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Vol. 349 No. 3 | March 18, 2016 Candle lighting 7:00 p.m.

COVER STORY: Refocusing Baltimore

Local News

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18 Charm City Tribe Gets ‘Wild’ for Purim 19 Baltimore’s ‘Jewish’ Architecture Testament to Character, Conviction, Mobility of Its People

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26 Leaders of Jewish Right and Left Face Oﬀ in Revealing Las Vegas Debate 28 Clinton, Trump to Headline AIPAC Gathering

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54 The Community Page 56 Milestones 57 Obituaries

30 To Understand American Jews Who Support Trump, Read This

32 In Flint Crisis, Jews Pitching In with Corned Beef, Dr. Brown’s — and Water

35 Non-Jewish Activists Link Arms with Hungarian Jews in ‘Symbols War’

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Clinton Becomes Sanders in ‘SNL’ Spoof “Saturday Night Live” satirized Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign by having her turn into her Democratic rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and depicting the candidate as claiming she is “the biggest outsider Jew in the race.” Kate McKinnon as e parody ad, broadcast last Saturday on NBC, took aim at two of Kate McKinnon Bernie Sanders as Hillary Clinton Clinton’s perceived weaknesses: a record of what her critics say is one of shiing positions, and her losing younger voters to Sanders, I-Vt. In the satirical ad, Kate McKinnon, who impersonates Clinton, begins to pronounce words like “billionaire” in Sanders’ New York baritone, changes into a baggy suit, talks about her boyhood in Brooklyn and finally says: “ank you millennials for lending your support to the biggest outsider Jew in the race.” Also featured on the show was an interview with Larry David, the comic who has played Sanders in “SNL” guest appearances this season. e sketch poked fun at Sanders’ failure to draw minority support. “My message is resonating with a very diverse group of white people, and I’ve got supporters of all ages, 18-year-olds and 19-year-olds,” David said as Sanders. Asked why blacks aren’t voting for him, he responded: “Probably because I look like someone who at some point told them, ‘Get out of my store.’”

Silverman as Hitler: Donald Trump ‘Gets It’ Sarah Silverman has taken the Trump-Hitler comparisons to the next level. e Jewish comedian appeared March 10 on the TBS talk show “Conan” dressed as Adolf Hitler and took issue with her character being “unfavorably” equated with the Republican presidential front-runner in the media. “Don’t get me wrong, Conan, I agree with a lot of what he says. A lot. Like 90 percent of what he says, I’m like, this guy gets it,” Silverman’s Hitler said aer walking on stage to loud applause. “But it’s just, I don’t like the way he says it. It’s crass, you know?” Silverman’s Hitler then criticized 6

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Trump for talking about his penis size on national television. “I famously have a micropenis, that’s what makes a tyrant,” Silverman said. Several public figures have compared Trump to Hitler in recent months over some of the real estate mogul’s comments and policies. He also came under fire last week for having supporters at campaign events raise their right hands and pledge to vote for him. e practice reminded some of the infamous “Heil Hitler!” salute. Trump has called the comparisons “ridiculous.”

Comic actor Adam Sandler bought a $150 “plumber’s menorah” at a Jewish-owned Manhattan hardware store. Sandler spotted the unusual Chanukah candelabra in the window of Beacon Paint & Hardware while shooting a Noah Baumbach film, “Yen Din Ka Kissa,” on the Upper West Side. “I was told he saw it in our store window when he got out of his trailer, which was in front of Beacon Paint, and asked a crew member to go buy it,” store co-owner Steven Stark said. Stark has been making the unusual menorahs out of of pipe fittings as a pet project for about a dozen years. ey retail for $150. It is not clear why the store was displaying the creations in March, more than three months aer Chanukah. Stark’s brother and store co-owner Bruce Stark personally thanked Sandler for the purchase when he spotted the actor leaving his makeup trailer. “Whatever he does, he never hides the fact that he’s Jewish,” Bruce Stark said, recounting that he told Sandler he admires his “e Chanukah Song.” “He’s as proud of being Jewish as I am.”

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It’s a cruel twist of fate that those consigned — for whatever reason — to poverty pay a penalty on such things as household goods. It’s a phenomenon most recently tracked by professor Yesim Orhun at the university of Michigan, who documented that those who are poor pay on average 5.9 percent more per sheet of toilet paper than those with the means to stock up when the price goes down. In the eye-opening words of one Washington Post reporter, it’s expensive to be poor. ere’s an entire literature out there analyzing what has been termed the “cycle of poverty,” but Orhun’s research puts it in day-to-day terms. e conclusion is that the deck is stacked against those trying to break out of poverty. But unless we’re poor — and there are many of us who are — what’s the big deal? let’s look at it through a much bigger lens with the following question: Which is the “real” Baltimore? e violence-ridden one flashed across television screens nationwide almost a year ago? Or the pristine, touristfriendly one that occupies prime real estate around the Inner Harbor? It’s really a trick question, because the fact of the matter is that Baltimore encompasses both such realities and many more in between. But while Baltimore is a true “city of neighborhoods” in that Mount Washington has a unique character vastly diﬀerent from Park Heights, what aﬀects one

— say, in Penn-North or sandtown-Winchester — affects us all. as you’ll read in this week’s Jt, many in the Jewish community are intimately involved in the city’s efforts to sell Baltimore to a skeptical united states more conversant in the Freddie Gray riots than in the home prices in Federal Hill. Others are working to strengthen those neighborhoods and communities hardest hit by the violence, as well as the systemic problems of poverty and government neglect that contribute to crime. Both goals are inextricably linked. “What we can do on a practical level is build a positive outlook,” says rabbi ariel Fishman, director of JHeritage at the university of Maryland, Baltimore. But make no mistake: What now faces the city is an uphill battle, and if we accept the premise that Baltimore is essentially a “poor” city, we must recognize that the same deck that is stacked against financially poor citizens presents even more challenges to the city that houses them. Just as helping them out of poverty will require an entire community’s support, liing Baltimore out of the morass that has seen hotel room bookings plummet and housing sales soen will require the collective effort of Baltimoreans of all stripes, backed by an army of nonprofits and the support of the state and federal governments. If we want a better Baltimore, we must all contribute. JT jrunyan@midatlanticmedia.com

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Chris Van Hollen for U.S. Senate

In the years since Democrat Chris Van Hollen won Maryland’s 8th District U.S. House seat in 2003, he has risen to leadership roles on Capitol Hill and within his party. He was once reportedly being groomed to be the next Democratic Speaker of the House should the party regain the majority. Now, Van Hollen, 57, comes to his bid for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski with a reputation as a legislator who is dependably liberal as well as a team player who can get things done. In that regard, Van Hollen is a fitting bearer of Mikulski’s Democratic legacy. His record shows him as willing to cross party lines to improve the country and serve his Maryland constituents. Oen called a master of details, he served in 2011 on the “super committee” charged with craing a deficit reduction plan. Although the eﬀort failed, Van Hollen got

good reviews for his eﬀorts to reach a compromise. And the need for deficit reform is just as necessary now as it was then. Van Hollen has been a steady and consistent supporter of Israel, and his advocacy helped keep the case of Alan Gross in the spotlight until the Maryland resident, who spent five years in captivity, was released from a Cuban prison in December 2014. His opponent, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), while from the same liberal camp as Van Hollen, comes up short in two significant areas. First, she does not have the reputation of being a team player, which is so crucial to consensus building in politics. And even more disconcerting, she cannot be regarded as Israel’s friend — a particularly sensitive issue for our community. Edwards’ long record of refusing to sign congressional letters castigating Palestinian incitement (which were signed by Van Hollen) and her repeated refusal to back floor votes

in support of the Jewish state raise very serious concerns for us. We note that others agree that Van Hollen is the preferred candidate. He has been endorsed by African- American leaders, including Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Rushern Baker, executive of Edwards’ home base of Prince George’s County. Progressive former gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur has declared her support for Van Hollen as has Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh. State Sen. Cheryl Kagan of Montgomery County and former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend have likewise given Van Hollen the nod. is is not a tough choice. Based upon his exemplary record and his history of sensitivity to and support for issues of interest and concern to our community, we enthusiastically support Chris Van Hollen for the U.S. Senate in Maryland’s April 26 primary. JT

Pew’s Portrait of Israel e 2013 Pew Research Center’s “Portrait of Jewish Americans” touched oﬀ discussions, head scratching and soul searching about where American Jewry was headed. Even those who saw no revelations in the findings attested to the report as a particularly clear snapshot of Jewish reality. Pew’s serious reputation as a research center, plus its status as an observer rather than a participant of Jewish America lent the report authority. Two-and-a-half years later, people still say, “According to the Pew report ...” when discussing some aspect of American Jewish life. It’s too early to tell if last week’s Pew report on Israel, “Israel’s Religiously Divided Society,” will have that kind of lasting authority. But its findings occasioned shocked headlines and disbelief: Almost half of Israeli Jews said they favored Arabs being “expelled or transferred from Israel.” Among self-described right-wing Jews, 72 percent agreed with 8

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that statement, along with 71 percent of religious Zionists. Four out of five Israeli Jews said Jews should get preferential treatment in Israel. No political party in the Knesset calls in its platform for the expulsion of Arabs. So, where did this sentiment come from? e survey was taken between October 2014 and May 2015, following the war with Hamas in Gaza and before the recent lone-wolf attacks began. Did Pew capture the cry of Jewish Israelis who are tired of a decades-long struggle with the Arabs? Is this how one people desires to deal with a dehumanized other? Whatever the explanation, the implications are chilling. President Reuven Rivlin, acting as the moral voice of the state, did not waste time before he termed “unconscionable” the idea that Israel “could be a democracy for only its Jewish citizens.” Like an ancient king calling for a public fast, Rivlin called on the public to engage

in “soul-searching and moral reflection.” Some have inquired whether the question that drew the “expulsion” response was faulty. Nevertheless, the shock caused by the study has, for the moment at least, focused attention on the issue. Sociologist Steven M. Cohen called it a “warning sign” for Israeli and American leaders. We agree. Although Israelis and American Jews see the world diﬀerently, those diﬀerences are oen healthy and constructive. But were Israel to retreat from being either a Jewish state or a democracy, it would severely fray our common connections. at said, as much as we in America would like to castigate Israelis for their views, we don’t live there. We are not targeted or subjected to daily threats, and we are not raising future soldiers. Perhaps it’s best to not draw too many conclusions from this latest Pew report. Instead, let’s value the report as a sober look at a complex society. JT

