European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Tuesday november 29,1994 jews think hype hurts hanukkah by the san Francisco examiner san Francisco a jews celebrating hanukkah this week Are increasingly coping with the problem facing christians at this time of year a the commercialization of the holidays. Although jews spiritually celebrate by lighting candles on a menorah for eight nights they also frequently buy eight gifts for their children a and not just the traditional hanukkah gelt and Dreidel but also expensive nikes computer games and everything else gentiles snap up. And like Many christians who complain that a Bonanza of gifts flies in the face of the Christmas spirit jewish experts said the same phenomenon is surfacing in their religion top. A the materialism that has come to characterize hanukkah a parents would like a Way out a said Vicky Kelman director of the family education project at san Francisco s Bureau of jewish education the educational Branch of the jewish Community federation. In fact hanukkah a which started at Sundown sunday a has become known As a sort of a jewish Christmas a although it is nothing like that Christian Holiday and is not even a major Holiday in the jewish Faith Kelman said. A because of the proximity to Christmas it s grown and gets hyped a she said. Hanukkah related presents have flourished. This years hanukkah toys include trolls wearing Yar mules prayer Caps and cuddly stuffed torahs scripture. Where a Dreidel was once limited to a Clay spinning toy now there Are Light up Dreidel giant inflatable Dreidel and about 10 other kinds As Well. A it s really booming a said Sarah Moidel assistant manager Ana gift buyer at the jewish Book and gift shop in san Francisco a Richmond District. A a it a  a. A i. A a a. Grandparents seem especially Bent on shopping at the jewish store for gifts for every night then going out and buying a the ninja turtles at toys or us a she said. A a a. A. A a a its an irony because rabbis say the Holiday celebrates the fighting against assimilation into another culture or religion. Hanukkah which Means dedication celebrates jewish resistance in the 2nd Century . To syrian greeks who tried to get them to assimilate and worship their deities. After being driven from the Temple of Jerusalem jews regained it but discovered that there was Only one nights Worth of Oil to illuminate the eternal Light which is supposed to Burn constantly. Miraculously the Oil lasted eight Days a Long enough for a new shipment to arrive. Distributed  Howard news service 5 in it Ives prison Richmond a apr five prisoners who overpowered guards to escape from a medium Security prison Over the Holiday weekend were Back in custody monday. Police got a tip sunday that three of the fugitives were driving a Green pickup truck. Officers found the truck pulled it Over and took the four men squeezed into the front seat into custody including the Driver said police sgt. James i. Mcdulin. A we were just Lucky a Medlin said. A it was a simple  the two other inmates were arrested separately r Early Sii in Richmond one late saturday and the other Early sunday. Needed to get out of the prison. They also stole a guards jeep which was later recovered. The men were serving time for crimes that included larceny burglary and cocaine Possession. One prisoner faced several charges including being a fugitive. Charges against the others were not immediately known. Santiago de Bara left and neonatologist James Davis visit Matthew Dulles de Bara at Reston Hospital Center to Virginia on saturday three Days after the baby was born prematurely on an air plane. At 30,000 feet As mom gives Washington apr one moment Theresa de Bara was just another passenger on Twa flight 265, flying to Disney world with her husband Ana 3-year-old daughter. The next moment she was experiencing the a unadulterated terror of giving birth to a premature baby at 30,000 feet. Born two months Early and weighing 4 pounds 6 ounces Matthew Dulles Dulles for the Airport de Bara was reported in stable condition sunday at Reston Hospital Center in one of Washington a Virginia suburbs. Theresa de Bara a 35-year-old payroll supervisor for capital cities Abc inc. In new York City credited her fellow passengers who happened to include an internist and two paramedics the flight Crew a and Providence. A with the help of god and the doctor and. Those paramedics we just got through it a she said sunday in a Telephone interview from her brother in Law s Home in Wappinger Falls . A if i did no to believe in god at that time which is not the Case i certainly would have called on him  a a a a a a a a a a a a. A a a a. A a de Bara said she had gotten her doctors of before setting out on what was supposed to be a fun trip to Disney world in Orlando fla., with her husband Santiago and their daughter Amanda. Flight 265 took off from new Yorkus Kennedy Airport on wednesday and had reached its cruising Altitude of 30,000 feet when de Bara seven months pregnant began to feel the contractions of child Iron. While flight attendants served drinks to the 150 or so passengers the pain worsened and the de Baras realized it was time to ask for help. A it was just unadulterated terror giving birth in an air plane where you know they can to possibly be fully prepared for this Type of thing a Theresa de Bara flight attendants asked for assistance and or. Steven h. Rachlin a Long Island internist stepped Forward. Rachlin told flight attendants that he had delivered just one baby in his career a 13 years ago a but that he was willing to try again. Sitting at the mothers head As she stretched out on it was lust unadulterated terror giving birth in an afr plane where you know they cant possibly be fully prepared for this Type of thing,1 a Theresa cute Sara across five seats in the l-1011, Rachlin tried to com her hoping she could hold out until the Pilot on an air plane being asked to deliver a baby a rach tin told the Washington Post a i was in an altered Tito. A  As the plane began its 90-mile descent to Dulles Rachlin told de Bara to take several deep breaths and push. The baby came out with the umbilical Cord around its neck. It was not breathing. Jim and Jen Midgely two paramedics from Newburyport mass., said they had delivered about a dozen infants and offered to help. Jen Midgely said her specially was a infant respiratory  the Crew had no regular straws so she took a Small one from a cardboard juice Box and inserted it Down the infants Throat to Clear the air passage As Rachlin administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The child began to breathe on its own after a few minutes. Flight attendant Connie Duquette spied a passenger with new shoes and commandeered a clean Shoelace from him to tie off the umbilical Cord. Paramedics met the plane As it landed and the baby was whisked off to the Hospital. De Bara went to new York with Amanda to rest after the birth and her husband has been staying at the Hospital with the baby. She planned to join them there monday