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‘Hamilton’ Creator Stars in New Video — for Yeshiva University

Lin-Manuel Miranda

school too. His mother is an assistant professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (which was, until earlier this year, part of YU).

‘Transparent’ Director Wins Emmy, Compares Trump to Hitler

Nude Models Raise Awareness of Dead Sea ‘Disaster’

“Transparent,” the comedy series about a Jewish family whose father comes out as transgender, won Emmy Awards for director Jill Soloway and lead actor Jeffrey Tambor. e Emmys took a shine to Jewish talent on Sunday in Los Angeles on a night that Soloway compared Republican presiden- Jill Soloway tial nominee Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler in widely reported remarks.

Speaking to reporters backstage aer winning her award, Soloway said Trump is “the most dangerous monster to ever approach our lifetime. He’s a complete dangerous monster, and at any moment that I have to call him out for being an inheritor of Hitler, I will.”

“Jews were other-ized in Nazi Germany to gain political power for Hitler, and right now, Donald Trump is doing the same thing,” she said. “He’s other-izing people. He calls women pigs if they don’t look like beauty pageant contestants; he blames Muslims and Mexicans for our problems; he makes fun of disabled people. is is other-izing with a capital ‘O.’”

International photographic artist Spencer Tunick photographed 15 nude Israeli men and women at the Dead Sea to raise awareness of its deterioration. Tunick announced the project on Sept. 12, two days aer taking the photograph.

He returned with the models to the same place on the shores of the Dead Sea, called Mineral Beach, where he created a photo installation with 1,000 nude Israelis in 2011. e spot has since been destroyed by sinkholes. e danger of sinkholes is illustrated in the installation, with the men and women shown with their lower bodies underground.

“Since 1991, I have traveled the world making immersive art with people of all races, religions and nationalities; but Israel is a unique place that I hold close to my heart and is the only country in the Middle East where I can be allowed to have proper freedom of expression,” Tunick said. “I care deeply about the future of the Dead Sea and hope that my presence and involvement here can propel the Israeli government and local activists to take real measurable action to save the Dead Sea. “I’ve been on the ground, and as you can all see, this is a disaster. I call the Israeli government — wake up! I am not sure if we will have this same opportunity again.”

His last prominent art installation was “100 Naked Women” at the Republican National Convention in July protesting Donald Trump.

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Miranda: Screen shot from You Tube; Soloway: Courtesy of Amazon Studios

It’s a question thousands of fans are undoubtedly asking themselves: What is Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the hip-hop musical “Hamilton,” up to, now that he has le the insanely successful production?

Could he be writing another biographical smash hit? e answer may be surprising. In the short term, at least, he’s partnering up with a New York Jewish institution: Yeshiva University.

In addition to starring in a show that earned a record-setting 16 Tony nominations, Miranda can now also add YU’s latest fundraising video to his resume. He narrates and appears in a video focused on the school’s 2016 Day of Giving slated for Sept. 20 and 21.

“Yeshiva University is a radiating force that is shaping our world,” Miranda says over footage of famous Jews such as Joe Lieberman and Alan Dershowitz, who have connections to the school.

Miranda, who is Puerto Rican and not Jewish, has connections to the

Joshua Runyan Editorial Director

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A Jewish Home

I’m not the first to say it and this is not the first time I’ve alluded to this fact: e Jewish world in the United States is a scary one for those of us who have been taught that the surest determinate of Jewish survivability is identification with a synagogue or other communal institution.

According to the o-cited 2013 Pew Research Center report on American Jewry, less than a third of any community belongs to a synagogue. Slightly more than half — 56 percent — has at least given money to a Jewish organization, but even that statistic, optimistic in comparison to the lack of synagogue-based identification, has a darker side. It means that a full 44 percent of the American Jewish community has not donated to a Jewish organization. at’s the bad news, but as readers of this column should know by now, that which at first seems bad doesn’t tell the full story. Synagogues, I’m sorry to say, are not the be all and end all of Jewish life in today’s United States, and although the question of whether or not they have in the recent past is a debatable one, the fact that most of the community does not “belong” is only reflective of that reality, not a harbinger of doom and gloom. As it turns out, a vibrant community full of Jewish life exists outside the brick and mortar of American synagogues and there are plenty Jews of no formal denominational affiliation who are nevertheless attending to

what they perceive as their spiritually Jewish needs.

As you’ll read in this week’s Jt, several chavurot in the Baltimore area are going strong, bucking the trend of nonorthodox denominations. ey are “providing a different experience,” says Rabbi Kerry olitzky, executive director of Big tent Judaism. “I think the onus of the synagogue and the rabbinate is to help people to understand what the value is that is added and what’s the benefit of participation. I think members of chavurot like the informality and intimacy of it all, which is oen gained in small groups.”

For many, informal minyans and chavurot can quickly give way to the more traditional structure of a synagogue when one has children and is looking for such educational opportunities as hebrew school and b’nai mitzvah classes. For others, such groups provide a cultural and spiritual nexus more concentrated than a large synagogue. ey might also be entry points for a largely unaffiliated Jewish majority who 10 years from now might identify more with the community of which they currently see themselves existing on the periphery.

All of this is to say that anything that nurtures and increases Jewish expression is, at a base level, a good thing. As we look to the approaching new Year, let’s do all we can to make sure that everyone has a Jewish home, whether in a chavurah, a synagogue or some other model yet to be tried. JT jrunyan@midatlanticmedia.com

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Understanding the U.S.-Israel MOU

It’s being billed as historic — the largest-ever U.S. military aid package. e Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed Sept. 14 and will go into effect in 2018, will provide Israel with $3.8 billion in aid a year for 10 years. e increase in aid from the previous MOU’s annual $3.1 billion sends important messages: To enemies like Iran, it says that the United States has Israel’s back; and to America’s Middle East allies, it says that that the United States is not withdrawing from the region. e agreement was generally welcomed

by Jewish institutions, including AIPAC. But in the days aer the signing, critics were out in force. Some criticism came from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political adversaries. Left-winger Ehud Barak and right-winger Moshe Yaalon, both military men (one of them, Barak, a former prime minister), argued that Netanyahu could have gotten a better deal if he hadn’t been such a thorn in President Barack Obama’s side, particularly in his very public opposition to the Iran deal.

Whether that’s an accurate assessment or political positioning is the subject of legitimate debate. But once we get past that question, there are two parts of the MOU that have generated significant comment.

First, it prohibits Congress from increasing the amount of aid to Israel in non-emergency appropriations and spells out Israel’s commitment to return any such excess grants; and second, it gradually reduces Israel’s ability to spend portions of the military aid on the Jewish state’s own defense industry. e one has a potentially significant impact on congressional activity regarding Israel, and the other could have a significant impact over time with respect to continued financial support for the growth and support of Israel’s military defense. e limitation on congressional largess provoked the ire of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). “e idea that the MOU is binding on us, I’m going to fight violently,” Graham said, adding that he was going to propose a $1.5 billion one-time emergency aid package for Israel to prove his point.

We are sympathetic to Graham’s concerns and to the underlying discomfort in Israel.

Indeed, we are skeptical of anything that hampers Israel’s ability to raise money when needed and to spend it where it sees fit.

But Israel agreed to the MOU’s terms, and further bickering over the issues is not good for anyone. Neither is Graham’s grandstanding, which smells more like the Republican rejection of all things Obama that has stalled government for nearly eight years.

Alas, the domestic grumbling was not limited to Republicans. For example, when the news broke about the agreement’s hamstringing of Congress, former peace negotiator Martin Indyk tweeted that “AIPAC can retire.” Perhaps that remark was, as some have suggested, simply friendly ribbing rather than bad form, but we would have expected more from a man who was once the U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Come to think of it, we would have expected more from pretty much everyone involved. JT

Here’s a thought to take to High Holiday services next month: Collaboration between congregations can be a good thing.

In an article in eJewish Philanthropy, Larry Glickman, the director of network engagement and collaboration for the Union for Reform Judaism, questioned the spirit of competition in the synagogue world. People go “shul shopping” and ultimately support just one synagogue above others, he observed.

“To what extent do we want all Jewish families in our area to join our congregation, even at the expense of neighboring congregations?” Glickman asked. “Do we want other congregations to close?”

A Reform movement survey found that congregations were happy to use others’ ideas and materials, “but they’re hesitant to share their own valuable intellectual property with neighboring congregations,” he wrote. “ey fear their ideas may be copied, that people may decide to join neighboring congregations instead and that their

congregational membership (and ultimately income) will decrease.”

If there is a twinge of recognition in any of this, the holidays may be a good time to consider whether this is the proper mindset.

Although Glickman’s article is titled “Why Congregational Competition is a Good ing,” he actually argues that synagogues should be “competitive and cooperative while still maintaining a strong sense of community and individuality.” Organizations that reach out and work with each other “stay sharp and focused, always moving forward.”

Glickman, a former synagogue executive director, offered three ways that synagogues can reach out to their Jewish neighbors: Collaboratively advertise the benefits of affiliating to whatever synagogue serves the needs of a person’s family; send members with children to another synagogue’s early childhood program if your synagogue doesn’t have one; and “create curriculum and programming” together and “then share it.”

Do any of these ideas have a chance?

Maybe. ey’re certainly worth considering, especially since congregations nationwide, including here in this community, are feeling the pinch. Every year comes the news of local synagogues merging or cutting back on staff and services, even as a handful of more successful ones report growing membership. ere will always be failed and failing congregations, but the competition between those that make it and those that don’t does not have to be a zero-sum game. Everyone can work together to ensure a community with more affiliated Jews tomorrow than exist today.

Glickman explains the possible consequences of every congregation only looking out for itself, with a variation on the old Jewish joke about synagogues. He tells the story of the last two Jews in Afghanistan.

Each belonged to his own synagogue and refused to step inside the other. We cannot let that happen here. JT

Congregational Collaboration in the New Year

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On the surface, I may be an unusual person to lead this year’s annual campaign for e associated: Jewish community federation of Baltimore. I have no formal religious education, I cannot read hebrew, I am married to an episcopalian, and I am not from Baltimore. I am however passionate about Jewish values and traditions, energized about our Jewish community, have raised our children Jewishly, belong to and am active in synagogue (Baltimore hebrew congregation) and read the torah portion weekly (in english).

I grew up in a small town in which we were the only Jewish family. I remember having to make presentations in elementary school about the holidays.

I later came to find out that my mother made that happen. It was all part of her plan to give us a Jewish home despite no synagogue or religious school.

My family moved to cherry hill, n.J., around the time I was bar mitzvah age. It was the first time that I met other Jews and had Jewish friends.

When I arrived in Baltimore 14 years ago, I was impressed with its strong, connected and unique Jewish community. It wasn’t just that everyone seemed to know everyone else, but people held strong ties to the local Jewish institutions. It was a community shaped, in part, by its geographic boundaries as well as shared school and Jewish experiences. although the majority of

Jews still live in Pikesville and Owings Mills, many neighborhoods that were once closed off to us are now welcoming. a generation ago, we geographically bonded together; today, we are more dispersed. It’s not uncommon to find Jews and Jewish institutions popping up in roland Park, downtown and along the I-83 corridor.

It’s wonderful to see how much our society has progressed, but it’s changed the dynamic of Jewish Baltimore. at the same time, as a community, we must address the fact that Jewish institutions, once part of the fabric of communities, are less relevant to many.

I believe that to successfully create a healthy Jewish community, we need to make our institutions relevant once again. for years, e associated has been a community planner and priority-setter. In this capacity, we’ve evaluated our needs, then used our donors’ funds to most effectively and efficiently improve Baltimore’s Jewish community.

Moving forward, we want to engage you in this discussion.

We want to hear from you about what our community should look like and the role e associated should play. email me at jshmerler@associated.org and let me know what matters to you.

With your participation, we can enjoy a strong Jewish future. Please join us. JT

John Shmerler is chair of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore’s annual campaign.

Embracing the New Year

After A long, hot summer, I eagerly embrace the subtle change in season upon us now. e cool refreshing evenings, the shortened days, the crunch of leaves on the driveway reground me as autumn beckons.

Since I grew up on the east Coast, for me, these sights and sounds are inextricably associated with the High Holidays and the return to a familiar time of year filled with ritual, reconnecting me with my heritage. I love the changing seasons and the different perspectives one has seeing the same landscape in full bloom, stark and covered with snow or bursting with early spring buds. Similar to how my visual perspective

changes with the seasons, my emotional perspective changes during the holiday season. I become more introspective and start to think about how I can help make a difference in my community, both local and abroad. is rosh Hashanah, as I embrace the new year of 5777, I am also embracing my new role as president of the Jewish federation of Howard County.

In a very short time, I have gained a different perspective of our Jewish community and our deep caring and connection to one another. Aer the terrible tragedy of the ellicott City flood, I was incredibly moved and proud as our Jewish community sprang into action to help our friends and neighbors. Business

Beth Millstein

owners were offered alternative space from which to work.

Some worked side by side to remove debris. others provided both emotional and financial support, raising more than $6,500 in just 30 days.

Another touch point occurred when members of our community became concerned about an anti-Israel display placed in a Howard County library branch. e community reached out to federation in shock and dismay, asking us to take a stand for truth. rough these two events, I was reminded that federation matters to Howard County.

We help support the rich fabric of a Jewish Howard County and have already sponsored a number of events designed to

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engage and support all segments of our community. We continue to support those with emergency financial needs and those in need of social services. We help educate about Israel, teach Hebrew and create environments where we can share our common heritage.

So, as we prepare for rosh Hashanah and relish in traditions, family and community, please take a moment to think about those who are less fortunate. Be generous in your support of fellow Jews and give generously to our annual campaign. together, we can help provide a sweeter and happier new Year for all.

Shana tova! JT

Beth Millstein is president of the Jewish Federation of Howard County.

Now is the time to make a difference in the world. It’s our New Year, the right moment for each of us to give to what means the most to us.

SHANAH TOVA!

Go to JewishHowardCounty.org/Giving to be amazing.

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Thanks to the volunteers leading The Associated’s 2017 Annual Campaign through their dedication and generosity.

John Shmerler Annual Campaign Chair

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Your Say …

Get Your Facts Straight e BJT’s editorial board is entitled to its opinions (“J Street Crosses the Line,” Sept. 15), but readers would be better served if it grounded them in facts.

First, J Street is indisputably a part of the “big tent of the Jewish community.” We are members of the Baltimore Jewish Council and are welcomed regularly into the offices of our elected officials.