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Although I’ve been a member of a secular Jewish organization in Baltimore for almost 20 years, I’m not religious, and I’m critical of many Israeli policies. I didn’t seem to fit in the mainstream. last fall, I decided to dip my toe into a mainstream Jewish activity and attended “New Frontiers in Confronting the New Anti-Semitism,” sponsored by the Darrell D. Friedman Institute for Professional Development and a host of local Jewish organizations. e series would help me “to question, to articulate ideas and stimulate conversations.” e first three sessions were informative. I was pleasantly surprised that speakers diﬀerentiated between anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and anti-Israel. one could be critical of Israel, at least in theory, without being anti-Semitic. ings fell apart for me during the fourth session, “e Battle on Campus and What BDS Means.” e speakers argued that the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and most Palestinian activism were largely motivated by antiSemitism. e focus of the program was how to confront these movements. e lines between anti-Semitism anti-Zionism and anti-Israel suddenly dissipated. Although there was mention of “conflicting narratives” among Arabs and Jews in earlier sessions, I said, during a question-and-answer period, only the Jewish narrative was presented here. People misrepresented what BDS called for, I continued. oen, for example, BDS calls for boycotts

and disinvestment from companies doing business in the West Bank, not all of Israel. Why wasn’t a BDS supporter, such as Jewish Voice for Peace, represented to defend BDS? What about dialogue? I was very polite. one of the speakers, a hillel rabbi, responded in a polite tone. he talked about how hillel had created a broad “Jewish tent” that encompassed diverse parts of the Jewish community. JVP, however, was not allowed in the tent as an organization because it didn’t promote a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. I’m fairly certain that any pro-BDS group would also be banned from the tent. e rabbi’s comments were stunning in their clarity and directness. Suddenly, I felt like an alien who had wandered into a meeting of Jews where I didn’t belong. I believe in a two-state solution, but I also believe in BDS as a tactic to end the occupation of the West Bank. Debate was useless since I didn’t belong in the tent. I learned a lot from the antiSemitism series, but my foray into the mainstream confirmed my previous skepticism. I shall continue to be active in my secular Jewish organization, outside of the “oﬃcial” Jewish community. JT

Fred L. Pincus is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Although he is a member of the Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah, the views expressed in this article are his personal views, not those of the BJCC.

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Developing a Business Network Helps Community Next moNth, businesses around maryland will gather together for Strictly Business, a Jewish Community Services’ inaugural program that celebrates workforce development. is networking and awards breakfast, featuring keynote speakers Robert L. Caret, chancellor of the University System of maryland, and R. michael Gill, maryland’s secretary of commerce, will honor employers who have worked hard to strengthen and build the state’s economy. e April 5 event, which also honors three local businesses, grew out of a need for JCS, an agency of e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, to oﬀer more to its constituents. It was one of the

many ways the organization adapted to the changing economy, recognizing the importance of developing a strong business network that could provide good jobs to our local community. Did you know that a bad hire costs employers an average of one-third a new hire’s annual salary to replace him or her, according to the Department of Labor? And a study by the Society for human Resources management puts the cost up to five times a bad hire’s annual salary. It was with that in mind that JCS developed its employment model, merging job resources, job listings and personalized attention. Last year, more than 1,100 job seekers of varying

ages, abilities and industries benefited from the JCS Career Center. here’s how it works. JCS, with its varied talent pool from entry level to executive, oﬀers employers a wealth of qualified candidates. By creating its own job listing site, JCS enables local employers to list their job openings. And unlike many other employment services, this one is free. In addition, JCS has a competitive advantage over many of the existing employment programs. having professionals who know the job-seekers from their career services work, they can prescreen the candidates and provide businesses with resumes that best meet their needs. What a benefit to

employers who don’t have to spend unnamed man-hours culling through resumes. e response continues to be overwhelming. Just last year, 650 employers, ranging from large corporations to small businesses, actively engaged in listing their jobs with JCS. Last year, individuals in our community who were matched for employment through JCS received a total of $5.2 million in salary. JCS is always looking to partner with more employers to help them hire the best. For more information, visit jcsbaltimore.org/employers or call 410-466-9200. JT

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JT Poll: Horrifying When I saw the results of the JT’s Poll of the Week question — “If Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump secure their parties’ nominations for president, who would you vote for?” (March 11) — my reaction was one of dismay and horror. While 54 percent of those polled said that they would vote for Clinton, 46 percent indicated that they would vote for America’s 21stcentury Haman. I don’t have to tell you that Trump’s demagoguery, the hatred and violence that he inspires among his supporters, his gleefully nasty Tweets, his refusal to disavow the KKK and his proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S. all run counter to Torah, mitzvot and basic Jewish values (not to mention basic human decency). e fact that we the people of the United States would even consider electing this man to be the face of our nation, when

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knowing all too well the unspeakable atrocities that were committed against Jews, gypsies, gay people, handicapped people, political dissidents and other “undesirables.” What I didn’t realize until living in Germany was just how severely Hitler’s own constituents — ordinary people like you might see at a Trump rally — suﬀered in the end under the Fuehrer’s barbaric policies, which were supposed to make his country “great.” Instead of greatness, the German people were treated to massive deaths by bombing, widespread starvation, destruction of cities, rape and the virtual decimation of

the male population in pointless battles on the Russian front and elsewhere. People who loved the Fuehrer, deeply identified with him and saw him as their champion ended up hating him and paying a horrendous price for allowing him to come to power. I had no idea, before my years in Germany, how deeply Hitler betrayed his constituency, the so-called members of the “master race.” I had never thought about it. If you are a Trump supporter, it’s time to wake up and think: Why would any person, especially any Jewish person, voluntarily vote for Haman? Gabriella King Laurel, Md.

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How Can You? How can any Jew vote for Donald Trump? (In the JT’s March 11 poll result, 46 percent of respondents said they would vote for Trump). If you are not moved by his bigotry and racism against blacks, Hispanics and Muslims, then remember the words of Pastor Martin Niemöller: “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. en they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. en they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. en they came for me, and there was no one le to speak for me.” Trump is a man whose followers, when they discovered that columnist Dana Milbank was Jewish, sent a barrage of ugly emails that included antiSemitic slurs about his Jewish girlfriend and referred to him as a “kike communist.” is is a man who on March 6 raised his right hand and asked his supporters to do the same, creating a visual stunningly similar to a Nazi rally. is is a man who lumped the “Federation of Jewish Philanthropies” in with white supremacy groups in an attempt to excuse his failure to denounce David Duke and the KKK’s support of his candidacy. is is the man you say you will support if he is the Republican nominee? How can you? How can you possibly?

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No More Donations e JT’s Feb. 26 story “Morally Bankrupt Climate Spells Campus Trouble” is very troubling.

Universities have become bastions of left-wing radical ideologies, and Israel bashing and Jew bashing are becoming the norm. It is very upsetting when I talk with alumni and listen to them pooh-pooh these heinous developments and intellectualize them away as many Jews customarily do. We are people of the book, so we talk and talk but do not take action. If you want to oppose these kinds of developments, you can fight with your checkbook. If you customarily donate to your alma mater or a university that has gone rogue, think about not donating. ink about calling the university and telling them why they will never see another penny from you. Tell them that you are talking with other alumni about what is going at their alma maters. You better believe that money talks. Gary J. Kaplowitz Pikesville

Corrections • In “Gardner Aims to Take Her Experience to the Next Level” (March 11), Betsy Gardner is a member of Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue and Temple Oheb Shalom. e JT regrets the error. • In “Past Presence” (March 11), the Chizuk Amuno building to which Jeremy Kargon referred was on McCulloh Street, built in 1895, and the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Madison Avenue Temple was designed by Charles Carson, but completion was carried out by Joseph Evans Sperry aer Carson’s death in 1891. e JT regrets the errors.

YOU SHOULD KNOW … Celia Neustadt

rom a young age, Celia Neustadt was aware of the stark differences between Baltimore City and Baltimore County. e 26-year-old was born and raised in Charles Village but went to Krieger Schechter Day School, giving her a unique perspective few people her age had. She attended Baltimore City College for high school, where she was one of four white girls in a grade of 400, and began her journey into activism. During college, she worked with parolees to conduct research into issues of recidivism and re-entry into society. When she came back to Baltimore in 2012, she started the Inner Harbor Project. e organization employs and mobilizes teenage leaders in Baltimore City to conduct research on their peers and come up with solutions to issues that divide Baltimore in class, race and culture, with the Inner Harbor as a focal point. e organization kicks off a new campaign during a free event at the Maryland Science Center on May 26, and a report on the organization’s research will come out in June. e JT spoke with Neustadt at the Inner Harbor Project’s office in Power Plant Live! to learn more about her and the organization. How did your high school experience inform the work you do today? I realized that a lot of the stereotypes that are attributed to

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young black people in Baltimore City are false and a lot of problems that people attribute to them are because of systemic failure. So I worked very hard in high school to have toilet paper in the bathrooms and to have a light outside the school drive so that there would less incidents of crime on school property. My experience at City in student government and my social experience really put me on a platform for which I could do this work today.

Why did you start the Inner Harbor Project aer speaking with students at City College? Teenagers in Baltimore City are really passionate about the Inner Harbor in a way that I think other Baltimoreans don’t really understand. For them, it’s this cosmopolitan space that they have access to. In the second breath, teenagers explained to me that they felt excluded, unwelcomed and criminalized when they visited the Inner Harbor. And I saw this as an opportunity to organize young people to have them do research on why they felt excluded from the space and to present solutions for a harmonious co-existence. I think young people have unbelievable potential to solve massive societal issues. ey believe that they can fix these deeply ingrained racist stereotypes that people hold through their work, which is amazing to me.

