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Rest of the Story This week we bring you our preview of the 28th annual Book Festival of the MJCCA, known as the largest Jewish book festival in the country. We spotlighted more than half of the books in the festival lineup, and we also conduct interviews with a handful of authors.

The lineup includes celebrity headliners such as actor Henry Winkler, former presidential candidate and first lady Hillary Clinton and daughter, Chelsea, and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley. There are books about politics, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, sports, Judaism, overcoming odds, food, women and children, among other subjects.

You can find the book festival schedule and learn about the titles not in the festival but included in the MJCCA bookstore and worthy of attention. We also profile Jared Powers, CEO of the MJCCA, in The Lowdown.

Outside of the festival and community center, we bring you one more book, the latest by journalist Tom Segev about the life of David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister and a major force in the Zionist movement.

Meanwhile, an Atlanta-born director joined with hip-hop icon Speech Thomas of Arrested Development to make a documentary film about the music and stories of four inmates in a Virginia jail.

In dining, we review Kyma, part of the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group and specializing in Greek wood grilling and basting whole fish.

We also update you on the latest in the political races in Georgia, including both U.S. Senate seats up for grabs on the ballot. Four Jewish candidates join the lineup.

Plus the latest on the Israeli election.

Talking current events, we help you understand why Jews are so interested in the Kurdish oppression in Syria near the Turkish border. And columnist Dave Schechter gives us his perspective on the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre of Oct. 27, 2018, and its impact on the larger Jewish community as the yartzheit approaches.

Building and rebuilding. That’s also the theme of next week’s issue on real estate and Atlanta then and now. Get ready to do some reflecting on the past and how far we’ve come. ■

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LOCAL NEWS Politically-Inclined Lean Toward Georgia Politics

By Dave Schechter

Georgia’s presidential primaries will be held March 24, 2020. Primaries for the Politically speaking, more than an U.S. Senate and House, and other races old sweet song will keep Georgia on the down the ballot, such as the Georgia nation’s mind in 2020.

Senate and House, will Georgia is, as the be May 19. The general pols and pundits like to election is scheduled for say, “in play.” Democrats Nov. 3. again envisage turning A major source of a red state purple, while the national interest in Republicans look to Georgia politics is that keep what they have and both U.S. Senate seats regain what they’ve lost. will be on the ballot. At Jewish candidates present, Republicans are among the hopefuls hold a 53 to 47 seat adon both sides of the aisle. vantage in the Senate.

Lurking behind all Republican Sen. of this is a federal court David Perdue, who order affecting how was elected to a sixGeorgians will vote. year term in 2014, will Sen. David Perdue In 2016, Republiface the winner of a can Donald Trump defeated Democrat Democratic primary field that includes Hillary Clinton 50.4 percent to 45.3 per- Teresa Tomlinson, the former mayor cent to win Georgia’s 16 electoral votes of Columbus, Ga.; Ted Terry, the mayor en route to the White House. Four years of Clarkston, Ga.; Sarah Riggs Amico, later, Trump will face off against which- who lost her bid to become lieutenant ever Democrat emerges from a field yet governor in 2018; and Jon Ossoff, who to winnow itself to single digits. is Jewish and gained national attention

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Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will apduring his unsuccessful 2017 run in point someone to warm that seat until a Georgia’s 6th Congressional District.

As of June 30, Perdue’s campaign re- November 2020 special election to fill the ported having $4.86 million cash on hand, remaining two years of Isakson’s term.

Kemp is requiring that according to the Federal anyone interested fill Election Commission. out a job application.

By comparison, TomlinThere are reports that son’s campaign reported hundreds of people have $353,000. No FEC numapplied. bers were available for Among Republicans Terry, Amico, and Ossoff. reported to have informed The next deadline for filKemp of their interest are ing campaign finance U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, reports was Oct. 15. The who represents GeorAtlanta Journal-Constitugia’s 9th Congressional tion reported that Ossoff District; former U.S. Rep. raised $800,000 in the Jack Kingston; former U.S. three weeks after enterrepresentative and federal ing the race on Sept. 9, a Secretary of Health and figure added to $500,000 Jon Ossoff Human Services Tom transferred from his 2017 Price; Georgia House Speaker Pro Tempore campaign.

The unexpected race for Georgia’s Jan Jones; Public Service Commissioner Tim other Senate seat began when 74-year-old Echols; and Jackie Gingrich Cushman, an auRepublican Johnny Isakson, who was not thor and daughter of former Republican U.S. up for re-election until 2022, announced House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Whoever Kemp picks – presumably that he would retire at the end of 2019 bea Republican – will have a leg up in a Nocause of health difficulties.

LOCAL NEWS vember 2020 “jungle primary,” so called because Republicans, Democrats, and anyone else who qualifies, are together on one ballot. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of that vote, the top two vote-getters will advance to a runoff on Jan. 5, 2021 – two days after the Senate is to be sworn in. The new senator Matt Lieberman is the son of will serve a two-year former Sen. Joe Lieberman, term, and the seat will who ran for vice president. be contested again in 2022, when Isakson’s term was scheduled to end.

Not seeking either Senate seat is former Georgia House minority leader Stacey Abrams, who lost a heated and controversial election to Kemp in 2018.

The first Democrat to announce for the “jungle primary” was Matt Lieberman, son of Joe Lieberman.

The elder is the former senator from Connecticut and Al Gore’s 2000 vice presidential running mate. The AJC reported Oct. 9 that, per Lieberman, his campaign had raised $250,000.

“I’m running as a fed-up citizen of Georgia and for the fed-up citizens of Georgia,” Lieberman, who is Jewish, told the AJC. Sen. Johnny Isakson is retiring at the end of the year “I feel like I have to because of health issues. get off my butt and do something. I feel this is a calling. The gap between what Georgians want and what Republicans reflect in Georgia is huge.”

The national interest in Georgia politics also extends to a pair of metro Atlanta U.S. House races.

The 6th District, which includes parts of Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton counties, was a Democratic stronghold before Gingrich won in 1978.

After Gingrich, the 6th was Isakson’s stepping-stone to the Senate. Price held the seat until Trump tapped him to be HHS secretary, a post he resigned in a controversy over travel expenses.

Then came the “jungle primary” of 2017 and, at $55 milJohn Eaves lion, the most expensive U.S. House race in history. Ossoff nearly won the seat outright in the first round, but lost to Republican Karen

with state Sen. Renee Unterman, who is Handel in the run-off. Handel, in turn, Jewish, others include former Home Delost in 2018 to Democrat Lucy McBath. pot executive Lynne Homrich, emergency Handel wants the seat back. Other room physician Dr. Richard McCormick, Republicans seeking that Republican businessman Ben Bullock, real estate innomination include state Sen. Brandon vestor Mark Gonsalves, educator Lerah Beach, former Merchant Marine and Lee, Gwinnett County Republican secreNavy reservist Nicole Rodden, and busitary Jacqueline Tseng, former professional nesswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. football player Joe Profit, and Duluth According to the FEC, as of June teacher Lisa Noel Babbage.

30 McBath’s campaign reported cash Unterman reported $674,000 cash on hand of nearly $929,000. Handel’s on hand as of June 30, according to campaign reported $487,000, Green’s the FEC. Bullock’s campaign reported $478,000, Beach’s $312,000, and Rod$141,000, Gonsalves’ $114,000, Lee’s den’s $153,000. $8,650, and Profit’s $5,700. No FEC In the 7th District, which encomRenee Unterman numbers were available for the others. passes parts of Gwinnett and Forsyth Incumbent Democratic congressmen John Lewis, in counties, the decision by Republican Rob Woodall not to seek re-election set off an even larger scramble. Among the 5th District, and Hank Johnson, in the 4th District, have the Democrats running is Georgia State University profes- no announced primary or general election opposition.

Meanwhile, a federal judge has ordered Georgia sor Carolyn Bourdeaux, who lost by 433 votes (out of some to stop using touchscreen voting machines that leave 280,000 cast) to Woodall in 2018.

Also seeking the Democratic nomination are for- no paper trail. Those devices, described by U.S. District mer Fulton County Chairman John Eaves, who is Jewish; Judge Amy Totenberg as “unsecure, unreliable and political activist Nabilah Islam; Georgia state Sen. Zahra grossly outdated technology,” will be used one last time Karinshak; education entrepreneur David Kim; George in the Nov. 5 municipal and county elections. Totenberg state Rep. Brenda Lopez Romero; attorney Marqus Cole, said that hand-marked paper ballots must be used if the and Rashid Malik, CEO of Apple Care Services, a home state does not have a new system up and running by next year’s presidential primaries. health care company.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger anBourdeaux’s campaign reported cash on hand of $530,800 as of June 30, Islam’s reported $90,000, and nounced in July that new touchscreen machines that Eaves’ nearly $59,800. No FEC numbers were available print a paper ballot and record votes when scanned will be tested in a few cities in November 2019 and be in for the others.

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LOCAL NEWS

Jewish-Kurdish Ties Inform Crisis Response

By Dave Schechter United States is estimated at 40,000, with

perhaps half in the Nashville area. The Jewish history in historic Kurdistan number in the Atlanta area is estimated at – which includes parts of modern-day several hundred.

Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran – dates to the Those ties help explain the reaction eighth century B.C.E. (Before Common of American Jews and Israelis to President Era) and the arrival of descendants of Donald Trump’s order that U.S. forces be the ten tribes following the Assyrian con- withdrawn from northern Syria in front of a quest of the Kingdom Turkish military offenof Israel. sive against the Kurds.

Fast forward (The situation on through 2,700 years the ground in Syria is of interaction, much best described as fluid. of it commercial, and Readers should conyou arrive at the early sult credible sources 1950s and a large mifor the latest developgration of Iraqi and ments.)

Kurdish Jews to the An estimated 25 nascent state of Ismillion to 35 million rael, including airlifts Kurds live in Turkey, known as Operation Iraq, Syria, Iran and Ezra and Nehemiah Armenia. Though most Dr. Heval Kelli went from dishwasher (also referred to as OpKurds are Sunni Musat a restaurant near Emory University to cardiologist in its hospital. eration Ali Baba). lims, their population Israel is now home to more than has a diversity of cultures, religions, languag200,000 Jews of Kurdish descent. The es and political structures. number of Jews remaining in the Kurdis“Turkey has long been unhappy about tan region is estimated to be in the hun- the strong Kurdish presence in northeast dreds. The Kurdish population of the Syria near the Turkish border,” CNN re-

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Photograph: George Ourfalian/AFP/Getty // Civilians flee the city of Afrin in northern

Syria on March 16th, 2018. A Turkish-led offensive to capture the Kurdishmajority enclave has forced 30,000 civilians from its main city in 24 hours.

ported. The goal of Turkey’s military oper- rael supports the legitimate efforts of the ation, dubbed “Operation Peace Spring,” is Kurdish people to attain a state of its own.” to push the Kurds away from the border, There is no recognized Kurdish nation. The creating a buffer zone in which to resettle semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan regional some 2 million Syrian refugees. government estimates that about 30 perKurdish forces in Iraq and Syria suf- cent of its 6.5 million people are refugees fered thousands of casualties while fight- from fighting in Syria and Iraq. ing alongside troops of a U.S.-led coalition “I feel like a Kurd today,” Dore Gold, against ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria). a former Israeli ambassador to the UnitAfter President Trump spoke Oct. ed Nations and foreign-policy official un6 to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, der Netanyahu, told The New York Times the White House issued a statement that in an article published Oct. 8. said, “Turkey will soon be moving forIn the same New York Times article, ward with its long-planned operation Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador into Northern Syria. The United States to the United States under Netanyahu, exArmed Forces will pressed concern about not support or be whether Israel could involved in the opcount on the U.S. in the eration, and United event of war. “I don’t States forces, having think Israel can bank defeated the ISIS teron that today. I don’t ritorial ‘Caliphate,’ know now. And it’s will no longer be in enough to say I don’t the immediate area.” know,” Oren said.

The order affects The Jewish Comroughly 1,000 U.S. munity Relations troops.

Council of Atlanta According to endorsed an Oct. 11 Rabbi Joshua Lesser says Jews should news reports, atrocistatement issued by raise awareness about ethnic cleansing. ties have been comthe Jewish Council for mitted against the Kurdish population and Public Affairs, a network of 125 local comhundreds of captured ISIS fighters have munity relations councils and 17 national escaped prison since Trump’s initial order Jewish agencies. “It is unconscionable that and the start of Turkey’s military action. this nation would desert our Kurdish allies, Trump on Oct. 14 announced his intention who have fought the battle against ISIS. to impose sanctions against Turkey for its This brazen abandonment of a US ally will “destabilizing actions in northeast Syria” communicate to others that our country and threatened to “swiftly destroy Turkey’s cannot be depended upon. It will make economy.” the world, and the US, a more dangerous Without referring directly to Trump, place,” said JCPA chair Michael Fromm.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyaRabbi Joshua Lesser of Congregation hu said Oct. 10 on Twitter: “Israel strongly Bet Haverim has maintained a unique condemns the Turkish invasion of the friendship with Dr. Heval Kelli, a Kurdish Kurdish areas in Syria and warns against refugee from Syria, who in a decade’s time the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Tur- went from washing dishes at a restaurant key and its proxies. Israel is prepared to near Emory University to being a cardioloextend humanitarian assistance to the gist in its hospital. gallant Kurdish people.”

At Lesser’s invitation, Kelli spoke Netanyahu previously had said, “Is- at Congregation Bet Haverim’s memo-

LOCAL NEWS rial service following the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre of Shabbat worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Five months later, Lesser helped Kelli arrange a vigil in Clarkston, a city with a significant refugee population, after terrorists killed 50 people on March 15, 2019, at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

“In the most general sense, as Jews, given our history, we must raise awareness to the dangers of ethnic cleansing,” Lesser said. “This is the likely fate of the Kurds now that we have turned our backs on them. Specifically, the Kurds are the largest nation in the world who are stateless. They are a democratic people, who should be supported in the region and most evident have done the heavy lifting at keeping ISIS at bay, which has benefitted Jews, the U.S. and Israel. There is a reason that Netanyahu broke ranks from Trump to speak out on behalf of the Kurds and offered them sanctuary,” Lesser said.

Decatur resident Benjamin Kweskin and his wife, Whitney, lived in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, in 2013-14, working as a journalist and educator, respectively. Whitney Kweskin worked as a teacher and as volunteer program coordinator for the English program at the Kawergosk refugee camp for Syrian Kurds.

President Reuven Rivlin and President Donald Trump

Benjamin Kweskin was senior editor and policy writer for a pro-Kurdistan English-language website.

“As the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, Kurds have a history that spans thousands of years,” he wrote in the AJT in February 2015. “Kurdistan also had been the home to a remarkable and often thriving Jewish community for nearly 3,000 years. Many villages and towns featured a great deal of mutual respect and friendships, and some villages were inhabited entirely by Jews.”

Nikki Haley and Hillary Clinton believe the U.S. should support the Kurds as allies.

Trump’s decision also was criticized by two upcoming speakers at the Book Festival of the MJCCA, coming from opposite sides of the political aisle.

Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2017-19, posted Oct. 7 on Twitter: “We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake. #TurkeyIsNotOurFriend.” Haley, the Republican former governor of South Carolina, is scheduled to discuss her new

book, “With All Due Respect,” on Nov. 17 as part of the book festival.

Minutes before Haley’s post, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is a Democrat, posted on Twitter: “Let us be clear: The president has sided with authoritarian leaders of Turkey and Russia over our loyal allies and America’s own interests. His decision is a sickening betrayal both of the Kurds and his oath of office.” Clinton and her daughter Chelsea are scheduled to discuss their new book, “The Book of Gutsy Women,” on Nov. 18 as the closing event of the book festival. ■

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ISRAEL PRIDE

News From Our Jewish Home

Photo courtesy of Noam Revkin Fenton //

President Rivlin speaks at day center for young people released from prison.

