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Jewish community responds to pandemic with relief fund PHYLLIS BRAUN AJP Executive Editor
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n response to the growing spread of COVID-19, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and the Jewish Community Foundation have created a Jewish Community Pandemic Relief Fund to help meet the needs of the most vulnerable members in the Jewish and greater communities. “We have set it up to meet the most immediate, urgent, and compelling needs,” says Graham Hoffman, president and CEO of the Foundation and presidentelect of the Federation. He explains that the fund currently is working with two local partners, Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona and Interfaith Community Services. JFCS administers Jewish Emergency Financial Assistance (also known as LEAF, the Local Emergency Assistance Fund) and the Jewish Elder Access program. JFCS now is providing all services remotely, either by phone or through teleconferencing. ICS, which Federation, Foundation, and many local synagogues support, provides similar services to the general community, including two food banks now operating on a drive-through basis, senior services, and an emergency relief fund. The emergency funds now are focusing on food security and medical assistance, says Hoffman. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey last week delivered an executive order delaying evictions for 120 days for renters impacted by COVID-19.
Major utilities companies also have agreed not to cut service to those who have difficulty paying during the pandemic crisis. “The fund is being set up in such a way that we can deploy resources to other emerging needs as they develop,” says Hoffman, explaining that the Federation is in regular contact with JFCS and is helping to monitor the volume and type of calls and other inquiries. Emerging needs may include such concerns as a rise in domestic violence due to people practicing social distancing by staying home instead of going out to work or school, says Hoffman, noting that the Federation participated in a call March 26 convened by the United Way, where this issue was discussed. “As we see that things are changing or evolving, we will be able to mobilize funds in the community toward the places where they are most needed,” Hoffman says. Thanks to the generosity of several local families, donations to the Jewish Community Pandemic Relief Fund are being matched dollar for dollar, up to $150,000. Leslie Glaze, a Federation board member and active community volunteer, says it is a privilege to be able to join in this community effort. “Stu Mellan approached my mother in 2008 at the origin of what was then called the Local Emergency Allocation Fund, and talked with her about the very real fact that many members of our community were suffering because of a sudden and dramatic
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loss in financial circumstances,” says Glaze. During that economic downtown, people were struggling “to put food on the table, take kids to the doctor, put gas in the car, you name it.” “At the time my mom was inspired to donate to that fund,” says Glaze, who notes that she speaks not only on behalf of her mother, Phyllis Maizlish, but also her three siblings, their spouses, and her husband. “When we approached her again regarding this special pandemic relief fund, she, like all of us, wanted to help build this safety net.” As relative newcomers to Tucson, Glaze says, her family is proud to join with others in the community who contributed to the matching funds, including Jane Kivel, Barry and Janet Lang, Helaine Levy, Jill Rosenzweig, Ron and Diane Weintraub, Ron and Kathy Margolis, Deanna Evenchik-Brav, Marilyn Einstein and Steve Sim, the Pozez family, Bruce and Jane Ash, and an
anonymous donor. “This is a challenging and uncertain time for all, so anything we can do to mitigate the pain is well worth our effort and our resources,” Glaze says.
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A list of community resources can be found at www.jewish tucson.org/pandemic. JFCS assists Jewish people and families in need through a variety of programs, including Jewish Emergency Financial Assistance, which provides food cards, medical assistance, and other basic provisions, and Jewish Elder Care Access, which connects seniors 60+ to the services and support they need. JFCS also provides resource referral and assistance navigating benefits. Call 795-0300 Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-4p.m. to learn more. Additional services tailored to the Jewish community include JFSA’s Senior Transportation Service, which provides free rides for Jewish seniors and adults See Fund, page 3
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Jewish Emergency Financial Assistance at JFCS expands in time of need as pharmacies typically do not issue paper bills. In such situJFCS Grant Writer ations, Kalar-Crowder works ewish Family and Chilwith the client to determine dren’s Services of Southern other areas where she can asArizona assists Jewish insist with the goal of freeing up dividuals facing financial crimoney so the client can pay ses in this difficult time. Jewish for the medication. Emergency Financial AssisThis process involves asktance, sometimes referred to Deborah Kalar-Crowder ing many questions about the as LEAF (Local Emergency client’s financial situation and expenses, Assistance Fund), provides financial as- which requires a great deal of tact on the sistance, and case management plays a part of case management. Hopefully, the crucial role in ensuring the program ef- client and case manager can come up fectively helps those in need. JEFA cur- with another expense that does include a rently is being expanded for Jewish fami- paper bill. JEFA can assist with that exlies struggling to make ends meet due to pense, saving the client enough money to the coronavirus. pay for the original emergency. “We are grateful to the Jewish FederaWhen it comes to JEFA, case managetion of Southern Arizona and the Jewish ment often faces many complications. It Community Foundation of Southern is not uncommon for clients to call and to Arizona, which have provided additional express a need for help with “everything,” funding for food assistance for the Jew- says Kalar-Crowder. It takes a great deal ish community,” says Carlos Hernandez, of patience and expertise to focus on isJFCS president and CEO. “At times like sues the program can address. Case manthis, it is important for organizations to agement must frequently negotiate with get together to find ways to help those utility companies and landlords, both to families hardest hit for their ability to verify the claims of clients and to work maintain their needs.” out solutions. Hernandez says requests at the moCase managers also provide a degree ment are not frequent but there is a ris- of emotional support to clients. Those ing number of calls. “We are tracking the who come to JEFA for support are often volume of calls daily to gauge the increase highly emotional due to the nature of since we’ve put information out there. We needing financial assistance and do not are in frequent contact with the Federa- always make the best decisions. The case tion and Foundation to tune in to what manager talks the clients through the we are hearing from the community.” He steps that must be taken and guides them says what they are likely to see is people in the direction of crisis prevention and having difficulty meeting needs for food, self-sufficiency. medicine, and utility bills. It is clear that case management is just Case manager Deborah Kalar- as important to fulfilling the needs of Crowder emphasizes that she must reg- JEFA clients as funding for direct servicularly analyze a client’s entire financial es. Case management ensures that funds situation to help them. JEFA can only are spent in productive ways that will provide assistance with items if there is actually help individuals and families in a paper bill or invoice prior to payment, need and provides support to help those which is not always the case. An indi- same individuals and families achieve vidual who cannot afford medication, for stability. example, will need some creativity on the AJP Assistant Editor Debe Campbell contributed part of case management to receive help, to this report.
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n accordance with social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Southern Arizona’s community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration this year will take place online at www.jewishhistorymuseum.org between the hours of 2-9 p.m. on Sunday, April 19 and 9 a.m. -2 p.m. on Monday, April 20. Video testimony provided by local Holocaust survivors and held in the Jewish His-
tory Museum’s archives will be presented throughout those 12 hours. Additionally, song and prayer presented by local clergy will be offered across this commemorative timeline, says Bryan Davis, executive director of the museum. A full schedule of the 12-hour program will be available on the museum’s website and circulated by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.