What programs does the organization run? We now employ 40 young people year-round from all over Baltimore City to lead five programs, which they developed from the initial research they did. ey mediate conflicts over social media before they play out in the Inner Harbor. ey have trained police oﬃcers on positive ways of engaging with young people. We do that at the police academy. A third initiative is the Harbor Card, it’s a discount card to incentivize positive behaviors and build trust with store owners. Our fourth program is the peace ambassador program, which all the youth leaders participate in. Peace ambassadors wear blue T-shirts; they’re in the Inner Harbor aer school and on the weekends promoting positivity. It is literally changing stereotypes that people have about black youth. When we

launched the peace ambassador program there was an 86 percent decrease in the number of juvenile arrests [in the Inner Harbor and downtown]. (A fih program is forthcoming.) In light of last year’s unrest in the city, what’s your hope for Baltimore’s future? For me [the April 2015 uprising] was about recognizing that we need to listen to young people. e teenagers of Baltimore are incredibly entrepreneurial and creative ... and we as a city need to support their hopes and dreams for themselves and not what we think they should be doing. And so my hope for the City of Baltimore is that we listen to young people. Create spaces for young people to speak for and articulate themselves, and if that happens, we will be a very, very diﬀerent city. JT mshapiro@midatlanticmedia.com

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organizations and families. Exhibitors and volunteers will provide food and activities such as photo novelties, airbrush hats and shirts, games, arts and cras, face painting and — it wouldn’t be Purim without them — hamantaschen. “I’ve watched Purim Palooza grow from a small community outreach program to this epic event,” said Doug Sandler, also known as DJ Doug, who has attended the event for more than 15 years. Sandler, who recently moved to Rockville but was a longtime Howard County resident, became involved with the Federation initially as a way to network — he emcees for bar and bat mitzvah receptions — but said as he volunteered more, he began feeling like “a family member of the Federation.”

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Being a DJ, his job requires him to stay up to date on popular trends among his audience; he brings that experience to the table when helping plan Purim Palooza. “I’m a 51-year-old big kid,” said Sandler. “When we have seven or eight people around the table, my experience in the kid market has enabled me to make some proper decisions about entertainment, games and the flow of the event.” Sandler added that although his kids are older, they have stayed involved in the event by helping him set up and run diﬀerent booths. He joked that while he doesn’t profess to be a “hip or cool guy” himself, he knows what kids see as “hip and cool.” Marty Rochlin, director of Camp Airy, sees the event as being similar to Jewish summer camp. “We think what makes the Purim Palooza event appealing is that it’s a chance to do something Jewish with friends and family,” said Rochlin. “If [kids] aren’t involved in day school, they don’t have access [to that]

on a regular basis. Going to an event like Purim Palooza lets you dive in and play for the day. at’s what camp is all about as well.” Sara Magden, co-chair of the event alongside Leshin, stays involved with Purim Palooza and the Federation as a way of “setting the example for my daughter and husband.” “Giving back to the community is important to me, and it has always been a strong value growing up,” said Magden. While the Howard County Jewish community can sometimes be dwarfed by the neighboring community in Baltimore, Rochlin said he sees this event as a time for it to shine. “I think for a lot of people, there is a misnomer that the Jewish community is centered around Pikesville or Baltimore County,” said Rochlin. “When there’s an event like this in Howard County, it sheds a real positive light that there are thriving Jewish communities in other places.” JT

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For Charm CiTy TriBE Rabbi Jessy Gross, Purim is the perfect holiday to engage Baltimore’s Jewish young adult population. “It’s the one holiday that I feel really comfortable that we’re giving as much thought to the party as we’re giving to the Jewish content because they’re one in the same if we’re doing it right,” she said. In step with Charm City Tribe’s low-barrier, high-content events — essentially, come for the party, stay for the Jewish content — the Wild Purim Rumpus is being held March 24 at famed Federal Hill concert venue e 8x10, where a number of partner organizations will have activities related to the holiday and a band of longtime Baltimore musicians will play two sets of funky party songs. “We chose e 8x10 because there are a lot of us that have a connection to it as a place of music and celebration,” Gross said. e content comes thanks to a grant from the Kolker-SaxonHallock Family Foundation that allowed Charm City Tribe to hire local illustrators the Dandy Vagabonds and animator Rabbi Dan Medwin, who are working with the band to create a multimedia experience that tells the story of Purim. “ey made a short film depicting the story of Purim with really rich stylized animation,” said Matt Chase, the guitarist in the band, aptly named Queen Esther’s Court Jesters for the evening. “It’s a beautiful-looking short film.” 18

Charm City Tribe’s Wild Purim Rumpus features music, mask-making, an animated ﬁlm and a whole lot of dancing.

Chase is joined by bassist Dave Markowitz, drummer Paul Weinberg and keyboardist Aaron Levy. e musicians all once played together as BlackEyed Susan, and members later went on to play in a number of bands including e Bridge, Talking Heads tribute band e Psycho Killers and the James Brown Dance Party, among others. Live narration for the animated film will be done by Casey Yurow from the Pearlstone Center, and the live soundtrack will be played by the band. Chase said the band will borrow some music from well-known songs for its arrangement, which also includes

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some original music. “It will be interactive, it will be ridiculous,” Gross said. “It will be an opportunity for people to learn the Purim story or hear the Purim story in a way they’ve never heard before.” ere will be hamantashen and kazoos will be available in lieu of groggers. Charm City Tribe will have a station set up for attendees to make mishloach manot, Purim baskets, to send to family and friends. Jewish Community Services will have a station where attendees can make gi bags for those in need, and JQ Baltimore will have a mask-making station for those who forget to don costumes. “I like to sit in the middle

space of the Venn diagram between adult Jewish life at large and making meaningful Jewish connections, and Purim is such a great way to do that,” Gross said. “Who doesn’t love Purim?” JT mshapiro@midatlanticmedia.com

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Baltimore’s ‘Jewish’ Architecture Testament to Character, Conviction, Mobility of Its People

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Beth Tﬁloh Congregation sanctuary, designed by Morris Lapidus

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networks and businesses in East Baltimore from the mid19th to the early 20th centuries, German Jews, and then later Eastern European Jews, moved to areas of the city not restricted to them because of their faith. Assimilation and varying degrees of financial success prompted their moves from the crowded immigrant neighborhood, but a mindset and attitude played into that as well. Around the same time, and sometimes even pre-empting

relocation of families, religious and cultural institutions that anchored the community also migrated north. e result is Baltimore’s flourishing Jewish population, manifested in part by its brick-and-mortar expansion along the northwest corridor of the city. “Where they moved was dependent on their income. Forest Park had wealthier people living there than lower Park Heights,” said historian, author and former researcher for the Jewish Museum of Maryland Deborah Weiner. Jewish families also populated

Druid Hill and Reservoir Hill into the 1920s and 1930s. Many former synagogue buildings still stand as markers of that initial move north. Designed by sought-aer architects of the time, they reflect the changing upscale tastes from their congregational counterparts in East Baltimore. e designs also exhibit an eagerness to embrace modern ideas and to strike out into unknown territory, said Jeremy Kargon, architect and director of the master of architecture program at Morgan State University, because at the time, the

areas of Reservoir Hill and Bolton Hill were still considered somewhat suburban. en in 1926, a physical and psychological leap occurred, Kargon said, when Orthodox Shearith Israel congregation, commonly referred to as the Glen Avenue Shul, dedicated a new building at Park Heights and Glen avenues and became “the very first Jewish congregation north of [what is now] Northern Parkway.” ough there was an active Shearith Israel building less than two miles away on McCulloh Street near North Avenue, the jewishtimes.com

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bold move addressed the needs of — and perhaps directed — a growing Orthodox community. It was referred to as the suburban branch of the congregation and remained steadfast to its traditional German rituals and melodies until about 30 years ago. Ben Adler, a longtime but now former member, attended Hebrew school in the basement of the building and still lives in the house with his wife, Judy, that his parents bought on Bancro Avenue in 1923 when the Orthodox community was just beginning. Adler’s father, Nathan, had images

made of his hometown synagogue in Kitzingen, Germany, which were the basis of the design for the understated stone-arched Shearith Israel that remains active today. For the interior, there was much discussion of where to seat the women, Adler said. As assimilation took hold, separate seating was a recurring point of contention for many synagogues, along with driving to shul on the Sabbath, which caused many a ri and resulted in more lenient spin-oﬀ congregations. Shearith Israel decided upon wrought iron encircled balconies for female members, which remain today.

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Jews essentially abandoned the areas around lower Park Heights in the years aer the war, but “I don’t think you can ascribe it all to white flight,” Weiner said. “e country’s whole industrial capacity was going toward the war so you had a period in the early ’40s where everything was suspended,” she said. “ere was a housing shortage, so there was a huge pent-up demand. GIs were coming back, and the GI Bill gave them housing loans,” and it was exacerbated by the growing number of young couples starting families and the resulting baby boom. Weiner added, “So there’s lots of competition for housing in city limits; there’s overcrowding, so all these new areas [in the suburbs are] opening up.” Blacks in particular had been confined and segregated, so demand was high for better housing, Weiner continued. Blacks likely found Jewish neighborhoods more welcoming due to less resistance from neighbors toward renting to and living alongside black families. “Jews were more mobile in

general than some of the other groups too,” Weiner said, such as Catholics, whose churches must be approved by the Archdiocese and are tied geographically to parishes. It’s possible that “one reason Jews didn’t put up a fight [when blacks moved into their neighborhoods] is they were more willing to move” because a synagogue and its community can pick up and relocate. ere were ads beckoning people to developments in upper Park Heights, Randallstown and Pikesville, Weiner added, “so the pressure of the black community expanding was part of [the reason for Jews moving]. But that refers more to the speed with which [neighborhoods] turned over, rather than why.” During the post-war years, Jews slowly migrated up Park Heights and Liberty Heights avenues. As people moved farther out — and as car ownership became the norm — institutions relocated as well and in some cases would have two active synagogues simultaneously while housing and congregational structures caught up to each other. “en [dedicated in 1951]

Top to Bottom: Ohr HaMizrach Congregation, Iranian synagogue; Walter Gropius was an architectural consultant for Temple Oheb Shalom; Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, designed by Percival Goodman; Ner Israel Rabbinical College campus.