It is our profound concern for Israel’s future that motivates our support for a two-state solution and opposition to settlement expansion. e State Department determined in 1979 that settlements are illegal and contrary to established U.S. policy, a ruling that has remained in effect under both Democratic and Republican presidents.

Under U.S. law, activity that is illegal or contrary to longstanding U.S. policy may not be supported by tax-deductible donations. at is why we in J Street urged the Treasury Department to review so-called “charitable” organizations funding settlement expansion. In doing so, we are not seeking to “shut down” anyone. We are simply concerned that organizations aiding the spread of settlements in contravention of U.S. law and policy continue to be subsidized by American taxpayers.

Rather than making unfounded attacks on organizations like ours that wholeheartedly

support Israel’s future as a secure, democratic Jewish state, the JT would perform a greater service to its readers by presenting a range of informed opinion in its pages. J Street is always ready to carry on that discussion with anyone, regardless of their views.

Aaron Levin Chair, J Street Baltimore

A Real Bargain ere are grounds to criticize President Barack Obama on his dealings with Israel, but last week’s 10-year military assistance package is not at the top of the list.

Indeed, this may be a good deal for both sides. e U.S. is estimated to have spent upward of $85 billion on overseas military forces in 2014 alone — $156 billion when the costs of Afghanistan and Iraq

were included. Israel is a selfsufficient nation in an important but dangerous part of the world. It does not ask our troops to go in harm’s way to defend them. Our Israeli ally’s ingenuity has improved the armor on our tanks, defended troops from missiles and saved wounded soldiers with specialized combat dressings. at’s a lot more than we got for the $1.7 billion sent to Iran.

Iran held hostage our diplomats and is a recognized “state sponsor of terrorism,” linked to the 9/11 attacks. We need not worry that Israel, a country with which we share so much, will deny us diplomatic or military support, let alone attack us. Enhancing Israel’s military edge for $3.8 billion a year in American-made goods is a bargain.

As for Israeli promises to

refuse future funding, anyone who makes predictions on future threats is likely to be disappointed, as with earlier presidential promises to end the war in Afghanistan. If circumstances change, future presidents and prime ministers can do what is needed.

John R. Cohn Philadelphia

Focus on the Music, Art Joshua Runyan’s Sept. 16 Opening oughts, “A Most Jewish Conversation,” inspired me to write this. As time goes on, I find that the less I know about my musical and other artistic heroes, the more I can enjoy the music/art that they have given to the world. No musician/artist could ever possibly live up to the ideals that are found in his/her work,

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but the works of art can inspire us to strive to be a little better and at the very least give us some moments of joy or delightful melancholy.

Gary Kenneth Bass Baltimore

Respect Our Needs, Values e JT’s article regarding adding Eid as a school holiday (“Muslims Look to Jewish Example in Campaigning for School Days Off,” Sept. 9) put me off but not for the obvious reason. Certainly, school boards must evaluate how to accommodate their schedules in districts where Muslim observers, whether students or teachers, comprise a large proportion of the school population.

It seems absurd that the Jewish Times and JTA used this particular woman, “the daughter of a Sephardic Jewish mother and a Catholic father” who converted to Islam, as the Muslim on record for this issue. She is a Jew according to Jewish law/Halachah, whether she chooses to identify as one. e bigger issues of assimilation and intermarriage affect the Jewish community more critically than which holidays are on the school calendar. By featuring someone who has cast off Judaism, the JT and JTA add to the legitimization of intermarriage, the discarding of Jewish values. is woman is the face of a traitor to the Jewish people.

If you don’t see it this way, at least you should appreciate the irony of your choice.

I’m not so interested in Islamic needs in our community or on the national front. But if you’re going to run these stories, make sure they’re not chipping away at our needs and values.

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YOU SHOULD KNOW …

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al Massalton is an Israeli native who is working in Baltimore as the Israel shlichah (emissary) for the Baltimore Zionist District (BZD).

Originally from Rehovot, Massalton, 32, took a gap year before joining the army to volunteer locally with the Israeli scouts. She served in the Israel Defense Forces as a captain for seven years, earning a degree in education and social sciences during her service. Even aer leaving the army, Massalton has continued to serve as an outside adviser to both the armed forces and businesses in Israel, developing educational and leadership programming.

Before coming to the United States, she worked for the Maccabi Tzair Youth Movement as the head of their gap-year program.

How did you end up in the United States?

Maccabi Tzair has had a partnership with BZD for a long time, so my job is a partnership of three organizations, Maccabi Tzair, BZD and the Jewish Agency. Everything I needed to get here, such as training and applying for a visa, was through the Jewish Agency. I have been here for two years, and I have one year le here.

It is a shlichah program, there are about 500 shluchim in North America, but the roles vary by location. I am the community shlichah, so I do community events. I am going to schools, synagogues, really

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anywhere that wants me to speak about Israel and or issues related to it and putting on events there. ere are other shluchim with different roles — for example, those with jobs on college campuses. We will do many of the same things, but the demands vary by job.

What do you do day to day?

I do just about anything that anyone wants me to do relating to Israel. BZD’s goal is to bring Israel to Baltimore; so if anyone wants me to speak about a specific subject like my army service or wants to do a program in high school or with seniors, I build a program. I am doing this in a few places.

For example, I am working a lot with Jerusalem U. I bring a movie and then we do a discussion about it. Last year, it was a film called “Beneath the Helmet” that highlights five young Israeli high school graduates who are draed into the army to defend their country. is year, it is “Mekonen,” about the journey of an African Jew. We do Yom Hazikaron ceremonies, the memorial day of Israel. It is a big ceremony that we do every year. Last year, we did it in Beth Tfiloh and it was really amazing; nearly 500 people attended. I am in charge of the aliyah process. Anyone from Baltimore who wants to do aliyah needs to come and meet with me for an interview and the application process. I also help to do programs with youth movements, bringing programs here through Maccabi Tzair.

What are your goals?

I think that Yom Hazikaron was the most important project that I have worked on because it is related to Israel. I feel like the Memorial Day here in the United States is so different from Memorial Day in Israel.

It was hard for me to bring the Israel ceremony and Israeli way of doing Yom Hazikaron to the United States. I think that is my main project. I cannot wait until next year to get going with that. I feel like the last two years were each bigger and more meaningful than the last. I think it was really getting to people and helping them really understand what the day means. It is so different — sometimes people cannot understand what it means — to finish high school and go right into the army.

I didn’t know what to expect when I came to the United States, I didn’t know why there were Jews who lived here instead

of Israel, to be honest. I grew up in Israel all my life, and I have traveled but not lived anywhere else. I didn’t know what to expect, but I am starting to learn about all of the ways that you can be Jewish and live to support Israel. It surprised me to see how many people from Baltimore do aliyah, there are around 70 families already this year.

I want to get to more new places, Baltimore has so many organizations and I want to reach out and speak with them.

Organizations that I have worked with before will reach out to me now, I have made connections, but it gets to the point where I have booked everyone who has reached out and I need to find new places. It is really exciting to me to address new audiences; they don’t have to be Jewish. JT dnozick@midatlanticmedia.com

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Former Employee Gis $2M to Loyola Loyola University Maryland on Sept. 14 announced a $2 million gi plan from a former employee to create endowed scholarships in education and the sciences for undergraduate and graduate students. e gi was bequeathed by Mary Hyman, who retired in August aer 26 years as coordinator of science education programs and the Institute for Child Care Education with Loyola University Maryland’s School of Education.

It is the largest gi from an employee in the school’s 164year history and will be divided into four scholarships for undergraduates and graduates upon Hyman’s death. e gi

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will be funded by the Hyman Foundation and is named in honor of her husband, Sigmund, who died in 2002.

“Loyola has been an important part of my life for 26 years, and it has been a joy to interact with so many dedicated people

at the university,” Hyman said in a news release. “I don’t think I could have worked for a better place.” e first $1 million of the gi will endow the Mary B. and Sigmund M. Hyman Scholarship Fund and will be applied to scholarships each year to students majoring in the natural and applied sciences. e next $200,000 will go toward the Sigmund M. and Mary B. Hyman Fellowship Fund, which will award a fellowship annually to a graduate student in the School of Education with a Master of Arts in Teaching concentration. The Sigmund M. and Mary B. Hyman Fund in the Natural and

Applied Sciences will be initiated using 50 percent of the balance of the gi. e remaining balance will create the Sigmund M. and Mary B. Hyman Summer Fellows Fund to support summer research opportunities for students in the natural and applied sciences.

A Stevenson resident, Hyman serves on the boards of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Maryland Science Center Scientific and Educational Council and the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. In addition, she is a Goucher College trustee and sits on the advisory board for Franklin & Marshall College.

— Justin Silberman

More than 250 people filled Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Sunday night to hear HaZamir Baltimore sing a set of Jewish songs.

Performing for the first time this season, HaZamir Baltimore, one of 31 international Jewish high school-affiliated choirs across the United States and Israel, headlined the opening dinner of the BHC Brotherhood’s 98th year.

Sidney Bravmann, president of the Brotherhood, coordinated for several months with HaZamir Baltimore conductor Erika Pardes Schon to bring the renowned group of more than 30 teenagers from 12 area high schools to BHC.

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“We have been trying to have [HaZamir Baltimore] here for years,” Bravmann said.

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come out. It was really a great evening of enchanted music, and I thought a good time was had by all.”

HaZamir was also joined

by Cantor Robbie Solomon, an internationally renowned composer of Jewish works and synagogue repertoire who played the guitar and sang several of his own works.

Rabbi Andrew Busch, who delivered the invocation at the dinner, said he was delighted with how well the concert and night turned out in all facets. “is is always a great event to help us celebrate the Jewish New Year,” Busch said, “and [Bravmann] and the rest of the Brotherhood have done a great job with this program. It is lovely to see so many familiar faces and how engaged everyone looks.”

— Justin Silberman

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Oregon Ridge Expands Amid Environmental Movement e Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Cockeysville recently opened a $190,000 nature pavilion intended to help expand its recreational space and nature programming.

Oregon Ridge is one of Baltimore County’s most popular parks with 330,000 people visiting every year to enjoy hiking trails, pavilions, outdoor sports, concerts and environmental programs such as animal

encounters, summer camps, school field trips, scouts programs and master naturalist trainings. e funding for the newly expanded Kidd’s Nature Pavilion came from a variety of sources: $140,000 was allocated by the county; $10,000 was raised by the Oregon Ridge Nature Center Council; and the remainder was donated by the pavilion’s sponsor, Bill Kidd’s

Timonium Toyota Volvo.

“Parks are important community resources — both for people and for the environment. is new pavilion is a smart use of government resources and a great example of a public-private partnership where everyone wins,” said Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz at the ribboncutting ceremony. is expanded nature center

is appropriately timed with the several major environmental announcements that have been made over the past two months.

Kamenetz recently announced an agreement with the Land Preservation Trust to protect an additional 450 acres of Oregon Ridge, bringing the total park acreage that is preserved to 90 percent.

— Daniel Nozick

Towson Teen Poet Honored at White House

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Earlier this month, five students, including Towson resident and Krieger Schechter Day School graduate Joey Reisberg, were honored for their poetry by first lady Michelle Obama in a White House ceremony.

Launched in 2011, the National Student Poets Program recognizes five poets in grades 10 and 11 each year. It is the nation’s highest honor for youth poets.

Reisberg is a self-proclaimed “book nerd” — his appreciation for contemporary poetry started in middle school. “I wrote poetry because its ambiguity really interested me, I loved the emotion and imagery,” he shared. Aer being chosen as a regional winner, Reisberg was selected out of 35 semifinalists to represent the Northeast Region as a National Student Poet.

“It was a very validating experience,” said Reisberg. “A lot of poets have an inferiority complex; we aren’t as flashy as visual arts, so to be recognized

Michelle Obama joins national student poets (from left) Maya Salameh, Joey Reisberg, Gopal Raman, Maya Eashwaran and Stella Binion in the State Dining Room of the White House.

nationally, based solely on my poetic work, was magical.” e five national student poets participated in a pinning ceremony at the White House, followed by a public reading at the Renwick Gallery. Michelle Obama was moved by the ceremony; it was the last time she would get to participate in the event under the Obama administration. “You could tell

that she really cares about this program,” Reisberg said.

As national student poets, these five students will engage in service projects throughout the year. Reisberg is interested in working with libraries in the region “because they are special community places.”

A junior at the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Reisberg

aspires to be an English teacher, citing that he has had “amazing” English teachers at both Krieger Schechter and George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology. “I want to emulate them and discuss humanity with students. I want to encourage as many people as possible to share their stories through poetry.”

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By Mathew Klickstein

day, Sept. 19, the 1-foot-tall, stage-length purple ribbon representing the team color of Pikesville High School was cut by ceremonially gigantic scissors (also purple rimmed), commemorating the completion of the school’s two-year, $50 million series of renovations.

What followed was an immediate groundswell of thundering applause from the 300 audience members seated in the school auditorium — a third of whom were current Pikesville High students — punctuated by a burst of cheers from both the seats and the stage crowded by variously aged personnel, some of whom blew bubbles to hail a propitious high point in the school’s 52-year history.

“We are proud of our 21stcentury schoolhouse and the impact it will have on the achievement of our fortunate students,” voiced the school’s staff and students as represented in the printed program handout.

“Our current mission is to be a premiere school in Baltimore County, the state and the nation,” declared the first speaker, Principal Sandra Reid, who was recently named 2016-17 BCPS Principal of the Year.

Reid championed the “bright and shiny” appearance of the school whose faculty she joined about a year ago aer operating for nearly a decade as principal of nearby Pine Grove Middle School.

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Antwan Williams, who was one of many volunteers handing out programs and, later, guiding tours through the building.

“It looks really nice here now,” Williams said in the white and purple balloon-lined entryway filled with attendees and scored to the live soundtrack of a student string trio.

Wearing both a bright smile and a purple (of course) shirt emblazoned with the school motto — “PRIDE. HONOR. SUCCESS.” — on its back, Williams too admired the “nice and shiny” school he’s attended since his freshman year when the luster of the building was lacking and inner halls radiated a dim “brownish lighting” as per his recollection.

“It just makes you want to go to school, because it looks so awesome,” echoed another student speaking in a brief introductory video on loop playing off of a massive screen

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hovering over the auditorium stage while audience members filed inside to find their seats.

“It was remarkably done,” concurred Adam Carney, now in his second year as assistant principal. “e building looks beautiful.”

As was stated throughout the proceedings, Carney was quick to add that the changes made to the school over the span of time he’s been there are far more than superficial.