President Rivlin Shares Message of Forgiveness with Ex-Convicts

Ahead of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin spoke to men, women and teens in halfway houses, meeting with recently released prisoners.

He shared a message of forgiveness and rehabilitation in speaking to halfway house residents, The Times of Israel reported.

“Forgiveness cannot turn back the clock, but it can soften the hardest hearts and bring down barriers between people,” he said.

Among those he met with was Dalal

Today in Israeli History

Photo by Tsvika Israeli, Israeli Government Press Office // Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir

(left) welcomes Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin to Jerusalem on Oct. 18, 1991.

Oct. 18, 1991: The Soviet Union and Israel resume full diplomatic relations for the first time since June 1967. The two countries, split since the Six-Day War, experienced a thaw while Mikhail Gorbachev led the Soviet Union, and they established consular ties in 1987. Full diplomatic relations are contingent on Israel’s agreement to participate in the 1991 Madrid peace conference, co-sponsored by the Soviet Union and the United States.

Oct. 19, 1948: Three Israeli ships, the Haganah, the Wedgewood and the Noga, attack an Egyptian vessel unloading troops near Ashkelon in the first major battle for the Israeli navy. The Israeli ships shoot down two fighter planes and damage the Egyptian vessel, which has to be towed to Port Said. The engagement is part of Operation Yoav, which began Oct. 15 to open a route to the Negev. The three 10 | OCTOBER 18, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

Daoud, a woman who had served 18 years of a life sentence for killing her abusive husband before a presidential pardon granted her independence earlier this year.

“We must make sure that women are listened to before they are judged.

If I had found someone to listen to me, just one person, someone to help me, I would not have gone through everything that I have. Prison does not rehabilitate people who have suffered violence. Real rehabilitation happens here,” she told the president.

A young man told the president that a visit to the prison had inspired him to turn his life around.

“I have changed. I have made progress and I am continuing to do so,” he said. “Today I am a chef in a hotel and already a shift manager.”

Endangered Wild Fig Finds Home in Knesset Gardens

Only one specimen of ficus palmata, a wild fig tree, still lives in the wild in Israel, according to experts. The tree is in the mountains near Eilat, but in recent Israeli ships formerly were used to smuggle immigrants into Palestine.

Oct. 20, 1952 : Dalia Itzik, who in 2006 becomes the first woman to serve as the Knesset speaker, is born in Jerusalem to immigrants from Iraq. She gets her start in politics as the chairwoman of the Jerusalem Teachers Union for five years and is elected to the Jerusalem City Council in 1989. She first wins a seat in the Knesset in 1992 as a Labor Party member. After switching to Kadima in 2006, she serves as interim president from January to July 2007. She retires from politics in 2012.

Golda Meir’s Letter on the Eve of Yom Kippur War Uncovered

A YouTube screenshot of a ficus palmata branch.

years, Jerusalem’s botanical gardens have bred it to save the species.

A recent planting took place in early October as part of the swearing in of the 22nd Knesset. It is part of a new tradition in which endangered fauna is planted in the Knesset gardens, signaling a message of conservation, according to Haaretz.

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein shared the legislature’s pride at doing its part to preserve Israeli plant life.

“We will make the ficus palmata a visiting point for hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Knesset,” he said. “I am hopeful that raising awareness of its endangerment will help in the important mission of preserving it.” ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988, when he is first elected to the Knesset on the Likud list. He serves as prime minister from 1996 to 1999, then again from 2009 until now.

Oct. 22, 1952: Eliahu Elath, who was Israel’s first ambassador to the United States, presents his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II as he is elevated from minister (a position he has held since 1950) to become Israel’s first ambassador to the United Kingdom. He holds the post until 1959. Elath says his ambassadorship represents “the completion of long plans which started on Nov. 2, 1917, the day the Balfour Declaration was issued.”

Photo by Amos Ben Gershom, Israeli Government Press Office // Benjamin Netanyahu is

Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.

Oct. 21, 1949: Benjamin Netanyahu, the ninth and current prime minister of Israel, is born in Tel Aviv. He spends much of his childhood in Philadelphia but returns to Israel for military service in 1967 and is part of the elite Sayeret Matkal until 1972. He serves as Israel’s

A statue of Alfred Mond stands in the town of Tel Mond, which was established on land he purchased.

Oct. 23, 1868: Alfred Mond, a future member of Parliament and ardent early British Zionist, is born in England. The son of wealthy Jews, Mond is not raised

A 1973 letter to bereaved families on the eve of the Yom Kippur War from then-Prime Minister Golda Meir was recently uncovered. Following Israel’s establishment, it was customary for prime ministers to reach out to families of slain soldiers in the days leading up to holidays and special occasions, according to The Times of Israel.

Meir was especially known for being unwavering in her commitment to the tradition, and the recently uncovered letter reveals a powerful message: “Your pain is the pain of the entire nation … Our main concern is achieving peace for Israel. The memory of our loved ones motivates us to do anything in our power so that there be no more casualties, and we know no more bereavement.”

The letter was dated Oct. 5, 1973, a day before the Yom Kippur War broke out, claiming the lives of 2,500 Israeli soldiers. ■ Compiled by AJT Staff. as a Jew. He marries in the Anglican church and raises his children as Christians but still faces anti-Semitic attacks in Parliament. After the Balfour Declaration, he uses his wealth to support Jewish settlement in Palestine, including the town of Tel Mond, and helps found the Jewish Agency.

Sir Henry McMahon was the British high commissioner in Cairo during World War II.

Oct. 24, 1915: Sir Henry McMahon, the British high commissioner in Cairo, and Husayn Ibn Ali, the sherif of Mecca, begin an exchange of letters in which the British government promises to back Husayn’s bid to lead a restored Arab caliphate in exchange for his support in the war against the Ottoman Empire. Palestine is not mentioned in their correspondence, but Husayn later says that land is included in the area planned for Arab administration. ■ Items are provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details.

ISRAEL NEWS High Holidays Distract from Assembling Israeli Coalition

Hayamin Hehadah is led by Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett.

By Jan Jaben-Eilon

Avichai Mendelblit is considering which charges to indict Netanyahu on.

still has several indictments hanging over his head. Israeli Attorney General Avichai In the latest episode of the soap op- Mendelblit has reportedly weakened his reera otherwise known as the Israeli elec- solve to indict Netanyahu for the strongest tion process, there have been more than charge of bribery, but charges of fraud and the normal commercial breaks, other- breach of trust are still very much alive. Iswise known as the Jewish raeli media reports that Menholidays, so the story hasn’t delblit will announce his deprogressed very far. cision by mid-November.

The mandate to create Netanyahu was unable a coalition government is to assemble a government still in the hands of Prime after the April elections, Minister Benjamin Netanforcing the country to reyahu, and he doesn’t seem turn to the polls on Sept. 17, in any rush to return that and so far, he’s been unable mandate back to President to do so again.

Reuven Rivlin, who could As expected, as soon then ask the head of the as Yom Kippur was over, largest elected party, Blue the Moldova-born leader Avigdor Lieberman and White, to try his luck. of Yisrael Beiteinu, Avigdor proposes combining his party, Yisrael Beiteinu, There’s a standoff with neiLieberman, announced his with Likud and Blue ther the right-wing parties solution to the crisis of not and White parties. nor the center-left parties having a permanent govable to join together to add up to 61 ma- ernment since the beginning of the year. jority seats.

Lieberman wants Blue and White, Starting Sept. 26, Netanyahu has 28 Likud and his own party to create a govdays to assemble a government or return ernment, based on a proposal by Rivlin afthe mandate to Rivlin. He ter the election. Under that could request an additional plan, Gantz and Netanyahu two weeks, but reports indiwill rotate as prime miniscate that it is unlikely Rivlin ter, with the latter filling the would acquiesce. role first. If an indictment Since the Sept. 17 elecis filed against Netanyahu tion, the group of rightwhile serving as prime minwing parties that jointly ister, Gantz would take over ran in the elections as Yamthe responsibilities of runina have split apart, into ning the government. Blue Hayamin Hehadash and a and White, however, won joint faction comprised of more seats in the Knesset Habayit Hayehudi and Na- Blue and White is headed than Likud, giving Gantz a

by Benny Ganz. tional Union. The former leg up. is led by popular former Justice Minister Lieberman’s plan also calls for the Ayelet Shaked and former Minister of passing of a law that would force ultraEducation Naftali Bennett.

Orthodox yeshiva students to be drafted Nothing has really changed on the into the military and rejecting a law that center-left. Blue and White’s head Benny keeps supermarkets closed on Shabbat.

Gantz still refuses to enter a coalition with Other conditions for Yisrael Beiteinu a Likud party headed by Netanyahu, who joining a coalition include raising taxes

The mandate to create a coalition government is in Benjamin Netanyahu’s hands, but could return to President Reuven Rivlin’s court.

and finding a permanent solution for the situation in the Gaza Strip.

So far, neither Blue and White nor Likud have bit at Lieberman’s bait.

Netanyahu considered holding party primaries to confirm his leadership.

But instead, the Likud Central Committee met to vote on him as party chairman.

However, the majority of committee members chose not to attend the meeting, nor did Netanyahu.

As you read this article, the likeliest outcome of this deadlock is another

election. If that occurs, it will be in early 2020, after any indictments are filed against Netanyahu. It would be an historical third election within 12 months.

In actuality, partly distracted by the holidays, Israelis haven’t been focusing on their disorganized government. Instead, Israelis are engrossed in the action at the Syrian-Turkish border. Israel considers the Kurds allies and are distraught at the latest developments there. Everyone is reading tea leaves to try to understand what it means for their own country. ■

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OPINION Letter to the editor:

Sermon at Ohr HaTorah!

Rabbi Adam Starr’s sermons over Rosh Hashanah were just so awesome. He sure hit a home run. First day was about regretting and loneliness. I posted my comment on my Facebook page and the response was overwhelming agreeing with me.

Since I am in my 70s and attend shul regularly, this was the best I have ever heard. I am 74 years old and have heard many sermons. This “knocked it out of the park.”

Lynn Koffsky, Atlanta

Letter to the editor:

Columbia University amplified hate speech instead of condemning it.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad defended his right to express anti-Semitic views in the name of free speech in remarks to Columbia University students during an event at the university on Sept. 25, 2019, saying, “When you say, you cannot be anti-Semitic, there is no free speech.”

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres sees things a little differently. At the launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech, he observed that “When the [UN] Charter was drafted, the world had just witnessed genocide on an industrial scale. Hate speech had sown the seeds, building on millennia of scapegoating and discrimination against the Jews, and culminating in the Holocaust.”

He proposed dealing with hate speech “by condemning it unconditionally; refusing to amplify it; countering it with the truth; and encouraging the perpetrators to change their behavior.”

Columbia University, take note.

Julia Lutch, Davis, Calif.

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“Who is mighty? One who conquers one’s impulses,” says Ben Zoma in the Talmudic book Mishnah Avot. This was highlighted in one of the siddurim used during the High Holy Days.

Too many people are displaying their lack of impulse control. This is resulting in challenges to the Jewish Harold community and the general Kirtz community.

A 27-year-old German perpetrator tried to enter a German synagogue 100 miles outside of Berlin. Some 60 people were praying inside, but the gunman was apparently stopped by the security measures in place at the site. He could not open a locked door, and his homemade bomb did not succeed in opening it either.

The perpetrator wore a head-camera and was heard saying “Jews are at the root of all problems,” just before he went on the attack, which he broadcast live.

Storyful, a social-media intelligence company owned by News Corp., reported that the video was shared on far-right channels on instant messaging service Telegram. It appeared on a channel called “Racism Inc.” that regularly shares memes, tweets and videos that celebrate mass shootings, Storyful said. Versions of the video also appeared on Twitter and on forums such as 4chan and Kiwi Farms.

When he could not get into the synagogue, the suspect shot and killed a woman in the street and a man in a nearby kebab shop, presumably neither of them Jewish, and injured two other people. The police eventually caught him after a gun battle in which he was injured. The perpetrator’s camera also caught him saying, outside the kebab shop, “This will do.”

Chilling! Clear anti-Semitic bias and hatred. The result was a frightening incident for the Jewish community and the deaths of non-Jews, because of this antiJewish hatred.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent condolences to the victims’ families and his “wishes for a speedy recovery for the wounded.” He warned Wednesday night that the attack was “another manifestation that the anti-Semitism in Europe is increasing.”

He said, “I urge the German authorities to continue to act resolutely against the phenomenon of anti-Semitism.”

Israel’s U.N. ambassador Danny Danon called on the international community to “declare war on anti-Semitism and to act with determination to halt the epidemic of hate against world Jewry.”

In the last couple of days, Netanyahu has also taken a stand to help the Syrian Kurds, whom the U.S. administration has abandoned. The impulse of this U.S. president is creating even more havoc in a part of the world that has seen too much. The Kurds had assiduously allied themselves with the U.S. They had taken on the brunt of the on-the-ground fighting against the Islamic State. And their reward is to be abandoned and trivialized.

Has the president forgotten what the Islamic State has done to civilians in that area, including several captured Americans and other Westerners? Has he forgotten the vitriol that has flowed from the Islamic State against all Westerners – and against all Muslims who are nonsupporters of ISIS? He must learn to control his impulse to please autocratic leaders such as Turkey’s Erdogan and Russia’s Putin.

It is getting the U.S. into greater trouble, both on the battlefield and in diplomatic circles. Will other allies, including Israel, continue to trust us?

The U.S. and the Jewish community are experiencing attacks that must be challenged and met in an effective manner. As a community, we must express ourselves to our elected leaders to encourage and challenge them to show more courage and resilience in the face of these anti-Semitic and anti-humanistic impulses. They must undertake a more ardent effort to marginalize both the right-wing extremists who would attack Jews and the Islamists who would attack Jews. And they are attacking not just Jews, but society at large. Their violent and bigoted actions must be confronted and defended against by all segments of society and by all elements of the political structure.

Politicians of all stripes and all administration officials must be visible in their words and deeds in confronting these extremists. We as members of the public must hold them accountable. ■ Harold Kirtz is president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta.

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OPINION

A Year Later, Wounds From Pittsburgh Remain While thinking about Pittsburgh, when one womthe upcoming anniversary an was killed and several of the massacre of 11 Shabpeople, including the rabbi, bat morning worshippers were wounded by a gunman the Tree of Life synagogue at the Chabad center in Poin Pittsburgh, I remembered way, California. a story from the 1972 Olym“Could it happen here?” pics in Munich, Germany. has been replaced by “Will it Throughout his life, the happen again?” For anyone sportscaster Howard Cosell with a cursory knowledge of had “put distance between Dave Jewish history and an awarehimself and Jewishness,” au- Schechter ness of present-day condiFrom Where I Sit thor Dave Kindred wrote in tions, the real questions are a book about Cosell’s friendwhen and where. ship with boxer Muhammad Ali. Born In a poll released in May by the Jewwith the surname Cohen, in college he ish Electorate Institute, 73 percent of 1,000 changed it to Cosell, closer to the family’s American Jews surveyed said they felt less original name in Polish. secure than two years earlier. That is why Now he was in Munich, not 20 miles synagogues, schools and other Jewish infrom Dachau, site of the first Nazi con- stitutions have “hardened” their security centration camp, and pro-Palestinian ter- systems, why we say “thank you” to police rorists were holding Israeli athletes and officers standing outside as we go inside. coaches hostage in the Olympic village. “I On that day nearly a year ago, we had never felt so intensely Jewish,” Cosell were driving to Montgomery, to see the said, as during the standoff between the lynching memorial, when our daughter West German government and the Black called with the breaking news from PittsSeptember terrorist group, who killed two burgh. Throughout the day, I checked my Israelis in the village and later nine others phone repeatedly, as the news worsened. during a botched airport rescue attempt.