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Baltimore Hebrew leapfrogs everybody, and they go to the farthest corner of Baltimore City [at Park Heights and Smith avenues],” Kargon said. “And by the mid ’50s, everyone else is doing the same thing.” Designed by renowned architect Percival Goodman, the building reflected “a new attitude toward the modern decorative arts,” Kargon wrote in his book “Baltimore’s Modernist Religious Buildings.” It continues, “Most new synagogues were built to serve a quickly relocating population served by new roads and cars. [Suburban] religious buildings shared in the implicit promise of a new way of life, removed from perceived threats, conflict and

biases endemic to American urban life.” Other world-class architects were invited to design synagogues along the northwest corridor such as Erich Mendelsohn for Har Sinai in 1959 (now Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore); Walter Gropius, architectural consultant for Temple Oheb Shalom in 1960; and Morris Lapidus for Beth Tfiloh in 1968. “ere’s an element of prestige associated with this,” Kargon said. “You want the newest and the best.” e [Jewish] embrace of modernism in the 1950s and ’60s is an important story not to overlook.” Modernist architecture “came with a series of ideas about modern life that have been —

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Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore sanctuary, originally Har Sinai synagogue, dedicated in 1959 and designed by Erich Mendelsohn

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“Architecture tells a story about our ideas and our way of life. So when you look at the buildings, they are documents to understand where we were and where we are now.” — Jeremy Kargon, architect and director of the master of architecture program at Morgan State University

historically and internationally — widely accepted by Jewish communities around the world. You see it in France, England, North Africa, Israel — this was an architecture that wasn’t encumbered by a history of anti-Semitism.” Jews also lived in Randallstown in the 1950s, but by the 1980s, migration was to Pikesville. Pikesville stuck, Randallstown didn’t. Part of that had to do with the black community moving up Liberty Heights Avenue, and “part of it was because that’s where the Jewish institutions were” said Weiner, such as the JCC and a host of e Associated services. When e Associated perceived “white flight” happening around upper Park Heights in the early ’80s, Weiner said, “they panicked, so they put in a lot of resources to stabilize it,” one of which was CHAI (Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc.) in 1983.

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In the 1980s, many families in Park Heights had raised children, then became emptynesters and moved out of the

city. Young Orthodox couples began purchasing the homes — these were families unaﬀected by concerns of a crippling public school system because their children attended Jewish schools, said Ken Gelula, CHAI’s first executive director in 1983 who served just shy of 30 years. Schools, shuls and shopping were within walking distance, and the community grew. “It was serendipitous,” he said. “CHAI wanted to invest in retaining the quality of the housing stock, so there was a market [of families] to work with.” CHAI serves all populations, he added. CHAI works to nurture and stabilize Jewish communities, as well as others, by providing assistance with rehabilitation, repair and weatherization of housing, financial counseling and loans for new and existing homeowners and services for seniors and people with disabilities. It also prioritizes collaboration with neighboring community groups to promote understanding between diverse populations. “Upper Park Heights and Pikesville have been remarkably stable for the past 30 to 40 years,” Weiner said. “It seems like

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the movement kind of stopped. ere’s more stability there than had ever existed before.” e establishment and growth of Ner Israel Rabbinical College has also had an impact on Baltimore. “It’s a really important institution in terms of the Orthodox community and one reason there is such a large Orthodox community,” Weiner said. “And the fact that they were able to build such a big campus is significant.” Founded in 1933 by Jacob Ruderman, who enlisted Rabbi Herman Neuberger as an executive director who became integral to the yeshiva, Ner Israel began with less than 10 students. It was originally located in the basement of Tifereth Israel on Garrison Boulevard in Forest Park, said Eli Schlossberg, businessman, community activist and a past student. In 1970, they purchased a larger property in Owings Mills on Mount Wilson Lane. 24

“Ner Israel plays a major role in Baltimore’s Orthodoxy,” Schlossberg said, “because back in the ’60s, Ner Israel alumni began to settle in Baltimore. So you had young couples — many of them lived in the Glenview apartments. ese were all young newly married alumni.” It was common practice for students to study at the yeshiva during the day and take college courses at night, he said. “And they were taking diﬀerent [government and legal] positions, but they made their home in Baltimore. ey were students, they wanted to be around the yeshiva, and that’s where Baltimore Orthodoxy really began to blossom.” Neuberger was also responsible for fostering what has become a large Orthodox Iranian community, arriving as yeshiva students and then remaining in Baltimore. ere are even several Iranian synagogues; one the most visible is Ohr

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Hamizrach Congregation at 6813 Park Heights Ave. Schlossberg said the Orthodox community’s infrastructure also has helped retain the Orthodox in Baltimore such as Bikkur Cholim, the Caring Network, the Shomrim and Chaverim. “If your battery goes dead in your car, they’ll give you a hot shot faster that AAA,” he said. Schlossberg also cited Hatzalah of Baltimore, an Orthodox ambulance service that assists anyone in need who lives within the ZIP codes served. Finally, Schlossberg credits the installation of the Park Heights eruv — a nearly invisible elevated filament that encircles an urban area, eﬀectually extending the private domain of Jewish homes into the public area, permitting its inhabitants to perform otherwise forbidden activities during the Sabbath and holidays within its boundary — as a crucial determining factor that drove

the Orthodox community toward Park Heights and away from Reisterstown. Case in point, “they’re all diﬀerent sizes … but today there are over 40 operating [Orthodox] synagogues in Baltimore,” Schlossberg said, and the impact on homes in the Fallstaﬀ neighborhood is significant too. “ere were maybe three Orthodox families in 1968 in that area, now it’s 95 percent Orthodox.” e Orthodox synagogues today actually outnumber those that populated East Baltimore at the turn of the 20th century, but all of them, present and past, help construct the city’s historical narrative. “Architecture tells a story about our ideas and our way of life,” Kargon said. “So when you look at the buildings, they are documents to understand where we were and where we are now.” JT mgerr@midatlanticmedia.com

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reporters who was moderating, asked Brooks if he agreed with the notion peddled by billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a major RJC founder, that the Palestinians are an “invented people.” Brooks started out by saying Adelson doesn’t “hurt” the prospects for peace by promoting his view, but then went ahead and bear-hugged the position, saying, “Up until 1948, there never was a Palestinian people.” In fact, the Palestinians were defining themselves as such for at least decades before 1948. Realizing that Brooks had cracked the attic door, Ben-Ami pushed. “So Matt, who were the people who lived in the land of Palestine when it was called

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Palestine?” Brooks said, “Arabs,” and Ben Ami flung the attic door open. “So we’ll agree they’re Arabs, they’re not an invented people, they lived in Palestine when my great-grandparents arrived in the first year of the First Aliyah,” he said. Later, Brooks tried to get Ben-Ami to own relationships with anti-Israel groups like Students for Justice in Palestine. Ben-Ami answered that J Street does not coordinate with such groups on policy, and that what Brooks was citing were instances where J Street agreed to debate SJP and others like it in an eﬀort to counter anti-Israel activism on campus. “Believe, me we are at the top of the list of groups SJP

does not like in the world,” Ben-Ami said. When Ralston stepped in and asked Brooks whether he thought it was OK to block anti-Israel groups from campuses, Brooks said yes, “shut them down,” and the First Amendment “only goes so far.” “What are your limits on the First Amendment?” Ben-Ami interjected. Ralston looked shocked. ere is a deep-rooted tradition among Jews of putting non-believers in herem, banishing them, never engaging with them. But banishment only makes sense in the Old World context of the Jewish quest for survival against all odds. In a free society, where the prevailing belief about extreme beliefs is that the best

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A COMMON DEBATE tactic is to try to get your opponent to express his most extreme views — revealing what I call the “crazy aunt in the attic.” is tactic isn’t as useful in the presidential primaries, which are more focused on being “holier than the pope” when it comes to party orthodoxy. But the Republican and Democratic nominees, whoever they turn out to be, will certainly seek out each other’s crazy aunts in the general election debates. If they’re looking to brush up on how it’s done, they would do well to take notes on Wednesday night’s debate at a Las Vegas synagogue between the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Matt Brooks and J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami. Each managed to reveal a crazy aunt of the other, and in some cases to get him to publicly dance with her. e RJC and J Street have gunned for each other almost since Ben-Ami founded his liberal Israel advocacy group in 2008; he’s now the president. But Wednesday was the first time the Jewish leaders have faced oﬀ, and both brought their A game. e first crazy aunt of the night was introduced by Brooks, the RJC’s executive director. Jon Ralston, the doyen of Nevada political

which is beside the point Brooks was making: Netanyahu, at least in one respect, has gone farther than any other Israeli leader in trying to get the Palestinians to the negotiating table. e smart reply for Ben-Ami would have been to immediately give Netanyahu credit for the freeze before following up with the “but he could have done more” megillah. Ben-Ami’s inability to praise Netanyahu exposed a crazy aunt hiding in many Jewish leist attics: A visceral dislike for Netanyahu that is shocking to the Jewish mainstream. Although Netanyahu has real diﬀerences with the le on the status of the West Bank, he really was the only prime minister to freeze settlement — and he’s Israel’s elected leader. Ben-Ami tried to make

