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CONTENTS

Vol. 348 No. 5 | January 29, 2016 | Candle lighting 5:05 p.m.

LOCAL NEWS 16 A GENERATION OF LITERARY INSPIRATION

One of Baltimore’s most accomplished school librarians wins book award 18 ASSEMBLY OPENS WITH VETO OVERRIDES

Legislators reverse five of Hogan’s decisions, with a sixth pending 20 THE BLIZZARD THAT BATTERED BALTIMORE

Organized Jewish community holds strong during Jonas 22 A POLITICAL MISHEGAS

Iowa Jews experience the spirit of the political seasons

NATIONAL NEWS 30 DAY SCHOOL GROUPS PLAN MERGER

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New national organization to speak for 375 day schools

ARTS & LIFE 34 STICKING IT TO ISRAEL

Taking Maryland’s quintessential sport to the Holy Land

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OPINION 7 OPENING THOUGHTS

COMMUNITY 37 OBITUARIES

8 EDITORIALS

33 MISHMASH

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Taran Killam as Ted Cruz

‘SNL’ Mocks Cruz’s ‘NY values’ as Anti-Semitic After the latest Republican presidential debate, there was speculation in the media that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s jibes about “New York values” had sinister undertones. Cruz’s broadside against the city may have been aimed at his rival and New York City native Donald Trump, but his invocation of values that “are socially liberal, pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage and focus on money and the media” led more than one commentator to wonder whether he was really talking about a certain ethnic group. On Jan. 15’s “Saturday Night Live,” Taran Killam, playing Cruz at the debate, goes there. “Instead of celebrating Christmas, New Yorkers celebrate a pagan holiday called Festivus,” Killam says. “In New York, people don’t say hi to their neighbors, they say, ‘Hello Newman.’” Kyle Mooney, playing Fox Business Channel debate moderator Neil Cavuto, catches on, identifying tropes originating 20 years ago on “Seinfeld.” “It sounds like you’re describing the TV show ‘Seinfeld.’ Is that what you mean by liberal values?’ he says. Killam’s Cruz then cops to the real target of his rhetoric. Without giving it away, he mentions a group of people who are well-represented in New York and closely associated with “Seinfeld” in the American imagination. OK, one more hint: The plural term for them rhymes with Trump’s least favorite verb: “lose.” 6

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David Bowie and His ‘Adoptive’ Jewish Family David Bowie didn’t start his first trip to the United States with a drug-filled party or a wild show but instead with a quiet evening at the home of a Maryland Jewish family. The now-iconic English rocker had just released the album “The Man Who Sold the World,” which built on the success of his popular “Space Oddity” album in Europe. But he wasn’t yet a household name in the States when his first U.S. tour was set to kick off in January 1971. Bowie’s North American publicist, Ron Oberman of Mercury Records, invited him to stay at his parents in Silver Spring for a night before setting out to play shows in cities from New York to Los Angeles. Oberman’s younger brother, Michael Oberman, a music journalist for the now-defunct Washington Star, picked the rocker up from the airport. Bowie was in his pre-Ziggy Stardust phase, but as the younger Oberman recently recalled, his unorthodox appearance was enough to strand him in customs for four hours. Michael Oberman had to explain to his parents who Bowie was, but they welcomed him into their home. Oberman recalled that the family took Bowie to a steakhouse, where the rocker’s appearance aroused so much attention that they had to close the curtains around their booth. Overall, Bowie seems to have enjoyed his time with the Oberman family. “In one of his biographies, he called my mother his ‘adoptive American mother,’” Oberman said.

Michael Douglas, Natan Sharansky to Discuss Anti-Semitism During Campus Visits American actor Michael Douglas and Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky will visit three U.S. university campuses to talk about Israel and modern anti-Semitism. Douglas and Sharansky will visit Brown University on Jan. 28, Stanford University on Feb. 2 and the University of California at Santa Barbara on Feb. 3. They will also address the issue of tolerance and inclusion in the Jewish community worldwide. The program, “Jewish Journeys: A Conversation with Michael Douglas and Natan Sharansky,” is co-hosted by the Genesis Prize Foundation, Hillel International and the Jewish Agency for Israel. Douglas, who won the 2015 Genesis Prize, pledged to use his platform and $1 million in prize money to improve outreach to intermarried families. “At a time when certain individuals and groups in the academic community, as well as other forces, are making sustained efforts to delegitimize Israel, these visits are particularly important and timely,” said Genesis Prize Foundation co-founder and chairman Stan Polovets.

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Opening oughts Joshua Runyan Editor-in-Chief

It’s the Jewish Thing to Do As I’m writing this, my family is running around the three floors of a house that is not ours. We traveled up I-95 before the dreaded snowzilla hit in advance of last weekend to attend a friend’s son’s bar mitzvah on sunday. The blizzard made sure that the party was pushed off, and here we are, overstaying our welcome, waiting for a plow truck to dig our car out of a veritable mountain of snow. And from what I can tell from the pictures online, ours is not an isolated story. Up and down the East Coast, from Washington to New York, Jonas — purportedly the worst winter storm to strike Baltimore in recorded history — stranded motorists, imprisoned residents and blanketed roads beneath feet of snow. All of a sudden, life, it seemed, ground to a halt. Woe is us! Actually, these are decidedly firstworld problems, no matter the “hardships” most of us had to endure, what with all the shoveling and making due with leftovers. But as this week’s JT reminds us, there’s an entire globe of people for whom spending days cooped up with family beside a warm fireplace or throwing snowballs at each other would be a blessing. The Jewish community’s embrace of some of these people, refugees from war-torn syria, has not been without controversy. Although very few will eventually call maryland home, Jewish organizations here in Baltimore and D.C., allied with the movements representing Reconstructionist, Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Jews, have been pushing the United states to welcome more muslim refugees. ey’ve been ﬁghting calls from various politicians — and

some Jewish voices as well — to shut down our borders for fear of allowing a future terrorist to make his or her home on U.s. soil. The detractors’ concerns for our safety should not be dismissed out of hand. As terror attacks in Paris and elsewhere in Europe have shown, there are many with ties to homelands in and around syria who see nothing wrong with killing indiscriminately in the name of Islam. But walling off the blessings of liberty to an entire people is wrong. And it isn’t Jewish. As it turns out, the United states already has a vetting mechanism so onerous that today’s arrivals first applied for resettlement here almost two years ago. Is it foolproof ? Probably not. Can it be improved? Almost certainly. But if we fail to provide a home for the downtrodden — and that’s what these refugees are — we as Americans will fail the defining creed of our nation, to confer upon humanity the inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These outsiders, though, weren’t born here, some might say. To them answers the distinctly Jewish command to “love the stranger.” For us, who know all too well the curse of slavery and rejection to the point that it’s almost a part of our spiritual DNA, there can be no greater calling than offering a home to the homeless, food to the hungry and hope to the hopeless. I believe we will, but if we don’t, what good will ﬁrst-world prosperity be if by denying its promise to others, we sow the seeds of third-world enmity? JT jrunyan@midatlanticmedia.com

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Editorials Vice President Joe Biden goes on the attack against cancer.

Vice President Biden’s ‘Moonshot’ Last year, cancer killed an estimated 589,430 Americans. And despite recent advances in treatment, it stubbornly remains a leading cause of death. Can Vice President Joe Biden lead an American oﬀensive that will vanquish the dreaded disease once and for all? We hope so. And while we acknowledge the danger of buying into the “moonshot” symbolism of the initiative that President Barack Obama announced in his recent State of the Union address, we are also encouraged by the energy with which the administration is pursuing this initiative, sending Biden across the country to unite and support researchers and physicians seeking cures. Admittedly, putting an American on the moon was a relatively straightforward challenge compared to curing cancer — which is actually a group of diseases and requires a personalized treatment for each patient. But when President John F. Kennedy focused the nation’s attention on the earth’s natural satellite, he was promising the unthinkable. We are similarly challenged here. Nonetheless, where the strengths, talents, imagination, creativity and unbounded resources of our country are focused on an objective and brought to bear, there is hope. And if Biden, who just last year tragically lost a son to cancer, remains at “mission control” even after his term as vice president ends, there is the possibility that his clout and deal-making abilities may aid the search for and availability of treatment. And even if America doesn’t cure cancer “once and for all,” as Obama urged, maybe we can cure some cancers and manage others. One way the vice president can lead the effort is by helping to secure much-needed funding for research and testing. He was influential in getting Congress to increase the National Institutes of Health cancer funding by $260 million this year. Keeping cancer research as a national funding priority is key to intensifying the effort. So is breaking down barriers, otherwise known as eliminating silos, in the medical world. Biden has said that researchers who work on their own and don’t share information with other researchers are holding back progress. Perhaps he can help build incentives to make such cooperation and sharing a reality. In doing so, technological advances are likely to be an important component in such an effort. For example, cloud data storage could help scientists compare notes. Rural providers could have access to national centers and their test results. And knowledge could be spread to parts of the world that don’t have the resources to launch their own “moonshot” programs. That’s the promise of this initiative, and we embrace it. And though the results will not yield a single dramatic “one small step for man” moment, they are likely to help bring something that will last even longer and touch more people. We wish the effort and the vice president Godspeed. JT 8

