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Jewish Care Charity Registration No.802559
Autumn 2011No.23
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EditorialSo farewell then David Dunbar, who so ably ran the Art
and Crafts Department for over twelve years at the
Brenner Centre and was much admired and respected by
so many people for his cheery persona, dedication, artistic
talent and his genuine interest in everyone who came into
contact with him. On Pages 18 & 19 there is a montage of
the brilliant cartoons he drew for Shemesh over the years. Ill really miss you
David and everyone at Kadimah wishes you and your new bride all health and
happiness for the future.
On the Grapevine
Great news! Penelope recently told us that she has been given the 5 yearall-clear and is now in remission from cancer. She is such a popular person at
Kadimah and is always so positive about life that it cheers you up just to see her,
plus she does some really valued work with The Education and Development
Service which I know is greatly appreciated by Susan Garcia and the other
members of the team over at Martin B. Cohen.
Welcome to Michelle Lazurus, Shirley Allen,
Michelle Goldberg, Jay Marcham and Alan Basser whove joined us this summer , heres
Michelle G. and Jay pictured at Tuesdays creative
writing group, which they both enjoy judging by the
photo! Theres a new volunteer in town:
Katherine Wray has very kindly decided to give of
her time over the next few months in running a music workshop and being
involved in the womens group as well.
Kadimahniks David Cohen and Dov Petlock are
now volunteering downstairs in the Brenner
doing cloakroom duties and David is also helping
in the dining-room twice a week. Good work lads!
The views expressed in Shemesh are not necessarily those of Jewish Care or its employees.
No article or photo published in Shemesh can be reproduced in part or in full, electronically
or by any other means without prior permission of Jewish Care. Jewish Care 2011.
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Dave Filabon Editor/Tea-boy Suzy Cohen Advertising/Sponsorship
Ann Howard Assistant Editor John Woodger Cartoonist
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4 - Von Strudel
6 - Face to Face
8 - Art Box
9 - Ancient Cities Quiz
10 - A Tough Breed12 - The Dying of the Light
14 - Twenty Years Too Early
15 - Baked Behans
16 - David Dunbars Cartoons
18 - The Road to Rouen
20 - Regrets
21 - No Direction Home
22 - For Suzy
23 - Pop Duos of the 60s
24 - One Day at a Time
25 - Orange
26 - Postbag
28 - Serphadi Snacks
29 - Crossword
30 - Adverts
31 The Rio Matinee
32 - The Lighter Side
Contents
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Anoraks Alley
Dear Excellency,
Where does the expression a dogs bark is
worse than his biteoriginate from?
Yours Nosily
Norris Mesquirter
Dear Norris,
The saying emanates from around roughly 54BC, when Julius Caesar lost his
hearing because of his Carthaginian Bloodhound; it had no teeth, but when it barked
Caesars eardrums exploded!
Yours Quietly
Von Empire
Longleat Safari Park
Dear Baroness,
Im obsessed with all things fishy, so when I awake every morning I throw
back my haddock skin duvet, put on my pilchard head slippers, splash on a bit of cod liver
oil aftershave and then draw back the smoked kipper curtains to begin my day. Is it
dangerous to my long-term health to live this way?
Yours Swimmingly
Samuel C. Lion
Dear Sam,
Not at all harmful, but do you ever go through your morning rituals and think
life stinks!
Yours Omega3ingly
Von Mermaid
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Self Raising Street
Dear Excellency,
My barber, Sweeney Todd, is driving me
nuts! Hes so full of corny quips like when I asked for a
crew-cut last week and he said, wheres the rest of them
then? And then I wanted some Brylcreem plastered on
and he replied its not that good!
How can I tell him to knock it off without hurting his
feelings and can you recommend any therapy so I dont
shake when hes shaving me?