Much of the drive home was taken up No matter their degree of religious with conversation about how such a thing observance or ethnic identification, could just as easily happen in Atlanta.

American Jews felt “intensely Jewish” on Janice Rothschild Blumberg calls the Oct. 27, 2018, as word spread that a gun- Oct. 12, 1958, terrorist attack on The Temple man had invaded a Pittsburgh synagogue “the bomb that healed,” for the way nonshared by three congregations and there Jews rallied around Atlanta’s Jewish comwere numerous casualties. munity, which still carried psychic wounds Pittsburgh was, I wrote, “a punch in from the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank in the gut” to American Jews, a body blow what then was a wooded area of Marietta. that took your breath away.

The Temple bombing was a response to Wasn’t this “die goldene medina,” the Rabbi Jacob Rothschild’s outspoken support golden land (in Yiddish), the “New Jerusalem,” for the civil rights movement. Jewish support where Jews could worship freely, where quo- of immigration was the source of the alleged tas limiting the enrollment at the best colleges Pittsburgh gunman’s anger. “HIAS [Hebrew were a thing of the past, where discrimination Immigrant Aid Society] likes to bring invaders in the workplace and the real estate market in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch had been consigned to the memories of older my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, generations? Didn’t polls show Jews to be I’m going in,” he posted on social media. among the most admired religious groups?

Beyond Pittsburgh, the American JewOn the next Shabbat, synagogues were ish community carries wounds from Oct. packed, not only by Jews (including many 27, 2018. The support from outside of the who rarely attended services), but also non- community has not been forgotten. AmeriJews who felt compelled to be present with can Jews continue to say, never again, but their friends, neighbors and colleagues. fear that it will, indeed, happen again.

Never again, American Jews had As their yahrzeit approaches, it seems vowed a year earlier, after torch-bearing, appropriate to remember names of those khaki-clad white supremacists marched slain at the Tree of Life: Joyce Fienberg. through Charlottesville, Va., chanting Richard Gottfried. Rose Mallinger. Jerry “Jews will not replace us.”

Rabinowitz. Cecil Rosenthal and David Never again. That’s what American Rosenthal (brothers). Bernice Simon and Jews declared after Pittsburgh.

Sylvan Simon (married couple). Daniel Never again. That was the refrain on Stein. Melvin Wax. Irving Younger.

April 27, 2019, six months to the day after May their memories be for a blessing. ■ 16 | OCTOBER 18, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

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Stories Behind the Books

By Roni Robbins You can’t judge a book by its cover applies to more than initial impressions.

Sometimes it’s the story behind the story that readers can’t learn just from the book cover or its brief summary.

The AJT tries to shed some light on those back stories as we preview more than half the 45 tomes in the 28th edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA. Billed as the largest Jewish book festival in the country, this year it’s more than just books. There’ll be cake to celebrate a 74th birthday party for celeb headliner Henry Winkler, who opens the festival on Oct. 30 with the book he coauthored, “Alien Superstar.”

The community will commemorate Kristallnacht Nov. 7 between presentations on books exploring the Holocaust such as “The Legacy of Anne Frank,” by Gillian Walnes Perry, guest speaker for the memorial ceremony at the MJCCA’s Besser Memorial Holocaust Garden. New this year, there’ll also be a one-woman stage show straight from New York, “The Fabric of My Life,” by Tziporah Salamon, author of “The Art of Dressing.”

“It’s a different way to present a book,” said festival director Pam Morton.

As always, the festival only features books published in the past two years, she said.

“Unfortunately, we have a finite number of programs and we have to been extremely selective. For instance, this year we had more than 75 local author submissions. We’d love to be able to feature all of our local authors, but we simply don’t have the space. We are fortunate to have an author selection committee to assist us with choosing those authors who appeal to the largest group of people.”

Book Festival Co-Chair Susie Hyman said, “We are so excited to present authors like Jodi Kantor, Bari Weiss, Nikki Haley, and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, who can take us behind the scenes of current events.

“There are inspirational stories being told by authors like Pat Mitchell and Jon Dorenbos; old favorites such as Alice Hoffman and Candace Bushnell; sports stories from Akbar Gbajabiamila, Adam Rippon, and I.J. Rosenberg; historical fiction and non-fiction; fun programs, including Henry Winkler and Bob Mankoff; and buzz-worthy new fiction round out our lineup ... along with so much more!”

Book Festival Co-Chair Deena Profis added, “I have been involved with the Book Festival at the MJCCA for over 10 years, and every year we manage to build, expand, and grow with our depth and reach.

“Our list of authors from current news events to some of the top fiction writers in the country continue to amaze me each year. The Book Festival at the MJCCA is one of the most respected book festivals in the Southeast. What a compliment it is when respected authors from all genres of books call us and want to be part of what has become a premier literary event in Atlanta.”

She spotlighted a few of the categories the books may fall into:

BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW movement; and Candace Bushnell with her new book for the middle-aged crowd, “Is There Still Sex in the City?”

Bring Back the Sequels

Ben Mezrich’s “Bitcoin Billionaire” revisits the founding of Facebook and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film, “The Social Network.” Two of the story’s characters, along with Mark Zuckerberg, were the Winklevoss twins.

Here is their story of betting successfully on cryptocurrency.

“Cilka’s Journey: A Novel,” by Heather Morris provides background to the story surrounding her bestseller “The Tattooist of Auschwitz.” We learn more about Lale Sokolov, the Slovakian Jewish prisoner who survived the Holocaust by being the tattooist of Auschwitz, along with his love Gita and their friend Cilka, the subject of this novel.

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A prevalent genre for the book fesGbajabiamila is host of the Emmytival, the Holocaust choices include Jack Preet nominated “American Ninja Warrior.”

But Bharara, Candace Bushnell, Fairweather’s “The Volunteer,” the “true there’s a backstory to his book too. He is a Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton, story of a Polish resistance fighter’s infil- “modern-day ninja” warrior himself as the Gbajabiamila, Nikki tration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp Akbar son of Nigerian immigrants andR. oneHaley, of sevfrom within, and his death-defying Adam at- enRippon, Barigrew Weiss, Winkler, children who up inHenry South Central tempt to warn the Allies about Nazi plans Los Angeles at the height of the L.A. riots. and many more! for a ‘Final Solution’ before it was too late.”

Atlanta sports writer I.J. Rosenberg’s There’s “Renia’s Diary.” Renia was “Conquered: The Inside Story of Atlanta known as the Polish Anne Frank, ac- United’s Magical Run” is yet another cording to Morton, who was reading this book that Morton believes will appeal to Year of the Woman So many celebs this year and many of book at the time of our interview. Renia the young. It’s the behind-the-scenes look murdered Nazis, butSILVER herSPONSORS sis- at the AtlantaBRONZE them are women. For starters, politicians United soccer team’s rise to & MEDIA SPONSO INKIND PRESENTING SPONSORSwasPLATINUM SPONSORS by the GOLD SPONSOR SPONSORS Atlanta Marriott Atlanta A Cappella Books American Consulate General Ali’s Cookies The Jewish North Point Barbara and Ed Mendel ter, Elizabeth Bellak, once called the PolNikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to theAtlanta topCommittee of Major Soccer.

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BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW

One-on-one with a few of this year's featured authors.

Writing Through Personal Grief

Perry Brickman Weaves A Story of Discovery

By Roni Robbins When she started her latest novel, Atlanta author and teacher Zoe Fishman really didn’t understand the depth of grief about which she wrote. She had submitted a proposal for “Invisible as Air” to her publisher about a family of three coping with the loss of a child-sibling, when her husband died two years ago. Then, as she was finishing the novel earlier this year, her father died.

In between, she poured out a bit of her internal grief onto the pages, she said in a phone interview. “I knew I wanted repressed grief to be a large part of the story.” The fact that her tragedy and that of the book characters experienced a “terrible life-altering gulf felt like coincidence. I channeled a lot of the complications of our grief as I wrote Sylvie’s, even though we had different situations, we had lost different people, which brings a lot more depth to her pain, as well as her husband and son.”

In terms of relating to the stillbirth at the center of the story, Fishman had a miscarriage between the births of her sons six weeks into the pregnancy. “I remember how disconcerting it was. I felt betrayed by my body, concerned I would not be able to have another child. I felt very alone.

“I could not imagine the pain of carrying a child to term and delivering it, knowing it would not live. I can only imagine the PTSD” and the reaction from the community seeing a mother pregnant one day and then not knowing the outcome, she said.

In writing the novel, Fishman tried to gain an understanding of “Sylvie’s bitterness and resentment of Paul, her husband.”

For the surviving child, Teddy, Fishman explored the “unfairness of death at such a young age,” she said.

“My sons were 5 and nearly 2 years old, much younger” than Teddy. “Certainly, it was the most painful moment in my life to deliver the news [of their father’s death].

I will never forget that moment, their faces in disbelief as the words came out of my mouth. I channel that pain into Teddy’s realization as a character.”

“Invisible as Air” also delves into the national epidemic of opioid addiction, which can affect even upper middle-class families such as the Jewish one in the novel. She believes mothers are especially vulnerable in our “overworked, overstressed society.”

Having been prescribed a pain killer after the birth of both of her sons, “I enjoyed the feeling of being altered. I can see how with immediate access to a drug, you could become addicted. You can function and even those [closest to you] could be oblivious to it.”

In many ways, this novel, her fifth, offered an escape from the responsibilities of parenthood and a chance to deal with her personal loss, she said.

“Writing this book saved me. I had to unravel his life and put our lives back together. I was also a single mother and single parenting is … relentless.” The book-writing process was a treasured time for self-reflection “lost every day trying to give my kids some normalcy.”

By Bob Bahr Perry Brickman, a distinguished, retired dentist and oral surgeon, has spent more than a decade writing and researching his book, “Extracted,” about how anti-Semitism flourished at the Emory School of Dentistry in the 1950s.

He was one of a number of Jewish students who were flunked out of the school by a deliberate anti-Semitic policy that was instituted and carried out by the dean of the dental school at the time. His research eventually led Emory seven years ago to acknowledge its past mistakes. His talk about his book at this year’s Book Festival of the MJCCA is sponsored by the Atlanta Jewish Times.

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AJT: How long did it take you to realize that you might have been the victim of anti-Semitism?

Brickman: In 1952, at the time that I was dismissed as a student at the Emory Dental School, I never thought it was because of anti-Semitism. All of us who were flunked out didn’t dare think that way. Nobody would believe us anyway. So we all went our separate ways and we did not talk to each other at all because we were embarrassed, humiliated and so on. Nobody said a word. But in 2006 I saw this chart that Eric Goldstein did. He was was an Emory professor. It showed that 65 percent of Jewish boys in the dental school had failed completely or repeated one or more years in the 1950s.

I guess I dared to assume that I was part of that statistic. I had to allow myself to think about that. And if it were really true, then nobody had ever done anything about it.

AJT: It almost sounds like one of those cold cases the police solve on television.

How difficult was it to find out what happened?

Brickman: It was a scavenger hunt. For instance, if I went to the Emory library, I just took pictures of all the material I found about the dental school in the 1940s and 1950s. I wasn’t selective. It was the smartest thing I could have done. Some of what I turned up at first that seemed minor turned out to be important later. It became part part of a bigger picture I developed over years of research. Then, other parts of the puzzle started coming together. I felt like that television detective, Columbo.

AJT: Starting with just a few clues, you were finally able to provide an abundance of evidence that forced Emory to apologize in 2012 to you and all of the school’s dental students.

Eventually they honored you as a distinguished alumnus. It is a pretty amazing story. Why do you think you were so successful?

Brickman: I am a believer and so I think that G-d has his hand on everything. I think G-d points the way. I think G-d provides a lot of love. He provides great opportunities for us all to do things He wants us to do. Thank you, G-d, for giving me those clues.

BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW

Sherry Frank’s Personal History Is Also Atlanta’s Story

Light That Shines in the Darkness

By Bob Bahr For over 50 years, Sherry Frank, who was executive director of the Atlanta office of the American Jewish Committee and helped guide the National Council of Jewish Women here, has been a key witness to the past and an active participant in the making of much of that history. She’s summed up many of her experiences in her book, “A Passion to Service: Memoirs of a Jewish Activist,” which was published earlier this year. Her appearance at the Book Festival of the MJCCA is being sponsored by the Atlanta Jewish Times.

By Sheri Okun

AJT: There’s a lot of history in this book and it’s all from your unique perspective. What would you say guided you in writing this?

Frank: I wanted to talk about where we’ve come from because so many transplants who come to Atlanta from other places don’t have much knowledge of our history, where we belong and what we’ve accomplished. How the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival started, for example, and that its roots were in the AJC or that the National Council of Jewish Women started a screening for Tay-Sachs disease that led to the JScreen genetics program at Emory which now everybody is using. But we started doing it in the 70s.

AJT: What are some of the stories that you write about?

Frank: There are lots of stories in the book. The rescue of Holocaust Torahs for Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs is one, and going to visit refuseniks in the Soviet Union and tricking the KGB who were following us, is another. There are many pictures, and they are not in the middle of the book but after every chapter. There’s one, for example, from the 1980s that shows Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, who was director of Interreligious Affairs in the AJC’s national office, and Andy Young, who was mayor of Atlanta then, speaking at a Christian council prayer breakfast during the time of the murdered and missing children in Atlanta. So that’s another story.

Alice Hoffman is known for her incredible fictional works, stories about magic, inspired by her days as a child getting lost in the world of fairy tales. Her novels are born out of creativity, adventure and the love of make believe, hope and interesting plots. Hoffman is an author who bases her stories on fiction, not real-life experiences, though all stories she says, “are written from the lens of the author.”

A book in the setting of the Holocaust was never something Hoffman had considered because of the darkness that surrounded that period. Even her Jewish heritage and her heart that felt empathy and compassion regarding the suffering that took place during World War II had not changed her feeling that a novel on this subject was not in her wheelhouse.

Several years ago, a woman waited outside a bookstore where Hoffman was speaking and held a book signing promoting one of her novels. The woman told Hoffman that she was a Holocaust survivor, shared her experiences and asked Hoffman to write the story of her life. “I don’t write nonfiction,” Hoffman explained, “I would love to write your story, but that is not something I typically do.” Hoffman let the woman down gently, and they parted ways.

The woman’s story remained in Hoffman’s heart and mind, and years later, she decided to interview additional Holocaust survivors and potentially write a novel that took place during the Holocaust. What Hoffman found that she didn’t expect, was “hope, compassion and love, ... light and inspiration,” that shined out of great darkness. And so, the story of “The World That We Knew” was born.

AJT: There are all sorts of historical materials that you have liberally quoted from to illustrate each of the chapters in the book. Many of them are from your files at the AJC. How did you find them all?

Frank: The day I became executive director of the American Jewish Committee in Atlanta in 1980, I brought an archivist in from New York to teach me how to file.

And I mean I could go to the files like a laser and get stuff. It was really amazing that the Atlanta Journal Constitution and particularly the Jewish Telegraphic Association were so nice in letting me quote so much from all the stories that they wrote, about important local and national Jewish events.

AJT: What was in your mind as you wrote this book?

Frank: Everywhere I went in Atlanta I always wore my Jewish-ness. I really wanted to be a Jewish voice in our community and in the general community. I wanted to impart that one woman can make a difference and that the Jewish community’s detailed values are reflected in my work and in the agencies that I loved and worked with.

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BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW

Book Previews:

Read spotlights by locals of more than half of the books in this year's festival lineup.