Carney was not alone in his electric excitations over the school’s newly integrated central air conditioning that will allow for students and faculty alike to enjoy a much more comfortable day in class, thereby decreasing both unnecessary distraction from schoolwork and gratuitous absences. e installation of a robust central air system at Pikesville High is part of an expansive program to have the feature

become standard in every Baltimore County classroom, courtesy the prodigious investment umbrella of the Schools For Our Future initiative, which has been running since 2011 and will continue through 2021 “all without raising the income tax or property tax rates in our country,” promised a Sept. 15 Baltimore County media release.

Additional improvements beyond mere physiognomy and climate control will bolster Pikesville High’s cachet, already regularly recognized as it is by e Washington Post as one of “America’s Most Challenging High Schools” (based on superlative student proficiency in Advanced Placement work and high levels of student participation in general). ese additions include ADA-compliant elevators for students with disabilities and/or injuries, security cameras that

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will provide for a safer campus environment, as well as the establishment and upgrading of state-of-the-art facilities such as on-site television production studios and the Interactive Media Production program that grants students opportunities to engage in advanced multimedia educational endeavors.

“We’re now pretty much on par with any other top school, technology-wise,” Carney said before referring to the fact that Pikesville High has become one of only three Lighthouse schools in the county, meaning every one of the 850 students enrolled receive their own HP Elitebook Revolve 810 G2 tablet PC. “We’re proud of Pikesville High’s being one of three Lighthouse High Schools,” Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz — whose brother graduated from the school long ago enough to make him laugh at the memory of it — told the JT. During his own portion of the ceremony onstage, Kamenetz expanded on the notion that the renovations were about modernization.

Leaps made in the technological accessibility will allow students to better “learn the language spoken in the digital age,” Kamenetz continued.

“Investing in the school is a sign of pride for the future of student success,” Kamenetz said, echoing Carney’s own confidence in his students becoming the next leaders of the 21st century.

In Kamenetz’s estimation, such potential encourages the continued support of the community at large, making way for area denizens to rally around the school’s progress.

“Great schools lead to great neighborhoods,” Kamenetz reminded audience members during his speech.

“When I look into the eyes of the students here today,” BCPS superintendent Dallas Dance said onstage, “I see hope not only for Pikesville High School, but for all of Baltimore County.”

“In a word,” Reid concluded during the ceremony’s introduction, “we’re ecstatic.” JT

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Wegmans Opens at Foundry Row The opening of the much-anticipated Wegmans at Story by Daniel Nozick | Photos by David Stuck

Foundry Row on Reisterstown Road was officially realized on Sunday, Sept. 18. is year, Wegmans was ranked as the No. 1 supermarket in the nation, a favorite of consumers in the northeast region of the United States. e new Owings Mills Wegmans offers a vast assortment of kosher goods, in addition to a labeling system designed to make finding kosher product simple and easy.

Bill Dell, Wegmans’ kosher category merchant, has been in charge of everything kosher at the store. He conservatively estimated that the store carries more than 8,000 separate kosher items but shared that it is more likely between 10,000 and 12,000.

In order to ensure that kosher goods are easy to locate, “kosher” has its own label throughout the store. All kosher food is denoted by a blue label that backs price listings, all labeled as “kosher.” Kosher foods are grouped together to make these sections easily identifiable. Additionally, separately colored labels will denote foods that are kosher for Passover come spring time.

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that [Wegmans] gave me the opportunity to have some input into the design,” he said. “I think it is a wonderful addition to Owings Mills, to allow the people in this area to shop at a place that really contains all of the food that meets their needs. ose people who keep kosher can easily come in and buy their fresh fruits and vegetables and an array of kosher products. And even better are the kosher labels that they put around the store that make it much easier to realize where kosher foods are.”

“We want to know what the community is looking for and simplify finding it for them,” Dell said. He personally contacts kosher companies to ensure that the store is well stocked on their products. For example, Dell made certain to contact Rosendorff’s Artisan Bakery for its challah.

Wegmans’ “Kosher Entertaining” guide for 2016-17 lists an array of options available to the kosher customer, ranging from prepared meals such as brisket and turkey to more traditional kugel offered at its kosher deli to baked goods. e guide also has a section dedicated to holiday and Shabbat meals, including selections such as gefilte fish, latkes, blintzes, homemade apple cobbler and babka. e store employs 475 employees, 425 of whom are from the local community.

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NE INVALUABLE contribution Jews have bestowed upon the American experience is the nation’s modern sense of humor. ere’s not a single contemporary joke that has been or can be told in this country that does not have some direct provenance in vaudeville, the Borscht Belt/Catskills circuit or the incunabula of Hollywood/television/radio, which Jews dominated back when precious few other industries wanted members of the tribe playing their reindeer games.

Surprisingly, one of those sectors in which Jews were less than welcomed was that of medicine. “e idea of a Jewish doctor has been an easy target for comedy because it was never supposed to happen,” said Ted Merwin, who received his Ph.D. in theater studies, is a nationally renown speaker/essayist on the intersection of Judaism and pop culture and lectures on the subject of religious studies at Dickinson College.

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the course of American history.

On Sunday, Sept. 18, Merwin presented a humorous, multimedia chronicle of the Jewish doctor’s nebulous depiction in mainstream culture in front of a modest audience of 30 museum patrons.

Entitled “Is ere a ‘Doctuh’ in the House?: Jewish Physicians in American Comedy,” the hour-long history lesson was

clips ranging from classics such as the inimitable Marx Brothers’ “A Day at the Races” to Matt Groening’s animated sci-fi comedy television series “Futurama.” “e idea of the Jewish doctor is at first very incongruous, even ridiculous because Jews were so discriminated against and squashed down, with squelched opportunities for success,” Merwin told the JT.

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Although the icon of the Jewish doctor has become pat, Merwin said that the very idea was basically nonsensical during the turn of the 20th century when the Jew was

subject to a far more insidious stereotype: that of being unwashed and unsanitary. e combination of the image of a “dirty Jew” with that of the paragons of cleanliness in the medical field made for what Merwin said was, at the time in the eyes of many Americans, “absurdity.” Pretty funny stuff.

Let’s not forget the Jew as immigrant during the early 20th century when anti-Semitism continued to govern much of the rest of the country’s view of the community.

Merwin pointed to the Jew as someone who was largely seen as speaking a broken English, laden as it was with an Eastern European cadence and peppered with strange Yiddish words gentiles both had trouble understanding and could easily mock. e doctor was considered not only a figure of sanitary meticulousness, but also a creature imbued with an almost god-like preternatural knowledge, superintending that thin line between life and death.

Merwin explained that there was a wide disparity then between what many Americans saw as a knowledgeable expert and their Jewish neighbor who could potentially come off as hardly comprehensible.

“It was really not until aer World War II when things started to shi and Jews became very prosperous,” Merwin said.

â€œî ˘e fictional doctor’s image changes at this time, as Jews became more part of the framework of American society.â€?

Suddenly, being a doctor was not only a principle aspiration for young Jews prodded by families hoping to raise their economic and communal status, but there were now actual opportunities for such elevation in the American proscenium.

As was discussed during Merwin’s presentation, concurrent with the Jew’s assimilation

Christianity that was a component of the conventional convalescence experience at the time. î ˘is rise of Jewish hospitals, along with shiî‚?ing attitudes about the community overall, which in turn permitted a lax of quotas in medical universities that had at one time kept Jews from attending in higher numbers, led to a diminishment of poking fun at the Jewish doctor toward the end of the 20th century.

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Along with Jewish doctors battling with their sense of identity and evanescent traces to their Jewish heritage as embodied in Fleischman’s challenge to remain himself while consigned to a rather eccentric Alaskan town on the fringe, Merwin pointed in his multimedia history to something of a full cycle taking the Jewish doctor on a new ride in the popular milieu.

As a pertinent and brightly colored example of this 360 in one current mainstream view, Merwin screened a “best of ” compilation of “Futurama’s” Zoidberg, a pink, walrus-shaped alien with a heavy Yiddish accent who is forever clothed in a white medicinal smock as the series’ resident doctor.

Merwin assiduously noted in his presentation that Zoidberg’s hands being kashrutviolating lobster claws isn’t the only obvious lark on the image of the stereotypical Jew. Zoidberg can — here we go again — be a bit hard to understand, is an oafish klutz and, of course, smells bad.

Tongue in cheek and with no intentional malice (the show’s a cartoon, aer all, satirizing all manner of societal conventions), in Merwin’s mind, with Zoidberg the show does make something of a comedic callback to the idea of the “unclean Jew who doesn’t know how to conduct himself in public.”

John Gronbeck-Tedesco, a recently retired University of Kansas professor of theater studies and one of the nation’s

foremost scholars in the growing academic field of comedy, posited the notion that “culture can normalize certain images and stereotypes, with the danger being that this stereotype can become associated with the community being parodied.”

Gronbeck-Tedesco’s formulation that an outrageous overexaggeration intended comically to “explode a stereotype” later concreting the stereotype in this way may account for a real-world problem Merwin revealed toward the end of his presentation. ere is today a much lower percentage of Jews in medical school than in the past, with the aspiration for young Jews to become doctors becoming less a standard, less a cultural stereotype or norm. e changing perception of the Jewish doctor in comedy and pop culture is certainly a complicated one, Merwin writes in the conclusion to his essay on the subject.

It’s in his final assessment where Merwin suggests that even a playful knock on the paradigm seen in Zoidberg, who he admits “is also capable of true heroism” despite his being an “exaggerated and absurd character … [who] nevertheless neatly contains the paradoxes of American Jewish doctors’ complex images in our culture” that continues to permeate the popular consciousness at large.

It would seem likely then that whatever changes occur in the perception of his or her image, the Jewish doctor will continue to pervade the American imagination and remain the purveyor of the most potent medicine of all: that of joyful laughter. JT

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Obama’s $38B Aid Package to Israel Comes with Caveats: It’s Generous, But On His Terms

By Ron Kampeas/JTA

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s near parting gi to Israel, a guarantee of $38 billion in defense assistance over a decade, distills into a single document what he’s been saying throughout eight fraught years: I have your back, but on my terms. e agreement signed Sept.

14 in the State Department’s Treaty Room increases assistance for Israel over the prior Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2007 under the George W. Bush administration and guaranteeing Israel $31 billion over 10 years.

But it also substantially shrinks the role Congress plays in a critical forum shaping U.S.-Israel relations, defense assistance, and in so doing diminishes the influence of the mainstream pro-Israel community, a sector that at times has been an irritant to Obama.

Wrapped into the $38 billion memorandum is $5 billion in missile defense funding, with clauses placing tough restrictions on Israel’s ability to ask for supplements from Congress.

Under Obama and Bush, that’s been an arena where the pro-Israel lobby has flexed its muscle over the last decade or so, consistently asking Congress for multiples of the missile defense appropriations requested by each president — and getting it. “e MOU as it’s constructed seems to obviate the need for Congress’ traditional role in recent years,” said Jonathan Schanzer, the vice 36

Jacob Nagel, Israel’s acting national security adviser, signs a Memorandum of Understanding for $38 billion of U.S. defense assistance over 10 years with Undersecretary of State Tom Shannon.

president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

“What this means is that the relationship between Congress and Israel will have to evolve.

Members of Congress feel they are being pushed out of a role that they relish.”

Democrats in Congress praised the deal unequivocally, but Republicans had caveats.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee for the Middle East, led passage of a congressional resolution urging an extension of the defense assistance — coincidentally, just hours aer the sides announced a deal was in the offing on Monday.

Ros-Lehtinen said she intended to subject the agreement to congressional scrutiny.

“It is important for Congress to conduct its oversight authority and examine the MOU closely in order to ensure that this agreement is mutually beneficial and meets the needs of both the U.S. and Israel,” she said in a statement.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee dispensing foreign aid, was infuriated by the arrangement.

“We can’t have the executive branch dictating what the legislative branch will do for a decade based on an agreement we are not a party to,” he told e Washington Post this week, and pledged to push more funds for Israel through Congress.

Jacob Nagel, the acting Israeli national security adviser who led talks ahead of the agreement, told reporters on Wednesday, before the formal signing, that the Israelis had asked Graham to back off.

“Senator Graham is one of the greatest supporters of Israel in Congress,” he said.

“But everyone who spoke with him” on Israel’s team in the talks “said it was not a good idea — Israel is a country that honors its agreements.”

Indeed, written into the agreement is Israel’s pledge to

return to the U.S. government any extra monies that Congress approves on top of the memorandum before it kicks in, October 2018. ere is an exception for requests for emergency assistance in the event of “major conflicts,” and Nagel noted that the Obama administration has provided such additional assistance quickly. ere are other rollbacks in the deal demanded by Obama and his team, headed by Susan Rice, the national security adviser. Israel is currently the only country allowed to spend some of its defense assistance — up to 26 percent — on its own defense industries. at will be phased to zero by the end of the agreement, and all funding will be spent on U.S. suppliers and contractors.

Obama resented having to deal with intercessors in Congress and in parts of the pro-Israel community over his two terms when he clashed with Israel on critical issues like Israeli-Palestinian peace and the Iran nuclear deal.

Pitching the Iran deal in an August 2015 speech at American University, he referred derisively to critics who called the deal a “historic mistake,” assailing their “credibility.” Republicans in Congress and officials at the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC understood that they were the targets. ose wounds were not entirely healed, as evidenced

by Rice’s comments at the signing. e memorandum, the Iran deal and the 2013-14

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Obama administration push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal were all part of the same commitment “to Israel’s security over the long term,” Rice said.

Le unsaid was how unhappy Israel was with both initiatives.

Just months before Obama leaves office, the memorandum narrows the spectrum of the U.S.-Israel relationship to the two countries’ executive branches, a posture that could benefit Hillary Clinton, whom Obama hopes will succeed him as president. Clinton’s presidential campaign praised the deal. “e agreement will help solidify and chart a course for the U.S.-Israeli defense relationship in the 21st century as we face a range of common challenges, from Iran’s destabilizing activities to the threats from ISIS and radical jihadism, and efforts to delegitimize Israel on the world stage,” the campaign’s statement said.

A JTA request for comment on the memorandum from the campaign of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was not answered.

Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to Washington who helped shape the agreement, said Obama’s imprimatur made it clear that the relationship had the backing of the U.S. political spectrum following two years of tensions between the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Obama administration.

“It shows that the strength of the relationship is in being able to weather disagreements,” Dermer said.