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A Day School Umbrella On many levels, Jewish day schools are flourishing in the United States. Notwithstanding our nation’s many good public school systems, high-quality private school opportunities and a history of integrating immigrants, Jewish day schools have successfully offered an alternative that seeks to balance Jewish knowledge and culture with quality secular education and an involvement in and appreciation of the wider world. But despite its many successes, all is not well with the day school movement. First, high-quality Jewish day school education doesn’t come cheap. And with the exception of Haredi Orthodox day schools, Jewish day school enrollment is flat or declining. In an effort to stanch the flow of students and money to other private schools, five prominent national day school organizations representing 375 Reform, Conservative, modern Orthodox and nondenominational schools, where collectively 100,000 students are enrolled, announced last week that they will combine into a single umbrella association. (This association of the Jewish Community Day School Network, the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, Yeshiva University School Partnership, the Schechter Day School Network and Day Schools of Reform Judaism does not include Torah U’Mesorah and other Haredi yeshiva day school associations, which account for the remaining 125,000 Jewish school-age children who are enrolled in those schools.) The merged organization will advocate for the day school movement and provide professional training and other services in the hope of saving as much as $1 million in efficiencies. In a larger sense, the new umbrella organization will demonstrate Jewish unity by emphasizing the commonality these Jewish schools share. After all, there are no theological controversies in pedagogy, professional training, special needs students, fundraising, networking and IT support. Some might be concerned that in the merging and streamlining of the various (and sometimes conflicting) religious philosophies of the constituent schools and their associations, the defining character of each of the respective Jewish streams will get lost. We trust that those building the new organization are keeping those concerns in mind. But at the end of the day, we all win when all Jewish schools, no matter their affiliation, improve their functioning, increase their enrollments and strengthen their bottom lines. That was one of the significant takeaways from the latest round of Pew analyses — which made clear that so many things correlate with attending a Jewish day school, from identification with Israel to synagogue attendance and Jewish generational continuity. Indeed, in light of that long-known reality, it’s a wonder that it has taken this long for the kind of communal support to materialize to make this new umbrella organization possible. So far, the initiative is going by the placeholder name “NewOrg.” But it might just signify a new horizon ahead. We look forward to NewOrg contributing to a flourishing day school world. JT

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means my high school senior is in the thick of the college application process. Like the hundreds of thousands of other American mothers in my shoes, most conversations I find myself having with family, friends and even new acquaintances inevitably turn to questions of where, and for what, my son is applying in terms of his higher education. ey nod as I recite the usual list of institutions to which a child with a high grade point average, great ACt scores and a natural aﬃnity for math and science would apply: Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, Washington University in st. Louis. But although my son could easily tackle a pre-med curriculum or an MBA track, or whatever those thinking about law school are majoring in these days, the fact is, he really likes to sing. When I reveal to my peers that my son plans to major in musical theater, the head nodding kind of stops and is replaced by a slight squint in the eye. Uh-huh, they politely say. But what they are thinking is, “How impractical.” Or, “How in the world will he make a living?” Or, “Why are you allowing him to enter into a life of certain and continual rejection?” Impractical? Probably. How will he make a living? Not really sure. But the answer as to why my husband and I are enabling him to follow his dream is a bit more complicated. First, we as parents have allowed each of our three older children the privilege of choosing their own — albeit more traditional — career paths and have committed our emotional and ﬁnancial support to those choices, so the fourth child gets the same deal. But the more fundamental answer

— which is a bit tougher for most folks to understand — is that I firmly believe there is no higher calling than the arts, and I am proud that I have a child brave enough to dedicate himself to that pursuit. the arts don’t really matter, some say. I say, the arts may be the only thing that matters. scientists already are envisioning a future where doctors and accountants and a myriad of other professionals will be replaced by some sort of computer or other technology. And as the Internet — an encyclopedic amount of knowledge — becomes more and more accessible in the form of wristwatches and eyeglasses, is it really too farfetched to assume that it is only a matter of time before some sort of chip will be installed directly into our brains, enabling us to instantaneously channel anything we need to know and thereby obviating the need for traditional education? If we continue down this path — and there is no reason to assume we won’t — then the only people who will not be replaceable by computers will be the ones whose work necessarily comes purely from the soul, necessarily independent of machines: the artists. It will be the artists who will be there to teach us what it means to love, to show us, in the words of the late art historian Norris K. smith, wherein goodness lies. And in the future, that will be primary importance. As it is now. “the arts are not a way to make a living,” admitted novelist Kurt Vonnegut. “they are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.” JT Toby Tabachnick is a senior staff writer for The Jewish Chronicle in Pittsburgh, an associated publication of the Baltimore Jewish Times.

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From is View Barry Shaw

Expectedly, European Liberal Left Blames Victims Recent incidents have highlighted the dangerously failed european lewing politics that has draped itself in the false cloak of morality and judgment. israel has been hit by more than 1,000 terror attacks perpetrated by Palestinian Arabs in a four-month period. With kniﬁng, car ramming, ﬁre bombing, rock throwing and occasional shooting attacks, about 30 israelis have been killed and another 200 hospitalized. Fortunately, the rapid response of armed israeli citizens and the presence of highly trained security personnel have managed to neutralize hundreds of attackers both in their terror acts or immediately aer, thereby successfully reducing the number of victims. And yet, swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, a regular antiisrael provocateur, has demanded an international investigation into what

she calls “extrajudicial killings of Palestinians” in order to bring about “possible accountability.” Her demand is yet another of her public acts of anti-israelism. As with her past statements, she has ignored Palestinian-incited mass terrorism against israel and, instead, targeted israeli victims and potential victims for possible prosecution. Wallstrom has a talent for ﬁnding israel guilty for all of sweden’s woes. When, according to swedish intelligence, more than 200 swedes were reported to have joined the so-called islamic state, Wallstrom pointed at israel: “clearly, we have a reason to be worried, not only here in sweden but around the world, because there are so many who are being radicalized. Here again, you come back to situations like that in the Middle east, where not least

there isn’t any future. e Palestinians either have to accept a desperate situation or resort to violence.” the implication is that israel is responsible for the radicalization that is driving so many swedes into the arms of islamic terror groups. Wallstrom is typical of the political sickness that has swept europe. Her attitude of blaming the victim makes her a kindred political spirit to the mayor of cologne, Henriette Reker, who told the women of her city that they should have kept an “arm’s length” distance of the thousand migrant men that sexually abused and robbed almost 200 German females in the city’s central square on new Year’s eve. this is yet another example of a left-wing pro-immigration politician blaming the victim.

swedish leist politicians also advocated a badly flawed policy that allowed masses of unverified migrants into their country. As in Germany, one result has been the rapid rise of violent and disturbing crimes committed by this flood of undisciplined humanity, mainly from the Middle east. Under politicians like Reker and Wallstrom, european nations have shifted from being homogenous countries into dysfunctional societies. And now, israel is finding that countries that “get it” and shift to the right suddenly discover the way to solve their terrorism and migrants problems is to follow the Jewish state’s examples. JT Barry Shaw is senior associate for public diplomacy at the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies.

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Obama, Practice What You Preach I find it disturbing and disingenuous to read that President Barack Obama compares gun violence to freedom of religion. In the JT editorial “Balance of Rights” ( Jan. 15), Obama states that “the right to worship freely and safely ... was denied to Christians in Charleston, S.C., — and to Jews in Kansas City, Muslims in Chapel Hill and Sikhs in Oak Creek. They had rights too.” Obama, where are the religious rights of the Sisters of the Poor, who are being forced to buy health insurance containing contraceptive beneﬁts? Where are the religious rights of the bakery owner, who didn’t want to sell a wedding cake with two male ﬁgures on the cake? e bakery is out of business, and both cases are in court. Joseph Trost Baltimore

Candidate Lennon Deserves Better How is it that an article promoting Yitzy Schleifer’s candidacy in the City Council’s District 5 race ends up with a headline alleging anti-Semitism, based on one unsubstantiated quote from a Facebook post (“Alleged Anti-Semitism in Council Race,” Jan. 15)? e accused, Derrick Lennon, also a candidate, is a longtime community leader who has worked well with people of all races and religions as president 12

“A Holy Calling” Jan. 8. Arnie Feiner repairs a prayer book in his basement workshop. He estimates that he has repaired around 10,000 books.

of the Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association. e headline and accusation would even be inappropriate for the National Inquirer, much less the Jewish Times. Lennon has served the association with dedication for many years and certainly deserves better. Valerie and Norm Dubin Baltimore

‘Holy Calling’ Defines Feiners We were thrilled to see Arnie Feiner’s “holy” work highlighted by the JT (“A Holy Calling” Jan. 8). Arnie and Lisa Feiner have been steadfast North Oaks volunteers for more than five years, helping maintain our library shelves and repair any of our books that need attention. During our 2012 renovation project, which included the library, Arnie and Lisa recruited a corps of volunteers, which included North Oaks residents, to pack up and later re-shelve and organize more than 1,000 books in our collection. Yasher koach and many thanks to Arnie and Lisa! Mark Pressman Executive Director, North Oaks

Lennon Article Hurtful, Misleading I read with great chagrin the JT’s “Alleged Anti-Semitism in Council

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Race” (Jan. 15) impugning Derrick Lennon for alleged anti-Semitic remarks. Not only did these alleged remarks seem spurious and based on very little evidence, but they are entirely misleading and calumnious. It has been my pleasure to work with Derrick Lennon in the Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association for the better part of nine years. I am very active in the association, which, reflecting the neighborhood it represents, is composed of roughly equal parts Jews and African-Americans. Lennon has never shown the slightest disrespect or prejudice to the Jewish

members of GNIA and, in fact, has always been remarkably even-handed, even in the face of great provocation. He has always acted with restraint and professionalism, taking pains to make sure all events were available to all members (i.e., respecting dietary laws as well as Jewish holidays). It is simply unbelievable to me and to anyone who knows Lennon that these accusations are truthful. One witness simply cannot make a feasible case, certainly not for charges as serious as these and with as little merit. ere is too great a chance that the remarks were heard incorrectly or out

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SUBURBAN HOUSE of context or that the motivation of the listener was less than honorable. is article, whether intentionally or not, was potentially damaging to Lennon’s campaign for the City Council’s District 5 seat. Please follow it with a story that presents a more truthful depiction of the candidate. A respectable newsmagazine would do no less. Betty Cherniak Vice President Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association

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Local News | A property on the 8400 block of Stevenson Road has been the subject of contentious debate, as a rabbi proposes to build a synagogue many neighbors oppose.

