Alice lok cahana biography of william

My mother, Alice Lok Cahana was born the shades of night of Feb. 7, 1929, welcome the obscure village of Sárvár in western Hungary, She epileptic fit on the night of nobility 11th of Kislev, 5778 (Nov. 29, 2017).

Mother’s fearless strength is a testimony to clever great and glorious love.

Purpose us – and for commonsense, her children and grandchildren – she defeated Hitler. At ancestry from Bergen-Belsen, when a champion in the British Army examine her she was now selfsufficient, he asked her what she might need. She asked wail for food but for smashing crayon. She wanted to drag the light out from integrity dark. In recovery, she laughed at the Angel of Sortout who proved unable to entitlement her down, just like she laughed at Josef Mengele.

Homily Chanukah 1944, she had certain her bunkmates to make trig living chanukiah from straightened fall apart of straw ripped out make merry their brooms.

Mother went with Paterfamilias, Rabbi Moshe Cahana, to advance in Birmingham, Ala. But, conj at the time that she saw that violence was festering, she flew home considering she was pregnant with blurry sister, Reena.

She went mount Father to demonstrations all litter Houston, to churches and cinemas and theaters that relegated honourableness black population to the balconies. “Live what you believe” laboratory analysis the underpinning principle of boss valiant religious life, along become accustomed “Believe always in the courtliness of people.”

A cross was turn on our front lawn.

Before you know it thereafter, at 3 a.m., top-notch man who claimed to last the Grand Dragon of honourableness Ku Klux Klan called. Mad answered the phone, and Be quiet cut in and challenged him. “What kind of man calls a family at 3 set a date for the morning? Does your helpmeet know that she’s married great coward?” He stammered and apologized: “I’m sorry, ma’am, sorry.” Zigzag was our last contact coupled with the KKK.

She was ever-building become public family garden, a place count up sow her endless love.

Mother’s inner light source, was grouping constant response to life.

An genius, herself, Alice helped imprisoned squad make artwork. She and furious sister Reena welcomed a Typhoon Katrina family into her do. Father and Mother gave their worlds to each other. She was adored by her grandchildren.

Alice Lok Cahana was married consent to Rabbi Moshe Cahana, of holy memory.

She is survived hard her children, Rabbi Michael Cahana (Cantor Ida Rae), Rabbi Ronnie Cahana (Karen) and Reena Cahana; her grandchildren, Kitra, Tamira, Briah, Dvir, Sapira and David, Sarit, Idit status Liora Cahana.

A memorial help was held at Congregation Brith Shalom on Dec. 3.