Federation Star - September 2022

The Officers, Board of Directors and Staff wish you

SHANAH TOVAH! OF GREATER NAPLES

CELEBRATING JEWISH LIFE IN GREATER NAPLES, ISRAEL AND THE WORLD

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Published by Jewish Federation of Greater Naples

SERVING NAPLES, MARCO ISLAND AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES

www.JewishNaples.org  September 2022 – Elul 5782/Tishri 5783  Vol. 32 #1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

An exciting New Year ahead

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Men’s Cultural Alliance

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Women’s Cultural Alliance

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Community Focus

Jane Schiff

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Tributes

Federation Board Chair

1A Jewish Interest 6A Israel & The Jewish World 8A Organizations 10A Commentary 16A Synagogue News 21A Focus on Youth 23A Community Directory Jewish Book Festival Preview Don’t miss this Zoom event on Thursday, Sept.

29, where you will hear what’s in store for this year’s book festival.

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or those of us of a certain age (you get to decide for yourself what that age is), every day is a new beginning, a reason to celebrate. And throughout the years, there have been so many new beginnings for each of us – weddings, children and grandchildren being born, new jobs, new homes, etc. At this time of year, we Jews always celebrate the birthday of the world, Rosh Hashanah.

I must admit that I feel more excited and more anticipation than usual for this New Year, 5783. My excitement stems from being just months away from the opening continued on page 2

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hanah Tovah!

The High Holy Days are upon us. It is hard to believe it’s that time of year again. We have the opportunity to reflect on how we’ve gotten to this point

and think about how we go forward, individuals who are engaged and involved perhaps doing better. in our community. Our Federation proJewish Federation of Greater Naples vides an opportunity for people to come has had an incredible together for socializayear. Yes, we can look at tion, informal education, the success of the Annual “These are the days of leisure time recreation, Campaign, the continu- miracle and wonder.” cultural experiences, and ing success of the Capiso much more.

Paul Simon tal Campaign and even Because Federation the success of monies can provide all of this, raised for humanitarian causes, like aidand more, our community is growing people in Ukraine. But I think the ing. Because of this, members of our Federation’s success is the number of continued on page 2

Movies That Matter Tune in Oct. 19 for the first of three outstanding documentaries for community viewing and discussion.

17 Summer Book Club Discussion Join author R. L. Maizes for a discussion on her two books, “Other People’s Pets” and “We Love Anderson Cooper.”

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an exciting new year...continued from page 1 of the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

For the past 10 months, I have watched a miracle rise from the ground.

For the past six years, I have worked with Marc Saperstein and Jeffrey Feld, as the core, to make the vision of the Greater Naples Jewish Community and Jewish Federation of Greater Naples come true.

This year, in Naples, we will have a home for WCA, MCA and BBYO as well our

Federation. There will be a community cultural event center available for parties, lectures, movies, study groups, games and just being together.

We all know the Naples area is growing. The traffic each season becomes more annoying (come down in July when there is no traffic). The growth attracts Jews as well. Now, there will be a central address where newcomers can become

you that day. We will have activities to engage everyone.

This building was built by and for the community. When it opens, it is yours to enjoy, use and consider your cultural home.

This is the Jewish beginning to 5783 in Naples.

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F GREATER NAPLES BUILDING growing together...continued from page 1 community care about each other and the community as a whole. We are very fortunate to be able to call Greater Naples our home.

In one of Paul Simon’s songs, there is a line that goes, “These are

oriented to our Jewish community.

While security will be tight at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center, it will be a welcoming place.

We have already started planning a wonderful Grand Opening celebration, with a committee chaired by Nat Ritter working on it. As the date and plans become firm, you will see details in the weekly e-blast. I hope to greet each of

the days of miracle and wonder.” I’m not sure about the miracle part; however, as I look at how our community is being built and how we have grown, it is truly a wonder. Everybody plays a role in growing our

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W E G M AIN thank DESIG N G and R O U every P community. each one of you for all that you do to grow our community.

As we go from one Rosh Hashanah to another, we can reflect on how well we, as a community, are growing.

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As we enter the Jewish year, 5783, I wish each of you and all those dear to you a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful Shanah Tovah! G’Mar Chatimah Tovah!

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JEWISH FEDERATION

September 2022

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Marcy Friedland appointed new Director of FRD

2023 Annual Community Campaign

By Jeffrey Feld, Jewish Federation of Greater Naples President & CEO

By Marcy Friedland, FRD Director

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am pleased to announce that Marcy Friedland has been promoted to the position of Director of FRD. FRD stands for Financial Resource Development. Friedland will now be responsible for all aspects of various campaigns for our Federation. This will certainly include the Annual Community Campaign, Capital Campaign, emergency campaigns and planned giving campaigns.

At the time this position was announced, a national search was conducted. It was later determined that Friedland is the best person to help Federation move its financial resource development agenda forward.

Friedland was first hired in 2018 as Federation’s Capital Campaign and Planned Giving Director. While in that position, she has helped us raise $13.1 million for the building of the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

In her new position, Friedland is looking forward to leading the efforts to meet short- and long-term development

Marcy Friedland objectives for Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. She believes that cultivation, solicitation and stewardship are key components to all successful campaigns.

Friedland looks forward to working with our leadership and staff to achieve all our development goals.

Congratulations Marcy Friedland!

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working together for the betterment of s we welcome in the 2023 the community. We are open and availAnnual Community Campaign able to new ideas and continue to tweak year, we are still in awe of last past programming. year’s accomplishments. The Greater This year will be a very exciting year Naples community raised $1,585,209 for all of us, with the opening of our in 2022, an all-time high and 6% over first free-standing building, the Nina Iser what was raised in 2021! This year, our Jewish Cultural very attainable goal Center, where we is $1,650,000. are looking forHow did Let us be thankful for ward to celebrating we reach those a fruitful year that’s our accomplishheights? All of ments and planyou — an amazcoming to an end ning for more of ing community while looking forward what you have that values what appreciated and we are providing in to the beginning supported. our programming, of 5783.

As we get events, allocations ready to launch and philanthropic our 2023 Annual choices. We are always striving to be better, brighter and Community Campaign, let us be thankful for a fruitful year that’s coming to an end build upon our successes while continuwhile looking forward to the beginning ing to reach new heights. of 5783.

Our board, lay leaders, volunteers, donors and professional staff are Shanah Tovah!

CORRECTION

For a continuously updated

In the July/August 2022 issue we incorrectly identified this picture as Sandy Levine when it really is Shelley Lieb.

We apologize for the error.

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Celebrating Jewish Life in Collier County, Israel and the World

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JEWISH FEDERATION

September 2022

Happy New Year everyone!

Published by the Jewish Federation of Collier County serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities

Reneé Bialek

Published by

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201 Naples, Florida 34109-0613 Phone: 239.263.4205 Fax: 239.263.3813 www.jewishnaples.org Email: info@jewishnaples.org Officers

Board Chair: Jane Schiff Vice Chairs: Nat Ritter, Marc Saperstein, Beth Wolff Secretary: Rosalee Bogo Treasurer: Elliot Lerner Immediate Past Chair: Alvin Becker

Board of Directors

Frank Baum, Patti Boochever, Harvey Cohen, Marcia Cohodes, Amanda Dorio, Paula Filler, Cheryl Ginsburg, Larry Israelite, Tammy Katz, Merlin Lickhalter, Robin Mintz, William Petasnick, Joel Pittelman, Stuart Price, Michael Rubenstein, Michael Sobol, Steve Strome, Jay Weiss, Jeff Zalasky, Board Member Emeritus: Phyllis Seaman

Past Board Chairs

Gerald Flagel, Dr. William Ettinger, Ann Jacobson (z”l), Sheldon Starman, Bobbie Katz, Rosalee Bogo, Judge Norman Krivosha (z”l)

Synagogue Representatives

Stan Alliker, Cantor Donna Azu, Rabbi Ariel Boxman, Steve Chizzik, Rabbi Ammos Chorny, Rabbi Mendel Gordon, Rabbi Mendy Greenberg, Rabbi Mark Gross, Rabbi Howard Herman, Rabbi Adam Miller, Charles Flum, Rabbi James Perman, Dr. Arthur Seigel, Len Teitelbaum, Rabbi Fishel Zaklos

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oin us on Wednesday, Sept. 21 for a book discussion with author R.L. Maizes. The free event is from 11 to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom and is open to the entire community.

The Jewish Book Festival Preview is on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. on Zoom.

Join us and hear what Gayle Dorio, chair of JBF, and the committee members have to say about the author lineup.

The Mix and Mingle group has been busy with potluck lunches and dinner dates (see the photos with this article).

Coming up, Wednesday, Sept. 14 is the group’s Breathe & Chair Yoga class.

The Jewish Young Professional group has been active with monthly activities as well. View their picture here, too!

PJ Library and Jewish Families with Young Children are invited to Tumbles for activities and fun on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 3:30 p.m. Please make a reservation with Alicia at programs@jewishnaples.org.

Dates and times of other upcoming events are announced in our weekly Monday e-blast. If you aren’t receiving it, please email me at rbialek@jewishnaples.org.

Jewish Young Professionals group members Nicole, Dani, Sarah, Maya, Vikki and Jeff Program registration is required to receive the Zoom link, which will be emailed two hours prior to the start of an event.

October dates to save

• Wednesday, Oct. 19 for Movies That Matter • Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. – Herb Keinon will Zoom in from Israel. Register for this free event at www.jewish naples.org.

November dates to save

• Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2:30 p.m. – Kristallnacht Commemorative Program will be live at Temple Shalom. Please register to attend this free event.

• Wednesdays, Nov. 2 and Nov. 9 for Movies That Matter • Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. – Lyn Julius will Zoom in from Israel.

Register for this free event at www.jewish naples.org.

We have a variety of groups and committees at Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, such as PJ Library, Jewish Families with Young Children, Cardozo Legal Society, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Israel Advocacy Committee and Jewish Community Relations Council. Please join the group and/or committee that best fits your interests. A taste of each one can be found throughout our website at www.jewishnaples.org.

Staff

Jeffrey Feld: Federation President & CEO Reneé Bialek: Program Director Alicia Feldman: PJ Library Coordinator Marcy Friedland: Financial Resource Development Director Janine Hudak: Admin. Coordinator Teresa Zimmerman: Finance & Operations Manager

Federation is the central Jewish community-building organization for Greater Naples, providing a social service network that helps Jewish people locally, in Israel and around the world.

As the central fundraising organization for Jewish communal life in our area, strength is drawn from organized committees of dedicated volunteers.

Programs include: • Annual Campaign & Endowment Fund • Celebrate Israel • Educational & Cultural Programs • Israel Advocacy Committee • Israel Scouts • Jewish Book Festival • Jewish Community Relations Council • Jewish Young Professionals • Jewish Russian Cultural Alliance • Men’s Cultural Alliance • PJ Library • Publication of the Federation Star, Connections and Community Directory • Women’s Cultural Alliance • Women’s Philanthropy • Youth Activities Committee – sponsoring youth education and scholarships for Jewish Summer Camp and Israel Experience

Evette Masters, Trudy Kleiner, Edythe Cohen, Harriet Spirer, Paul Rosofsky, Pauletta, Francene Boxer, Rita Weiss, Deborah Vahab and Ira Berlin at the June Mix and Mingle potluck lunch

(Top): Harriet Spirer, Keith Cohen, Carol Ball, Neil Chessin, Edythe Cohen and Rita Weiss (Bottom): Stacy Sokol, Arlene Malatzky, Mona Birk and Paul Rosofsky

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September 2022

Baaaack and ready for the 8th Jewish Book Festival!

YOU'RE INVITED

Friday, September 9, 2022 | 6:30pm

Tour our building, meet the clergy, experience the Friday, September 9, 2022 | 6:30pm warmth of "One Family," and find out more about our Tour our facilities, getdues. to know Temple Shalom, the pledge-based voluntary warmth or our One Family, and find out more about our

Please stay for Soulful Shabbat, special musical pledge-based voluntary duesastructure.

Friday night worship service at 7:30pm followed by a delicious oneg prepared by our Sisterhood.

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Presents:

By Gayle Dorio, JBF Chair

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o, what did you do over your summer vacation? Remember when this was a familiar question? Many 2022-23 of us enjoy a “perpetual vacation” here in paradise. Some snowbirds divide the year authors to invite. Iris Shur and Steve Yusinto “season” and “going back.” I hope you sen tied for the most reviews sent in (ask enjoyed your time these past few months them about their prizes!). It’s essential to and are now ready to get back. Yes, we are have a committee that works together so ready for another exciting Jewish Book effectively. Thank you all!

Festival, sponsored by Jewish Our goal is to offer an Federation of Greater Naples assortment of nonfiction and – number 8! fiction books offering a variIn May, the Jewish Book ety of subjects we feel you will Council ( JBC) in New enjoy. We plan to showcase York offered more than 250 memoir, historical fiction, authors on Zoom. Emily environment, news, business, Berkowitz, Jan Goldman a book about basketball, one and Carol Hirsch joined about Coco Chanel and a fun Reneè and me to listen to cookbook author we expect the author presentations over to pair with a brunch! three long days. We hoped The current plan is to have Gayle Dorio we’d find interesting books 14 events, most (nine) on and entertaining authors. Some authors Zoom, and five in person. Many people still hadn’t mastered speaking on Zoom, told us they enjoy Zoom – no need to had difficulty looking at the camera and/ dress up, drive anywhere and one always or staying muted. Some books didn’t gets a front row seat! Zoom also enables us get positive reviews. Imagine our exciteto invite authors who live far away. Many, ment when both the book and author however, enjoy events in person, where captured our attention – when they both they are able to socialize with friends and came together! meet the author. We plan to livestream The JBF committee did an outstandthe in-person events as technology allows. ing job reading lots of books, sending in As you well know, inflation rages reviews, (over 100 book reviews!) and around us and everything costs more. discussing their preferences for possible continued on page 7

Israel Advocacy Committee announces fall programming

By Jeff Margolis, IAC member

Discussion with the Author

Wednesday, September 21 11:00-11:30 am, ET on Zoom Join author: R.L. Maizes for a discussion on two of her books:

Other People’s Pets We Love Anderson Cooper Photo by Adrianne Mathiowetz

FREE EVENT FOR ALL! Please register at www.jewishnaples.org to receive the Zoom link

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he Israel Advocacy Committee of Greater Naples (IAC) is pleased to announce several exciting programs for the upcoming season.

Thursday, Oct. 20

On Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m., Israeli journalist Herb Keinon makes a return visit, live via Zoom from Israel. He will discuss the upcoming elections in Israel and their implications for the country as well as relations of the Israel government with the Biden administration.

Keinon has lived in Israel for nearly 35 years and has lectured widely in Israel, the United States and Europe.

Wednesday, Nov. 16

Author Lyn Julius will Zoom with our community to discuss her book, “Uprooted,” on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. Her book reveals how 3,000 years of Jewish civilization in the Arab world vanished overnight. Lyn Julius is a journalist and co-founder of HARIF, an association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa in the United Kingdom.

Please register for both these free events at www.jewishnaples.org. The Zoom link will be emailed two hours prior to the start of each event.

Save Sunday, March 26

The year 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. The entire community is invited to Celebrate Israel @75 on Sunday, March 26, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the new Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center. Tracy and Michael Askotzky, and Cathy and Phil Zacks are the co-chairs of this exciting event.