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share their experiences of this pandemic with the archive that we are building. Unlike the Jews in ghettos, we have innumerable tools at our disposal to help us document our experiences of this time in various media. Call our Oral History Hotline at 670-9073 and enter option #3 every week to respond to a prompt that will engage you in sharing your oral story. Send your journal entries, photos, voice memos, short videos, and more to mystory@jewishhistorymuseum.org. Documenting the event as we experience it unfolding around us provides a perspective that cannot be provided by retrospective writing. This archive of our collective experiences connects us to our communal past, keeps us connected to each other, and provides a vital resource for future generations. Like the Oyneg Shabes, this archive can be a tool in our ongoing struggle for a more just and equitable future. Raw Materials is an updated time capsule for the 21st century. It is open, ongoing, inclusive of many voices and, due to the constraints of social distancing, likely to be largely digital. Unlike the time capsule of 1910, this archive is initiated in a time of crisis rather than of celebration. We are replacing the metal boxes of the 20th century with the digital containers of the 21st. This archive will connect Jews across Southern Arizona to a 2,500-year lineage of rabbis, writers, and religious and secular intellectuals who have documented their encounters with disaster and created a record that bridges the chasms of history. Archives do not save human lives. They can, however, save the materials and meanings we create with our lives, link us to our ancestors and descendants, and preserve human dignity.
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1939, one month after the German invasion of Poland, the Jewish historian Emanuel Ringelblum laid the first foundations of what would become the largest organized writing project in all of Nazioccupied Europe, now known as the Oyneg Shabes Archive. Between the fall of 1939 and spring of 1943, Ringelblum built a team of chroniclers, statisticians, ethnographers, and social scientists charged with the work of encouraging the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto to write down their daily experiences, to collect that writing, and to systematically archive it within the ghetto. This archive was buried beneath the ghetto in metal boxes while the ghetto was being destroyed. When it was unearthed after the war, the thousands of documents that were recovered included diaries, letters, last will and testaments, poems, drawings, postcards, sermons, songs, essays, various works of fiction, questionnaires, and copies of the publications of the Jewish underground press. The driving ethos of the archive was that everything had value, nothing was unimportant. Writing about Ringelblum and the archive, the scholar Samuel Kassow said, “The archive was part of the struggle for a better future.” Following the vision and ethics of the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the Jewish History Museum has launched Raw Materials: An Archive of the Present for the Future, an archival initiative for the Jewish community of Southern Arizona. Like Ringelblum, we believe that every person’s experiences are valuable and have a place within the historical record of our time. We invite everyone who is Jewish, cares for someone who is Jewish, or feels connected to the Jewish community to
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COMMENTARY What I want the greater Tucson community to know about anti-Semitism GABE FRIEDMAN Special to the AJP
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would like to tell you a story. It was the last day of seventh grade. As snacks were eaten and yearbooks were passed around the room, I was content. I was looking forward to my second year at a Jewish summer camp in California, where I had the opportunity to thrive in a positive and supportive Jewish environment for nearly an entire month. Camp is one of my favorite places, and I would cry at the end of every summer when I had to go home. I would cry because I would have to wait an entire year before I could be in that environment again. However, I also had the amazing Tucson Jewish community to rely on. As I sat in that classroom, waiting for my yearbook to come back after a pass around the room, I couldn’t help but feel a great sense of pride for my Jewishness, and my ability to openly express this facet of my identity. When I got my yearbook back I opened it up to a page smeared with red sharpie, and as I looked further, I saw the all too familiar mark of the Nazi party drawn across an entire page. Even for a naive seventh-grader, the message was entirely clear. I wish I could say this was the singular instance of hate that I experienced growing up as a Jewish American kid. My freshman year of high school it was one of my peers telling me, “Go back to the gas chambers, Jew boy.” That same year, it was my weekly youth group meeting disrupted by a bomb threat to the Tucson Jewish Community Center. The year after it was the swastika etched into my desk
in math class, and the countless swastikas I see every time I go to the school bathroom. Soon after, it was the fear I felt deep in my core on Oct. 27, 2018, as I heard about the most devastating attack on American Jews in history, at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. My heart sank on April 27, 2019 as I heard news of another shooting at a synagogue in California, the synagogue of several of my friends from summer camp. And as I write this letter, I am forced to say that my gut churned again as I clicked through Snapchat stories on March 15. I saw a student from another local high school joyously yell about the swastika carved into the back of his hair, and turn around to reveal it to a room full of cheering students who were also happy to film it for the enjoyment of their social media followers. To say I am hurt would be an understatement. I am outraged. Is this something I should get used to? Is it fine that my Snapchat is riddled with anti-Semitic hate? Why, 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, is it okay that this hateful symbol is seen as a joke to countless individuals in this community — many of whom I have been acquainted with throughout my entire childhood? I wrote to the administrators of that high school and to the Arizona Department of Education and the Board of Education, but my intention was not for these students to be punished. I hope that the administration — as well as the par-
In seventh grade, I saw the all-too-familiar mark of the Nazi Party drawn across a page in my yearbook.
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ents of these students — will take the actions they feel are justified and necessary. However, punishing these students does not address the underlying societal problem we are facing. This was not a party filled with anti-Semitic students; it was a party filled with ignorant students. The inherent truth is that these students live in a community and society that allows them to feel comfortable posting a video and celebrating symbols that perpetuate an idea of hatred, white supremacy, and genocide. It is clear that this is not just one incident. The sentiment these students expressed manifests itself in many other forms. I have lived through it, and so has the entire Jewish community, locally and globally. It’s the “Jew jokes” I hear in the hallways at school. It’s my friends dropping coins on the floor and telling me to pick them up as they laugh at my expense. It’s the bomb threats to our JCC. It’s the metal detector I have to pass through to safely practice my religion during the holiest time of the Jewish year. It’s the security guard who has to stand outside of my synagogue as I walk into work every Sunday. And yes, it’s the all too familiar mark of the Nazi party, drawn across the pages in my yearbook. This ideology — this ignorance — is what damages our community. What normalizes this hatred to the extent that students feel comfortable openly expressing their ignorance on a public platform for thousands to see? As a Jewish teen, one who has grown up learning about what beliefs like this did to our people, I can’t stand for this. As a teen who has met Holocaust survivors — celebrated my community’s traditions with them, sang with them, laughed with them, and cried with them — I cannot allow this hate to exist around me. The greater Tucson community should not be ignorant of the pain and suffering these ideas foster. These students should not be ignorant of the dark history their actions bring to light. Has it been so long since the Holocaust that we forget what the swastika represents? Have we forgotten that it represents that systematic persecution that caused the death of millions of people? Millions of my people? Millions of Jews, Poles, homosexuals, disabled people, Slavs, and countless others? It seems like these students have forgotten that it represents over 6 million innocent Jew-
ish men, women, and children robbed of their lives because of ignorant beliefs. To defend their friends, many of my peers will say I am overreacting. That it isn’t that big of a deal. That they were just drunk. Part of me feels like I should give these students the benefit of the doubt. I know these students, and I know they are not avowed anti-Semites or Holocaust deniers. However, I do know that they are ignorant. And somewhere beneath their ignorance, there is some amount of hate. I know their ignorance is perpetuated by the lack of education around these topics in the state of Arizona. These students — and every student — need to understand the implications of bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hate. And I feel that this can only be accomplished through proper education mandated by the State of Arizona and all schools. To those students who say that I am taking this too far, I say that you are missing my point entirely. I say that you are showing, once again, the ignorance that exists in our community and society about the devastating effects of these anti-Semitic beliefs. I’m not just another Jewish kid who is offended by everything. My family died because of that symbol. My friend’s families died because of that symbol. My people died because of that symbol. It isn’t just some joke; though I am no longer a naive seventh-grader, the message is still entirely clear. I hope the Arizona Department of Education and the Board of Education can work alongside the Jewish student population in Arizona to educate our community and peers about the societal repercussions for the hatred they express. I hope the Arizona House of Representatives and State Senate will pass a bill that not only supports, but mandates, genocide and Holocaust education in our public schools. To the greater community in Tucson, I hope that you will help me ensure that no student forgets the harmful effects of even the smallest symbols of hatred and actions of ignorance. Editor’s note: State Rep. Alma Hernandez sponsored a bill that would make Holocaust education mandatory in Arizona middle and high schools. The House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate has not yet voted on it. For more information, see https://azjewishpost.com/ 2020/new-bill-proposes-mandatoryholocaust-education-in-all-arizonaschool-districts.