Alan Solow, a longtime Obama backer and a past chairman of the Conference of

Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said the deal should make it clear that Obama, contra his critics, always valued the relationship and the strategic assets Israel brought to it. “is shows why making Iran a litmus test was wrong,” Solow said in an interview.

“Here you have a prime minister and a president who disagreed quite strongly on the correctness and impact of the Iran deal, and yet they are able to reach a highly significant historical agreement on U.S. aid and Israel’s security.” e group that was at the forefront of the Iran battle, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, lauded the agreement.

“We commend President Obama and his administration for forging this landmark agreement,” AIPAC said. “It demonstrates America’s strong and unwavering commitment to Israel.”

Jonathan Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation League CEO who attended the signing, said the stability of the agreement in a volatile Middle East outweighed whatever political price pro-Israel groups might pay.

“We have surging Islamic radicalism, we have an expansionist and hostile Iran,” he said.

“We have a degree of dislocation and suffering we haven’t seen since the Second World War. Rather than try to game this, who’s up who’s down, who’s in, who’s out, what’s important is that this locks down a commitment that will persist not just with this administration, but the next one and the administration aer that.” JT

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Outside of the traditional brick-and-mortar buildings, there is an alternative means of worship some turn toward to celebrate the Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement.

Chavurot, smaller groups of like-minded Jews who place a similar emphasis on culture, history and family, have become popular for many Baltimoreans looking to practice their faith in community-led worship and programming.

Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, executive director of Big Tent Judaism, formerly known as the Jewish Outreach Institute, said chavurot have begun to effectively buck the trend of established Jewish denominations.

“I think [chavurot] are providing a different experience,” Olitzky said. “I think the onus of the synagogue and the

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in greater Baltimore and all over the world will be packed with crowds for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services in the coming weeks. For some, the High Holy Days kick off another Jewish year in which Shabbat will be observed, holidays will be celebrated, and life will flow according to the Jewish calendar. For others, it may be the only two times this year they set foot in a Jewish congregation.

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rabbinate is to help people to understand what the value is that is added and what’s the benefit of participation. I think members of chavurot like the informality of intimacy of it all, which is oen gained in small groups.”

When the Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah formed in 1998, it was aimed to provide a sense of community and cultural fostering not commonly offered in most traditional synagogues.

“We’re the only chavurah in town that is cultural,” said Bob Jacobson, a former co-president and current member of the BJCC. “It started mainly for people who identify as Jews

culturally, not religiously, though we have members who both do and don’t belong to shuls.” e East Bank Havurah, formed in 1979, sought to create an “egalitarian fellowship of people of diverse backgrounds and ages seeking to practice Judaism in a joyful participatory manner.”

“It’s hard to define ourselves,” Stephen Siegel, a 69-year-old member, said, “but we’re probably still ‘Jewish Renewal,’ which some people say isn’t a denomination … even though it really is.”

“We’re probably somewhere between Radical and Conservative,” he said, laughing.

Another group of Baltimoreans meet only during the High Holidays for services run by the Reform Temple, which began in the early 2000s.

While the organization is not a chavurah, the services were inspired by one woman’s dissatisfaction with the overall movement and provide a familyfriendly accessible service more in line with classic Reform Judaism. “e classic Reform that I

was raised with, it was more of a philosophy, social ethics and the Ten Commandments,” said Susan Dudley, one of the founders of the Reform Temple.

“We didn’t keep kosher or make Aliyah; we would drive on Shabbat. Now, all of those are written into the principals of modern Reform movement.

All the focus is on having people perform rituals that make them think they are being religious. e Reform Judaism that I was raised with was intellectual — you really needed to know everything that the Talmud said and be able to figure out what parts of that worked for you and why.”

Opposite: The East Bank Havurah’s Havdalah service celebrates the end of Yom Kippur in 2013.

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Today, the BJCC includes 22 members — made up of individuals and families — and offers a High Holiday experience unlike many other traditional or nontraditional places of worship in town. Annual dues run from $120 for a single-adult household and $240 for a household with two or more adults, but that number

is adjusted for those whose incomes don’t permit that amount.

Jacobson, 65, said the manner in which the BJCC rings in the High Holidays is one of the aspects that piqued his interests when he joined the group several years ago.

“Being a part of this group, it’s one that has always been interested in the Jewish heritage and all that comes with it,” Jacobson said. “It’s a very

small group of us who belong to synagogues and don’t belong to synagogues, which I think has always made for a nice mix of people at all of our programs.”

A standard Rosh Hashanah program — the BJCC does not use the word service — consists of holiday-themed readings, poetry and songs compiled from various Jewish sources and, of course, plates of apples and honey. e festivities usually take place at a social hall in

“When historians write about this period in time, they’re going to call it the era of transition. We don’t know when this era will conclude, and the only thing we can be sure of is the Jewish community will look nothing like it does [now] when this era began.”

— Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, executive director of Big Ten Judaism, formerly known as the Jewish Outreach Institute

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the evening, but scheduling conflicts this year have forced the group to put on a morning program at a member’s home in Lutherville.

Generally, Jacobson said, the BJCC has not celebrated near a body of water, leading the group to use a variety of unconventional methods to repent for sins from the last year. In the past, members have taken part in the ritual using fire and a paper shredder, among other items, to ask for forgiveness while ridding themselves of past sins.

“We’re just looking to recognize some of the sins and misbehaviors from the last year, so I don’t think it’s necessarily contingent to be at a body of water for the same point to get across,” Jacobson said.

Olitzky, referencing his 2013 book “Playlist Judaism: Making Choices for a Vital Future,” believes breaking the mold from those types of conventional practices is what many find

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attractive about chavurot.

“I think members of chavurahs like the informality and intimacy of it all, which is oen gained in small groups,” Olitzky said. “Also, I think it’s reflective toward previous trends of what might be called ‘do-it-yourself Judaism.’”

For Yom Kippur, meanwhile, the BJCC will celebrate the night before this year in the community room of one of the member’s condo building, not allowing them to break the fast together.

Still, they will continue with many traditions that have become popular within the group over the years. Among them includes listening to the recording of “Kol Nidre” from famous musicians such as Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, a

“A lot more Hebrew and singing of songs that hadn’t been heard before were added to services. ... I continued to belong because I felt that it was my obligation.”

— Susan Dudley, founder of the Reform Temple

world-renowned cantor and composer in the late 19th and 20th centuries, and Johnny Mathis, a 20th-century AfricanAmerican jazz icon.

“I think only once we have had musicians within our group do “Kol Nidre,” which was pretty interesting and very entertaining,”

A sense of belonging is key to the chavurah movement.

Jacobson said. “But it’s also great and fascinating to hear it from people you never would have expected to record a Jewish song like that.”

While members participate in a shortened version of the Tashlich for Rosh Hashanah and the Al Chet for Yom Kippur, they spend more time harping on good deeds they have contributed around the community.

“We like to look at all the good things that we have done to see how we can continue moving forward,” Jacobson said. “I think it’s important to be proud of the good things we accomplish while working on improving in other aspects of our lives.”

At Rosh Hashanah, Jacobson or another group member will come up with a laundry list of positive behaviors to share and then encourage others to think of their own on the spot.

One of the biggest emphases placed on this particular exercise is to build a sense of camaraderie and trust among liked-minded individuals who share many of the same values, Jacobson said.

“It’s not like we’re jumping off a building or plane or anything like that,” Jacobson said.

“But it’s just a creative thing we do to accompany the listing of the good things our group members have done from

within the last year.”

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Offering a Modern Perspective East Bank Havurah is the putatively second-oldest organization of its kind in Baltimore.

“I’m pretty sure we’re also the oldest havurah that still actually operates regularly,” said Siegel, a lifelong Baltimorean who graduated from the University of Maryland, studied electrical engineering and now works in finance and advertising on a semiretired basis.

Siegel has been a member of his chavurah since its inception under the guidance of Rabbi Zalman Schacter Shalomi, the founder of the Jewish Renewal movement. at movement was popularized to some extent by Shalomi and fellow rabbis Shlomo Carlebach and Abraham Joshua Heschel, along with Israeli-born philosopher Martin Buber in the 1960s and 1970s.

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East Bank Havurah is the alternative Jewish community Josh Rosentein and his wife, Teri Jedeikin (photo at right), were looking for.

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a small backyard farming company called Eden Baltimore Foodscapes. “Both my wife and I have extensive Jewish backgrounds but haven’t found a home in a more formal Jewish situation.” is informality manifests itself through the chavurah being lay-led, meaning each service is guided by a different person or family at a different location.

“Baltimore has such a diversity of Jewish options, but chavurah being a home-hosted community requires a little more engagement than just being able to stop by a synagogue at your convenience,” Rosenstein said.

“It becomes a question of finding people who have enough Jewish background to feel comfortable in an informal, lay-led scenario but who don’t necessarily feel a sense of belonging with more conventional mainstream Judaism.”

“Whomever is leading can be quite creative,” Siegel said, noting the inclusion of poetry,

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the bringing in of photographs from Greece by an artist leading a discussion on the topic and his own wife’s guiding their group in a session of meditation and chanting.

Siegel laid out a highly active and, of course, participatory series of events for the High Holidays. For Yom Kippur, East Bank Havurah members will take a retreat to the Pearlstone Center, where they’ll have pre-holiday dinner before spending the night on the communal farm and enjoy services the following day for a full 26 to 28 hours (depending on weather) of observation.

East Bank Havurah members will spend Rosh Hashanah on a farm owned by their own Myrowitz family. ere’s a small stream on the property at which the group will perform Tashlich. “e Yom Kippur retreat is a particularly meaningful and inclusive program,” Rosenstein said. “It was [my wife’s and my] first exposure to the chavurah, and we’ve subsequently led

different components of it since.

We’re really looking forward to gathering at the Myrowitz farm.”

“From the little bit I know from reading about them, what we’re doing reminds me a little bit of old neighborhood shtetls,” Siegel said. “It really is a community rather than trying to be a community. It’s family.

We encourage people to be as involved as they’re comfortable being. Even though one person is leading each meeting, we’re all a part of it. No matter if male, female, young or old, we’re all there to create that sacred space.”

More information is available at meetup.com/East-BankHavurah.

Rise of the Reform Temple Susan Dudley has always had a wonderful association with Reform temples — aer all, generations of her family have been members and founders, finding Reform Judaism to be “a doctrine to live happily and

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are concomitant with East Bank Havurah’s pseudo-anarchic communalism. is ethos has become attractive for a younger generation of Jews somewhat disenchanted with the rigid formalism they see gilding conventional congregations.

“I think they transcend any specific denomination for religious framework, because we see variations of these groups,” Olitzky said. “Whether we call them a chavurah, an independent minion or an emergent prayer community, we see them in various places along the religious and psychological continuum.”

It was, in fact, the group’s “spiritually led, nonhierarchical, participatory Judaism” that piqued the interest of worldtraveled Joshua Rosenstein, 40, and his wife Teri Jedeikin to the East Bank Havurah shortly aer the two were married in 2013.

“We both came to Baltimore in many ways in search of an alternative Jewish community and found it at East Bank Havurah,” said Rosenstein, who runs

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beautifully by.” However, when the national Reform movement began to change a lot of things about Reform services and philosophies, she felt that her needs were being overlooked.

“I continued to belong because I felt that it was my obligation,” she shared, but she stopped going eventually and would just read a prayer book at home instead. Aer a while, she decided to see if other people were interested in experiencing the classical Reform Judaism that she grew up with. For her first service, she rented a space for 20 people at the Grey Rock Mansion in Pikesville, thinking she would be lucky to have that many people attend.

However, before the service had even started, she had to upgrade to a 100-person ballroom instead, and even then people were on the steps and out the doors. e popularity of her service made Dudley wonder why people went along with the modern Reform movement if they didn’t enjoy the changes and concluded that it was not le up to congregations.

“A lot more Hebrew and

singing of songs that hadn’t been heard before were added to services,” Dudley explained. “ey started putting out kippahs for people to wear, there began to be a plethora of people wearing head covers and prayer shawls. Rabbis started instituting things that to me were not intellectually acceptable, like making people turn around to welcome the Sabbath bride and davening and marching the Torah around every week.”

According to Dudley, a religious person is one who treats other people the way he or she would want to be treated. She cited Hillel, saying that to be religious, you just have to be a caring human being. It is this ideology around which the Reform Temple revolves. e Reform Temple only meets for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. “People are forced to pay a lot of money to have somewhere to go for these holidays, and I think that’s cruel,” said Dudley. “A lot of people can’t afford to pay for seats. You shouldn’t have to pay to practice your beliefs. e best part of my no-pay-to-

pray is the whole families I see stretched across the rows, with their neighbors together. It should be a family affair, and the fact that people can’t afford the number of seats they need to be together on such an occasion is just not right.”

“I like that Christian people come and can understand what we are saying,” explained Dudley. “A lot of people who have worked for Jewish families forever always wanted to know what it was. ere was a minister who was painting my house and wanted to know so he came. ere are a lot of people who have interfaith marriages. It can be difficult to ask a spouse to spend that kind of money to practice a religion that they weren’t raised in.” e Reform Temple’s services are designed to appeal to everyone, she said. “We talk about things that are relevant to ethics and make for a better society and a better you,” Dudley explained. e service, in English, lasts about an hour. In its Rosh Hashanah service, little bags of candy are distributed to participants for a sweet new

year, because “apples and honey are a complete mess, and we care about the custodians.” For children, plastic shofars are handed out.

“I think what we’re seeing is an interesting trend where people are still marking Jewish time, but they’re doing so in nontraditional ways outside of traditional institutions,” Olitzky said. “To me, that’s the critical change that has taken place.”

Douglas Zinn was significantly influenced by services at the Reform Temple. Aer attending its services for over a decade, he decided that he wanted to start his own organization in the same vein as the Reform Temple but for Shabbat services. He liked that it was open to the public and there was no membership. He put out feelers and made an announcement aer a Reform Temple service. Five years later, Zinn’s services attract anywhere between 10 and 30 people for Shabbat services, which are held the first Friday of each month in Hunt Valley. Known by the name Sharing Shabbat, the events typically entail a brief, 15-minute service, a Shabbat dinner and discussion.

Looking at the bigger picture, Olitzky said, the rapid growth of chavurot is part of a bigger phenomenon that’s here to stay for the foreseeable future.

“When historians write about this period in time, they’re going to call it the era of transition,” Olitzky said.