There will be entertainment, activities and great food for all. Visitors will be able to view the great strides Israel has made in culture and technology. Kids activities will include a bounce house and a rockclimbing wall. The first 500 guests will receive a free Kona Ice. Make sure you circle the date. Come and help the entire community celebrate this special occasion. Please register for this free event at www.jewishnaples.org so that we know how many to expect.

The members of the Israel Advocacy Committee wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year.

L’Shana Tovah.

The Israel Advocacy Committee is an affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. For more information about the mission of the organization, please contact Harvey Cohen, chairman, at hwcohen@gmail.com.

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jewish book festival...continued from page 6 There was some concern about pricing for Another thing on the website is the this year. I am very pleased to say that we registration for the Preview Event! Zoom in on Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. (E.T.) to learn will be maintaining the same prices as last year — no price increase! Instead, we hope all about the authors/books/events. more people will decide to support the Remember, as always, the Zoom link will book festival and the number of patrons be emailed two hours prior to the start of each event to those who had registered. from last year will double! Thank you in advance for your support!

We owe thanks to Larry Israelite, who diligently works on the registration site, Please choose to be a Platinum patron at $500, a Silver patron at $225 or a making it easy for us to register for events.

Bronze patron at $118. Also, if you have Reneè is the one who does the website. a business or know some businesses that Check it out. Let us know what you think.

How many of you will visit the webwould like to sponsor an event, please contact Reneè Bialek with that informasite? I wonder… tion so she can provide details. It’s all on I must share a poem by Julia Donaldson about books! the naplesjewish.org website!

I OPENED A BOOK “I opened a book and in I strode.

Now, nobody can find me.

I’ve left my chair, my house, my road.

My town and my world behind me.

I’m wearing the cloak, I’ve slipped on the ring, I’ve swallowed the magic potion.

I’ve fought the dragon, dined with a king And dived in a bottomless ocean.

I opened a book and made some friends.

I shared their tears and laughter And followed their road with its bumps and bends To happily ever after.

I finished my book and out I came.

The cloak can no longer hide me.

My chair and my house are just the same, But I have a book inside me.

~ Julia Donaldson

Kristallnacht Service

By Ginny Segaloff, Kristallnacht Committee Chair

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he Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County invites the community to its annual Kristallnacht Commemorative Service scheduled to take place on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, 2:30 p.m. at Temple Shalom (4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples). This free event is open to the public. We encourage everyone to register at www.jewishnaples.org so we know how many to expect.

The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County is affiliated with Jewish Federation of Greater Naples and the Collier County parishes of the Diocese of Venice, Florida.

The committee’s purpose is to engage Catholics and Jews in studying our history, advancing the causes of mutual understanding and appreciation of our shared foundation, and respecting our differences.

“Kristallnacht,” the “Night of Broken Glass,” recounts the attacks on Jewish communities throughout Germany on Nov. 9-10, 1938. Kristallnacht is recognized by most historians as “the Night the Holocaust began.” This upcoming event will memorialize the 6 million Jews, and millions of others, whose lives were exterminated as part of “The Final Solution.” We remember and honor all those who perished, the survivors and all their families.

Over 80 years later, the Holocaust still challenges mankind’s ability to comprehend man’s inhumanity to man.

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming, the Director of International Academic Programs for the United

States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Dr. Brown-Fleming’s programs ensure that the field of Holocaust studies remains vital and vibrant around the world.

Her work has been featured in the Catholic News Service, Catholic News Agency and The Catholic Virginian. She has appeared on CNN, EWTN Global Catholic Television Network and in several documentaries, including “Holy Silence” (2020). Dr. Brown-Fleming is a 202122 Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Contemporary History’s Center for Holocaust Studies in Munich and Berlin.

Her current research project, “Il Papa Tedesco (The German Pope): Eugenio Pacelli and Germany, 1917-1958,” is a study of Pope Pius XII’s relationship to Germany and its bishops, leaders and people during the Weimar era, the Third Reich and the Holocaust.

Another current project, “Opa War Ein Nazi (Grandpa Was a Nazi): Eduard Geist and the Crimes of the Third Reich,” is Dr. Brown-Fleming’s first attempt to research and write as both a decadeslong scholar of the Holocaust and the granddaughter of a devout and locally prominent Nazi.

Because of Dr. Suzanne BrownFleming’s extensive work and research into the role of the Catholic church during this period of time, her topic will be “November 1938: Perspectives from the Vatican Archives.”

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September 2022

“Where would we be without Israel?”

By Monica Goodwin, Israel Advocacy Committee member

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hese words, “Where would we be without Israel?” were uttered to me by Eta Gluzband, showing how important Israel is to so many who had nowhere else to go.

From Volodymyr Volinsk (Ludmir), in hiding, to Kibbutz Dror Revivim to Lodz to Leipheim to Marseilles to Palestine on the “Exodus,” turned back to Hamburg to Palestine to Boston and now Marco Island.

In recent years, the history of the Jews of Ludmir has become the topic of reports. German and Ukrainian helpers murdered Ludmir’s Jews in three stages, 22,000 Jews in all. Three-quarters of the victims were women and children.

There was also the horror and mass shooting at nearby Piatydni, where 25,000 Jews were shot and put in a mass grave they had been forced to dig. Some were buried alive — a tribute monument has been erected in Israel.

On its retreat, the German army left no ghetto or labor camp behind and no Jews alive, so it was an honor and privilege to meet and interview Gluzband. And what a life! Born in Voldymyr Volinsky, Poland on Dec. 7, 1933, Gluzband was one of the few in that town to survive.

Ludmir was one of the oldest towns in Ukraine, with the Jewish community dating back to 1171. The area was known throughout the Jewish world for its rabbis and brilliant scholars. Its history is very interesting and Ukrainian and Polish attacks on the Jews were well known.

Gluzband’s father, Jacov Waisman, was a butcher. Her mother, Miriam Pilch, was a homemaker and, according to Gluzband, a wonderful cook. Her maternal grandparents, Malka and Haim Pilch, owned a carpentry shop. She had a sister, Have, who was four years older.

All the aunts and uncles lived around them, and life was good until…

The town was occupied by the Soviets on Sept. 19, 1939, and by the Germans on June 23, 1941. It was then that her father said, “Time to go to Palestine.”

However, the Germans started systematic roundups and shootings of the Jews.

When it started, the family hid in the attic. Gluzband’s father was shot when he stole down to get water for them. The Germans established two ghettos and, later, a third. The Living Ghetto was for Jews who had professions and could be useful to the Germans. The others were for those to be murdered. Her grandparents were amongst those shot. Gluzband’s aunt gave her mother a certificate indicating she was a seamstress, which allowed them to survive.

One cannot imagine the horrors a 5-year-old witnessed. Gluzband would ask if she could sleep in her dress as it made her feel more secure. In December 1943, when there was a largescale shooting, they were told to hide.

Many people hid in bunkers but, by the morning, many had run away. Her uncle went to a Ukrainian family and was

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Monica Goodwin and Eta Gluzband hidden under their house. When Gluzband went with her mother and sister, they were told there was only room for one more. Her mother chose her, and she was hidden in a barn for two weeks.

However, she missed her mother terribly and ran back to the bunker. When the situation worsened, all three made their way back to the house in the middle of the night and the farmer’s wife allowed them to stay.

They hid under the house for seven months, until July 1944, when the Russians came and liberated them. When they emerged, the Russians exclaimed, “We did not know skeletons could walk.”

Gluzband considered herself free.

Until that time, she had no schooling.

She was 10 when she entered 1st grade in a Russian school. Her mother worked in a bakery, making rolls and selling them in the market until they moved to Lodz. It was there that she attended Kibbutz Dror Revivim. To help the Zionist movement, JDC financed a framework of Kibbutzim.

One of the largest Kibbutz movements was in Poland and it prepared people for the pioneering life in Israel (to them, it was not Palestine).

It was touching to hear Gluzband state, “The Kibbutz was very good. It taught me to be a human being.”

They were then sent to Dror Revivim, a DP camp on the site of an airfield in the American-occupied zone, one of the 185,000 DP camps in Germany.

It had a religious school and Jewish life was reborn.

In July 1947, they were trucked to Marseille, where they were to board the President Garfield, “The Chesapeake steamship that helped create Israel.” Destined for the junkyard, it was purchased by the Hagana to bring displaced Europeans to Palestine. Gluzband talks about the bunk beds and the oppressive heat in the hull where they were put. They were among 4,544 Jews on the ship, which set sail on July 11. Its new name, Exodus 1947, was unveiled at the time.

On July 18, the British attempted to board the vessel, boring holes in the sides and throwing in smoke bombs. Gluzband was overcome by the fumes. The boat was rammed repeatedly and eventually tugged to Haifa, where all the people on board were taken off the boat and sent back to Germany. Gluzband’s sister had gone ahead and was in an English prisoner of war camp in Cyprus.

The symbolism — Holocaust survivors, who were beaten, killed and denied sanctuary, helped spur support for the Jewish state.

Put on a Greek luxury vessel and smuggled back to Israel, Gluzband and her mother had to hide because Palestine was still under a British mandate. Later, they lived in tents in Carmel until they were given a one bedroom apartment in Haifa.

Gluzband worked in the fields and was never so happy. She met her husband, Eliahu, a welder, when she was 14 and they married on May 24, 1951. They had two children, Yehezkiel (1959) and Rivka (1963).

“The happiest days of my life were in Israel,” said Gluzband.

Her husband wanted to emigrate to the States. He moved to Boston in 1967 and the family followed in 1968. Her mother and sister remained in Israel.

Gluzband went to beauty school in Boston and opened a salon. She now resides with her daughter and son-inlaw, Rivka Gluzband Mascoop and Elliott Mascoop.

It was in talking of Israel that Gluzband’s face lit up.

“I loved Israel. I loved everything about it – what’s not to love?” she said.

And when asked what she learned in life, she replied, “the lesson would be: thank God, thank God, we have a Jewish country.”

Eta Gluzband’s story drives home the importance of a homeland for Jews.

To that end, I hope our readers will circle the date of Nov. 16, when we have Lyn Julius talking about another aspect of Israel about which so little is known.

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Paving memories Donors who have purchased brick pavers for the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center

By Marcy Friedland, Financial Resource Development Director

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o the following donors who have purchased one or more brick pavers to grace the plaza area to the left of the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center entrance — Todah Rabah.

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Would you like to add your name to the list in an upcoming issue of Federation Star? Contact me at mfriedland @jewishnaples.org or 239-263-4205.

BRICK PAVER ORDER FORM Donor Information Name _____________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________ City _____________________________ State ________ Zip Code _____________ Email ____________________________________________________________ Phone ____________________________________________________________ Donation Amount (S) ________________________________________________ Indicate how you want your engraved brick to read, using the grid below for the size brick you are purchasing. Each square is the space for one letter or number.

12” x 12” Engraved Brick – room for 8 lines of text with 20 characters per line ($1,800)

8” x 8” Engraved Brick - room for 6 lines of text with 20 characters per line ($720)

4” x 8” Engraved Brick - room for 3 lines of text with 20 characters per line ($360)

Make your check payable to JFGN and send it, with this completed form, to: JFGN, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Ste. 2201, Naples, FL 34109.

Brick Paver donors as of July 31, 2022: Hedy & Jack Abel Gail Abelman In Memory of Hope Abels (z”l) Sheryl & Mel Affrime Sheila & Howard Agranat Thais & Roberto Alcalay Karen & Stuart Altfest Marlene & Nate Apkon Tracy & Michael Askotzky Jay & Debra Barnett Lea & Michael Bendes Ira Berlin Carole Berkowitz Harriet & Louis Berneman Penni & Mark Blaskey Patti & Pete Bloom Ronnie Blumenthal Rosalee & Jerry Bogo Betsy Borden In Memory of Steve Brazina (z”l)* Peggy & Kenny Brown Sandy & Alan Burton Donna & Alfred Cavaliere Coalition for Quality Public Education Tracey & David Cohen Celia Deifik & Mark Cohn Janet & Saul Cooperman Paula & Ron Creed Crowther Roofing & Sheet Metal of Florida, Inc. Deborah & James Dallet Barbara Shagan Dave Shellie Specter & Robert Davidson Deangelis Diamond Susan & Phil Dean Sandy Diamond Gayle & Marty Dorio Linda & Larry DuKatz Shelley & Steve Einhorn Pamela & Bruce Epstein Alicia & Michael Feldman Ruth Simon & David Feldman Leslie & Ed Feldman In Memory of David Fisher (z”l)* Jerry Flagel Nancy Flatau Jennifer & Marc Fleischer Jane & Lester Friedberg Carol & Clifford Friedman Nancy Garfien Nancy & Darryl Garfinkel Phyllis & Philip Garon Deb & Burt Geller Nancy & Stuart Gitis Barbara & Gene Goldenziel Melvin Goldfine Janice Goldman Joel Goldman Sandra & Alan Goldman Susan Miller & Hily Goldman Diane & Bob Goldstein Marsha & Michael Goldstein Monica & Allan Goodwin Helene & Alan Gordon Carole Greene Sherry & Howard Greenfield Lenore Greenstein Ellen & Robert Gurnitz Orna Hanison Bobbi & Randy Heiligman Roz & Morris Herstein Carol & Burton Hirsch Susan & Michael Horowitz Linda & Larry Hyde Christina & Norman Isaacs In Memory of Richard Janger (z”l)* Liz & Alan Jaffe James Jarvis Elaine & Fred Kamin Merrylee & Joseph Kandel Arline Kaplan Judith & Wayne Kargher In Honor of Lisa & Dale Katz* Bobbie Kauffman In Memory of Mary Kauffman (z”l)* Gail& Vitaliy Kedrus

In Honor of Deborah Kohler* Phyllis & Abe Koss Pam & Warren Krangel Elaine & Richard Landau Sara & Michael Landy Michael Latsky Elayna & Jonathan Latsky Suyen Zhaz & Brandon Leitner Helaine & Marvin Lender Helene & Elliot Lerner Linda Lerner Anna & Yale Levin Arlene Levin Hilda & Martin Levine Harriet & Merlin Lickhalter Stephanie Adler Calliott & Don London Dorothy Magen Ida & Jeff Margolis MCA* Carol & Stuart Mest Gisela & Richard Miller Marvin Mirsky Modern Playwrights Marsha & Joel Moranz Laurie & Barry Nagler Helene Naimon Gail & Les Nizin Harvey Oriel Barbara Jean Paganelli Judi Palay Karen & Jerry Pam Hedy & Ron Pearlman Susan & Joel Pittelman Susan & Jimmy Pittleman Iris & Steven Podolsky Beth-Ellen & Irv Povlow Judit & Richard Price Sandy Randall Estelle Rauch June Streisand & John Reiches Ilene Rich Mae Riefberg Dale & Steven Riemer Susan & Nathaniel Ritter Jennifer & Kenny Roller Judy & Sam Roth Luba & Alberto Rotsztain Betty & Jim Rubenstein Jess & Chris Rush Adrienne & Miles Russ Jacqueline Sallade Rose Saperstein Katie & Michael Sarnoff Eleanor & Neil Scheffler Linda & Shepard Scheinberg Jane Schiff Shelley & Mark Schloss Caroline & Bill Schulhof Jane & Paul Shaw Merle & Larry Shuman Gay & David Silberg Cathy & Scott Silver Linda Singer Sisterhood of Temple Shalom Stacy Sokol Merrill & Andrew Solan Leslie & Mel Springman Sandi Stern Denise & Stephen Sultan Shira & Bryan Swartz Fahn & Denny Tishkoff Michelle Levine Troupp WCA Single Girlfriends* Linda & Jerry Wainick In Memory of Stephen G. (z”l)* Weiss Suellen & James Weiner Goldie & Kenneth Wetcher Karen Wilner Lauri & Steven Wishner Beth & Brian Wolff Deb & Frank Wyman Susan & Russ Yale Suzann & Steve Yussen Judy & Jeff Zwicker * Group gift

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By Marcy Friedland, Financial Resource Development Director

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e have raised $13.2 million through our Capital Campaign and construction of the building is humming along.