Gabe Friedman is a high school junior in Tucson. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AJP or its publisher, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.
COMMENTARY For young Jews away from families, COVID-19 puts Passover in jeopardy GABE FRIEDMAN JTA
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andi Bergman isn’t sure of her Passover plans yet, but there’s a good chance she’ll be spending the holiday alone. Bergman, a 34-year-old freelance fashion writer, lives alone in what she calls a junior one-bedroom apartment in downtown Toronto. The setup — desk, bed, couch, TV, kitchenette but no dining table — fits her usual busy lifestyle, which doesn’t involve a ton of cooking. She eats meals on her couch or at her desk. But it’s not ideal for conducting a Passover seder, the festive meal that is rich with symbolic rituals and involves much more than a normal plate of food. “Just the thought of me having a miniature seder tray really depresses me,” she said. Yet that’s exactly what Bergman is likely to do when Passover begins on the night of April 8. The Passover seder is one of the most observed Jewish rites, but the coronavirus pandemic is testing that commitment, especially for younger and less religiously observant Jews like Bergman. Unable to head home or get together with friends for the holiday, they will have to go it alone — or forgo the central celebration of the first major Jewish holiday of the coronavirus era. Alyssa Feller, a 29-year-old aspiring comedy writer and executive assistant at an animation company in Los Angeles, is paring her celebration this year. She’s part of a networking group for executive assistants in the entertainment industry, and three years ago she helped form a Jewish sub-
Randi Bergman says her Toronto apartment is not an ideal setting for a seder.
set. The members have celebrated Jewish holidays together in the form of big dinners that usually end with a game of Cards Against Humanity or some other form of secular fun. Raised in a “Reform slash nonreligious” home in Florida, Feller said holidays were more about coming together as a family than religious observance. She’ll keep to the spirit of the holiday on her own, and probably phone her parents at some point during the meal, but she’s bummed out that social distancing means she won’t get to continue the fun tradition she has started with her Jewish friends and colleagues. At its peak, the group brought together more than 30 guests for the seder. “I’ll probably do the same thing I do every day of the week, which is wake up,
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eat breakfast, sign into my computer, work online and make dinner at the end of it,” Feller said. “I’ve already planned it out: I’m going to make some matzah ball soup … maybe make some of my own charoset, with matzah, maybe get a jar of gefilte fish, maybe get one of those rotisserie chickens, and just do that. Maybe if I feel super nostalgic, I’ll go on a Jewish kids learning website and I’ll print out a paper seder plate.” Recognizing that many people face the same predicament, an entire cottage industry has emerged over the past few weeks. Jewish institutions across the denominational spectrum are pumping out online guides, webinars and other resources to help make solo seder-making feel more doable. Rabbi Louis Polisson co-authored one
of those resources, an eight-page guide titled “A Different Pesach: Ideas for the Solo Seder” that advocates for keeping things simple. Polisson, who leads Congregation Or Atid in Wayland, Massachusetts, said he realizes how difficult leading a seder on one’s own will be. In order to preserve the spirit of the seder — the ritual is built on questioning, storytelling and reflecting on the resilience of the Jewish people — he said feel free to incorporate other forms of spiritual practice, like meditation or yoga. Think about what the seder foods mean a little before and while eating them. Lean into the musical aspect of the meal. “Even if you’re not a good singer, sing to yourself, or to your neighbors, or to your family or friends over the phone or video call,” he said. But including the seder plate, with its many symbolic elements, is essential for Jonathan Katz, a Reconstructionist 28-year-old urban planning graduate student and researcher at the University of Maryland. He’s keeping the number of participants in his Zoom call low, only including his mother, his cousin and his partner, so that everyone can hear each other clearly. “We’re experimenting with seder plate ideas — might be people have different parts, or one person has a set-up plate,” he said. David Kraemer, a professor and librarian at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, points out that the Zoom context — he’s started to deal with it as a teacher — doesn’t capture the warmth of a room full of people. He said the circumstances See Passover, page 13
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This action is more than a gesture to our dearly departed. It is a meaningful act of respect that is long overdue. Historian Abe Villarreal, an administrator from Western New Mexico University, shared insights on the March 11 trip that deeply affected all of us, as he described the weeds and litter, the toppled tombstones, remains of two altars, and a 1993 welcoming plaque that See Remembering, page 9
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memorializes these Jewish Pioneers of Cochise County. The Bisbee-Douglas Jewish cemetery is believed to be the oldest Jewish and one of Arizona’s oldest pioneer cemeteries. Most of the buried were born in the late 19th century. The Sons of Israel Congregation formally incorporated the cemetery in 1909. It is noted that the first burial in 1912 was Harry Kline. Family names such as Berkowitz, Cohen (Levy), Greenburg, and Shapiro are
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s a third-generation Arizonan with pioneer roots dating back to 1903, the year Phelps Dodge opened its Douglas smelter, it is difficult to match the historical pride I feel. The stories gleaned over the years are incredible. During two major 1911 Mexico Revolution battles in Agua Prieta, residents climbed anything two stories or higher to watch. My father told me that he watched from the hillside. It also is likely my family watched from the two-story Elks Club that was within walking distance of their home. Another two-story house on Fifth Street had a photo published of residents crowded onto the roof watching a 1911 battle. Folks also climbed on top of boxcars in the railroad yard. My grandfather Jacob Levy sold uniforms to Pancho Villa. My uncle jumped into a ditch along the fenceless border with Agua Prieta to avoid being shot. At the cemetery, memories of those historic days raced through my mind as tears welled in my eyes. It was as if I had walked into my own version of Ancestry. com. Seeing the desecration in this place where some of my relatives are buried, was an incredible, emotional experience. During the day-long trip, I saw the homes of my uncles and aunts and grandparents, plus the Douglas Historical Society located in the Douglas/Williams
Mary Levy Peachin visits the Bisbee-Douglas Jewish Cemetery March 11, 2020.
