Chava’s Rosh Ha’Shana Card
A t the end of August 2001, on the last day of summer vacation before classes resumed at their Solomon Schechter School, I visited my son and daughter-in-law to celebrate my twin grand- children Phillip and Alexandra’s ninth birthday. In my role as host grandfather, I greeted guests and introduced myself. I struck up a conversation with a young couple from Riverdale, Israel and Man- ya Eiger, whose son was about to begin his first year at the school and whom Cindy had thoughtfully included. I noticed that Israel spoke with an accent that sounded like a blend of Israeli and Polish, so I asked him, “Where are you origi- nally from?” “My family is from Ludvipol, in Poland,” he told me. I was amazed. I rarely run across someone from my hometown. I asked him his parents’ names. Sure enough, his mother, Miri- am Eiger, nee Eisenstein, was a dear friend from Ludvipol. I had known her well. During my period in Kibbutz Yagur, when I vaca- tioned in Tel Aviv I would stay with Eliahu and Pesach Kleinman from Ludvipol. A group of us would go out together on Friday and Saturday nights, including Miriam and her sister. I called Ben and Cindy over and told them, “You see, when you do good deeds, and you have kind intentions, something special comes of it!” The next morning, Miriam called me from Israel. Israel had phoned and told her of our meeting, and she was excited to relo- cate an old friend. We chatted and promised to get together the next time Ruthie and I came to Israel.
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