SPLIT DECISION in Stevenson Chabad Case Court order ruled that proposed synagogue meets some requirements, possibly violates others Story and photos by Marc Shapiro

THE CASE concerning whether a Chabad-Lubavitch congregation can build a synagogue on Stevenson Road will be heard before the Baltimore County Board of Appeals. Attorneys for both the neighborhood opposition and the congregation appealed the opinion and order rendered by Administrative Law Judge John Beverungen on Jan. 12. Rabbi Velvel Belinsky aims to build a permanent home for his Ariel Jewish Center and Synagogue, a congregation for Russian Jews, but has drawn opposition from a number of neighbors due to concerns over pedestrian safety, traffic, county code and the character of the neighborhood. e ruling ordered that the synagogue 14

is permitted under the property’s current residential zoning classification, that the proposed residential transition areas (RTAs) that are required to blend the building in with its surroundings are sufficient and that the house on the property, at 8420 Stevenson Road, can be used as the rabbi’s parsonage. But Beverungen also ordered that the plan for the proposed synagogue is not “consistent with the spirit and intent of the [county’s] original plan,” which called for two single-family homes to be built on the 3-acre property. Beverungen did not make a decision as to whether the original plan is subject to the section of zoning code that requires amendments to the plan be

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“consistent with the spirit and intent of the original plan,” noting that the petition did not request that determination. Effectively, he did not make a decision as to if the plan needed to be amended, but if it did, his opinion is that the synagogue would not pass this requirement. The original plan was approved by the county in 2006. Beverungen’s opinion added that he believes that Ken and Jassamyn Abel, the petitioners who live next door to the property, should be aﬀorded protections from another part of zoning code that protects residents who made decisions — such as buying a house — based on development plans from “inappropriate changes” to those plans.

Beverungen and Belinsky’s attorney could not be reached for comment. Michael McCann, one of two attorneys hired by the neighborhood opposition (a third attorney, a resident, joined the legal team), addressed the seemingly split decision. “My feeling is that we’re very pleased with what I believe is the more important ruling in the judge’s decision, and that is the ruling on the amendment of the final development plan,” McCann said, “particularly the strong language he used.” Beverungen called the proposed synagogue a “radical departure” from and “inappropriate change” to the original development plan. On the RTA question, he said he

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Rabbi Velvel Belinsky (left) and his attorney Herbert Burgunder (right) at the first of eight hearings on Belinsky’s synagogue proposal. Neighborhood opposition came out in droves at the earlier hearings wearing red T-shirts.

thought the judge “misapplied the law.” “But even if he was correct, the ruling on the amendment issue would carry the day,” he said. Belinsky said he was “delighted” by the RTA section of the hearing. “The vast majority of his ruling [was] on explaining why all the claims of the neighbors about traffic and safety and RTA compliance have no grounds,” he said. Ken Abel said he and his neighbors believe the rabbi would have had to have been successful on both questions to move forward, pending appeals. “The message to the community was this is good news,” Abel said. “It validates what we’ve been saying since the beginning: The synagogue on that property wasn’t appropriate.” He said they disagree with the judge’s decision on the RTA issue. Del. Dana Stein (D-District 11), who lives next door to the property on the other side, said he is “very pleased” with the court opinion. Stein cleared his involvement in the case with the Maryland General Assembly’s ethics adviser. Beverungen heard the two cases over the course of eight hearings between June and November. Those who testified included civil engineers, land use and zoning experts, a traffic expert, a landscape architect, residents of the surrounding neighborhood and the rabbi. Belinsky proposes to build a twostory, 8,000-square-foot synagogue with an 88-seat sanctuary, 22 parking

spaces in the back, a small kitchen and a basement with classroom and oﬃce space. His congregation currently meets at Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan’s synagogue on Old Pimlico Road. The neighborhood opposition circulated a petition that was signed by 638 residents from 426 homes, 394 of those homes being located within the boundaries of Greenspring Valley Road and I-695. Baltimore County District 2 Councilwoman Vicki Almond said her office received between 150 and 200 emails about the proposed synagogue, some of which were from her constituents, and estimated that about 90 percent of them were in support of the synagogue. She is not taking a position on the issue. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz’s office received 101 emails opposing the synagogue in the spring and early summer and 139 emails and phone calls of support between September and mid-November. Most of the support came via email. The Board of Appeals hearing functions as a new hearing, and dates have yet to be scheduled. Three members of the seven-member board must sit for hearings and a majority vote of two is necessary for decisions. If the cases are further appealed, they would go to the Baltimore County Circuit Court and then to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. JT

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It isn’t every day that a school honors one of its longtime faculty members with a book cover tattooed onto a sheet cake. But for The Park School of Baltimore’s lower school librarian, Laura Schlitz, it was only fitting after writing her seventh novel, “e Hired Girl,” which won numerous awards including the 2015 National Jewish Book Award for Young Literature. “The Hired Girl” follows the story of a 14-year-old girl who keeps a diary while running away from the farm where she lives in Pennsylvania. She ends up in Baltimore with a new name and age, working for a well-todo Jewish family. Schlitz said the book was the easiest for her to write and that the voice of the narrator “overtook” her. “I started thinking about this story about this young girl who was growing up in the country and she was working very hard, and it was work for which she was neither paid nor appreciated,” she explained. “And what would it be like to take her out of that environment and put her somewhere where she could be paid and where she could find a bigger world and learn and grow?” Schlitz, 60, grew up on farmland just north of Baltimore where Hunt Valley is located today. While not Jewish, she considers herself a “Semiteophile” stemming from her time as a teenager when she took drama lessons downtown with a number of Jews who were passionate about the arts. “I had developed early this kind of stereotype of Jewish people being tremendously generous and interested in ideas and [being] creative and scholarly,” she said, while explaining that theater provided an alternative outlet for expression that 16

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she couldn’t get at school. “The fact that I used big words naturally, I loved reading, I was kind of intellectually pretentious and I wanted to read Shakespeare meant that I was really an outcast there [school].” Schlitz said that the Baltimore setting of the book was familiar, but she researched the history of Jews in Baltimore around 1910 and found her grandmother’s diary from around the same time. e title and theme of the book came from her interest in what life was like for women at that time. “This was the time when a lot of women were leaving their homes and getting paid for the first time,” she said. “And that’s very different from working in the home and not having any control over your own money or your own destiny.” Schlitz said that the most diﬃcult part of keeping the novel accurate was making sure all of the food described adhered to kosher laws — something for which she needed help from a Jewish editorial assistant due to

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including raisins in the wrong kind of kugel. Schlitz has been a librarian at Park for 25 years and says that writers often acquire their talent later in life but are always making up stories, which she sees with elementary schoolers. Susan Weintraub, director of library services, was involved in hiring Schlitz and said all three of her children “adored” having her as their librarian. “She has tremendous insight about children and has been so helpful to me when I’m dealing with kids in the upper school because she knows them so well,” she said. English teacher Gregory Brandt said he got to know Schlitz well during a faculty writers’ project in 2003. Brandt said it was Schlitz’s generosity that caught his attention. “In addition to talking about each

person’s work and offering feedback, Laura would often write beautiful letters in appreciation of what we had done, [adding] ‘Here’s an idea for strengthening the piece,’” he said. Brandt, who has taught at Park for 19 years, said he is happy Schlitz is getting the recognition she deserves and said his students are always excited to read her stories. “I guess what I would say is high school can be a very diﬃcult time,” he said. “One wants to be accepted very much, but also, one’s trying to figure out who one is. And I guess what I would say is Laura is someone who recognizes something in herself and has stayed very true to it. And it’s something very beautiful.” Freshman Branch Seidenman, 15, said he found the historical aspects of “e Hired Girl” fascinating and thinks Schlitz is both a great writer and storyteller. “I thought it was really cool to see what life was like in Baltimore back in 1911, 1912,” he said. “She was able to connect it here and make it accurate.” Schlitz said she wants children to experience the world as much as possible — as opposed to watching it on screens — and thinks that’s the key to good writing. “I sometimes worry that children nowadays don’t have enough time for unsupervised imaginative play,”“ she said. “If you watch children when they’re really playing, they’re just so passionately involved in it.” JT dschere@midatlanticmedia.com

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veto will mean $2 million for the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis. A sixth veto, on a bill that would give ex-offenders the right to vote as soon as they enter parole and probation after leaving prison, was voted to be overridden in the House of Delegates, but the Senate postponed the vote until Feb. 5.

