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Past and Present Sometimes you can tell how far you’ve come by where you’ve been, taking time to recognize those who helped shape your path and point you in the right direction.

This week, we look back and evaluate where we are today as a community, the real estate developments that have changed the landscape or continue to do so and consider what the future holds.

In our Then & Now section, we commemorate the anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, returning a year later to the Atlanta leaders who grew up in that community or have connections to the area. We asked them to reflect on the event and how it affects us today. Plus, we tell you where you can go to attend a service marking the one-year anniversary this weekend for #ShowUpforShabbat.

We also speak with a scholar on Southern Jewish history about his study of the legacy of Rabbi David Marx, who served The Temple from 1896 to 1946.

We ask some of Atlanta’s philanthropic families and individuals to reflect on how giving back is passed from generation to generation. The same concept of l’dor v’dor applies to the family business of Solomon Brothers, which recently ex-

panded from its original Buckhead location, opening a store in Alpharetta.

When it comes to history, AJT shares the connection between Jews and African Americans over music.

Real estate developments continue as the we explore construction projects taking place around the city, expansions and acquisitions, and ask a handful of agents to evaluate residential market trends in Atlanta and offer tips for successful buying and selling.

You can also learn about an Israel culinary trip organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and read about the opening of The Weber School’s new Daniel Zalik Academy, which combines STEM education with a fab-lab for hands-on learning.

Don’t be surprised if a few stories on education slip into next week’s issue, too, as we examine the very important role of parenting. ■ Cover Photo: Ponce City Market was known as Ponce DeLeon Springs and amusement park and in 1926 was shut down and replaced by the Sears building. Now PCM hosts local retail anchors, restaurants, a food hall,

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LOCAL NEWS Daniel Zalik Academy Opens at Weber

By Eddie Samuels

tion needed for climbing. … I wanted to figure out Aiming to be a leada way to create a better, er in science, technolmore versatile and less ogy, engineering and deexpensive prosthetic.” sign, The Weber School Deutch noted that opened its new Daniel her work on prosthetZalik Academy Oct. 18 ics is ongoing and the in front of a crowd of The new second-floor facilities of Photos by Eddie Samuels // The Students show visitors how some of the announcement of the the Daniel Zalik Academy officially Zalik family gather with Rabbi equipment in the Zalik Academy work. faculty, students, family Zalik Academy was an opened Oct. 18, as students and Ed Harwitz for a blessing.

Here a student demonstrates 3-D printing. and friends. important factor in her faculty walked visitors through Kicking off the choice to attend Weber. some of the exciting technology. morning with a rendiFinally, senior Ari tion of “Achat Sha’alti,” the Weber Chorus out this process, there was one that rose ly informed and morally driven scientists, Slomka spoke about a number of projtech specialists and designers, and who le- ects he has undertaken at Weber and set the mood for the day and was followed above the rest in his mind. by remarks from Michael Karlin, former “There are excellent STEM programs verage their abilities to serve causes greater new ways the academy allowed for more president of the board of trustees, and throughout Atlanta, but in what way than their own self-interest,” Harwitz said. effective and more efficient solutions. head of school Rabbi Ed Harwitz. would this be unique, and the question “Now hear the work, very concretely, that As one of those projects, Slomka works “There are many wonderful and that was really a shehechiyanu moment will reflect the mission of the Jewish people, with at-risk children in Sandy Springs, important moments that led to this day. for me, … they said, ‘Ed, what is Jewish and Daniel Zalik.” providing them school supChris Chapman, direc… The process started a little more than about an academy for science, technoloplies that build foundations two years ago,” Harwitz said. “There were gy, engineering and design?’ Not why is it tor of technology and dein STEM. many questions raised regarding the nice, or important, but why is it essential sign, Madi Anderson, fab“Materials for classlab manager and design need and importance of a STEM acad- for a Jewish high school?” room STEM kits can cost emy and fab-lab at Weber.”

The lab is named in memory of instructor, and Adna Mu$250 or more for one stuHarwitz noted that while those lo- Daniel Zalik, with a grant from the Zalik liawan, director of science dent,” he said. “Using our research and entrepreneurgistical questions were of the utmost Foundation. state-of-the-art fabrication importance to the Zalik family through“Our students aspire to become ethical- ship, discussed their work in lab and my experience in enthe lab, and each introduced Chris Chapman, director gineering and 3-D modeling, a student. of technology and design, I’m working to design and discusses his work and Junior Micah Reich fabricate STEM kits for local introduces a student. discussed co-founding the after-school program, Los NiRambots, Weber’s robotics team, and his ños Primero.” broad outreach to Jewish Atlanta more As part of that work, Slomka is meetbroadly. ing with those students to find out their in“Though engineering is only one fac- dividual passions, and how his kits can best et of the interdisciplinary nature of our fit their needs. robotics team, community service and “A toy rocket ship is undoubtedly outreach are critical goals awesome,” he said, “but a toy of our mission. In 2019, the rocket ship you can build Rambots founded the Atlanand launch yourself that has ta Jewish Community STEM your name engraved into coalition.” the side is exponentially As part of that coalition, cooler.”

Weber students are sharing Wrapping up the prothe knowledge they develop gram, David Zalik rememin classes, including those bered his brother’s passions, in the Zalik Academy, with life and work with the World 12th-grader Ari Slomka younger students at The EpFood Program and discussed discusses his work getting young students stein School and soon, the what the occasion means to involved in STEM. Atlanta Jewish Academy and his family.

The Davis Academy.

“Though today is one of excitement, Ninth-grader Maggie Deutch spoke it is also one of mixed emotions,” he said. about how her passion for rock climbing “Danny used his talents and love of math gave her a firsthand look into the short- and science to truly make the world comings of prosthetics for athletes with a better place, … and there are people, disabilities. like these amazing young adults we just “I wanted to figure out if there was a heard from, that you just know are makbetter way to design a prosthetic leg that ing the world a better place.” mimicked the way a human foot reacts on Following the remarks, visitors took a climbing wall,” she said. “I discovered that turns visiting the new facility, speaking there were no prosthetics on the market that with students and teachers, and watching allowed the user to lock their foot in a posi- some of the incredible tools at work. ■ 6 | OCTOBER 25, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

LOCAL NEWS

American Pop Music: A Combination of Cultures

By Bob Bahr The important influence that Jews and African Americans have shared in the development of American music was the subject of a thoughtful and occasionally provocative program last week sponsored by the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival.

The program Oct. 17 featured Ben Sidran, who has a long history as a successful composer, performer and producer of popular music recordings and the Rev. Dwight Andrews, the African American senior minister of the historic First Congregational Church in downtown Atlanta.

Sidran, who has a doctorate in American studies and was here earlier this year for the AJMF, characterized the relationship between Jews and African Americans as crucial in the development of American popular music.

“If it were not for African Americans and Jews,” he said, “there would be no popular music in America.

What was here before blacks and Jews were bad versions of European culture — British dance hall music, Viennese waltzes and Gilbert and Sullivan, but it wasn’t specifically American.”

What he maintained in his conversation with the Rev. Andrews is that American Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries recognized the economic potential of popular music. They brought what he described as an ability to monetize the performance of music, so performers were able to share in the success of the music they both created and performed.

But business innovation was only part of what Jews in America brought to popular music. Because of their familiarity with the tunes that they created in Eastern Europe, they contributed, in Sidran’s eyes, to the development of a sound firmly grounded in the fundamentals of Western musical harmony.

Jews who shared a natural affinity with African Americans as fellow outsiders in American life married their musical knowledge with the rhythmical tradition that blacks had brought with them from Africa, what Sidran called their “Africanisms.”

“When you take the Africanisms and put it together with Western harmony you come upon the inventions of such composers as Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Harold Arlen. Pop music is built on a template of the yearning of Jews and their emotions as well as this harmonic sense from their tradition.”

African Americans shared with Jews in America more than a hundred years ago the status for the most part of an underclass. But unlike Jews, according to the Rev. Andrews, hundreds of years of slavery had stripped blacks of their heritage. Nonetheless, they absorbed the many influences of this new world they inhabited to create distinctly American forms of music that resonated so strongly with Jews.

“The blues represent for African Americans a space where there is no space,” Andrews maintained.

Both Sidran and Andrews, in their observations, are solidly grounded in an academic environment. In addition to his doctorate, Sidran has a strong background in performance and recording. His authoritative work, “There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream,” was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards.

Andrews also holds a doctorate in music and teaches

Photos by Jasper Fu // Ben Sidran and Rev. Dwight Andrews discussed American music before a racially and religiously diverse audience.

The director of the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, Joe Alterman joined Ben Sidran to close the evening’s program.

music at Emory University. He’s an accomplished saxophonist who hosts Friday night jam sessions at his church.

But despite the great history of American popular music over the last 150 years, both Sidran and Andrews were pessimistic about the future.

Sidran said, “I despair because there is no cultural memory in our music anymore. There is no sense of ease, only a sense of anxiety. It’s like we’re all suffering from a kind of post-traumatic- stress disorder. Everyone is on edge.”

Andrews is particularly concerned about how the acceptance of violence has been made such an important part of the message of popular music today. It has become, he believes, just another commodity to be sold to a gullible public.

“Once you commodify violence and say violence sells, it sells well. Once you buy violence and you can separate that from any sense of cultural memory, it doesn’t matter what ethnicity you are, you are pound-

ing away at our humanity.”

Bringing the two music experts together in a nontraditional setting is part of an ambitious new direction for the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, which sponsored the free evening.

Festival director Joe Alterman, who is also a popular jazz pianist with strong professional credentials, is excited and eager to take the festival in new directions.

“Our program was done at the First Congregational Church to purposely involve a more diverse audience for our programs. Something we will continue to do as we move forward.” ■

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LOCAL NEWS

Jewish Directors ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ story about women. It’s very much about feminism. It’s very much about family values. You know there’s a lot that the film is about other than gospel music that speaks on many levels. It’s not a film about gospel music per se.

By Bob Bahr When it first premiered in 1982, “Say Amen, Somebody,” was hailed as one of the best documentaries ever made about music in America. The director of the film, George Nierenberg, told the story about the roots of modern black gospel music.

David Denby, film critic of New York magazine, described it as conquering “doubt and unhappiness and when it ends, you feel healed.”

Now 37 years after it first appeared, the documentary is back in theaters, in a new, brilliantly restored edition.

We caught up with Nierenberg recently, considerably older and perhaps even wiser than when he first made his acclaimed documentary.

AJT: When you made this film in the early 1980s, you weren’t even 30 years old. What did this young, Jewish kid know about black gospel music then?

Nierenberg: When I decide to make this film, I knew nothing about gospel music. Zero. I had never been to a black church.

Never listened to gospel music. Zero. It was

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AJT: Now, looking back 37 years later and seeing the film you made then, what are the feelings that you have about it?

Nierenberg: I have a feeling of pride; no, it’s a feeling of fulfillment that the film actually is able to transport people back to a time and place in which they can have an emotional experience when they watch my film.

So even though the film was done in the early 1980s, in a sense, there’s a timelessness to the film and what people get out of it. It’s very fulfilling for me that the film has that kind of impact. It’s not just an intellectual experience, but an emotional experience of time and place.

“Say Amen, Somebody” is a joyous, toe-tapping film about the power of religious music.

Ry Cooder, the white singer and guitarist, who suggested that I look into it. He said to me those cats are really neat. So I started go-

AJT: And, what, as a Jew, do you think gospel music can teach us about our own ing to churches. I had never been into a black religious tradition?

Nierenberg: One of the things I expechurch before. I had never heard the music rienced while working on the film, which or been around that experience before.