Yours Nervously
Filo PastryDear Filo,
I wouldnt advise you to say knock it offto the Demon Barber of Fleet Street as
hell take this as an invitation to turn your bonce into a savoury selection and then youll be
remembered in history as the Puffed Pastry Victim. As for therapy, dont bother, because I
once had a traumatic experience when I went along to a group on how to cope with
loneliness and no-one else showed!
Chin Up!
Von Razor
Spinster Cul-de-Sac
Dear Baroness,
My fiance is a professional chess player and I despair of him ever asking
me to wed. Should I leave him and take up a spot of speed-dating to find a possible suitor?
Yours Desperately
Jean Rook
Dear Jean,
I advise extreme caution having attended a speed-dating
seminar just last week where all the males who tried to talk to me
were so unattractive that I just said no! to 27 guys on the trot
before they got a single word out; now thats what I call speed-
dating!
Chess players are notoriously slow in all matters: I once was invited
to a swanky restaurant by the Grand-Master Gary Kasparov but,
unfortunately, we had a black and white check tablecloth so it took
him 2 hours to pass me the salt!
Yours Decisively
Von Checkmate
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In this issue weve set a few questions toThe Brenner Centres Chief Volunteer
Coordinator Annette Yarrow.
Who first got you interested in the world
of volunteering and how long have you been
at The Brenner?
My sister-in-law Bea Hart was the Director of
the Stamford Hill Community Centre (as Brenner was known then)
and as soon as I retired in 1993, she encouraged me to volunteer for
Jewish Care. I cant believe I have been here 17 years and still love
coming in three times a week.
Brenner Community Centre is always looking for new volunteers so if
you are reading this magazine and you have some time to spare,
please contact one of the Volunteer Coordinators to arrange an
interview with one of us.
I know your family is very far-flung all over the globe, can you
tell us something about that and do you find many differences to
their way of life compared to ours when you visit them?
We have a son in America and a daughter in Australia and although
we are a long way from each other, we are very close. We have 5
grandchildren 2 in the States
and 3 in Oz so for many, many
years all our holidays were spent
with them. Back in the good old
days (1980s) airlines had specialoffers on long haul flights so we
were able to visit the children
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more than once a year. Our Aussie family live in Tasmania, (Pictured
at base of previous page: just one of its stunning waterfalls),
which is a beautiful island, and life there has a much more laid back
feel compared to England and quite different to the mainland.
Our son lives in a small town in
Connecticut called Westport,
founded in 1835, by American
standards an ancient town indeed,
(Pictured right: Westports
Historical Society),which is alsoa lovely part of America and is
not unlike Oz - large open spaces,
no high rise buildings and no massive traffic jams!! There are so
many beautiful places across New England, where we travelled a lot,
but we loved walking in New York City. There is something exciting
about being there and we never tired of visiting all the different
places there.
Youve just be made the new Mayor of London; what policies
would you immediately like to implement?
The first thing I would do if I was Mayor of
London would be to scrap the Congestion Charge.
I would also take some of the many empty buses
off the road that disrupt the traffic in theWest End and the City and I would also want to
do something about the parking (or lack of it) in
Hackney.
If (or when!) you win the Euro millions Lottery, where would you
buy some residences?
I am very happy and contented where I live here in Hackney but itwould be wonderful if we could have a holiday home nearer to our
families in America and Australia.
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1. Which 2 cities were wiped off the face of the earth in 79AD by
a volcanic eruption?
2. Which commercial city was founded by the Nabataean Arabs
in the 6th century BC that can be found in modern-day
Jordan?
3. This Greek city state was famous
for its warriors. (Clue; 300 of
their finest held a Persian army
at bay at the pass of Thermopylae.)
4. What was the name of the
Germanic tribes capital whose
zenith was in 400-450 AD?
5. Which Greek Philosopher claimed that Atlantis was a
bustling, thriving city?
6. Alexander the Great died within its fabled walls and King
Darius of Persia once ruled this Mesopotamian wonder.
(Clue: famous for its hanging gardens.)
7. 8000ft above sea-level, this Incan
city (Pictured on left) was abandoned
due to disease.