“We don’t know when this era will conclude, and the only thing we can be sure of is the Jewish community will look nothing like it does [now] when this era began.” JT jsilberman@midatlanticmedia.com mklickstein@midatlanticmedia.com dnozick@midatlanticmedia.com

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Jew Year’s Eve Set for Howard County hursday, Sept. 29 will see the Jewish Federation of Howard County kick off Rosh Hashanah with its second annual Jew Year’s Eve, a New Year’s Eve Party with a Jewish twist for adults in their 20s to 40s.

Jew Year’s Eve will help to both get young adults together and help the Federation get the community more involved. e event will feature door prizes, music, light hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. e celebration will include apple martinis in celebration of Rosh Hashanah, and midnight will see an apple “ball” drop into a bowl of honey. “e Jewish community is very spread out in Howard County, so it was nice to get everyone to come together in one place to celebrate,” shared Meghann Schwartz, the associate director of the Federation.

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ROSH HASHANAH

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Honey of Job Attracts Local Artist

By Daniel Nozick

Kara Brook’s desire to make her own art supplies has turned into a prosperous honey business that now includes beauty products.

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With Rosh Hashanah right around the corner, the Jewish community will undoubtedly be stocking up on some essential staples such as apples and honey. e two sweet snacks represent the “sweet new year” that Jews look forward to, and ancient Jews thought the fruit had healing properties.

While honey will be enjoyed at innumerable celebrations, many are unaware of how much effort goes into producing honey and the intricacies of managing honey bees.

Kara Brook, a local artist and entrepreneur, owns Waxing Kara Honey House at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills.

A New England native, Brook moved to Reisterstown at a young age for her father’s job.

She has lived in the area ever since, having earned her degree in visual communications from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has been painting since she was a little girl, but she found her passion when she stumbled upon encaustic painting, which relies on beeswax, tree resin and natural pigments

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“I began to think about how much I would like to raise bees so that I can have my own wax and make my own paints,” said Brook. “I love the idea of a sustainable art form.” Luckily for her, she was able to realize her dream on Kent Island on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where her husband-to-be owns a farm.

With the help of a professional beekeeper over the past six years, Brook has expanded the farm dramatically. She now has 20 hives supporting a population of upward of 1 million honey bees. However, the masses of bees do not necessarily mean that the honey produced will be equally as much.

“We only get 20 gallons of some of our honey,” Brook said. “It is hard to get, and it is only the best. We always have one big harvest in July, and if we’re lucky, we will have one around October.”

So little honey is produced because it can only be harvested once a year, twice if a farmer is lucky. Brook does have one big boast about her honey, however. “On our farm, they were originally growing a lot of GMOs (genetically modified organisms),” she said, “but in the last five years, I have replaced all of them with wildflowers to feed the bees.

We might be the only apiary in the country that actually farms for the bees. I have learned all of this as I’ve gone along, I didn’t know anything when I first started.”

Although she started the business in order to be selfsufficient when it came to her artwork, Brook would always end up with a lot more honey than she did wax. She initially

would just give away honey to her friends as gis for Rosh Hashanah, but they all told her how good it was and encouraged her to start a business.

“Over the course of six to eight months, I accumulated products,” she said. “I started with a bar of soap, a jar of honey and a honey lollipop. I decided that I would master these three things and launch my business based off of that.”

Today, Brook and her associates have expanded their range of products to include an array of beauty and hygiene products. “We make body scrubs and dry masks here at the store,” Brook explained.

“We might be the only apiary in the country that actually farms solely for the bees.

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“All of the products are all natural from crops pollinated by bees. We use only crops pollinated by bees in these products to raise awareness about bees.”

Local spas have begun to stock and use products from the Honey House, but consumers can buy them directly from the store too. According to Brook, honey has long played a role in beauty. “Honey is a humectant,” she said. “It is a natural antiseptic. Cleopatra used milk and honey in her baths to keep her skin beautiful.”

Brook collaborates with several other beekeepers in the area to source “really raw honey.”

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According to Brook, collaborating with other beekeepers enables her to produce a wider spread of honeys.

“Our honey from the Eastern Shore is named by the season it was produced,” she said.

“Blueberry honey is from a farm in New Jersey. If a honey is produced with 75 percent of the nectar coming from one flower source, you can call it a single varietal, so this blueberry honey is more than 75 percent from blueberry plants.

If a beekeeper isn’t willing to talk about origins with me, I know that it is not the type of honey that I want to carry.

Orange blossom is from Florida, wildflower is from Delaware, clover from upstate New York.”

Collaboration enables Brook to provide more varietals locally.

Around this time of year, business gets particularly busy due to Rosh Hashanah, said Brook. Corporate customers will order in bulk, and people will order specialized honey as gis for their friends. is past week was a milestone for her business, as it hit an all-time record for the number of items it had shipped across the United States.

For Rosh Hashanah this year, Brook agreed to collaborate with Beth Israel Congregation aer the synagogue got in touch with her about sending people to her store. For members of the congregation who plan to purchase holiday honey at Waxing Kara, 10 percent of profits are being donated to Beth Israel if customers specify that they are members of the community when making a purchase. JT dnozick@midatlanticmedia.com

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ROSH HASHANAH

6 NEW KIDS BOOKS FOR THE JEWISH NEW YEAR

By Penny Schwartz/JTA

Much to Maya’s relief, however, she learns from her rabbi that the prayer is for Israel, where the rainy season is needed for crops and trees. “Amen,” she pronounces at the end of the prayer. e back page includes an explanation of the lesserknown holiday that comes at the end of the Sukkot celebration.

GET READY: 5777 is arriving soon. And a new Jewish year means a fresh crop of topnotch Jewish books for kids. is year, not one but two new Rosh Hashanah books are penned by Eric A. Kimmel, the master storyteller whose popular award-winning children’s classics include “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins” and “Simon and the Bear.”

His latest entries, “Little Red Rosie” and “Gabriel’s Horn,” are among the new crop of lively and engaging Jewish children’s books for the High Holidays that reflect the wide range of today’s American Jewish families.

Typically, most of the ink is devoted to Rosh Hashanah, which begins this year on the evening of Oct. 2. But there are fresh reads about many of the forthcoming holidays — one book, “Maya Prays for Rain,” is a charming story about the little-known holiday Shemini Atzeret that comes at the end of Sukkot.

Want to make the New Year extra sweet for a little one in your life? Check out these six books.

“Rosh Hashanah is Coming!”

by Tracy Newman; illustrated

by Viviana Garofoli; Kar-Ben; ages 1-4 Families can usher in the Jewish New Year with this colorful and lively toddler board book, the fih in the Kar-Ben board book series on Jewish holidays 50

by Tracy Newman and Vivian Garofoli (including “Shabbat is Coming!” and “Passover is Coming!”). Young kids braid a round challah, blow the shofar, set out apples and honey and enjoy a juicy pomegranate as they get ready to celebrate the New Year.

“Little Red Rosie: A Rosh Hashanah Story” by Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Monica Gutierrez; Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-7 A confident young girl enlists the help of her numerous feathered friends to bake challah for the neighborhood Rosh Hashanah dinner. With an illustrated recipe in hand, Rosie gently leads a parrot, toucan and hornbill as they measure flour, add eggs, knead the dough and braid it into loaves. In one of Gutierrez’s illustrations — sure to tickle young ones — poppy seeds fly through the air and land all over the kitchen table and floor.

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“Who will help me clean the kitchen?” Rosie asks. ey all pitch in, and Rosie saves the day when she prevents the hornbill from toppling a teetering tower of dirty dishes.

When the lovely loaves are baked, Rosie and her friends recite the blessing over the challah, and the neighbors who gather around the festive table all enjoy the bread.

“Maya Prays for Rain” by Susan Tarcov; illustrated

by Ana Ochoa; Kar-Ben; ages 4-9 It’s a warm fall day, and a spunky young girl greets her neighbors in her multicultural town. It seems like everyone is taking advantage of the sunny, dry weather by partaking in all kinds of outdoor activities. But when Maya learns that the evening’s synagogue service for the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret includes a prayer for rain, she warns her neighbors to cancel their plans.

“Gabriel’s Horn” by Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated

by Maria Surducan; Kar-Ben; ages 4-9 On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a young African-American soldier knocks on the door of the apartment where a young boy, Gabriel, lives with his parents, who are struggling to hang on to their small antiques shop. e solider explains he is going overseas and has no one to care for his special horn that once belonged to his grandpa, a musician, and brings good luck. Gabriel convinces his reluctant mom they can care for the horn. e name on the soldier’s uniform says Tishbi — the birthplace of the prophet Elijah, who is said to appear mysteriously on Earth, oen disguised as a beggar who leaves behind him blessings of good fortune or health. e theme of tzedakah — the Jewish obligation for charitable giving — shines through Kimmel’s heartwarming tale as Gabriel’s family selflessly shares its sudden good fortune

through acts of kindness and generosity. Page aî&#x201A;?er page, kids will wonder along with Gabriel if their newfound luck is related to the soldier and his tarnished, mysterious horn.

In a phone conversation from his home in Portland, Ore., Kimmel said that this book is a modern version of an old folktale based on a biblical Midrash. (A well-known version, â&#x20AC;?î ˘e Seven Years,â&#x20AC;? was penned by I.L. Peretz.) Kimmel first retold the tale in his award-winning 1991 childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Days of Awe,â&#x20AC;? and with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gabrielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Horn,â&#x20AC;? he revisits and contemporizes the story.

Kimmel said he continues to return to folk traditions because he sees them as the roots of so many stories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think kids

today know them well, and oî&#x201A;?en their parents and teachers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know them, either,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;î ˘ey are so powerful.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sky-High Sukkahâ&#x20AC;? by Rachel Ornstein Packer; illustrated by Deborah Zemke; Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-8 Poor Leah and Ari. î ˘e two friends dream of having a sukkah of their own â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but living in the city poses too many obstacles, their parents tell them. î ˘e kids reveal their sad predicament to Al, the neighborhood grocer, and explain that during the seven-day holiday, Jewish families build a hut that they decorate with fruits like the ones Al sells. But will Leah and Ariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dreams be answered when Ariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picture of a

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sky-High Sukkahâ&#x20AC;? wins a Hebrew school drawing contest for a free sukkah? î ˘is is an endearing story that concludes happily as Leah and Ari discover that building community is just as rewarding as building a beautiful sukkah.

Zemkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lively illustrations capture the bustling urban neighborhood and brings to life the harvest holiday with bright reds, greens, purples and oranges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Made: Torah Scrollâ&#x20AC;? by Allison Ofanansky; photographs by Eliyahu Alpern; Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-8 Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Torah scroll and how is it made? î ˘is fascinating photo essay is perfect for Simchat Torah, the holiday that

marks the end of the cycle of weekly Torah readings and the beginning of the new cycle, giving kids and grown-ups a behind-the-scenes look at what is involved in this ancient Jewish tradition. î ˘e author and photographer break down the many people, steps and materials involved, from hand-stretched parchment, special inks, and feather and reed pens to the meticulous rules for the calligraphy. î ˘e photo-filled pages reveal intriguing facts (for example, there are 304,805 letters in a Torah scroll); DIY projects (ink making); and openended questions for further thought (for one, how do you fix mistakes?). JT

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One Place Swing-State Voters Won’t See Clinton, Trump This Season: The Rabbi’s Pulpit Ben Sales/JTA

When Rosh Hashanah came around last year, Rabbi Aaron Gaber wanted to grapple with an issue roiling the country. So he decided to focus his sermon on racism.

But several members of Brothers of Israel, a 120-family Conservative synagogue in suburban Philadelphia, weren’t pleased.

“Some of the feedback from some of my congregants has caused us some consternation,” Gaber said.

Congregants accused the rabbi of calling them racists, he recalled, “which I didn’t do.” is year, with the presidential election looming just one month aer Yom Kippur, Gaber will pick a much more pareve topic for his High Holidays sermons: how 52

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congregants can be respectful to one another. He won’t directly address the election. Instead he will relate to some of the rhetoric around the campaign.

“One piece that I’m looking to share with my congregation is a spirituality checkup, and to do quite a bit of reflection on who we are and what we represent as Jews and human beings,” Gaber said.

“What does it mean to treat one another with respect?”

Gaber’s congregation is in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County, a politically divided area in a swing state. In 2012, President Barack Obama won the county over Mitt Romney by just 1 percentage point.

In skirting direct election talk on the High Holidays, Gaber will be joining rabbis in “swing counties” across America preferring instead to touch on the vote by speaking about values or personal conduct.

Spiritual leaders from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Florida noted that synagogues are legally prohibited from endorsing candidates. Anyway, they say, political talk should not come from the pulpit. Instead, when the rabbis address hundreds or thousands of congregants on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, they will encourage them to have compassionate conversations. Or they will talk about how the winner — Republican or Democrat —

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Your Stories. can be a moral leader aer Election Day. “How possible is it to govern and to do so with honesty and with sensitivity?” asked Rabbi Richard Birnholz of the Reform Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Fla., floating a potential sermon topic. “I need to be a rabbi to my people.

It’s very easy to have politics or ideology — side taking — get in the way of that, and then I can’t really fulfill my real role, which isn’t as a political or social activist, but as a rabbi.”

rails are present here,” said Danziger, who graduated rabbinical school this year. “So much advertising, so much attention from the campaigns.

I think it happens everywhere, but I think any rhetoric that might fuel the elements behind that stuff will certainly be present here, and at a fever pitch by November.”

When they aren’t at the pulpit, rabbis from swing states have been politically active. Rabbi Sissy Coran of the Rockdale Temple, another Cincinnati

“People are listening, and they don’t need to be hit over the head, told what to do.”

— Rabbi Steven Rubenstein of Detroit’s Congregation Beth Ahm

e rabbis’ plans track with survey data of sermons at churches across the country.

An August survey by the Pew Research Center found that 64 percent of churchgoers heard their pastor discuss election issues from the pulpit, but only 14 percent heard their pastor endorse or speak out against a candidate.

Rabbis in all four states said their synagogues had significant populations of voters for both parties. Some said political discourse had made the atmosphere at synagogue tense, while others don’t feel the pressure.

Assistant Rabbi Michael Danziger of the Reform Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati said the constant stream of campaign ads doesn’t help.

“I do think all of the tools to make conversation go off the

Reform synagogue, touted a voter registration drive that the Union for Reform Judaism will be conducting in North Carolina. Birnholz teaches classes at his synagogue about biblical prophets using current events as context.

Gaber wants to work with the Philadelphia Jewish Community Relations Council to educate congregants about election issues. In December, he and Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy of the nearby Reconstructionist Congregation Kol Emet signed a statement by the Bucks County Rabbis’ Council denouncing Republican nominee Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.