I found, you know, strikThere were prayers ing, was how people were that I heard that, as a Jew, I transformed when they didn’t embrace, but I sepaheard the gospel murated my Judaism from sic and how it changed the religious aspects of the the way they felt. I can’t music and the words. I did speak for how other Jews embrace the spirituality feel about Jewish music. of it, and I did focus on the But I will tell you, from people. My film is really my perspective, it’s very about people. It may tell much the same for Jewabout the mission people ish music. have to perform gospel If I were asked why music, but it’s really a film don’t you make a film about people. about the emotional impact of Judaism as AJT: And as a Jew, George Nierenberg spent nearly told through its music, how were you accepted three years immersing himself I probably would find into this world that was in the world of gospel music.

I would be able to tell a so foreign to you?

Nierenberg: What I was trying to do very similar kind of story to the one I told was be a vehicle for the people in the film about gospel music, because of the emoto tell their story. I wasn’t imposing a story tional connection that people have.

I have heard cantors that are absoon them. ... So, I was trying to be authentic with who they were. And I had spent lutely exquisite. You know, in the temple a year with them before I shot a single that I go to there’s a woman like that and frame and just hanging out taking photo- she’s incredible. So, I would imagine that graphs of them. And I was totally accepted if I had the good fortune, the opportunity into the families of the people I was work- to make a film about the emotional coning with. You know once I was accepted nection people have to our Jewish music, it would be a wonderful thing to be able 100 percent, I was part of the family. to tell that story, too.. ■ AJT: What kinds of stories do you think “Say Amen, Somebody,” opens Oct. 25 you ended up telling?

Nierenberg: It’s a documentary that at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema in tells a story of family devotion. It tells a Atlanta.

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Show Up for Shabbat: A Year Later Following the murder of 11 innocent Jews at prayer at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue last October, millions of people of all faiths rallied around American Jewish Committee’s #ShowUpForShabbat initiative, packing synagogues in what became the largest-ever expression of solidarity with the American Jewish community.

On the one-year anniversary, AJC is again calling on all people of good conscience to #ShowUpForShabbat this weekend, said Dov Wilker, regional director of AJT Atlanta.

“Invite your friends and family from all faith backgrounds to come together to honor the victims and raise our collective voice for a world free of anti-Semitism, hate and bigotry,” he said. ■

In Atlanta, several synagogues are welcoming community members into their sanctuaries, including: Ahavath Achim Synagogue 9:30 a.m. Oct. 26 Chabad of North Fulton 9:30 a.m. Oct. 26 Congregation B’nai Torah 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25 Congregation Etz Chaim 9:30 a.m. Oct. 26 Congregation Ohr HaTorah 9 a.m. Oct. 26 Congregation Or Hadash 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 25 Congregation Shearith Israel 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 25 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 26 Temple Sinai 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Oct. 25 The Temple 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25

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ISRAEL PRIDE

News From Our Jewish Home

Photo courtesy of Eran Hyams, Israel Nature and Parks Authority // A male

acacia gazelle with the new fawn.

Israel Fawning Over Newborn Endangered Gazelle

Kicking off 5780 with a bang, the acacia gazelles, a critically endangered species, have a new fawn amidst their southern Israeli population.

Between just 30 and 40 of these gazelles, which are found only in Israel, remain. They are protected and left to breed in the hopes that the species will have a resurgence.

Counted twice a year, while also be-

Today in Israeli History Oct. 25, 1895: Levi Eshkol, Israel’s third prime minister, is born into a Hasidic family near Kiev as Levi Shkolnik.

He becomes involved with Zionist youth groups during high school in Vilna and makes aliyah in 1914. After working on a farm, picking olives and grapes, he changes his name to Eshkol, meaning “cluster of grapes.” He becomes prime minister and defense minister in 1963 after nine years as finance minister and leads Israel through the Six-Day War in 1967.

ing inspected for health problems, the fawn was a happenstance discovery for park rangers rather than one of those official tallies, The Times of Israel reports.

A subspecies of the more common mountain gazelle — which number 3,100 in Israel — the acacia population was upgraded from “vulnerable” to “endangered” four years ago. Much like other threatened species, the gazelle’s population decline can be attributed to habitat loss due to construction and infrastructure development.

The new fawn is just an early step on a long, challenging road to revitalization of the acacia gazelle population.

Largest Solar Power Plant in Israel Begins Operations

Israel’s newly-largest solar power plant, which is set to provide energy to about 60,000 households, received a license to generate electricity by the Electricity Authority and the Energy Ministry, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The Shneur Tze’elim plant in the Negev, which was constructed by Shikun & Binui Solel Boneh and Belectric, cost over $170 million and spans 309 acres of

Crossing between Eilat and Aqaba. It is Israel’s second such treaty with an Arab neighbor. Sporadic, secret talks with Jordanian leaders took place as early as prestate Palestine in the 1930s because both sides saw the value in peaceful relations.

Oct. 27, 1978: Forty-one days after signing the Camp David Accords, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat are announced as the winners of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, which they receive at a ceremony Dec. 10. Begin says the prize is for all the people of Israel, and he is merely their emissary. He also notes that the negotiations to turn the Camp David agreement into a peace treaty are far from over.

Photo by Sa’ar Ya’acov, Israeli Government Press Office // Attending the signing ceremony

for the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty Oct. 26, 1994, are (from left) Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Salam Majali, Israeli President Ezer Weizman, Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan and King Hussein, U.S. President Bill Clinton, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

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Members of the Hadera Commune are shown in 1910 before settling Degania Alef.

Oct. 28, 1910: The Hadera Commune arrives at Umm Juni on the banks of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and forms the first kibbutz, Degania Alef (based on the Hebrew word dagan, grain), on land leased from the Jewish National Fund through the head of the Zionist Organi-

desert. It consists of 360,000 solar panels and provides twice the energy output of the second largest solar plant.

“This is another significant project that will generate electricity for tens of thousands of Israeli homes with clean energy,” said Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz. “We will continue to work to advance renewable energy in Israel and, in light of actions taken so far, I am currently looking at increasing the target for 2030 set by the government.”

The project is a significant step toward Israel’s goal of converting 10 percent of the nation’s power to sustainable energy by next year, and 17 percent by 2030.

Netanyahu Hosts Lone Soldiers in Sukkah

Celebrating the holidays can be a challenging time for the Israel Defense Forces’ population of lone soldiers — or immigrants serving in Israel’s military.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed to ease the stress for three of those soldiers, hosting them in his sukkah Oct. 13, the eve of the holiday.

The soldiers, Sgt. Eddie Laufer, Cpl.

Photo via Kobi Gideon/GPO // Cpl. Aleksandra

Vodenskov, Sgt. Alexander Sachs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sgt. Eddie Laufer in the prime minister’s sukkah in Jerusalem.

Aleksandra Vodenskov and Sgt. Alexander Sachs, shared stories of their journeys to Israel and their IDF experiences and spoke to their families via video call alongside the prime minister.

“There are three soldiers here who immigrated to Israel from Australia, Ukraine and Italy to serve in the IDF,” Netanyahu said as they met in the traditional outdoor hut. “I told them that the four species [four plants which are central to the rituals of the holiday] symbolize the unity of the Jewish people — the unity of the people and the unity that we need so much in the country.” ■

zation office in Palestine, Arthur Ruppin.

The idea of a collective agricultural community has been part of Zionist ideology for decades but has not been successfully enacted until now.

Israeli and Egyptian military leaders meet 101 kilometers east of Cairo in Egyptian territory under Israeli control after the Yom Kippur War.

Oct. 29, 1973: After the Yom Kippur War, despite several miscommunications, the first talks between Israeli and Egyptian generals take place at 1 a.m. in Israeli-controlled territory 101 kilometers (63 miles) east of Cairo. Led by Egypt’s Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gemasy and Israel’s Aharon Yariv, the talks last more than three weeks and go beyond such military matters as disengagement and the exchange of prisoners to address political issues.

Oct. 30, 1991: The Soviet Union and the United States convene a Middle East peace conference in Madrid that uses a two-track approach of bilateral and multilateral talks. The three-day conference includes all Arab states contiguous to Israel, the Gulf Cooperation Council,

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President George H.W. Bush lead a gathering of Middle East leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, at the start of the Madrid Peace Conference on Oct. 30, 1991.

and Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza. It is the first time that Israeli and PLO negotiators come together, and those contacts lead to the secret talks that produce the 1993 Oslo Accords.

Oct. 31, 1917: The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade surprises the Turkish defenders and captures Beersheba in a single day, breaking the Ottoman defensive line near Gaza and providing the advancing troops under British Gen. Edmund Allenby with needed supplies and water from Beersheba’s wells. The rapid victory, supported by attacks by three British divisions, prevents the Turks from destroying parts of the city in retreat. ■ Items are provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details.

ISRAEL NEWS Federation Trip to Showcase Israeli Art, Food

Photo by Eddie Samuels // Shuks offer a variety of festive street foods and chances to sample some of the diverse flavors of Israel.

By Eddie Samuels

Photo by Staci Eichelbaum // Halva, pictured

here from Jerusalem, is a sweet treat made from tahini, or sesame paste.

know that scene, but also know our community so well.”

The idea of the classic Israel mission Ginsberg explained that he had been can be a stressful one, with mornings to Israel twice in the last five years and starting at the crack of dawn and eve- that both of his trips were specifically fonings pushing well past sunset. But a new cused on Israeli cuisine. trip, organized by the Jewish Federation “In 2014 it was the summer before we of Greater Atlanta, is opened up Yalla,” he anything but classic. said. “I went there to With a focus on wander aimlessly with food and culture, the no idea of what to do Culinary Arts Tour except to meet up with of Israel, which will a food tour guide, … take place Jan. 5-11, who showed us all the 2020, aims to provide sides of Israeli cuisine. a more specialized … I also went last year experience for those with two other chefs looking for a taste of and three journalists, Israel. and the Ministry of “We have been Tourism packed our reinvigorating what schedule with wineries it looks like to take and home cooking and a Jewish journey to amazing kitchens.”

Israel,” said Staci While the first Eichelbaum, Federathings that come to Chef Todd Ginsberg tion director of phimind when thinking lanthropy. “In speaking with members of Israeli food are some iconic dishes like of the community we realized that more falafel or shawarma, Ginsberg noted that intimate, focused trips were wanted.”

Israeli cuisine is far more diverse.

Eichelbaum is involved in planning “I love both falafel and shawarma, the trip with the help of chairs Chef Todd but neither is my favorite sandwich Ginsberg of The General Muir, Yalla and when I’m in Israel,” he said. “It’s the more, and Susan and Ray Schoenbaum sabich, which is an Iraqi eggplant and of Ray’s Restaurants. hardboiled egg sandwich or pita. It rep“We are working with Kenes Tours, resents some of the different cultures in which gave us an outline from which we Israel and in the last 10 or 15 years those could sit down with Susan and Ray and cultures have been very well represented Todd and figure out what this trip should in the food.” look like in their eyes,” Eichelbaum said.

The five-day itinerary of the upcom“Todd has been to Israel several times in ing trip is filled with various options the last couple years, so he’s really aware from hip cocktail bars and wineries and of the food scene, and Susan and Ray also upscale dining to street food and every-

Photo by Staci Eichelbaum // Musicians

in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Photo by Eddie Samuels // Teas for sale in one of Israel’s many outdoor markets or shuks.

thing in between. The trip also incorporates aspects of Israeli history, pop culture and innovation.

“The special thing about this trip is that it’s a little more leisurely; every age can rally around food and find spe-

cial meaning in the culture of Israel,” Eichelbaum said.

For more information or to sign up for the trip, visit jewishatlanta.org/getinvolved/culinary-arts-journey-israel.