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“I think what we are doing there is following in the historical tradition of expanding the franchise.” — Del. Sandy Rosenberg

“In general, I think the idea of trying to reintegrate ex-offenders into society is a good thing,” Stein said. “There’s other things that help. … This is one part of the process.” Del. Sandy Rosenberg (D-District 41) agreed. “I think what we are doing there is following in the historical tradition of expanding the franchise,” he said. “And when we’re talking about the importance of enabling people who were in prison to get back into the workplace, I think a corollary of that is enabling them to participate in the political process.” Sen. Bobby Zirkin (D-District 11) described the paraphernalia decriminalization bill as a “cleanup bill” since possession of small amounts of marijuana had already been decriminalized. “The paper or the pipe or the bag that [the marijuana] was contained in could still be considered a criminal oﬀense,” he said. “at obviously made no sense.” The governor had vetoed the bill

because he believed that it made driving while under the influence of marijuana a civil offense rather than criminal, which was simply not true, Zirkin said. Zirkin said the asset forfeiture bill was passed because it had come to light that in some cases, money and property seized in criminal investigations, oen in drug cases, was taken by the government and not turned back over to individuals even if they weren’t charged or convicted with a crime. He said the bill forces the state to prove that seized assets were involved in criminal activity and prohibits the government from seizing small amounts of money unless it is proven that the money was involved in the drug trade. Zirkin was troubled by another statement from the governor’s office that characterized the bill as putting money back into the hands of drug dealers. “I hope this doesn’t become a pattern,” Zirkin said, referring to the statements from the governor on asset forfeiture and marijuana paraphernalia. In addition to the vetoes, Baltimorearea legislators introduced several pieces of legislation. Rosenberg introduced a bill that would create the Commission on the Solemn Remembrance of the Victims of Lynching, which would work to construct public memorials and historical markers for victims of lynching in Maryland. He plans to introduce a bill that would give the Attorney General’s oﬃce the power to challenge changes to early voting, voting locations, voter registration, absentee or provisional ballots if the changes could diminish someone’s ability to vote based on race, national origin or disability. Stein introduced a bond bill that would give $100,000 to the JCC for renovations and accessibility upgrades to the Gordon Center under the condition that the JCC matches funding. JT mshapiro@midatlanticmedia.com

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Organized Jewish community holds strong during Jonas By Justin Katz

BALTIMORE that brought nearly 30 inches of snow to some parts of Maryland and le at least 29 dead in its path may have come to an end this past Sunday, but many in the Jewish community are still joining forces to dig themselves out. “It is a tremendous principle in Judaism that the preservation of life and safety comes above all else,” Temple Isaiah Rabbi Craig Axler said in a video posted to the synagogue’s Facebook page last Friday. The message: Take your time. The Chesed Fund/Project Ezra, a community group in Baltimore founded by Frank Storch that oversees community safety and security awareness activities, initiatives and projects in conjunction with other community assistance groups, started preparations early. Groups working with the Chesed Fund included Shomrim, Hatzalah, an emergency medical service catering to Jewish communities, and Chaverim, a nonemergency assistance service. The groups distributed lanterns, flashlights and shovels, prepared an emergency vehicle for Hatzalah, shuttled doctors to and from local hospitals and gave out bagels to firstresponders, among other tasks. “Throughout the last few days, [Storch] has handled dozens of phone calls and email requests regarding 20

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transportation needs, snow removal and food delivery,” a Chesed Fund representative said via email. “While we were obviously hit with a record-breaking amount of snow, we are very fortunate that our area did not lose power. We are even more fortunate to have exemplary volunteer community organizations such as Hatzalah, Shomrim and Chaverim, whose volunteers worked tirelessly around the clock for our community.”

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Synagogues throughout Baltimore City and Baltimore and Howard counties canceled activities, services and other programs over the weekend and even through Monday. “I can’t say enough about how everyone came together to do whatever they could to make the challenging situation a bit easier,” said Beth El Rabbi Steven Schwartz via email. “I am extremely proud of Beth El, its staﬀ and our entire community. At the end of the day, as

the old Yiddish saying goes, ‘Man plans and God laughs.’” Storm or no storm, there were still bar and bat mitzvahs scheduled this past weekend. Andrew and Marcee Senker and their daughter, Emily, from Chizuk Amuno Congregation are one of the families who powered through the weekend to celebrate, and they said the congregation made the best of it. “Obviously, it was not as expected,

but it was a perfect solution to a bad situation,” said Andrew Senker. The family decided to hold the ceremony on Friday afternoon, and although the turnout was relatively low, Emily’s extended family still witnessed her moment in the spotlight. “Since it wasn’t Shabbat, we were able to livestream [the ceremony to our family who couldn’t attend].” His wife said Emily was unfazed by the change of plans. “I think that the Friday service for Emily was special for her,” said Marcee Senker. “Not only because it was for her bat mitzvah, but because of the weather, she was able to see family and friends sitting in front of her. The small service was much more personal as opposed to a traditional Saturday morning service.” Chizuk Amuno was not the only congregation with a bat mitzvah during the storm. Elisa Frost, a member of Beth Am synagogue, came home on Thursday evening to several messages from Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg asking to reschedule Frost’s daughter Lila’s bat mitzvah. As Frost’s stepbrother put it, the “blitzmitzvah” was moved to Friday afternoon and drew an impressive crowd considering how quickly it was planned. “From my perspective, it was a really beautiful gathering, where many Beth Am congregants made a point of coming out before the storm,” said Burg, “[and] risking not being able to get back [home just] to support a kid who has grown up a lot in the synagogue.” Since Frost had extended relatives flying in from out of state, Burg offered to put Frost’s family and relatives in his own home so they’d have a place to sleep near the synagogue. Many Beth Am congregants offered similar invitations. “Our family was moved by the efforts and dedication of Beth Am’s clergy and staff, including our inimitable custodian, Mr. Warren McFarlane. What an outpouring of

warmth from all corners of the community,” said Frost via email. “As I said afterward to our executive director, Henry Feller, the best-laid plans are sometimes best laid aside to make room for what we wouldn’t dream up on our own.” Synagogues were not the only ones rearranging plans due to the blizzard. e Peggy and Yale Gordon Center for Performing Arts canceled its Sheldon Low and Gibson Brothers concerts. Low has not been rescheduled yet, and the Gibson Brothers will perform on Feb. 25, according to Randi Benesch, senior managing director of the center’s arts and culture. “As we say, ‘The show must go on,’” said Amit Peled, cellist and professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Peled, who is from northern Israel, lives in Pikesville and is known by his neighbors as the “Jewish Yo-Yo Ma.” Unable to meet with his students at Peabody, he “decided to take up the technology” of today and meet with his students via Skype. “It’s actually working so well I’m thinking about just staying at home [for all of my lessons],” Peled said, jokingly. “e quality might not be as good as sitting in front of people in the same room, but we got a lot done.” Peled said the idea seemed novel to him, but his students were onboard immediately. He added that the technology is “scary because the whole human contact is going away. But it also saves you when you’re stuck. It’s the first time I’ve done it, and now I have lessons planned all day.” However, not everybody on the East Coast was able to conduct business through Skype due to power outages. Baltimore remained lucky by comparison to the thousands who were without power as early as last Friday night in some parts of the country. Baltimore Gas and Electric estimated that 5,500 customers were without power at the peak of the storm. Power was restored to approximately

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Due to the storm, Amit Peled conducts a music lesson with one of his students via Skype.

12,000 customers overall by Sunday morning, and all remaining customers had power restored by Sunday aernoon. BGE had teams from 15 diﬀerent states including its sister utility, ComEd in Chicago. “We were in preparation mode for several days leading up to the storm, so we were able to start restoration efforts as soon as our customers began experiencing outages,” said Rob Biagiotti, vice president and chief customer officer for BGE. “While the forecast called for heavy snow and high winds, which can make for very challenging operating conditions, we were fortunate not to

experience the worst, and crews were able to keep working. We are very appreciative of the mutual assistance program and the more than 1,000 utility workers who joined us from around the country to help put our customers back in service.” According to Baltimore County statistics, there is $5.9 million budgeted into snow removal for 2015-16. It costs the county more than $108,000 per hour to salt and more than $54,000 per hour to plow the 8,742 roadways it oversees. JT

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A Political Mishegas Iowa Jews experience the spirit of the political season With the Iowa caucuses less than one week away, the 2016 presidential candidates are making their final rounds throughout the state, and the more than 6,000 Jews who live there are taking notice. About 150 were on hand at the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines Monday to hear former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton deliver an 18-minute address, much of which focused on the U.S.-Israel relationship and combating terrorism. “Israel needs a strong America by its side, and America needs a strong and secure Israel by our side — to have an Israel that remains a bastion of stability and a core ally in a region of chaos,” Clinton told attendees, according to the Times of Israel. Clinton, the favorite in the Democratic primary, is running practically neck and neck with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Iowa. Sanders, the only Jewish candidate in the race other than Green Party member Jill Stein, is leading Clinton by double digits in New Hampshire, which holds its primaries one week aer Iowa, making for a competitive beginning to the race for the Democratic nomination. Yet, those involved in her campaign still feel confident in their belief of her ability to win both states. “I believe that going into the caucuses we have an advantage in that we’ve done it before; they know what they’re doing, they know how the game is played,” said Scott Sokol, who chairs Baltimore County’s Hillary for President Chapter. “Women tend to be much more signiﬁcant and powerful in both the Republican and the Democratic nominations. And women are a force supporting Hillary. … So we’re not out of it at all.” Sokol said that even if Clinton were to lose the first two states, she still has a tremendous advantage in other parts of the country, such as the 22

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed 150 people on Jan. 25 at the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines in Waukee, Iowa. Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are close in the Iowa polls, with the caucus on Feb. 1.

South, and that the race may be ultimately decided by the so-called super delegates who are free to vote their conscience at the Democratic National

state in the country who would die to get her elected,” he said. “She is not out of it if she loses Iowa or New Hampshire.”