Donald Trump another crazy aunt for Brooks. I’m not sure he succeeded, because while Brooks didn’t directly say the RJC wouldn’t back the Republican presidential front-runner, he was able to note that the group had in the past repudiated less than savory Republicans, like Pat Buchanan. at led to my favorite moment — the crazy billionaire aunt dance party — a supremely weird moment in an otherwise substantive and engaging debate. Ralston asked each leader about his major funders. “You have your billionaires, we have our billionaire,” BenAmi said, acknowledging the support of George Soros, the hedge fund philanthropist and major Democratic funder who has become a bogeyman

for the right. “I would take my billionaire over your billionaire any day,” Brooks said, acknowledging his Adelson connection and earning applause with the hometown crowd. “e billionaire you’re stuck with is Donald Trump, and you’re going to earn your salary all year long defending Donald Trump,” Ben Ami said, and then added, “I would take my billionaire over your billionaire any day.” Retorted Brooks: “I would take my billionaire — and his wife — over your billionaire any day.” Ralston, thankfully, stepped in before Ben-Ami and Brooks were able to invoke extended families. JT

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The 2016 presidential campaign will make a stop at the American Israel Public Aﬀairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington next week, where front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will address an expected 18,000 attendees at the pro-Israel advocacy organization’s annual event. e conference, March 20-22 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and Verizon Center, comes aer AIPAC’s defeat in its bid to stop passage of the Iran nuclear deal, negotiated by the United States and five other world powers. Iran will still be on the agenda, with sessions that discuss its compliance with the deal and likelihood of it continuing to develop a nuclear weapon. is will be Clinton’s fourth address to the conference. e Democrat spoke twice when she was a senator and more recently when she was secretary of state. Trump has not addressed an AIPAC conference. But in

December he addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition and described himself as “a negotiator like you folks” and insisted that he would be able to negotiate a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. All Republican and Democratic presidential candidates have been invited to speak, said an AIPAC source, who spoke on background. is is key in seeing where a potential president believes the U.S.-Israel relationship stands, the source said. Iran was the key issue during the last two conferences. Both featured addresses from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who strongly condemned any agreement between the United States and Iran. Netanyahu had planned to speak at this year’s conference in conjunction with a scheduled visit to the White House. However, last week, he canceled his trip to Washington and will speak to AIPAC via satellite.

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Netanyahu said his oﬃce determined that he would not be able to meet with Obama ahead of the president’s trip to Cuba on March 21. But National Security Council spokesman Ned Price disputed this rationale, saying that the White House had oﬀered to arrange a meeting between the two leaders on March 18. Other Israeli speakers include Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Knesset member Ofer Shelah and former ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor. Other topics to be discussed will be U.S. security assistance to Israel; the two countries are

came out against the nuclear agreement. Former AIPAC executive director Morris Amitay said AIPAC remains a bipartisan organization, but Obama’s foreign policy has complicated American support for Israel. “As far as partisan, [the conference] is partisan because we have a Democratic president who’s been the worst president on Israel we’ve ever had.” “A lot of the senators were under incredible pressure to go with [Obama],” Amitay said. “It’s not the first big fight that AIPAC or the pro-Israel community has lost.”

negotiating an increased defense aid package beginning in 2018. e potential for bilateral negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians is also on the conference agenda. AIPAC’s actions, particularly working with Republicans and Congress to oppose the administration-supported Iran nuclear deal, revived criticisms that the once bipartisan proIsrael group is now firmly aligned with the GOP. Last summer, AIPAC spent millions of dollars on an advertising campaign that was carried out by the group Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran. AIPAC also lobbied members of Congress to oppose the deal. When the Senate voted, all Republicans and four Democrats

Clinton supported the Iran deal, as did Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md), and both will also speak at the conference. Vice President Joe Biden also is scheduled to speak. Longtime AIPAC member Steve Sheﬀey of Chicago said he thinks Clinton’s presence is simply an attempt to “create the appearance of bipartisanship”. He said AIPAC is committing “political malpractice” by punishing Democrats who supported the deal but are otherwise pro-Israel. “AIPAC’s past work has earned it the benefit of the doubt,” he wrote in an op-ed for e Hill last fall, “but there is a limit to how long voices like mine can be marginalized.” JT

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NEW YORK — America’s political system is broken, and the last thing the country needs is another career politician at the helm. With money more than ever a corrupting influence in politics, the White House should be occupied by someone who isn’t beholden to well-funded lobbyists or super PACs. Politicians have a real problem with honesty. e country needs someone authentic who isn’t afraid to speak the truth and disrupt convention, even if it’s not politically correct. If you’re planning to vote for Donald Trump for president, you’ve probably argued one or more of these points. Trump’s electoral success may be bewildering to many American Jews, the vast majority of whom vote reliably Democratic, and alarming to those disturbed by his delay in disavowing the support of white supremacist David Duke, the bullying at Trump rallies and his specific positions (or lack thereof) on a range of issues. But Trump’s Jewish supporters see the candidate as refreshingly honest, unafraid to challenge political orthodoxies (including conservative ones) and successful in business — which, they say, is just the sort of experience a president needs. ey also believe he’ll be good for Israel, not least because, they say, he’s a savvy negotiator who knows enough not to publicly take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 30

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“People are bent out of shape because he won’t take sides. I’m a negotiator myself; that’s how you do things,” said Gedalia Shaps, 49, an entrepreneur and self-described modern Orthodox liberal Jew from New York’s Long Island. “But I believe he truly has Israel’s best interests at heart. He says Israel is going to love him, and I believe that.” Like many other Jewish supporters of Trump, Shaps noted that Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, is an Orthodox Jew (she converted before she married husband Jared Kushner). While Trump’s opponents see him as a demagogue and vulgar blowhard who would lead the country to disaster, his supporters minimize his bullying, believe his lack of detailed policy prescriptions is a sign that pragmatism would trump ideology in a Trump

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presidency, and are generally willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. “I think he’s honest. Obviously he has a good business background,” said Marc Rauch, 64, a film producer in Los Angeles who is originally from Brooklyn. “He’s not a politician, so I think a lot of stuff he’s responding to on the fly. He hasn’t spent 20 years running for office. We need real leaders, not professional politicians. “Trump is somebody who has real experience. What I don’t want is another guy who has done nothing in his life other than run for public office.” For many Jewish Trump supporters, as for many Americans who back him, Trump’s main appeal is they believe he has the best shot at defeating Hillary Clinton in the general election in November. “is is to me more about

who I don’t like than who I like,” said Lawrence Stern, 69, an attorney in Los Angeles. “I have been a lifelong registered Democrat. However, in the last few federal elections I have seen the Democratic Party move away from what I believe were its roots and its core foundation to a closer relationship to those who are both anti-Semitic and anti-Israel.” Stern said he’s voting against Clinton because of her support for the Iran nuclear deal, her infamous 1999 embrace of Yasser Arafat’s wife, Suha, and the support given to the Clinton Foundation from Arab donors. Some of the political sentiments driving Jewish support for Trump echo widely held views among Americans of all political stripes. ey are fed up with the political gridlock and dysfunction in Washington. ey decry the corrupting influence of money in politics. ey don’t trust politicians. Indeed, widespread exasperation with the ways of Washington helps explain both major surprises of the 2016 presidential campaign: the rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders on the le and Trump on the right. In each candidate, supporters see a great hope for major political change. “He’s not without flaws,” Sheldon Wolf, 53, the CEO of a computer soware company in Tampa, Florida, said of Trump. “But I look at what he can bring to the table. People are so upset about our do-nothing

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Congress. If there’s one guy who can possibly bring these people together and work together, it’s Trump. It’s sure not Bernie Sanders, and it’s sure not Ted Cruz.” Asked about Trump’s delay in disavowing Duke, or the remarks some found oﬀensive at last fall’s Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., when Trump seemed to invoke classic stereotypes about Jews and money, Trump’s Jewish supporters say they don’t believe he’s a white supremacist or a bigot. Many noted his longstanding support for Israel, including his 2004 role as the grand marshal of the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York. “Some of his behavior raises questions, but I’m ready for that risk because the other

Republicans I find horrible,” said Dr. Ben Enav, 44, a pediatric gastroenterologist from the Washington suburbs of northern Virginia. “He definitely says some things I am not always comfortable with when it comes to race or sexism,” Enav said. “But I always wondered: How does someone have such a big organization and he has never been accused of bigotry or sexism? I think some of his rhetoric is showboating and I think some of it is reality. He is willing to say what a lot of people are thinking.” ere appear to be some inherent contradictions in the qualities many of Trump’s Jewish supporters say they like about him. ey see his brash and sometimes crude persona as authentic, but believe he’ll

behave diﬀerently as president. They admire his business successes but disregard or explain away his business failures. ey acknowledge his big ego but say Trump understands that being president is more about assembling the right team of advisers than about the man himself. In short, his supporters project onto Trump the positive things they want in a president and downplay the negative signs Trump opponents find so alarming. “People say he’s failed so many times — well, you learn from failure. You’re not going to succeed unless you fail many times,” said Lisa, a 32year-old Jewish voter from Los Angeles who asked that her last name not be published. “I think a lot of his brash state-

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health emergency since April 2014, when the city, under the direction of a state-appointed emergency financial manager, began to use the Flint River as its water source. e city used to get its water from Detroit’s water system, which relied on Lake Huron and the Detroit River as water sources. Aer the switch, the state chose not to use phosphates as an anticorrosion agent, which caused lead to leach from old pipes into the drinking water. e crisis was featured prominently in a recent Democratic presidential debate, with both candidates addressing the water situation in the opening minutes. Clinton described meeting mothers terrified for their children. Sanders spoke of his broken

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heart at hearing of a child now developmentally delayed as a result of lead poisoning. “Whether this happened because of sins of omission or sins of commission doesn’t matter,” said Steve Low, the director of the Flint Jewish Federation, which has been helping deliver bottled water to local residents. “It doesn’t make the poisoning of Flint’s water supply any less heinous.” Aaronson’s is one of only 66 identified Jewish households le in Flint, a city of 100,000 people 60 miles northwest of Detroit. About 200 more Jewish families live in the Flint area but outside the city limits, where the water hasn’t been aﬀected. Like Aaronson, many Jews in Flint are elderly, and they’ve

been particularly battered by the crisis. For some with arthritic hands, merely opening the bottled water that is now an essential commodity here can be a challenge. Others have had diﬃculty getting assistance because they don’t have Internet access or are hesitant about opening their door to strangers in a high-crime city. “For me, this is one giant pain. And yes, I am plenty angry. But I can take care of myself,” said Sue Ellen Hange, 61, a member of Flint’s Temple Beth El who got skin rashes from showering in the contaminated water. “I can’t imagine what it’d be like to be homebound and dealing with this.” e Flint Jewish community has responded with support