Space is limited. ■

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Too often, we’ve seen this form of hate and other notions of racial, ethnic or cultural superiority end in tragic violence. Our nation felt the full weight of this evil nearly one year ago at the Tree of Life synagogue as we witnessed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in U.S. history. We mourn the loss of the 11 Americans who were tragically murdered, and we ask ourselves a big question: What can we, as a nation, do to eradicate such hate?

Anti-Semitic violence is a stain on our world’s history, having extinguished countless lives — yet, today, more and more members of Congress are voicing anti-Semitic rhetoric. It’s also hard to comprehend why my Democrat colleagues are quick to schedule hearings and votes on other forms of hateful rhetoric but refuse to condemn members of their own caucus who are proudly fueling anti-Semitic tropes every chance they get.

Anti-Semitism isn’t just rising on a national and global scale; it has also become all too common on college campuses. Just last month, anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted across a University of Tennessee landmark, blaming Jews for the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. In April, students at Emory University posted fake eviction notices on the doors of student dorms and apartments as part of an anti-Israel student protest.

These horrific actions should not only be condemned, but colleges and universities must take steps to prevent hatred from building a home on their campuses.

Unfortunately, an absence of clear

guidance on anti-Semitism has made it difficult, if not impossible in some cases, to directly address threats, harassment and intimidation infringing on the civil rights of Jewish students. In July, I introduced the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act to help combat anti-Semitism on college campuses. My legislation would provide the Department of Education with an additional resource to investigate potentially anti-Semitic behavior on college campuses by clarifying the definition of “antiSemitism” in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is a critical tool to protect the civil rights of students and ensure they receive equal educational opportunities.

Colleges and universities that receive federal financial assistance have an obligation to protect all students from discrimination on the basis of race, gender or national origin under Title VI. This includes the responsibility to ensure Jewish students have equal educational opportunities. The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act does not change the rights or obligations under existing anti-discrimination law; it simply ensures the protection of students’ and schools’ First Amendment rights along with the right to equal educational opportunities.

This legislation has bipartisan support in the Senate thanks to Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Bob Casey (D-P.A.), and many of my House colleagues — Democrat and Republican — supported the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act last Congress. Sadly, my colleagues across the aisle refuse to support the exact same bill this Congress simply because the House Democratic Caucus can’t seem to agree on condemning the rank anti-Semitism within their own party.

Hateful rhetoric does nothing but pave the way to oppression and violence.

Simply condemning anti-Semitic rhetoric is no longer enough — we must stand together and actively work to stop it.

I hope my Democrat colleagues will give Congress the opportunity to send a clear, bipartisan message: Anti-Semitism has no place in our hearts, and it certainly has no place on college campuses.

Rep. Doug Collins represents Georgia’s 9th Congressional District. He is the ranking member of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.

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ATLANTA THEN & NOW A Year Later, Atlanta ‘Forever a Different Community’

Shabbat morning horror at the Tree of Life synagogue in the heavilyJewish Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

By Dave Schechter

ued and appreciated.”

In an email to congregations before Take this as a snapshot of Atlanta’s the holidays, Williams included a list of Jewish community a year after a gunman security recommendations and a planmassacred 11 Shabbat morning worship- ning checklist, along with an “airline pers in the Tree of Life synagogue in safety card” that synagogues could, if they chose to, place on seats in their sancPittsburgh.

The rabbi of an Atlanta congrega- tuaries, highlighting the location of exits.

That is how the year 5779 ended and tion began Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services by instructing worshippers 5780 began.

As it happened, several of Atlanta’s on which doors to exit in the event they needed to evacuate and where the chil- Jewish leaders have ties to Pittsburgh and the heavily-Jewish Squirrel Hill neighbordren in daycare would be taken.

Told about this announcement, hood that is home to Tree of Life.

Federation president and CEO Eric which was made out of an abundance of caution rather than because of a spe- Robbins had just returned from Israel cific threat, the reaction from members on the morning of Oct. 27, 2018, and deof other congregations was less surprise spite his jet lag, had gone to services at that one rabbi had done so, than that oth- Congregation Shearith Israel. After being informed by a congregant about the ers had not.

The president of another synagogue shootings, Rabbi Ari Kaiman took the Pittsburgh native aside spoke during services and told him of the breakabout a major increase ing news. in spending to enhance A year later, what security, an expenditure Robbins remembers of the that has taxed and stressed week that followed, one of congregation budgets vigils and memorial serthroughout Atlanta. vices, is “Being in a state of Worshippers have shock, disbelief and anger. come to expect, accept, The feeling that I had lost and appreciate a greater members of my family.” police presence outside The tragedy affected synagogues.

Before the holidays, Robbins personally and Before the High Holy Zach Williams wrote to law enforcement and professionally. “It made me Days, the deputy direcsynagogues about security. realize that even the utopia tor of community-wide security for the Jewish Federation of of my childhood could be shattered. My Greater Atlanta, Zach Williams, wrote job is more important than I ever thought to police chiefs and sheriffs with Jewish it could be,” he said.

“I mean this in terms of security, but institutions in their jurisdiction: “I ask that if possible, you dedicate additional also psychically. We have tightened and resources for increased patrols and re- enhanced security and we have realized sponse capabilities during these times. that anti-Semitism continues to fester, Many of your officers have/or will be and we also realize that we need to douworking at some of our institutions over ble down on Jewish identity and Jewish these dates – a service that is greatly val- pride. It makes the work we do in build14 | OCTOBER 25, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

Chairs representing the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting were placed in a circle outside Congregation Etz Chaim, each with stones and flowers in memory of those slain.

ing and strengthening a community at the oneg, I explored the many rooms of more important than ever,” Robbins said. the synagogue and its secret hallways. I Bobby Harris, the director of Camp learned every nook and cranny. I know Coleman and of youth and camping the rooms where people were shot and services for the southeast region of the where people hid. It is difficult that I now Union for Reform Judaism, grew up in have these violent images in my mind Monroeville, a suburb 15 miles from painted over the memories that made me Pittsburgh, and his family were members feel so safe and comfortable my entire life.” of the Tree of Life.

Beth Gluck, southeast regional diThat morning, Harris saw a friend’s Facebook post about an active shooter rector of the Jewish National Fund, was at Tree of Life, turned on CNN and saw attending a national JNF meeting in a friend in Pittsburgh being interviewed, Phoenix. “My most vivid memory was then called another friend there. “I was at believing that it was the Conservative the same time in total disbelief that it had synagogue where my aunt and family go happened and fully aware that it actually every Shabbat [Congregation Beth Shalom, which her family helped start]. was happening,” he said.

“The community is small. If it hadn’t “And then there was the waiting all day Saturday. I suspected that I would been our synagogue, it would have been know some of the victims – and I did. the one a short block from my home. I From my earliest memories around couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It was surreal,” Gluck re1964 until my dad’s death in called. “The situation 2009, my family, especially was immensely personal my father, was incredibly for me. My family is inteinvolved in Tree of Life. As grated very deeply into a child and teenager, I rethe community. I knew member being greeted every three of the people who Friday night service by Rose were killed, plus some of (Mallinger) and her husband their family members.

Morry Mallinger; such kind, “Squirrel Hill was warm, and helpful people. I truly ‘Mister Rogers’ knew a few who we lost that Neighborhood’ [Fred day, but I remember Rose The tragedy affected Rogers lived in Squirrel the most,” he said.

Eric Robbins personally Hill]. Its values permeatHis grief remains. “I and professionally. ed every aspect of my life will be at a meeting, lecture, or social event and someone will make a and who I am today. The tragedy shatreference and say something about ‘the tered my sense of ‘home’ as a protected Tree of Life shooting’ and I am immedi- womb and brought to my eyes the reality ately overtaken by a deep sadness that of ‘Yes, it will be in my backyard,’” Gluck lingers. Of course, I wasn’t there that day, said.

Reflecting on the community where but it is a place where I always used to be she grew up and the one where she now – and it hurts to the bone,” Harris said.

“As someone who was often left to lives, Gluck said, “I’m not sure, but I hope my own devices on Friday nights while that the value of Pittsburgh being a netmy parents socialized with their friends worked and inter-dependent community

ATLANTA THEN & NOW before the tragedy has had an impact on can offer, in my opinion, is to commit to Atlanta. We must align in our sameness being living examples of proud and tolerand our differences before a horrific act ant Jews, Jews who are deeply committed to our unique individualforces us together in pain.” ity while honoring the inStephanie Wyatt, dividuality of others,” Sollchief development officer ish said. for Jewish HomeLife, grew Rabbi Stephen Chaim up at Pittsburgh’s Beth Listfield was the rabbi at Shalom. “I had just finTree of Life from 2006 to ished a morning walk and 2009. Now living in Atlanmy friend called me to see ta, Listfield travels once a if I was okay. I had no idea month to Huntsville, Ala., what he was talking about. to conduct services at Etz He went on to tell me there Chayim (Tree of Life, in was a synagogue shootStephanie Wyatt couldn’t “imagine anything like Hebrew). That’s where he ing in Pittsburgh. I was in that ever happening was the morning of Oct. shock. I could not imagine in my hometown.”

27, 2018. His cell phone anything like that ever was on the lectern and at 10:30 a.m. (CDT) happening in my hometown,” she said.

Rabbi Ari Sollish, the adult educa- he saw a text from his wife, Leslie Parktion director at Chabad Intown, remem- er, that read “Shooting at Tree of Life. bers “a large and vibrant Chabad commu- Multiple fatalities.” More texts followed, nity” in Squirrel Hill. He was in services from his wife and former congregants in Pittsburgh. Once he returned to his hotel when a congregant told him the news. room mid-afternoon, he “I remember the “basically spent the rest deep sense of dread seep of the day and most of the through me as I was trynight learning from my ing to make sense of the Pittsburgh friends about news. It was a painful day, the horrible details as they and even one year later, slowly emerged.”

I can’t say that I’ve made “My main memory is sense of what happened,” that the people who were Sollish said. “The Squirrel killed were among the genHill that I know is a place tlest and most innocent of where Jews are proud and human beings I had ever strong members of the Rabbi Stephen Chaim met. The pain that all of larger community, where Listfield was the rabbi at us felt at such a horrible neighbors, no matter their Tree of Life from 2006 to event was maddeningly religion, get along and live 2009 and conducts services peacefully, where ethnic at Etz Chayim (Tree of Life, in ironic for me because I Hebrew) in Huntsville, Ala. knew the nature of five of diversity is celebrated. To me the notion that in Pittsburgh someone the victims. Bernice and Sylvan Simon would enter a synagogue – or any house were a sweet and happy couple who had of worship – with murderous intent is so been married more than 60 years. All profoundly impossible. But tragically, the they wanted was to be with each other and to enjoy a smile with other people. impossible happened.”

In the year since, “I’ve become more Rose Mallinger was a 97-year-old gentledriven to intentionally spread messages woman, a real lady in every sense of the of tolerance and diversity, and to bring word. And Cecil and David Rosenthal more light into the world,” Sollish said. both had Fragile X, a relatively rare genetic condition which As an example, he cited causes intellectual and “Inclusion and the Power cognitive disabilities. I had of the Individual,” a book a special feeling for them he authored, based on because my son has Fragthe teachings of the late ile X,” Listfield said.

Lubavitcher Rebbe MenAmong the realities of achem Mendel Schneerpost-Pittsburgh Jewish life, son.