“Iowans know everything. I had to know each of the positions each candidate took on issues and why my candidate was the best. And it was so spectacular. I was so overwhelmed to see how they took this whole process. This happens nowhere else but Iowa.” — Scott Sokol, chair, Baltimore County’s Hillary for President Chapter

Convention this summer, as it was in 2008, when she was narrowly defeated by then-Sen. Barack Obama. “She has people from every single

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Sokol himself is no stranger to the hoopla that is election season in Iowa, having lived there in 1984 while working on the campaign of

presidential candidate Walter Mondale as well as that of former Sen. Tom Harkin. “It was democracy at its best,” he said of the experience. “You have to get people, and they have to be committed. And they have to be willing to come out to the caucuses. The whole idea was to capture as many people as you can. It was very intense. You were on the phone all the time.” Sokol said he recalled TV cameras almost everywhere he went while working there, and residents he spoke with were particularly sharp when it came to politics. “Iowans know everything,” he said. “I had to know each of the positions each candidate took on issues and why my candidate was the best. And it was so spectacular. I was so over-

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whelmed to see how they took this whole process. is happens nowhere else but Iowa.” Very little has changed from three decades ago, and Des Moines resident Wendy Adato said the four-year election cycle has now become a two-year cycle since candidates usually begin campaigning the year before the election. “It’s just crazy,” she said. “In the Des Moines Register, there’s a schedule every day of who’s going to be in the state and the times and everything, so if you want to see someone you know where to go.” Adato moved to Des Moines from Gaithersburg, Md., in 2005 due to a relocation of her husband’s job, making this the third presidential election she’s seeing from an Iowa perspective. In 2008, Obama made an appearance at the firehouse in her neighborhood, which she attended and said was “packed.” It is these small-scale events that she said make Iowa political events more intimate than others. “You really do get a chance to see them, ask questions, sort of get to know them,” she said of the candidates. Adato had planned to attend Clinton’s speech at the Federation Monday but was unable to due to another commitment. Adato’s son, Michael, has also found his way into the political scene, having attended both Obama and Clinton rallies in 2008 while in seventh grade. Now 16, Michael is working as a precinct captain for the Sanders campaign. While he is not old enough to vote, he is responsible for organizing phone banks and canvassing for caucus-goers. “It frustrates me to no end, which further motivates me because I want to make up for the fact that I can’t vote, and when I meet people who aren’t going to caucus just because they don’t care, I tell them, ‘I would pay you for your vote if I could use your vote for myself,’” he said. Michael said his top priorities in the election are college affordability and income inequality, two planks of Sanders’ platform.

“I just think it’s not fair that people die because they can’t pay to go to the doctor while Donald Trump is trying to choose which yacht he’s going to take,” he said. Michael said Sanders has been an inspiration to him and has motivated him to seek a career in politics. “I don’t want to be a member of a party, I want to be there and fight the systematic corruption of the government,” he said. Iowa has been won by the eventual Democratic nominee in five of the past seven caucuses in which an incumbent Democratic president was not running for re-election. Heidi Moscovitz, a Bethesda, Md., resident who lived in Des Moines for 13 years, said attending a caucus in 2008 was an eye-opening experience. “It was really exciting to be there during political times,” she said. “You could meet any candidate you wanted up close and in person, really. I knew I wanted to do it because I hadn’t had that experience. I don’t think a lot of people in Iowa have done it. It’s kind of an odd thing.” As she was walking toward the Clinton campaign table and her husband was walking to Obama’s, she noticed a particularly dramatic trend. “As people were talking, you could see them slowly going over to Obama, and the Clinton side of the room was getting smaller and smaller,” she said. “And that’s kind of how the nation went too.” Moscovitz said she does not typically discuss politics or get involved but mentioned that, as a New York City native, she is excited by the prospect of former mayor Michael Bloomberg potentially entering the race as an Independent. “He knows how to get things done,” she said. “He’s got a vast amount of money, but he’s willing to use his own money to do things. I know people say he goes a little too far with things like the size of sodas, but I think his heart is in the right place, and he gets the job done.” JT dschere@midatlanticmedia.com

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SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS

Safety concerns, Jewish ethics guide attitudes toward helping those in need By Melissa Gerr

aturday morning, a few days after the terrorist attacks in Paris last November, Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg of Beth Am used his Shabbat sermon time to invite an open discussion about the brutal and tragic incidents that occurred throughout the city and their aermath. Several people expressed their anger and concern about the way Syrian Muslim refugees — those ﬂeeing possible persecution and fear of death — were repeatedly linked with terrorist activities in the rhetoric of some politicians and in the media. ey also voiced concern about an ensuing climate of fear and hateful sentiment aimed at refugees that could spread from that portrayal. e discussion resulted in a small group of congregants meeting with employees of the International Rescue Committee’s Baltimore oﬃce on Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown a few weeks later to learn what they might do to welcome and assist Syrian refugees who are expected to arrive in Baltimore in the coming year. Congregant Wendy Schelew, who has a decades-long history volunteering and working in refugee resettlement in her native Toronto, went to the IRC, she explained, because “as a Jew I really felt it

was a moral obligation to help people who didn’t have a home and that we could not relive the history of the Second World War and turn away from people in need.” She added that though she has her concerns about the State Department’s ability to screen refugees adequately to weed out potential terrorists, “I believe that most of these people are not security threats. ey’re homeless just like so many of our [ancestors] were, and they deserve a chance to start over in a new place.” e group learned that the IRC helped resettle more than 800 refugees last year; 35 of them are Syrians, but there is no information on how many Syrians will be resettled in Maryland in 2016. The organization provides clients with up to eight months of case-management support when they arrive to help them stabilize and navigate a new life. Refugees are met at the airport and ensured simply furnished affordable housing — the first month’s rent is paid for — and a first warm meal, and their children are enrolled in school. Each new arrival must attend a five-day orientation that covers details such as instructions for riding the bus, getting groceries and finding English-language classes; and

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everyone receives a full medical screening within a week or so of arrival. Then the IRC’s employment services team steps in to help the adults find work. “That’s the big ask by the U.S. government,” said Ruben Chandrasekar, executive director of the IRC’s Baltimore and Silver Spring offices. “We welcome you, but you’ve got to work, to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. So we help folks find their first job. Then usually within three to four months, 85 percent of our clients are working and paying their bills.” Staﬀers at the IRC cited several large local employers who regularly return to them seeking employees, impressed by the pool of new immigrants’ work ethic. About 12 percent of Maryland’s population is foreign born, yet immigrants own and run about 22 percent of small businesses, which are viewed as economic generators. Currently, there are sizable communities of Burmese, Somali, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Congolese and Iraqi populations throughout the greater Baltimore area. The available resources and capacity of resettlement agencies determine the number of refugees assigned

to a city. About 1,800 Syrian refugees arrived in the United States in 2015, and the largest Syrian community is located in Toledo, Ohio. According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Syria’s civil war remains the single biggest generator worldwide of both new refugees and continuing mass internal and external displacement. “e reality is, because [Syrians are] a new migrant group and because of the lengthy vetting process, we’ll be seeing very few coming to Baltimore in the coming year,” said Beth Am member Joe Nathanson, who went on the IRC visit and has an extensive background in economic urban planning for refugee communities. With nearly 60 million refugees worldwide, and 4.5 million of whom are Syrians — one quarter of that country’s population — Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS, the organization formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, called the Syrian displacement “the biggest refugee crisis” since World War II. “Frankly, the U.S. response is disproportionately low compared to other refugee crises,” he said.

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“IF PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECT REFUGEES JUST BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE THEY DO OR WORSHIP LIKE THEY DO, THAT WON’T REALLY LEAD TO ANYBODY BEING PROTECTED. SO WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR EVERYBODY.” — Mark Hetﬁeld, president and CEO, HIAS

Hetﬁeld noted that 240,000 refugees were admitted to the United States from Vietnam in 1980; by contrast, just 10,000 Syrians are slated for admission this year. In 2016, for a person to gain refugee status and legally enter the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security, he or she must ﬁrst apply through the United Nations High Commission of Refugees. Less than 1 percent of those applying achieve resettlement. A person must prove he’s been driven from his home “due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion,” as stated in the 1951 Refugee Convention, which was created in response to the Holocaust and to prevent countries from denying refugees entry and sending them back to life-threatening situations. If an applicant clears this first step, his or her documents are sent to the State Department, where more information is collected and security screenings are done via the National Counterterrorism Center, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Syrian applicants get additional interviews and screenings called the Syrian In-House Review, which could include more crossreferencing with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ fraud detection and national security directories. Biometric screenings, including

fingerprinting and often iris scans, are collected from all applicants and are crosschecked with databases at the FBI, DHS and the Department of Defense. If the applicant passes all of these screenings, he or she submits to health screenings and is enrolled in cultural orientation classes while information continues to be checked against terrorist databases to ensure no new intelligence has turned up since the application process began. In total, the vetting process can last 12 to 24 months from application to arrival here, and it’s considered the most rigorous of any country in the world. However, in November, the House of Representatives voted 289 to 137 in favor of a bill that would further tighten the vetting process for Iraqis and Syrians. The bill was defeated in the Senate on Jan. 20. Still, FBI director James Comey testified in October that “a number of people who were of serious concern” have slipped through screenings, including two Iraqis arrested on terrorism-related charges, as reported in The Washington Post. “There’s no doubt that was the product of a less-than-excellent vetting,” Comey said. “I can’t sit here and offer anybody an absolute assurance that there’s no risk associated with this.” Hetﬁeld compared the Syrian vetting process with the scrutiny of the Iraqi and Afghan vetting process, but “we actually occupied those countries and had access to their criminal records to

use during the screening processes, and we don’t have that luxury with Syrians.” “But security is not a new issue for refugees,” Hetfield added, citing the more than 400,000 Soviet Jews who came here from what was “probably the most fearsome [foe] that the United States has ever had. There was plenty of opportunity for mischief by the Soviets … and the U.S. knew that and tried to screen for it. I’m sure they caught some and others slipped through, but the bottom line is, we’re stronger as a country because we brought in those 400,000 Soviets. But there was a risk.” Chandrasekar hopes that advocacy by his and other resettlement organizations will push the U.S. to increase President Barack Obama’s pledge to accept 10,000 Syrians and 85,000 refugees overall to 100,000 and 200,000 refugees, respectively. It’s a prospect that has some in the Jewish community, including Zionist Organization of America national president Morton Klein, concerned about the nation’s safety. “The violence perpetrated by Muslim immigrants in Europe — especially toward European Jews — portends what America has in store if we bring more such immigrants here,” Klein wrote in an opinion piece published late last year by the Jewish Times. He reproached HIAS, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Council, the Union for

Reform Judaism and the Jewish Community Relations Councils nationwide for signing a letter that opposed the induction of additional restrictions and security measures and for “supporting dangerous Syrian immigration.” Groups representing the Conservative and Orthodox movements, however, have joined the JCRCs, the AJC and the URJ in backing the call to resettle Syrian refugees.