8. The Romans called it Eboracam,
the Vikings, Norvik, but where in
northern England was it situated?
9. This Homeric city in modern-day
Turkey could have existed, or was it just Greek myth?
10. This capital sat strong on the North African coast. Clue: its
leader crossed the Alps with elephants.
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One afternoon many years ago I just happened toturn on the radio when I heard a familiar name FredPelican talking about his book, From Dachau to
Dunkirk, which had recently been published and was
about his experiences before and during the Second
World War.
Fred was a friend of my fathers as they both lived in the
same city of Breslau, Germany, and they were arrested and
taken to Dachau for six months until April, 1939. I called
Fred to tell him that I had heard him speak on the radio and he advised me to getthe book as he had mentioned my father.
I did this and was reading into the early hours of the morning when I cameacross a paragraph which explains that he was released from Dachau before my
Dad as my father had frostbite, (Pictured below: Dachau Inmates marching to
work in 1938) and Fred promised him that he would go to my grandparentshome to tell them that my father was okay, and soon to be released, here is what
he had to say in chapter three. As soon as I got off the train in Breslau I made
my way first to the home of the Jaschkowitz family. Their son Henry was still inDachau in Room 4. I had promised him faithfully I would go and see his parents.
When they opened the door, both looked at me for a few seconds, not recognising
me in spite of having met me previously. They started crying, Where is our
Henry, what happened to him, is he alive, why hasnt he been released?
I quickly calmed themdown. Henry is perfectly all right, I said, Please dont
worry. Having reached calmer waters, with a cup of coffee, I explained the
position their son was in. Henry had been called for release five days earlier thanmyself, he was one of many victims of
the medical examination, frostbitten
hands had set him back, provisionally by
one week. Henry was a young man onlyabout two years older than me. I saw his
hands; they had healed beautifully, in my
own mind I was sure he would be homenot within weeks, but days. I left the
family in better spirits, and they
promised to let me know the moment hegot home. I felt relieved, having kept my
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promise.
I was so excited to read this and see my
fathers name mentioned and that of my
grandparents, and I couldnt contain myexcitement and phoned my mother (my
father had died several years before) and
my sister in the early hours of the
morning.
My father, like so many Jews in Germany
in 1938 (aged 18), waited too long beforeleaving, as they just didnt believe what terrible fate the Nazis had in store for
them.Then he attempted to escape, and he was picked up trying to cross intoHolland. He was sent to Dachau and, whilst the camp in 1938 wasnt the killing
factory as it became in later years, my dad said one day there was like a lifetime
in hell. One of his sisters had managed to get to the UK and she was able toraise enough money to get him out and thats how come he and his childhood
friend. Fred, were released. However my grandparents perished like so many
others, but my father survived and came to the UK, joined the pioneer corps, and
then became a tank driver. Dad fought in the western desert at EL Alemein andthe battle for Tobruk(Pictured above: his Desert Rat campaign badge) and he
said it gave him great delight to be driving his tank back into Nazi occupiedGermany. (Pictured below: just days from victory, Dad with his tank, April
1945, Hamburg.)
His mate Fred Pelican also served with distinction in the British Army and wasan interpreter for the allies at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials at the end of the
war.
The two friends met up some years later and
interestingly enough they both had shops just 200
yards from each other in Stoke Newington! Maybesome of you remember my dads menswear shop
called Marlows opposite Stoke Newington police
station? A beauty salon now stands in its place but theold faded painted sign advertising Lee Jeans can still
be seen on the wall to this day.Trisha Curtis
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After watching the TV mini-series on The Kennedys, I was
curious to find out where Robert Kennedy was laid to rest andon the net I came across these incredibly moving photographstaken by Robert Fusco from onboard the funeral train.