“I find it immensely sad “I don’t think we can that our community – both ever make sense of the the religious community tragedy of loss, especially and the civic community the loss of 11 beautiful Beth Gluck initially – are compelled to spend souls, and another seven thought the synagogue her family helped start millions of dollars on secuinjured, while gathered in was the site of tragedy. rity in order to safeguard synagogue on Shabbat in prayer. The most powerful response we people at worship. One would expect that

in the civilized time in which we live, we to look for innovative ways to partner on would have the priority of spending these the topic of security. Additionally, I think millions of dollars on brotherhood and that there has been a paradigm shift within the community to sisterhood, on education see security as necessary, and culture, on joy and and not a necessary evil,” pleasure. The lesson? We Williams said. are not so civilized after To defray the cost of all,” Listfield said. security, the Jewish comIf the message of munity nationally makes “safety first” for synagood use of the federal gogues, schools and other Nonprofit Security Grant Jewish institutions was Program. Since the pronot driven home suffigram’s inception in 2005, ciently by the Tree of Life Congress has appropritragedy, it was reinforced Dov Wilker said “The ated some $270 million six months to the day, on community is clearly and awarded more than April 27, 2019, when a gunmore on edge.”

2,000 grants for at-risk nonprofit orgaman killed one worshipper and wounded nizations – the bulk going to the Jewish several others, including the rabbi, at the community.

Chabad center in Poway, Calif.

Local Jewish institutions have re“The community is clearly more on ceived nearly $3.43 million in NSGP funds edge,” said Dov Wilker, regional directhe past four years, including more than tor of the American Jewish Committee $1 million in fiscal year 2019. The recipiin Atlanta. “I can’t speak to the security ents file through the Georaspects, as that is not my gia Emergency Manageline of work, but I know ment Agency to receive that people are definitely the federal funds as reimmore vigilant, more fearbursement for spending ful and are trying to deteron pre-approved security mine, what does this mean upgrades. for me? There are people The fiscal year 2019 who won’t attend Jewish recipients were Congregainstitutions anymore out tion Beth Tefillah, Temple of fear.

Emanu-El, Temple Kehillat “There is just more of Chaim, Young Israel of a security-minded culture Bobby Harris grew up Toco Hills [now called Ohr in our shul now, and our exploring the rooms of the HaTorah], The Jewish Towstaff and congregants are Tree of Life synagogue. er, the Jewish Kids Groups more vigilant and aware of their surroundings,” said Rabbi Mark program, and one non-Jewish institution, Zimmerman at Atlanta’s Congregation Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

Under a separate piece of the proBeth Shalom.

“The community can no longer take gram, $199,000 was awarded to instituour safety for granted,” Wyatt said. “See tions outside of metro Atlanta to be disomething, say something. We must all vided between Congregation B’Nai Israel be cognizant of our surroundings and in Albany, Ga.; Camp Ramah Darom in take precautions when necessary. Always Clayton, Ga., and Nahunta First Baptist be prepared. We take security seriously Church in Nahunta, Ga. The Federation recently announced at Jewish HomeLife and are constantly looking at how we can improve. We are a partnership with the Secure Commutaking what we learned from a recent nity Network to manage its security provisit to Tree of Life and enhancing our grams. SCN, an initiative of The Jewish plans to make sure our staff, residents, Federations of North America and the and families feel safe and prepared in Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is staffed by case of an emergency.”

One of Robbins’ first calls on Oct. 27, former law enforcement, security and 2018, was to Cathal Lucy, a Secret Service military personnel. In 2001, Atlanta was veteran who was then the Federation’s the first Jewish community to hire a didirector of community-wide security. rector of community security. JFGA and When Lucy left that post this summer, SCN will work together to hire a new dimany of his duties were picked up by Wil- rector.

A year after the tragedy at the Tree liams, who came to the Federation from the Georgia Emergency Management of Life, Robbins, the Squirrel Hill native who leads Atlanta’s largest Jewish orgaand Homeland Security Agency.

“I have seen now more than ever a nization, puts it simply, “We are forever a desire from those outside the community different community.” ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES OCTOBER 25, 2019 | 15

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Philanthropy Passes Down from Generation to Generation

By Jan Jaben-Eilon It wasn’t until the death of her grandfather, Mandle Zaban, that Laura Zaban Dinerman heard many of the stories about the good deeds done by her grandparents.

“People told us all kinds of things,” she said, including how her grandparents went to the train station during the war and handed out toothbrushes to soldiers.

Her grandfather gave funds to help a boy go to college. Her other grandmother stood on the corner and sold poppies on Veterans Day. Mandle Zaban even had a separate phone line in his office for fundraising.

Giving to the community “was always around us. I think it was ingrained in us,” Dinerman said. “One of the main things my father always said was that he got so much pleasure from what he did in the community, and that it was important for everyone to find their own passion,” said the middle daughter of the “godfather of philanthropy,” Erwin Zaban, who passed away nine years ago.

Younger sister Sara Zaban Franco said her father “showed us by example and showed us that, with resources, come responsibility.” But he also taught his three daughters through storytelling. “He’d tell us

Adrian Grant believes he’s passed the community involvement he learned from his parents to his children.

Edwin and Louise Rothberg, pictured here with their grandchildren, feel compelled to give back to the community.

Carol Cooper and Sara Franco were co-founders of the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta.

how he’d been to a meeting and how much pleasure he got from it. He loved soliciting people and playing a leadership part in it.”

Surprisingly, Erwin Zaban never took on the mantle of president in any Jewish organization. “He did that on purpose,” said Franco. “He was running his own business and could jump in and out of projects.” One of those “projects” was donating and raising money for land in Dunwoody that became Zaban Park, home of

the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. He donated money for the Jewish Home, for which The Zaban Tower is named. And there’s a homeless shelter at The Temple that he greatly supported.

“But in all of his years, he was never president until the community center made him honorary president,” Dinerman told the AJT. His daughters, on the other hand, have been president and founders of several Jew-

ish community agencies. Franco and oldest sister, Carol Zaban Cooper, were co-founders of the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta.

Dinerman was a founding member.

In a recent article in the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta newsletter, Cooper – described as a fourth-generation Jewish Atlantan – noted that she’s been past president of the Federation and Women’s Philanthropy, Community Campaign chair, past president of Jewish

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USA Today // The daughters of Erwin Zaban – Carol Cooper, Laura Dinerman, and Sara Franco – were honored in 2015 for their service and philanthropy in the Jewish community.

Judy Robkin, pictured with sister artist Anita Stein, attributes her philanthropy to their father, Henry Birnbrey.

Family & Career Services and a “member of too many boards to count.”

Dinerman was the chairman of The Breman Museum and campaign chair of the Federation’s Women’s division. Now her children, and the children of her sisters, are following in the family footsteps with their various community involvements.

Carol (Breman) Nemo calls it the “philanthropic heart” that gets passed from one generation to the next. “My parents instilled it in me,” she told the AJT. “They lived by example, but never forced me to do anything,” said the co-founder of The Davis Academy and a founding board member of The Weber School. “And I always involved my children in my causes.”

For example, when The Temple started its homeless shelter, Nemo was one of the first directors. “I would take my youngest child and she’d play the piano with some of the people. It was just natural for her to go with her Mom.” Now Nemo’s children and their spouses are continuing the family tradition, contributing their time and money to the Jewish and non-Jewish communities.

Owners of Marlow’s Tavern, the Nemos support the Giving Kitchen, which provides financial assistance to food service workers based on need. They’ve also created a referral program to connect restaurant workers with social services, called The Stability Network.

Adrian Grant grew up in Birmingham, Ala., where his parents were “always volunteering and involved in community activity.

I grew up with it, so when I moved to Atlanta in 1970, I got involved in the MJCCA, B’nai B’rith and other organizations. My kids have grown up with my wife, Ilene, and I involved in the community. It’s part of our family. And we transmitted it to our children.”

Indeed, the Grants’ three sons are all involved in leadership roles in the Jewish community, with son, Sammy, the incoming president of the MJCCA. “I’m lucky and blessed that our children have followed in our footsteps,” Grant told the AJT. “We tried to set an example, but you have to be lucky, too.”

Edwin and Louise Rothberg recently set up a family philanthropic committee that includes their children. “I’ve been supporting the community for 20 years

through the Federation, Temple Emanu-El and Camp Twin Lakes. I always felt compelled to give back. My kids are happy and healthy and I’m in a position to do this.

I’m not big on advertising what I do. I try to be quiet about it, but it’s very rewarding and exciting when the kids participate.”

Passing along the philanthropy gene seems to happen more by osmosis and example rather than actual instruction for these philanthropic families.

Judy Robkin says it was the example of her father, Henry Birnbrey, a Holocaust survivor, that gave her the “clear message” to give back to the community.

Birnbrey came to the United States when he was 13, without a family. But HIAS gave him aid and “he never forgot it. As soon as he could, he gave back. He always considered himself very lucky to have gotten where he is and it’s always been important that we all support the community,” said Robkin of herself and three siblings.

“I look at all four of us and I look at our children and we’re all active in our own way in the Jewish community and the community at large,” said Robkin, an artist who is active with the New Israel Fund and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel. She’s also been involved with what was then the Greenfield Hebrew Academy, and The Weber School.

“Our kids talk about the fact that they were raised in a home that was never about a house, clothes or cars. They always knew they were supposed to give back,” said Robkin. “In fact, our youngest talks about the Tikkun Leil Shavuot that we host every year as the biggest message in his life. It’s always been about learning and education,” she said of the evening-long study sessions held on the holiday of Shavuot in the Robkin house.

The Robkins’ two sons are both rabbis and their daughter is an epidemiologist. They have seven grandchildren with another one due any time, hopefully to continue the family tradition of community involvement.

Nemo notes that her 12-year-old granddaughter, who will have a bat mitzvah next year, is already planning her mitzvah project.

According to Dinerman, “My wish is that my grandchildren follow in the same vein. It would be a lifelong dream.” ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES OCTOBER 25, 2019 | 17

ATLANTA THEN & NOW

How Rabbi Marx and The Temple Helped Shape Atlanta

Rabbi David Marx was an early voice for better race relations and an important link between the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of his time.

By Bob Bahr

a generation of Hebrew Union College graduates in the late 19th century that were very much immersed in the 1886 Pittsburgh Platform’s ideal of classical Reform Judaism. He was against the use of Hebrew in worship. He was against the establishment of the state of Israel.

He was against the singing of “Hatikvah” in The Temple. But he was also very concerned with social justice and rights for African Americans.

After the Atlanta Race Riots of 1906, he was involved in an interracial committee established by the city. He also got deeply involved in what becomes the Southern Regional Council, which was a regional organization, also, in terms of black rights.

For more than 40 years, Mark Bauman helped pioneer the serious study of Jewish life in the South. As a professor of history at Atlanta Metropolitan College and as editor of Southern Jewish History, a scholarly journal, he influenced a new generation of students who saw Southern Jewish history as part of the grand continuum of American Jewish history.

Life in Atlanta and other Southern Jewish communities, he maintains, was not unlike that of cities elsewhere in the country like Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Denver. After his retirement 17 years ago, he remained active as a historian. This week he will be attending the annual meeting AJT: He worked of the Southern Jewwith other Jews of his ish Historical Society time as well, didn’t in Charlottesville, Va. he?

“A New Vision of Southern Jewish Some of BauBauman: You History” by Mark K. Bauman, man’s best scholarly can see his commitpublished by University of Alabama Press in May 2019. papers were published ment to civil rights earlier this summer in “A New Vision of in his interaction with Edward Kahn, the Southern Jewish History.” Included in the head of the [Atlanta Jewish] Federation for book is a lengthy study of the legacy of Rab- decades, beginning in 1928 and also with bi David Marx, who came to The Temple several members of The Temple: Rebecca in Atlanta in 1896 at the age of 23 and re- “Reb” Gershon and Josephine Joel Hyman mained there until his retirement in 1946. and Be Haas.

These people are actually deeply inRecently, we discussed Rabbi Marx’s volved in the Urban League that worked for profound influence on Atlanta Jewish the rights of African Americans going back to the 1920s and 1930s. These Jews opposed history. lynching in the 1920s and 30s. He was also deeply involved with the most important AJT: Who was Rabbi David Marx?