home, and the Gadsden Hotel preserved as it was when my great-uncle played dominos there. All of us left feeling that we owe it to these pioneer families to enable them to rest in peaceful surroundings rather than vandalized rubble. etched into headstones, some written in Hebrew. “The small Jewish community of early Douglas days deserves better than an abandoned cemetery lost to history,” he said. “The burial area was established in 1904 and Douglas was incorporated in 1905. The Jews were there to help form the beginning of a new American community. We should be there to remember them in Douglas, a city still going strong more than a century later.” To donate to the restoration project, visit www.jfsa. org, mail a check to Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, 3718 E. River Road, Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85718, or call 577-9393.
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separate. Other holiday items include schmaltz, gefilte fish, matzah, six varieties of coconut macaroons, mayonnaise, ketchup, pudding, and marshmallows, among other goods. Product brands include Israel’s popular Sadaf, Yehuda, and Elite. There is a wide range of teas from around the world, spices and bulk items including nuts, nougat, raisins, and olives. Copious volumes of legumes, rice, bulgur, tahini, and other staples augment a limited amount of fresh produce. An assortment of Middle Eastern flatbreads is fresh and frozen. Also, frozen kebabs, vegetables, and other meats are available. A range of labneh, yogurt, and other dairy items are in the cold case. Almusawi, who grew up in Michigan in a family grocery business, says she is happy to special order items as long as they are in stock with the wholesaler. “We want to provide a friendly, happy, welcoming environment for everyone,” she says. Future plans include adding a restaurant. For more information and the latest items, visit the Al Basha Grocery LLC Facebook page or email albashagrocery@ gmail.com. The shop is located at 4145 E. Grant Road, 849-5900.
PASSOVER In new Passover kids’ books, meet a googly eyed gator and spend a seder in outer space scurrying from the home of a widow JTA who has cleaned BOSTON her home to make it chametz-free iriam the Prophetess, Elijah the before the holiday. Prophet, and the Four QuesWhen the mouse tions take center stage among races to the cobthis spring’s crop of new Passover books bler’s home, and for kids penned by some of today’s best we meet another mouse and a cat both writers. The sparkling assortment includes with bread, the zaniness ensues. Now the quarreling villagers race to stories by Jane Yolen, known as America’s the rabbi’s home and ask: Do we have Hans Christian Anderson; Leslea Newman, who garnered a Sydney Taylor Jew- to clean our homes again? A young boy ish Book Award for children’s literature finds the perfect solution. Kids will be tickled by Nelkin Wiefor her lifetime body of work; and Naomi der’s delightful picture book. Kober, an Ben-Gur, one of Israel’s most acclaimed award-winning Israeli illustrator, capand popular writers for children. Other new reads take children to tures the frenzy of scurrying mice, bePassover celebrations with googly eyed wildered villagers and the joy of comalligators in the swamps of Florida, a munity celebrations. “Asteroid Goldzero-gravity seder with a space-traveling berg: Passover in family, and back in time to an Old World Outer Space” village where scurrying mice with crusts Brianna Caplan of bread may upend the start of the eightSayres; illustrated day holiday. by Merrill Rainey Passover, also known as the Festival of Freedom, begins this year on the evening Intergalactic Afikomen (ages 4-8) When a space-traveling family’s rocket of April 8. ship is delayed for landing right before Toddler board books, ages 1-4 The youngest ones are in for a lively the holiday, it’s no obstacle for the young time with these colorful books that intro- daughter Asteroid, who fills the spaceduce the foods and traditions of Passover. ship’s pantry with Passover food from the far reaches of the Milky Way: matzah “I Love Matzah” balls from Jupiter’s moons and crunchy Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili, matzah from Saturn’s rings. Rainey’s large, animated illustrations illustrated by Angelika Scudamore are a laugh-out-loud blast as Asteroid and her family fly around the zero gravity Kar-Ben A young boy seder table. Even the matzah balls float. proudly shares all the delicious ways he Relatives pop in from Mars and Venus. A likes to eat matzah. Rhyming words and back page includes a glossary and a link bright, cartoon-like illustrations will keep for information on Jewish astronauts. “Who Will Ask kids hungry for the matzah treats. the Four Ques“Alligator Seder” tions?” Jessica Hickman, Naomi Ben-Gur; illustrated by illustrated by Elissambura Carmel Ben-Ami. Kar-Ben Translated from Join the fun with a family of friendly Hebrew by Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann Florida gators who are preparing for Pass- Green Bean Books (ages 4-7) In this endearing story, a young boy over in the Sunshine State. In rhyming verse they hunt for chametz, recite the named Eitan is eagerly awaiting his family’s Four Questions and crunch their matzah. seder, when he will sing the Ma Nishtanah, Preschool to older readers, ages 3-9 the Four Questions, traditionally recited by the youngest in the family. But his little sis“The Passover Mouse” ter, Evie, insists it’s her turn for the honor. Joy Nelkin Wieder; illustrated by Eitan rejects Grandma Naomi’s suggestion Shahar Kober that he help his sister learn the questions Random House (ages 3-7) This delightful tale inspired by a Tal- and tries to persuade Evie to change her mudic passage features a white mouse mind. Will the quarreling siblings find a See Books, page 12 carrying a piece of bread in its mouth
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way to join their voices together? Ben-Ami’s double-page spreads burst with high energy and expressive illustrations. “Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail” Lesléa Newman; illustrated by Susan Gal Charlesbridge (ages 5-8) A young boy inside his warm and light-filled home celebrates the seder with his family and guests while outside, a small white kitten sits alone in the windy darkness of night. With each turn of this poetically written and beautifully illustrated book, the simple verse compares the joyful seder rituals and festivities inside with the lonely kitten outside. When it’s time to open the door to welcome Elijah, the boy’s favorite holiday ritual, he discovers the kitten meowing at his doorstep. Gal’s large, gloriously colored illustrations reflect the story’s contrasts between inside and outside. Newman in the author’s note explains the custom of filling a cup of wine for Elijah and the holiday’s theme of welcoming guests. “Miriam at the River” Jane Yolen; illustrations by Khoa Le Kar-Ben (ages 5-9) Yolen, a master storyteller, will enchant a new generation of young readers with this imaginative, lyrical retelling of the biblical story of Miriam, the older sister of Moses. Set in ancient times along the banks of the Nile River, a 7-year-old Miriam finds the courage to save the life of her baby brother. The story sets the stage for the future of the Exodus story. Le illustrates with swirls of color and ripples of water as the basket with baby Moses drifts past a lush landscape of storks and a hippopotamus. An author’s note gives the biblical background and explains the recurring ties between Miriam and water in the Exodus story.
