November 22, 2005
Newsletter No. 12: Louis
Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History
Walk With Us Through Rose Canyon
Here's a chance to connect with early San Diego
history, learn a little about the native plants of San Diego, get some exercise,
and help to build the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish
History. Please come join us at 2 p.m., Sunday, December 4th, as we
set off on a family hike from the parking lot of University City High School,
6949 Genesee Avenue. Our naturalist, Rick Kamen, tells us the hike
is a fairly easy one. So is the price tag, only $5, in keeping with our
policy to build a membership organization in which anyone can afford to
participate. Think of it, our membership costs only $36, and for that you
get to honor one Jewish San Diegan on this website. Additionally, our
events, so far, have reflected our populist philosophy, with the prices thus far
having been $10 (picnic, including food), nothing (unveiling of a memorial
to Henrietta Rose) and now $5 for a guided hike. The only way such an
organization can thrive is if we have participation, so please join us on a
ramble through the land once owned by pioneer Louis Rose and still bearing his
name.
The tour is limited to the first 20 people who agree to make a minimum $5
donation to the Jewish Community Foundation/ Louis Rose Fund, and who sign the
following insurance waiver and send it back to the Louis Rose Society, c/o
Donald H. Harrison, PO Box 19363, San Diego, CA 92159, or fax it to me at (619)
265-0850.
(please cut out the form
below)
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I, _______________________________, do hereby agree to donate a minimum $5 to
the Jewish Community Foundation/ Louis Rose Fund and to assume full
responsibility for any accident or injury that I may suffer during the Sunday,
December 4, Rose Canyon nature walk sponsored by the Louis Rose Society.
Furthermore, by this instrument, I agree to hold harmless the Louis Rose
Society, its officers, tour leaders and representatives for any mishap that may
befall me. In the event that I am a minor, my signature is countersigned
below by that of my parent or guardian.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
(printed
name)
(age)
(address)
(phone number)
__________________________________
__________________________
(signature)
(date)
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(If a minor, signature of parent or guardian
here)
(printed name of parent or guardian)
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Unveiling for Henrietta Rose's Gravestone an Uplifting
Event
After nearly a half century of anonymity, Henrietta
Rose—daughter of pioneer Louis Rose—now rests in a marked
grave. The Nov. 16 ceremony
(click
here for pictures) brought together representatives of the San Diego School
Board, the San Diego Education Association, the Order of the Eastern Star, and,
of course, our own Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish
History. It was covered extensively by the news media, including a feature
article the day of the event in the local section of the San Diego
Union-Tribune, and follow up coverage on the Voice of San Diego, in
an "About San Diego segment" by Ken Kramer on KNSD-TV (7/39)
and in Hillquest, a web newspaper for the Hillcrest area.
Looking Ahead: Organizational Biographies and Oral
Histories
We are pleased to report that several organizations
have become interested in our Society helping them to recover their history
through the posting of biographical source material from our archives about all
their past presidents. Once this program is underway, we will create a
separate page on our website for each participating organization, with a list of
the various honorees. Each name in turn will be linked to the honoree's own page
on the web, where we will post stories from The Southwestern Jewish Press,
The San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, and the San Diego Jewish Times, among
other sources. Anyone desiring to volunteer their time to index and
transcribe old news articles will certainly be most welcome. Please
contact Don Harrison at (619) 265 0808 if you can make such a time
commitment. Another project, initiated by member Laurayne Ratner,
is an oral history program, in which we tape record interviews with Louis Rose
Society honorees and post them on our website. Laurayne already has recorded an
interview with Richard C. Levi. After the interview is transcribed,
it will be sent to Richard for any additional information or corrections, then
put up on the web. Once again, please contact Don if you would like to
participate as an interviewer in the Oral History program.
Membership News by
Donald H. Harrison
We offer our heartfelt condolences to Teedy
Appelbaum following the death of her husband, Irving Appelbaum, on
November 20, at age 92. Irving always was a cheerful presence at every Jewish
community event or cause that he and Teedy decided to support, and there were
many of them indeed! An obituary that ran in today's classified section of
the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Irving had been "a
successful businessman in Decatur, Illinois, a WWII veteran and a lifelong
benefactor to Jewish and civic causes." It added, "Mr. Appelbaum
was a pillar of his synagogue in Decatur and upon his retirement to La Jolla
became a life member of Congregation Beth El." Irving was buried at
El Camino Cemetery....We are informed by Linda Neiman that her mother, San
Diego Jewish Times columnist, Gert Thaler, is recovering nicely from
the lung ailment that caused her hospitalization in Tel Aviv...Dr. Lawrence and
Bonnie Baron celebrated the bar mitzvah of their son, Ari Isaac,
Nov. 12, at Temple Emanu-El. Bonnie and Laurie, director of SDSU's Lipinsky
Institute for Judaic Studies, prepared a guide to the bar mitzvah service for
non-Jewish attendees. It can be found on one
of his pages on our website. We saw Gail & Okoronkwo Umeham at a
reception in Old Town, where Eric Poliak (aka Eric Sands, the deejay) led
Ari and friends through dances, games and general hilarity... .Jacob and Leslie
Bercovitz celebrated the bar mitzvah of their son, Yaniv, at Tifereth
Israel Synagogue on Saturday, Nov. 19. Leslie serves as president
of the Conservative congregation...Shimon Camiel is receiving a lot of
positive feedback on his book about his late father, Zelig Camiel,
entitled Zelig's Odyssey. One
review appears on this website....Jeanne Gold recently endowed the
adult education program at Tifereth Israel Syangogue in honor of her late
husband, Rabbi Aaron Gold. The endowment was announced during High
Holiday services... Dana Greene, whose column on
Jewish singles appears in Jewish newspapers around North America, has been
retained by the Agency for Jewish Education to promote more involvement in the
AJE by young adults. She also is teaching some courses dealing with dating
issues and other matters at the High School for Jewish Studies...He hasn't done
so yet, but we're expecting Greg Smith, husband of steering committee
member Arlette Smith, to soon announce for reelection for county Tax
Assessor, Recorder and County Clerk.. Do you want to share news of your simchas
with our members? Send me an email at sdheritage@cox.net,
or a fax at (619) 265-0850.
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