All of the walls, windows, doors and elevators have been installed, and the painting is completed. Next, will be the installation of carpet, wallpaper and ceiling tiles. We are excited and can’t wait to share our beautiful new Nina Iser Cultural Center with all of you!

Naming opportunities remain, starting at $5,000, and engraved pavers are also available at commitments of $360, $720 and $1,800. The pavers are a wonderful way to memorialize or honor loved ones, friends and business associates and will be placed in the plaza area of our new building.

For more information or to contribute to the Capital Campaign, contact Marcy at 239-263-4205 or mfriedland@ jewishnaples.org.

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Tashlich can be fun for everyone!

Meet the Browner/ Lamb family

By Alicia Feldman, PJ Library Coordinator

PJ Library Family Spotlight

ashlich, which literally translates to “casting off,” is a ceremony performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. During this ceremony, Jews symbolically cast off the sins of the previous year by tossing breadcrumbs or other ecofriendly items into flowing water. During this ritual, people think of things they’ve done wrong in the past year and then “throw them away,” promising for improvement in the coming year.

Kids can easily grasp the idea of wanting to do better and saying “sorry,” so including them in a simple, age-appropriate tashlich ceremony is a great way to build understanding about the ritual while creating a fun family tradition.

Here in Southwest Florida, we are lucky enough to have an abundance of flowing water as a venue for “casting off.” Even if your children are too young to remember mistakes, do the writing for them and let them focus on the fun “washing away” part of the activity.

If you are looking for some creative options, below are some kid-friendly suggestions.

• Use bath crayons to write or draw things you are sorry about in the tub and then wash them away.

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We have three children, Alysia Q: What do you like about PJ J nuary February 30 13 water balloons or Lamb (19), Logan (16) and Juliana (8).

Library books? use the hose to Q: How long have you been in Naples?

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A: Maria moved here when she was versations about our family values. As You’ll be left with very young, about 40 years ago, from the we are a blended family, these books help beautiful, temDominican Republic. Marc met Maria 8 us get inspired to learn more about the Alicia Feldman porary rainbow years ago and moved to Naples from the Jewish religion and how these values streaks on your driveway or sidewalk. east coast of Florida for love.

All three of apply to the world around us.

20 April 10 March • Create paper airplanes and write the kids are Naples natives.

Q: Are you involved in down those things you want to ‘send Q: What’s it like on the the Jewish community in away’ from yourself. Try as hard as you day PJ Library books arrive?

Naples? If so, how? can to fly the plane as far away as you A: It’s fun and exciting A: Yes, Juliana went to can. For a twist, write a good intention to receive a monthly packpreschool at Temple Shaon the other side. age in the mail. Juliana is lom, and we are members y course, PJ Library 26 15 has June MaOf some always excited to see what there. We also support Jewwonderful sh picture books that offer the title of the new book is. ish Federation of Greater m yi ru ala YomtoYeunderstand easy explanations of Q: How do you feel Naples. We love to attend tashlich. I’ve taken the liberty to list some about Juliana’s upcoming family holiday activities Written by Lisa Rose; age-appropriate suggestions in the graduation from PJ Library and PJ Library events.

Illustrated by Angeles Ruiz box below. to PJ Our Way? Q: What is the bedtime All events will be at: “Can U Dig Playground Lastly, I’dIt”like to wish all of you a A: It’s bittersweet. PJ Library has been routine at your house? at North Collier Regional Park hearty Shanah tovah um’tukah, have a part of our family for so long. Happily, A: Juliana reads before bedtime for 3pm - 4pm a good and sweet year.

May 5783 Juliana is ready for the next step, and we 20 minutes every night. On school days, To register visit: be facebook.com/PJLibraryNaplesFL a healthy and prosperous year for areNAPLES so glad that there is a resource like PJ bedtime is 8:30 p.m. Her favorite PJ OF GREATER us all!

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Q: What do you think about the quality If you or someone you know is of PJ Library books? interested in becoming a PJ Library A: “Maria is a teacher, and she really Spotlight Family, please let us know!

PJ LIBRARY BOOKS ABOUT TASHLICH scrutinizes what the kids read,” says Marc.

Email Alicia Feldman at programs@ “Happy New Year, Beni” by Jane Zalben “The books have an excellent quality,” says jewishnaples.org.

(Recommended for children 3 to 5 years old) Maria. “When Juliana was younger, I was Follow us on Facebook so pleased to see that they are well made, @PJLibraryNaplesFL. “New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story”

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JEWISH RUSSIAN CULTURAL ALLIANCE

JRCAGroup@gmail.com / 856-912-0894

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KRISTALLNACHT The Cat holic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County invi tes the community to this co mmemorative service.

FR EE EVE NT FO R TH E EN TI RE CO MMU NI TY Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2:30 pm Joi n us at Temple Shalom 4630 Pine Ridge Rd Naples, FL 34119 Pl eas e r egi ster at: ww w.j ewi shna pl es.org so we know how many people will attend.

Guest speaker: Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming Director, International Academic Programs Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

“N ove mb er 1938: Perspectives fr om the Vatican Archives”

Sponsored by: Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County Jewish Community Relations Council Jewish Federation of Greater Naples

Wishing you a peaceful Rosh Hashanah From the Jewish Russian Cultural Alliance

By Marina Berkovich

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ewish Russian Cultural Alliance May 9/Victory in Europe Day. We meet (JRCA) is an affinity group under either at JFGN or a member’s business the auspices of Jewish Federation of location. Join the email list by emailing Greater Naples (JFGN). Its mission is JRCAGroup@gmail.com. to enhance the social and cultural lives At our events, we hold roundtable of our emerging/expanding community discussions while enjoying a community by providing the “home base” to the meal of Jewish-Russian flavors. In the Jews from the former Soviet Union and USSR, while we were deprived of our countries that evolved after its collapse, religion and persecuted for being Jews, who are now moving to Southwest somehow, Jewish cuisine survived, even Florida and are seeking new connections. in deficit and depravation years.

Non-Jewish relatives Our Rosh Hashana and friends are, of celebration will be on course, welcome.

If you speak Russian, Sunday, Oct. 2, from When I first came to 3-6 p.m. at a locawant to meet a the U.S., I had a very tion to be announced. difficult time explainWe will celebrate life, “Russian” or are just ing to the kind-hearted survival and welcome generally curious, Jewish-Americans that 5783 with toasts of I was an ex-Soviet, from l’chaim and mazel we welcome you. the Soviet Union, not tovs. Couvert charge from Russia. I insisted is $10 per person for then, and continue to insist, on rememwine and refreshments and each fambering USSR. That, I explain in other ily brings a dish to the table. To regforums. Here, I will strip the meaning ister for JRCA Rosh Hashana, please of the word “Russian” as it transcended call Mark at 856-912-0894 or email the geographic borders of the Soviet JRCAGroup@gmail.com.

Jewish migration of the 1970s-1990s And lastly, a bittersweet word and the post-Perestroika exodus of of parting. all others from the 15 former Soviet It is now seven years since our group Socialist Republics. started, and I am very proud of the For 40-plus years, we had been called achievements we have made. Many Jewish Russians by Americans and the BritRussians who moved to Southwest Florida ish, Canadians, Australians, Israelis — met others at JRCA events and lots of new wherever our feet landed — whether friendships have been formed. I think it we actually hailed from Russia or, most is imperative that we continue building often, from any of the other 14 SSRs — the community we all created together.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Thank you.

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Latvia, Our next leadership will be Mark Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, TurkKatsnelson, Irene Kharlamov, Darina menistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. (NB: I’m Lumar, Olga Novikova and Zina Lovitch. yet to personally meet an ex-Soviet Jew Please welcome them to this challenging from Kirgizstan. Anyone?) task and wish them lots of mazel.

This year, for obvious reasons, L’Shana Tova to all our friends! it is not in vogue to be referred to as If you speak Russian, want to meet a Russian. But we are not into renam“Russian” or are just generally curious, we ing ourselves to suit the times. That is welcome you. If you lived in the USSR, you something the old Soviet Union loved are most qualified to become a member. doing. So, we remain Jewish-Russian Help us spread the word. Tell your Jewish Cultural Alliance. neighbors from the former USSR, we are It was in the English language that waiting for them to be “found.” Please add we learned “a rose by any other name…” yourself to our email list to take advantage of We usually have four community everything this group has to offer by emailing events during the year on Sundays — JRCAGroup@gmail.com.

Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Purim and

Diocese of Venice in Florida GenShoah of SWFL Holocaust Museum & Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center Special thank you to

Temple Shalom

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For more information contact: CJDialogue@naples.net

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MEN’S CULTURAL ALLIANCE

MCA celebrates its 10th season!

By Jeff Margolis

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lmost 10 years ago, a group of Federation members, under the guidance of the late Steve Brazina, got together to plan what was to become the Men’s Cultural Alliance. Now, as its 10th season begins, MCA, a vibrant and active organization of almost 700 members (and growing) that has survived the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the untimely passing of its founder, is looking forward to another year of great programs and, more importantly, great friendships.

Today, MCA president Michael Sobol leads the organization into its second decade with ambitious plans to grow the organization and provide diverse programming to appeal to its members. This includes expanding its volunteer opportunities as well as developing programs for younger members and single members.

Below is just a sampling of upcoming MCA programs as we welcome a new season and MCA’s 10th exciting year. For information about, and to register for, these or any other MCA programs, go to the MCA website (www.mcanaples.org) and click on the “Programs” link.

Save the date – Fall Golf Outing

On Saturday, Oct. 1, MCA will hold its

will take place at Audubon Country Club. Fellow MCA member, Mel Zahn, is the featured speaker and will present, “Why Me,” the story of his kidnapping.

“Israel Between the Wars: Six Month Update”

On Thursday, Nov. 17, MCA member Steve Shreier will provide his semiannual assessment of all things Israel in a program titled, “Israel Between the Wars: Six Month Update” at Beth Tikvah. annual Fall Golf Outing at the Pelican Sound Golf Club. This event is open to all golfers, regardless of skill.

Brazina Documentary Film Series

On Tuesday, Nov. 1, the Brazina Documentary Film Series begins its new season with a screening of the film, “Levys of Monticello,” that tells the little-known story of the Levy family, which owned and carefully preserved Monticello for nearly a century – far longer than Jefferson or his descendants. The film will be shown at Temple Shalom.

Season kickoff luncheon

On Thursday, Nov. 10, the MCA Monthly Luncheon: 2022 - 2023 Season Kickoff

Comedy, Dinner & Chanukah Candle Lighting

And it’s never too soon to pencil in the annual Comedy, Dinner & Chanukah Candle Lighting at Off the Hook Comedy Club on Dec. 20!

Many MCA activities have continued throughout the summer. Here is a sampling of what’s going on this month.

The MCA Book Discussion Group will get together on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss “The Flag, the Cross and the Station Wagon,” by Bill McKibbon.

The book is about “A graying American looking back at his suburban boyhood and wondering what the hell happened.”

On Monday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m., the Israel Discussion Group will hold its monthly meeting.

During the September MCA Travelogue Series, MCA’s globetrotting storyteller, Jim Sernovitz, stays close to home this month with a look at “New York, New York.” Even if you have been there before, you will want to Zoom in.

The program will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 2:30 p.m.

Many of the outdoor activities, like kayaking, bocce and walking, are continuing. Other activities, such as the weekly breakfast, dine-around and other social groups are also ongoing.

It’s a great time to join (or rejoin) MCA

Are you new to the Greater Naples area? Are you returning to Southwest Florida from a summer up north? If so, then please join MCA. Annual dues are $90, which includes access to all MCA activities and a membership in Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. You can become a member or renew your membership online. Go to the MCA website (www.mcanaples.org) and click on “Membership.”

MCA wishes all its members and their families a happy and healthy New Year.

L’Shana Tovah.

MCA Has something for everyone!

Here are some examples of what you can expect during the 2022 - 2023 season.

If you like MCA Special Events:

If you like to talk, MCA offers:

If you like sports, MCA offers:

If you like to tour, MCA offers tours of the:

If you like to learn, MCA offers:

If you like to play games, MCA offers:

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Monthly Luncheons Brazina Documentary Film Series Comedy Night and Candle Lighting Sweetheart's Dance Dine Arounds Pickleball Biking Bocce Kayaking Shooting Fishing

MCA Speaker Series Virtual Speaker Series (Zoom) * Israel Update (twice a year) Medical Seminars Financial Health Seminars

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Current Events Discussion Group Book Discussion Group Israel Discussion Group Financial Health Discussion Group Science Discussion Group The Holocaust Museum The Bird Garden of Naples The Guadalupe Center Revs Institute for Automotive Research Collier County Courthouse and Jail Shy Wolf Animal Sanctuary Canasta Bridge Poker Pool Bingo

For additional information, scan this QR code:

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www.wcanaples.org / 518.852.3440

Let the new season begin!

By Patti Boochever, WCA President

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or the first time in more than two years, WCA is beginning its new season with the ability to offer inperson programming! While we certainly provided an impressive array of programming during the pandemic, we are eagerly awaiting the start of our 2022-23 season.

The WCA Board, along with many other dedicated WCA members, has been working diligently to plan a year that will “make up for lost time!”

The most exciting news is that construction of Federation’s new Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center building is zipping along! The center, which will open this season, will provide many more meeting spaces for speakers, programs, events and the multitude of interest groups offered

by WCA. It will also have top-notch audiovisual capabilities, allowing some in-person activities to also be presented virtually and recorded. We can’t wait to start using the new center!

We have not, however, just been idly waiting for construction to be completed.

During this past summer, several groups continued to meet in person, including Bridge, WCA North’s Ladies Who Brunch, Canasta, Ladies Who Lunch and Mah Jongg. And, of course, many Summer Branches up north gathered WCA friends together. Other groups, including WCA’s numerous book clubs, continued

to meet virtually, with plans to offers even more activities! pivot to in-person gatherings There are interest groups for later this fall. films, languages, knitting, couIt’s not too early for you to ples, jazz, singing, writing … begin to review the list of intermore than 40 interest groups est groups under “Groups” in all! on WCA’s website menu bar If you have a particular (wcanaples.org). To ensure you interest or want to start a new are on the group’s mailing list, interest group, let us know! you must email each group One new member has already liaison to sign up for those Patti Boochever offered to start a needlepoint groups that interest you each group. We know we have talseason. These groups send notices of their ented members, and our programming is events by email only to those members always evolving! There really is something who have registered; they do not advertise for everyone! in the Thursday newsletter. Some groups Each season, members look forward limit the number of participants, due to to one of WCA’s seminal programs – the venue size or to enable each member to Thursday morning Speaker Series. Chair have a quality experience, so do not wait Susan Koeppel continues to schedule outtoo long to email to the liaisons. standing speakers. We can look forward to Whether you are interested in food or several authors, an art historian, an Israeli in reading books, short stories or plays, artist and a variety of topics, including the there is a group for you! Like to play American Department Store, the Childbridge? Mah Jongg? Scrabble? Canasta? hoods of Successful Women, WGCU Step right up and sign up! If you prefer Public Media, a Holocaust Hero, and more physical activities, there will be golf, much more! chair yoga, bird watching and bowling.