‘Vern Yip’s Vacation at Home’ by Vern Yip

Focusing on creating a relaxing, rejuvenating and reenergizing atmosphere at home, HGTV host Vern Yip’s latest book emphasizes that feeling overwhelmed when walking in the door at home is avoidable.

Using his years of experience, Yip provides 18 clear, concise methods that allow readers to incorporate his tranquil tips into their own lives. Filled with photographs and step-by-step directions, “Vacation at Home” is both visually pleasing and clear-cut.

Emphasizing that clutter is a common enemy, Yip instructs readers to be honest about their possessions — many of which are likely extraneous. “We tend to be magnets for too much stuff. Assess your stuff and keep only two things: that which you need and things that you love. Release things, donate them and only keep what matters.”

At the core of the message, unsurprisingly given the title, is that home should feel like a vacation. It should be the “happiest place on earth,” rather than a constant chore, and the tips in Yip’s book provide the first steps for making a house feel like home away from home.

Summarized from the AJT’s Sept. 4, “’Trading Spaces’ Host Vern Yip at Book Festival”

by Robin Spizman Gerson.

‘A Field Guide to the Jewish People’ by Dave Barry, Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel Written by three loud, loony comedians, “A Field Guide to the Jewish People,” addresses some of the countless complicated questions of Judaism through a comedic lens.

Those questions include: Why do random Jewish holidays keep springing up unexpectedly? Why are yarmulkes round? Who was the first Jewish comedian? Or as it says on the book cover: “Where Do They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other Around on Chairs, Why They Fled Egypt by Running Straight to a Large Body of Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More.”

The book is a laugh-filled read that may provide some insight into the myriad mysteries of the religion, and maybe tell you why Elvis is like Moses.

Summarized from the AJT’s Sept 18, “Comedians Will Have You Laughing at the MJCCA” by Marcia Caller Jaffe.

‘Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein’ by Jamie Bernstein Preview By Marcia Caller Jaffe “Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein” indeed has her fascinating subject outlined in intimate terms growing up as the eldest daughter of composer Leonard Bernstein. But it is hardly a new topic.

I was intrigued by an interview with Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein about growing up amid the creative processes of their famous dads. Better yet, imagine young life growing up with larger-than-life Jewish fathers, sitting on Henry Kissinger’s or Moishe Dayan’s lap.

At the centennial of his birth, Jamie Bernstein is not shy about sharing a complicated look at a charming genius who comes and goes in a quasi-normal way, but not so fast. There was Mike Nichols, Jerome Robbins, Lauren Bacall, and Stephen Sondheim hanging about the house.

Some may not know that Jamie’s famous mother/Bernstein’s forgiving wife was accomplished Catholic Chilean actress Felicia Cohn. Or that Bernstein went to Harvard University and palled around with Jack Kennedy. Most do know that his musical, composing and philharmonic talent resulted in treasured American musical scores such as “West Side Story” in 1957.

The ultimate topic of curiosity is Jamie’s treatment of how the family handled his bisexuality. Jamie does not hold back. “My father was so on, and very much aware of the surrounding admirers, the men who breathed in his eroticism like a scent. It was impossible to have a real conversation with him.”

Businessman friend Harry Kraut, Jamie recalled, started the encouragement by exposing LB (her moniker for Dad Lenny) to attractive young men. And then there was the ADHD, bisexual, pot smoking neighbor Mendy Wager, whose father Mayer Wolf Weisgal was national secretary of the Zionist Organization of America, Chaim Weitzmann’s personal political representative in the U.S., and the founder of the Weitzmann Institute of Science.

On the subject of valuing Judaism, Jamie said, “My father’s way of being religious was quite personal. He seemed mainly to explore it through his reading and music. So maybe his own kids’ indifference didn’t bother him too much (we hoped.)”

Dad LB was raunchy, amusing, critical, chain-smoking, at times drug addicted, and always teaching a lesson. He loved old-fashioned corny Jewish jokes that the family termed “treasured heirlooms that together comprise a collection of human wisdom more precious than gold.” Talk about complicated.

“Famous Father Girl” is a gossipy kaleidoscope that makes one ponder if growing up in a famous family is neither easy nor charmed. But yes, it’s a helluva good read.

The book will be featured at the Prologue to the Book Festival of the MJCCA 8 p.m. Oct. 26.

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BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW

‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’ by Candace Bushnell

‘Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of a Genius’ by Ben Mezrich

Preview by Jen Evans

Preview by Nicholas Bonell

From the pioneering New York Times best-selling author Candace Bushnell, who brought us “Sex and the City,” comes her new book, “Is There Still Sex in the City?” This is an amusing observation of dating as a newly single divorcé in her 50s. It’s also a guidebook of sorts, sprinkled with tales of her many single 50-something friends, friends of friends and acquaintances.

She tells what it’s like to go on dating apps such as Tinder as a 50-something divorcé, “Cubbing” (dating a much younger guy) and trying to navigate the dating world again after thinking she had already found her happily ever after guy.

While Bushnell doesn’t bring back Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte or Samantha, she brings in a whole new group of gal pals. Set between the Upper East Side of Manhattan and a country enclave known as The Village, “Is There Still Sex in the City?” follows an array of female friends – Sassy, Kitty, Queenie, Tilda Tia, Marilyn and Candace – as they deal with the ups and downs of dating and relationships at their ages.

Not only are the characters different, but Bushnell has also switched her beverage of choice from cosmos to rosé wine. I suggest having a glass or two while you read it; just make sure you’re not laughing at the same time!

This book is a quick and fun read. I recommend it to anyone out there who is over 40 and single. And for anyone looking for a good laugh and to not feel so alone in the dating world. Maybe this Bushnell book will spark a new television series or movie.

One can only hope!

The book will be featured at A Prologue to the Book Festival at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27.

‘Alien Superstar’ by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver Preview by Robyn Spizman Gerson Henry Winkler’s credits span decades and it’s no surprise that his creativity knows no boundaries. An accomplished Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, director and producer, he will forever be known as the 1970s “Happy Days” American sitcom’s star Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli.

The Fonz had us all at hello and his effervescent personality mixed with his teen idol charm was irresistible.

While that throwback image of Winkler is embedded in many of our memories and certainly television pop culture history, today’s kids will now remember Winkler for his Buddy Burger character and Buddy’s wild and whimsical adventures. Winkler teams up with Lin Oliver, a children’s book writer and producer, who is currently the executive director of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. They collaborated to bring Buddy to life.

When 13-year-old Buddy Burger flees from his alien planet, he crash-lands where else? The backlot at Universal, of course, why not? Sounds reasonable for an alien, right? The ironic issue, though, is that no one is really caught off guard to see this sixeyed alien strolling around the lot. He’s immediately considered an everyday super cool occurrence as he lands a spot in the limelight. The only difference is he’s actually an alien, in other words, a real one, not an actor dressed as one.

As the tables turn and he’s discovered, Buddy is cast in a popular TV show as an alien. This overnight sensation learns what it’s like to be a TV star. He discovers what he has in common with celebrities as well as what he does not. As the pages turn and the story unfolds, Buddy is delightfully entertaining and also not so sure about the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. This clever gem of a book takes its readers along a creative, full of fun, antic-filled journey as Hollywood meets outer space.

“Alien Superstar” is deliciously suited for kids who love a book filled with fantasy, reality and semi-catastrophes. Buddy is loveable and delightful, as is Winkler, who spins a tale that’s memorable. Super stardom is Winkler’s signature style. Two thumbs up for The Fonz’s latest book for young readers (and older ones, like me, alike).

The book will be featured on opening night, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in conversation with CNN journalist Holly Firfer.

“Bitcoin Billionaires” is the latest addition to Ben Mezrich’s impressive nonfiction bibliography, which features best-selling titles such as “Bringing Down the House” and “The Accidental Billionaires,” each later being adapted into the Hollywood blockbusters “21” and “The Social Network,” respectively. This story details the triumphs and tribulations identical twins and Olympic athletes Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss traverse, beginning at the end of a longlasting mediation with former “friend” and world-famous CEO Mark Zuckerberg over a Facebook-related dispute dating back to their tenure at Harvard University.

Though its outcome proved beneficial, in some ways, to the ambitious duo, their attempt to invest in Sand Hill startups afterwards was hugely lackluster, due to bad blood between them and Zuckerberg. However, one night on the Spanish island of Ibiza, the pair’s luck seemed to turn around, as they were approached by a mysterious and enthusiastic character, who claimed to have his foot in the door on a revolutionary new investment called cryptocurrency.

After returning to New York, Tyler and Cameron were contacted by their Ibiza friend, and soon introduced to their life-changing business partner Charlie Shrem, a Jewish Bronx native and eccentric CEO of BitInstant.

This book offers readers both a compelling story arch, filled with drama, doubt and determination, along with a simple explanation to the background and workings of the bitcoin currency system. In addition, this novel sheds light on the misconception the general public has towards the brothers, redefining the identities of the Winklevoss twins, and redeeming Mezrich’s poor analysis of these men in a previous work. All in all, a fun, fiery, fantastic read.

The book will be featured at 8 p.m. Nov. 2 in conversation with Nadia Bilchik, CNN editorial producer and best-selling author.

‘Beautiful on The Outside’ by Adam Rippon Preview by Marita Anderson Adam Rippon describes wanting to be the Amy Schumer of the sports world. From the first page of “Beautiful on the Outside,” he delivers. Rippon is laughout-loud funny, raw and irreverent.

No subject is off-limits in his memoir as he takes his readers on the rollercoaster ride of his life as a competitive ice skater. From a very young age, he has dealt with stress through humor, asking his mom to tell him jokes so he didn’t cry when she dropped him off at school. That survival tactic has stayed with him, and readers will benefit from his well-honed passion for entertaining.

Most people imagine the lives of elite athletes as filled with hard work and discipline. What Rippon describes cuts much deeper into the reality of sacrifice, dogged determination, and financial cost that often outweighs the benefits of winning prizes.

For much of his teenage years, Rippon lived away from home, staying with friends and coaches to accommodate the needs of his training schedule. His family, with five siblings at home, stretched beyond their limits to support his life as a competitive ice skater and his dream of going to the Olympics. It is truly an endeavor not for the faint of heart.

The difficult personalities of Rippon’s various coaches, some of whom came from the former Soviet Union and retained the quirks of their cultural upbringing, come to life on the pages of the book. For the most part, Rippon’s account is full of gratitude to the people who helped him along the way, and he seems to find the silver lining even in the toughest moments.

Rippon made headlines as he became the first openly gay athlete to make the U.S. Winter Olympic team and the first to win a medal at the Winter Games. He has become an outspoken human rights activist and his memoir is worth reading as he delves into the complexity of coming out on the big stage.

The book will be featured at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in conversation with CNN journalist Holly Firfer.

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BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW

‘Cilka’s Journey: A Novel’ by Heather Morris

‘She Said’ by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

Preview by Terry Segal

Preview by Marita Anderson

“Cilka’s Journey,” written by Heather Morris, bestselling author of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,” is a powerful, deeply moving story that views the Holocaust from the women’s perspective.

It’s based on the experiences of Cecilia “Cilka” Klein, a beautiful, 16-year-old girl at the time she entered that hell. In addition to her skills and steadfast courage, her mind’s ability to survive beyond the most atrocious and unfathomable horrors of the Holocaust was responsible for her endurance through years of savage brutality.

In both books, Morris did an exquisite job of focusing on the power of love, set in the soul-crushing background of the concentration camps. She was sought out as a non-Jewish writer, by Lale Sokolov, to tell his story as the Slovakian Jewish prisoner who survived by becoming the tattooist of Auschwitz.

Morris provides a vital degree of separation in her telling of their stories, that allows us to keep reading. Knowing upfront that Lale, his love Gita, and their friend Cilka survived, gives us the courage to imagine their pain, as we come to care for each one of them deeply.

Watching Holocaust films in my youth was traumatic. As a result, I avoided the topic as an adult, fearing I’d fall down the rabbit hole of despair. Through a string of synchronicities, however, and being ever reverent of those who experienced the Holocaust, I read “The Tattooist of Auschwitz.”

Morris wrote “Cilka’s Journey” next, through Lale’s account, along with Gita’s firsthand knowledge of what transpired in the women’s block.

The startling contrast between what stresses people today versus what those prisoners endured not so long ago, puts things in a perspective that needs to be realized. These outstanding books should be required reading for students, their parents and all adults.

“She Said” is more than an inside look into the outstanding investigative reporting by two Pulitzer Prizewinning journalists, which is fascinating in its own right.

What Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey have presented in this best-seller is a birds-eye perspective on the #MeToo movement and a commentary on one of the most painful issues of our generation.

They have mapped out the disturbing patterns of sexual harassment and its enablers, using the Harvey Weinstein chronicle of systemic and egregious abuse of women as a starting point for a much larger conversation.

What becomes clear in the pages of “She Said” is that we are locked in a legal system that silences women by offering payouts and non-disclosure agreements as the best recourse for sexual abuse in the workplace.

A whole cottage industry of attorneys have benefitted from secret corporate settlements that make it nearly impossible for the women to speak about their cases.

Kantor and Twohey describe their tenacious investigative work to get around the obstacles of long-buried cases and the threatening tactics of the powerful men involved.

The book includes a detailed account of Christine Blasey Ford’s path to Senate testimony in which she describes being assaulted by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when they were both in high school. We get to know Ford and her motivations to speak out in a way that was entirely missed in the hullabaloo of the proceedings.

“She Said” offers a voice to countless women whose stories of objectifying and dehumanizing sexual abuse have not been heard. Their mocking caricature as opportunists begins to fall away, giving us better understanding and deeper empathy for the women’s courageous decisions to come forward.

The book is a necessary reckoning that breaks silence and sheds light on a possible way forward. It is a must read for men and women alike.

The book will be featured at noon Nov. 4 in conversation with freelance writer Victoria Comella.

The book will be featured at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in conversation with Kim Severson, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times bureau chief in Atlanta.

‘Invisible as Air’ by Zoe Fishman

‘Extracted: Unmasking Rampant Antisemitism in America’s Higher Education’ by Perry Brickman

Preview by Roni Robbins Atlanta author Zoe Fishman certainly knows about coping with trauma, which is the theme of her newest novel, “Invisible as Air.” While pitching the book to her publisher in 2017, Fishman’s husband of eight years, Ronen Shacham, died of a brain aneurysm, leaving her with two young sons. Then, while fine tuning the book earlier this year, her father died of heart failure.

The three characters in “Invisible as Air,” Fishman’s fifth novel, deal with their shared trauma over the loss of a child/sister in their own ways, mostly involving addictive or obsessive behavior.

Local readers, like myself, will empathize with this middle-class Jewish family as they struggle to find solace in the face of the death while practicing a number of Jewish rituals – a yahrzeit, a bar mitzvah – and going about their daily lives amidst 70-degree weather in February and Atlanta traffic. There are also mentions of popular local landmarks such as the Georgia Aquarium and Cumberland Island.

Even if we can’t relate to the death at the center of the trauma or some of the harmful behaviors the characters develop, we can feel the loss that pits parents against each other, suffering from a lack of communication that also alienates the surviving child. The three are looking for an escape from each other and the trauma, turning in to themselves, keeping their secrets, in essence to become “Invisible as Air,” like the missing relative whose memory constantly haunts them.

The chapters of the book alternate between the points of views of the characters, offering an interesting, individual perspective, while allowing us to relate to each one separately and together.

This book will be featured at 12 p.m. Nov. 5.

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Preview by Bob Bahr Atlanta dentist Perry Brickman was 74 when in 2006 he first began what would become an obsessive quest to uncover the history of anti-Semitism at the Emory University Dental School in the 1950s.