On Saturday afternoon, 8th June 1968, Bobby Kennedy's body, asPresident Lincoln's 103 years before, was carried by his slow-movingfuneral train from New York to Washingtons Arlington Military Cemeteryto be buried next to his brother, John. As they had for Lincoln, manythousands - perhaps, for RFK, a million people - lined the tracks. Thecoffin, on a bier close to the floor of the observation car, could not beseen by bystanders. so Kennedy's pallbearers lifted it up and placed it, abit precariously, on chairs. Along the route of the train, boy scouts andfiremen braced at attention; Army veterans saluted, nuns, some wearingdark glasses, stood witness; housewives wept. Thousands andthousands of black people waited quietly in the heat, perhaps becausethey lived close to the tracks, but also because they had felt for BobbyKennedy, and knew they would miss him.
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Many thousands lined the route to pay their respects
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When I was a boy in the 1960s I can only
remember ever seeing two black footballers
on the TV, Clyde Best of West Ham was onetogether with the South African, Albert
Johanneson of Leeds United.
Albert made his way over for a trial at the age
of twenty in 1961 and the manager Don Reviewas so impressed by the speedy winger that hesigned him after a short trial. The poor manwas too nervous to get into the communal bath
after his first training session with his teammates because he was so used to Apartheid that he
couldnt believe it when he was allowed to use the same bath!
The racism he had to endure from opposing teams fans and some footballers was horrendous
as Robert Endeacott so vividly describes in his excellent bookDirty Leeds.
In 1965 Leeds reached the FA Cup Final versus Liverpool, but our performance was tiredand the players didnt play well, especially Albert Johanneson, the first black footballer toappear in the FA Cup Finals history. He looked scared to death, not that it was his fault;
hordes of Liverpool fans were to blame. Every time Albert got the ball, theyd boo, jeer,
whistle him and some made gorillas noises at him, they werent supporters, just scum.
Albert was never the same again after that experience and after starting so promisingly when
he was a key cog in Leeds promotion in 1964, scoring a vital thirteen goals in the process, hestarted to drink to allay his nerves. In 1966, Albert was substituted at half-time in a match vNotts Forest, so he stayed in the dressing room and supposedly polished off virtually a whole
bottle of whisky (Don Revie let players have a nip of whisky to warm them up before a game,so a bottle was always on hand in the dressing room). And thats when; legend has it, that hegot a taste for the booze. Leeds released him in 1970, where he had become a player on the
fringes of the first team, making only ten appearances between 1968-70.
He retired in 1971 after one season with Hull City and the latter years were unkind to Albert,who became a recluse after his wife left him, together with their two young children, in theearly 70s. . He had a severe addiction to alcohol by then and, in 1995, died penniless in a
dingy council flat of meningitis and heart failure.In the words of footballing legend, George Best within whose era he played: Albert was quitea brave man to actually go on the pitch in the first place, wasn't he? And he went out and did
it. He had a lot of skill. A nice man as well.which is, I suppose, the more important thing,
isn't it? More important than anything.
Today, Johanneson is hailed by many as havinghelped pave the way for the scores of black players that make up the ranks of the British
premiership, especially those of South Africanheritage. He is also viewed as a courageous
pioneer with regard to the racial discriminationhe so endured. DF
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Brendan Behan went to Borneo with his children and wife,
But that was to prove the worst decision of his life.
For they were captured by some
cannibals who bound their hands
and feet,
Tossed them on a bonfire until it
was time to eat.
A Diak boy looked hungry at the
cooking Europeans,
His mum said: Time for dinner, dear - its your favouriteBAKED
BEHANS!
Jay Marcham
Are you in favour of
Arranged Marriages?
Absolutely.
Because I once went to
a marriage that wasnt
arranged and it was
complete chaos!Whys that?
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In the mid-sixties I had been working for years for the GPO
(General Post Office) and had made a number of female friends. Itwas all women where we worked. My best friend and I had been
promoted to the exalted rank of Assistant Supervisor, so feeling a
bit better off and, not having too many responsibilities, we decided
to go on a weeks holiday in Europe.