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FLINT, Mich. — At 86, Jeanne Aaronson is blind and lives alone, but she has seen a lot over the years. She lived in Flint when it was a manufacturing powerhouse, a center of the automotive business and a symbol of American industrial might and ingenuity. She lived through the city’s decline in the 1970s and ’80s as the auto factories closed and the population decamped for better opportunities elsewhere. And more recently, she witnessed the beginning of its revival, with the opening of new businesses and a slew of brewpubs and coﬀee shops on Saginaw Street. Now Aaronson is living through yet another diﬃcult period in Flint history, as the city copes with toxic levels of lead in its drinking water that has made Flint a national example of failed governance. Like all the residents here, Aaronson is surviving on bottled water, which she must even feed to her elderly dog. “Am I ticked? You bet I’m ticked,” Aaronson said. “I’m ticked at the stupidity of our governor for appointing that emergency manager who decided to save a few bucks by poisoning us. Just stupid. I’m ticked at everyone from the very top to the very bottom. Except our new mayor. Mayor Weaver’s doing a good job. But otherwise, I have no faith. None at all.” Flint has been facing a public

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both moral and material. To ease the fears of the city’s older Jews, familiar faces from the federation’s senior services division oen accompany the water delivery. Two of Flint’s synagogues have held informational meetings and oﬀered special prayers for healing. Synagogue social action committees have also reached out to local residents to remind them they’re not alone. Support has also come from further afield. e Metro Detroit Federation made a cash contribution of an undisclosed sum to the community. Several Detroit-area congregations joined forces and made the trek 60 miles north with a truck full of water. e Yad Ezra Food Pantry, a group of Detroit-area Chabad houses and the Jewish Federation in

Steve Low, center, the director of the Flint Jewish Federation, takes a delivery of food from a kosher deli in Indianapolis.

Toledo, Ohio, also made water donations. From Indianapolis, Shapiro’s Deli sent a complete Shabbat meal for 150 in January, including corned beef, pastrami, knishes, chicken soup with matzah balls and even Dr. Brown’s soda. e Jewish relief eﬀort even reached as far as California, where San Francisco chocolatier and Flint native

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Bragman said at the fundraiser, “but Flint never le us.” e crisis comes at a particularly unfortunate moment for Flint. Aer decades of mounting poverty and crime, the city had recently begun to rebound. Businesses as varied as a small maker of hip eyeglass frames to corporate giants had set up shop in the city. Renovated dowager buildings downtown are now trendy lo apartments. e Michigan State University Medical School opened a new campus downtown, and Kettering University and the University of MichiganFlint both dramatically expanded their footprints in the city. “If it’s possible to see the good in this,” Low said, “it’s that the water crisis threw a big net over the community

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and has drawn us together. Going back to the 1950s, Flint’s Jews and the AfricanAmerican community have always worked together. Lately, not so much. But the water has rekindled some of those passions we both share for social justice.” e crisis has also drawn the Jewish and Hispanic communities together. At a recent meeting at Flint’s Temple Beth El, congregant Melba Lewis pointed out that many local Hispanics are undocumented and are loath to open their doors to uniformed oﬃcers to distribute water. e synagogue wound up partnering with a large Hispanic church to distribute a pallet of water to the church for distribution. But whatever silver linings Flint residents might find in the crisis, their faith in elected oﬃcials seems unlikely to be restored anytime soon. Low saw signs of racism in the crisis, likening the decisions that created the crisis in this majority-African American city to other government moves — like the Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling invalidating a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and the nationwide trend to implement voter identification laws — that have disproportionately impact on minorities. Aaronson simply feels abandoned. “I was listening to the Republican debate last night, 70 miles from here in Detroit, and there’s one question about the water,” she said last week. “One question! at’s so wrong. It should have been on the top of the list.” JT David Stanley is a writer based in Flint, Mich. He served as a member of the Flint Jewish Federation board of trustees from 1990 to 1992.

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Hungarian officials likely anticipated some Jewish opposition to their decision to erect a monument in Budapest to a Holocaust-era lawmaker who promoted anti-Semitic legislation. What they probably didn’t expect was that the Feb. 24 unveiling of a bust honoring Gyorgy Donath would attract a protest of mostly non-Jewish Hungarians. e protest would lead to the statue’s indefinite removal over vandalism concerns. Hungary’s Jews have been fighting what one leading rabbi has called “the symbols war” against the government for years over the public veneration of Holocaust-era figures who promoted anti-Semitic laws. But the mostly non-Jewish protest, in which participants carried EU symbols and chanted anti-fascist slogans, was taken as a sign that the eﬀort is winning allies beyond the Jewish community. “is is not just the Jewish community’s fight,” said Anna Kovacs, 27, a non-Jewish translator and member of a Holocaust commemoration group. “It’s about the identity and future of this society. It’s our duty to ensure a second Holocaust doesn’t happen.” Hungarian Jews launched the monument battle in 2014, when a statue seen as minimizing Hungarian complicity during the Holocaust was unveiled in Budapest’s Freedom Square. e monument, which depicted an angel (understood

The unveiling of a bust of anti-Semitic Holocaust-era lawmaker Gyorgy Donath in Budapest drew the ire of mostly non-Jewish protesters.

to represent Hungary) attacked by an eagle (understood to represent Germany), was vigorously opposed by the Hungarian Jewish umbrella group Mazsihisz, which briefly suspended its ties with the government aer its unveiling. “It began with Jewish community activities but has spread beyond to a protest front with members of many aﬃliations,” said Adam Csillag, a filmmaker who has documented the protest since that unveiling. at protest movement, which comprises a loose coalition of Christians, liberal political activists and Hungarian Jews, scored its first victory last year when Prime Minister Viktor Orban scrapped a plan to erect a statue of Balint Homan, another Holocaustera politician who prompted anti-Semitic laws. e Faith Church, a Pentecostal body with 70,000 members, provided approximately half the 700 protesters who gathered at a

site 30 miles west of Budapest in December to protest the Homan statue, which was canceled following an international outcry. “Every time an anti-Semitic figure is honored, there is a significant resistance from the civil society, and the members of Faith Church oen take part in these protests as antiSemitism is contradictory to our moral values and faith,” said Daniel Kocsor, a 20-year-old church activist. e symbols war comes at a time of rising nationalist fervor in Hungary driven by several factors: economic crises, opposition to EU interference in the country’s aﬀairs, growing Russian assertiveness and the recent arrival on Hungary’s borders of hundreds of thousands of Muslim migrants from the Middle East. Wary of losing support to the far-right Jobbik party, Orban’s ruling Fidesz party has cracked down on liberal activist groups and

increased eﬀorts to celebrate figures like Donath and Honan, who are considered patriotic by the right. Both wartime politicians supported legislation in the 1940s that targeted Jews. Homan, who served as culture minister, authored a law to limit the number of Jewish university students. Donath argued for a measure to bar any sexual relationship between a Jew and a non-Jew. ey died at the hands of communists and have been embraced by the far right as nationalist symbols of communist oppression. But critics of the government believe the eﬀort to portray them as freedom fighters is merely a thin veil intended to obscure their virulent anti-Semitism. Homan is “a marginal figure,” Kocsor said. “So the point of the monument ... is to send a message because he’s a racist and an anti-Semite. at’s outrageous.” Other partners to the antigovernment coalition include Kovacs’ group Living Memorial, which started in the wake of the Freedom Square protest and now meets in the square twice a week to display alternative commemorations featuring Holocaust-themed artwork. Also participating is Dialogue for Hungary, a small opposition political party that took part in the Donath protest. “ere’s a nostalgia toward the good old Hungary” of the 1940s, historian Eva Balogh said. “It’s scaring a lot of people and driving them into action.” JT jewishtimes.com

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Baltimore Refocusing

Despite last year’s unrest, city’s future has much in its favor

With memories still fresh of last

April’s unrest surrounding the death of Freddie Gray, the young African-American man from Sandtown who sustained fatal injuries while in police custody, organizations throughout the city are working to erase the disgrace that national headlines heaped upon Baltimore, even as the upcoming trials of the officers involved generate almost daily news. “e publicity made it look like the city was in flames, when in reality only a few areas were directly affected by the violence,” said Bob Merbler, a resident of Federal Hill for more than 30 years and a real estate agent at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty. Rabbi Etan Mintz of B’nai Israel Synagogue in East Baltimore’s Jonestown neighborhood met with a group of rabbis immediately following the unrest to provide support to the areas heavily affected by

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violence. e reactions from his congregants varied based on their backgrounds. “Some people remembered living through this [kind of violence] in the 1960s,” said Mintz. “Some people were focused on the injustices and the question of police accountability. Other folks had a sense of anger because they saw people burning down their city. It definitely gave the city a bad image.” Despite this, Mintz added, people didn’t necessarily feel the urge to abandon Baltimore but rather wanted to ensure the city would come out stronger aer self-introspection. “Nothing happens in a day. Communities, organizations and governments need to work together to find a mutually beneficial solution going forward,” said Rabbi Ariel Fishman, director of JHeritage, an urban educational and social organization for young Jewish adults at the University

of Maryland, Baltimore. “I think that what we can do on a practical level is build a positive outlook. When you have a situation where there’s been a lot of baggage and pain, the only way you can start to develop that in a positive direction is with acts of kindness.” Mintz added that many of his congregants wanted to enact positive change and see the inequities and systemic problems addressed. “ere was a real sense of wanting to make a diﬀerence,” he said. Fishman, who regularly speaks with prospective students, has a message for those on the fence about coming to the city for school or employment. “Baltimore isn’t just about something that you want to [avoid] because there were some issues in the past,” he said. “ere are still issues that we need to take care of, but there are [also] opportunities for change. [ese are] opportunities

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“IT’S A CHALLENGING TIME FOR BALTIMORE BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNISTIC TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE AN IMPACT.”

where we can work together as a community, both within the Jewish and the general community to try to find a way to go forward.” Live Baltimore is an organization, founded 18 years ago, that focuses on portraying the city through positive marketing. “I do respect and realize there is a crime problem,” said Steven Gondol, its executive director. “We had one of our worst years [in 2015], but I don’t think it aﬀects every neighborhood to the same degree. We recognize we have a problem. We recognize it’s not the whole city, [but] it

does paint the image [of the city] as being violent.” Live Baltimore studied the city’s real estate market following the unrest by examining factors such as number of homes being sold, who is buying homes (traditional homeowners or investors) and the number of days a home is on the market. Baltimore’s population has declined for several decades since hitting its peak, just short of 1 million in 1950, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Gondol, who studied urban planning at the University of Cincinnati, explained

that Baltimore’s initial decline in population was not unique. Following World War II, many American cities experienced population decline due to housing policies that supported suburban migration for returning servicemen and safety issues in cities that stemmed from unbalanced employment opportunities and neighborhood destabilization, among other issues. While Baltimore’s real estate market did lag shortly following the unrest, according to Merbler, the market did not falter as much as people may have expected.