His journey of discovery took 13 years of research through old and often obscure records, but what he found was documentation of how the dean of the school had purposely ended the careers of Jewish dental school students between 1948 and 1961. Emory was slow to acknowledge the problem, but eventually forced the dean to resign and pressured the Jewish community in Atlanta to keep the matter quiet.

Tracking down the records and interviewing some important players in what had become a long-forgotten drama was not an easy task. But what was often more difficult was to persuade the students, who had been the object of discrimination, to talk.

“Extracted,” the title of Perry Brickman’s book, might also be a good way to describe how he had to deal with the silence that greeted his efforts to get the old students to speak out and to finally accept that they hadn’t really failed academically.

“The dental students who had been flunked out couldn’t talk about it, until, in fact, when I approached them,” he told me recently. “It was the shame, for sure, and the fear of how their family and friends would react.”

But Brickman’s quest was ultimately successful. In 2012, Emory issued a public apology for the wrongs of the past and later honored Brickman with its highest award for service to the school.

This book is an important testament to the healing power that results when the fearful silence of the past is broken, and truth, no matter how painful, is faced fully and honestly.

The book will be featured at noon Nov. 6 in conversation with Gail Evans, former executive vice president of CNN and a bestselling author. The event includes a reception sponsored by the AJT.

BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW

‘A Passion to Serve: Memoirs of a Jewish Activist’ by Sherry Z. Frank

‘The Legacy of Anne Frank’ by Gillian Walnes Perry

Preview by Bob Bahr

Preview by Fran M. Putney

Sherry Frank’s gracious and grateful memoir, “A Passion to Serve,” is the best introduction anyone could have to the important issues of the Atlanta Jewish community over the last half century.

Frank ran the American Jewish Committee in Atlanta from 1980 to 2006 and was at the National Council of Jewish Women before that. She was at the center of so many of the causes that moved the community.

She writes with authority and firsthand knowledge of the AJC’s work to found and establish the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, to create the genetic screening program that later became JScreen at Emory University, to establish the BlackJewish Coalition of the AJC and to promote the interreligious and interracial work of the organization in this city.

“I want my grandkids to know I fought the good fight, that one of the strengths of the American Jewish Committee is to stay with the issue for the long haul,” she said when we spoke recently.

There are 18 chapters, in part, to link her story to the Hebrew word for life that has a numerical value of 18. Each one tackles a different subject that reflects Frank’s passion as a Jewish community leader and activist. They provide rich documentary source materials for those interested in how important community issues have arisen and how progress is made in a city that is as large and diverse as the one we live in.

Frank spent a year, with the expert help of Diana Silverman, poring over local and national archives, and another year tracking down individuals whose permission was necessary to include their writings in the book. The result is a work we can all gain so much from reading. Not only to give us a better understanding of Atlanta’s past, but of the progressive city Frank worked so hard to help create.

The book will be featured at noon Nov. 6 in conversation with Gail Evans, former executive vice president of CNN and a best-selling author. A reception will be sponsored by the AJT.

‘Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word’ by Robyn Spizman New York Times best-selling author Robyn Spizman’s newest book is a tribute to her parents and the love they shared with everyone around them. In this case, “Loving Out Loud” describes the importance of sharing love openly and proudly to brighten up the lives of oneself and others.

Summarizing the three messages of her book in a few words, Spizman said, “Lift up, show up and never give up.”

Including lessons for parents and grandparents, she shares her own experiences and anecdotes to provide examples to others of how to adopt her message of loving-kindness.

Spizman aims to redirect from the one-click, rapidfire communication possible in the social media age to more meaningful, thoughtful conversations where emotion can be shared.

Well known for her gift-giving acumen, Spizman also includes advice for creating meaningful traditions and giving unforgettable gifts that make recipients feel “treasured.”

“Loving out loud is about the little things we can do to make a big impact,” she said.

Summarized from the AJT’s Aug. 28, “New Book Demonstrates Loving Loudly” by Marcia Caller Jaffe The book will be featured at 10 a.m. Nov. 7.

With at least 70 translations of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” millions have been touched by the journal kept by the Jewish teen in hiding with her family in an Amsterdam office building attic from July 1942 to August 1944 in an effort to survive the Holocaust. It is Anne’s keen insight about human nature and unwavering messages of hope, despite her youth, dire circumstances and the sad irony that she did not survive, that continue to speak to so many.

In “The Legacy of Anne Frank,” author Gillian Walnes Perry offers an array of stories describing the many ways in which people around the world have been influenced by Anne Frank’s words and story.

Perry details the history of how Anne’s legacy grows from Otto Frank’s decision to first publish his daughter’s diary in 1947 to the public opening of the hiding place in May 1960 as the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam as a museum and educational center.

By 1985, the traveling exhibition “Anne Frank in the World” (a version of which is permanently displayed in Sandy Springs) began to bring Anne’s story, within the greater context of the Holocaust, everywhere from Bangladesh to British prisons. To many who learn about her, Anne is a symbol of hope and inspires discussion about tolerance.

An educator from the Anne Frank House observed: “Anne Frank has a particular appeal to young people in Latin America who have suffered at some point from prejudice and discrimination. Her story is used as an example of a young person like them who demonstrated strength and resilience in very difficult and threatening situations.”

Among the many unique stories, Perry shares how former South Africa President Nelson Mandela found inspiration in reading the diary during his long imprisonment. Another chapter explains the role the “Anne Frank in the World” exhibition played in helping people in newly independent countries from the former Soviet Union transition from Communism.

“The Legacy of Anne Frank” is an educational and inspiring read in itself, concluding with a discussion of Anne’s relevance for future generations.

The book will be featured at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 7.

‘On the Run in Nazi Berlin’ by Bev Saltzman Lewyn Capturing her father-in-law’s escape from Nazi Germany, Congregation Beth Jacob member Bev Saltzman Lewyn’s new and updated edition of her book first published in 2001 includes new research to fill in the gaps in the shocking story.

As opposed to many other Holocaust memoirs, Dagobert ‘Bert’ Lewyn, “was never in a concentration camp, nor was he hidden in one place,” she said.

Instead he was in Berlin the entire war, doing whatever it took to survive and mirroring as much a “Hollywood action film” as anything else. The book, originally planned to take a few months, took Lewyn more than seven years to write, as more twists in the tales began to appear, including a forgotten second family in Germany.

The new edition of the book contains added information about Gunther Gerson, a man with whom Bert shared many wild adventures during the war, as well as Bert’s parents and his first wife, Ilse. It also includes added photographs of Berlin locations where Bert lived and worked during the war.

While Bert is no longer alive, the book tells the story of an unquestionably, “clever, charming, smart and hard-working,” man, according to Lewyn.

Summarized from the AJT’s March 6, “Lewyn Reveals Unusual Story of Escape, Loss, Discovery” by Marcia Caller Jaffe The book willl be featured at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7.

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‘The World That We Knew: A Novel’ by Alice Hoffman Preview by Sheri Okun Alice Hoffman brings us on a journey of exploration in the life of a girl, her friend’s father – a rabbi– and others, as the girl is sent out of Nazi territory by her mother in an ultimate sacrifice to save her.

In true Hoffman fashion, we learn about magic – not magic tricks or hoodoo – but the magic that this rabbi, The Magician, and his family teach, using the tools and signs provided by the heavens to navigate difficult, even treacherous terrain. Not only a tale of good versus evil, but of recognizing which is which, and Hoffman sets out early in the novel to highlight what becomes the lesson.

“That was how evil spoke. It made its own corrupt sense; it swore that good were evil, and that evil had come to save mankind. It brought up ancient fears and scattered them on the street like pearls. To fight what was wicked, magic and faith were needed. This was what one must turn to when there was no other option.”

This beautiful novel embodies purity, love, loss and faith, and concurrently demonstrates that G-d cannot prevent all loss. Deep lessons are learned, soulmates are found, and destiny unfolds. This stunning novel tears at the heart and brings forth the depth of human empathy, emotion and compassion in its readers.

The book will be featured at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in conversation with Greg Changnon, playwright and former columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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‘Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking’ by Einat Admony and Janna Gur Preview by Marcia Caller Jaffe It’s a wild, ribboned highway out there awash with colorful, mouthwatering cookbooks, and “Shuk” is no exception. These two female culinary experts combine to publish almost 400 pages of bright photos of pomegranates, pistachios coming alive, orange peel bursting, beet latkes sizzling and stuffed onions gushing in these recipes galore.

The title bounces off what’s inside: descriptions of real Middle East shuks: open air mazes with restaurants mingled among the food for sale from Old Akko to Carmel. With shuk-like vibes, chiles, amba (mango relish), feta, so many exotic spices combine with rose water, bakharat, hawaij, and filfel (not falafel, but peppers). Some would claim the more unusual, the better.

Israel has always been in the eye of discussion about what is truly Israeli versus a mélange of Yemenite (breads), Persian (rice), Moroccan (tagines), and even Bukharian and Ethiopian, anywhere from which we wandered, emigrated and landed at Ben Gurion Airport.

Many restaurants are trending menus now mirroring food that is served at the family table at home.

Admony and Gur do not disappoint. The former is chef and owner of Balaboosta, Kish-Kash and Taïm restaurants in New York City and lives in Brooklyn.

Gur was born in Riga, Latvia, and is now the founder of Al Hashulchan, the premier Israeli food and wine magazine. She has published nearly 40 cookbooks and lives in Tel Aviv.

The book is categorized easily: Obsession with tahina and chickpeas, salad, soups, chicken, vegetable heroes, dairy and eggs, rice, ktzitzot, the flavor of fire, couscous, breads, and sweet endings.

BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW Danny Meyer, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group stated on the book cover, “So much more than a cookbook, ‘Shuk’ is a transporting adventure through Israel’s spirited markets, sun drenched seasons, and delicious intercultural exchanges.”

So, at the same time, we learn a lot about culture, and just what is Doro Wot? Practical Shuk Tips Warning: If someone asks, “Do you want Hareef?” Super hot and spicy! Be careful!

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This book will be featured at noon Nov 13 in conversation with Ligaya Figueras, Food and Dining senior editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A kosher lunch is included.

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‘The CF Warrior Project: 65 Stories of Triumph Against Cystic Fibrosis’ by Andy Lipman Sandy Springs resident Andy Lipman outlived the 40-year life expectancy for Americans with cystic fibrosis five years ago, and his book chronicles the lives of other survivors.

The disease, which is also common in the Jewish community, affects more than 30,000 people in the U.S. alone and around 1,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. This book aims to provide a very human face to some of the people living with the disease.

The number 65 is based on the way children are often taught to pronounce the disease, “65 roses.” Among those 65 are a woman who has scaled Mount Everest, a circus acrobat, and a fighter who secured approval for breakthrough CF drugs in Ireland.

Lipman’s fourth book, “The CF Warrior Project” involved interviewing more than 500 people around the world, and while only a handful could be featured, Lipman has plans to include more of those interviews in a future release.

“Now in my mid-40s, I thought a book about people living longer with cystic fibrosis was necessary and long overdue,” said the author. “I’m not just talking about people who are living their lives, but people who are also accomplishing amazing things while doing so.”

Summarized from the AJT’s May 15, “Cystic Fibrosis Warrior Writes Stories of Survival” by Roni Robbins.

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‘How to Fight Anti-Semitism’ by Bari Weiss Preview by Dave Schechter Bari Weiss is a daughter of Pittsburgh, of Squirrel Hill, the heavily Jewish neighborhood that is home to the Tree of Life synagogue.

The pain she felt after the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre of 11 worshippers at the three congregations that shared the Tree of Life building was evident in the columns she wrote afterward.

Weiss, a staff writer and opinion section editor at The New York Times, has blended history, current events and personal perspective in “How to Fight Anti-Semitism.” The book, which released in mid-September, has garnered considerable attention, particularly in publications with Jewish audiences.

Readers may want to bypass the numerous reviews and judge for themselves whether Weiss has correctly assigned responsibility for the proliferation of anti-Semitism in the United States and offered viable responses to what is known as the oldest hatred.

The U.S. Justice Department has said it will seek the death penalty for the alleged Tree of Life gunman, Robert Bowers, who has been charged with dozens of counts, including criminal homicide, aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation.

Before the killings, Bowers had posted on social media: “HIAS [Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society] likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”

Inside the synagogue, the gunman declared his desire to “kill Jews.”

“Those words would wake me up to the fact that I had spent much of my life on a holiday from history,” Weiss writes.

America, she says, “has been, even with all of its ugly flaws, a New Jerusalem for the Jewish people.” Nonetheless, “… the Jews of America, thinking ourselves a diaspora apart, have lost their - our - instinct for danger.”

Weiss sees danger coming from multiple ends of the political spectrum. “We are living in an era in which the center is not only not holding, it is bending toward and being distorted by the extremes on both the ethnonationalist right and the anticolonialist left,” while “the lunatic fringe has gone mainstream, a process aided and abetted by our politicians and spread like a virus by regular Americans on social media,” she writes.

In this environment, Jews “are forced to make grave compromises to fit into political tribes or remain politically homeless. We are pitted against one another by people who deem only some of us ‘good Jews,’ worthy of trust and acceptance.”

Israel frequently is at the root of discussions of anti-Semitism. “I am not saying that criticizing Israeli policy is anti-Semitic. Not in the least. Just as I believe that a crucial part of being an American patriot is not just defending America but insisting that it live up to its promise, part of being a Zionist means calling Israel to account when it falls short,” Weiss writes.

A page later she adds, “You can suggest that the current policies of the Jewish state betray Jewish values. You can claim that contemporary Zionist is not what our ancestors would have embraced. But you cannot erase the clear line of Jewish history that leads the Jewish people back to that land.”

No amount of protesting, complaining or explaining will make anti-Semitism go away, Weiss decides. Rather, “we fight by waging an affirmative battle for who we are.

By entering the fray for our values, for our ideas, for our ancestors, for our families, for our communities, for the generations that will come after us.”

When she spoke in Atlanta in November 2018 at the Jewish National Fund’s annual Jack Hirsch Memorial Breakfast, Weiss served up a list of “seven dirty words in the Jewish world, … words that signify values that are not being inculcated in young people, topics that we assiduously avoid, and debates that we are too cowardly to have.”

In “How to Fight Anti-Semitism,” Weiss has waded deep into those debates.

The book will be featured at 8 p.m. Nov 16. in a conversation with local radio talk show host Dana Barrett.

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‘Conquered: The Inside Story of Atlanta United’s Magical Run’ by I.J. Rosenberg Preview by Dave Schechter Fans of Atlanta United FC who pick up “Conquered: The Inside Story Of Atlanta United’s Magical Run” may be tempted to focus on the glossy color photographs, but the story it tells will interest even those who have followed the team closely.

To the credit of its author, I.J. Rosenberg, “Conquered” is full of absorbing behind-the-scenes information, gathered from interviews with team owner Arthur Blank, team president Darren Eales, and others on the sporting and business ends of the operation. The title is drawn from the team’s motto: “Unite and Conquer.”

At the book festival Nov. 17, Rosenberg and Eales will discuss Atlanta United’s past, present, and future in a conversation with sports broadcast reporter Ashley Rose, I.J.’s daughter, who appears on the enormous Mercedes-Benz Stadium halo screens as a host at Atlanta United games.

From the outside, it appeared that most everything Atlanta United did before and during its first two seasons worked. The atmosphere at the team’s first game, on March 5, 2017, in front of 55,297 fans at Bobby Dodd Stadium (MBS still not being ready) was electric.

Blank – excuse me, Uncle Arthur, as the fans serenade him – Eales, et al, put an attractive product on the field (aggressive up-tempo play), created an enjoyable experience for the fans (including those low concession prices), and developed a business model different from much of Major League Soccer (buying young players, not older stars near the end of their careers).

