Page NEWS-April, 1984
Meichels for Pesach
By Norma Barach
(Copyright 1984, JTA, Inc.)
Now is the time to begin getting your Passover repertoire
together. Matzo farfel kugel made with apples and raisins is
good with any poultry meal.
2 cups matzo farfel
2 large eggs, beaten
% cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
dash nutmeg
3 tblsps. melted margarine or oil
cup yellow raisins
Vi tsp. cinnamon
3 large tart apples, diced
V2 cup chopp^ walnuts
Pour boiling water over farfel and soak for 5 minutes, covered.
Drain. Add rest of ingredients. Grease a 9x12-inch pan. Pour
in farfel mixture. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Serves 9.
Pizzarelle Col Miele
(Matzo Pancakes with Honey)
Editor's Note: This recipe comes from Edda Machlin’s book
“The Classic Cuisine of the Italian Jews, Traditional Recipes
and Menus and a Memoir of a Vanished Way of Life.”
8 store-bought regular matzos
5 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp. salt
2 tblsps. shredded lemon peel
2 tblsps. brandy
V4 cup pinoli (pine nuts) or Vt cup chopped walnut meats
V2 tup dark, seedless raisins,
1 cup olive or other vegetable (Passover) oil for frying
^ cup honey
3 tblsps. water
1 thlsp. lemon juice
Soak matzos in cold water, placing an inverted saucer over
them to prevent them from floating, for V2 hour or until soft
all through. Squeeze all the water out. You should have 4 cups
of firmly packed soaked matzo.
Combine with eggs, salt, lemon peel, brandy, nuts and raisins.
Heat 1/3 of the oil in a large skillet. Drop the matzo mixture
into the oil by the tablespoon and fry over moderate heat, turn
ing until golden on both sides. Drain on a paper towel. Continue
to fry until you have used up all the mixture, adding oil as it
becomes necesseiry.
Combine honey, water £uid lemon juice in a small saucepan.
Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Arrange pancakes on
a serving plate and pour the honey mixture over them. Serve
immediately. Serves 6.
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Correction
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story on the Project Site
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December.
A Review by Saul Nathanson
More than 900 people died in
Jonestown, Guyana in Novem
ber 1978. Many of them were
suicides. All were members of
a “cult.” Could it happen
again? To you or someone you
know?
Andy Silver, a former
member of the People’s Tem
ple, feels that more people are
susceptible to cult recruitment
than is generally believed. Mr.
Silver spoke at a meeting to
discuss cults and youth today
on Feb. 23 at Temple Beth El.
The discussion was co-spon-
sored by Charlotte Chapter
B’nai B’rith Women and the
Conmiunity Relations Com
mittee of the Charlotte Jewish
Federation. To give another
perspective, Betty Silver, Mr.
Silver’s mother, spoke and
answered questions from the
nearly 200 adults and
teenagers who attended.
Linda Binnick, President of
the Charlotte Chapter of
BBW, and Vicki Hopkins,
chairperson of the CRC,
moderated the discussion and
introduced Miriam Wallace of
the ADL’s Regional Advisory
Board. Ms. Wallace spoke on
the status of cults in Charlotte
currently and what is being
done to ^ert the broader com
munity. Also, a CBS News
film entitled “Cults-Choice or
Coercion” was shown.
Mr. Silver related his ex
periences and what he felt led
him tx) join the Rev. Jim Jones
and his People’s Temple. At
the time Mr. Silver was a
senior in college having been
raised in a Jewish family in
Tarrytown, N.Y. According to
Mr. Silver, those in a “transi
tion” state in their lives are
most vulnerable. This includes
those going away to college, or
a new job, or undergoing an
■upheaval in their personal
lives such as ending a roman
tic relationship unhappily.
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these types of people by active
solicitation or setting up a
sidewalk booth. He preys on
their naivete and their lack of
stable social ties. Particularly
those seeking the ultimate
meaning of life in general are
prime targets. The cultists of
fer friendship and “family” of
a large organization whose
leader has finally found the
answers to all of life’s prob
lems. They engage in “love
bombing,” totally inunersing
the subject in the cult and
blocking all outside stimuli. At
this point, Mr. Silver says, the
new recruit becomes an en
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devoid of free will. The typical
recruit is between 18 and 25,
but elderly retirees have been
targeted as well, giving away
their retirement funds and
signing away their social
security checks to the living
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which actively recruits
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of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School System to have a
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destructive cults brought to
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and danger of cults. The goal
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