At that time my friend (lets call her Celia)had a wonderful pink car with fins and a lot
of rather rusty chrome trimming. We set offon the Dover ferry, Celia with plenty ofbravado, and me looking rather embarrassedas fellow passengers eyed our vehicle with
suspicion.
It was dusk by the time we got to Calais and
we hadnt been on the road south for more
than half an hour before we came across alittle red car overturned in the ditch besidethe road (these were the days before many
motorways criss-crossed the continent). On
the grass verge between the upside-down car and the road, a woman layprone; most of the passing traffic consisted of lorries and was doing just
that - passing - so we stopped our pink car on the grass and went to
investigate.
The woman must have been unconscious for a little while, but as we
approached she was coming round and (in French: naturellement)
began to beg us not to tell her dad. Obviously telling her dad had notreally occurred to us, but clearly we were going to have to do
something.
No one had mobile phones in those days, but lorries usually had walky-
talkies so we flagged down a passing routier and asked him to call anambulance, without much confidence and settled down to wait for helpto arrive. To our surprise and relief, a police car arrived within a few
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minutes and, because we had not witnessed the accident, they sent us
on our way, by which time night had fallen.
The road was completely unlit, long, narrow and very straight -
extremely tedious after a days travel, so we eventually pulled into theside of the road and we settled down to sleep in the car. As the smallerof the two of us I agreed to sleep in the front and let Celia stretch out in
the back - she was doing all the driving, after all.
Early next morning we set off on our wayagain; using an excellent AA map to guideus, we reached Rouen by lunchtime, where
we were able to wash and freshen up beforegetting baguettes to eat in the square in
front of the beautiful old cathedral.
The second stage of our drive through
France passed uneventfully, bowlingmerrily along listening to EPs, (45 rpm
vinyl records to you, and yes, the wonder of
American cars, you could slot vinyl recordsinto the dashboard!) playing Greek folk
music, Portuguese Fado, Dave Brubeck and
(Celias choice) Paul Anka. Whenever I hear Diana, it brings it allback. We had a fabulous rustic stew at a routier, where I embarrassedmyself and made the lorry drivers laugh when I needed a knife and
asked for a canif (more of a dagger) when what I wanted was a
couteau.We crossed the border at Biarritz in blazing sunshine, dazzled by the
brilliant purple Bougainvillea that grew beside the customs sheds.
A little delay occurred while the officers made off with my passport - a
few raised eyebrows about my Egyptianplace of birth - and thenOl
Espaa!
To be continued
Ann Howard
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My Grandmother; well, as the years go by I think ofher more often. Looking back, it seems as if shelived so very long ago.
My grandmother came from Lithuania, and I rememberall the immigrants from there were called Litvaks. She
arrived to these shores with three sisters and one brother
somewhere between 1890-1900.
Over the years I have come to know a little more about
my gran, who I called Booba, from my mother and other
family members. I was only four when she died, so my
own memory is rather sketchy. I do know that she was
called Rosie though.To me she always appeared so ancient, although in fact she was only 64 when she
died, four years younger than I am today.
She never learnt to speak English and I dont think she could write, so any
conversations that I had with her would have been in Yiddish. In those far-off
days I understood all that my Booba said to me, but I used to answer her in
English, and much to my shame I used to shout my answers back to her.
I dont remember us actually being close, but back then my mother and I lived
with Booba and my mothers sister and brother in a two-bedroomed flat, so wemust have been physically close, if not emotionally.
I know that my gran had a really difficult life, because eventually I came to
understand that her husband, my grandfather,was a very serious drinker, andshe never knew from one week to the next if he would give her any money for
food or rent. At that time they lived in two rooms in Hanbury St. just off Brick
Lane, (Pictured above: The Black Lion Public House, in HanburyStreet, circa-
1918).
Im not sure how long my Booba and her husband were together, because I know
he was in disgrace for most of the time and he was certainly off the scene when
they all moved to Thornton Heath where I was born. My grandmother never
really got used to the area, and she didnt venture out too often.
