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August 28, 1987 "Page 13 tar hoiEtfifls on Jawisli '3 where the organization is called Keren Kayemeth. The dinner costs $23.50 per person. will be held at Congregation Beth Israel in Glendale at 6 p.m. The guest speaker will be Avraham Kalman, director of the American Desk at JNF in Israel, their thoughts on Jewish life to Mollie Fromstein of The Chronicle staff. The JNF dinner, chaired by Howard and Beverly Moeckler, from Zionist activity to resettlement of refugees, but all of them said they are proud of JNF's development of Israel The honorees related some of The Jewish National Fund will honor 11 Wisconsinites at its Sept.

9 annual dinner in Glendale. The honorees have been involved in diverse Jewish communal projects Ann and Julius Garber Bruce and Nancy Chudacoff I ple all over the world, and we belong to an international brotherhood." She is also now convinced that participation in Jewish life is the key to keeping Judaism strong, she added. Julius Garber, now retired, owned Railroad Salvage Co. He was a prisoner of war in during World War II, and he received a Purple Heart for his service He serves on the board of the Milwaukee Jewish Home and belongs to the Jewish War Veterans and other Jewish groups. The Garbers have supported JNF for approximately 39 years.

Rabbi Louis and Gertrude Swichkow As a former social worker in the resettlement department of the Jewish Family and Children's Service (now Jewish Family Services), Ann Garber helped World War II Jewish refugees get their start in Milwaukee. Ann said she maintains ties with some of the Yiddish-speaking refugees she taught to read English and helped to find employment. "It's so interesting to see them come and have so much hope and really have so much of their hope come true," she said. "I feel that I have learned that we are one peo Louis Swichkow, rabbi emeritus of Mequon's Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue, said he has been involved in JNF through other Zionist organizations. He led the Zionist Emergency Council, an umbrella group here, from 1943-57.

He is also a past president of the Milwaukee Zionist District of the Zionist Organization of America. Referring to his Zionism, the rabbi said, "it has been an essential part of my life" He has visited Israel seven times, and "each time is an exhilarating experience" His wife, Gertrude, taught hundreds of students in her 25 years at Beth El Ner Tamid. She is a reading specialist who also taught for 16 years at Maryland Avenue School. Clara Lebow Clara Lebow said her feelings for the Milwaukee Jewish community have deepened as she has gotten more involved. She is president of the Beacon chapter of ORT and serves on the ORT Regent Board.

She has devoted many years to Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue and its Sisterhood and is also a grandmother and great-grandmother whose whole family lives in Milwaukee. The Jewish community is well known to each other, and it grows stronger with new people moving in," she said. She also praised the work and leadership of JNF locally and in Israel. The communities that have sprung up because of JNF are an incentive for more growth," she said. Jewish Family Services and envelopes.

$. Family Services. assert our position, our Jewishness, nobody's going to do it for us," he said. This idea can be passed to the Chudacoffs' three children, as their parents take them on Jewish missions and bring them to parlor meetings for Jewish organizations. The Chudacoffs have had many trees planted in Israel's JNF forests, buying them to mark happy or sad occasions.

They have even planted a few trees themselves during trips to Israel, Bruce said. "It's an absolute necessity to plant. It does so many things for Israel," improving the soil and preparing it for agriculture, he said. Ruth Resnick "It's a labor of love," said Sheldon, who finds the work rewarding because of its tangible results roads, parks, agriculture, and forests in Israel. Irrigation in the Negev was the most impressive JNF project to the Resnicks, who toured Israel in the 1970a His wife, Ruth, an interior decorator, has been active in Hadassah and Women's American ORT.

Bernie Robbins of the organization, who believes that fundraising is JNF's greatest achievement. That money goes for building roads, clearing sand, building settlements," he said. He is also proud of the JNF Young Branch, which involves younger members. That's constantly growing and getting more young adults involved, and eventually they will be our leaders," he noted. The Chudacoffs participate in Jewish life in their hometown of Appleton and on a state and national level.

Nancy Chudacoff raises money as chairman of United Jewish Charities of Appleton and her husband sells Israel Bonds around the state. Their Jewish involvement also includes serving on the board of Moses Montefiore Synagogue in Appleton and doing political action through the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Bruce said he has lobbied politicians in Washington, D.C., on Israel-related issuea "I think it's important for us because we are Jewish, we are a small minority, and if we don't Sheldon and Working for Jewish National Fund is a family tradition for Sheldon Resnick. "I was raised in it, steeped in it," said Resnick, whose father, the late Benjamin Resnick, participated in JNF for 80 years, beginning while he was still in Russia. Sheldon has served the group for 10 years and has been vice president in charge of public relations.

Lorraine and Bernie and Lorraine Robbins' association with the Jewish community has lasted many years. Lorraine's first job after college was with the Jewish Federation in Sioux City, Iowa, and she is now a computer operator at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation with 37 years of service Bernie, who runs the Bernie Robbins School of Real Estate, has served JNF for 10 years. He is a vice president and a past president Order your Rosh Hashanah Cards Only in Milwaukee and only from Jewish Family Services. Unique. Original.

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