Bauman: Rabbi Marx represented social welfare worker in Georgia who was 18 | OCTOBER 25, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

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Mark Bauman has been the author or editor for a dozen scholarly books on Southern Jews. He is founder and editor of the journal, Southern Jewish History.

Jewish, Rhoda Kaufman. She also worked on behalf of African American rights.

When he was active in the first decades of the 20th [century], clearly there was segregation. But he was trying to help make African Americans, who were separate but equal, more equal than they were. I don’t know how better to put it. He was trying to give a certain amount of economic opportunity and social services to African Americans.

That was carried forward by his successors, Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, Rabbi Alvin Sugarman and today, Rabbi Peter Berg.

AJT: What is Rabbi Marx’s important legacy?

Bauman: Later rabbis might have looked down upon him to some extent, especially because of his virulent anti-Zionism, but in terms of social justice, there is that legacy of working for civil rights and it’s important.

I’ve done two different books on rabbis and civil rights. And what you see is that the ones that were active in the 1940s and ’50s benefited from rabbis that preceded them in the 1910s, ’20s and ’30s, like Rabbi David Marx, who essentially established the path for them. This is one of Marx’s legacies.

AJT: And how does the role of The Temple fit into the Jewish community today?

Bauman: I think what you see is a dramatic transformation. You know, The Temple was the only synagogue in the city until 1887. Even after that, for another 50 years or more, until after World War II, The Temple was the synagogue whose leadership was very, very dominant.

Now, I think you can’t keep count of how many congregations we have and a variety of different congregations and different types for worship. Today we’ve got so many different Jewish institutions and Jewish causes, but The Temple is still a dominant voice in the life of the community and in the Jewish community’s relationship with others.

You know, it’s a far cry from the first Federation that was organized in 1905 that unified nine separate institutions and then was revised for 12 separate institutions. I don’t know how many Jewish institutions you have in Atlanta now. What that means is a tremendous opportunity for people to experience and express their Jewish identity in many, many different ways. And it’s a transformation of leadership patterns. ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES OCTOBER 25, 2019 | 19

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By Marcia Caller Jaffe

School. Now he says, “I am basically a Jack of all trades. At this stage, my ADHD characteristics serve me well where I can spend 15 minutes on topic X, then bounce to topic Y quickly.”

He has been with Jamestown for over two decades and before becoming CEO seven years ago, served at various times as general counsel, acquisitions lead and portfolio manager.

Matt Bronfman would be shy about accepting accolades touting his success as Jamestown Property’s CEO in reshaping much of what’s “cool” and working well inside the city.

Bouncing off other big city historic and landmark destinations like Chelsea Market in New York and Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, Bronfman led What’s Brewing the charge in developing Jamestown, under Ponce City Market out Bronfman’s leadership, of the bones of the old has been headlining Sears building, which the news: taking over The Shops of Buckhead, dates back to 1926 and later became City Hall the multiblock quadrant/quasi-Rodeo Drive East. on Peachtree – adding He was chosen by Atlanta Business Chrona more communityBronfman says, “In real estate development, follow those who icle as “One of the Most friendly business comare young and creative. “ Admired CEOs” in 2017 ponent starting with and one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s changes in early 2020 – and also two joint venture adaptive reuse developments on “Most Influential Atlantans” this year.

Humble and upbeat, Bronfman Atlanta’s Westside.

Plus the Atlanta Business Chronicle launched from Overland Park, Kansas, to Tufts University, then Northwestern Law reported Oct. 14 that Jamestown recently

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Ponce City Market is a” live work play” historic building that Jamestown Properties turned into a Midtown community hub.

paid $34.5 million for the Southern Dair- & Knight law firm, Bronfman didn’t take family advice, which was that leaving ies property across from PCM. After The Shops of Buckhead deal law for a career in real estate might be was announced, Jamestown conducted “too risky.” Twenty-two years later, they Town Hall meetings to listen to commu- have three children, one currently at The nity folks’ input in moving the needle Weber School, the others at University forward. Bronfman elaborates, “We are of Pennsylvania and University of Texas excited to take over something that is in business school.

a way ‘challenged,’... to make it better. We Community Involvement will not replicate Ponce City Market in Bronfman serves on the executive Buckhead but we will provide more variety and give people a reason to linger board of the Atlanta Jewish Federation.

Previously he was on the boards of the longer.”

He explained that PCM appeals to a Epstein and Weber schools. “One can different customer; but a lot of what we focus on schools or the JCC, which are have learned is transferable. We want great, but the Federation is really the to create more of a community and will glue that connects the entire commuconsider more varied shops, perhaps a nity,” Bronfman said. He also serves on wine store, or a unique bookstore. Per the board of the international Jewish Bronfman, “We want a community hub. Funders Network, which puts Jewish philanthropists together Not just a place where to amplify action. someone parks, goes into one shop, and then Playing It Forward leaves.”

Bronfman, who deNote that some tenlivered newspapers as a ants at The Shops of youngster and then was Buckhead are Hermes, a tennis pro, spends his Shake Shack, Bella Bag, free time jogging and Le Bilboquet, Dior, Jimreading nonfiction. “Acmy Choo, Tom Ford, and tually, I don’t have time Spanx Corporate. Not for The tenant mix in Ponce City for many hobbies. I am the faint of pocketbook.

Market makes it a unique very fortunate to have a Some beauty and yoga destination for out-of-towners fascinating job, focusing and local fun seekers. venues are mixed in. on identifying trends and mentoring a They offer two hours of free parking. great team. Jamestown is like another family, and I relish helping others grow.”

Practicing Law Leads to a Wife Also an attorney and Atlanta native, He also emphasized the importance of Ronit Walker was hired to be Bronfman’s finding joy and said he laughs out loud replacement while clerking for a federal multiple times every day.

When asked to proffer advice to judge. He laughs, “Today one would be much more cautious about asking out an those going into real estate, he pondered, interviewee or co-worker; but it worked “Focus on demographics and trends and out well for us and I have a great life part- how/where creative young people want ner.” Ronit is currently an administrative to live and work, and remember that in curating a project, sometimes the highestlaw judge.

Once in Atlanta working at Holland paying tenants are not the best tenants.” ■

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Silverstein's Preferred Apartment Communities Dazzle

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Leonard Silverstein presides over $5 billion in assets as co-founder, vice chairman of the board and president of Preferred Apartment Communities (NYSE: APTS), headquartered in Atlanta.

PAC’s portfolio includes Class A multifamily, office and grocery-anchored shopping center properties in 41 markets and 15 states, mostly in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Texas.

“We primarily focus on acquiring multifamily communities located in MSAs [with] one million-plus residents, like Atlanta, where we see strong demographic and economic growth trends,” Silverstein said. “The average age of our communities is only around five years old, and we are all about our residents, for whom we emphasize amenities, security and beautiful landscaping.”

He added, “Our acquisition strategy also focuses on well-leased Class A office properties located in our targeted markets, while our grocery-anchored shopping center strategy focuses on assets anchored by the number one or two leading grocer in the submarket.”

Silverstein, who is from Alabama, excelled at Vanderbilt University in both undergraduate work in political science and math, then at law school where he was associate managing editor of the law review.

Outside of business, Silerstein had a most unusual hobby as a crew member racing a J-Class sailboat internationally, and counts as a life-highlight serving the Atlanta Jewish community.

Find out what energizes this real estate guru.

Jaffe: How did the Silversteins end up in Mobile?

Silverstein: We have interesting characters from both sides. Mom’s family came through Ellis Island to Mobile, and Dad’s family settled in Brooklyn. While serving in the Air Force near Mobile, he met Mom and settled there. A combination of both families would show grocers, insurance and collection agents, and real estate entrepreneurs. Interestingly, Mayer Mitchell, my second cousin out of Mobile, was a former president of AIPAC. Jaffe: How did you transition from law to real estate?

Silverstein: I practiced in the areas of securities, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy from ‘83 to ‘94, and then Long Aldridge & Norman from ‘94 to 2004. There I met a new client, John

Williams, founder of Post Properties.

Following his retirement from Post in 2004, I left LAN to partner with him and became the COO/general counsel of the newly formed Corporate Holdings LLC. We raised $500 million in capital commitments across three separate funds, which we invested in about $1.5 billion of assets and developments.

Coming out of the 2008 recession, we launched (2011) “from scratch” Preferred Apartment Communities with an IPO of common stock on the NYSE AMEX exchange. In 2015, we transferred PAC’s listing to the New York stock exchange.

Note that John, recently deceased, was a visionary and tremendous partner.

Jaffe: Describe Preferred Apartment’s portfolio?

Silverstein: We started in Class A multifamily, later expanded into groceryanchored (Publix, Kroger and Harris Teeter) shopping centers, and in 2016 added Class A office buildings. PAC owns about 60 percent multifamily communities (including student housing), 20 percent office buildings, and 20 percent groceryanchored centers.

In Atlanta alone, we own over 1,560 Class A apartment units, the Three Ravinia office building on Ashford Dunwoody, several buildings in Armour Yards, and 14 grocery-anchored shopping centers, including Cherokee Plaza Shopping Center on Peachtree and Roswell Wieuca Shopping Center with Goldberg’s and Fresh Market.

Leonard Silverstein says that serving as president of the American Jewish Committee was one of the highlights of his life.

Three Ravinia is an 816,748-squarefoot development located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter commercial district.

one of the highlights of my life. It’s a tremendous worldwide organization.

venues like Newport, Europe, and the British Virgin Islands. John’s boat was a replica of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt’s 1937 America’s Cup winner, Ranger. I was one of 36 crew members and typically worked on the bow. ■

Jaffe: Elaborate on your boating gig.

Silverstein: Williams and I raced three-plus sailboat regattas a season at

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Jaffe: Your family stays busy?

Silverstein: My wife (Ellen Frauenthal) is a concierge physician. I tease her about being a “throwback” to Marcus Welby since her practice focuses on making house calls.

My children are well on their way: My son started a music company that uses artificial intelligence to create original score music; one daughter is a pediadontic resident; the other is a medical student. I have tried my best to be a great father, instilling Judaism in our family, giving back to our community, attending school functions, coaching soccer teams, and even serving as a lacrosse scorekeeper!

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Jaffe: What is your involvement in the Jewish community?

Silverstein: I was active on The Temple board and am past president of the American Jewish Committee, Atlanta region, where I continue to serve on its board of trustees. Leading the AJC was

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Getting Ready to Sell? This Could Save You Money These days, selling a house is like online dating.

You need to look as good as possible on the internet where buyers are most likely to see you first. And few people want to know they are taking on a “project” before even going on the first date.

Yes, some buyers can visualize how they’d change things, Jimmy but more often than not, Baron they’ll simply “swipe left.”

Keep in mind that a home for sale is like a piece of salmon in the display case at Kroger, and each day it sits it gets a little brown around the edges and they have to start marking it down. Same with a house. Your value drops with each day it goes unsold, and buyers know this.

Think about it, … if you were house hunting and saw that a property you liked had been listed for four months, how likely would you be to make a full price offer?

Yet, if that same property had just hit the market a week ago, you’d likely come in stronger to avoid getting in a bidding war with other potential buyers.

I’m often asked by clients to advise them on what they should spend money on to get their home ready to go on the market. And it’s a question I recommend all sellers ask their agent as it can save thousands of dollars. Too often people spend money on items that won’t help the house sell yet overlook things that would surely make a difference in how the property looks. As a rule, give buyers as few obstacles as possible to take a visit.

Here are my top priorities to ready your property prior to listing: 1. Obvious, visible maintenance items: No potential buyer wants to stand

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on the front steps of a home and see thousands of dollars in window, roof, soffit, trim, paint, and mortar work needed before even stepping foot inside. Plus, it sends them a message that the property has not been cared for.

