The Charlotte Jewish News ■ NQvember, 1997 - Page 2
My Voice . . ,
By Susan Kramer
Last summer, my mother-in-
law, Vivian, sold the family
home. It was the home where my
husband and his sisters grew up,
where Morty and Vivian
welcomed new daughters and
sons as their children married, and
where seven grandchildren
learned about love and family and
connectedness. There were a lot
of memories at 16 Hayes Road,
and my mother-in-law generously
shared those memories with us,
sending home with each of her
children special family heirlooms
that will be loved and cherished
and passed on in their own good
time. I am especially attached to
the matching bisque candle-
holders, a delicate shepherdess
and shepherd that now adorn my
piano top. I love the Capitomonde
roses that rest beside them, the
tole trays that I’ve hung on the
walls, the embroidered tablecloth
that I use for Shabbat.
There is one memento,
however, that frankly, Vivian
could have kept. It’s a clock, a
small travel alarm clock, a clock
that ticks louder and louder and
louder the longer you listen to it.
I’ve moved it from the bedroom
to the bath and finally banished it
to the computer room at the end
of the hall, and still that tick
follows me. I would get rid of the
thing altogether, Sut my daughter
has become inexplicably
attached, and there’s no
gainsaying Amy when she’s made
up her mind.
So the clock ticks on, and until
recently, I simply grinned and
bore it.
Funny how your perspective
can change in an eyeblink. That
ticking that simply annoyed me a
few weeks ago has now become a
welcome reminder of time. Hme
ahead of me, time to plan, time to
touch, taste and feel the joys of
life, time to plant more flowers,
read more books, time to enjoy
my husband and daughters, time
to tell my family and friends that
I love them.
As many of you know, I have
recently had surgery to combat
the reoccurrence of cancer. I am
doing very well, thank you, and
hope for a complete recovery. I
share this with you not to gain
your sympathy, (though a little of
that wouldn’t hurt) but to explain
my recent absences from the JCC,
the fact that your phone calls may
not have been returned very
promptly, and of course, the delay
of this month’s CJN. I hope to be
back at full speed very soon, but
beg your indulgence if I miss a
beat or two.
I want to thank the entire
community for their outpouring
of love and support. We may
never have to cook at our house
again, what with all the food that
has come our way recently. Your
flowers, cards and phone calls
have meant the world to Arthur
and me — thank you for proving
once again that the Charlotte
Jewish Community has a big and
beautiful heart.
I also want to share with you
some the lessons I am learning
from all of this: that every day is a
gift not to be squander^; that it
is our choice whether we will
make the days left to us a
blessing. Time is not rushing past
us but stretching ahead, waiting to
be explored. Time is the ally, not
the enemy.
If you think you may need
some help remembering this,
well, I have a clock you can
borrow...
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Jewish agency for Israel
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Professors Gerald Bubis,
Steven M. Cohen and
Elazar under ^uispices of &
Jersualem Center for IHibHc
Affairs and the Center for
Jewish Community Studies, in
Philadelphia, is based upon
840 responses to a
questionnaire circulated to
volunteer and professional
leaders of United Israel
Appeal, United Jewish Appeal,
Jewish Council for Public
Policy, the Association of
Jewish Family Services
Agencies, and the Jewish
Community Center Association.
Among the study’s key
findings are:
• Older lay leaders remain
more in favor than younger
leaders of maintaining
support for Israel;
• Israel is seen as not
“needing” American Jewish
cotmdK and Jewish
education, circle;: "
• Jevdsh: educalio» and
luiman services in Aoieiica
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funding was proWded by the
Harry Weinberg Foundation
Baltimore, Maryland; the
Newman-Frank Foundation of
Tulsa. Okl^oma; American
,Technion Society; the Hebrew
Union College Faculty Fund;
and Ann Baer, Edwin
Brennglass, Irwin Field, David
and Rae Finegood, Herbert
Gelfand, Betty Melaver,
Esther Leah Ritz, Harold and
Myra Shapiro, and Edna
Weiss.
Complete results of the
survey will be published in
November by the Jerusalem
Center for Public' Affairs /
Center for Jewish Community
Studies, 1616 Walnut Street,
Suite 507, Philadelphia, PA
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