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Ellen Goldstein, Editor

Welcome summer! The beauty, bounty, joy and opportunity for lots of outdoor activity is upon us and as you will see in this July & August issue of The Jewish Journal, there is SO much to do this summer in Jewish Buffalo!

First, make plans to thoroughly enjoy summer. We’ve put together a list of 10 trendy things to do (page 14) for fun, food, exercise, learning and community. Included among them is a visit to the renewed, breathtakingly beautiful campus of the AKG Art Museum, a tour of the East Side Garden Walk with JCRC and friends July 23, and films, concerts and Sunday Fundays at the JCC (page 23 and back cover).

Next, make sure you read the important piece on regional security (page 4), which brings together Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Ithaca, Binghamton, and elsewhere in Western and Central New York.

We also say goodbye to our Jewish Buffalo’s community historian Dr. Chana Kotzin who will depart Buffalo this summer to the Midwest. You can read her reflections on her 17 years in Buffalo on page 12.

And we say Mazal Tov to Rabbi Sara and Jeff! Rabbi Sara Rich is leaving Hillel of Buffalo (see page 19) and moving to Temple Beth Tzedek to succeed Rabbi Adam Rosenbaum, who is moving south to be closer to his children. Jeff Clark is leaving his post as Executive Director of Temple Beth Zion (see page 16) and taking up the Executive Director position at Hillel of Buffalo.

Kol HaKavod to Ethel Melzer (see page 32) who was recently honored with the JCC’s Ralph Kushner Community Service Award for an extraordinary volunteer career with the JCC.

Finally, during this season of so much bounty, we also commemorate the destruction of the Temple on Tisha B’Av July 26 & 27. Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein brings us full circle (see page 7) in remembering and reflecting on the tragedies of this past year in Western New York and reminding us that solutions, healing and change come about when we work together as a community.

Ellen Goldstein -

Editor

I hope to see you out and about, on a garden walk or in my garden this summer.

Federation's Kick Off event will have a new look and feel when the community gathers at UB's Center for the Arts on September 20 to celebrate and honor two great community leaders: Gary Greenfield and Randi Morkisz.

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