Jewish Roots, Jewish Ethics Albert Einstein’s plea for political asylum in 1933, when the Nazi regime took hold of Germany, “was the guiding force behind the creation of the IRC,” Chandrasekar said. “He was responsible in many ways in stimulating the IRC.” He added that in the beginning it was “a clandestine organization that had staff in German occupied territory,” such as Varian Fry, a Jewish journalist-turned-activist who created fake travel permits allowing Jews to escape to other parts of Europe and the United States. “Our history as an organization is linked to the Jewish community and its history.” Now, the IRC has oﬃces in 33 countries and 26 American cities. Internationally, it provides humanitarian assistance such as food, shelter and medical care. Within the United States, many refugees helped by the IRC have jewishtimes.com

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The U.N. Human Rights Council estimates there are 4.5 million Syrian refugees, with many more displaced. Approximately 1,800 Syrians entered the U.S. as new immigrants in 2015, and President Barack Obama has pledged to accept approximately 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016.

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Organizations such as the International Refugee Committee and HIAS assist refugees before and after they arrive into a newly adopted country. IRC settled more than 800 refugees in Maryland last year, 35 of whom are Syrians.

“WE EVOLVED FROM BEING AN AGENCY THAT HELPED REFUGEES BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWISH TO AN AGENCY THAT HELPS REFUGEES BECAUSE WE ARE JEWISH.” — Mark Hetﬁeld, president and CEO, HIAS

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stories similar to that of Ali and Amina (not their real names). Ali was a successful carpenter in Damascus and owned three retail furniture stores. He and his wife, Amina, had ﬁve daughters with a much-hopedfor son on the way. Violent conﬂicts and eventually civil war erupted in Syria, but the family chose to remain in their home country. While the civil war raged on, the hospital Amina gave birth in was bombed and her infant was killed. It was then the couple had to make a difficult decision to leave for their safety and that of their daughters. So in 2012, they left for Lebanon and lived off of savings for a while. Soon Ali needed work and found a job delivering furniture. ey tried to make ends meet, but life as a displaced refugee was a dangerous struggle with no end in sight. Finally, they applied for entry into the United States. “We resettled them 18 months after they applied, in 2014,” Chandrasekar said, adding that a goal of the IRC is to help repopulate Baltimore

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“My main concern right now is to continue to encourage our own people, the Jewish community, to think expansively and kindly about the other.”

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— Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg, Beth Am Congregation

Top: Syrian sisters, resettled with assistance from the IRC, share a hug in their adoptive city of Baltimore. Above: Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the White House in November in support of allowing Syrian refugees to enter the United States.

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Left: An anti-Syrian refugee protester in New York City.

City, which lost about 300,000 inhabitants during the decades between 1980 and 2000, and to increase its tax base. “Now, Ali works at Under Armor as a fork-li driver. Amina just received her driver’s license and the kids are in school.” Aer losing so much, “refugees come here with the passion to rebuild.” “And when you look at the nation’s history for more than 200 years, that’s what refugees have done,” Hetﬁeld said. “ey’ve strengthened this country not weakened it.” Since its inception in 1881, HIAS has resettled nearly 5 million new immigrants. is month, aer 130 years in New York City, the organization moved its headquarters to Silver Spring, Md. In the past decade, HIAS readjusted its mission as the ﬁrst and only agency to protect and resettle Jewish refugees to focusing on non-Jewish refugees. It has received some criticism for the change. “We evolved from being an agency that helped refugees because they were Jewish to an agency that helps refugees because we are Jewish,” said Hetfield, who has worked with HIAS on and off since he began as a caseworker in Rome in 1989. “Now, jewishtimes.com

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we’re a humanitarian service agency, an advocacy agency that is guided by Jewish values and history.” The result has been that a majority of Jewish family service agencies HIAS previously partnered with to do the groundwork once a refugee entered the United States have either dropped out of the network or will do so this year, including such agencies in Maryland and Washington. But supported by Jewish laws

protecting strangers Hetfield notes are the most repeated in the Torah, he sees his mission as a righteous one. We were “once strangers ourselves,” he said. “So for that reason it’s very important we’re committed to refugees regardless of who they are. If people are committed to protect refugees just because they look like they do or worship like they do, that won’t really lead to anybody being protected.

“So we have to stand up for everybody.” To that end, HIAS “managed to easily” get more than 1,200 rabbis to sign a declaration — including more than 80 from the Baltimore-Washington area — that was delivered to all members of Congress in December imploring them to learn from Jewish history, welcome all nationalities of refugees to the country “and to oppose any measures that would actually or eﬀectively halt resettlement or

prohibit or restrict funding for any groups of refugees.” Cotzin Burg of Beth Am was one of the letter’s signees. “My main concern right now is to continue to encourage our own people, the Jewish community, to think expansively and kindly about the other,” he said. “And this [refugee crisis] seems to me a great opportunity to do so.” JT mgerr@midatlanticmedia.com

Since 2000, the Baltimore Jewish Council has hosted interfaith events that stimulate a dialogue among members in the Baltimore community. The Jewish-Muslim dialogue is one of them. “The mission is to create genuine and organic relationships and open the dialogue between the Jewish and Muslim communities,” said Madeline Suggs, director of public affairs at the BJC, “and focus on the topics we do have in common and can work on together.” There were more than a dozen events last year, and they expect to host as many in 2016. Suggs noted that Gov. Larry Hogan’s office “has been a fantastic partner,” with its office of community initiatives that does interfaith work, as well as the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies with Muslim scholars Homayra Ziad and Ben Sax. Martha Weiman, BJC Interfaith Commission chair, warned of the danger in generalizing about an entire community, as people have historically done to the Jews, but “when you keep the doors open there’s dialogue — whether it’s small or whether it’s large. And you have to hope that it spreads.” This month, the BJC cosponsored a Jewish and Muslim women’s advocacy program, where they trained on lobbying techniques and strategies with Ziad and Rep. Shelly Hettleman. There were about 25 women in attendance, Suggs said, and “it was a rallying call to focus on how we can work together. The unifying factor was women’s issues, 28

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Women participate in advocacy training with BJC’s Jewish-Muslim dialogue program.

she added, but the overall message was, “We can’t give in to the polarizing climate of the national dialogue.” There are social justice and social programs as well, such as collecting goods for donation that go to each community, which is “a great way to see what our faiths have in common, and charity is one of them,” Suggs said. The BJC also hosted dinner in the sukkah, and in the spring, it will collaborate with ICJS and The Stoop Storytelling Series to host an evening of stories about what “home” means to them as Muslims and Jews. Suggs said gender for attendance is split 50-50, and there is a “really strong young professional age group.” But depending upon the programming, ages range from 30 to 70. After 9/11 there were federal and state Homeland Security grants available to communities that

felt threatened, and “the Muslim community asked us to help them with the grant for a fence around their mosque on Johnnycake Road,” Art Abrams, BJC executive director, said. “We helped them get $20,000, and we continue to do so; we work together constantly.” Suggs said a new dinner program will be launched in May, a trilogue of Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths. There will be panelists including an imam, a rabbi and a priest to kick off discussion, then attendees will break into small discussion groups. One of the biggest causes of anti-Semitism or anti-Muslim sentiment, Suggs said, “is a fear of the unknown, and by creating relationships and friendships, we’re able to tackle the fear and misconceptions that make that happen.” JT — Melissa Gerr

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Day School Groups Plan Merger New national organization to speak for 375 day schools By David Holzel egional day school heads are expressing support for a merger announced last week of five North American Jewish day school organizations. ose groups represent more than 375 schools from across the denominational spectrum. “It’s very exciting news for the entire day school field,” said Rabbi Mitchel Malkus, head of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, a pluralistic community school in Rockville, Md. “I hope that in the long run it will be a positive influence on the entire Jewish community.” “The merger gives us the opportunity for sharing of ideas, economy of scale, sharing best practices across the individual interest groups and, most of all, an opportunity for unity in a divided Jewish community,” echoed Zipora Schorr, director of education for Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Baltimore. Joshua Levisohn, head of Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy, a modern Orthodox school in Rockville, agreed. “Anytime you have Jewish organizations coming together under one banner is exciting,” he said. e Jewish Community Day School Network, or RAVSAK; the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, or PEJE; Yeshiva University School Partnership; the Schechter Day School Network and Day Schools of Reform Judaism, or PARDES, announced Jan. 19 the planned formation of a new organization. RAVSAK represents nondenominational Jewish schools, the Schechter network is affiliated with the Conservative movement, and Yeshiva University mostly serves modern and centrist