2. Paint: It’s a pain but neutralizing your walls (preferably a light grey or offwhite) will do wonders. You may like that the living room is blue and the dining room is gold, but few buyers will share your taste and will just see it as more work.

3. Landscape: Curb appeal is a real thing. Trim hedges below your windows if possible, ensure that shrubs are not overgrown, bushes are cut away from the

siding, and pine straw covers “bald spots.”

Also make sure exterior trim is painted.

4. Declutter: You’ve heard this before. Too many tchotchkes are distracting and don’t look good in photos. Likewise, if you have every inch of wall space covered in art, no matter how expensive or beautiful, you’ll want to pare it down. Too much covered wall space makes rooms feel smaller and it distracts.

5. Don’t spend money finishing a basement simply to sell. You’ll never get it back.

6. Unless you are prepared to fully renovate a kitchen (i.e. new fixtures, appliances, hardware), don’t “partially” do it by slapping granite on old cabinets.

That rarely works. However, do replace existing granite that may be damaged.

7. Got pets?

Your house probably smells like it.

I promise. Do what you can to deodorize.

8. Replace worn carpeting. Doesn’t need to be expensive, just needs to look nice (stay with light, neutral colors).

9. It’s okay to store things neatly in unfinished basement areas or garage. Buyers understand you are moving.

Better that you store boxes there than take up space in a bedroom. ■ Jimmy Baron is with KellerWilliams Realty, and can be reached at Jimmy@JimmyBaron.com, www.JimmyBaron.com.

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Current Market Trends 2019 to date for our family business has been among the more challenging of recent years in certain segments of our market, and some of the most gratifying in other segments.

Because we work by personal referral, both my son David Shapiro, and I are available wherever our cli- Jon ents need us. Our goal is to Shapiro be well-versed on many different parts of our Atlanta marketplace, especially as our clients move from one part of town to another. One of the amazing segments of our market again this year is the inside the Perimeter first-time homebuyer market under $500,000.

Intown rents can be north of $2,000 a month for a 600-square-foot studio in high demand areas. With interest rates back down to under 4 percent, buying a home can be a very good idea versus renting.

What continues to remain a strong investment is a house or condominium that has good walkability, access to public transportation and green space. Six to 7 percent appreciation per year is not uncommon. As hot as Intown living can be, even with the ongoing lack of inventory, there has been some pushback from buyers on the pricing. Neighborhoods like Ansley Park (average sale price over $1 million) saw a decline of 6 percent from 2018 to 2019. There has been some yearover-year decline in pricing in other parts of the city as well, but overall more in the 1 to 2 percent range. With all this said, each home is its own market and with good preparation of the home for sale and correct positioning on the market, we are still achieving record-breaking sales in a reasonable time frame. Among the biggest changes we are seeing in the

past few years is what I call the Chip and Joanna Gaines HGTV factor to what people are expecting a resale home to look like. This is prevalent in all areas but can be more so outside the Perimeter as there is more new construction competition and consumer expectation is higher. The consumer (especially the younger consumer) is not responding well to a dated appearance and they are liking that Pottery Barn/Restoration Hardware updated, more minimalistic look. Throw in some shiplap and a barn door and they’re delighted! With the low interest rates, consumers will pay more for the home that needs little or no updating, but many don’t have the desire, financial ability or interest to take on a project and will wait on the home that fits their needs.

There are companies out there that will do the work to update the home and get paid at closing. Some consumers will take on the work but are typically wanting a concession well beyond the actual cost. It is prudent over the years of ownership to keep a home well-maintained, updated and as freshened up as possible.

The other thing we are seeing more and more is the changing look of kitchens and baths, evolving and updating at a much quicker pace than in prior times.

Lighter more neutral colors always seem to age better. Highly personalized, overdecorated and bold does not wear as well.

There is also a trend toward less excess.

As in prior generations, families are making do with smaller homes that are better laid out and comfortably affordable.

Consumers are now more than ever wanting to make sure home ownership

does not impede their quality of life.

They still want to travel, etc. There is a real analysis in play toward total cost of ownership in regard to maintenance costs, utilities, insurance, etc. With recent tax changes over the past couple of years there can less deductibility with mortgages over $750,000. Property taxes as well as home equity lines have less deductibility as well. This has raised the cost of home ownership so that all goes into play in what is in demand. This cost of ownership has played into slowing sales in the over $1 million market where often more seller concessions

are needed to get the home sold. With all this said, our Atlanta market is sustainably hot. There are great real estate opportunities here. There is a 29 percent projected population growth over the next 30 years so our real estate should continue to do well. For most of us, real estate ownership over a period of time has been our single best investment.

I believe the trend will continue. I am counting on it! â– Jon Shapiro is with RE/MAX Around Atlanta and can be reached at JonShapiro@ mindspring.com or www.jonshapiro.com.

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Market Depends on Perspective Rarely a day passes that eas. Breaking these markets I am not asked, “How’s the into five pricing groupings residential real estate marmay help answer the quesket?” My typical answer is, tions about current market “It depends. Are you lookstrength. The clusters that ing to buy, sell, or invest?”

I use are entry-level, midThe reality is that the best range, near-luxury, luxury, time to purchase real estate and ultra-luxury. Each price was last week. My point is cluster will vary somewhat that the real estate market based on the location, but is ever-changing, and one’s Debbie my comments closely align perspective will be modified Sonenshine with my primary markets. based on their current cirEntry-level in my pricumstances. mary markets is generally Another essential factor to consider anything under $200,000. This price is that while most statistics reference range is very hot due to the high level large areas of geography, real estate is of investor activity. Buyers in this price truly hyperlocal. It is no secret that high- range need to be prepared to act quickly ly ranked schools and nearby access to when a property is identified and also lifestyle amenities drive housing prices willing to spend money to make desired upward. Within a large neighborhood, upgrades and repairs. This segment reone street may sell better than another. mains a strong seller’s market.

That is why it so important to use the reThe mid-range is above entry-level sources of a local market expert such as up to $600,000. Buyer demand in this me. price cluster remains strong, significantMy primary markets are Sandy ly due to the historically low mortgage Springs, Buckhead, Brookhaven, Dun- interest rates that we continue to expewoody, East Cobb, and the adjoining ar- rience. This segment is neutral without

advantage to buyers or sellers.

Near-luxury homes priced between $600,000 and $900,000 make up the majority of my primary markets. These properties typically will sell rather quickly if they are properly marketed.

This segment is also neutral without advantage to buyers and sellers.

Properties valued at $900,000 up to $2 million are considered luxury in the Atlanta market.

This segment has slowed down a bit lately, likely due to volatility in the financial markets, but this cluster still has good buyer demand. Buyers in this group generally want a property that does not require updating or repairs; ... amenities and condition are very important. The luxury market is slowly progressing toward a buyer’s market as more inventory comes on the market.

The ultra-luxury segment in Atlanta consists of homes priced at $2 million and above. While activity in this segment has risen in the past few years, it remains a buyer’s market with supply outpacing demand, especially at the higher end of this segment. ■ Debbie Sonenshine, with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, can be reached at Debbie@SonenshineTeam.com, www.SonenshineTeam.com

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Hotlanta Real Estate Thinking of buying a home? There are many things to consider and the negotiation part of the transaction is the most important. You need to hire a real estate professional who knows how to negotiate to get you the best possible deal for your money.

are many things to consider while preparing your home to sell. You want to make sure your home is what today’s buyers want to receive a quick offer. Getting a professional real estate agent to assist is your best option when planning to sell.

Melanie

Here are some things to White consider: Closing costs: Your closing costs can run anywhere from 2 to 5 percent of the purchase price. Many sellers are willing to contribute toward these costs.

Furnishings: Buyers often ask for appliances, outdoor furniture and even interior items. When the price is negotiated, this can be a good way for sellers to make the home more appealing.

Inspection and close date: Buyers that offer a quick inspection and close timeline are more attractive to sellers who may have been going through the process for too long. Be sure to give yourself ample time to have your finances in place and complete proper, thorough inspections.

Home warranty: Unless you are purchasing a new home with manufacturer and builder warranties, you need a home warranty. Sellers will often agree to pay the premium for a home warranty at closing to hand to the new homeowner.

Inspection: Your inspection may uncover necessary repairs to bring the home up to standard. Be sure to have these items fixed by the seller before the closing or ask for a price reduction to cover the costs.

Thinking of selling a home? There

Here are some things to consider: 1. Declutter: The interior, garage and exterior all need to be decluttered to make the space look as large as possible.

2. Update and paint: Most buyers today want a home that is ready to move in, so updating the kitchens and bathrooms is essential. A fresh coat of paint can do wonders to update a home.

3. Landscape: Curb appeal is very important, so be sure your landscaping is up to par so buyers will want to see the interior of the home.

4. Repairs: Make sure everything is in working order, even the small items need to be repaired before listing your home.

5. Cleaning: Hire a professional to clean your home. They can do a deep cleaning and see things you may miss.

Professional window cleaning is also a must in the cleaning process.

Just remember, everyone has the same goal: …. to get to the closing table and walk away with smiles! ■ Melanie White is part of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokers and can be reached at realtor.melaniewhite@gmail.com or www.melsellsatl.com/.

Aligning a variety of home buyers, sellers, and investors with their next dream property in Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, and North Atlanta while helping them to easily get through each part of their transaction is essentially what I do at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

To eliminate the hard work for my clients, I specialize in: · Pre-market preparation, including Feng Shui and staging · Being able to quickly provide solutions for practically any issue that may arise during the transaction · Utilizing current technology and research methods to get the very latest marketing, financial, and legal data · Assembling a team of marketing and management experts · Offering one-on-one support for every property

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

Noach Friday, November 1, 2019, light candles at 6:34 p.m.

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evocative memoir. “Famous Father Girl” features a fantastic set of characters including the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins and Betty (Lauren) Bacall. $18 for members, $25 for nonmembers. For more information, www.bit.ly/333uV3s.

gation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Twelve tournament-style games, chances to win money and prizes and a catered lunch. $36 per person. For more information, helene@bethshalom.net, 770-399-5300 or amy.trotz@ gmail.com.

5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Twenty years after her sharp, seminal first book “Sex and the City” reshaped the landscape of pop culture and dating with its fly on the wall look at the mating rituals of the Manhattan elite, the trailblazing Candace Bushnell delivers a new book on the wild highs and lows of sex and dating after 50. $35 per person, which includes a hardcover copy of the book. For more information, www.bit.ly/33OeXuo.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28

Divorce & Separation Support Group – Jewish Family & Career Services, 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, from 6 to 8 p.m. Join this biweekly support group facilitated by Helen Kotler Ph.D., LPC. $25 per session. To join the group, hkotler@jfcsatl.org or call 404-210-9571.

Tum Tum Teen LGBTQ + Allies Group – Phillip Rush Center, 1530

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27

Kabbalah and Coffee – Chabad Intown 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.

Dekalb Ave. NE, Suite A, Atlanta, from 2 to 4 p.m. Join SOJOURN for Tum Tum, a new teen group for Jewish LGBTQ+ identified teens and allies to share, learn and connect in a safe space. Free.

For more information, contact tumtum@sojournsgd.org or visit facebook. com/events/469275077179100.

Jewish Single Moms by Choice Meet Up – Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party, 1645 McLendon Ave. NE Atlanta, from 5 to 7 p.m. Whether you’re looking to start your family, seeking medi-

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OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 18

28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta. 45+ authors, two epic weeks. For times, prices and more information, www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Fall Colors Guided Canoe Trip – Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell, at 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, November 2, 3, 9, 10. These are the final opportunities to paddle with CNC until spring 2020. Take in the vibrant colors of the trees before they fade into winter. Paddle quietly along the Chattahoochee, listening to the sounds of the river and its wildlife.