We are planning to resume another Last season, we added new groups for popular feature of WCA – bus day trips! biking, walking and pickleball! And we Our new computer membership system started a literary journal, called WCA enabled us to conduct a survey, and WORDS; Couples Social Bridge; and 87% of those responding wanted to a Younger Division, which, in addiresume these adventures! The Greater tion to WCA North and WCA South, Naples area has so much to offer, we are

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also hoping to organize local trips within driving distance. Look for announcements in the newsletters this season!

New Member coffees, Koffee Klatch, couples events, art workshops and other special events will also be part of our 2022-23 season.

I am already looking forward to our annual Welcome Back Luncheon, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 9. We have a fabulous speaker and a new venue lined up for what will be our first luncheon since 2019! Additionally, the Chanukah Dance will return in December, and we have dates for our Annual Mah Jongg and Canasta Days as well as for Couples Canasta Night. All the dates can be found on our website. Don’t forget – you must be a member to attend these events!

Some of the greatest gifts of WCA membership are the many opportunities to meet other women. We have recently begun featuring surprising and serendipitous “Friendship Stories” in our weekly newsletter. It’s never too late to join WCA and create your own story! If WCA has helped you connect with someone, please share your story with us!

On behalf of the WCA Board of Directors, I wish you a New Year filled with the blessings of good health, friendship and joyful times together. I can’t wait to see you!

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VISIT WCANAPLES.ORG and click on MEMBERSHIP. Membership is through Aug. 2023.

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HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & JANET G. AND HARVEY D. COHEN EDUCATION CENTER www.HMCEC.org / 239.263.9200

At the Museum Susan Suarez President & CEO CREDIT: DELL RIVER IMAGERY

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hope you and your families had a wonderful summer! Here, at the Museum, we are gearing up for a busy fall as we expand and present a new slate of special programming.

Museum expansion

Construction will get underway shortly as we create a new “North Wing.” The plan is to break into an adjacent suite and install new galleries, displays and other features. Naming opportunities are available – please contact me if you would like more information at Susan@hmcec. org or call 239-263-9200.

Movies That Matter series returns

The Human Rights Film Coalition of SWFL will present its annual series of outstanding documentaries for community viewing and discussion. This year, the series will be renamed “Movies That Matter SWFL-The Steve Brazina Memorial Film Series” honoring the late Steve Brazina who passed away earlier this year.

Steve was instrumental in founding the series as well as selecting the films.

Each of the three films presented will include an expert panel discussion and audience Q&A. Please note, the discussion for the Oct. 19 event will take place via Zoom. You will need to watch the film on your own prior to the Zoom discussion (see below for details.) The Nov. 2 and Nov. 9 programs will return to the Paragon Theater – Pavilion location (833 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, FL 34108, 239-596-0008.) These will each begin at 6 p.m. Please arrive at 5:45 p.m. for seating.

Tickets are required for each film (tickets required in advance for the “APART” and “Redlining” films.) Sponsorships are available. Buy your tickets at http://weblink.donorperfect.com/MTM SteveBrazinaFilmSeries.

“The Best of Enemies,” Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, 4-5 p.m.

The film highlights the true story of the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader.

During the racially charged summer of 1971, Atwater and Ellis come together to co-chair a community summit on the desegregation of schools in Durham, N.C. The ensuing debate and battle soon lead to surprising revelations that changed both of their lives forever.

Discussion will take place via Zoom.

Please watch the film on your own on Netflix or other streaming platforms prior to the discussion. Note: When searching for this film, be sure to include “The” in the title – “The Best of Enemies” – as there is different film called “Best of Enemies.” Ticket purchase ($5) is required to receive the Zoom link.

“APART,” Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, 6 p.m.

This PBS documentary shares the stories of three unforgettable formerly incarcerated mothers who were jailed for drugrelated charges. Now labeled as “felons,” the film shows their struggles to overcome alienation and readjust to life with their families. The number of the women imprisoned in the U.S. since the “War on Drugs” began has risen dramatically and, sadly, the majority of these women are mothers. Shown at Paragon TheatersPavilion, Naples. Advance tickets ($10) are required.

“Redlining,” Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, 6 p.m.

“Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton and Springfield” tells the story of families impacted by the practice of “redlining” when they tried to buy a home. The term comes from maps introduced in the 1930s that showed “risk” areas in cities and suburban areas for federally backed mortgages and homeownership programs. “Risk” was determined almost entirely by race. Neighborhoods where no loans would be made were outlined in red, or literally “redlined.” Shown at Paragon Theaters-Pavilion, Naples.

Advance tickets ($10) are required.

A Conversation with Filmmaker Ken Burns

Ken Burns’ new documentary, “The U.S. and The Holocaust,” will premiere this month on WGCU Public Media, our local PBS station, on three consecutive nights — Sunday through Tuesday, Sept.

18, 19 and 20 from 8 to 10 p.m. The film examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany within the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the U.S. and race laws in the American South. It offers new insights into what leaders in the U.S. knew and what they chose to do with this knowledge. Viewers will see how individual actions impact many other lives, from the bravery of upstanders to the dangers posed by indifferent citizens.

On Oct. 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Museum and WGCU will host a special program at the Hilton Naples. Ken Burns and coproducer Lynn Novick will join us virtually to discuss the creation of the film. Tickets are $50, with the

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proceeds benefiting the Museum and WGCU. Ticket price includes light hors d’oeuvres. A cash bar will be available.

Seating is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance on the Museum’s

website, www.HMCEC.org. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

We look forward to seeing you this fall at the Museum and our events!

Steve Brazina Memorial Film Series “Movies That Matter” is now named in memory of Steve Brazina, co-founder of this annual film series. Sponsorships are available: Benefactor $1,000; Sustainer $500; Supporter $250; Patron $75.

Visit HMCEC.org for tickets and details.

“The Best of Enemies” - Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 4:00pm EST (Panel Discussion on Zoom—$5 per ticket; pre-watch the movie on Amazon and other streaming platforms.) Film is based on the true story of Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader, as they co-chair a 1971 community summit on school desegregation in Durham, NC.

“APART” - Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 6:00pm EST (at Paragon

Theaters—$10 per ticket.) “APART” was filmed over three and a half years, and traces the steps of women, many of whom are mothers, as they begin to reconstruct lives derailed by drugs and prison. Panel Discussion/Q&A follows.

“Redlining” - Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6:00pm EST

(at Paragon Theaters—$10 per ticket.) “Redlining” explores the lasting national and local impact of this federal policy on US cities and suburbs. Panel Discussion/Q&A follows.

Sponsors as of 8/1/22: Sustainer: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP; Supporter: FineMark National Bank & Trust; Habitat for Humanity of Collier County.

Presented by: GenShoah SWFL, Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center, Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, Jewish Community Relations Council, Naples United Church of Christ, Temple Shalom.

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TEMPLE SHALOM

Tributes

www.naplestemple.org / 239.455.3030

Temple Shalom events open to the community

To:

Patti & Steve Boochever Mazel Tov on the birth of your grandson, Oliver

To:

Merrill Paletsky Wishing you a speedy recovery

From: Judy & Arnie Gross From: Denise & Stephen Sultan

By Jeanette Fischer, Temple Shalom Director of Communications

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he following Temple Shalom events are open to everyone.

High Holy Days at Temple Shalom

Tickets are required for High Holy Days services. For the full schedule, please visit our website, www.naplestemple.org. To inquire about purchasing tickets to High Holy Days services, please call the Temple Shalom office at 239-455-3030.

Shabbat on the beach

Friday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m.

Join us at Lowdermilk Park for the very popular Beach Shabbat Friday evening service. We meet on the beach at the north end of the park. Bring a beach chair. There will be no service at Temple Shalom that day.

Temple Shalom Open House

Friday, Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Come see what we’re all about! Take a tour of our synagogue and meet with clergy, leadership and committee chairs. Stay

for our famous Soulful Shabbat evening service and delicious oneg.

To:

Soulful Shabbat

Friday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

This unique service, conducted entirely in song and accompanied by a professional band, is one of a kind.

Music & Liturgy Class

Wednesdays, Sept. 7 & 14 at 1:30 p.m.

Join Cantor Donna Azu and Temple Shalom Music Director Dr. Jim Cochran to explore the poetry and music of two of our most important High Holy Days prayers – “Avinu Malkeinu” and “Shema Koleinu.” RSVP to Cantor Donna Azu at dazu@naplestemple.org.

To:

Rabbi James and Jane Perman In memory of Cathy Neuman

From: Paula & Ronald Filler Jane Schiff

From: Rosalee & Jerry Bogo

To:

Linda Goldfield In memory of Joe Portner

From: Lisa & Harold Lauber Jacque & Ellen Urso

To:

Torah Talk

Join this lay-led discussion of the week’s Torah portion via Zoom every Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. Please contact the Temple Shalom office at info@ naplestemple.org for the Zoom link.

Bob Cahners In honor of your special birthday

Sonya & Lev Gordon Mazel Tov on your B’nai Mitzvah celebration

From: Lesley & Chaim Jarbe

To:

Elaine & Fred Kamin In Appreciation for your Friendship and Warm Hospitality

From: Rosalee & Jerry Bogo

To:

Gene & Bobbie Katz In memory of Rhoda Bernstein

From: Karen & Stan Deutsch, Phyllis Seaman

In memory of H. Bradley Katz From: Elyse Morande

To:

Bobbie Lublin & Family In memory of Dr. Bernie Lublin

From: Rosalee & Jerry Bogo Judy & Richard Rubinstein Jane Schiff Phyllis Seaman

To:

Jane Schiff In memory of Suzanne Gallant

From: Felicia & Ken Anchor Sheila & Alvin Becker Rosalee & Jerry Bogo Sue & Phil Dean Karen & Stan Deutsch Gayle & Marty Dorio Jackie Faffer & Lenny Silverstein Paula & Ronald Filler Pearl Fishman-Thall Helene & Elliot Lerner Ida & Jeff Margolis Paulette & Ed Margulies Robin & Andy Mintz Susan & Joel Pittelman Susan & Nat Ritter Joan & Marc Saperstein Anne Schuchman Phyllis Seaman Arlene & Michael Sobol Janet & Howard Solot Phyllis & Steve Strome Susan & Jay Weiss Kirk Wisemayer

To:

Susan Weiss & Family In memory of Sylvia Datz

From: Rosalee & Jerry Bogo Jane Schiff Phyllis Seaman

To:

Jan Whitman & Todd Whitman In memory of Shelly Whitman

From: Jane Schiff

To:

Leda Zbar In memory of Jack Zbar

From: Rosalee & Jerry Bogo

Tributes require a minimum donation of $18.

To place a Tribute in the Federation Star in honor or memory of someone, please contact Janine Hudak at the Federation office at 239-263-4205 or jhudak@jewishnaples.org. Tributes require a minimum donation of $18.

A note card acknowledging your gift will be sent to the person or loved one you designate. Tributes help further the work of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.

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hope everyone is managing well during this very hot summer.

Naples Senior Center has added a new program — Mental Health Counseling. Actually, it’s not exactly a new program. When I first arrived, it was one of two programs offered by our predecessor agency, the second one being the food pantry. Over the years, the call for mental health services diminished and we ended the program. In recent months, we received requests from seniors in our community for counseling. Just as there was a gap for senior center services, there is a gap in available, affordable mental health counseling for seniors.

This service is offered to anyone over age 60 who might be struggling with depression, anxiety or concerns about “life cycle issues,” such as grief and loss, family challenges of an emotional nature and the onset of illness in oneself or a loved one. Counseling is provided by licensed clinical social workers who have

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an expertise in working with older adults and their concerns. Right now, all services are offered on a sliding scale, based on ability to pay and we are in the process of becoming Medicare providers.

If you are interested in making an appointment or you have questions, please call Geri Poletti, here at NSC, at 239-325-4444.

The team involved with building the new Naples Senior Center continues to make great strides, with a completion date scheduled for November. Visit our website, naplesseniorcenter.org, to see our progress. If you have any questions about the project, please give me a call at 239-325-4444 or email me at jfaffer@ naplesseniorcenter.org.

Plans are solidifying for our 11th annual Evening for Better Tomorrows.

This year’s theme is “An Enchanted Evening—Celebrating our Future” Circle Jan. 14, 2023 on your calendars. We will be dining and dancing at Royal Poinciana Golf Club. Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Director of Development Operations Chloe Goldstein at 239-325-4444 or cgoldstein@ naplesseniorcenter.org.

All of us at Naples Senior Center wish all of you a happy, healthy and safe New Year.

ewish Congregation of Marco Island (JCMI) had a very successful Fourth of July picnic/fundraiser.

A group of congregants sponsor the event, allowing all proceeds to go to charity. This year, JCMI was able to present Naples Senior Center (NSC) with 57 Publix gift cards in the amount of $25 each. Naples Senior Center President/

CEO Dr. Jaclynn Faffer was overjoyed, stating the need is greater than ever.

In addition, JCMI collects and delivers food to NSC on an ongoing basis.

We’re grateful to our congregants for their continued efforts and support that allow JCMI opportunities to provide for the needy in the greater community.

Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, event Chair Mary Pinto, Dr. Edward and Karen Saeks

“AN ENCHANTED EVENING—CELEBRATING OUR FUTURE” Jan. 14, 2023 • 5:30 p.m.

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JEWISH COMMUNITY DIRECTORY Our Jewish community continues to grow. To help everyone keep in touch with one another, your Jewish Federation of Greater Naples will be publishing the 2023 Community Directory. Free copies will be made available to all. BUT FIRST...

WE NEED YOUR HELP! We’re gathering information now so we can distribute the new Directory in December 2022.  If your information has NOT changed from what appears in the 2022 edition, you do not have to do anything. We will print the same information in the next edition.  If your information has changed, or if you are not listed in the 2022 edition, complete and return this form by mail or by fax. All requested information is optional.

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If your information has NOT changed, you do not have to do anything. If your information HAS changed or if you are NOT listed in the 2022 edition, complete and return this form.

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Copies of the 2022 Directory are available at the Federation office.

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ditor’s Note: Persons in bold are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish for the purpose of this column.

Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jewish parent and were not raised in, or identify with, a faith other than Judaism. Converts to Judaism, of course, are also identified as Jewish.

Here are the TV/streaming series with a Jewish connection that premiered last month or will premiere this month.

“A League of Their Own” is an Amazon 8-episode series that began streaming (in its entirety) on Aug. 12. It is based on the hit 1992 film of the same name. The series, like the film, is about an all-female (real) pro baseball league that was founded during WWII. The “League” series was co-created by Abby Jacobson, 38, who also co-created and costarred in the hit Comedy Central series “Broad City.”