Orthodox schools. Together, the schools represented by the ﬁve groups enroll about 40 percent of the total number of students in full-time Jewish schools, according to e New York Jewish Week, which reported that the merger is estimated to save more than $1 million annually. The merger comes as enrollment in non-Orthodox day schools is declining and centrist and modern Orthodox school enrollment is flat. Haredi Orthodox schools, which will not be represented in the new group, have been rapidly growing, accounting for more than half of all full-time Jewish school enrollment. Dan Finkel, head of Gesher Jewish Day School, a nondenominational school in Fairfax, said the schools involved in the merger have more in common than not. Security, for example, is not a denominational issue, he said. “For those of us in community schools” who don’t ally with a particular denomination, “that’s the model we’re thinking about anyway. There’s no need to do this in silos.” “Professional development, networking conferences, consulting, board development, teacher training — many of these are nondenominational in nature,” added Levisohn. Members of the five groups already have experience meeting together; they’ve held a joint professional conference annually since 2010. And some already have gone through the process of merging cultures into a new organization. “Our school was born of a merger between a community day school and a Schechter school,” said Avi Baran Munro, head of Community Day

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knows for sure what it will look like in two to three years.” Sharon Levin, head of Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, a nondenominational school near Philadelphia, said she is concerned that in constructing the new organization, what was worth keeping about the organization that has served her school will be lost. “I see the benefits of talking to each other and sharing professionals,” she said. “On the other hand, the benefits we get from RAVSAK are incredible.” e professionals there respond to her calls and emails quickly. ey offer programs she finds useful. And they don’t clock out at 5 p.m. “I’ve gotten a call in the evening — to my home from someone at their home — on an important question,” she said. Schorr, of Baltimore’s Beth Tfiloh, agrees there are risks. “ose risks reflect the tendency of each movement and/or group to be somewhat defensive and proprietary about its own philosophy or agenda,” she said. “It will take a great deal of --mature and respectful discussion to be able to work out the details.” The new organization, which has begun a branding process to select its name and “develop an identity that reflects a unified, cooperative and fresh vision of the day school field,” plans to launch this summer. JT JTA contributed to this article. dholzel@midatlanticmedia.com

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Living Through Personal Crisis: BHC Cares presents a program with noted psychologist Ann Kaiser Stearns, who will speak about living through crisis. 9 a.m. to noon. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Call 410-764-1587, ext. 270 to RSVP.

“The 39 Steps”: Fells Point Corner Theatre presents its production of “The 39 Steps,”— a reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s film of the same title. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 251 S. Ann St., Baltimore. Call 410-276-7837.

Mussar Yoga: Beth El Congregation hosts an evening of Mussar Yoga courtesy of the Alvin and Lois Lapidus Center for Healing and Spirituality. 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. $50 for four sessions. 8101 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. RSVP to rachels@bethelbalto.com.

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What You Don’t Know About Facebook: The Darrell D. Friedman Institute for Professional Development holds a workshop on Facebook tools and tactics that are relatively unknown. 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 5806 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Register at thedfi.org/events/ facebook-is-not-going-away/.

Jewish Meditation “Sits”: Beth El Congregation hosts 20-minute meditation “sits” that are intended to help participants leave their hectic worlds behind. 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. 8101 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Visit bethelsoulcenter.squarespace.com /#/jewish-meditation-sits/ to RSVP.

Interfaith Shabbat Service: Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia hosts its 19th annual interfaith Shabbat service with the First Baptist Church of Guildford’s the Rev. Tyrone Jones IV. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane. Contact Jessica Schultz at 410-531-5115.

Achinoam Nini: The Gordon Center for Performing Arts presents a concert from Israeli singer/songwriter Achinoam Nini or “NOA.” 8 p.m. $36 ticket includes wine-and-cheese reception. 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings mills. Visit jcc.org/gordon-center.

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Brotherhood Breakfast: The Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Brotherhood hosts its monthly breakfast with Aaron Henkin, co-creator of “The Signal” on WYPR. 9:30 a.m. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Contact Sid Bravmann at 410-952-6352.

Monday Lecture Series: Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and the National Council of Jewish Women present a lecture from architect Klaus Philipsen entitled “The City-Stepchild of State and National Politics.” 10:30 a.m. 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Contact Fern Rogow at 410-902-7012.

Internet Job Search: Jewish Community Services hosts a workshop on how to use search engines to effectively target employers and job openings. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 5750 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Membership and preregistration required. Call 410-466-9200 to register.

Joseph Cirincione: The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs hosts a lecture by Joseph Cirincione entitled “What’s Next with Iran?” 6 p.m. Free for members, $25 for nonmembers. World Trade Center, 401 E. Pratt St., Baltimore. Call 410-727-2150 for reservations.

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Interviewing for Success: Jewish Community Services hosts a workshop on the secrets of successful interviews. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills. Membership and preregistration required. Call 410-466-9200 to register.

Shabbat Tots: The Jewish Federation of Howard County holds a Shabbat service for kids up to age 5 that includes singing, stories and crafts. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Meeting Room, 6330 Trotter Road, Clarksville. Contact Michelle Goldberg at mgoldberg@jewishhoward county.org.

Musical Motzei Shabbos: Enjoy live music from pianist and vocalist Alan Levin at the Park Heights JCC’s Eden Café. 8 p.m. 5700 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Call 410-500-5900.

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Taking Maryland’s quintessential sport to the Holy Land By Josh Marks

“We’re going to see a rallying around lacrosse in the future because it’s something that Israelis are so good at, and it’s something that will become ingrained into the culture.” — Jules Jacobs, Wootton High School.

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Jules Jacobs (center) poses for a photo with Israeli players at a lacrosse clinic in Netanya.

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COULD SOCCER-CRAZY Israelis fall in love with lacrosse? Aer spending winter break touring the country on a service trip with the Israel national team, Jules Jacobs is convinced that the sport with indigenous roots in the Native American Iroquois people is primed to take off in the Holy Land. “The kids are embracing it. The communities are embracing it. It’s great for everyone, and it’s really becoming something that I think Israel is really going to adopt fast,” said Jacobs, 17, a junior at Wootton High School in Rockville and the only Marylander on the trip. Jacobs, son of former Washington Jewish Week editor-in-chief and current Jewish Women International executive Meredith Jacobs, said the Israeli kids would “light up” when the lacrosse players showed up. Clinics were held in Netanya, Ashkelon and Haifa. The Israeli national team is headquartered in Ashkelon. The southern coastal city is a sister city of lacrosse-hotbed Baltimore. Charm City is an official partner of Team Israel lacrosse. Scott Neiss founded the Israel Lacrosse Association — the oﬃcial governing body of lacrosse in Israel — in 2010. e executive director and Oceanside, N.Y.,

native got the idea for Israel Lacrosse while on a Birthright Israel trip and founded Israel Lacrosse soon after. The Israel Lacrosse Association is a member of the Federation of International Lacrosse and the European Lacrosse Federation. Jacobs was struck by the passion Israeli children have for the sport of lacrosse despite facing at times adverse conditions in the volatile Middle East. One child they were teaching recounted a time when he was practicing and Iron Dome shot down a rocket over the field. “He hid under some benches and the Iron Dome just blew up this rocket that was going on above him and debris fell — and he just went and continued playing lacrosse,” Jacobs said. “This is life for them, and they don’t have the luxury of having nice fields or having these places that they can really feel safe. So, lacrosse is an outlet for them to really express themselves and to develop as people.”

At the conclusion of the service trip, Jacobs, who plays long-stick midi and close defense, participated in tryouts for the men’s national U-19 Israel lacrosse team that will play this summer at the World Championships in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. Non-Israeli Jews are eligible to play on the Israeli national team because lacrosse is such a new sport there. But Jacobs is conﬁdent that lacrosse will continue making inroads into Israeli society and that one day the roster will be fully Israeli. “We’re going to see a rallying around lacrosse in the future because it’s something that Israelis are so good at, and it’s something that will become ingrained into the culture,” said Jacobs. “Give it 20 years — lacrosse is going to be everywhere. Every kid is going to be holding a stick. Every kid’s going to be out there practicing on the wall. I really think it’s just a matter of time.” JT

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e Jewish View Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Parshat Yitro

I Know vs. Now I Know A ssembling complicated gadgets is generally facilitated by the printed instructions that the factory provides. Occasionally, however, there are no instructions, either because of the manufacturer’s negligence or because of his assumption that there is no one out there dumb enough not to be able to figure out how to assemble the gadget on his own. That assumption is frequently mistaken. There are plenty of dummies out there, and i count myself among them. so what’s a person to do without the instructions for the new gadget he eagerly wishes to put into action? some people, perhaps most of them, use the method of trial and error. ey tinker with the various parts, desperately attempting to force round pegs into square holes, or alternatively, square pegs into round holes. Aer a while, typically aer much frustration, they succeed. With that success comes the exhilaration that naturally accompanies the elimination of ignorance and doubt, and the discovery of certainty. There are others who are blessed with a native understanding of all things mechanical. They require no painstaking course of trial and error. They just look at all the pieces spread out before them and somehow immediately apprehend which piece goes where. in an instant the gadget is perfectly assembled and ready for use. Personally, i envy these gifted individuals. in this week’s Torah portion, we read of someone who fits the first category. Yitro, the father-in-law of moses, who we first met several weeks ago when we began the book of exodus, clearly is the “trial-anderror” type. His frustrating ordeal, however, was not with some complicated gadget but rather with something of far greater significance. Yitro’s was a lifelong search for a god to worship. 36