“It’s worse than it’s ever been in my lifetime,” Boswell-Levy said of the national political

climate. “I think that the way Trump speaks is incredibly troubling, and people react to it in very strong ways — whether they’re appalled or disgusted by him, or whether they feel that their views are validated by him.”

And rabbis have also discussed politics throughout the year in smaller prayer services.

Boswell-Levy feels she can address sensitive issues such as the global refugee crisis or protests in Ferguson, Mo., at Friday night services, which draw a smaller crowd than the High Holidays.

Rabbi Yechiel Morris of the Young Israel of Southfield, an Orthodox congregation in suburban Detroit, criticized Trump earlier in the campaign and drew backlash. Sermonizing against Trump again during the High Holidays would be pointless, he said, as “you don’t need to repeat yourself.”

“I didn’t focus so much on his politics, policies and things of that nature, but more on the character and language he uses, and how upsetting that is,” Morris said. “ere were some members who felt I should not have highlighted that one particular candidate.”

Rabbi Steven Rubenstein of the Conservative Congregation Beth Ahm, also in suburban Detroit, also thinks that politics from the pulpit serves little purpose. Involved congregants know their rabbis’ political leanings, no matter the sermon topic.

“People are listening, and they don’t need to be hit over the head, told what to do,” he said. “A very high percentage of the congregants would know who their rabbi would vote for without them saying it.” JT

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Fall Holidays with Rabbi Rachel

Meet Beth Israel Rabbi Rachel Blatt and Todah the Shababa Sloth at Barnes and Noble in Pikesville and read some Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur stories.

Free. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. 1819 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore.

Contact 410-654-0800.

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The Baltimore County Public Library Owings Mills branch hosts a discussion on how to apply and enroll for Medicare. Free. 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 10302 Grand Central Ave., Owings Mills.

Contact 410-887-2092.

Tuesday 27

REIG Lunch & Learn at Foundry Row

Join The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of

Baltimore’s Real Estate Industry Group for an inside look at the new open-air retail center. $25. Noon to 1:30 p.m. 10100 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills.

Contact 410-369-9243.

Wednesday 28 JCS Workshop

The Baltimore County Public Library Pikesville branch hosts a discussion of the book “All American Boys,” this year’s selection for One Maryland One Book. Free.

7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 1301 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville. Contact 410-887-1234.

Thursday 29

Arthur C. Abramson Speech

Arthur C. Abramson, former executive director of the Baltimore Jewish Council, delivers an address, “Israel in the Shadow of the Next Administration,” before the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs. Free to members, $25 for nonmembers. 6 p.m.

401 E. Pratt St., Baltimore.

Contact 410-727-2150.

Friday 30

Rabbi Seymour Essrog Memorial Lecture

Adat Chaim Synagogue hosts its annual Rabbi Seymour Essrog Memorial Lecture during a special Shabbat service, featuring author David Kinney discussing his book, “The Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich.” 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 10989 Red Run Blvd., Owings Mills. Contact 410-833-7485.

Sunday 2

Rosh Hashanah Under the Stars

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation puts on Rosh Hashanah Under the Stars, featuring a family service led by Rabbi Elisa Sachs-Kohen and Cantor Robbie Solomon. Free. 4 p.m. 13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville.

Contact 443-524-0284.

Monday 3

Rosh Hashanah Slackers’ Service

Chabad House of Downtown hosts a special Rosh Hashanah service featuring shofar blowing and holiday refreshments. Free.

6:15 p.m. 407 S. High St., Baltimore.

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Tuesday 4

Oakland Mills Rosh Hashanah

Saturday 1 >> Candlelight Concert Society Zodiac Trio, consisting of American clarinetist Kliment Krylovskiy, violinist Vanessa Mollard and versatile musician Riko Higuma opens the Candlelight Concert Society’s season.

8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets range from $28 to $35. 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. Contact 410-997-2324.

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The Columbia Jewish Congregation hosts a free Rosh Hashanah service at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center. Free, no tickets required.

9:30 a.m. 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia. Contact 410-730-6044.

Wednesday 5 Open Mic Night

Join the Gordon Center for an open mic night, allowing participants to perform in a fun and relaxed atmosphere while supporting and enjoying local talent. Free.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills.

Contact 410-356-7469.

Thursday 6

Tots and Tales

PJ Library in Howard County presents a parent-tot playgroup the first Thursday of every month through June, featuring story time and a healthy snack. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. $40 per year, $5 per drop-in. 10630 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. Visit jewishhowardcounty.org

Friday 7

Sugarloaf Crafts Festival

Meet more than 200 of America’s top independent artisans. Tickets range from $8 to $28. Event runs through Oct. 9. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

2200 York Road, Timonium. Visit bit.ly/1oJRFuk.

Saturday 8

Bonfire and Concert

Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation hosts Israeli Cantor Shlomo Abramson for Jewish songs and pop music.

Free. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 7000 Rockland Hills Drive, Baltimore.

Contact 410-653-7485.

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ose who fear there’s been a dismal downbeat in the Baltimore jazz scene have something to swing about. e Baltimore Jazz Alliance is tuning up for its familyfriendly and free jazz festival, which takes the stage on Oct. 1 at Druid Hill Park. e BJA Jazz Festival is ostensibly the first local musical showcase focusing solely on what many believe to be the only American-born art form, pioneered by such luminaries as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Benny Goodman.

“Even the events that have some jazz mixed in tend to relegate it to a sideline,” said Ian Rashkin, a soware developer for Johns Hopkins University who has operated as president of the BJA for the past year.

Rashkin discovered his passion for jazz by way of performing in punk rock bands as a young

Northern Californian prior to his arriving in Maryland 11 years ago with his Baltimorean wife. Rashkin was disheartened by what he saw as jazz being merely “something extra” at music events he attended in his new hometown and felt, along with BJA founder Barry Glassman and longtime habitué Bob Jacobson who initially spawned the concept of the festival, that it was time to give the genre its own full day in the local limelight.

Rashkin has also found that “there are a lot of people who are interested in jazz but simply aren’t aware of its presence in our town. Our festival is a way of presenting it to them in one big dose.”

BJA’s mission is one of “letting people know about the jazz that’s happening in the area and encouraging more of it to happen in Baltimore,”

Rashkin said. “We try to support artists by having, for example, concerts and producing CDs of local artists, along with a calendar of jazz events, our writing of articles about these artists and local venues in order to let people know more about the music in their community.”

It was eight years ago that Rashkin joined the BJA, three of the last of which he spent as a board member before recently tackling the role of president.

His dedication to the group stems from his personal interest in finding opportunities for live jazz, something that led Glassman — another area transplant — to start the organization in the first place, 12 years ago this month.

“As a new guy to Baltimore, I was surprised that the few places that put on jazz shows were always empty,” Glassman said. “I kept wondering why

there weren’t more people coming out to enjoy this surprisingly good music.”

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Glassman has been retired from the finance industry for nine of those 12 years and said he has been a fan of jazz for nearly all of his 72 years on this planet. Before settling in Baltimore, Glassman spent 10 years in lower Manhattan, where there was a solid and bustling jazz scene that he found lacking in Charm City.

Glassman spent much of his working life “trying to put food on the table during the day and going to as many jazz shows at night as possible,” simply due to his love his jazz.

As far as performing, Glassman said he “tried,” chuckling as he recounted bygone days of harboring fantasies about living off of his clarinet and saxophone skills that did at one jewishtimes.com

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time lead to an audition for mainstay Roberta Flack’s first project. “en I realized all those great ideas in my head will never make it to my fingers,” Glassman said. “So it was time to get a real job.”

Such terra firma fiscal concerns are largely responsible for Baltimore’s languishing jazz scene that Rashkin concedes has dwindled since the halcyon heyday of mid-century local giants Cab Calloway and Eubie Blake. “ere’s a lot of great jazz and talent here, but it’s not the

by grassroots crowdfunding.

“Our expectations are realistic,” Rashkin said. “Since we’re not trying to make money, it hasn’t been as daunting of a proposition to put on the festival.”

Baltimore native and professional jazz musician Clarence Ward III, 35, agrees that a starcrossed collusion of finances and preponderant ignorance of jazz has led to the current dearth of interest in jazz.

Ward will perform at the festival with his Clarence Ward III All Stars project, comprised of various worldtouring musicians (such as

“What makes me interested in it is this feeling I get playing jazz surrounded by all these people. eir happy faces give me this feeling and energy that’s just right.”

— Brandi Scott, Dunbar Jazz Ensemble

moneymaking genre it used to be or that other live music can be,” Rashkin said. “Actually, live music in general is so difficult for moneymaking these days.”

Hence why, Rashkin reasoned, previous festivals failed to come together: A lack of financial interest and support meant big money problems for promoters, presenters and performers. “ough we don’t want to lose money, our approach in the festival is to elevate the musicians and give people an opportunity to hear jazz,” Rashkin said, adding that his festival came together only aer receiving support from public resources such as Baltimore’s Department of Recreation & Parks and Office of Promotion & the Arts, along with private grants and individual and corporate underwriting, fortified

himself) who he refers to as “top notch, ‘A-level’ performers who you’ll get to see for free.

Anywhere else, these guys get paid crazy amounts just to play, and so it’s a real positive thing for the city that people will be able to come and see them and a variety of other bands for free.”

Ward sees the BJA and its forthcoming festival as a means of overcoming the hurdle of those who are either unaware of or even unwilling to give this multifaceted music a chance. e latter’s a particularly frustrating claque to Ward who compared jazz to chicken: “You can bake it, you can fry it, you can grill it, so there’s something there for everyone, just like all the different kinds of jazz.”

For Ward, a crucial element here is education and creating

platforms for the different varieties of jazz to be accessible to larger audiences. Many times, he’ll play a specific brand of jazz to those who might otherwise claim to dislike the genre before they realize, “Wait, this is jazz too? is, I like.”

“A lot of people just don’t know any better,” Ward said.

“And we gotta change that.”

Ward credits jazz with all but saving his life as a young student at Lake Clion High School who “ran into some trouble when some guys were looking for me” before his parents transferred him to Paul Laurence Dunbar High, where he was placed in a band class and handed a flute. His parents had told the school he could play … despite the fact this hadn’t been true since he’d been in third grade. e flute quickly led to an alto sax and, courtesy the tutelage of “father figure” Charles Funn, Ward became adept at multiple woodwind and brass instruments, kick-starting what would become a successful full-time career as a musician who now specializes in the trumpet.

Funn continues to teach and inspire students at Dunbar today, including 16-year-old Brandi Scott who has been playing the trombone for three years and will perform at the BJA Jazz Festival with the Dunbar Jazz Ensemble.

“I didn’t have any idea how to play the trombone, but Mr. Funn appointed me to it and taught me really well,” Scott said. “I’d listened to jazz before, but I wasn’t as interested in it

as I am now. I’m really looking forward to the festival; I’m telling everyone about it, and I want people to come and see us play!”

BJA supporter Bob Jacobson is elated that such local jazz figures as Ward and Funn are having an ameliorating effect over the growing contingent of area jazz enthusiasts.

Jacobson started the Jazz For Kids program in 2006 for this very reason, hoping to make the music genre more palatable for young people in the area. Along with the sale of beer, wine, jewelry and the running of arts-and-cras and clothing booths at the festival, another alternative activity will be Jacobson’s own “Musical Petting Zoo,” which will grant children the opportunity to learn about various instruments that they can handle and play with, guided by an experienced assistant.

“Certainly it’s true a lot of young people might not be as interested in jazz,” Rashkin said, “but the Musical Petting Zoo should be a lot of fun for kids joining us with their families at the festival. We also have a lot of live-wire musicians performing, and they’re going to attract audiences for sure.”

At least one young person couldn’t agree more with Rashkin’s sentiment.

“What makes me interested in it,” Scott said, “is this feeling I get playing jazz surrounded by all these people. eir happy faces give me this feeling and energy that’s just right.” JT

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ut enough Jewish talent and Hollywood brass in a room and you’re bound to create some memorable Jewish sound bites — and the 2016 Emmy Awards on Sunday night were no exception to this rule. From a shout-out to New York Jews to a tribute to late Jewish stars, here are the Jewiest moments from TV’s biggest night.

‘Veep’ producer dedicates win to ‘chubby’ Upper West Side Jews It might not be so surprising that David Mandel, an executive producer of “Veep,” dedicated the satirical show’s win for best comedy series to “chubby Jews from the Upper West Side or wherever you are.”

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Director Jill Soloway and actor Jeffrey Tambor, who both won Emmy Awards for the series “Transparent,” backstage at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

writer during some of the late seasons of “Seinfeld.”

‘Game of Thrones’ creators cleaned up e “Game of rones” books may be written by George R.R. Martin, but the massively successful HBO series based on the fantasy novels is spearheaded by a pair of Jews: David Benioff and Daniel “D.B.” Weiss. e pair helped make history on Sunday, as the lauded series overtook “Frasier” for the most wins in Emmys history (38). Benioff mentioned his wife Amanda Peet — who wrote a children’s book last year about a Jewish girl who feels le out on Christmas

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— twice in an acceptance speech.

Some legends were honored Gene Wilder (“Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” “Young Frankenstein,” “e Frisco Kid”), Anton Yelchin (“Star Trek”), Abe Vigoda (known for his roles in “Barney Miller” and “e Godfather”) and Fyvush Finkel (a star of the Yiddish theater world and winner of a 1994 Emmy for his role in “Picket Fences”) were all mentioned in the show’s poignant “In Memoriam” segment.

A Jewish-Danish director has her day Susanne Bier is best known for

her Danish feature films, which have garnered Academy Award nominations (“In a Better World”) and spawned American remakes (“Brothers”). But on Sunday she won an Emmy for best directing for a limited series for her work on “e Night Manager,” an AMC miniseries. Bier has an interesting Jewish backstory — her father fled Germany for Denmark in 1933, where he met her mother. When Nazis began rounding up Jews there, her parents fled to Sweden in a boat.

She has said her Jewish upbringing instilled in her a strong sense of family. JT

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Jeffrey Tambor used Hebrew to tell the house band to shut up In accepting his speech for best actor in a comedy series (for his role as a transgender woman in Jill Soloway’s “Transparent”), Tambor spoke about some of the social issues the groundbreaking show tackles. When the band began to play (signaling that his time was up) Tambor said “sheket bevakasha” — meaning “quiet please!” in Hebrew — so that he could say that transgender actors should be given more jobs in Hollywood.