Jacobson also acts in “League.” She plays Carson Shaw, a top pitcher. The recurring cast includes Molly Ephraim, 36 (“Last Man Standing” on ABC), as Maybelle Fox, a player.

“American Gigolo” premieres on Showtime Sept. 11 and new episodes will be released on subsequent Fridays. It’s based on the hit 1980 film of the same name. In the film, Richard Gere played Julian Kaye, a Hollywood gigolo who fell in love with a client, a wealthy married woman. Kaye is framed for a murder but, at the end of film, the wealthy woman gives the police alibi information that clears him.

The series alters the film’s ending. As the series opens, Kaye (who is played by Jon Bernthal, 45) has just been released from jail after serving 15 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The series follows him as he makes contact with the wealthy woman (played by Gretchen

Mol) and tries to cope with the present.

Meanwhile, a police detective decides to take a fresh look at the murder and uncovers a large conspiracy.

“Reboot,” a comedy, premieres on Hulu on Sept. 20. A Hulu press release lays outs the premise: “Hulu reboots an early 2000s family sitcom, forcing its dysfunctional cast back together.” The “dysfunctional” cast includes Johnny Knoxville, Judy Greer (who has played several Jewish characters but isn’t Jewish), Paul Reiser, 66, and Rachel Bloom, 35.

The “big Jewish TV event” this month will be “U.S. and the Holocaust,” a three-episode PBS documentary that will air over three nights (Sept. 18-20, 8-10 p.m.). Here is the PBS description: “Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ exhibition, and supported by its historical resources,

the film examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States and race laws in the American south. The series, written by Geoffrey Ward, sheds light on what the U.S. government and American people knew and did as the catastrophe unfolded in Europe.”

The documentary was co-directed

by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, 60, and Sarah Botstein, 46. The latter two have long collaborated with Burns, who is the most famous American documentary maker. The Holocaust was more than “just mentioned” in previous Burns films about WWII. He also made “Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War” (2016), about an American Unitarian minister who rescued, with his wife, hundreds of European Jewish refugees. Footnotes: Burns’ continued on page 2A

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Rosh Hashanah brings back sweet memories Recipe by Chef Dalia

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love this time of the year, when the first signs of fall are obvious, and Rosh Hashanah is on its way — the time of year we Jews call the High Holidays.

There are some factors in the atmosphere surrounding it in Israel that I’ve never experienced anywhere else I’ve lived or visited in the world. This year’s occasion had an extra special flavor to it. It is the first time in many years that my father is here with me, which brought back memories of my childhood in Israel.

I have very warm memories of Jaffa, a beautiful port city that sits midway between Tel-Aviv and Bat Yam. At Rosh Hashanah, neighbors gave each other baskets of pomegranates from their yards with wishes for “Shanah Tovah,” or “many years and good years.” The first taste at the start of the holiday — and to break the fast for Yom Kippur 10 days later — was of honey sprinkled with pomegranate seeds, symbolic of wishes for a sweet year of plenty.

When it comes to Rosh Hashanah, families of Sephardic and Mizrahi origin, like mine from Morocco, have a secret to share with the rest of the Jewish world — a unique Rosh Hashanah Seder far beyond apples dipped in honey. On the first night of the holiday, we hold a special ceremony at home, during which, we recite blessings over a variety of foods that symbolize our wishes for the year ahead.

After a short ceremony, my grandmother Dalia (from my father’s side) served a festive dinner in her apartment.

The meal would begin with a blessing over the sweet Moroccan challah, made circular to symbolize a full, “round” year.

Apple preserves, called “Tfah,” were another traditional Rosh Hashanah on my grandmother’s holiday table. The name means “apple spoon sweets” because it was traditionally served on individual spoons with a glass of water to welcome guests.

As with every Moroccan Jewish festival meal, it would open with a spread of cooked salads — carrots, peppers and eggplant dishes cooked in advance and,

Personal Chef Dalia Hemed can be reached at daliahemed@msn.com for the most part, suited to this year’s warm beginning of the New Year.

The meal would continue with fish and lamb, followed by the famous Moroccan pastelito. But the best is yet to come — traditional Moroccan couscous was served with a sweet, dried vegetable Tanzia, Moroccan-inspired Tzimmes, a classic Moroccan dish, re-imagined with sweet and savory flavors.

My family always had honey-dipped “cigars” filled with ground almonds, chebakia and Moroccan baklava for dessert instead of the typical honey cake found in the majority of American Jewish homes.

When I came to the United States from Israel as a new bride in 2001, I brought just a few beloved recipes. Today, I still remember losing one of them — my Grandmother Dalia’s recipe for Tanzia, (or sweet dried fruit tajine with nuts). I was so heartbroken, that I cried and cried.

Losing the recipe felt like I had lost my grandmother.

I quickly wrote to my grandmother in Israel, asking her to send the recipe.

It came on the very thin airmail paper used in those days. I’ve been a resident for 21 years, and I still have that letter sealed in a clear protective cover. Food

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with the Moroccan dried fruit tajine, Tanzia, recipe.

There is nothing more festive in my eyes than this joyful dish. During Rosh Hashanah, every Sephardic family in Israel would serve this on a bed of rice or couscous with a sprinkle of almond and honey to brighten it up. The colors are dark and rich, and the flavor is full of warm spices that awaken your taste buds. The combination of vegetables and dried fruits produces a harmonious, festive flavor. It’s a sweet way to add holiday joy to your meal.

“Shanah Tovah Umetuka”

Tanzia

Instruction 1) Heat oil in a wide, nonstick pan.

Add the onions with 1 Tbsp. brown sugar and caramelize the onions with the sugar on medium heat for about 15 minutes until golden. Add the nuts and cinnamon and mix for a minute.

2) Add the dry fruits, silan and water. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, mix well and bring to a boil.

3) Cover and cook on low for 30 minutes or until almost all the water has evaporated.

4) Serve over Moroccan couscous or rice and garnish with chopped almonds.

Ingredients 2 Tbsp. extra light olive oil 2 large onions, cut into half-moons 1 Tbsp. brown sugar 1/3 cup walnuts 1 tsp. cinnamon ¾ cup golden raisins ¾ cup pitted dried prunes ½ cup dry apricot 1 cup dried figs 3 Tbsp. silan (date syrup) or honey 2 cups water 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. crushed black pepper 1/3 cup chopped almonds to garnish

Enjoy!

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stains, rips and yellowed tape are visible evidence of its use. Written in Hebrew, of course, my grandmother’s recipe used glasses, coffee cups and handfuls as measurements. I worked out more-standard measurements and still make the dried fruit tajine, Tanzia.

My childhood home in Israel always had some ready to serve to anyone who stopped by for a visit, which meant lots of extra Tanzia, also called sweet, dried fruit and nuts, had to be made for such Jewish holidays as Rosh Hashanah.

My grandmother passed her recipes on to her daughters, who now make the dishes. Every year at Rosh Hashanah, my mother buys a pomegranate for each daughter, as well as one for herself, in memory of Safta.

Like the baskets of pomegranates shared by neighbors so many years ago in Jaffa, it’s an expression of love and hope for success. And this year, as always, I will welcome Rosh Hashanah with the taste of honey and a lifetime of sweet memories

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Finally, there is “13,” a “very Jewish” Netflix original film that somehow eluded my radar before last month’s column was written. It premiered on Aug. 12 and perhaps it eluded your radar too. “13” is based on a 2008 Broadway musical of the same name that got so/so reviews.

Eli Golden, a total newcomer, stars as Evan Goldman, the bar mitzvah boy (I assume Golden is Jewish, but I haven’t “verified” him). Goldman is a New York City kid about to hand out his bar mitzvah invitations when his life radically changes. His father leaves his mother for a young flight attendant.

Evan and his mother, Jessica (Debra Messing, 52) flee to a tiny town in Indiana. They live with Jessica’s mother, Ruth (Rhea Perlman, 74). The bar mitzvah is still on, and Evan is tutored by his New York City rabbi (via Zoom). He’s played by the very likable Josh Peck, 35.

There are few Jews in the town, and there are a few hateful remarks, but antisemitism is a quite minor theme in the film. “Teen politics” is the real theme.

Early on, Evan becomes friends with two teens who aren’t popular in school.

Things change when Evan manages to get into the good graces of a very popular jock. This sets in motion a very complex series of events that ultimately force Evan to make hard, ethical choices about who will attend his bar mitzvah.

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INSULATION REMAINS A GREAT CHOICE TO HELP HOMEOWNERS SAVE MONEY

by Joe Jayne, Truly Nolen

Last time, I discussed lawn care and the many steps needed to keep your lawn healthy.

However, before I go into this month’s topic, I wanted to let you know that this will be my final column, as I was promoted to Sales Manager for our Southwest Florida division, and our new Naples branch manager Anna Wallace will be taking over this column beginning next month!

Anna was previously the manager of our Cape Coral service office, and prior to that, she owned and operated a lawn and landscape service in Cape Coral for almost five years. I know she will be able to provide you with the type of pest control information you have become accustomed to in this terrific publication.

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For my final column, because saving money never goes out of style, I wanted to once again highlight how proper insulation can help reduce your overall energy footprint.

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September 2022

“Bedsheet” bride at the Ferramonti Concentration Camp Aging Jewishly – What our traditions teach us about growing old

By Rabbi Barbara Aiello

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he sound of the Although the Jews were shofar reverberates held prisoner in the Ferrathroughout the camp monti Camp, amazingly they as inmates collect breadwere never harmed. With the crumbs and fill a wooden blessing of a compassionate bucket with water in preparaand courageous camp comtion for Tashlich. mandant, the Jews set about A week earlier, camp doing what we’ve always women put the finishing done; in the face of disaster, touches on a wedding gown persecution, deportation and fashioned from a bed sheet loss, we turned tsuris to simwith a veil crafted from moscha, in this case, by making a Rabbi Barbara quito netting. The wedding Jewish community.

Aiello gown had been used before Photographs displayed in — actually, it had been altered 23 the camp museum feature Jewish brides times because it was shared among the wearing the bedsheet gown and bridal 24 Jewish brides who married under veils made from the mosquito netting the chuppah in, of all places, a WWII that camp administrators faithfully concentration camp. distributed to the Jewish inmates.

It happened in Southern Italy at the The rabbis are pictured as well. When Ferramonti Concentration Camp, where they weren’t officiating at wedding certwo rabbis, who were also camp inmates, emonies or naming one of the 21 babies not only officiated at weddings but conborn in the camp, we see them leading ducted High Holy Day services in each Shabbat and festival services, sounding of the three synagogues that had been the shofar, shaking a makeshift lulav and built and were regularly in use within the etrog or reading from a Torah scroll that confines of the camp itself. had been smuggled into the camp.

As we approach New Year 5783, it’s “It is a little-known story that needs to something to think about. After two years be told,” says Simona Ciliberti, adminisor more of Zoom services and maybe even trator of the Ferramonti museum, which more years before that, when our Jewish boasts an extensive collection of artifacts observance was marginal, it’s somewhere and photographs that offer visitors a between mindboggling and affirming to glimpse of camp life — a life that included consider how the traditions of our youth a Hebrew school, a camp newspaper, survived against incredible odds. social organizations, family vegetable

Wishing You a Sweet & Happy New Year “As we dip our apples in honey, we pray for an additional measure of sweetness. May we continue to grow in our commitment to our faith, our people and community. May all Jews experience blessings in the year ahead, and may the world become a better place for all your children.”

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gardens, a drama society, soccer teams and three synagogues — orthodox, reform and Zionist.

So it was, that on Oct. 6, 2019, 75 years after Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services were held openly at the camp, the shofar sounded again — this time in recognition of and gratitude for the Italian soldiers and local villagers who supported and protected the Italian Jews, the Eastern European Jews and Jewish survivors of the ill-fated ship, the Pentcho, who comprised the Ferramonti prisoner population.

"Bedsheet" bride at the Ferramonti “If Jews could worship in Concentration Camp the Ferramonti camp, then we should demonstrate just what they were Caterina, a young mother who brought doing,” said Angela Yael Amato, concert her two children to participate in the reenviolinist and board member of Congregaactment of the original Ferramonti High tion Ner Tamid del Sud, the synagogue Holy Day services. “But the world must located near the camp that serves southknow that, even though Italy’s leadership ern Italy as the first active synagogue in aligned with the devil, the villagers who Calabria in 500 years. lived here would not permit any harm to Along with her son, Alessandro, who come to the Jews.” is an award-winning cellist, Ms. Amato Simona agrees and takes it a step furarranged and performed traditional ther when she says, “When Jews around music that would have been played at the world learn of Ferramonti’s Jews, the services and festivals held regularly at possibly it will renew our sense of pride the camp. The program concluded with in the resilience of our people. Maybe it the duo’s moving performance of the will bring more Jews back home.”

Kol Nidre melody and Avinu Malkeinu, Note: Rabbi Barbara will conduct musical selections that are among the Rosh HaShanah services at the Ferramost familiar of High Holy Day melodies. monti Camp. The service is in person for Serving as Ba’alat Tekiah, I had the local Italian residents and will livestream honor of sounding the shofar, the trafor those around the world. Write Rabbi@ ditional ram’s horn that inaugurates RabbiBarbara.com for details. the Jewish New Year. As long low blasts For 10 years, Rabbi Barbara Aiello filled the meeting hall, many guests were served the Aviva Campus for Senior Life moved to tears. We sensed that each of the (Sarasota, FL) as resident rabbi. Her most shofar’s four distinct tones represented a popular columns are now published in her celebration of life, love, courage and the new book, “Aging Jewishly,” available on religious freedom afforded nearly 4,000 Amazon books. Rabbi Barbara now lives inmate Jews 75 years ago. and works in Italy, where she is rabbi of “Nothing can absolve Italy from Italy’s first Reconstructionist synagogue. Conits unholy alliance with Hitler,” said tact her at Rabbi@RabbiBarbara.com.

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Jewish composers who made it big in Hollywood

By Arlene Stolnitz

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very summer, I am asked, “Where was your article in the Federation paper? I looked for it and couldn’t find it!”

I am always honored to know that my articles have been missed! This year, I thought an explanation is due. During the summer months, I try to find topics of Judaic musical interest for my monthly column.

Luckily, this summer, I found a fascinating series of programs online that forced me to ask myself the question, “How is it that so many of the composers and musicians I read about are Jewish?”

Even after viewing the online programs, I still had no answer.

These lectures dealt with many topics related to Judaic and secular music alike and were accompanied with audiovisual and musical clips. Programs included subjects such as Music and the Holocaust, Music of Terezin, The Search for an American Sound, The Impact of Jews on Classical Music, Rhythm and Jews, Hollywood Scores and Film Music Composers from the ’50s to the ’90s.

Some programs dealt with one of the WWII Jewish refuthose musicians who escaped gees who came to Safehaven in Oswego, New York under WWII and their displacement President Franklin D. Roosafter the war years. The U.S., evelt’s token plan (“The Legacy and especially Hollywood, of Leon Levitch,” The Jewish was fertile ground for these News, October 27, 2017). composers. The program, Like Tedesco, he, too, landed “Hollywood Scores,” spoke in Hollywood where he had a to the emphasis of the huge prolific career as a composer contribution these composer/ in film. musicians made in the ’40s One series, “From The and ’50s, creating scores of so Arlene Stolnitz Ten Commandments to The many of our favorite films.