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this year will likely make Jews appreciate the normal tradition, which for many involves coming together with family, that much more. But he also pointed out that Jews have had to deal with much more precarious situations in the past — from the Middle Ages, which saw the ravage of plagues on a much more frequent basis, to the time before the Spanish Inquisition, when Jews were forced to hide their faith by arduously cooking bread (so as not to raise suspicion) a specific way to render it kosher for Passover. “If Jewish tradition weren’t vigorous and creative in times of challenge, we would’ve disappeared a long time ago,” Kraemer said. “We’ve been here before, we’re here now and we could do an important job, a really reasonable job, of celebrating this and engaging its rituals whatever our limitations might be.” Bergman is still deciding what her Passover will look like. Like most, she has been following the coronavirus news, perhaps a little too closely. (“Most people have broken at some point, or are going to break … I haven’t yet but I will,” she said.) She isn’t sure whether she should travel to her
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parents’ house in the northern part of the city — until recent years her parents would host 30 family members or more for the holiday meal — but she is sure that her mother will continue to play a key role in organizing her seder. Shopping for kosher for Passover food, difficult in Toronto in a normal year, is now even a tougher undertaking, so Bergman’s mom is ordering catered kosher food. The company will wrap the food into individual servings for Bergman and her two siblings in case the family members decide to eat at their own homes and communicate with each other over a Zoom call. “I was just assuming that if my mom drops off the food, she’s going to drop off a Haggadah for me,” Bergman said. And while Feller, too, is still refining her plan, there’s one personal tradition that she’ll make sure to sustain — one that falls squarely within social distancing guidelines. As she does every Passover, she will make time to watch “The Prince of Egypt,” the animated Disney film about the exodus from Egypt. “I think I’m the only person who likes that movie,” she said, “so I watch it myself.”
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group of women with passion and compassion for dogs is at the heart of Tucson’s Sol Dog Lodge and Training Center, a nonprofit organization. The community has recognized their dedication: they have garnered the annual Arizona Daily Star’s Readers’ Choice Award for best dog daycare/boarding for the past four consecutive years. Sol Dog does provide traditional boarding services from a small kennel on Prince Road near Interstate 10. But, in the big picture, the lodge aims to keep dogs in forever homes and out of shelters. In that capacity, it provides temporary shelter to pets when their families have emergency challenges, sometimes training or boarding pets in crises or providing other support care through the Hearts at Ease Program. Some examples are: • A beloved dog was placed in respite at Sol Dog while his owner was in rehabilitation following surgery. • When a couple added their first baby to the family, they wanted to ensure their large mastiff would be gentle with the infant. The dog entered training at Sol Dog boarding day camp* to ensure that. • Recently, a dog’s owner died unexpectedly, and the dog was surrendered. The staff is working to rehome the dog. If the new home situation doesn’t work out, the pet will come back to Hearts at Ease for another placement. “The goal is for one less worry dur-
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man was furious at his partner for leaving the house to run errands without his permission. Knowing she was 30 minutes away, he called her and said if she did not return home within the next 10 minutes, he would put her beloved cat in the microwave. The statistics are shocking: 71% percent of women in domestic abuse shelters say that their abuser injured, maimed, threatened, or killed their pets, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. One in three women experience domestic violence in the U.S. Yet, up to 65% of abused women stayed in an abusive home because they didn’t want to leave pets behind, according to the Urban Research Institute. While approximately 65% of American households have pets, URI says only a handful of urban shelters across the U.S. accommodate domestic violence survivors together with their animals. And only 3% of domestic violence shelters across the country offer co-shelter services to keep both pets and their owners together and away from the dangers of domestic abuse, according to URI. They call pets “silent victims.” “Safe havens” are shelter services that assist domestic violence survivors with placing their pets out of harm’s way. The Animal Welfare Institute has a Safe Havens Mapping Project for pets and victims of domestic violence. Emerge Center is among five safe havens in Tucson assisting with pet placement. As a safe haven, Emerge Center collaborates with a partner facility that meets the needs of pets as survivors navigate toward safety, says the nonprofit’s CEO, Ed Mercurio-Sakwa. “That allows us to stay focused on our expertise of working with people,” while the partner focuses on its expertise in working with animals.
“We encourage people to reach out for help, regardless of the barriers they may face, and pets are one,” he says. “We encourage use of the crisis hotline (7954266), which can help remove barriers and problemsolve around them. We can help them consider options, whether it is through Emerge or not, for all that is going on in a situation; to creatively problem-solve and identify alternatives they may not have thought of to find a safe way around barriers.” Mercurio-Sakwa says the pet barrier is a common one. While the center legally must accept documented service and emotional support animals, there are many other pets that provide an emotional support system for a victim — a source of unconditional love and comfort. “Survivors often fear a pet will be harmed, and that direct threat is an abusive tactic. Or they think the pet won’t be fed or cared for. Our goal is to have that barrier removed.” While Mercurio-Sakwa agrees that the cat in the microwave is an extreme example of abuse, he says plenty of extreme things happen. “More extreme tactics are used other than pets. We should be shocked that these things are happening in the homes of our coworkers, families, and friends all the time. The opposite of shock is complacency — ‘it’s not impacting me directly.’ We are so numb to all the bad things that are happening in the world that important things get lost in the shuffle. “Isolation is another abuse tactic. As our society responds to a health crisis, there is an increased risk for those whom isolation already is a tactic being used against them. Being forced out of the workplace, school, and social distancing obviously is not good for people dealing with domestic violence. We already are seeing an increase in calls,” Mercurio-Sakwa notes. For the long-term, the new Consolidated ApproSee Safety, page 16
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Today, Sol Dog helps about 75 pet owners annually with non-emergency respite care. In the new space, this capacity will grow to 300, Harris says. The Hearts at Ease program trains dogs for therapy, psychological and emotional support, K9, or a specific service. They select dogs that have the appropriate temperament, and the work gives the dogs a purpose in life. Currently, they train about four service dogs annually. In the new facility that will grow to 24 service dogs. Because of its robust training program, Sol Dog often provides training for the 24 different dog rescue groups in Tucson. “We take the toughest of tough dogs to get them to the appropriate calm state so they can be adopted,” Harris says. Such training can keep dogs out of shelters and get them into forever homes. “We work with rescues and shelters to see other aspects of the dogs,” Pullara adds. Common behavioral issues that shelter adoptees may exhibit are resource guarding (not allowing people to touch a food bowl, toy, or bed without growling), lunging when walking on a leash, or aggressive behavior. Pullara explains that after a consultation, an individualized training plan is created, based on the dog and the person. “The strategy is to identify what’s happening and work with the dog to redirect the behavior and with the people to be consistent with their response,” she says, adding that it often takes people longer to respond to the training. Other common training programs includes obedience, behavior, and K9 Good Citizen. “We work to help active-duty military and first responders,” Harris says. “We want them to be able to do their duty with a free mind.” During Hurricane Dorian last August, a first responder needed to deploy urgently to the Bahamas and wanted to ensure his dog, Chance, was safe. Chance stayed at Sol
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priations Act of 2020, passed in January, will provide $2 million in United States Department of Agriculture grants to enable more domestic violence shelters to become pet friendly and provide housing assistance and support services for domestic violence victims with pets. The grants come one year after the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act was authorized as part of the 2019 Farm Bill.
