title: One-Minute Jewish Stories-P560387/2
author: Shari Lewis
description: &quot;Contains [20] brief selections drawn from the Talmud, folklore, the Bible and history.&quot;--<i>Library Talk.</i>
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  **THE FORGOTTEN**
  
    
    
    
  
  For Andy, Joanne, and Miriam  
  In memory of Shira — _aleha ha’shalom_
  
    
    
    
    
  
  >  **1**
  
    
  
   _ **The call was**_ from the police. Not from Rina’s lieutenant husband, but
  from the _police_ police. She listened as the man spoke, and when she heard
  that it had nothing to do with Peter or the children, she felt a “Thank you,
  God” wave of instant relief. After discovering the reason behind the contact,
  Rina wasn’t as shocked as she should have been.
  
  The Jewish population of L.A.’s West Valley had been rocked by hate crimes in
  the past, culminating in that hideous ordeal a couple of years ago when a
  subspecies of human life had gotten off the public bus and had shot up the
  Jewish Community Center. The center had been and still was a refuge for all
  people, offering everything from toddler day camps to dance movements to
  exercise classes for the elderly. Miraculously, no one had been killed —
  _there_. But the monster — who had 