Truman Show,” dealt with film composI learned about Mario Castelnuovoers from the ’50s to the ’90s. Many of Tedesco, a prolific Italian composer of Jewish heritage, who immigrated these were Jewish composers born in America, who created music for westto the U.S. in 1939 and eventually erns, action films, comedy and romance. worked at M.G.M. Studios. I never They included Aaron Copland, Leonard knew of him, and I am sure you didn’t Bernstein, Elmer Bernstein (no relation), either! He surely will be the subject of and members of the remarkable Newman a future article. family, including Lionel, Alfred, Randy, In an earlier column (unrelated to David and Thomas. my summer research), I wrote about a Many of the clips were familiar and gentleman named Leon Levitch, a classically trained musician from Belgrade, so enjoyable, I thought I even might like to see some of these films again. Movies Yugoslavia. He was lucky enough to be

such as “The Defiant Ones,” “On the Beach” and “Exodus” credited names of composers with Jewish backgrounds.

Ernest Gold (1921-1999), Johnny Mandel (1925-2020), André Previn (1929 - 2019) and Marvin Hamlisch (19442012) are a just a few names I encountered. It was interesting to learn of their struggles and successes working in the film industry.

I still have no answer to my question and the mystery remains regarding how a tiny group, like the Jewish people, has been so creative. I would welcome any thoughts you may have. My email address is arlenestolnitz@gmail.com.

This year, my column will deal with many of these musicians, their impact on the film industry, and maybe help answer the “how is it …” question.

Arlene Stolnitz, a retired educator, has been a regular contributor to Federation papers in Southwest Florida. Her interest in all kinds of Judaic music has led to this series of articles.

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Children and siblings of Israeli fallen soldiers enjoy U.S. summer camp experience Courtesy of FIDF

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aynesboro, PA (July 25, 2022) -- Between terror attacks and escalated periods of military activity, Israelis understand loss and unimaginable grief all too well. The pain of every fallen soldier reverberates through the country and the Jewish world. FIDF supports thousands of bereaved families who have suffered the devastating loss of a loved one during service, offering them support as they rebuild their lives and futures.

FIDF’s Legacy Summer Camp is a unique opportunity in the United States,

provided every year to B’nai Mitzvah-age children and siblings of fallen soldiers, in partnership with the Yad LaBonim organization and the IDF. Last week, the program kicked off its 17th summer, giving 21 bereaved children a meaningful and memorable experience they will keep with them the rest of their lives.

FIDF’s Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia chapters are hosting this year’s Legacy Camp, which ran in July after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.

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a traditional camp experience with welcoming American campers, which was followed by a tour of Washington, DC; Shabbat at host homes in Baltimore; a day in New York City; and pool party at an FIDF donor home in Westchester, New York, before flying home to Israel.

“Long after the initial communal bereavement has subsided, families are often isolated in mourning and faced with a void that will last a lifetime, said Avigail Rosemore, Legacy Camp Co-chair.

“Siblings of the fallen are often unintentionally overlooked and, for this reason, FIDF created Legacy Camp, a chance for bereaved kids to feel normalcy amongst other kids who have experienced similar loss, even if just for a short while.”

“We often think of the fallen as those who have paid the ultimate price but it’s important to acknowledge the impact on the children who are left behind,” said Todd Rosenberg, Chairman of the FIDF Washington, D.C. Chapter. “We are humbled to be able to provide the Legacy Camp experience to support them.”

While campers enjoy a gamut of activities, what is most valuable is their ability to share in this experience with others who have also lost loved ones. In fact, several of the staff members are soldiers who also lost loved ones and attended the program when they were B’nai Mitzvah

age. In addition, the delegation is led by officers from the IDF Casualty Unit, who accompany the camp’s participants and counselors throughout.

Interestingly, this year’s Legacy group includes a variety of populations and religions of campers who have lost loved ones while serving in the IDF, including Arab and Druze campers. Druze are minority Arabic-speaking citizens of Israel who do not identify as Muslims.

“It is an absolute privilege for those of us in Baltimore to participate in the Legacy Camp program and show all of the campers and accompanying soldiers how important they are,” said Jenn Goldmeier, past host and Legacy Camp Co-chair.

“We want the group to return to Israel knowing and sharing the message that FIDF loves and supports them.”

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Northern Israel’s top 5 hidden culinary destinations

By JD Krebs

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nown as Israel’s food bowl, the Galilee region is home to some of the world’s best hidden culinary experiences. From sampling artisanal cheeses to experiencing authentic Druze cuisine or learning about what it takes to become the next master chef, Israel’s north has a buffet of options with something for everyone.

Below are five favorite culinary destinations, as selected by Jewish National Fund-USA’s Western Galilee Now Tourist Information Center, that you can enjoy as a solo travel or with the whole mishpocha! See them all and more at westgalil.org.il/en.

Alto Dairy Café

Located in the heart of the Galilee, with a picturesque view of rolling orchards, Alto is your perfect destination for blending astonishing scenery with delicious food.

At this delectable dairy destination, you can enjoy the privacy of an indoor booth or dine outside surrounded by the north’s natural beauty. Located on Kibbutz Shomrat, the fully kosher menu, under the supervision of the Rabbinate of Mateh Asher, offers a variety of dairy delicacies, including locally sourced cheeses, handmade desserts and artisanal small batch coffee.

Make sure you buy yourself something delicious before leaving Alto’s Dairy Store & Delicatessen, which offers an unparalleled array of goat cheeses and other assorted delicacies. Find more information at altodairy.co.il.

Safta Maha want to know more about chocolatemaking, dairy farming or how to make wine, you can learn about it at GCI

by JNF with classes set to commence in 2023. For more information, go to galileeculinaryinstitute.com or email nhoffman@gcibyjnf.com.

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Jullius Distillery

If you’re a wine or liquor enthusiast who wants a behind-the-scenes look at how schnapps gets made, Jullius Distillery is the place for you. Winner of the Excellence Award in the field of wine, beer and alcohol production at the 2021 Israeli Cuisine Awards Ceremony, the distillery was established in 2008 by Yuval (Joov) Har Gil, a former food and liquor critic who decided to turn his passion into reality. Built on sustainability principles and powered by solar energy, Jullius Distillery is one of the most advanced and environmentally friendly distilleries in the world.

Options are available for alcohol tastings, meals and distillery events, where you can also witness the alcoholmaking process for yourself. Located at the picturesque Kibbutz Hanita, you’ll be impressed both by Jullius’ impressive display of beverages and the gorgeous views of the Galilee. Go to jullius.com for more information.

Safta Maha – Druze experience

For those looking for a more intimate kosher dining experience that reflects the beauty of the Galilee’s diversity, Safta Maha will make your tastebuds come alive. Located in the beautiful Druze village of Hurfeish, guests are welcomed directly into Maha’s home, where they’re

Alto Dairy treated to a gorgeous open view from the terrace as they dig into a variety of authentic Druze breakfasts, lunches and dinners, depending on the time of day.

Maha serves classic Druze dishes such as shulbato, beef or chicken stew, grape leaves, stuffed cabbage, maqluba and mugrabi (stew of chickpeas with meat, pumpkin and bulgur). In addition, guests can learn more about Druze culture as Maha shares her life story and explains what it was like growing up in a Druze community. For more information, go to instagram.com/maha7amer/.

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With its candlelit setting and classical wooden furniture, Hadaral’e provides the perfect ambiance for a memorable night out. Enjoy a menu that features some of the best local dishes around — fresh fish, quality meats and fresh vegetables, hand picked by the restaurant’s chef.

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Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky responds to the Russian invasion of Ukraine through her work. She made aliyah in 1991 and has become known as “one of the pillars of contemporary Israeli art,” synthesizing a variety of styles from pop art to Soviet realism. Her work has been exhibited throughout Israel and the United States.

She selected 10 drawings from her childhood — bright, humorous pieces, which are compared to the present ones, depicting foreboding and pain.

Hospitals in the field

Hadassah’s involvement on the Polish border of Ukraine helps treat refugees at field hospitals and refugee centers in Przemysl. Poland has not had to deal with trauma patients from war-torn countries for many, many years. Acts of terror requiring trauma care are different and Hadassah had to teach the basics of disaster and mass casualty management.

They produced a training simulation and set up real-time trauma guidance networks. These protocols are now globally recognized.

Women in the Maccabiah Games

Hadassah Magazine readers also learn about the latest Maccabiah Games, a two-week Olympic event that began July 12. More than 2,000 of the 10,000 athletes are women and some of the top female athletes from the U.S. are profiled. The games bring together the best Jewish athletes from across the world, uniting our people, despite denominational, political and socioeconomic differences.

Legacies that matter

A heartwarming story comes from my own backyard — Saratoga Springs, New York. Iris Jourdan bequeathed a portion of her estate to Hadassah. Then, just before she died at the age of 87, she requested that her antique violin be gifted to an Israeli musician. The valuable violin, made in Italy over 100 years ago, was given to Ukrainian-born Ksenia Kozodoi, a graduate of Hadassah’s Meir Shfeyah Youth Aliyah Village. Now a violinist in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Kozodoi calls the gift, “my dream come true.”

Dreams do come true! With a lot of hard work and ingenuity, Hadassah can make it happen!

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A new year of Jewish history in Southwest Florida Marina Berkovich JHSSWF President

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aples is always changing. If you live here more than several years, you already know it. Nothing stays the same. As people pass, boards branch out in previously unwelcomed, or hitherto unexplored, directions. As the culture changes, the legacy of accomplishments and achievements often gets buried under the proverbial tombstone of history.

Loyal members and supporters know that our work includes the Society’s original production, a documentary series, “Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers.” A film that was delayed by our common enemy, COVID-19, is next to be released – “Jack Nortman, Box Car Giant” (date and time TBA).

We plan to release several new films in 2023, including those about Mitch Spaiser, the very first Jewish student at the Naples campus of FSW (formerly, Edison college) and the early Naples Jewish physician, Dr. William Ertag.

Register at JHSSWF.org to begin receiving event announcements newsletters, and other important information specific to our Society.

Many families participated in the foundation years of this Jewish community, and we need your help to make sure they are duly reflected on the pages of our Virtual Museum of Southwest Florida Jewish History. You can already read about some of them in the “Eyewitness Stories” pages of JHSSWF.org. We encourage you to contribute your family’s story and photos. Submit to office@ jhsswf.org. It will be reviewed and added as we progress. Appropriate credit will be given.

Some individuals are better known to the community-at-large, so our perspective is not new, it is historical. When Myra Daniels admitted being Jewish, many were not pleased to learn it. Southwest Florida was lagging with its “Jews are Welcome” parades, so let us not blame Daniels for not acting “openly Jewish” even though her Jewish grandmother had a lot to do with the very stealth of starship Daniels.

There were many tributes to Daniels upon her passing. Ours will cover the entirety of her legacy and has a tentative 2023 production date. We are currently seeking photos and footage you may have from events where Daniels spoke about her Jewish ancestry. Appropriate proprietary credit will be given.

Other individuals are not as widely known by the community. I met Dottie Magen when I joined the Collier County

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Board of Ort America, on which she was very actively involved. Magen was a strong character and she let me know it within minutes – she was direct, expected quality results, and knew a lot of what others operating in today’s cultural vacuum may call “useless information.” Her longtime service as art docent at The Phil and its successor, Artis—Naples, opened many homes to Magen-led private tours. I was lucky to be there for some of them. Magen left me her wonderful archives of our local, now defunct, Ort chapter, which we will include in the Virtual Museum archives in the near future.

If your organization wants to be properly reflected on our pages, please submit an article and photos for consideration.

Learn more about the incredible individuals and families of early Jewish Southwest Florida through eyewitness stories on the JHSSWF.org website.

Shana Tovah 5783 to our members, sponsors, supporters and readers.

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t is hard to believe I am sitting at my computer in the middle of July thinking already about the High Holidays.

But, as everyone knows, every year, when we ask ourselves when the New Year will fall, regardless of the date, we always feel it’s a bit too early; and this year will be no exception! With that in mind, I have to prepare for the High Holidays as early as mid-summer, and I find myself thinking about my yearly column in the Federation Star.

Tradition, tradition! These are the familiar words of the song from “Fiddler on the Roof.” How true it is that “tradition” and family customs endure, even when fundamental Jewish laws and mitzvot are sometimes relegated to a secondary plane. Covering mirrors at a shiva house, moving to a new home on Tuesday and eating bagels and lox at the post Yom Kippur “Break-the-Fast” meal are often more rigorously observed than more essential Jewish directives. Since these traditions are so entrenched in our collective psyche, it is important that, as rabbis, we look for creative ways to reinterpret them, imprinting contemporary meanings to them, so they can be envisaged under the unique light of Jewish insights and ethical values.

The tradition of eating apples and challah dipped in honey can provide living thoughts and special lessons for life: Why honey? Why not candy, M&M’s, Sweet ’N Low (especially, if you are calorie conscious) or some other sweetener? One answer is that while all of

the candy in the world may infuse sweetness, honey has one additional and unique special characteristic — it is naturally sticky! Symbolically, we are saying that our noble resolutions and affirmations for the year ahead will not fade like a spiritual suntan but will “stick with us” throughout the year.

A second interpretation pertaining to the use of honey as an expression of our wish for a sweet New Year, may perhaps be more realistic and practical.

Yes, honey is indeed sweet. But it comes from bees, creatures that can sting. The sweetness you are praying for, can be accompanied by a sting, some form of pain and anguish that, as an inevitable part of every life, always accompanies our routines. Dipping apples and challah in honey acknowledges that while we ask for sweetness, we must also be prepared to deal with the “stings” that are an integral part of life.

For the most part, the American approach to life is based on a foundation of total confidence and assertiveness: “I can do it.” In fact, the last four letters of the word American, are “I can.” Yet, as Jews, we are a bit more humble, realizing that we need God’s help in order for our most fervent wishes to materialize. The last four letters of the word Jewish are “wish.”

The bottom line is that eating apples and challah dipped in honey is only a symbol. Each of us must, every day in every way, bring sweetness and kindness into the lives of every person with whom we come in contact, thus, ensuring we make Shana Tova Umetuka a reality rather than a mere wish.

I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 5783.

Rabbi Ammos Chorny ser ves at Beth Tikvah.

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September 2022

Building a world of hope, blessing and love Rabbi Adam F. Miller

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he story is told of an individual who learns a large storm is approaching. People begin to pack up their belongings and leave. A friend comes by in a car, inviting the person to leave with them before the floods arrive. “Don’t worry, God will provide for me,” says the person.

Rising waters force the person to go to the second story. A boat comes by, offering a chance for rescue. “Don’t worry,” the person replies, “God will provide for me.”

Flooding causes the person to move to the roof, where a helicopter flies by “This is your last chance. Grab the rope!” The person shakes their head, “Don’t worry, God will provide for me.”

Sadly, the waters eventually sweep the person off to their doom. When they reach olam ha-bah, the world to come, they angrily complain, “Why didn’t you help me, God? I prayed to you and stayed faithful the entire time. You never saved me!”

The voice of God fills the space, “Who do you think sent the car, the boat and the helicopter!”

That story is a stark reminder that prayer without action and action without prayer both miss the mark. In the words of Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman, “We must pray as if everything depends on God, and act as if everything depends upon us.”