Dog and was reunited when his owner returned. The Arizona Greyhound Rescue board had a dream for such a facility eight years ago but didn’t put pen to paper until 2015. “We knew the need,” says Harris, who has a background in hospitality marketing and always has been a dog lover. She and Pullara both left their jobs in the last three years. “We’re all in. The five board members put skin in the game,” she says. Four of Sol Dog’s board members also are on the board for Arizona Greyhound Rescue, which is rebranding this year as Arizona Heartfelt Hounds. Through rehoming greyhound rescues, “we saw the emergency needs. We found we were [meeting emergency needs] more and more, seeing it through rehomed dogs and our expansive adoptive network,” says Harris. Arizona Greyhound Rescue worked with Rachel Molyneux, owner of the original forprofit Sol.DOG Tucson kennel. With the merger, the new Sol Dog Lodge & Training Center nonprofit was formed in July 2018. Molyneux has a lifelong career in shelter operations across Southern Arizona and remains with the group as the director of dog care and kennels. She is revered in the dog community for her professional talents. With the move to the Marana campus, expected by the end of the year, Sol Dog will be joined by Arizona Heartfelt Hounds and another nonprofit, Asavet Charities. Founded by two veterinarians in 2014, Asavet promotes affordable veterinary care, responding to requests in Arizona and New Mexico. They work with indigent referrals from other vet providers to provide owners with lowercost options and provide mobile vet services. Asavet will occupy a 2,000 square foot clinic at Sol Dog’s Marana campus. For more information or to contribute to the organization’s capital campaign, go to www.SolDogLodge.com. *As of March 23, Sol Dog Lodge suspended its day camp in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Check their website for updates.
Other Tucson facilities listed in the mapping project that offer safe haven options for pets include: Administration of Resources and Choices/ Later Life Domestic Violence Service, www.arc-az.org; Humane Society of Southern Arizona Safe Haven Animal Foster Care, www.hssaz.org; Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, www.saaf.org; and The Brewster Center Domestic Violence Services, www.thebrewstercenter.org. For more information on Emerge Center, go to www.emergecenter.org or call 795-8001.
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ave you ever been engrossed in your phone, and then your phone dies, leaving you feeling at a loss? The office we run out of the door to in the mornings no longer needs us there. The big dinner we are getting a babysitter for has been postponed. The vacation we have been packing for is not happening. The basketball game we are watching with friends on Sunday is not taking place. As we slowly, reluctantly, relinquish our plans, we are being forced to pause all our usual activities, and spend all of our time at home. At home, with our families, and at home, with ourselves. We don’t have the class, the dance, or the meeting, to attend. We have so little left of the reality that we know. We are left, at home, feeling the void left by all the priorities in our life that take up our time and our space. But when your phone dies, and you experience withdrawal, you lift your eyes off the screen and you are forced to see the world around you, the world that is really right in front of you. In this void that we now have in our long, socially distant days, something beautiful is taking shape. Because, when we don’t have the external distractions that take up our time from morning to night, we have only internal realities left. We can’t follow the sports games, we can’t clock in at work, we can’t even go out for dinner. And now, we can finally think. We can think about ourselves, about our relationships. We can connect with ourselves, we can connect with others, and we can connect with Hashem. And while for so many of us, life has been put on a complete pause, it really just has begun. Our direction in life has taken a drastic spin, from facing outward to facing inward. From money, success, and entertainment, to ourselves, our neshama (soul), to truth. We are currently, as a people, acutely divinely aware. And as we focus on our connection with our true selves, we are doing a global cleansing of our society. We are paving the way for a new, truer way of life. We are priming ourselves for the coming of Moshiach.
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Congregation anShei iSrael
5550 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 745-5550 Rabbi Robert Eisen, Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny • www.caiaz.org Daily minyan: Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.; Sun. and legal holidays, 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. / Mincha: Fri., 5:45 p.m. / Shabbat services: Sat., 9 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Tot Shabbat, 1st Fri., 5:45 p.m.; Family Service, 3rd Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Holiday services may differ, call or visit website. / Torah study: every Shabbat one hour before Mincha (call or visit website for times) / Talmud on Tuesday, 6 p.m. / Weekday Torah study group, Wed., 11 a.m. beverages and dessert provided.
ORTHODOX Congregation Chofetz Chayim/SouthweSt torah inStitute
5150 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 747-7780 Rabbi Israel Becker • www.tucsontorah.org Shabbat services: Fri., Kabbalat Shabbat 15 minutes before sunset; Sat. 9 a.m. followed by Kiddush. / Mincha: Fri., 1 p.m.; Sat., 25 minutes before sunset, followed by Shalosh Seudas, Maariv, and Havdallah. Services: Sun., 8 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:50 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 7 a.m.; daily, 15 minutes before sunset. / Weekday Rosh Chodesh services: 6:45 a.m.
Congregation young iSrael/ChaBad of tuCSon
2443 E. Fourth St., Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 881-7956 Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, Rabbi Yudi Ceitlin • www.chabadoftucson.com Daily minyan: Sun. and legal holidays, 8:30 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 6:45 a.m. / Mincha and Maariv, 5:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri. at candlelighting; Sat. 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush. Mincha, Maariv, and Havdallah TBA.
ChaBad on river
3916 E. Ft. Lowell Road, Tucson AZ 85716 • (520) 661-9350 Rabbi Ram Bigelman • www.chabadonriver.com Shabbat services: Fri., Mincha at candlelighting time, followed by Maariv. / Sat., Shacharit service, 9:30 a.m. / Torah study: women, Wed., 2 p.m.; men, Tues. and Thurs., 7 p.m. Call to confirm.
ChaBad oro valley
1171 E. Rancho Vistoso #131, Oro Valley, AZ 85755 • (520) 477-8672 Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman • www.jewishorovalley.com Shabbat services: 3rd Fri., 5 p.m. Oct.-Feb., 6 p.m. March-Sept., all followed by dinner / Sat., 10 a.m. study session followed by service.
ChaBad Sierra viSta
401 Suffolk Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 820-6256 Rabbi Benzion Shemtov • www.jewishsierravista.com Shabbat services: Sat., 10:30 a.m., bimonthly, followed by class explaining prayers. Visit website or call for dates.