Unfortunately, when she did go out on her own she used to get lost and ended up
being brought home, by whom, I dont know. On one occasion she was found
wandering aimlessly in the streets and not long afterwards she was admitted to a
mental hospital in Warlingham, Surrey. We used to go and visit every Sunday.
I really cant recall too much about this period in my Boobas life, but I know she
was very sad and so were we. She never was discharged and passed away there.
I wish I had known more about her. Now I will never know.
Penelope Sutherland-Young
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O
nce upon a time in a land
long forgotten, a stork
was flying with a babydestined for the owners of a
merchant bank.
The stork had no sense of directionand got lost-all this before satellite
navigation or even sign-posts. Itwas getting dark and the baby was
getting fretful, and the stork wasvery tired and needed to get some
sleep.
It was very misty where the storklanded and it had no idea that it hadcome down in the back-yard of the
poorest house in the world. When
the stork woke up the mist had
cleared and it needed to fly backhome but without the baby. So it hid
the nipper behind the mulberry bush
in the back-yard of the poorest
house in the world instead of
delivering it to one of the richestfamilies on this planet.
So the baby grew up in poverty
instead of enjoying all the comfortthat mega-wealth does provide in
abundance. And all because a stork
had a poor sense of direction.
Life can be so unfair
Peter Fischman
Penelope & Cousin Michael at Mitkadems summer picnic
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When you try your best but you don't succeedWhen you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleepStuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your faceWhen you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to wasteCould it be worse?
Lights will guide you homeAnd ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bonesAnd I will try to fix you
Tears stream down your faceWhen you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your faceAnd I will try to fix you.
Lyrics by Coldplay
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Sadly to say, one half of the great duo Peter and Gordon passed away earlier
this year, he was Scotsman, Gordon Waller. They had a big hit with the
Lennon-McCartney compositionWorld without Love, (do you remember the
catchy chorus line Please lock me away, I dont care what they say, Icant live
in a world without love?),whichwent to Number 1 in the singles charts, in
1964.
Peter Asher the other half of the group, is the brother of
the actress and celebrated cake decorator, Jayne Asher,
who was engaged to Paul McCartney in the 1960s.
Peter and Gordon also released quite a number of
albums and successful singles, including the Buddy
Holly trackTrue Love Ways, Womanand, of course,Lady Godiva; all very a very big hits. Their follow up
single to World Without Love, also a Lennon-
McCartney composition reached No. 10 in the charts,
titled, Nobody I Know. World without Love and
Nobody I Knowwere actually proposed Beatle LP tracks, which they had given
to Peter and Gordon and that was how they became hit singles.
Of course there were other pop duos of the sixties, eg, the group, Jan and Dean,
whose major hit in 1964 was Surf City, a sound very similar to that of TheBeach Boys.
Other pop duos of the sixties were members have passed away, for example: The
Righteous Brothers Bobby Hatfield, in 2003 from a cocaine overdose. In fact,
the Righteous Brothers werent brothers at all; they adopted their name in 1962,
while performing together in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group
called The Paramours.
At the end of one particular performance, an African-
American Marine in the audience shouted, that wasrighteous, brothers! prompting Hatfield and Waller to
adopt the name when they embarked on a career as a
duo having tremendous success with UnchainedMelodyand Youve lost that loving feeling, whichwas No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1964. In
1990, their original recording of Unchained Melodywas featured in the movie Ghost and caused an
avalanche of requests to Top 40 radio by fans, who hadseen the film. This motivated Polygram to re-release the song to radio where it
became a major hit for a second time and their second UK No 1.
Deryck Stewart
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There are two days in every week about which we should not worry,two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.One of these is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its aches and
pains. YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond our control.All the money in the world cannot bring back YESTERDAY. We
cannot undo a single act we performed: we cannot erase a single word
we said. YESTERDAY is gone.