The proof of the pudding came Dec. 8, 2018, when Atlanta United defeated the Portland Timbers 2-0 to win the MLS Cup, the league championship, before an announced crowd at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium of 73,019. (The attendance at Atlanta United home games was just one aspect that attracted interest from media around the world.)

Atlanta United not only delivered a title in its second season, but in a relatively short period, wove itself into the city’s fabric, becoming as much a cultural phenomenon as a sporting franchise. That kind of success required as much ground-up consideration of a diverse fan base as it did the top-down assembly of a front office, coaching staff and player roster.

This year’s MLS Cup will be played one week before Rosenberg and Eales appear at the book festival. As the defending champions come toward the end of a challenging third season (its outcome still to be determined when this article was written), their fans will appreciate all the more the individual parts that formed the whole, making up the story told in “Conquered: The Inside Story Of Atlanta United’s Magical Run.” The book will be featured at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 17 with Eales in conversation with Rose.

‘The Book of Gutsy Women’ by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton Preview by Jan Jaben-Eilon Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton and former First Lady and the 2016 Democratic Party nominee for president Hillary Rodham Clinton have cowritten a book that would make a perfect gift for any girl becoming a bat mitzvah.

“The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience” inspires, educates and encourages women of any age to “stand up to the status quo,” as the epilogue concludes.

What makes this book particularly appropriate for young women is that the chapters are short, the biographies of these chosen gutsy women are concise, and the two authors take

BOOK FESTIVAL PREVIEW turns explaining what these women – living or long dead – meant to them. The book captures the stories of dozens of women, some of whom will be familiar to all readers, while introducing others that are not.

As the foreword explains, “We are living through a time of upheaval and tumult around the globe, but we’re also living in an era of gutsy women from all walks of life.”

Two of those gutsy women, the Clintons, will conclude the book festival in a presentation that was sold out within 24 hours.

The Clintons explain in their book introduction why they felt the need to write this book. “Power has largely been associated with – and defined by – men since the beginning of time. Yet women have painted, written, created, discovered, invented and led for just as long.

It’s simply that their work is more likely to go unrecognized – sometimes for centuries. We believe it is past time for that to change.”

Older readers of this book, who grew up enamored with strong female characters, will be particularly drawn to the Clintons’ reactions to stories they read as girls. Character standouts were Jo March from Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” Meg Murray in Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” and the Nancy Drew detective series.

Although the book is divided into sections for women who are or were Explorers & Inventors, such as Marie Curie, Hedy Lamarr and Sally Ride, or Healers such as Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton (founder of the American Red Cross), many outstanding women are also noted under Early Inspirations, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Maria von Trapp and Anne Frank.

The bottom line of this book is that women have a right to reach for their dreams. What better message can be shared with young women?

The book will be featured at the festival closing event 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in conversation with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine.

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And here is a peek at the complete book festival lineup:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $75) ■ HENRY WINKLER & LIN OLIVER, Alien Superstar In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN Journalist

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 8 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25)

■ BEN MEZRICH, Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption In Conversation with Nadia Bilchik, CNN editorial producer and best-selling author

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

■ JACK FAIRWEATHER, The Volunteer ■ STEPHEN KOCH, Hitler’s Pawn In Conversation with Dr. Catherine M. Lewis, professor of history, Kennesaw State University

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 3:30 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $75) ■ AKBAR GBAJABIAMILA, Everyone Can Be a Ninja In Conversation with Mara Davis, local media personality

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $35 / COMMUNITY: $75)

In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN journalist Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ HEATHER MORRIS, Cilka’s Journey: A Novel In Conversation with Victoria Comella, freelance writer

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

■ JULIE SALAMON, An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer In Conversation with Gail Evans, former EVP, CNN; best-selling author

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ ZOE FISHMAN, Invisible as Air: A Novel ■ EMILY LIEBERT, Pretty Revenge: A Novel In Conversation with Lisa Shore, best-selling author

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25)

■ JODI KANTOR, She Said In Conversation with Kim Severson, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times bureau chief, Atlanta

■ ADAM RIPPON, Beautiful on the Outside

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 12:00 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 6:30 PM – (FREE AND OPEN TO ALL) ■ PERRY BRICKMAN, Extracted ■ SHERRY FRANK, A Passion to Serve: Memoirs of a Jewish Activist In Conversation with Gail Evans, former EVP, CNN; best-selling author Includes a reception sponsored by the AJT.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25) ■ PAT MITCHELL, Becoming a Dangerous Woman

Kristallnacht Commemoration at the Besser Memorial Holocaust Garden

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

■ ELIZABETH BELLAK & ALEXANDRA BELLAK, Renia’s Diary ■ BEV SALTZMAN LEWYN, On the Run in Nazi Berlin In Conversation with Dr. Catherine M. Lewis, professor of history, Kennesaw State University

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 10 AM – (FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20) ■ LYNN GARSON, Sex and the Single Grandma ■ ROBYN SPIZMAN, Loving Out Loud In Conversation with Rabbi Brian Glusman, MJCCA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 12:30 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ GILLIAN WALNES PERRY, The Legacy of Anne Frank ■ MEG WAITE CLAYTON, The Last Train to London: A Novel

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■ TZIPORAH SALAMON, The Art of Dressing

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 8 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $36)

■ PREET BHARARA, Doing Justice In Conversation with Bill Nigut, executive producer, Political Rewind, Georgia Public Broadcasting Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

■ SHAWN LEVY, The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 3:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $35)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

■ CHRIS EDMONDS, No Surrender

■ ALICE HOFFMAN, The World That We Knew: A Novel In Conversation with Greg Changnon, playwright and former columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

■ JON DORENBOS, Life is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to SelfDiscovery In Conversation with Tom Sullivan, TV Host and Emcee Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

■ MYLA GOLDBERG, Feast Your Eyes: A Novel ■ LISA BARR, The Unbreakables: A Novel In Conversation with Jessica Handler, New York Times best-selling author

■ CHER HUBSHER & DAWN HUBSHER, A Bond That Lasts Forever In Conversation with Melissa Long, journalist and entrepreneur

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 12 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $25)

■ EINAT ADMONY, Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) In Conversation with Ligaya Figueras, senior editor, Food and Dining, Atlanta ■ MELANIE BENJAMIN, Mistress of the Ritz: A Novel Journal-Constitution ■ JENNIFER CODY EPSTEIN, Wunderland: A Novel Includes kosher lunch.

In Conversation with Kate Whitman, vice president of Author and Family Programs, Atlanta History Center

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20) ■ JULIE SATOW, The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 10 AM – (FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY) ■ BRENT PEASE & KYLE PEASE, Beyond the Finish ■ ANDY LIPMAN, The CF Warrior Project

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20) ■ BOB MANKOFF, Have I Got a Cartoon for You!

In Conversation with Dana Barrett, local media personality Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 12:30 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 12 PM – (FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY)

■ SARAH BLAKE, The Guest Book: A Novel ■ JILL SANTOPOLO, More Than Words: A Novel In Conversation with Alison Law, publicist and consultant, Alison Law Communications; host, Literary Atlanta podcast

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25) ■ ABBY CHAVA STEIN, Becoming Eve In Conversation with Rabbi Brian Glusman, MJCCA

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20) ■ ADAM CHANDLER, Drive-Thru Dreams ■ STEPHEN SILVERMAN, The Amusement Park In Conversation with Jimmy Baron, former Atlanta radio personality Guests will enjoy popcorn, cotton candy, and other tasty treats!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 8 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $30) ■ BARI WEISS, How to Fight Anti-Semitism

■ DANIEL OKRENT, The Guarded Gate

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 3:30 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

■ I.J. ROSENBERG, Conquered: The Inside Story of Atlanta United’s Magical Run With Darren Eales, president, Atlanta United Soccer Club In Conversation with Ashley Rose, sports broadcast journalist

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $45) ■ NIKKI R. HALEY, With All Due Respect Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 6:30 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $45)

■ HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON & CHELSEA CLINTON, The Book of Gutsy Women In Conversation with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean, Morehouse School of Medicine Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

You can purchase tickets for individual events, or a series pass for access to most events. To purchase tickets and for more information, contact the MJCCA box office at 678-812-4002, e-mail bookfestival@atlantajcc.org, or visit online at atlantajcc.org/bookfestival.

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Book Festival Bookstore Is A Place of Discovery

By Bob Bahr Those who attend the Book Festival of the MJCCA in Dunwoody and head straight to the author events in the meeting rooms may miss an important encounter with the world of books in the lobby.

Each year during the festival, a temporary bookstore is stocked just inside the main doors with dozens of selections, many of which are books with a Jewish theme or author that is not on the festival schedule.

Quiet encounters with inspiring literature, like these books, have become increasingly rare in a world inhabited by instant e-book downloads and audio recordings that accompany us during the morning and evening rush hour.

For the two weeks of the festival, the MJCCA bookstore may just be the best Jewish bookstore in the city. It is a rich opportunity to find new titles, explore unfamiliar subjects, and seek out new literary voices.

It is what Jessica Handler, a successful author and head of the creative writing program at Oglethorpe University describes as hand-selling, what the book trade calls the personal interaction that

Emory professor Eric Goldstein, left, with Janice Rothschild and James Loeffler, author of “Rooted Cosmopolitans” at last year’s Rothschild lecture at Emory.

occurs between someone browsing the bookstore and a clerk at the store who might suggest an interesting, new title.

Perhaps it is a book that speaks in some special way to our personal experience, Handler suggests.

“I think when we read, we are sometimes trying to discover some aspect of ourselves. This is a story about myself or what I went through or what my best friend went through. Books create in us a wonderful sense of discovery.”

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Although the stock of the bookstore is still being put together, there are several important books to look for, particularly those that deal with our self-discovery as Jews that have been high on many of the must-read lists of the American Jewish world.

There is Dani Shapiro’s beautifully written search for a new identity in “Inheritance,” a slim book, but an important one that explores how the author’s notion of who she believes herself to be is upset when she discovers at the age of 54 that the father she grew up with is not her biological parent. A Hollywood film adaptation is in the works Shapiro is scheduled to speak about her book and its implication when she lectures at Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs Dec. 4.

Another provocative book is “We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel” by an influential American-born Israeli social and political observer and National Jewish Book Award winner, Daniel Gordis.

His plea for reconciliation between the world’s two largest Jewish communities has been described as “impassioned,

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Dani Shapiro, the author of “Inheritance,” will speak at Temple Sinai Dec. 4.

brilliant and riveting.”

Also worth noting is “The New American Judaism,” Jack Werthheimer’s analysis of how we practice or in some cases don’t practice our religion in an era in which our beliefs are intensely personal. It’s about the changes that have come about in religious practice and notions in how we define ourselves spiritually.

For Eric Goldstein, who heads up the The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University, Jews have a particularly troubling time defining their identity, religious or otherwise in America. His influential book, “The Price of White-

“Jews had a particular definition of becoming an American, which was different from other people. Books played a very important role because these immigrants understood that becoming an American meant becoming a person of substance, a person of education.”

That is almost as true today as it was 150 years ago. Although Jews make up less than 2 percent of the population, they are known as an important segment of the book buying public. The MJCCA Book Festival is one of about 120 organizations that make up the Jewish Book Council’s JBC Network.

Daniel Gordis, who wrote “We Stand Divided,” lives in Israel but frequently speaks to American audiences.

ness: Jews Race, and American Identity,” which was originally published in 2006, explores the difficult position Jews have occupied in a nation deeply divided over its attitudes on race.

He’s at work on a new volume, which he expects to publish next year on how books and reading shaped the lives of Jewish immigrants to America.

Each spring it provides an important platform for over 250 authors to personally deliver a pitch limited to two minutes. For a fast-talking, well-spoken author, it can sometimes mean the difference between success and failure in the highly competitive book business, which in recent years has been dominated by Amazon’s online sales.

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Jessica Handler’s new novel is the critically acclaimed, “The Magnetic Girl.”

Changing patterns of distribution and the changing interests of consumers have been responsible for the decline or disappearance of traditional Jewish book publishers. The Hebrew Publishing Company is gone. Venerable names like Bloch Publishing, Jewish Lights, Schocken Books and even the prestigious Jewish Publication Society are only a shadow of their once powerful selves.

According to Emory’s Goldstein, the decline in strictly Jewish publishing houses is not all bad news.

“Jewish books are now mainstream published by mainstream publishers,” he says. “Today, Jewish books go to Harvard University Press, or Oxford or Princeton. The fact is that Jewish topics and literature are of interest to everyone. Jewish culture is a part of the broader culture in a significant way.”

Goldstein doesn’t have much time for popular titles, but he has a couple of books he suggests festivalgoers might find in the bookshop.

The first is “Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in The Twentieth Century” by James Loeffler, a professor at the University of Virginia. It was the basis for last year’s Rothschild Lecture at Emory. He also recommends “A Rosenberg By Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America” by another professor, Kirsten Fermaglich.

The book is this year’s winner of the top prize given by the American Jewish Historical Society. It’s described as offering a previously unexplored window into American Jewish life. The author is a professor of Jewish studies, who is not Jewish.

This seems to indicate, perhaps, that how we define a Jewish book is changing, in Goldstein’s opinion.

“There can be a [specific] Jewish culture about how Jews participate in culture, but it is not specifically Jewish in content. I think it is tricky how we think about Jewish culture.”

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its bookstore and festival book sales, particularly interesting to Handler. She’s been a regular attendee at the book festival for years and always makes time to pick over the titles in the lobby between speakers or on her way out the door.

Handler has spent plenty of time in bookstores this year, particularly in this part of the country, promoting her new best-selling and critically acclaimed novel, “The Magnetic Girl,” published last March.

She’s been to Parnassus Books in Nashville, Hub City in Spartanburg, and City Lights in Sylva, N.C., where one woman made a long trip over the mountains just to spend an hour with her and the promotional talk she gave one evening. Her personal favorite is Atlanta’s A Cappella Books in Inman Park, which staffs the MJCCA festival bookstore.

She still gets an occasional question about the book that launched her professional career 10 years ago, “Invisible Sisters.” It was a haunting memoir about how she and her family dealt with the death of her two younger sisters, who were struck down in their youth by illness.

Those deaths were particularly difficult for her father, a civil rights attorney who practiced labor law in the Jewish spirit of tikkun olam, bringing justice to the repair of the world.

“For my father, it was a particularly difficult question. How do you make the world a better place when you are struggling with your own emotions? How does a father achieve justice for others when he can’t save his own child’s life? That’s very much part of my Jewish identity.”

Each trip to a bookstore, even the temporary one at the MJCCA Book Festival, is a reminder to her of this continuing conversation about books and writing that are part of the privilege she has as an author.

In every one of the stores in which she speaks she always remembers to buy a book before she leaves. Not a bad idea, too, for those who visit the MJCCA during the next few weeks. ■

The Lowdown I Bet You Didn’t Know …

Jared Powers

Atlanta is chock full of interesting movers and shakers, some bent on creativity, others on empire building, activism and/or just plain having fun and living the good life. Lean in to hear some off-the-cuff remarks about what makes Jared Powers, CEO of the Marcus JCC, tick.

Powers began his career at the MJCCA as the assistant sports and camp director in 2005. He successfully added to those responsibilities, becoming chief program officer overseeing all of the agency’s programs and services. He was promoted to CEO in 2016.

Under Powers’ management, the MJCCA greatly expanded its day camps and is touted as having the largest JCC day camp in the country. The MJCCA won the Atlanta Jewish Times 2016 and 2017 Best of Jewish Atlanta reader survey for best local nonprofit and best sleepaway camp. The community center also has been heralded as a top workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2012.

Powers was born in Toronto, but was raised here and attended Riverwood High School and Camp Barney Medintz. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in finance from the University of Florida, a Master of Business Administration in finance from Georgia State University, and a teaching certificate from Mercer University.