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Congregation Beit SimCha 2270 W. Ina Road, Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85741 • (520) 276-5675 Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon • www.beitsimchatucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m., with Torah study at 9 a.m; monthly Shabbat morning hikes.
Congregation Chaverim
Congregation m’Kor hayim 3888 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Tucson Hebrew Academy) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31806, Tucson, AZ 85751 • (520) 305-8208 Rabbi Helen Cohn • www.mkorhayim.org Shabbat services: 2nd and 4th Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study, 2nd and 4th Sat. 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Congregation or ChadaSh 3939 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 512-8500 Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, Cantor Janece Cohen www.orchadash-tucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; 1st Fri., Friday Night LIVE (Sept.-May); 2nd Friday, Tot Shabbat (Sept.-May), 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. / Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m.
temple emanu-el 225 N. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 • (520) 327-4501 Rabbi Batsheva Appel • www.tetucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m./ Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m. except when there is a Rabbi’s Tish.
temple Kol hamidBar 228 N. Canyon Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 458-8637 www.templekol.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 908, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, Friday night Torah study group: 6 - 7:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.
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Congregation Bet Shalom 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 577-1171 Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert • www.cbsaz.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:30 p.m. (followed by monthly dinners — call for info); Sat. 9:30 a.m., Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 10 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch; 12:30-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Prof. David Graizbord; monthly Tot Shabbat (call for dates) / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.
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Beth Shalom temple Center
1751 N. Rio Mayo (P.O. Box 884), Green Valley, AZ 85622 • (520) 648-6690 Rabbi Norman Roman • www.bstc.us Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study: Sat., 9:30 a.m.
handmaKer reSident Synagogue
2221 N. Rosemont Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85712 • (520) 881-2323 www.handmaker.com Shabbat services: Fri., 4:30 p.m., led by various leaders, followed by Shabbat dinner; Sat., 9:30 a.m., led by Mel Cohen and Dan Asia, followed by light Kiddush lunch.
JewiSh arizonanS on CampuS 2146 E. 4th Street Tucson, AZ, 85719 • (520) 834-3424 • www.myjac.org Shabbat hospitality and social events for UA students with Yosef and Sara Lopez. Shabbat services on request.
5901 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 320-1015 Rabbi Stephanie Aaron • www.chaverim.net Shabbat services: Fri., 7 p.m. (no service on 5th Fri.); Family Shabbat, 1st Fri., 6 p.m. / Torah study: 2nd Sat., 9 a.m., followed by contemplative service,10 a.m.
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Congregation Kol SimChah
1245 E. 2nd St. Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 624-6561 • www.arizona.hillel.org Shabbat services: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and alternative services two Fridays each month when school is in session. Dinner follows (guests, $8; RSVP by preceding Thurs.). Call for dates/times.
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4625 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 296-0818 Mailing Address: 6628 E. Calle Dened, Tucson, AZ 85710, Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7:15 p.m.
www.shjcaz.org Call Cathleen at (520) 730-0401 for meeting or other information.
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OBITUARIES Patricia Brish
Ken Goodman
Patricia Brish, 81, of Marquette, Michigan, and Sun City West, Arizona, died Feb. 20, 2020, in Tucson. Mrs. Brish was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Rachela and Hermann Kühl on Jan. 16, 1939. As a Jewish toddler during the Holocaust, she survived because her mother bought papers claiming they were Christian and changed her name from Patricia to Krystina. They escaped from Poland to Czechoslovakia, where her mother found work going from farm to farm, in exchange for food and a barn floor on which to sleep. After the war, she and her mother returned to Poland, settling in Bielawa. She stayed there until age 18 when she moved to Israel. While serving in the Israel Defense Forces, she was trained to become a registered nurse and worked at Tel HaShomer, Israel’s first military hospital. There she met her future husband, Adam Brish, a neurosurgeon. They were married after six months and moved to the United States in 1963. For Adam’s work and training, they had short stays in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, where their daughter, Susan, was born, before settling in Marquette, Wisconsin, where their son, Harry, was born. While in Marquette, Mrs. Brish graduated summa cum laude with a BA in economics from Northern Michigan University. When their children were older, she worked as a nurse and office manager in Adam’s private neurosurgery practice. She volunteered at Temple Beth Sholom, serving as president, treasurer, and Hebrew teacher in the Sunday school. She also volunteered at the library in her children’s elementary school, was active in gourmet food and investment clubs, and served on the ski patrol at Marquette Mountain. Starting in 1993, she and Adam spent winters in Sun City West. Mrs. Brish became active in local bridge clubs in Marquette and Sun City West and eventually became a bridge Ruby Life Master. Mrs. Brish was featured in Steven Spielberg’s “Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation” project in July 1998. Survivors include her children, Susan (Scott Arden) Brish of Tucson and Harry (Maureen) Brish of Tempe; sister, Sabina Margalit of Riverdale, New York; and three grandchildren. Services were held at Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ. Memorial contributions may be made to Temple Beth Sholom, 223 Blaker Street, Marquette, MI 49855 (https://sites.google.com/view/mqtsynagogue).
Ken Goodman, Ph.D., 92, died March 12, 2020. A reading researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, Dr. Goodman was considered the founding father of the whole language approach to reading. He spent his earliest years in Chicago, moving to Detroit when he was 7 and graduating from Northwestern High School at age 15. He worked in Detroit auto plants in the summers as a union organizer. After attending the University of Michigan, he moved to Los Angeles, where he met his wife of 67 years, Yetta, when they were both Jewish Community Center camp counselors. He finished his bachelor’s degree in economics at UCLA, earned a master’s degree in education and became a junior high teacher. He returned to UCLA for his doctorate. Dr. Goodman and Yetta, with their three daughters, moved to Detroit in 1962. He taught at Wayne State University and founded the field of miscue analysis research. He and his wife joined the department of language, reading, and culture at UArizona in 1975. He was honorary past president of the Whole Language Umbrella board. He produced numerous professional books and articles, including “What’s What in Whole Language” and “On Reading.” His children’s book, “The Smart One,” is based on his immigrant father’s shtetl life in Smorgon, Lithuania (now Belarus). The AJP wrote about Goodman in 2017; see www.azjewishpost.com/2017/teaching-pioneer-kennethgoodman-believes-education-is-key-to-social-equality. Survivors include his wife, Yetta; daughters Debi (Cheryl) Goodman of Hempstead, New York; Karen Goodman of Edmonton, Alberta, and Wendy Goodman of Tucson; seven grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. A memorial service will be held in the spring or summer. Memorial contributions may be made to HIAS (www.hias.org) or Literacies and Languages for All (https://store.ncte.org/donations/donation-lla-memoryken-goodman).