The other day we should not worry about is TOMORROW with its
possible adversities, its burdens, its promise and poor performance.
TOMORROW is also beyond our immediate control.
TOMORROWS sun will rise, either in splendour or behind a mask ofclouds - but it will rise. Until it does we have no stake in TOMORROW,
for it is yet unborn.
This leaves only one day - TODAY - any man can fight the battles of
just one day. It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two
awful eternities-YESTERDAY - and TOMORROW that we break
down.
It is not the experience of TODAY that drives men mad-it is remorse orbitterness for something which happened YESTERDAY and the dread
of what TOMORROW may bring.
LET US, THEREFORE, LIVE BUT ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Author Unknown
Submitted by Myriam Marmostein
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A colour with the tangy scent of citrus
The warm sunlight colour of redCombined with the yellow flavour of lemon sherbet;
An image of a striped shop providing
A strong contrast to the colour green
Clearly defining borders between.
Warm sunlight pineapple colours
Combining with the exotic shades of the little lampsIn the Turkish restaurant Dervish-dancing waves of
Light and Eastern music beating in waves of colour
And sound of carnival echoing and dying away
Down mysterious Cuban streets with palm trees
Swaying in the cooling evening breeze
And only the sound of an orange fluteAnd the orange-lit windows set against
A dark blue sky
And finally dying into the quietness of an orange place.
Ralph Savoy
Liza sampling the sweet fragrance of magnolia blossom
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ClaptonE5
Dear Editor,
In your spring issue I found the Frozen in Timefeature by PeterFischman to be very moving and brought a tear to my eye. I also loved andgot so much from the Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity article, which
took me back over forty years when I was a screaming teenager and saw theBeatles at the Finsbury Park Astoria Theatre (now transformed into a church).So, dear editor, I will finish by saying a huge thank you for bringing to ussuch a brilliant, funny and interesting magazine, one that I so look forward toenjoying each quarter.
Kind RegardsPauline Shadlofsky
Our music correspondent, Deryck Stewart, who penned the Julie Driscollpiece, has a photographic memory on all things pop, and has (and Im notexaggerating) thousands of vinyl LPs in his collection. Id love to be hismanager on the $64,000 Question Show, wed clean up! Ed
Raine HouseN16
Dear Sir,
It was with great pleasure that I read the spring issue of Shemesh.I found the article by Ralph especially of interest as it brought back memoriesof the lovely journey I had on The Orient Express quite a few years ago.I too remember all the special attention my daughter and I received at VictoriaStation and onboard. Our destination was to Chester, I will never forget thatspecial day.
Best WishesPearl
Glad you enjoyed Ralphs story. Ive only ever been on Londons version ofthe Orient-Expressthe tube to Leyton Orients ground! Ed
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Stamford HillN16
Dear Ed,
I am a new convert to your publication, and thoroughly enjoyed
reading your spring 2011 issue. I laughed a lot.I was delighted with such interesting, informative and creative contributions and from many names I know!
To add to your pot, I would like to suggest an additional regular column fromthe pen and the mind of Bella Gen in response to the needs for support forbetter health and wellbeing of contributors and all who read and enjoy thesuperb wit and colour of your publication.
My column would be entitled Genie of the Lamp. It would provide answers
to all ills and sorrows close at hand, as we now know how to heal all things,physical, mental and emotional as has been prophesied in our Mishna. (Toknow more you will have to read Gen of the Lamp and all will be revealed!)
Yours Bella Gen,
Regenerative Superfood & Light Energy, medicine of the future.Sharing knowledge gives you immortality.
Looking forward to your first column Bella, the next edition is due out thisNovember, so get cracking! Ed
Dear Readers,
We very much welcome letters from our admirers, but dont forget we havethe thick skins required by journalists everywhere and we are quite able tohandle criticism as well as praise! You can tell us what you think is missing
and what you would like to see more of, but as usual, the editors decision isfinal.
