zachor Holocaust Center tells its own story. The Zachor Holocaust Center is open to the public Monday- Thurs day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. There is no admission. For more infor mation, call the Federation, N73- 1661. audio experience involving not strangers but people in our com munity. “Let me be candid with you: There are many people—Jews and non-Jews alike—who lack enthu siasm, even interest—in projects relating to the Holocaust. Their reasons are as varied as human nature itself. ! believe that to some it raises some questions of guilt by acquiescence. To some, it is only the Jews magnifying their plight while ignoring the trouble of others. To some it is the fear of calling atten tion to the Jews in our ‘assimi lated’ society. Perhaps saddest of all, there are those who do not see the need to be reminded about an historical event in which they were not involved and which, so they believe, can not happen again. “It is the purpose of Zachor to teach these people the truth—more important, to teach it to their children.” Chairman’s remarks by Elliott Cohen