Gondol said when cities experience disruptive events, such as in Baltimore, the first red flag is a large influx of new homes being listed — a signal that people are panicking and trying to leave. Home sales and values would drop, and the average days of homes on the market would rise. But “fewer homes were being listed, so people weren’t panicking. We saw home values [and the number of sales] go up and days on the market drop,” said Gondol on the months following the unrest. “It defied everything that a textbook would say would

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happen aer a major incident like that. at baﬄes people; they would have expected this huge drop, [but] it followed the trend of [the previous year].” Gondol added that not only were home sales up 25 percent from May 2014 to the beginning of 2015, but 60 percent were being financed — rather than being purchased with cash — which is a sign that the property is being bought by a traditional homeowner instead of an investor. “We look at inventory in the real estate world and gauge it by the number of months to deplete everything on the market for sale,” said Scott Lederer, broker and Maryland regional president at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty. “In a normal market we would expect six

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months of inventory. We’re closer to four in Baltimore City, which means we don’t have enough homes to sell right now.” Gondol attributes the market’s behavior to the power of social media and distribution of information that kept Baltimoreans well informed on the reality of the situation in a way that was unavailable in 1968, when riots broke out across the city aer the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Prospective mayoral candidates, in anticipation of the upcoming election, have cited the need for population growth in the city as a platform issue. But Donn Worgs, associate political science professor at Towson University, said the challenge of bringing in new residents is a balancing act.

“[A mayor has] to create a sense that the city is growing and evolving and is an attractive place for these newcomers,” Worgs said. “e challenge is, can you do that while not losing existing residents?” Worgs added that depending on the economic profile of new residents and where they choose to live could cause gentrification, which can lead to tensions that drive longstanding residents away. “e mayor is the chief salesperson for the city, [but] at this particular time, the mayor’s race will be decided by how people [already here] manage things inside the city,” said Worgs. “It’s kind of like getting your house in order before you [have an open house].” Businesses play a large part in attracting

Pier Six Concert Pavilion and Fells Point: Courtesy of Visit Baltimore

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new residents through recruitment. Joe Quinn is the chief human resources officer for LifeBridge Health. When asked about how he reconciles Baltimore being between major cities such as New York and Washington, Quinn said he considers Baltimore’s geography an advantage because it has ease-of-access into other larger cities. “If someone is looking at a different [city], they are looking at the opportunity [of the job] rather than what does Baltimore have to offer,” said Quinn. Visit Baltimore generates economic benefits through the attraction of convention, group and leisure visitors. is includes overseeing the Baltimore Convention Center. One tool the organization uses to gauge its success is “definite future room nights” booked within its fiscal year. ese include different events such as conventions, meetings, family reunions, weddings and group tours. A room night is the equivalent of a single night stay by a visitor.

“e unrest of April 2015 and resulting negative media attention was felt in a slower than usual [fourth-quarter] sales figure, with several major citywide groups deferring their booking decisions to fiscal year 2016,” according to Visit Baltimore’s financial report. “While total room nights booked in fiscal year 2015 fell below prior years, Visit Baltimore is still outperforming our [peer cities] and booking convention center business at a rate to maximize the Baltimore Convention Center’s impact.” From 2010 to 2014, Convention Center activity generated 337,877 room nights per year on average; and it only booked 225,777 room nights in 2015. Despite the drop, said Visit Baltimore president and CEO Tom Noonan, the deferred business puts the company ahead of schedule at the start of its fiscal year. “People are not being scared oﬀ by unrest,” said Noonan. e question that remains unanswered is, how much better we would have been without unrest?” Rabbi Jessy Gross, founder of Charm

City Tribe, an organization that is part of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and the Jewish Community Center, works to bring Jewish young professionals together who live in Baltimore City. Gross said the group’s strength comes from what others might consider a deficiency. Since it has no oﬃcial residence, CCT meets in public spaces around the city, which results in attracting people who may not seek out a Jewish experience, to come and learn. She sees Baltimore’s size and challenges as something that actually attracts people. “[Baltimore] is a small enough city that you can be somebody but large enough that you have options,” Gross said. “It’s also in a state of transition and people are interested in [making a change]. It’s a challenging time for Baltimore but also an opportunistic time because people are looking to have an impact.” JT jkatz@midatlanticmedia.com

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March 20

Rise and Fall of the American Jewish Hospital

The Jewish Museum of Maryland hosts a lecture by Dr. Edward Halperin on the development of Jewish hospitals from the mid19th century to the latter third of the 20th century. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore. Contact Trillion Attwood at tattwood@jewishmuseummd.org.

March 21

Annual Interfaith Institute

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation hosts its 56th annual interfaith institute that will focus on Martin Luther King Jr.’s idea of a “Beloved Community.” $15 per person includes lunch. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Contact Carol Caplan at carolcjca@comcast.net.

March 22

“Rosenwald”

Jewish Women’s Giving Foundation presents a film about Julius

Rosenwald, a Jewish philanthropist who built over 5,300 schools in the Jim Crow South. 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave. Visit jcc.org/event/rosenwald.

March 23

Purim Service and Shpiel

Beth Am Synagogue hosts a Purim service and shpiel that will begin at 7 p.m. with a reading from the Book of Esther. 2501 Eutaw Place, Baltimore. Call 410-523-2446.

March 24

Islam 101: Prophet Muhammed

Beth Israel Congregation hosts a lecture from Alison Kysia, an educator with the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies who will introduce a basic biography of the Prophet of Islam. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. 3706 Crondall Lane, Owings Mills. Contact Dana Snyder at dsnyder@bethisrael-om.org.

March 25

The Book of Leviticus

Columbia Jewish Congregation holds an exploration of the text of Leviticus, including its origin, sound and interpretation, led by Rabbi Sonya Starr. Noon to 1 p.m. 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia. Contact Robin Rosenfeld at robin@columbiajewish.org.

March 26

Cookie Minyan

Beth Tfiloh Congregation and Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School’s preschool hold a Shabbat morning service for children up to age 4. There will be stories, songs, dancing with plush Torahs and a Kiddush snack. 10:45 a.m. 3300 Old Court Road, Baltimore. Call 410-486-1905.

March 28

Senate Candidate Forum

The Baltimore Jewish Council and Goucher College host a forum for the candidates running for Maryland’s U.S. Senate seat. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. Call 410-542-4850.

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Beth Israel Congregation holds a course led by Alison Kysia of the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies on the model of authority in Muslim communities. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. 3706 Crondall Lane, Owings Mills. Visit bethisrael-om.org.

MARCH 27 >> MACCABEATS CONCERT

Ohr Chadash presents a concert from the Maccabeats, who will perform at Kraushaar Auditorium on the campus of Goucher College. 3 p.m. Tickets start at $20 in advance and $26 at the door. 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. Call 410-602-2686.

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March 30

Israeli Embassy Comes to Baltimore

The Maryland/Israel Development Center hosts a networking event featuring officials from the Embassy of Israel. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free for MIDC members, $20 for nonmembers. 101 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore. Registration required at Maryland Israel.org/embassybalt2016.

March 31

Sweet Singers of Israel

Beth El Congregation hosts a presentation that explores the lives and careers of several 20th-century Jewish opera singers including Robert Merrill, Jan Peerce and Richard Tucker. 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. 8101 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Call 410-484-0411.

April 1

Proverbs and Ecclesiastes

Columbia Jewish Congregation hosts a lecture how Jewish law and lifestyles are influenced by the Torah. 11 a.m. to noon. 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia. Contact Robin Rosenfeld at robin@columbiajewish.org.

April 2

Jewish Jazz

AmiciMusic presents “Jewish Jazz,” which will feature clarinetist Steve Loew and pianist Daniel Weiser performing a fun mix of classical, jazz, and klezmerinspired music by Jewish composers. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. 519 Main St., Reisterstown. Contact Daniel Weiser at daniel@amicimusic.org.