We would also be happy to consider articles of your own for publication. AsBella Gen says at the end of her letter to the editor, sharing knowledge givesyou immortality, so we would especially like to feature contributions about allareas of knowledge, perhaps art, science of any kind and tips for wellbeing.
In this issue we are looking for answers to two questions:
What gives you a lift when youre feeling down?
And what keeps you calm when youre tense, worried or angry?
Email your suggestions to [email protected] or hand them in to theEditors Office in the computer room on the 3rd Floor.
Be a part of Shemeshwrite an article orsend us a picture!
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Baba Ghanoush
This also known as Baba Ghanouj and Baba Ganoush and isa dip or spread made of roasted aubergine and tahini.
Simply roast the aubergine, scoop out thesoftened pulp, and thenpuree with tahini and seasonings. The seasonings used in thisrecipe for Baba Ghanoush are garlic, lemon juice, parsley and salt.Dip fresh pita bread or cut vegetables into the Baba Ghanoush for a
healthy snack.
Preperation Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
1 large aubergine
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. lemon juice2 tbsp. tahini
1 tbsp. fresh parsley
tsp. salt
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 400 Fahrenheit (200 Celsius) / Gas Mark 6.
2. Prick the aubergine with a fork. Then place on a baking tray and
put into the hot oven.3. Roast the aubergine for about 40 minutes or until very soft
inside.
4. Cool completely.
5. Scoop out the aubergine's pulp and place in a food processor.Add remaining ingredients into the food processor. Pulse until
pureed, but still has some texture.
6. Refrigerate. Serve chilled with fresh pita bread.
If you don't like olive oil then you might use more lemon juice ortahini to adjust the consistency.
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There are 2 clues for each word; can you work out which is true and which is false?
Solution Page 31
ACROSS DOWN
1. Type of metal / Type of wood (4)
3. Unmarried man / Unmarried woman(8)
9. Dried plums / Dried grapes (7)
10. Type of bird / Type of insect (5)
11. Male relative / Female relative (5)12. Raise / Lower (7)
13. Strong / Weak (6)
15. Complied / Refused (6)
19. Type of boat / Type of flag (7)
21. Stringed instrument / Woodwindinstrument (5)
23. Young men / Young women (5)
24. Concentrated / Watered down (7)
25. Problem / Result (8)26. Wet / Dry (4)
1. Fruit / Vegetable (7)
2. Worldly / Callow (5)
4. Ask / Reply (6)
5. Animal / Fish (5)
6. Place where books are kept / Place
where bees are kept (7)7. Mountain chain / River valley (5)
8. Type of bird / Type of mammal (6)
14. Bicycle part / Plant part (7)
16. Enlighten / Bewilder (6)
17. Feared / Looked forward to (7)
18. Artist's workroom / Banquet hall (6)
19. Parts of a book / Parts of a clock (5)
20. Valuable item / Worthless item (5)
22. Speak / Remain silent (5)
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Over 60?
Want to go to the cinema for FREE?
Come to the Rio Cinemas
Classic Matinee
GILDAWednesday 14th September 2011 at 2:30pm
Free For OAPS, Carers & Kadimah Members
With free tea, coffee & cake!Donations in our yellow donation bucket much appreciated.There is a 15 minute interval for comfort.
Rio Cinema 107 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB
Tel: 020 7241 9410For group bookings call Jemma on 020 7241 9419
Lost Ancient Cities Answers (Page 9)1. Pompeii and Herculaneum.
2. Petra.
3. Sparta.
4. Worms.
5. Plato.
6. Babylon.
7. Machu Picchu.
8. York.9. Troy.
10. Carthage.
True or False Crossword Solution (Page 29)
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Cant you at least
try to manage a smile?
Not for what
youre paying me!
So thats why
they call
her Moaner!
But I might
make an effort for
an extra florin or two.
Sorry, but Ive
seemed to have
mislaid my purse.And thats why
we call him
Leonardo da Stingi!