In addition to completing the Jewish Community Center Association’s management training program, Power received the Marilyn Shubin Professional Staff Development Award for his outstanding contribution as a professional within the Atlanta Jewish community, the MJCCA’s Leadership Award, and the MJCCA’s Best New Program Award for implementing the agency’s summer inclusion camp program for children with special needs.

He lives in Sandy Springs with his family: wife Jennifer and two sons, Jake, 16, and Jackson, 10.

Find out what he does in Vegas and what a circuitous career path he took to land at the MJCCA.

When I was a camper, I got in trouble for…

Asking too many questions. My nickname was “Quest.”

My ideal dinner out is …

Eating at Moe’s with the family.

My worst habit is:

Not being able to shut off my thoughts at night to fall asleep easily.

The last time I cried …

At the movie “The Peanut Butter Falcon” about a Down’s syndrome young man and his adventure with actor Shia LaBeouf’s character.

I’m reading …

I usually dive into fiction like Coben and Grisham, but now reading “The Tattooist of Auschwitz.”

Biggest Anxiety:

The country’s political divisiveness.

Most unusual job:

I waited tables at the Buckhead Diner. Then I was a financial analyst and a middle school math teacher.

With that skill set, one can do practically anything!

My mother advised me to never take a job for money and to find the enjoyable career I have now.

What’s your guilty pleasure?

Playing poker and blackjack in Vegas (does anyone ever win?) and eating chocolate desserts, … maybe both at the same time.

My biggest pet peeve is?

People being rude having side conversations while someone is speaking or making a presentation. That’s the teacher in me.

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Exec Chef ‘Little Pano’ True to His Roots

Photo by Marcia Caller Jaffe // On this Sunday night, there was quite a large contingency of Jewish patrons. These regulars are Shelley and Scott Kaplan, Rosalind and Phil Haber.

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

Photo courtesy of Kyma // The blue and white reception area creates the drama and romance of Santorini.

flaming presentation in order to protect guests’ clothes and overall safety. NoneExpecting a sparse Sunday night theless rich tasting sans show.

Cocktail-wise, the table favorite was early dinner, we were surprised to find an overall full house with a heaping Jew- the blood orange martini that remarkish crowd. (Maybe it was a pre-bolster up ably held its chill.

Sunday night bottles of wine are for the high holidays.)

No newcomer to the Buckhead dining half price. I had one glass of hearty Papascene, Kyma has been the sleek understat- giannakos Cabernet Sauvignon, which ed sibling in the Buckhead Life lineup with “seemed” like a bottle.

Our favorite appetizer was the ahi tuna the full-blown treasure, Chef Pano, also known as “Little Pano,” at the helm. Son of tartar over wild mushrooms à la grecque scion Pano Karatassos, he is charming and with shredded filo tuille. In this case, it wasn’t available to mingle with guests. Pano has what was on top that counted, in favor of his own product line of honey, olive oil, and the rich mushroom and tuna base. Saladfeta, and recently premiered his new book wise the colorful watermelon, Vidalia onion, house feta, and garden herbs “Modern Greek Cooking,” was a colorful pair with the which he autographed and romaine greens with crumsells for $37.50. It has a tobled croutons and mizithra tal of 100 recipes for meze, cheese and a light toss dustentrees and desserts. ing of feta dressing.

Kyma specializes in A worthy piscine entrée the Greek technique of outside the “special white wood grilling and basting fish” list was salmon souvwhole fish with olive oil, laki skewered and sautéed lemon, Santorini capers over pearl barley risotto, and Tuscan kale. Whole arugula coulis and lemon. fish with clear bright eyes Not so oddly, many dishes are displayed on ice in the Photo by Marcia Caller Jaffe // don’t shout about the arugufront entrance to make this Chef Pano poses in front of la, but this one was heavy on solid case. On our night, his broken dish mosaic. the coulis drizzle, which was there were five fish offered in this method explained by the server as verdant and calm. An additional side green “unilaterally charred flat cooked by the was lightly caramelized Brussels sprouts steam coming up,” plus whole fish spe- with leaks, olive oil, lemon and chives.

Dessert … had to try a few. The lemon cialties of royal dorade, arctic char, and manouri cheesecake with almond crust salt crusted sea bass lavraki.

Coincidentally, at the adjacent table and lemon center and saffron yogurt emulShelley and Scott Kaplan and Rosalind sion was the table favorite. Next was the and Phil Haber came for their “fav” banana kataifi, roasted in shredded flower, bronzini (lavraki) and added fingerling flourless chocolate cake, and yogurt sorbet, lemon vinaigrette potatoes with fleur de which filled the bill for a gluten-free diner. sel and chives, a traditional Greek prepa- Always have to try the baklava, here as a boureki with candied pistachios, pistachio ration.

Speaking of traditional go-to Greek ice cream (not too sweet) was a rolled verdishes, the cheese saganaki, sautéed gra- sion of the traditional treat. I particularly viera cheese with ouzo, lots of lemon, prefer the triangular flaky tradition with and olive oil, came out sizzling. Note that less compacted sweetness.

What I’d try next time: trout “yemisKyma does not employ an entertaining

DINING

Photos by Marcia Caller Jaffe // Salmon souvlaki

over pearl barley risotto and arugula coulis.

Photo courtesy of Kyma // Lemon manouri cheesecake with saffron yogurt emulsion.

ta” stuffed with traditional spinach rice, tomato, capers and scallions, gold quinoa salad with preserved lemon and pine nuts, and eggplant stew with layers of caramelized eggplant, tomatoes and onions, and chocolate lava cake with cinnamon ice cream to top it off.

The postscript is that Kyma is authentic and lovingly pampered Greek cuisine that has endured for 18 years (chai, for good luck) with its healthy, light, non-touristy approach.

Pony-tailed Pano said, “My Greek culinary home base started working under

my own grandmother in Athens, … learning from relatives is the best! I remain true to my roots.” Later he trained under three of America’s top chefs: Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Eric Ripert. That sounds rather humbling. Little Pano is one of the countries’ most celebrated Greek seafood chefs, who also studied at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. “To be the best, learn from the best.” Dad must indeed be proud.

Greek food, like Israeli food and Italian cuisine, for that matter, is bound with love of family and tradition. ■

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ARTS Human Cost of Imprisonment Examined in ‘16 Bars’

By Bob Bahr As a teenager in Atlanta’s Jewish community, Sam Bathrick found himself often thinking and talking about issues of social justice. His parents Jessie and Richard Bathrick were community activists who were frequently on the front lines of one issue or another, and the family were early members of Congregation Bet Haverim, a synagogue where social justice is a common concern.

“Growing up I was definitely influenced by activism and social justice,” Sam Bathrick said. “But it wasn’t so much about marching and protesting in the streets, it had more to do with being curious and asking questions. I learned early not to take things at face value.”

So it was only natural that Bathrick’s new documentary, “16 Bars,” which had its Atlanta premiere earlier this month, asks some serious questions, in this case about incarceration and the criminal justice system in America.

The film is set in Richmond, Va., which features an imposing statue of Robert E. Lee on horseback. But in a graceful aerial shot that opens the film, Lee and his horse quickly give way to another impressive structure, the Richmond City Justice Center. It’s a monumental architectural award winner, built four years ago at a cost of almost $125 million as a short-term holding facility for prisoners moving through the criminal justice system.

In one corner of this 400,000-square-foot building is a makeshift recording studio where prisoners can explore their musical talent before moving on to a more permanent prison or to be released into the outside world.

The film “16 Bars” looks at the story of four men at various stages of incarceration, largely through the vehicle of

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The new documentary is a rare view of the human cost of incarceration and America’s criminal justice system.

the music they create at the studio over a two-week period.

Their mentor and musical producer is Todd “Speech” Thomas, who is the lead vocalist of the legendary Atlanta hip-hop group Arrested Development. The success of the Grammy Award-winning group in the early 1990s was partly responsible for helping to put this city on America’s popular music map.

Thomas’ thoughtful and articulate presence at the heart of the documentary helps to illuminate this rare glimpse at the personal cost of America’s massive prison system. In buildings like the one in Richmond our nation locks up more of its citizens, per capita, than any other country in the world, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Bathrick calls our attention to this fact in starkly human terms, without resorting to expert commentary or statistics, impressive as they are.

“We’ve tried to communicate in the film how many of these people are in prison,” he says, “that we are not hearing from and are really not a part of this conversa-

Atlanta native Sam Bathrick discussed his new documentary after a recent screening here.

Director Sam Bathrick and the director of photography of “16 Bars,” Alex Cullen, were childhood friends in Atlanta’s Candler Park Jewish community.

tion that is happening around criminal justice reform and mass incarceration” The four prisoners who are profiled, three of whom are black and one white, are impressive musical performers who are deciding how to deal with a future that holds few options for them.

Many prisoners who are released face difficult decisions in a society that does not look kindly on individuals with a criminal record. Often, when they are unable to find employment or social acceptance, they return to a life of crime.

The film, which was screened under the sponsorship of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, explores the very real problem of recidivism, which is a kind of revolving door syndrome that affects many who have run afoul of the criminal justice system. Often the failure to find a place in society can lead to another lengthy jail term.

Bathrick wants the film to start a conversation about how to better deal with recidivism.

“The goal of this film is ultimately to explore what leads people to jail and what makes it so hard for them to re-enter society,” he said.

The film is scheduled for a national release beginning Nov. 8, with sales of a CD of the soundtrack to begin on the same day. But in the meantime, the documentary is being made available for showings in youth detention centers and Scared Straight crime prevention programs. It was shown at a meeting of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and at Harvard University and has had a warm reception at film festivals around the country.

Part of the goal of the film is to reach young people before they make their first, life-altering mistake.

“What we want to do,” Bathrick concludes, “is show what recidivism really means, the idea that once you are in the criminal justice system it’s very hard to get out.

Once you have a record, it can quickly pile up on you.

What we are showing is human beings with all their flaws, but these flaws have painful consequences.” ■

ARTS

New Ben-Gurion Biography Is A Major Work

By Bob Bahr Tom Segev’s latest book, “A State at Any Cost,” which was published last month in the United States, is a monumental study of the life of David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister and a towering figure in the Zionist movement.

Segev is one of Israel’s most distinguished journalists and the author of a number of popular books on Israel’s history that have been translated into 16 languages. This latest book is being translated into Chinese.

We caught up with Segev when he was in Lausanne, Switzerland, teaching a short university course on the great Israeli leader. On Oct. 14 he began a threeweek speaking tour of the United States and Canada to promote the book.

as the book is called. The cost was high, and it still is. His belief in Zionism was really everything to him. That’s the core of his personality, the essence of his identity. Zionism was really everything for him throughout his life beginning at a very early age AJT: What do you think were the qualities that led him to be such a. strong leader and to survive for 15 years as prime minister?

Segev: He wanted everything leadership has to offer, such as the realization of a dream, which for him was also a personal dream. He wanted the responsibility.

He wanted power. He wanted a place in history. But I think the reason why he was so successful over the years was that he really believed in what he said, and many people believed in him. Many people identified Jewish history with him. There are other leaders in 20th century like him, say Lenin or Churchill, but this is a leader who was determined to change the course of history of his nation and that is what makes him a great man.

AJT: This is quite a project. I believe you worked on the book for seven years.

There are 166 pages of footnotes and a 17-page bibliography. Why put so much work into this book?

Segev: The last significant biAJT: What ography of David would you also say Ben-Gurion was is his legacy? published about Segev: I think 40 years ago. And that Ben-Gurion since then a lot of laid the infrastrucclassified material ture for what very has been opened, soon became one of including Israeli the most dramatic cabinet papers and success stories of most significantly the 20th century. the personal diary Israel is a highDavid Ben-Gurion proclaims of David Ben-Gutech superpower.

Israel’s independence in 1948. rion. So I felt that Of course, we sufit’s time to re-examine the icon. We know fer from two major problems that he was the myth. We know the image of a man unable to solve. One is the fact that we live carved of stone or made of steel. I tried to without peace. And the second one is that look for the real person, a three-dimen- we have not yet been able to agree on a sional picture of Ben-Gurion. common Jewish Israeli identity. We are still a mosaic of tribes in many respects. And, AJT: What conclusions did you reach of course, our future is very bleak. I can’t really be very optimistic because, as I say, about this very complex man?

Segev: One of the surprises was how these are very major existential problems. complex he was. If you read his diary he often comes across as a man who could AJT: Anything else changed since be romantic and poetic and very sen- Ben-Gurion’s time? timental. He very often moved rapidly Segev: Most Israelis have lost hope from deep depression, almost suicidal for peace. And this is interestingly depression, to situations of supreme un- enough, something which Ben-Gurion controllable euphoria. saw 100 years ago when he said that the conflict between Israelis and Palestinian AJT: What do you think is most im- Arabs cannot be solved. A deep abyss diportant in our understanding of Ben- vides us. Both Israelis and Palestinian Arabs want the country as a nation so it’s a Gurion?

Segev: I think the most important conflict between two national movements thing was Ben-Gurion’s determination to and it cannot be solved. He said it can be create a Jewish state in Palestine at any cost, managed, which interestingly enough is

A cross country speaking tour is planned for this month to promote the new Ben-Gurion biography.

Segev’s book is monumental in more ways than one. It’s 803 pages.

something which most Israelis, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, say today.

Ben-Gurion really invented that formula.

Segev: Israel is always in a historical year. We are still in the process of fulfilling the Zionist dream. We are still an experiment, which is to say it’s not clear if we will ever succeed. But so far, we have not failed. ■

AJT: In a sense, Israel is at a crucial point in its history in this year of 5780, isn’t it?

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CALENDAR

OCTOBER 18-25 CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

Shabbat in the Park – Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Atlanta, from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. Shabbat in the Park is a casual, fun and familyfriendly Friday evening potluck dinner held monthly in a local park, featuring a Shabbat sing-along led by Rabbi Ari Kaiman. Enjoy a vegetarian-friendly meal, and an evening of socializing with Shearith Israel. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2IaIuGP.

Intermediate Days of Sukkot Friday, October 18, 2019, light candles at 6:42 p.m.

Saturday, October 19, 2019, Shabbat ends at 7:36 p.m.

Shemini Atzeret Sunday, October 13, 2019, light candles at 6:40 p.m.

Monday, October 14, 2019, light candles after 7:34 p.m.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019, holiday ends at 7:33 p.m.

Bereishit Friday, October 25, 2019, light candles at 6:34 p.m.

Saturday, October 26, 2019, Shabbat ends at 7:29 p.m.

will discuss stories of resistance, resilience and survival among the Jews in Nazi-occupied and Vichy France. Free for members, general admission for non-members. For more information, www.bit.ly/2npfXpp.

Kabbalah and Coffee – Chabad Intown

Brad Mehldau, piano, and Ian Bostridge, tenor – Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, from 8 to 10 p.m.

With lyrics from the poetry of Shakespeare, Yeats, and E.E. Cummings, this new song cycle runs from fantastically playful to extraordinarily intense.

Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” (“The Poet’s Love”) fittingly completes the concert program as these iconic artists take the stage to traverse the borders separating musical genres. *This concert contains mature subject matter. $55 per person. For tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/2MebmhR.

on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Discuss, explore and journey through the world of Jewish mystical teaching and learn how to apply these profound teachings to your daily life. This ongoing class probes the esoteric through a unique program of English text-based study. No prior kabbalistic experience required. Free. For more information, www.chabadintown.org

days and Wednesdays for you to enjoy popular strategy and skill games while making new friends. Free for members, $5 for the community. For more information, www.bit.ly/2H6mYRt.

monthly luncheon meeting focuses on current events through a Jewish lens.

Bring your lunch. Beverages provided.

Free. RSVP before the meeting to christineh@ncjwatlanta.org or call 404-8439600.