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Betty Goldberg Betty Jane Cohen Goldberg, 93, died Feb. 8, 2020. Mrs. Goldberg was born in Chicago to Sanford and Ada Cohen. She and her husband, Marvin, retired to Palm Bay, Florida. Mrs. Goldberg was predeceased by her husband, Marvin; sister, Mercedes Abrams; and son-in-law, Rob Goncharsky. Survivors include her children, Sherry Goncharsky of Tucson, Bob Goldberg of Palm Bay, and Janet (Nick) Padway of Brown Deer, Wisconsin; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were held in Palm Bay. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. Obituaries printed free of charge may be edited for space and format. There is a nominal fee for photographs. Please inquire at 319-1112 for obituaries.
P.S. A Pesach recipe and a slew of centenarians are cause to celebrate SHARON KLEIN Special to the AJP
Passover prep
Due to the coronavirus, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy Lion of Judah Society canceled a pre-Passover cooking demonstration featuring Marianne Banes. Tucson has a vibrant food scene and Banes is one of its most popular professional and pastry chefs, with a 43-year culinary career. She has been the corporate pastry chef at Kingfisher Bar and Grill since 1993. She teaches pastry classes and contributes articles on food, organic gardening, and cooking for several publications. Here is one of Marianne’s Pesach recipes. Enjoy! Marcoude Potato and egg cake Serves 8 Ingredients: 2½ pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces 4 to 6 cloves garlic 8 eggs lightly beaten 1 tablespoon olive oil Marianne Banes 1 sweet red pepper 1 onion, diced 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste Directions: Cook the potatoes and garlic in salted boiling water until the potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes. Drain and mash with fork or food processor, but don’t let them get too smooth. In a 10-inch oven-proof skillet, sauté the onions and pepper until tender. Season with salt and pepper and cool slightly. Add to the mashed potatoes with eggs, parsley, salt, and pepper, mix well and return to the skillet, or to a greased oven-proof dish if your skillet isn’t oven-proof. Spread the potato mixture evenly and bake at 400˚until golden, about 30 minutes. Serve warm or hot with Lemon Aioli. Lemon Aioli Serves 6 to 8 Ingredients: 2 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 3 cloves garlic Salt and pepper to taste ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Freshly squeezed lemon juice to taste, 1-2 lemons
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Directions: In a food processor, using the steel blade, pulse the egg yolks, mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper. Combine until smooth, and then very slowly drip the oil into the mixture until the sauce is a thick mayonnaise-like texture. Add lemon juice to taste and adjust salt and pepper.
Seven centenarians under one roof
Stella Kazmer
Bertha “Betty” Winter-Leddy
Roslyn Katzenberg
Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging had planned a party last month to celebrate four of its residents who were turning 100 in March, along with its three residents who were already centenarians. Because of the virus, the event was postponed; however, Nanci Levy, Handmaker’s community outreach coordinator, provided some short bios and/ or secrets to their longevity. The four March birthday celebrants: For Stella Kazmer, whose brother and sister are 105 and 106 respectively, longevity runs in the family. Stella never married, citing it hard to find a good man. She used to play the piano and hopes to take piano lessons again soon. Bertha “Betty” WinterLeddy, born in Palestine (now Israel) and age 4 when she came to America, says she has memories of the voyage, looking out over the ocean and watching games the children were playing on the ship. Betty worked at Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon in California and Tucson before retiring at age 65. She attributes her long, healthy life to the love of her
supportive family. Rosalyn Katzenberg turned 100 on March 27 and her husband, Edgar, 99 two days later. She is grateful that she and her spouse are still here and healthy. They grew up in Chicago, have two sons and seven grandchildren, and are proud that a number of them are doctors and lawyers. Gladys Whitaker’s family threw her a lovely 100th birthday party and she was thrilled with all of the love and attention.
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Catherine “Cay” Crowe
Gertrude Shankman
Myrtle Darmody
The three residents over 100: Catherine “Cay” Crowe, who became a centenarian last year, has two children and two grandchildren. She says she has had a good life, an easy life compared to many others she has met along the way. Realizing how fortunate she has been, Cay claimed, “Anything I wanted, I asked for, and I got.” Gertrude Shankman, at 105, is the matriarch of Handmaker. When asked a few years ago her secret to longevity, Gertrude replied, “Accepting,” always trying to make the best of what comes along. When something happens to her, she thinks, “This is it.” She continued, “There is this thing (death) always staring me in the face. But you cannot dwell on it. Tragedies come into your life, but you have to try to move on.” Nanci notes that Gertrude’s spunk and inquisitiveness also make one wonder how much these traits have contributed to her longevity. Myrtle Darmody, 101, the eldest of seven children, had three children, 15 grandchildren, dozens of great-grandchildren, and a few greatgreat-grandchildren scattered across the country. Her children say it was her positive attitude that allowed her to reach this great milestone. Sadly, Mrs. Darmody died on Sunday, March 29.
Time to share
This month’s column almost became a victim of the virus, due to cancellations of travel (an Israel Hadassah tour) and a local event (Connections). But we still have much to celebrate. So, Happy Passover, be well, and onward. L’shalom.
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he Banner Health Foundation is collecting donated medical supplies and personal protective equipment, or PPE. Tucson donations can be dropped off Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Banner Home Health Office, 575 E. River Road. Donated supplies will be deployed in Banner Health’s Arizona hospitals and medical centers. The following items are needed. All donations must be in an unopened, sealed box or container: • Masks (N95 and surgical/procedural) • Disinfecting wipes (Clorox, Lysol, other brands) • Alcohol-based cleaning wipes such Sani-cloth wipes • Non-sterile gloves (nitrile) • Protective face shields or goggles that can be worn
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University of Arizona experts will present coronavirus webinars
he University of Arizona will present webinars on the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, April 3 and Tuesday, April 7, 9:30-11 a.m. at https://global. arizona.edu/covid-19-resources. Today’s webinar, hosted by the College of Medicine, will feature Dr. Monica Kraft, Robert and Irene Flinn Professor of Medicine and Department of Medicine chair, and Dr. Joshua Lee, executive physician for Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, discussing the biology, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. The April 7 webinar, hosted by the Andrew Weil Cen-
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ter for Integrative Medicine, will feature six experts, including center founder and director Dr. Andrew Weil, and will focus on integrative strategies to supplement public health methods to prevent the spread of the virus. In addition to Weil, presenters include: • Dr. Ann Marie Chiasson, director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine and associate professor of clinical medicine in the Center for Integrative Medicine • Dr. Randy Horowitz, medical director of the Center for Integrative Medicine • Dr. Esther Sternberg, Center for Integrative Medi-
cine research director, Andrew Weil Endowed Chair for Research in Integrative Medicine, and founding director of the UArizona Institute on Place, Wellbeing and Performance • Dr. Victoria Maizes, executive director of the Center for Integrative Medicine, clinical professor of medicine and public health, and the Andrew Weil Endowed Chair in Integrative Medicine • Lise Alschuler, professor of clinical medicine and assistant director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Center for Integrative Medicine.