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Don’t Look Back!

Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel

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Parshat Ki Tavo

One Of the most beautiful and popular verses in torah is found in this week’s parshah, Ki tavo. In the midst of showering the People of Israel with blessings, G-d declares, “You will blessed when you come, and blessed when you go.”

Rashi illuminates the meaning of the blessing to each individual: “May your departure from the world be as free of sin as was your entry into the world.” Imagine that. e degree to which a person is free from sin at his entry into the world is 1,000 percent. Sounds a bit fantastic, no?

As the director of Aleph ne, I have seen up close the struggles of incarcerated men and women and the great challenges

that face them “when they come and when go,” at the time of their arrest and, surpassingly, to a more difficult degree, upon their eventual release.

What the system calls “reentry” into mainstream society aer having served time behind bars is for some even more difficult than the actual prison itself. And that hardship is something I have reflected upon endless times, pondering the resemblance that it has to so many of the personal struggles faced by all people — free or not — in day-to-day life.

“Re-entry” is a wonderful english translation of the hebrew word “teshuva.” While some mistranslate teshuva as penitence, it actually means

“return.” e fact that we refer to penitence as return implies that cleaning up our act and shedding past sins is not an entry into to a clean and innocent life, rather it is a re-entry — a return — back to a clean and innocent life. It implies that every person has a clean and innocent core that remains unflawed by sinful experiences and patiently awaits the person’s return to his or her natural state of goodness.

When G-d sees fit to send his angels to pluck a person from the clutches of their own destructive behavior, the person has one job: Don’t look back. Look ahead to the bright and meaningful future and move, move, move! to every person re-entering

a peaceful society with valuable experience from their ordeals, torah challenges: If, aer a torturous ordeal, you still have hopes and dreams, it is because you were blessed when you came into the ordeal. But now as you are released from its grip, it’s up to you to ensure that you are also blessed when you leave.

Are you are taking lessons from the past with you? Or are you simply taking the past with you? e two are easily confused, so proceed with caution.

And when in doubt, don’t turn around, don’t look back, and leave the past in the past where it belongs. JT Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel is executive director at the Aleph Institute-North East Region.

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BROTHERHOOD BARBECUE: NFL Hall of Famer and Baltimore Colt great Lenny Moore joined the Chizuk Amuno Congregation Brotherhood at a barbecue on Aug. 31. Also pictured is Brotherhood president Eric Beser (center) and Rabbi Ron Shulman.

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Obituaries » BACHARACH — On September 16, 2016, Lilo Bacharach (née Wolf), beloved wife of the late Dr. David Bacharach; devoted mother of Dr. Richard Bacharach (Dr. Ellen Volkman) and Steven Bacharach (Sharon Botwinik); loving grandmother of Michael Bacharach, Rabbi Judith (Daniel) Kempler, Jessica (Michael) Goldberg, Danielle Bacharach and Marc Bacharach; adored great-grandmother of Brady Goldberg, Lucas Goldberg, Zoe Kempler and Zachary Kempler; dear daughter of the late Ludwig and Irma Wolf. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane.

Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024 or National Council of Jewish Women, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10115.

Timonium, MD 21093, Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem at hadassah-med.com or Women’s America ORT, 75 Maiden Lane, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10038 (donations to be directed specifically to the school in Carmiel).

BECKLER — On September 4, 2016, Dorris T. Beckler (née Telchin); loving wife of the late Dr. Bernard S. Beckler; cherished mother of Leah (Yaakov) Lev, Howard S. (Marguerite “Mardi”) Beckler and Sharon Ruth (Mark) Holback; beloved sister of the late Charles Telchin, Samuel Telchin, Joseph Telchin, Frances Nathan and Stanley Telchin; adored grandmother of Amichai (Tal) Lev, Talia (Gal) Liss, Daniel Beckler, Marina Beckler, Taryn Holback and Benjamin Holback; dear greatgrandmother of Shir Lev, Hod Lev and Yaara Liss; loving companion of the late Isidore Berg. Interment at Judean Memorial Gardens, Olney, Md. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1850 York Road, Suite D,

BELL —On September 2, 2016, Douglas William Bell; beloved son of Corinne (née O’Connor) and Stuart B. Bell, M.D.; cherished brother of Alexis Bell Sriram (Ram Sivaprakasam) and David R. Bell (Stephanie A. Bell); loving uncle of Sidney R. Bell; dear nephew of Craig C. O’Connor and Leslie A. Burstein. Also survived by many cousins. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Make A Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic, 9475 Deereco Road, #306, Timonium, MD 21093.

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BEERMAN —On September 6, 2016, Steven Jay Beerman; dear brother of Lisa (Marc) Singer; loving uncle of Eric Singer and Scott (Ali) Singer; beloved nephew of Jan and Stuart Braunstein and Sharon and Joel Marchanti; adored son of the late Barbara and Sheldon Beerman; also survived by the the loving and supportive Chimes, Inc. community. Interment at Oheb Shalom Memorial Park, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in his memory may be sent to Chimes Foundation, 4814 Seton Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215.

BELMAN —On September 11, 2016, Harry Richard “Dick” Belman; beloved husband of Clorra Belman (née Gross); devoted father of Francine (Alan) Surell and Ronald S.

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Belman; dear brother of Michael (Cookie) Belman and P. Dennis (Phyllis) Belman; loving grandfather of Scott, Jordan and Chandler Surell, Jarred and Connor Belman; cherished brother-in-law of Seth (Sheryl) Gross; adored son of the late George and Frieda Belman. Interment at Har Sinai Cemetery, Garrison Forest Road. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in his memory may be sent to the charity of your choice.

BLOOM — On September 18, 2016, Alice K. Bloom (née Kramer), beloved wife of the late Harry Bloom; devoted mother of Sandy Morrell Gordon and Leslie B. Borenstein; dear sister of Gilbert Kramer and the late Dr. Edward Kramer; loving grandmother of Lisa (Paul) Steinhardt, Ben Morrell (Stephanie) Gordon, Jodie Gordon, Jason Morrell (Allyson) Gordon, Patti Borenstein Jefferson, Dr. Todd (Cate) Borenstein and Dr. Sean Berenholtz (Ana Goldseker); cherished great-grandmother of Ethan, Mollie, Jack and Harris Gordon, Avery Jefferson, Charlotte Borenstein and Madeline Goldseker Berenholtz; adored daughter of the late Benjamin and Sarah Kramer. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to Lupus Foundation of America, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 415, Washington, DC 20036, Beth El Congregation, 8101 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208, or Port Discovery Children’s Museum, Attention Development, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202.

BRENNER — On September 19, 2016, Florence E. Brenner

(née Brosler); beloved wife of the late Roy S. Brenner; devoted mother of Jerold (Dianne) Brenner and Linda Wilkerson; loving sister of Harvey (Donna) Brosler and the late Erwin (Helene) Brosler; cherished grandmother of Scott Brenner and Reed Brenner Wilkerson; adored daughter of the late George and Bella Brosler. Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, North Rogers Avenue. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to National Parkinson Foundation, Gi Processing Center, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018.

BUCHWALTER —On September 9, 2016, Florette Lois Buchwalter (née Cohen); beloved wife of Siegfried Buchwalter; devoted mother of Rochel (Benzion) Weissberger and Yehudah (Bracha) Buchwalter; loving sister of Rita (late Jerry) Goldstein; cherished daughter of the late Bertha and Herbert Cohen; adored grandmother of Cheyena Baila, Shimon, Moshe, Rivka, Shifra, Shmuel, Leah Rivka, Nechama Miriam, Elisheva, Esther Menucha, Dovid Yitzchock and many great-grandchildren. Interment at Chevra Ahavas Chesed Cemetery, Randallstown. Please omit flowers.

CAPLAN —On September 8, 2016, Beatrice Caplan (née Herbst), devoted wife of the late Melvin Caplan; loving mother of Roger (Patti) Caplan and Faye (Edward) Miller; beloved grandmother of Allison Caplan, Joanna Miller (Roger) Dausman and the late Scott Caplan and Michelle Miller; dear great-grandmother of

Tate Dausman. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Scott Caplan Entrepreneurial Education Foundation, Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, MD 21044 or the Michelle Allison Miller Scholarship Fund, 2300 Plover Springs Drive, Plover, WI 54467.

CHAPIN — On September 1, 2016, Margie Sue Chapin; beloved daughter of Pauline Chapin (née Zimmerman) and the late Dr. N. Jerome Chapin; cherished sister of Ronni (Dr. Eric) Udoff, David (Rita) Chapin and Julie (Dr. Jeffrey) Janofsky; also survived by loving nieces, nephews, dear friends and family. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208 or the charity of your choice.

COHEN — On September 3, 2016, Herbert Elwood Cohen; beloved husband of Helen Cohen (née Denkin); beloved father of Barry Cohen, Jeffrey (Lea) Cohen and Marla (Donald) Goldman; dear brother of the late Eleanore Ellerin; loving son of the late Anna and Joseph Cohen; cherished grandfather of Matthew, Kevin and Bradley Goldman. Interment at Mikro Kodesh Beth Israel Cemetery, 6700 Bowleys Lane. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in his memory may be sent to the charity of your choice.

DAVIDOFF —On September 12, 2016, Miriam ‘Mimi’ Davidoff (née Mirantz); beloved

wife of the late Mark Davidoff; cherished mother of Lynn Davidoff, Amy Davidoff (Steven Gore) and Judy Davidoff (David Drager); devoted sister of the late Matthew Mirantz; beloved daughter of the late Florence and Oscar Mirantz; adoring grandmother of Alena Davidoff-Gore (Alvaro Morales Salto-Weis), Samuel DavidoffGore, Shoshana Davidoff-Gore, and Abigail Drager-Davidoff.

Interment at Oheb Shalom Memorial Park, Berrymans Lane.

Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to HopeWell Cancer Support, P.O. Box 755, Brooklandville, MD 21022.

FALK —On September 11, 2016, Jeanette E. Falk (née Rothstein), devoted wife of the late Dr. Melvin D. Falk; loving mother Dr. Resa Falk (Dr. James W.) Johnson, Beth Linda Berman and Dr. Stewart J. (Ellen) Falk; beloved sister of the late Sylvia Greif, Rose Savadow and Jerry Rothstein; adored grandmother of Tara (Josh) Kornblum, David A. (Gabrielle) Johnson, Arik M. Johnson, Elina R. (Yoni) Baron, Jessica E. (Steven) Munitz and Jonathan S. (Ruby) Falk; adored great-grandmother of Caleb and Noa Johnson, Maddie Weisman and Mik and Evri Baron. Interment at Greater Baltimore Lodge Cemetery, 6700 Bowleys Lane. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, 101 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201.

FELDMAN — On September 14, 2016, Milton Feldman; dear companion of Shelley Leiman; beloved husband of

the late Ruth Feldman (née Glickman); devoted father of Leslie (Joel) Shapiro, Barbara (Gary) Bernstein and Michael Feldman (Kathleen Haddad); dear brother of Samuel Feldman, and the late Harry Feldman, Sylvia Lipkowitz, Sidney Feldman and Sarah Zalesch; loving son of the late Max and Nettie Feldman; adoring grandfather of Susan (Oron) Shapiro Haus, Scott (Amanda) Shapiro, Mark Shapiro, Jonathan Bernstein, Eric (Adrienne) Bernstein, Emily Haddad and Samuel Joseph Haddad Feldman; adoring greatgrandfather of Liam Haus, Gabriella Haus and Karl Bernstein. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers.

Michael J. Hirsh; devoted mother of Ariel and Samuel Hirsh; loving sister of Dr. Robert Menachem Cooper and the late Marvin Cooper; cherished daughter of the late Samuel and LeEtta Cooper; dear sister-in-law of Dr. Moshay Cooper and Gusty Taler. Interment at Lubawitz Nusach Ari (Ner Tamid) Cemetery, Rosedale. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to GBMC Foundation, 6701 N. Charles St., Towson, MD 21204, under designation, choose “Other” followed by Geckles Diabetes Center, or JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

GREENBERG — On August 28, 2016, Rose Greenberg; devoted mother of Allan (Hilary) Greenberg and Joyce (Arnold) Fruman; loving sister of the late Mildred Smith, Esther (Frank) Mazer and Irving Wyman; adored grandmother of Jonathan (Rachel) Greenberg, Jason Greenberg, Joanna Greenberg, Kevin (Tracee) Fruman and Neal (Rebecca) Fruman; cherished great-grandmother of Jacob, Ethan, Cooper and Leo Fruman; loving daughter of the late Anna and Jacob Wyman; also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Fruman Family Garden Beautification Endowment Fund at Beth El Congregation, 8101 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208 or the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, MD 21202.

KANTERMAN — On Septembe 3, 2016, Abraham eodore Kanterman, died at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Esther, his daughter Fran, sons Richard (Ellen) and Michael (Nancy), and grandchildren Gabrielle, Matthew, Joshua and Samantha.

Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Beth Am Synagogue, Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, 2501 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217.

HIRSH — On August 29, 2016, Janet Day Hirsh (née Cooper); beloved wife of

KATZ — On September 19, 2016, Robert “Bob” H. Katz; beloved husband of Fran Katz (née Frank); devoted father of Cheryl Katz (Brock Jasmann) and Lauren Katz; dear brother of Velma (Jack) Cheslock, Cicely (late William) Finkelstein and K. Ray (Sue) Katz; cherished grandfather of Sara Kaufman; loving stepgrandfather of Cassidy Jasmann, Brittany Jasmann and Brock Jasmann. Interment at Beth Tfiloh Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please jewishtimes.com

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omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004 or Jemicy School Scholarship Fund, 11 Celadon Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117.

KLEIN —On September 12, 2016, Shirley Klein (née Snyderman); loving wife of the late Ralph L. Klein; devoted mother of Andrew (Jayne) Klein, Michael (Clara) Klein and Howard (Susan) Klein; cherished sister of the late Morris Scherr, Walter Scherr and Lucille Alter; adored grandmother of Marshall (Rachel) Klein, Sarah (Dean) Abrams, Rachel Klein, Samuel Klein, Jacob Klein, Stephen (Elizabeth) Klein, David Klein and Victoria Klein; beloved daughter of the late Julius and Fannie Snyderman. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, 2100 Belair Road. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation, 520 Upper Chesapeake Drive, Suite 405, Bel Air, MD 21014, Temple Adas Shalom, 8 N. Earlton Road, Havre de Grace, MD 21078, Baltimore Hebrew Torah Restoration Fund, 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208 or Jewish National Fund, 2 Reservoir Circle, Baltimore, MD 21208.