Ages 6 and up. $35 per person for the general public, $30 CNC members. To register and for more information, www.bit.ly/2CmG71Y.

OCTOBER 25-NOVEMBER 6

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Blood Drive – Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. NW, Atlanta, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyday blood donors help patients of all ages, from accident and burn victims to heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer.

In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Schedule an appointment through the Red Cross.

Free. For more information, www.aasynagogue.org.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Café Europa for Holocaust Survivors – Congregation Beth Jacob, 1855 Lavista Road, Atlanta, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cafe Europa is a social gathering for Holocaust survivors at Congregation Beth Jacob held the last Monday of the month. It includes entertainment or a speaker and a kosher catered lunch. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2MEdRxG

enthusiastic, yet they’re often consumed by feelings of doubt, regret, insecurity and suffering. Do our delicate positive emotions have a fighting chance at being in control? This course explores negative emotions in a completely new light, offering spiritual mechanisms that allow us to remain upbeat no matter what life brings. $99 for a single reservation, $169 for a double reservation. For more information, www.bit.ly/2Ph2CuT.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

JBN Adventures in Marketing – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. With Joel Babbit, CEO of Narrative Content Group, one of the nation’s leading content marketing companies. Founded in 2009 by Babbitt and Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, Narrative’s equity partners include CNN and Discovery Communications and its flagship property, Mother Nature Network. MNN is the most visited for-profit website in the world out of the over 3,500 ranked in Alexa’s environmental category. $36 per person. For more information, www.bit.ly/2N2bUYG.

11th ANNUAL ROTHSCHILD LECTURE

EVENING LECTURE

HARVEY MILK through a JEWISH LENS DR. LILLIAN FADERMAN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 7:30 PM Oxford Presentation Room 1390 Oxford Road Emory University LILLIAN FADERMAN is an internationally known scholar of lesbian and LGBT history and literature, as well as ethnic history and literature. Copies of Dr. Faderman’s award-winning book, Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death, will be available for purchase.

Photo by Daniel Nicoletta

This event is free and open to the public.

Please join us for a reception following the lecture.

Open Play Games (Mahjong, Bridge, etc.) – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill

Panel Discussion on the Threats of Modern Anti-Semitism – William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, 1440 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join us at The Breman Museum for a panel discussion on the threat of modern anti-Semitism. Learn about how the threat of anti-Semitism endangers us and what we can do to oppose it. $10 per adult. For more information, www.bit.ly/2MwQowe.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

JLI Worrier to Warrior – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Six Tuesday evenings. People yearn to feel happy, self-assured, and

Road, Atlanta, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Get your game on at the MJCCA. Open play tables are set up every week on MJCCA’s Main Street on Mondays and Wednesdays for you to enjoy popular strategy and skill games while making new friends. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. For more information, www.bit.ly/2H6mYRt.

Caregiving and the Challenge of Dementia – The Cohen Home, 10485 Jones Bridge Road, Johns Creek, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Metulla Hadassah sponsors speaker Nancy Kriseman, LCSW, Geriatric Consulting Services, author of “The Mindful Caregiver” and “Meaningful Connections.” This will be a workshop focused on becoming mindful caregivers. $5 per person. For more information, contact Judy Roseman, judyroseman@comcast.net.

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DINING Mojave: New Owner–New Attitude–New Decor

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

The entrées stepped up with the favorite being Pescado Veracruz (market Long-awaited and price), a whole bronzino beautifully recreated with crushed tomatoes Mojave has reclaimed and olive slices over Spanthe former Ray’s Rio Braish potato slices. In the vo site on Powers Ferry running was the Tequila Road near the I-285 New Orange Salmon ($25.95) Northside exit. That’s a over polenta cakes and asshortened version of a paragus. On an earlier ocrevolving door situation casion I enjoyed the Plato from the Chart House, a de Verduras, vegetable dueling piano gig, Peter and quinoa stuffed pepChang’s, and three more pers with herbed ricottasandwiched in. filled eggplant rellenas.

It will be up to hisPhoto by Marcia Caller Jaffe // Mojave's Courtesy of Mojave // Exciting flora Photo by Marcia Caller Jaffe // The Mojave tory to decide if the winfront entrance features cacti and palms. surrounds Mojave’s front entrance. interior looks out over the lake and fountain; The latter was melt-in-themouth rich and special. ning formula is timing/ the interior lighting is especially chic.

For dessert, we location and/or what happens inside. Mentioning location/timing is scene with water running through clay pot- meal and drink service. Indoors a cozier waited the extra 20 minutes for the chocoappropriate because at the earlier points in tery at the entrance and the extraordinary second level is available for overflow and late lava cake preparation with Mexican chocolate gnache filling under salted this history, the One River Place residential view of a fountain and circular manmade private events. complex right next door was not full as it is lake flowing over a dam into a tributary of Husband and wife team Rachel and caramel ice cream. It was certainly fulfilling, but did not live up to now for easy walkover, as is the more formal the Chattahoochee River out back.

Miguel Ayoub are behind expectations. The round Ray’s on the River on the west side adjacency.

Mojave also did an architecturally the rebirth, pivoting off graham cracker-crusted The new Mojave, now almost three pleasing job of simulating cropped and their experience as proKey lime pie with raspmonths in, retained the free, easy-out front sculpted green ivy around the adobe-like prietors of the Rose and berry coulis was enough parking and the verdant setting beginning entrance. For nice weather days and nights, Crown Tavern. Rachel, a to split. There are also à la with the lush Southwest cactus/palm tree there is an outdoor lighted patio with full designer, did a particularly carte tacos and tamales in sophisticated job with the the $3 to $4 range, and a sleek interior. No more children’s menu. Recently beer barrels and cantina Mojave added Sunday signs, Mojave is white tabrunch with the option of bleclothed and spacious, bottomless mimosas. with trendy ivory beige On the Saturday draped drum lighting and Courtesy of Mojave // Owners night we dined, we apprescarlet hued paintings Miguel and Rachel Ayoub are ciated a live combo with that one might see in Rio gracious hosts. Rachel is the or Lima. High points are artist behind the interior design. a lounge singer crooning scored for the low noise level, where diners “The Girl from Ipanema.” On Fridays a live Flamenco guitarist performs. Ah, the rocan actually hear each other’s convos.

The menu portends Latin American mance of it all, looking out at the fountain cuisine derived from family recipes, com- with a staycay atmosphere …

Miguel said, fort food, small plates, “Coming to my resfull courses, and taurant is like coming hand-crafted cocktails into my house, and with “the world’s best I’ll be sure to make tequilas.” The straws you feel that way.” are made from agave Mojave is the Ayoubs’ plant pulp, which fifth restaurant and would pass muster in the only Latin-AmerCalifornia. The homeican one. Rose and made corn bread is Crown, a few blocks touted by servers. The Photo by Marcia Caller Jaffe // Mojave away, is being rebuilt house-made guacadesserts are fresh and shareable. in a renovated center mole with jalapeños, on the north section of Powers Ferry on the cilantro and lime juice or the ceviche PeruCobb County side.

■ vian style would be unique choices.

We started with a Red Mesa Salad Mojave is located at 6450 Powers Ferry on romaine with roasted corn and black Road, Sandy Springs, and is open seven bean sprinkles, trying both the grape seed days a week; Thursday to Sunday until and cilantro basil vinaigrettes, neither of midnight. which was particularly standoutish.

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COMMUNITY Solomon Brothers Fine Jewelry Expands North

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

design, said, “The new space will evoke a sleek, youthful feel with a refreshed look Buckhead jeweler Solocomplete with natural light, mon Brothers is taking its impressive display stations, sparkle to Alpharetta with private diamond viewing a second location, which rooms and an in-store bar opened Oct. 18. Founded in that will serve selections of 1982 by South African-born beer, wine and champagne. brothers Ivan, Howard and The showroom will also don Anthony Solomon, the stores TV screens displaying gem are now run by Ivan’s son and Greeting guests at the grand opening A display of emerald jewelry is The new second floor showroom and diamond-focused educurrent president Jaron Solopreview event for their Alpharetta part of the modern showroom. has 5,000 square feet, similar to cational content for custommon, alongside his wife Alli. location are Anthony, Jaron, Rayna the flagship Buckhead location. ers to view while browsing.”

This new store on (Jaron’s mother) and Alli Solomon.

On a sad note, Jaron Windward Parkway is eager to expand geographically and offers traveling a lot less. Plus, with the proximity next level with this expansion, plus next paused to remember his late father Ivan, who the same service and jewelry expertise to Avalon and its success, it was an easy fit.” year’s renovation of the flagship Buck- passed away three years ago. “This all came as the original store in Buckhead’s Tower The wildly successful Avalon devel- head store. Another strategy to expand about because of him. I most remember two Place. The Solomons are known for en- opment, minutes off Georgia 400, has an Solomon Brothers is increased social me- principles Dad instilled in us about the busigagement rings, wedding bands, loose dia- upscale demographic amid a Whole Foods, dia presence, a less traditional means of ness: honesty and customer service.”

The Alpharetta showroom is at 2500 monds and custom designs. multiscreen movie theatre, Rumi’s Kitchen, promoting jewelry. Jared remarked, “SoJaron said, “We did a lot of market luxury hotel, dozens of retail businesses, cial media is something that’s really im- Old Milton Parkway, with 5,000 square research before we decided on Alpharetta and premium multifamily residential. It’s a portant in this age of business. It opens feet on the second story. Solomon Brothers Alpharetta will have the same hours and pulled from our knowledge of what state-of-the-art live-work-play environment. up our message to a new generation.” worked well in Buckhead for this market.

The Alpharetta store’s atmosphere is as Buckhead Tower Place, opening at With his “younger attitude” and busiWe listened to our clients, … making it ness acumen, Jaron is committed to pro- ultra-contemporary, offering live games on 10 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and more convenient for many of them to have moting the growth of the Solomon brand the TVs in-store, and liquid refreshments. noon on Sundays. For more information, a better experience with us as they will be in taking the 35-plus year business to the Alli, who was involved in the décor and visit www.solomonbrothers.com. ■

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Local Women Walk for Breast Cancer

By Roni Robbins Team Boobelahs of Temple Kol Emeth isn’t concerned that its name alone makes people squirm as long as it gets them talking about breast cancer and giving money for research to stop the disease.

That’s what team captain Bonnie Lamberg told the AJT after about 19 breast cancer survivors, their families, friends and supporters, sponsored by the Reform East Cobb synagogue, participated in the 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer Research in Atlanta earlier this month. The Marietta group raised about $16,000 this year, said Lamberg, who chairs the team with Jacklyn Levin. Last year the group, which began about 10 years ago, raised about $24,000.

Past team fundraisers included sales of mammogram cookies in which fluffy filling was squished between two graham crackers. If you’ve ever had the annual breast check, you’ll understand. The group also has sold “Dudes for Boobs” T-shirts.

“Even if it rubs someone wrong or makes them uncomfortable, they’ll reach into their pocket, Lamberg said. “They will talk about breast cancer with one another. It gets a lot of attention We want to keep that communication open. We want

Jennifer Fink and Jody Goldstein started A Cure in Our Lifetime in 2015 after having met at a 2-day walk.

Closing ceremonies for the 2-Day Walk took place at Liberty Plaza near the state Capitol.

to be open to discuss it.”

TKE has allowed the group to promote its cause during Hebrew School and last year, the Men’s Club wore pink to express support at one of its events.

In Georgia, the 2-day walk, Oct. 5-6, raised $1.1 million for breast cancer programs. More than 850 registered walkers, 150 crew members and 100 volunteers participated in the 30-mile route through downtown Atlanta for the 17th annual walk produced by It’s The Journey, Inc. Walkers and volunteers included men and women from 139 cities and towns in Georgia and 16 states.

