Girls at Beis Malka D'Chassidei Belz school received an
honored visit recently from Lady Jakobovits. The
Rebbetzin has shown a keen interest in the development
of the school since its founding twenty years ago, an
acknowledgement which culminated last year in her
agreeing to become Patron. She expressed great pride on
seeing the newly refurbished Junior Block.
In addressing the Senior Department she took the
opportunity to deliver divrei his'orerus with
special reference to recent trips to both Eretz
Yisroel and Poland. She told the girls of her
family's own personal deliverance from the Nazis, and
the kavonoh she has attached to saying modeh
ani ever since.
In speaking of her warm relationship with the Queen,
she recognized how both she and her late husband, Lord
Jakobovits, zt"l, had been regarded as
ambassadors for Orthodoxy in this country (U.K.).
Rebbetzin Jakobovits stressed that in the current world
situation, it was vital for the girls to find every
opportunity possible to do mitzvos and chesed.
She remarked on some of the negative influences of the
prevailing gashmiyus on Jewish life today, for
example, the absence of practical knowledge of
kashering chickens. She warmly accepted Headmistress
Mrs. G. Wind's invitation to return and give a
demonstration.
As she was leaving, in her truly inimitable style, she
spontaneously plucked a white rose from her bouquet and
handed it to a pupil, saying, "This is especially from
me to you."