KOMAN — On September 18, 2016, Bruce Koman; cherished brother of Dr. Stuart L. (Kathleen) Koman and Jeffrey P. Koman; loving son of Bernard (Debra S.) Koman, Toby L. Koman and Melvin Fink.

Interment at Shaarei Tfiloh Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit flowers.

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Contributions in his memory may be sent to Ner Tamid, 6214 Pimlico Road, Baltimore, MD 21209.

MIZANSKY — On September 14, 2016, Jack Mizansky, beloved husband of Toba Mizansky (née Domsky); devoted father of Marc (late Deborah) Mizansky, Jill (Scott) Chilton and Neil (Michelle) Mizansky; dear brother of the late Shirley Schneider and Selma Volin; adored son of the late Morris and Rose Mizansky; loving grandfather of Janis (Jeremy) Bush, Cara, Stephanie and Valerie Mizansky, Rachel, Emily and the late Steven Chilton; cherished great-grandfather of Aiden Bush. Interment at King David Memorial Gardens, Falls Church, Va. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Steven Chilton Children’s Library Fund, c/o Beth Shalom Congregation, 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia, MD 21044.

NEWMAN —On September 8, 2016, Richard “Dick” Newman; beloved husband of Gayle Newman (née Harad); devoted step-father of Cantor Stuart Binder, Heidi (Alan) Hoffman and Bryan (Dr. Susan) Binder; dear brother of the late Albert and Florence; loving son of the late David and Elizabeth Newman; adoring grandfather of Brandon, Andrew and Morgan Hoffman, Hannah, Lillie, Zachary and Reese Binder; also survived by other loving family and many dear friends.

Interment at Jewish Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to e National Stem Cell Foundation, 462 S. 4th St., Suite 1230, Louisville, KY 40202.

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ORFUSS — On August 31, 2016, Mary Sue Orfuss; beloved wife of R. David Adelberg; loving step-mother of Richard Adelberg Jr., Macke (Scott) Kimmett, Lois Adelberg and Lawrence (Tamara) Adelberg; devoted sister of Ina (Jack) Cohen and Dr. Carl (Lois) Orfuss; dear daughter of the late Marvin and Dorothy Orfuss. Also survived by loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, other loving family and many dear friends. Interment at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, 3600 E. Baltimore St. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the charity of your choice.

OWRUTSKY — On August 31, 2016, Harriet Shein Owrutsky; beloved wife of Morton Joseph Owrutsky; cherished mother of Jeffrey Carl Owrutsky (Susan Strahan), Susan Owrutsky (Russell “Russ”) Berman, Eric Bradford Owrutsky and Marcie Owrutsky (Terrance “Terry”) Lovell; devoted sister of Marlene Furshman; cherished sisterin-law of Louise Hallam and the late Marshall Furshman and Norman Owrutsky; loving grandmother of Zoe, Rachel, David, Golde, Hudi and Aryeh Owrutsky, Leo and Sarah Berman, Joshua and Casey Lovell; adoring daughter of the late Helen and Maurice Shein; beloved daughter-in-law of the late David and Yetta Owrutsky. Interment at Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Zaching Against Cancer Foundation, 6700 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 185, Columbia, MD 21046 or the charity of your choice.

PATZ — On September 3, 2016, Annette Patz (née Krause); loving wife of the late eodore Patz; cherished mother of Susan Kellam and the late Robert Kellam; devoted mother-in-law of Charlene Mazer; beloved sister of Shirley Offit, Naomi Myers and Howard Krause; dear sister-in-law of the late Morton Offit; adored grandmother of Justin (Laura) Kellam, Jenna (Nathan) Edmunds and Reid Kellam; loving greatgrandmother of Abigail Kellam.

Interment at Beth Tfiloh Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Robert P. Kellam Scholarship Fund, c/o Susan Kellam, 1373 Friendship Road, Waldoboro, ME 04572.

ROSENBERG — On September 4, 2016, Beverly Rosenberg (née Deck); devoted wife of the late Ronald Richard Rosenberg; loving mother of Bryan Rosenberg and the late Steven Rosenberg; dear mother-in-law of Kimberly Ryland Battistone; cherished sister of Norman Deck and Jerry Deck; adored grandmother of Samantha Rosenberg and Jessica Rosenberg. Interment at Har Sinai Cemetery, Garrison Forest Road. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to the charity of your choice.

RUBIN — On September 19, 2016, Jodean Rubin (née Askin), devoted wife of the late Louis E. Carliner and Albert Stuart Rubin; loving mother of Abbie Carliner (Dr. Jeffrey Cohen), Dr. Saul Carliner (Marco Manrique), David (Ruthie) Carliner, Gail (Terry) Miller and Jeffrey Rubin (Esther Greenberg); dear sister of Ira (late Myra) Askin

RUBINOWITZ —On September 11, 2016, Myer Rubinowitz; beloved husband of the late Tilly Rubinowitz (née Aires); cherished father of Rose (Maurice) Oskowitz, Ailene (Michael) Sher and Pamela (Dr. Russell) Gelman; devoted brother of Gloria Berman and the late Sylvia Bain and Eve Rubinowitz; loving grandfather of Adina (Farryl) Roth, Talya (Steven) Sher, Cara (Kevin) Shenton, Rowan Sher, Daniella (Nicolas) Smolarski, Amanda Gelman and Micaela Gelman; adoring great-grandfather of Joshi, Maya, Selah, Jesse, Rylan, Adam and Aidan; devoted brother-in-law of Bertha Remer.

Also survived by loving nieces and nephews. Interment at Beth El Memorial Park, Randallstown. Please omit flowers.

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RUS —On September 8, 2016, Samuel Rus, beloved husband of the late Bluma Rus (née Guterman); devoted father of Leonard (Roz) Rus, Mayer Rus and Lisa (Richard) Gerber; loving grandfather of Barret Rus, Janna Rus and Jonah Gerber.

Interment at Chevra Ahavas Chesed Cemetery, Randallstown. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in his memory may be sent to e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, 101 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201 or Jewish Federation of Howard County, 10630 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 400, Columbia, MD 21044.

SCHER — On September 15, 2016, Ian Alexander Scher (Yitzak Avraham); loving son of Brian and Marci Scher (née Weinberg); devoted brother of Becca Scher; adored grandson of Ronald and Sheila Weinberg,and Herbert and Sharon Scher; dear nephew of Susan Lewis and David Lewis, Eric Scher and Michael Scher; also survived by other loving family and many dear friends. Interment at Beth El Memorial Park, Randallstown. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Gilchrist Kids, 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 359, Hunt Valley, MD 21031 or Chai Lifeline MidAtlantic Region, 600 Reisterstown Road, Suite 508, Baltimore, MD 21208.

SEARS — On September 16, 2016, Malcolm Sears; beloved husband of Myrna Sears (née Newborn); devoted father of Robyn (Everett) Shaver, Marla

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Interment was private. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031 or Alzheimer’s Association, 1850 York Road, Suite D, Timonium, MD 21093.

SOLOMONS —On September 8, 2016, Phyllis M. Solomons (née Shapiro); beloved wife of the late Robert Solomons; devoted mother of Gary Solomons and the late Ellen Denissen; dear mother-in-law of Lisa Solomons and Richard Denissen; cherished grandmother of Stewart Solomons, Katie Solomons and Brina (Andrew) Reckeweg; adored daughter of the late Eugene and Betty Shapiro. Interment at Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Garrison Forest Road.

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STEINHARDT — On September 1, 2016, Carol Steinhardt (née Stern); beloved wife of the late Gunther Steinhardt; devoted mother of Michael (Barbara) Steinhardt and Linda (Anthony) Katz; loving sister of the late Hilda Cohen; dear sister-in-law of Werner Cohen; cherished grandmother of Jason (Tina) Steinhardt, Jenifer (Craig) Hollander, Shauna (Michael) Slavin, Heather (Ben) Friedman and Faryl (Matthew) Millman; adored daughter of the late Meyer and Hedwig Stern.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to Alzheimer’s Association, 1850 York Road, Suite D, Timonium, MD 21093 or American Cancer Society, 8219 Town Center Drive, Baltimore, MD 21236.

WEINER — On September 2, 2016, Annette Weiner (née Friedman); beloved wife of the late William Weiner; loving mother of Michele Weiner Lockman and Dr. Fran Weiner (Dr. Bill) Taub; devoted sister of the late Ada Dashoff Polovoy, Helen Bloom, Rosalie Kreitzer and Sidney Friedman; beloved daughter of the late Rae and Albert Friedman; loving grandmother of Ryan (Lauren) Lockman, Benjamin Lockman, Sara Taub and Becca Taub. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Interment at

Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the charity of your choice.

WOLF —On September 7, 2016, Sue Wolf (née Gold); former wife of Eli Wolf; cherished mother of Ben Wolf, Leigh Wolf, Kelly (Chaim) Yudkowsky and Josh (Ahuva) Wolf; devoted sister of the late Ann Spahn; loving grandmother of Ari Wolf, Adeena (Zevie) Polsky, Avi Yudkowsky (Gayil Rabi), Avigayil (Uriel) Young, Moshe Yudkowsky, Chana Yudkowsky, Levi Wolf, Racheli Wolf, Temima Wolf, Benny Wolf and Yisroel Asher Wolf; adoring great-grandmother of Sari Polsky and Akiva Uriel Polsky. Interment at Agudath Israel Cemetery, Rosedale. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to Hatzalah of Baltimore, c/o Heyman, 4014 Fallstaff Road, Baltimore, MD 21215 or Jewish Caring Network, 122 Slade Ave., Suite 100A, Baltimore, MD 21208 or Bikur Cholim of Baltimore, 2808 Steele Road, Baltimore, MD 21209.

WOLPERT —On September 9, 2016, Henry Wolpert; beloved husband of the late Eva Jeanette Wolpert (née Katz); loving father of Judy Wolpert, Tammy Wolpert and Debra (Rabbi Jonathan) Green; devoted

brother of Fred Wolpert and the late Morris Leon Wolpert; adoring grandfather of Andrew, Yonah, Leba, Malya, Adina and Yosef Meir; cherished son of the late Jonas and Jenny Wolpert. Interment at Bnai Israel Cemetery, 3701 Southern Ave. Please omit flowers.

Contributions in his memory may be sent to Ner Israel Rabbinical College, 400 Mount Wilson Lane, Baltimore, MD 21208.

ZIEVE —On September 10, 2016, Dr. Philip David Zieve; beloved husband of Elaine Zieve (née Wishnie); cherished father of Melissa Zieve (Peter Berns), Karyn Zieve (Joel Cohen) and Allison Zieve (Aaron Kaslow); loving grandfather of Eli, Rose, Jesse and Sarah Berns-Zieve, Harry, Samuel and Mariana ZieveCohen and Emilia and Benjamin Kaslow-Zieve; devoted brother of the late Hilary (Albert) Kilberg; adored son of the late Rose and William Zieve.

Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Development Office, 5200 Eastern Ave., MFL Center Tower, Suite 359, Baltimore, MD 21224.

The Baltimore Jewish Times updates obituaries regularly on its website, jewishtimes.com/obituaries. To submit an obituary, contact Daniel Nozick at dnozick@midatlanticmedia.com or 410-902-2316.

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Stone front rancher on a beautiful 1/2 acre lot. 4 bedrooms on main level. Stack stone fireplace wall in the sunken living room. Sliding glass doors to the private slate patio & fenced rear lot. Custom kitchen ,Subzero refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher, gas cook-top, pantry and Corian counters. Convenient first floor laundry plus finished huge lower level with separate side entrance and laundry. One of the prettiest homes in this popular Cheswolde neighborhood.

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5928 Cross Country Blvd. $164,944 Brick and stone rancher close to schools, shopping, Whole Foods, houses of worship and Sinai Hospital. 3 bedrooms 2 baths on one level. Wood floors, central air, gas heat, front porch, a level back yard both pet and kid friendly. Lower level has 1/2 bath, space for more rooms. 410-530-2400

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Custom kitchen designed for those who love to cook and entertain at the same time. There are two granite topped islands for cooking, serving, prepping and enjoying guests.

This beautiful open space also includes the dining room and living room. This is the kind of elegance one would expect in a multimillion dollar estate. Three bedrooms, jetted tub, walk in closets. doorman and garage parking.

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3-4 bedroom brick single family home with 2 car garage, central air, fireplace, large lot. Minutes to Metro.

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1022 Windsor Rd 21208 - $219,944

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304 W. 28th Street 21211 Renovated and move-in ready townhouse across street from Remington House and Restaurant Row, new food eatery on 29th. Wood floors, ceramic tile eat in kitchen with gas cooking, central air, replacement windows, pet friendly fenced rear. Walk to museum, shops, restaurants and JHU. 410-530-2400

2331 Old Court Rd #304 $239,944

Elegant 3rd floor condo with 2 bedrooms, 2 updated bathrooms each with walk in shower, granite kitchen, replacement windows. Parquet floors and spacious dressing room plus 2 walk in closets. 24 hr Doorman, garage parking, guest room, pool and tennis. 410-530-2400 ONY OOM BALNCING R DI AND

2331 Old Court Road # 400 • $299,944 Spacious 4th floor condo with lovely corner balcony views of the French gardens and pool. Updated eat in kitchen, Maytag laundry, gallery lighting. Master 17’x18’ with huge walk in closet. Doorman, valet, garage parking, tennis, pool, pond. 410-530-2400

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1560 Blue Mount Rd 21111 - $849,944 Circa farmhouse built in 1812. 5 bedrooms 4 with attached baths. 10’ ceilings! Sitting at the top of 34 magnificent acres and 5 fireplaces 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! 410-530-2400

2502 Caves Forest Rd 21117 - $524,944 Perfect for contemporary lovers. Lots of light, 9’ ceilings, gleaming wood floors, new gourmet kitchen, 1st floor master double shower heads, double walk in closets, 2 acre wooded lot, 2 car garage,2 way fireplace, 3 1/2 new baths, walk out patio, sliding glass doors to a deck, move in …WOW! 410-530-2400

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The Risteau #105 • $289,944 Open floor plan with sliding glass doors to the beautiful 40 foot patio with automatic awning that extends your living space. Luxury 2 bedrooms, 2 baths with gourmet granite kitchen. Master suite with abundant closets-two walk in plus shoe storage. Garage parking, pool and tennis. 410-530-2400

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