Lamberg, a hairdresser, has many clients who are breast cancer survivors.

“Sometimes I’m called before the family.”

They are concerned about losing their hair, Lamberg explained.

Team Boobelahs was part of the Jewish contingency that also included Jennifer Fink and Jody Goldstein, who started A Cure in Our Lifetime nonprofit after meeting in 2015 at the 2-day walk.

A Cure in Our Lifetime, which raises money for breast cancer research, presented a $100,000 award at the walk this year with It’s the Journey and Georgia CORE (Center for Oncology Research and Education) to Dr. Veena Rao of the Morehouse School of Medicine for her research into triple negative breast cancer. In the past, A Cure in Our Lifetime has given the money to It’s The Journey to award, Fink said.

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According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 10,000 Georgians are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and the state has one of the highest rates in the country of death from breast cancer. Since 2003, the Georgia 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer has raised more than $16 million and awarded 372 grants to breast health and breast cancer programs in the state. These local organizations provide screening, diagnostics, genetic counseling and testing, wellness programs, and breast cancer research.

“Every dollar raised stays here in Georgia and helps our communities; it’s powerful to know that what you’re doing directly helps your neighbors affected by or at risk of breast cancer,” said Stephani Tucker, executive director of It’s The Journey.

The 2019 theme for the walk was “Sea of Pink,” celebrating the collective power of a community coming together to fight breast cancer. This year’s route explored downtown, Kirkwood, Inman Park, the Old Fourth Ward, Reynoldstown, Cabbagetown, as well as the BeltLine. Walkers enjoyed lunch on the lawn of Coan Park, and, along with crew and volunteers, all walked the last half-mile together to the state Capitol to gather at Liberty Plaza for closing ceremonies. ■

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Stan and Rabbi Judith Beiner announce the wedding of Zoe Beiner and Eytan Oren.

They were married on July 7 at The Temple. The ceremony was officiated by the bride’s mother, Rabbi Beiner, and the ketubah was signed by Larry Ivers and Jacqueline Papilsky, friends of the couple. A very lively reception followed with friends and family performing for the couple and music provided by Atlanta Wedding Band.

Zoe graduated from the University of Florida and earned her law degree at Vanderbilt University. She is currently serving as a clerk for a federal judge and has accepted a position at an Atlanta firm upon completion of her clerkship. Eytan is a fellow graduate of the University of Florida and is currently working on a master’s in education at Kennesaw State University while working as a synagogue consultant. He is the son of Ido and Jodi Oren of Gainesville, Fla. ■

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Jewish Joke of the Week

KEEPING IT KOSHER

Orange-Pumpkin-Streusel Muffins

This muffin smacks of fall with fantastic taste and flavor, as well as fabulous texture. It is so filling and freezes well too.

Cooking and Prep: 40 minutes Yields: 12 muffins Preference: Pareve Difficulty: Easy Diet: Vegetarian, low-fat

The Human Principle A congregant asked his rabbi, “Rabbi, you’re a man of G-d. So why is it that you are always talking business when I, a businessman, am always talking about spiritual matters when I’m not at work?”

“You have discovered one of the principles of human nature,” the rabbi replied.

“And what principle is that, Rabbi?”

“People like to discuss things they know nothing about.”

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Yiddish Word of the Week Vilde Chaye

‫װילדע חיה‬

vilda chaya, vilde khaye, vilde Chaya A rambunctious or wild person [lit. ‘wild animal’] “We have to have things to do for the vilde chaya kids!”

Muffins 1 ¾ cups flour (I used whole wheat pastry) 2 ½ teaspoons Haddar Baking Powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Scant ¼ teaspoon nutmeg Pinch ginger (adds great flavor; don’t leave out) Pinch Gefen Ground Allspice (adds great flavor; don’t leave out) 1 egg ¼ cup oil ½ cup Gefen Soymilk 1 tablespoon orange zest, or to taste ½ cup orange juice ¾ cup canned pumpkin puree 1 medium Granny Smith apple, grated Streusel 2 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons light brown sugar (I use demerara, which is similar to turbinado sugar) ¼ cup flour ½ cup Kedem Tea Biscuit crumbs ½ teaspoon cinnamon Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a muffin tin with paper cups.

In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice. Mix well.

Make a well in the center. Add egg, oil, soymilk, zest, juice, pumpkin and apple.

Stir just until blended. (Overmixing muffins can cause them to be flat and rubbery.)

Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin. I use a full 1/3 measuring cup to do this, so all the muffins are even.

Place streusel ingredients in a small bowl and mix together with a fork. Sprinkle over the tops of the muffins.

Bake for 22 minutes. Carefully remove from the pan and cool on wire rack.

Note: You can put part of the crumbs on the bottom of the muffin, pressing down to form a crust. If the streusel looks like it’s getting too dark while baking, cover loosely with parchment paper until finished baking. The muffin itself needs the full baking time.

Variation: You can use any other orange fall vegetable in place of the pumpkin: pureed butternut squash, sweet potato or a combo of a few. I used pumpkin for convenience.

Recipe by: Brynie Greisman Source: Family Table by Mishpacha magazine reprinted from kosher.com

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15 Years Ago// October 22, 2004 ■ The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, an American organization that supports Israeli soldiers and their families, opened an Atlanta chapter following a failed startup attempt two years prior.

The group identified Atlanta as the first beachhead in a new initiative to grow from eight U.S. chapters to 13 over the next five years, according to its national director, Brig. Gen. Yehiel Gozal.

■ Marilou Braswell, the former University of Georgia cheerleading coach who was fired earlier in 2004 after a Jewish member of the squad accused her of religious discrimination, filed a motion to get her job back. Meanwhile, a federal lawsuit she filed moved forward, according to published reports. Braswell said she should not have been disciplined because UGA had not taken similar action against football coach Mark Richt, who often took players to church.

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25 Years Ago// October 28, 1994 ■ 130 Atlantans of all ages traveled on a day trip to Washington, D.C., to visit the U.S. Holocaust Museum. The participants were disturbed and emotionally moved by the horrors of the Holocaust that the museum displayed.

■ During Breast Cancer Awareness month, Greater Atlanta Hadassah and Northside Hospital sponsored a breast cancer awareness seminar in the Fulton County school system.

Brig. Gen. Yehiel Gozal said the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces is trying to expand.

50 Years Ago// October 24, 1969 ■ The Jewish Federation movement in America was scheduled to honor its 75th anniversary in Boston during the week of Nov. 12.

The 38th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds was held as well.

■ The Ahavath Achim Sisterhood held its annual Silver Tea in Srochi Auditorium on Nov. 3. The program was a panel discussion on Jewish youth movements and honored new and old members.

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Staci Robbins, 38, of Dunwoody, died Oct. 17, 2019. She spent her life inspiring others, overcoming odds, and living life to the fullest. She enjoyed travel, teaching, books, art, and her family and friends.

She loved her job as an elementary school teacher and was so proud to receive the Teacher of the Year Award from Montclair Elementary School. She was preceded in death by her beloved Yorkie Teddy and by her grandparents, Perry and Claire Smolen and Al and Shirley (Honey) Robbins.

Staci is survived by her parents Ronald and Samra Robbins; sisters Hillary Robbins and Daryl Robbins (Erik Karmol); niece and nephew Sawyer and Sullivan Karmol; uncle Lee Smolen; and aunt and uncle Linda and Frank Nathan.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Backpack Buddies in care of Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Atlanta, 30360.

A funeral service was held Oct. 20 at Congregation Beth Shalom in Dunwoody, with private interment following the service at the cemetery. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral care, Atlanta, 770-451-4999.

Barbara Wendy Ziff 68, Atlanta

Barbara Wendy Ziff, 68, died Oct. 10. She lived her life in color, a bold personality befitting her keen sense of style. She was an entrepreneur and an artist, displaying her creativity by opening an iconic store in East Cobb in the 1980s called Glitz.

Barbara grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Atlanta after college. Here she met her husband, Tom. Barbara was lucky to have great friends who loved her ability to “Tell it like it was” and appreciated her loyalty during good and bad times.

Twenty years ago, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Despite years of living in pain, she had a love for life and people admired her strength and ability to always put herself together.

She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother and will be truly missed.

Survivors include her loving husband, Thomas Ziff of 45 years; son and daughter-inlaw David Ziff and Julia Tiessen of Atlanta; daughter and son-in-law Erin and Jake Slosburg of Houston, Texas; grandchildren Philip and Esther Slosburg; sister, Debbie (Bruce) Nelson of Marietta; nephews and cousins; and her beloved dog Simon.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org) or a charity of one’s choice.

A graveside service was held Oct. 13 with Rabbi Bradley Levenberg officiating.

Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Atlanta, 770-451-4999. Sign online guest book at www.dresslerjewishfunerals.com. ■

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CLOSING THOUGHTS Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, and Most Everything is Small Stuff I grew up not having to ing their deaths. I lost other worry about much except dorelatives, and all I could do ing well in school. My parents was attend their funerals and never made a lot of money, be sympathetic to those alive. but they were happy with Regarding money, I had their lot. My job was to get enough for my family to do good grades, get a good educawhat my wife and I could aftion and find a decent paying ford. I followed the practice job to support myself. Until I of my father, who told me married, that was my focus. that he could not send me to Once I was married and Allen H. an expensive university, so I had children, my responsibili- Lipis went to schools my parents ties increased. I had responsi- The Bottom Line could afford. bilities to my wife, my children, For my children, we did and then to my community. I had household what we could afford. For travel, for vacaexpenses, medical expenses, loans and mort- tions, for charities, for clothing, and for gages, tuition for Jewish day schools and then housing, we made decisions that we could money for college, charities and many other afford without feeling jealous of anyone activities. Over time, the list of responsibilities else. My parents lived on much less income grew. A few were critical, but most of them than my own family, so I could do more for were just part of living. my family than they could do for me.

As my life unfolded, it occurred to me Over the years, I decided that most of that most of my responsibilities had some the things that I had to do were not worth degree of importance, but their importance getting upset about. Here are a few examwas not life threatening, or a serious medi- ples: if I missed taking out the garbage cans; cal, legal or financial issue. Of course, there if I got a parking ticket or a speeding ticket; if were issues related to death. My parents I had a cold; if I hurt myself and didn’t need both died, but I had no control over prevent- a doctor; if I failed to lose weight; if my hair-

cut was not right; if the food in the restaurant was too cold, or late or had no taste; if my child was not an A student; if my clothes did not fit; if the traffic was horrendous; if I had a car accident and no one was hurt; if there was a leak in the roof; if I missed a TV show; if I missed an appointment; if I missed a phone call; and a hundred other things.

Most of my life today is small stuff, so why be upset or angry or disappointed if it doesn’t work out perfectly? The garbage will be picked up; the parking ticket will be paid; the cold and my hurt will clear up; my weight is my weight; there are other restaurants; I will still love my child regardless of his marks in school; the traffic is the traffic; the car can be repaired; the house can be repaired; the missed TV show will not change my life; the missed appointment can be rescheduled; and the phone call that was missed can be called later or not at all.

I live in a great country. There is no war here. I know anti-Semitism exists, but I am not on the front lines doing something about it. I support Israel strongly, but I am not in a position to be directly involved. Those are big issues, but in my day-to-day living, most of what

is required of me is small stuff, and that small stuff is not worth getting upset about if it is not done on time or perfectly.

I put people ahead of religion, family ahead of business, and optimism ahead of worry. I do worry about a few things, but there are only a few things that are critically important, and I am in action about them. The other 98 percent is small stuff. Ask yourself, whatever the issue, does it really matter to be upset about it?

The bottom line: Don’t sweat the small stuff; it can be a way of life. ■

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