Israel Bonds Women’s Fashion Show with Elie Tahari – Phipps Plaza, 3500 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta. Join designer Elie Tahari for a fashion show at his Atlanta store. He will be showing off his latest designs.

There will be champagne, wine, hors d’oeuvres and dessert. Dietary laws are observed. For more information and to purchase a bond, jacqueline.miron@ israelbonds.com or 404-857-1065.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24

Coffee and Cuddles – Temple Beth Tikvah, 9955 Coleman Road, Roswell, from 10 to 11 a.m. Join Linda and Sheri at Temple Beth Tikvah on Thursdays for playtime and conversation. Perfect for parents and caregivers with children under 2 years old to connect and play.

For more information, 770-642-0434.

Post Camp Conversation About Mental Wellbeing at Jewish Camp – The Berman Center, 1200 Ashwood

Great Pink Challah Bake – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m. Join the JWC, MJCCA and the Shabbat Project for a challah bake in honor of breast cancer awareness month. $22 per person. For more information, www.jwcatlanta.org/events/challah.

Parkway, Suite 400, Atlanta, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Discuss your observations and experiences around mental health at camp, strengthen relationships between local Jewish camp leaders and share resources and support.

Free. For more information, www.bit. ly/2IwqZjJ.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

Shabbat Services with Terri Bonoff, CEO of JF&CS – Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway NE, Marietta, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join in for Shabbat Services as we welcome Terri Bonoff, the new CEO of JF&CS, to Etz Chaim. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2mv3nDY.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

Jacques Sémelin, The Survival of the Jews in France 1940-1944 – William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, 1440 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, from 2 to 3 p.m. Join the Breman for a special afternoon with professor Sémelin, who 40 | OCTOBER 18, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

Book Club – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – The Poncey Highland, 640 North Highland Ave. Northeast, Atlanta, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join to discuss “The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/3319DU8.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Open Play Games – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open play tables are set up every week on MJCCA’s Main Street on Mon-

Shabbat, Me & Rabbi G – Marcus JCC,

Frankly Speaking with Sherry Frank – National Council of Jewish Women - Atlanta Section, 6303 Roswell Road NE, Sandy Springs, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. NCJW Atlanta continues its women’s discussion group for members and friends. Moderated by noted Atlanta advocate Sherry Frank, this

5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 5 to 6 p.m. Bring your children to the JCC for a Shabbat celebration featuring fun songs with Rabbi G. Program begins at 5 p.m. with an activity and/or craft followed by songs and blessings with Rabbi Brian Glusman, concluding with a visit from the popular “Weinstein School Shabbat Dinosaur.” Challah and grape juice will be served. Free and open to all. For more information, www.bit.ly/2VnuIFE.

SUKKOT & SIMCHAT TORAH

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

Sukkot and Shabbat Services– The Temple, 1589 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, from to 5 to 7 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kS4Fst.

The Well’s Sukkot Café for Young Professionals – The Temple, 1589 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, from to 8 to 9 p.m.

Free to attend, small fee for food. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kAGj6d.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

S’mores in the Sukkah with USY and Kadima – Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. NW, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m. $15 for Chai Youth USY/ Kadima full members, $17 for Chai Youth USY/Kadima basic members and nonmembers. To register, www.bit.ly/2lsJEou.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

Sukkot Festival – Chabad Intown on The BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2mGxuc5.

Sukkot Farm-to-Table – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 12 to 3 p.m.

The festival will feature a farmer’s market, chef demonstrations, prepared food and vendors, a petting zoo, face painting, a children’s concert, DIY sauerkraut and much more. Free and open to all. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kUDn4K.

Special Sukkot – Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Atlanta, from 1 to 3 p.m. The community is welcome to attend the annual special Sukkot luncheon for special needs adults and their caregivers. Free. To register and for more information, www.bit.ly/2l6KeI7.

For more Sukkot celebrations, www.bit.ly/2mdp2Re.

Melanie Phillips in Atlanta Two days only!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

B’nai Torah Simchat Torah Celebration – Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs.Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2mfds8c.

Celebrate Simchat Torah with Us! – Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway NE, Marietta, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Come early for the young family experience, have dinner or join us for the multi-generational celebration and dessert. Wear your wacky hat and celebrate with us. $5 per adult, free for children 12 and under. For more information, www.bit.ly/2ma5WLK.

The renowned British journalist, broadcaster, and author is a brilliant and entertaining commentator on urgent issues of our day.

Join us for a presentation on

“The West – A Civilization in Crisis – with the Jews at the eye of the storm”

November 18, 2019 – 6:30 PM November 19, 2019 – 7:30 AM For more information: Nadine@CAMERA.org

Mention the Atlanta Jewish Times for more than half off of the general admission ticket.

Simchat Torah – Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, from 6 to 9 p.m. Complimentary pasta dinner and desserts, followed by singing and dancing. To RSVP and for more information, www.bethshalom.net.

Simchat Torah Celebration at Temple Beth David – Temple Beth David, 1885 McGee Road SW, Snellville, from 7 to 9 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kXKute.

Simchat Torah – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 7:15 to 9 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kI5l3y.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

Simchat Torah Service Honoring Sheri and Bob Frolich – Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway NE, Marietta, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kHAZhA.

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COMMUNITY SIMCHA SPOTLIGHT

Mazel Tov

Margie Lewkowicz Margie (Mooey) Lewkowicz celebrated her birthday Oct. 11. Margie and her family celebrated all weekend by dining at her favorite restaurant, attending the Acoustic Shabbat Café at Alon’s Bakery, and finishing off the weekend seeing Cirque Du Soleil Volta.

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Are we doing our studen . ion est qu my to me This brings all in the name of fun? age-old competitions, Signed, New Tricks Is Not Too Old To Learn A Veteran Teacher Who

Dear Veteran Teacher, Thank you for bringing this topic to our attention! It’s entirely possible that we’ve all gotten used to a system that has been in place for as long as we remember, and we forget that sometimes routines need to be tweaked or even disposed of if they are not healthy for their participants, namely our impressionable children.

Now that you brought it up, I turn to our readers with the following question: How do you compete as an adult? Do you throw yourself into a contest in which you feel you have no talent and zero chance of winning? Consider any activity: exercise, music, writing, swimming, art, running, dancing. If you feel weak in any of the aforementioned areas, would you enter a competition in that enterprise? Would you consider applying for a job that highlights your shortcomings rather than your strengths?

Why, then, do we force this on our children in the name of constructive education? Without meaning to, are we ripping their self-esteem into shreds of dashed hopes and self-flagellation?

Rather than forcing children to compete in any given area, can we try to be creative? Why not produce collaborative games that will enhance classroom learning without destroying the fabric of their tender self-images?

It is a pivotal time of year. Each one of us stood before the King of Kings on Rosh Hashanah, the solemn Day of Judgment. We were told that G-d doesn’t ask any of us why we didn’t do as well as another person. The question that echoed in the heavenly court room resounded: Why aren’t you living up to your own awesome potential?

Wishing every one of you a happy, healthy, sweet New Year!

Warmly, Rachel Atlanta Jewish Times Advice Column Got a problem? Email Rachel Stein at oyvey@atljewishtimes. com, describing your problem in 250 words or less. We want to hear from you and get helpful suggestions for your situation at the same time!

Jewish Joke of the Week

Yiddish Word of the Week Kibbitzer

‫קיבעצער‬

The Start of It All

kibbitser, kibitser, kibitzer

A rabbi, a priest and a minister are discussing when life begins.

Giving unwanted advice: Someone who “gives unasked-for advice ... especially as a bystander-observer at a game (bridge, poker, checkers, chess).”

The priest says: “In our religion, life begins at conception.”

“The kibbitzer tried to tell the expert how to play the hand.”

The minister says: “We disagree. We believe that life begins when the fetus is viable and away from the mother’s womb.”

The rabbi responds: “You both are wrong. In our religion, life begins when the kids graduate college.”

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■ Torah Day School bought a two-acre site next to Congregation Beth Jacob in Toco Hills, a location more convenient for many attending families.

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50 Years Ago// October 17, 1969

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OBITUARIES

Shirley Goldblatt Cohen 98, Atlanta

Shirley Goldblatt Cohen of Atlanta passed away Oct. 12, 2019, at the age of 98.

Shirley was a lover of life and laughter; she was truly a compassionate and joyous person. She enjoyed theater, travel, decorative arts, opera, cooking and fine dining. Her greatest love was being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is preceded in death by husbands Ira J. Rosen and Bernard R. Cohen, granddaughter Jennifer A.Rosen, and sister Ruth Factor.

Shirley is survived by her son Arthur Rodney (Pam) Rosen; daughters Cathy Ann R. (Dr. William C.) Chambers and Beth Bobbi (Andre) de Winter; grandchildren Dr. Julie L. (Dan) Williamson, Leigh E. (Peter) Cebulka, David William Ira Chambers and Billie Rosen, Julie and Leigh’s mother; great-grandchildren; Aaron and Helen Williamson, and Berkley, Emery and Kesley Cebulka; nieces Corrine Dellosso and Barbara Factor; and great-nieces Illene Gonzales and Deborah Dellosso.

A graveside service was to be held Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m. at Crest Lawn Memorial Park. 200 Marietta Blvd. NW, Atlanta, 30318. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at www.stjude.org/donate.

Lorraine Sharon Diamond 86, Atlanta

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Lorraine Sharon Diamond, 86, of Atlanta, passed away Oct. 14, 2019. Lorraine, who was affectionately known as Lolo to her grandchildren and those who loved her, was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She was best known for her kindness, creativity and sense of humor. Her observations of life’s absurdities and her funny take on random situations helped lighten anyone’s mood and kept those around her laughing. Her sweet and kind personality let others know they mattered and were appreciated, understood and loved.

Lorraine is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Felicity Diamond; daughters and sons-in-law, Suzanne and Al Nagelberg, Debbie Diamond and Yom Maman, and Michelle and Michael Pierson.

She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Dara Diamond, Ashley (Eric) Tinstman, Joey (Brit) Nagelberg and David Nagelberg, Ian and Brooke Maman, and Natalie and Isabelle Pierson; and two great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Isadore Diamond, parents, Sol and Naomi Barenblit, and her granddaughter, Erin Diamond. Lorraine’s life was enhanced by the compassionate care of her beloved caregivers, Georgina Leonard, Marjorie Salawone, Ruth Salawone and Betty Gullett.

To quote one of her caregivers, “Lorraine Diamond – what a lady.”

A graveside service was to be held Oct. 17 at 2:30 pm at Arlington Cemetery, 201 Mt. Vernon Highway NW, Sandy Springs, 30328, with Rabbi Neil Sandler officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, www.angelsrescue.org. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

OBITUARIES

Muriel Lesselbaum 100, Atlanta

Muriel Lesselbaum of Atlanta died peacefully Oct. 13, 2019, one month after celebrating her 100th birthday. Muriel was born and raised in Canton, N.C. She attended The Woman’s College of North Carolina in Greensboro, and then transferred to the University of Georgia, where she met her husband, Harold Lesselbaum. She and her late husband moved to Kingstree, S.C., where they lived for 45 years before moving to Columbia, SC. They later moved to Atlanta to be near family.

Mrs. Lesselbaum described herself as a “professional” volunteer. She played an active part in the community, both in Kingstree and Columbia, serving as chairwoman of the county branch of the American Cancer Society, a co-founder of the hospital auxiliary, serving on the board of Friends of the Library, and was a very active substitute teacher for over 30 years. She was also a docent at The Columbia Museum of Art. She was predeceased in death by her loving husband of 65 years, brother Dick Schulman, and parents Barney and Pauline Karp Schulman. She is survived by her daughter, Judy (Jerry) Maziar; granddaughters Kimberly (Ken) Hockstein and Kerrie (Craig) Zurovsky; great-grandchildren Drew and Ryan Hockstein, Jonah Henneberg, Ellie and Gracie Zurovsky; sister Annabelle Mischner; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 at Beth Or Cemetery in Kingstree, S.C., with Rabbi Leah Doberne officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the William Breman Jewish Home, 3150 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, 30327, or the charity of your choice. Arrangements in Atlanta by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999. Arrangements in South Carolina by Williamsburg Funeral Home, 843-355-6262. ■

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CLOSING THOUGHTS Watery Cheshvan Rosh Chodesh Cheshtery expressions. Some peovan begins Oct. 29 at sunple cry when they’re choked down with two days of with tears, while others lash Rosh Chodesh. We’ve come out in anger. through the busy holiday This month can be month of Tishrei, just in a time of deep introspectime to arrive at Cheshvan, tion. The light of day is deoften called “Mar” or “bitcreased, the temperatures ter” Cheshvan, because of no cool off and we can pause holidays to celebrate. Perand breathe. All too soon, sonally, I’m glad, so there’s Dr. Terry the events on the secular caltime to rest and digest the Segal endar, such as Halloween, work of cheshbon hanefesh, New Moon Meditations Thanksgiving and Christthe accounting of the soul, mas, with Chanukah on our teshuvah, turning and returning to the Hebrew calendar, rev up, requiring our purity of our spirit, forgiveness, atone- presence and participation. Look at how ment, and the plans we made for change you typically parcel out your energy durin the year ahead. We need an out breath ing Cheshvan and Kislev. There’s a lot of and a move inward to let that simmer in cooking, eating, drinking, parties, shopour souls and reverse the energy from ping, wrapping, gift exchanges, and an “mar” to “ram,” which means “elevated.” overload of sugar. When the physical sysIn our history, Cheshvan is associat- tem is taxed, it often gets out of balance ed with the Great Flood. In energy medi- or crashes. cine, floods represent released emotions.

Cheshvan is the Zodiac month of The “floodgates open,” refers to shedding Scorpio, the scorpion, whose tail is quick tears that can no longer be held back. to strike. The Hebrew letter is nun, resemTears are not only linked to sadness. bling a scorpion with a raised tail. The Pent-up emotions of fear, anger and frus- venomous poison injected into its prey tration can overwhelm us and lead to wa- renders the insides of its victim liquid, so

the scorpion can suck it out for nourishment. The scorpion’s venom is reminiscent of the serpent in the Garden of Eden.

Those born under the sign of Scorpio, out of balance, exhibit jealousy, obsessiveness, being power-driven, suspicious, manipulative, controlling and inflexible.

Add that to the excessive mix and we can understand how tempers can flare and patience run thin. The positive qualities of Scorpio include loyalty, passion and resourcefulness, wrapped up in the package of dynamic personalities. We all have Scorpio somewhere in our astrological charts, so this month we must ward against being out of balance in this way.

Spend some time looking at your emotions. Are you watery and prone to tears? Do you dam up your feelings until you light the room on fire with your anger? Do someone else’s tears quench the fire? Scorpio is often mistaken as a fire sign due to its passion and intensity, but it’s actually a water sign. Just like fire can be warming or destructive, water can be soothing or drowning.

The ruling organ of Cheshvan is the intestines, linked to the lungs, which represent grief. Waste must be excreted. Fi-

ery Scorpions can retain too much heat as a result of toxic relationships or environments. The default to old habits must be monitored. Water is important to keep the system flushed.

Think about the stressors you had last year at this time. What were they?

How did you cope with them? Did your choices honor or dishonor the holy vessel of your body? Did you choose acts of kindness from your heart or out of obligation?

Do something different this year.

Delegate, set limits on your food and drink, and create boundaries around how much you do, what you expect of others, and also of yourself.

The current astrology is about structures and cycles that are ending, and choosing new ones to be put in place. January 11, 2020 begins a new 36-year cycle, so we’re urged to flip the “mar,” bitter energy, to “ram,” elevated to begin 2020 in alignment.

Meditation focus: What are the structures around your work, relationships, how you spend your time and energy?

What needs to be cleansed and washed away and what changed to allow you to flow downstream with the waters? ■

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