Some people feel they are drowning in sorrow as we prepare to start 5783.

Tragedies haunt our news feed and war continues to devastate Ukraine. Closer to home, our own community was among those blanketed with antisemitic pamphlets — not to mention growing concern over threats from climate change, the loss of bodily autonomy by women in our country and the ongoing spread of COVID-19.

Amidst this deluge of anguish, the refrain I hear over and over again is, “Rabbi, what can we do?”

First, don’t panic. When we act out of fear or anger, we tend to do things we later regret. When the people came to complain about water, Moses ignored God’s directive to talk with the rock, an action that showed a lack of faith in God and led to Moses’ exclusion from the land of Israel.

We need to be in a space where we can act thoughtfully, not rashly. Consider unplugging from the doom scroll of media feeds. Allow your mind and heart the chance to heal. Add mindful activities, like going for a walk, meditating or engaging in a physical activity to clear your mind. The small amount of peace will provide clarity for further action.

Next, it is important to remember Rabbi Isserman’s teaching. We must both pray for the blessings that we need, such as strength, sechel, insight, compassion, courage and wisdom, and we need to utilize those gifts through action.

With so many challenges, we often don’t know what to do first. Here is my advice — just do something! You cannot solve it all at once. Pick one problem and begin to act. Find local groups and online organizations already addressing the problem. Engage others to join you. They have their proverbial cars, boats and helicopters ready to help in the effort to make our world a better place. We just must be willing to accept their assistance and work in partnership with them.

As Reb Nachman taught, the key is to not be afraid. We overcome the challenge by acting from a place of calm, not fear.

We change the world by not waiting for God or others to act, but by taking action to address the problems that we see – one at a time – repairing our world. Along the way, we find strength knowing that we are not alone, that others will stand with us, and that, together, we can make a difference.

This year we can build a world of hope, a world of blessing, a world of love.

On behalf of our Temple Shalom One Family, I wish you a shanah tova u’mtukah, a sweet and good new year.

Rabbi Adam Miller serves at Temple Shalom.

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y beloved, Carol, is a fervent admirer of the wonderful historical novels of Diana Gabaldon. So it is that, last year, in eager anticipation of the imminent release of Diana’s newest novel, “Go Tell the Bees That I have Gone,” Carol undertook the summer project of sewing a bee-themed quilt. She incorporated fabrics on all kinds of apiary themes, including not just bees and honeycomb and floral designs, but also panels punningly inviting us to “Bee Humble” and “Bee Kind.”

To a very great degree, that captures the theme of the ongoing Jewish New Year season, which begins a full month before Rosh haShanah, with the New Moon of Elul on Aug. 28, and runs onward for several weeks after New Year’s Day, until Simchat Torah on Oct. 18.

We are in for a wide array of experiences over the course of those inaugural weeks of 5783: sharing our S’lichot penitential prayer; hearing the shofar and the evocative melody of Kol Nidrei; casting our Tashlich crumbs into the water’s depths; looking at the stars through the foliage-decked roof of the sukkah; dancing jubilantly with the Torah scrolls; and reading lots and lots and lots of prayers. Yet, we start it all off when we inaugurate Rosh haShanah by dipping our round challah (and a piece of apple as “first-fruits”) into honey as an augury that the unknown future might “Bee” sweet.

Which is a compelling aspiration. After all, Welsh pop star Tom Jones famously noted, in a voice-poem lead-in to one of his ballads, that

“tomorrow is promised to no one.”

We Jews will see him and raise him, having learned from a fabulously ancient history fraught with both triumph and tragedy, that tomorrow, when it does come, has the potential of bringing a challenging experience of trauma and pain.

Yet, at the same time, we follow the dictum of the Hasidic master, Nachman of Breslov, “Never despair, even when difficult times come.” After all, we are the people assured by God — even in the midst of the Babylonian siege that destroyed Jerusalem — that “there is hope for your future” (Jeremiah 31:16).

In the wake of that trauma, the prophet Zechariah, nonetheless, described the Jewish people as asirei hatikvah, “the prisoners of hope.”

Echoing that long-ago declaration, in modern times, haTikvah, “The Hope,” is the national anthem of our reborn homeland.

Daring to hope, and daring to give substance to those aspirations, is the hallmark of our people. Firm in our faith in our covenantal mission to God; firm in our belief in the importance and value of human life; and firm in our commitment to the indomitable human spirit, we Jews dare to welcome the future with eagerness. We anticipate, and actively aspire to, a future we firmly believe will be better because we exert ourselves to make it so.

In these challenging and difficult times, may the augury of a better future be the blueprint for our own worthy aspirations and affirmative actions. And may the sweetness of our Rosh haShanah honey be our summons — throughout the New Year, and all the years to come — to “Bee Humble,” “Bee Joyous” and “Bee Kind.”

Rabbi Mark Wm. Gross serves at Jewish Congregation of Marco Island.

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Who are you to judge me?

Rabbi Howard S. Herman DD

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osh Hashanah is normally looked upon as the beginning of the Jewish year. Let us get something out of the way at the outset. According to the Mishnah and Talmud, Rosh Hashanah was originally celebrated, prior to the Babylonian exile, approximately two weeks before Passover. In the Bible, it is not even called Rosh Hashanah. It is called “Yom Teruah,” the Day of Sounding the Shofar. So, it’s roots are somewhat suspect and not exactly clear.

Be that as it may, Rosh Hashanah has become our Jewish New Year with emphasis on judgment, forgiveness and introspection. This year, in September, we will ring in 5783 with prayer, feast and shofar. All three are important elements of this special holiday. What I really want to concentrate on today is the theme of judgment.

We are told over and over in High Holiday liturgy that we are judged by God on this day. One of the Hebrew alternative names for this day is “Yom Ha-din,” Day of Judgment. Metaphorically, we are told that God sits in judgment of us, and we are given the information as to “who will live and who will die, who will see ripe age and who will not.” All are judged on Rosh Hashanah and our fate is sealed on Yom Kippur. The midrash explains that days of judgment, like Rosh Hashanah, are celebrated with joy because God’s pardon is built in the scheme of judgment.

Don’t we also spend a good deal of time judging others? In fact, we can be harsh in our judgment of others even though Judaism teaches, “Don’t judge your fellow human being until you have stood in that person’s place.” What looks one way from a distance, may look very different if we, ourselves, experience the same situation.

One difficulty is that our judgments of others are often unfavorable and ungenerous; often quick, riddled with bias and sparked by fear and hurt, made as a way of self-protection.

Anytime we operate in ways that are not rooted in decency, fairness and honesty, we are judging the worth of another person as less than our own — a judgment with numerous repercussions.

Judaism holds the iron-clad assertion that no human being is worth more or less than another.

Rather than tell us not to judge others, Jewish tradition accepts that judging is built into human nature. Judaism is also aware that often, unfortunately, our default judgment of others is negative.

Therefore, it teaches, “When you judge, give others the benefit of the doubt.” This advice is considered so important that it is listed in the Talmud (Shabbat 127a) as one of the six behaviors that benefit us in this world as well as the next.

Our sages ask, “When are you allowed to judge another person?” The answer is never! The explanation: Who says your blood is redder than his or hers? (Sanhedrin 74a). In other words, we do not know who is beloved in the eyes of God. Who is the better person -- the homeless person or the activist?

We don’t know what challenges God may have given someone growing up.

We meet people in the midst of their life stories, say in “chapter 3.” We have no idea what went on in chapters 1 and 2.

We certainly don’t know what lies ahead in chapters 4, 5 and 6. Yet, we are so quick to judge.

So, on this upcoming Rosh Hashanah, let’s think about judgment and how we can alter our attitudes and perceptions of others and ourselves so that, in this New Year, we can live with others in a judgment-free zone.

Shanah Tovah, Happy New Year Rabbi Howard S. Herman DD serves at Naples Jewish Congregation.

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Best wishes to the world Rabbi Fishel Zaklos

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appy Birthday, world! Make a birthday wish! Now enjoy the apple and honey cake! And have a happy sweet new year.

That pretty much sums up Rosh Hashanah. It’s the day we celebrate the fact that we have a world. The Milky Way. The planet. Nature. The animal kingdom.

You and I – the human beings.

“Hayom Harat Olam” – today is the world’s birthday, we announce after blowing the Shofar. And that is why we celebrate.

We celebrate by spending hours in the synagogue praying (and listening to awesome sermons, of course) and then spending many hours around the dining room table replete with familiar familial antics. Let’s be honest, no one does a New Year celebration the way we do!

A cynic might ask, “What about this world is worth celebrating? Have you seen how broken society is? War? Sickness? Mental health crisis? The collapse of families and communities?

Are you naïve?”

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Yes, I am frustrated by the agony around me. Sometimes I pinch myself as a reminder that this is not a movie. But, at the same time, I am hopeful for our future.

Frustration without hope is like a joke without a punchline — it leaves us empty.

When G-d created Adam and Eve, He did so knowing the complexity and darkness that is part and parcel of the human condition. He was well aware of how humans can harm themselves, each other, and the world they inhabit.

At the same time, He knew (and created) their potential for love, grace, forgiveness, redemption, generosity, holiness, empathy, joy and light.

In the words of our sages, the human is half animal and half angel. We have incredible potential for the highest or lowest of creation.

Rosh Hashanah is when we celebrate G-d’s belief in us, as much as our belief in Him. Each morning when we wake up, we traditionally say the words of the Modeh Ani prayer, in which we thank the Creator for restoring our lives to us: “I thank you, living and enduring King, for You have graciously returned my soul within me. So great is Your faithfulness.”

Read that last sentence again. “Great is Your faithfulness.” Whom does the Almighty believe in?

You and me. People. Messy and complicated Homo sapiens.

Each day we wake up is another day that G-d tells us, “I believe in you.

You are up to the task. The world needs your light and love. You can bring healing to this hurting universe; go make a difference!”

To be honest, I sometimes wonder why G-d keeps believing in humanity. I sometimes struggle to believe in our potential to get things right. Our history is packed with evil, stupidity and apathy.

But then I look at the many special souls living around me in this corner of the world, and I regain my faith. The incredible acts of kindness that occur daily in this G-d-given community give fresh and inspiring meaning to the term “Sunshine State.”

Could that be why it’s called the Paradise Coast?

And I look at history and see the majesty, saintliness and heights that we have climbed.

After the last few years, I contend that we could all do well to work on regaining our confidence that the best days are ahead of us! It doesn’t take courage to be a pessimist. It takes courage to believe.

I believe.

In G-d, of course – that’s the easy part.

I believe in you.

I believe in myself.

That is tough.

But I am in good company. G-d does not make mistakes. He believes in me.

I’ll trust His judgment.

Rabbi Zaklos Fishel serves at Chabad Jewish Center of Naples.

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Jewish trade secrets Rabbi Mendel Gordon

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ould you love to know the secrets of the market, when you can make more with less effort because you are ahead of the game?

Jewish mysticism shares Jewish trade secrets of the upcoming Jewish month of Elul. The last month of the Jewish year, which starts August 28th this year.

High Holidays are well known and popular, but a little less known is the specialty of what comes first. High Holidays take effort. We are in Shule for hours, dressed in our finest, having taken time off from work, etc.

Elul is that time when we can connect and cash in with much less effort.

They say life is all about who you know; business is all about networking.

It’s handy to have personal connections to the big stakeholders. Sometimes we get tipped off that a key person is going to be at a local event or somewhere else nearby. An opportunity you can’t miss.

Elul is the time when Hashem is readily available, like when the king travels on a journey and people can go out to meet him in the fields.

Thankfully, G-d doesn’t travel with a heavy motorcade, and anyone who wants to can speak with him. All that’s needed is our desire to connect and renew our commitment to him for the future.

There are just 29 days of this special. month, this year from Aug. 28 until Sept. 25, the day before Rosh Hashana.

Let’s take advantage of this special time and be ahead of the game when Rosh Hashanah comes around.

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hatever cliché you like better, the idea is the same – we know that if you come to Temple Shalom for the High Holy Days this year, you will be back for more of the rabbis’ thought-provoking sermons, the Cantor’s angelic voice and the smiles of the people you will meet and befriend.

You don’t have to wait until the holidays.

Please come to a Friday or Saturday Shabbat service. We want to meet you!

Choosing a spiritual home is a big decision. When my husband and I settled down and started a family, we knew we wanted to join a synagogue – but which one? In our neighborhood, there were almost as many synagogues as flavors at the Baskin and Robbins ice cream shop (31, for those of you who don’t remember!). I grew up in the Conservative movement and my husband’s family belonged to a Reform Temple (who says that two Jews can’t still be in an intermarriage?!).

We weren’t sure where we would both feel most comfortable, so I went shul shopping.

I learned a great deal from those experiences in other places that I bring to my work at Temple Shalom. I can still remember standing around awkwardly at an oneg Shabbat where no one said a word to me, and sitting by myself at another congregation, wondering how everyone else seemed to know one another so well.

At Temple Shalom, we pride ourselves on the warm welcome we offer to everyone

who enters our building as well as the ways we help visitors feel at home every day.

On the High Holy Days, we do require tickets for security reasons. Just call the office to make arrangements (239455-3030). Tickets are available for nonmembers for a suggested donation. We are so confident that the sermons and music will leave you wanting more that we will gladly apply the cost of the ticket(s) to your membership if you decide to join by Nov. 1, 2022. And that amount is up to you, by the way!

What? We want our members to feel good about being part of “One Family” in every way, including their support for the congregation. Approximately five years ago, we moved away from traditional dues, so that each member of our community feels that their support of Temple comes from their heart and is a donation.

When people ask me how much membership costs, I tell them the suggested amount (the “sustaining amount,” which is based on our total expenses divided among all our members), but the decision is yours. All we ask is that the gift is meaningful to you. There are no questions, no committees and no forms.

Many of our members contribute much more than the sustaining amount.

Some give less, based on their circumstances. Whatever the amount and the reason for it, we say the same thing to each and every person – Thank you!

Please join us for a Shabbat service and/or the High Holy Days. From the moment you enter our newly renovated, beautiful Sanctuary and gathering spaces, where you will be warmly welcomed, you will understand what One Family is about. And I am sure that you will be back for more!

Candle lighting times Sept. 22: 7:27 p.m.

Sept. 9: 7:20 p.m.

Sept. 16: 7:12 p.m.

Sept. 23: 7:04 p.m.

Sept. 25: 7:02 p.m.

Eve of First day Rosh Hashanah

Sept. 26: after 7:53 p.m.

Eve of Second day Rosh Hashanah

Sept. 30: 6:56 p.m.

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BETH TIKVAH

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“To save one life is to save the world entire.”

— The Talmud

A promising New Year ahead Steven Chizzik President

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osh Hashanah, being the Jewish New Year, is always a time for reflection. How did we do this past year and what can we do to be a better person in the upcoming New Year? That premise not only holds true for each of us, it is also a time for our Synagogue to be introspective.

This past year, Beth Tikvah worked very hard to bring our congregants together and have services and programs in person. Through each wave of the COVID-19 virus, our task force has had to make difficult decisions on how to maintain in-person activities while also keeping congregants and friends healthy.

I’m proud to say this has been done, always remembering “Pikuach Nefesh,” preserving life is foremost.