According to our sages, he worshiped all the idols of the ancient world and even succeeded in becoming the high priest of at least one of those pagan religions. but he found none of them satisfactory. Where did our sages learned of Yitro’s religious odyssey? nowhere in the bible is there any explicit mention of this “trial-and-error” search for a deity that he could accept. Yes, we do know that he was the high priest of midian, but we are not in possession of evidence of the rejection of the multitude of false gods that is attributed to him. The answer lies in a single phrase. it appears in the conversation which occurred during the reunion of father-in-law Yitro with his son-inlaw moses. “moses recounted to his father-in-law everything that the lord had done to Pharaoh and to the egyptians for israel’s sake. … And how the lord had delivered them. And Yitro rejoiced.” not only did Yitro rejoice, but he made the following proclamation: “now i know that the lord is greater than all gods!” That single word “now” says it all. “now,” after many false leads and blind alleys, Yitro at last discovers the lord of the universe, the god of israel. it is upon this single word that our sages base their contention that Yitro experimented with every god in the galaxy of pagan gods before finally “assembling the gadget.” by contrast, we find another biblical hero who typifies the second type of person, one who has intuitive insight into things and does not require a process of trial and error. at hero is none other than King David. One does not commonly think of the former high priest of midian as having much in common with the “sweet singer of israel,” the source of most of the sublime Psalms, and the progenitor of the messiah. but, like

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Yitro, King David also proclaims the greatness of god. He does so in words that are almost identical to the words of Yitro, with one small but very significant difference. Open your bible to Psalm 135, verse 5. it reads, “For i know that the lord is great, that our lord is greater than all gods.” David does not say “now i know.” He insists, “i know!” His knowledge is not the result of experimentation, of trial and error, of a frustrating philosophical quest. Rather, he knows god’s greatness from within himself. The source of his knowledge is not based upon his disappointment with foreign gods. it is based upon what he knows in his own soul. He is blessed with a capacity for the kind of spiritual insight that dispels uncertainty and doubt. His inner self is the source of his certainty. We have here two paradigms of men of faith. Yitro typifies the seeker whose journey is long and tortuous, and focused outwardly. David exemplifies the seeker who finds god through an inward journey, which can sometimes be equally lengthy and trying. Rabbi elimelech bar shaul, the rabbi of Rechovot who passed away in the mid-20th century, quotes the 16th-century mystic Rabbi moses Cordevero, who offers a parable in his book “eilima” to illustrate these two paradigms. Here is a loose translation of those wise words: imagine Reuben carrying a heavy package on his back. Observing him are simon, levi, and Judah. They begin to try to surmise the nature of the package that Reuben is carrying. simon says: “Reuben is a strong man, and it is a small bundle. Yet, he seems to have difficulty bearing the burden. so whatever he’s carrying must be very heavy.” simon’s observations are totally accurate, yet he is far from knowing what the package contains. All he knows is that it is heavy and

small. it might be iron, but it can equally well be tin or lead, or silver or gold. so levi chimes in: “if it was iron he would not have put it into such a fine cloth container. so it must be silver.” levi is getting closer to truth, but he still is not there. Judah then speaks up: “if it was silver or gold he would not have brought 1,000 warriors along with him to guard and protect the contents of the package. it must be a very precious gemstone.” Judah is even closer to the real truth about Reuben’s burden. but none of them knows the full truth. Only Reuben, who actually bears the burden, knows not only that it is a gemstone, but knows its nature, its size, its color and its value. so it is with spiritual truths. Philosophers can use their skills of reasoning to approximate the true nature of the divine. but it is only those bear the burden, who come to know the Almighty from within, who can really “know” the truth. is knowledge was given to each of us when we stood at mount sinai, participating in the glorious occasion of the gift of the Torah. Only when we heard, “I am the lord thy god,” were we able to say, “I know.” This shabbat, we read those glorious passages which describe the scene at mount sinai in full dramatic detail. These passages are designed to instill within us the capacity to draw upon our inner selves in order to be able to proclaim, not “now i know,” but rather, “I know.” let us take advantage of this week’s very special Torah portion to use this capacity of spiritual introspection. let’s avoid the path of “trial and error” and instead take advantage of the opportunity to emulate King David’s inward spiritual journey. JT

Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb is executive vice president emeritus of the Orthodox Union.

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GOLDFINGER — On January 24, 2016, RUTH, cherished sister of Frieda Blum, Rose Schwartz, Bernice Mintz, Mildred Pollock and Isadore, Harry and Solomon Goldfinger; cherished daughter of the late Max and Miriam Goldﬁnger; also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Interment at Riga Kurlander Verein Cemetery, Rosedale. Please omit ﬂowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Weinberg Park Assisted Living, 5833 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215.

ENGEL — On January 15, 2016, JUDITH, beloved wife of the late Gerald Engel; loving mother of Bonnie (Roy) Ziegelstein, Larry Engel (Anna Golja) and Jeﬀrey Engel; devoted sister of the late Evelyn Isenberg; loving grandmother of Kate, Danielle and Matthew Ziegelstein.

GROSSMAN — On January 17, 2016, ELLIOTT BARBER, beloved husband of Sandy Grossman (née Spisler); loving father of David ( Jodi) Grossman and Lee Grossman; cherished brother of the late Elaine Scherr and Sharna Leibovitz; dear brotherin-law of Robert Spisler; adored grandfather of Adam, Daniel, Ariel and Evan Grossman; devoted son of the late Leon and Miriam Grossman; beloved son-in-law of Martin and the late Lillian Spisler. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Interment at Hebrew Young Mens Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit ﬂowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the charity of your choice.

FINKELSTEIN — On January 25, 2016, SIDNEY, beloved husband of Dorothy Finkelstein (née Plummer); loving father of Erica (Brian) Parker; devoted son of the late Esther and Adolph Finkelstein; beloved brother of Dorline (late Arthur) Koplin and the late Paul Fink; loving grandfather

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OPPENHEIM — On January 23, 2016, ROBERT LEE, beloved husband of the late Rena Oppenheim (née Sklar); devoted father of Dr. Barry Oppenheim (Dr. Nancy Santanello) and Jeffrey (Amanda) Oppenheim; adored brother of Joseph Oppenheim and the late Edward and Murray Oppenheim; dear brother-in-law of Zelma Oppenheim and the late Molly Oppenheim; loving grandfather of Shana Oppenheim, Ari Oppenheim, Kayla Holvick, Ryan Oppenheim

and Emily Oppenheim. Interment at Forband Cemetery, Rosedale. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Moment Magazine, 4115 Wisconsin Ave., NW, LL10, Washington, DC 20015 or made online at momentmag.com. PESHKIN — On January 20, 2016, VIVIAN (née Hochberg), beloved wife of Leonard L. Peshkin; loving and treasured mother of Lisa (Wayne) Godfrey and Beth N. Peshkin (Michael Heckman); devoted sister of Phyllis Lampel and the late Elaine Piskin; cherished sister-in-law of Bernice Lebowitz and Elaine Conn; loving grandmother of Emily and Matthew Godfrey. Also survived by several loving nieces and nephews. Interment at Har Sinai Cemetery, Garrison Forest Road. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Central Scholarship, P.O. Box 37064, Baltimore, MD 21297. SHPICHINETSKAYA — On January 21, 2016, BELLA, beloved wife of the late Shmuel Shpichinetskiy; devoted mother of Arnold (Maya) Shpichinetskiy; dear sister of the late Solomon Gamburg; loving grandmother of Faina (Alex) Kashtelyan and Rita (Gena) Vekker; also survived by four loving great-grandchildren. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery,

Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. TAUBE — On January 23, 2016, BETTE (née Stark), beloved mother of Debra Taube, David “Bruce” Taube and Ilene (Greg) Mack; dear sister of Alan (Shula) Stark; loving daughter of Philip and Bertha Stark; cherished grandmother of Brian Taube, Christopher Taube and Jacob (Elise) Burton; adored great-grandmother of Zachary and Maxwell Burton. Interment at Bnai Jacob Cemetery, 6700 Bowleys Lane. TOPOLSKY — On January 18, 2016, BETTY H. (née Prouser), loving wife of the late Frederick Topolsky; cherished mother of Sheldon (Helen) Topolsky; devoted sister of the late Leonard (late Marion) Prouser; dear daughter of the late Paul and Elsie Prouser; loving grandmother of Erin and Fara Topolsky. Interment at Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit ﬂowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Carroll County Humane Society, 2517 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, MD 21158. The Baltimore Jewish Times updates obituaries regularly on its website, jewishtimes.com/obituaries. To submit an obituary, contact Justin Katz at jkatz@midatlanticmedia.com or 410-902-2339.

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e special needs balancing act Join Jewish Community Services for a discussion on creating time for everything and everyone in your life: relationships, each of your children, and yourself. Beth Land Hecht, LCSW-C, senior manager of Community Engagement for JCS, will lead this workshop and share strategies for making it work. “The Special Needs Balancing Act” will be held on Monday, Feb. 22 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Jewish Community Services, 5750 Park Heights Avenue. It’s free and open to the public, pre-registration is required. For more information and registration, visit jcsbaltimore.org/parenting-series or call 410-500-5371. The program is part of the JCS Parenting Series which addresses various challenges of parenthood from infancy to young adulthood.

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Melton miniseries: Maintaining Balance in Our Hectic Lives Searching for ways to ﬁnd balance in our lives is a recurring theme, and is especially relevant for Jewish professional leaders who work AND live in the Jewish community. In this series of discussions we will explore Jewish texts that provide food for thought to prioritize and integrate different aspects of our lives: Focus on Work and Community, Focus on Family, Focus on Self and Finding the Balance. Discussions take place from 12 to 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, Feb. 29, March 14, March 21 and March 28 at the Center for Jewish Education in the conference room. Cost is $18 for all four sessions. Register at thedfi.org/ register.

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