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Catering to Love for 75 Years By Hannah Johnson

Louis and Edith Bluefeld have settled into a comfortable marital rhythm in their relationship. He’s the talker, but she chimes in with details. She plans everything, but he’s the happy socializer. It works for them. And it should. Aer all, they’ve spent 75 years perfecting it. e Bluefelds married Feb. 23, 1941 and just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. And those 75 years have no shortage of good memories. Baltimore natives Louis and Edith Bluefeld are well-known for running Bluefeld Catering, a kosher catering company started by Louis’ mother that fed the Baltimore Jewish — and non-Jewish — community for more than 40 years. Bluefeld Catering made its mark beyond Baltimore, however. e company was the first to kosher the White House kitchen, served former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin when he visited Washington, D.C. for the announcement of the 1978 Peace Accords, catered the inaugural dinner for former President Richard Nixon and became go-to caterers for the moversand-shakers of Capitol Hill. “Oh, we met everyone,” Louis said, more or less dismissively. He and Edith don’t shy away from their accomplishments, 48

but take a great deal more pride in the family events they catered in the community — weddings, bar mitzvahs and other celebrations. “It was a good time in people’s lives,” Edith said. “Our business was a joy,” Louis added. “e Baltimore Jewish community …” Louis paused and Edith filled in, “… are wonderful.” Events done for Holocaust survivors and their families were particularly special to them. “ey couldn’t stop celebrating,” Louis said. “ey never thought they’d have this.” Louis and Edith met when they were 16 years old. His Criterion Club was throwing a party at the downtown Howard Hotel. ey each came with diﬀerent dates. Edith spotted Louis across the room and told her friends, “is fella on the other side of the room, I want to meet him.” And, at least in this one case, wishing made it so. Louis asked Edith’s date to drive him to pick up the family car from his father. Edith’s date brought her along for the ride. Before the end of the night, Louis had Edith’s phone number. He called her two nights later — “at 7,” Edith said, briefly cutting into Louis’ recounting of the story with

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Louis and Edith Bluefeld married Feb. 23, 1941 and just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. They live in Boca Raton, Fla., after several decades living, and working, in the Baltimore area.

the exact time — and asked her out, with one caveat. Since Louis was already working in the family business by then, their first date was on a catering job. Edith was a hit with her future mother-in-law right away. Louis’ mother even asked him, at 19, what his intentions were with Edith. She wanted them to get married; Louis was afraid he didn’t have enough money to get married yet. “She said, ‘If you’re serious, you get married. It will all work out.’ She was right,” Louis said. So, a few years aer they met, they were married. But war was on the horizon, and, in 1943, Louis shipped oﬀ to New Guinea and the Philippines to serve in World War II. He was gone for three years, and Edith wrote him a letter every single day. “Mail was so important [for the] servicemen,” Louis said. “I always had lots of mail.” Once Louis returned, the couple settled in to post-war life — Louis working full time

at Bluefeld Catering and Edith running the household, and raising their two daughters. eir 25th anniversary was the big party, but their 50th was a smaller aﬀair, at least by the standards of two people used to catering large-scale events. It was just 50 people. For this most recent one, they kept it a family celebration. Louis and Edith retired to Boca Raton, Fla., more than 30 years ago aer selling the company in 1984. Several of their friends in Boca are from their old days in Baltimore, however. One friend in particular is Burt Gold, now in his early 80s, who Louis has known since they were young. Bluefeld Catering had catered Gold’s bar mitzvah, his wedding, his children’s bar mitzvahs and weddings and other family celebrations. Louis and Edith are impressively healthy for their 95 and 94 years, respectively. It could be all the walking — they always take the stairs to their

fourth-floor apartment. Or, maybe it’s the trips to the gym three times a week, where they each ride two miles on a stationary bike. But they also attribute their overall health to a healthy relationship. ey spoke with some sadness about couples, young and old, who don’t seem to enjoy each other’s company. “I don’t need a lot of people,” Louis said. “I still enjoy being with my wife. We’re not bored with each other.” “He’s just my favorite — his personality, his disposition,” Edith said. If there’s one secret Louis and Edith impart to their happy relationship, it’s this: Don’t sweat the small stuﬀ. Let the little things go and tolerate each other’s quirks, Louis said. Edith agreed: “You’ll have a day that is bad, but tomorrow is going to be better.” JT hjohnson@midatlanticmedia.com

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A group of Jewish women were recently asked what their favorite holiday was. e majority answered, “Purim!” Why? Because it is fun, can be participated in by all ages and, oh those delicious hamantaschen. All of the princess gear available make the holiday a standout for girls with beautiful costumes to become Queen 50

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cabbage — detailed in Tips — leave time for more groggin’ and Purim play. ank you to the Joy of Kosher Internet site for pointing out that Queen Esther was a vegetarian, eating only plant foods. Check out the site for a myriad of hamantaschen recipes, even a vegan one! JT Ilene Spector is a local freelance writer.

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Commentators ask how an “entire congregation” can sin. rashi identifies the “congregation of israel” with the Sanhedrin. in other words, when it says, “if the entire congregation of israel errs” it really means that “if the Sanhedrin errs.” e institution that protects and defines the law is at the heart of the nation’s existence. how the Jewish people behave, what they do, can become the law. it should not come as a surprise that Maimonides wanted to revive the ordination, and found a method utterly democratic in its design. e “people” equals the Sanhedrin, the

It should not come as a surprise that Maimonides wanted to revive the ordination, and found a method utterly democratic in its design. later additions written by Maimonides, in which he specifically writes that ordination and the Sanhedrin will be renewed before the coming of the messiah. What is the basis for his most democratic suggestion? i believe it stems from a verse in Vayikkra: “if the entire congregation of israel commits an inadvertent violation as a result of (a mistaken legal decision of the highest court) … and they thereby violate one of the prohibitory commandments of god, they shall incur guilt” (Lev. 4:13).

“people” can choose one leading Jew who will then have the right to pass on his ordination to others, to re-create the Sanhedrin. For Maimonides, it is the population of israel that represents the historical congregation of israel. Maimonides is saying that before the next stage of Jewish history unfolds, the nation must decide who shall be given the authority to re-create ordination and who will be the commander-in-chief of the rabbis. Will it happen in our lifetime? JT

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« Obituaries BRONSTEIN — On March 6, 2016, JUDITH G. (née Sepper), wife of the late Benjamin Bronstein; beloved mother of William “Bill” (Denice Malkin) Bronstein; Miriam (Dr. David) Baskin; David Bronstein and Rabbi Lester Bronstein (Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller); adoring grandmother of Julia, Nathan and Rebeccah Baskin, Erin (Sam) Beier, Liba (Brett) Schwartz, Yonaton and Avi Bronstein, and the late Kate Bronstein; great-grandmother of Annabelle Kate Beier; sister of Jeannette (late Sam) Winstein and the late Edward (Eileen) Sepper. Also surived by two nieces and two nephews. Loving daughter of the late John and Julia (née Dubovicz) Bronstein. Interment at Emanu El Memorial Park, 8341 Bissonnet Street, Houston 77074. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Religious School Scholarship Fund, Temple Oheb Shalom, 7310 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208, the Atrium Village Resident Gratuity Fund, 4730 Atrium Court, Owings Mills, MD 21117 or the Kate Alison Bronstein Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund, Baylor University, 1612 S. University Parks Drive, Waco, TX 76706. CUMMINS — On March 6, 2016, ARNOLD, dear husband of Linda Cummins; dear brother of Frances Cummins Goldstein (Ralph Goldstein) and Tzvi (Devorah) Ben Gedalyahu; loving son of the late Gilbert and Brownie Cummins; cherished uncle of Michael, Miriam, Joshua, Rachel and Danny Goldstein and Elazar, Elisha, Yehudit, Sarah and Moti Ben Gedalyahu; adored great-uncle of 17. Inter-

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Principal of General Studies FOOD & BEVERAGE DIRECTOR North Oaks, a Life Care senior living community located in Pikesville, is dedicated to delivering high quality service and hospitality to our residents. We also provide a responsible and caring environment for employees.

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Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim/Talmudical Academy of Baltimore is looking for a dynamic leader who will: • Move the Elementary School forward academically • Enhance staff development • Implement innovative and exciting programs, both curricular and extra-curricular The candidate must possess outstanding interpersonal and supervisory skills as well as excellent administrative and technological skills. The candidate must have the following qualifications: • Advanced degree in education from an accredited university • Experience in education and school administration • Thorough knowledge of elementary school curricula • Familiarity with day school/yeshiva education Please send resumes and cover letters (including statement of educational philosophy) to ESPrincipalSearch@talmudicalacademy.org.

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Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim/Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, MD seeks a Principal of General Studies to provide educational leadership for the 400+ students and 40+ faculty members in the Elementary School.

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Gracious spacious pristine Center hall farmhouse built in 1812. 5 bedrooms 4 with attached baths 5 fireplaces! 10’ ceilings! Sitting at the top of 34 magnificent acres in the rolling hills of Monkton. Awesome views floor to ceiling windows and charming wrap around porch. Walk in pantry laundry has green house window. Modern kitchen with island and heated floors. Private river cottage with water access and spectacular views, great for kayaking, fishing and hiking! Oh So Pretty! 410-530-2400

1560 Blue Mount Rd 21111 - $849,944

S CRE S 34 AEPLACE R 5 FI

Unique contemporary deck home is a woodland retreat sitting on four acres backing to wild life preserve and the Cattail creek. 12' x 24' heated greenhouse, enclosed deck with sauna/Jacuzzi, Wood Floors and wood ceilings. Two stone fireplaces. For nature lovers only! Owners will consider furniture in the sale of the house.410-530-2400

15932 Meadow Walk Rd. 21797 - $649,944

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Single family 3-4 BR brick cape cod. 2 bedrooms on the first floor and a finished attic large enough for two more bedrooms. Central air, gas heat, wood burning fireplace, wood floors, large level lot and a two car garage make this a desirable place to call home. Minutes to the Metro with an easy commute to downtown Baltimore or DC. 410-530-2400

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Exceptional bright stone and cedar art lovers Deck House on a very private wooded lot. Custom gourmet luscious kitchen with granite and custom wood cabinets. Versatile 5-6 bedrooms, wood ceilings, luxury baths, gigantic dining room, sunroom, home office,2 fireplaces and a lovely in ground pool. This home is like living in a glass tree house. Superb for entertaining. If you love contemporary...this one is it!! 410-530-2400

7 Green Heather Court, 21208 - $699,944

Four bedroom spacious Summit Chase townhome with four finished levels, including a loft over the master bedroom and a deck overlooking pretty trees. This one has a finished lower level with full bath and close to Summit Park Elementary 410-530-2400

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THINKING OF SELLING YOUR HOME? CALL MARGARET ROME

• 2 BEDROOM 2 BATH IN SILO POINT

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• 3 BEDROOM CONDOS

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• SMALL HORSEFARM IN HOWARD OR BALTIMORE COUNTY

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