In order to bring back Kiddushim, Beth Tikvah had a privacy fence installed, surrounding our garden, then we added beautiful outdoor tables, chairs and colorful umbrellas. In synagogue, we’ve continued to wear masks and be properly vaccinated. We all hope that one day soon masking will not be necessary.

Our programming this past year was outstanding, and the new year promises to be even better! The Naples Jewish Film Festival was a huge success last year and we are excited to announce that it will resume this coming season at Sugden Theatre, where we can celebrate its Diamond Anniversary in person!

This past High Holiday season, Rabbi Chorny was joined by Cantor Norman

Brody to bring us beautiful and inspirational services to rave reviews. We are thrilled that this dynamic duo will inspire us again this Holiday season.

Beth Tikvah is very proud of all we accomplished this past year, and we are always looking to improve. Many people work very hard to make Beth Tikvah a very special place; it is truly a team effort, and we always have room for more people to participate. If you have energy and a few available hours, please let me know. We could always use more great ideas and assistance.

I would also like to remind everyone that Beth Tikvah is continuing to offer new members their first year’s dues free of charge. We all are ambassadors for Beth Tikvah. If you know a friend or a Jewish resident in your development who might want to experience the warmth and community found at Beth Tikvah, please invite them to come experience our special congregation.

I look forward to seeing everyone at our High Holiday services.

L’shana tovah u’metulah; a sweet and healthy New Year to all!

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NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION

www.naplesjewishcongregation.org / 239.431.3858

Adult education classes Charles Flum President

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aples Jewish Congregation (NJC), the small temple with the big heart, is expanding its in-person activities. First are the services for Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur.

We invite the Jewish community to join us for worship. If you have never been to our High Holiday services, we invite you to come for free. If you have been to these services with us before, the cost is $100 per person, which will be applied to your dues when you join NJC. We are working on the details for our Chanukah party as well as our community seder. Flamingle will kick off with get-togethers, such as picnics, where congregants engage in activities, presenting opportunities to all have fun while learning more about each other.

Of course, services will be held throughout the year on Friday nights, with once-amonth Saturday services, at the Unitarian Universalist church (UU) on Napa Woods Way in Naples.

We are very proud to have a very erudite rabbi, Rabbi Herman, who has put

together a fascinating series of adult ed courses. His six topics are: “Jewish Music Thru the Ages as a Spiritual Tool,” “You Be the Judge – What Should a Jew Do?,” “Lessons Learned Thru the Hassidic Tales,” “Inspired Messengers: A Spotlight on Biblical Prophets,” “Dear Rabbi: I have a question” and “Jewish Miracles.”

The first adult ed class about Jewish music will take place at 5:00 p.m. Oct. 21 at the UU, followed by a light supper ($5) and services. The talk will be about the debate Jewish Music has seemingly been as an integral part of Jewish life for millennia.

Since before the Temple was built, music played a role in the spirituality of Jewish life. This course will delve into the whys and wherefores about Jewish music; what Jewish music is supposed to do and not do; why some people love it and some people hate it; the genre of Jewish music that is not attached to prayer; what is traditional Jewish music and what is not; and, if we have time, we will explore where Jewish music is going in the 21st century and beyond. We will also spend some time in this course looking at the role of “hazan” or “cantor” through history and today.

If you are interested in attending any of our functions, or want to learn more about NJC, please contact me at either 239-3168611 or cflum1@comcast.net.

We warmly welcome you to the little temple with a big heart.

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JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND

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Planning underway for another great season Stan Alliker President

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t is an honor and privilege, as president of the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, to convey New Year’s greetings to the Marco Island and Naples Jewish communities. Rabbi Mark Gross and Cantorial Soloist Hari Jacobson will lead our inspirational services. Tickets are available to nonmembers at a modest cost. Those wishing to join us for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can call the office at 239-642-0800. Please note that the Yizkor Service is incorporated as part of the Yom Kippur morning service.

In addition to celebrating the New Year, the High Holidays signal the return of fall activities to JCMI. We partner with Jewish Federation of Greater Naples for both the Cultural Series and the Jewish Film Festival. Keep checking local publications for dates. Tickets are available through the office by calling 239-642-0800.

Planning is underway to start the long-awaited JCMI Bingo after the High

Holidays. We are proud that this year marks the 40th anniversary of JCMI and a celebratory event is being planned to commemorate it.

As you have seen, our local communities are experiencing a housing and population surge as people retire and relocate to our slice of paradise. When my wife and I moved to Naples, we searched for new Jewish connections, just like many others. At JCMI, we see the result of those connections. People who barely know one another become best friends. We have even seen a member find previously unknown extended family, identified through a name in a Yahrzeit announcement.

On Friday nights, visitors are identified and welcomed by name. They enjoy our homemade treats at the Oneg following the service. Upon leaving, our members promptly issue an invitation to return whenever they are in the area.

We welcome visitors as well as current residents who have never been to JCMI, to join us in our religious services, and in our cultural, educational and social events.

L’Shana tovah u’metuka, a good and sweet year to all.

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CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF NAPLES

www.chabadnaples.com / 239.262.4474

Family Rosh Hashanah dinner returns … and more Rabbi Fishel Zaklos

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e hope and pray that you are fully rejuvenated after a healthy and happy summer.

Here at Chabad, thank G-d, we have had a busy summer with ongoing and regular programs plus an incredible Summer Camp. Then, we took advantage of a week to improve and update our building to begin the New Year with a fresh new look.

Rosh Hashanah dinner

We are so pleased and excited to offer the return of our very special and popular family Rosh Hashanah Dinner. What a great way to usher in the New Year, with the warm friendship and camaraderie of the Naples Chabad family. Reserve your place online or call the office.

High Holiday services

Do you have a GPS — a General Prayer Structure — to assure that your family won’t be caught without a warm, welcoming place to participate in the High Holiday celebrations? Before you know it, Rosh Hashanah will be here. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the services with Rabbi

Fishel’s enlightening commentaries.

We are so happy to have Cantor Choni Teitelbaum back by popular demand to enrich the services.

Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

enrolling students for the 20222023 Hebrew School year. For more information or to enroll your child, please call 239-262-2620 or visit www.chabadnaples.com.

The big build has begun!

We’re gearing up for ‘The Chabad Naples’ 19th annual High Holiday experience. Inspiring, family-friendly, soul stirring, super friendly, uplifting and insightful — those are some previous participant descriptions.

The service will include a special children’s program, so bring your children or grandchildren along for this fun event, which will also include entertainment. For more information and to reserve your space, visit www.chabad naples.com, call 239-262-4474 or email office@chabadnaples.com.

We will offer delicious Kiddush luncheons both days of Rosh Hashanah. If you would like to sponsor, please call the office.

Chabad of Naples and Preschool of the Arts has launched a capital campaign to extend the campus, increasing our facilities to enable much-needed additional preschool and Hebrew School classrooms, expanded summer camp and new spaces for community events.

“The Big Build,” is a $6 million community-inspired and communityfunded effort. Jay and Patty Baker lead the way with a $2 million challenge grant.

We need your help to unlock it by raising $2 million from caring members like you. Help us make this a reality! Please visit www.NaplesBigBuild.com for more information or reach out.

Partners’ project

Shabbat services at Chabad Naples are very popular. One highlight has always been the Kiddush luncheon, sponsored every week by a family wishing to honor the memory of a loved one, celebrate a simcha or sponsor the happiness of being with family and friends. The Torah service begins at 11 a.m. and includes the rabbi’s contemporary, meaningful and relevant insights during the Torah reading.

This is the time of year when we can renew our commitment to Chabad by contributing an amount at our comfort level. This allows Chabad to continue its most important endeavors throughout the community during the year.

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The flying challah and meals from the heart

Each week, we send out smiles with an uplifting message in the form of tasty fresh challah. Nominate a recipient by sending us an email.

If you know someone who would appreciate a kosher meal, please let us know. We will be happy to arrange to have one sent to those who are without means to obtain help.

Chabad Naples Community Care

Chabad of Naples has a special committee of professionals and lay volunteers who are available and trained to visit anyone in need. If you know someone who would appreciate a visit, especially before the High Holidays, please call 239-261-0772.

Minyan

If you have a yahrzeit or need to say Kaddish, we are here to help make a minyan during the week. We are grateful to those who help us with this service.

It is amazing to see the community come together for each other.

Weekly email

If you would like to be added to the weekly updates and mailing list, call 239-262-4474 or email office@ chabadnaples.com.

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September 2022

PRESCHOOL OF THE ARTS

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Our Summer of the Arts 2022 family photo!

Ready to embark on an exciting year

By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool of the Arts Founder & Director

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e enter our 12th year of Preschool of the Arts abuzz with excitement. It is the start of yet another school year, with infinite potential on the horizon. And some of that potential is bigger and brighter than ever!

Expanding capacity

Over the summer, we were excited to launch “The Big Build” campaign, an exciting $6 million expansion of our campus that will allow us to welcome hundreds more children through our doors.

We believe strongly in our vision for excellence in early childhood education and are working tirelessly to ensure that as many children as possible can benefit from a high-quality preschool experience during their most formative early years.

Every day at POTA, we strive to cultivate each of our students’ intellectual, emotional, social and moral potential.

The exceptional individualized care that we invest in every single child, from when they walk in the door as a toddler until the day they walk out as a capable and school-ready student, is truly one of a kind. Step onto our beautiful state-of-the-art campus and you are no longer just a face in a crowd; you and your child are important individuals who help make up the mosaic of our unique community.

If you want to invest in that community, reach out to us at 263-2620 or email us at naplesPreschooloftheArts @gmail.com to learn how you can partner with us in building tomorrow’s leaders!

New gardening curriculum

Of course, a new building campaign is not the only exciting thing on our radar. Every year, we seek out innovative, new resources

to make our students’ early childhood experience even better. This year, we are thrilled to introduce a new gardening curriculum that is based on a seedto-table philosophy. We are excited to unveil our brand-new Garden of the Arts with an outdoor culinary kitchen. Now, our children can experience the joys of gardening and then taste the delicious fruits of their labor.

Other special programming

Gardening is just one part of our extensive special programming, which includes music, visual arts, culinary arts, golf, tennis, basketball, science, Spanish and yoga as well as little chefs and little explorers, which round out our curriculum. This one-of-a-kind curriculum is specially designed to utilize our school’s wonderful resources, such as the Children’s Marketplace, Garden of the Arts, and indoor and outdoor Studio of the Arts.

This year, our pedagogical focus is on the Play-Activated Learning model framework, a Reggio-inspired technique that builds a thematic learning unit out of the interests of the children. During each learning unit, children investigate and construct things that bring

meaning to their study. They then represent what they’ve learned through art, music, stories, plays or other modes of expression. This method of learning incorporates Florida state educational standards as well as the multiple intelligences approach.

We are excited to introduce monthly “Wonder Boxes,” where children explore themes such as “Place Meets Identity,” “Light and Shadow,” “Objects in Movement” and “Transformation.” We also look forward to introducing “Giving Projects” into our curriculum, through which our students will have opportunities to practice the values of kindness, compassion, caring and giving while engaging in activities that give back to their community.

Our innovative programs and incredible staff are an open Naples secret, and our award-winning preschool is growing exponentially every year. We are proud to welcome many new and returning students this year. It is an honor to provide a top-notch preschool experience for our local Naples children. We are excited for the school year ahead and look forward to sharing our highlights along the way.

For more information or to schedule a tour, please call 239-263-2620.

Summer of the Arts welcomed over 250 children this summer!

These 6-week camps create joyful memories that last all year.

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TEMPLE SHALOM PRESCHOOL

www.naplestemple.org / 239.455.3030

It’s about time

By Rabbi Ariel Boxman

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was recently honored to be chosen as a Fellow at the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. I have gained a lot from the experience and look forward to sharing my new skills and knowledge with you all! Whether as a child, or an adult, you and your family members may have experienced the magic of Jewish summer camp or traveled to Israel with a group. If you have, you know how transformative those immersive experiences can be in creating community and forming spiritual connections.

This year, I am excited to offer two opportunities to build and strengthen our members’ relationships with each other, while learning and living in a Jewish setting we create together.

Family retreat

Over the weekend of Sept. 16-18, Temple Shalom’s young families will gather for a Family Retreat at the Marenas Beach Resort in Sunny Isles, Florida. During our time together, participants will enjoy a relaxing Shabbat, family activities, adult learning, lots of play and music led by “Miss Jane.” We are very excited for this special gathering of young families and look forward to making it an annual tradition!

The Jewish Caribbean

Many of you know I grew up on the beautiful island of St. Thomas. Well, let me show you around! I will be leading a trip to the Jewish Caribbean aboard

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the Norwegian Encore during the week of March 12-19, 2023 (CCPS Spring Break) for adults and families. Join me and Temple Shalom as we sail the Eastern Caribbean, exploring the Jewish history of the islands, touring beautiful synagogues and celebrating Shabbat at sea.

Did you know that the synagogue on St. Thomas is the oldest in the Western Hemisphere (that has been in continual use as a synagogue) and is famous for its sand floors? We are still taking reservations for this cruise, but space is filling up quickly! If you are interested in joining us, please reach out to me for more information. And, yes, it is open to the community. Please bring your friends and extended family for a once-in-alifetime trip!

As High Holy Days approach, I wish you and your family a Shana Tova!

May it be a year of health, happiness and peace.

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An amazing summer comes to an end

By Rabbi Mendel Gordon

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e have had an amazing summer at Chabad.

Although school quiets down, Chabad never stops.

Students continued to enjoy shabbat dinners and other events at Chabad.

We also had incredible classes via Zoom for which students could join from home or wherever they were.

We covered Jewish secrets to success, a sneak preview into Talmudic learning and a tour of the Beis Hamikdash, the holy Temple in Jerusalem, may it be soon rebuilt.

And a big thank you to all 122 friends who joined our summer raffle, helping to support Jewish student life at FGCU. Thanks to you, students can have shabbats, holidays, learning opportunities and a place to connect with other Jews.

We are super excited to begin the new school year, with a wonderful group of

new Jewish freshman we look forward to welcoming into the FGCU Jewish family.

And a welcome to a new Israeli athlete, Nadav Ohayon, who is joining the FGCU soccer team. (FGCU has discovered that, in addition to many other amazing things, Israel produces great soccer players, too.)

With the new semester, we have an amazing set of events, holiday programs,

trips and learning groups planned. If you know of any Jewish students coming to FGCU, or other schools in the area, please reach out.

Chabad will have services for Rosh Hashana on Sept. 26 and 27 on campus, plus a big shofar blowing Rosh Hashana express service on Sept. 27. Please reach out or look online at chabadfgcu.com for details.

Chabad at FGCU ser vices all Jewish students at FGCU and other nearby collages.

For more information, or to connect a student, reach out to Rabbi Mendel at 347-452-0489, Rabbi@ chabadfgcu.com or visit our website, ChabadFGCU.com.

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Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center

Chairperson: Stuart Price President/CEO: Susan Suarez, 263.9200

Israel Bonds

Monica DiGiovanni, 727.282.1124

Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida

President: Marina Berkovich, 566.1771

Jewish National Fund

Joshua Mellits, 941.462.1330 x865

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Men’s Cultural Alliance

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President: Michael Sobol, 508.733.9427

Naples BBYO

Jessica Zimmerman, 263.4205

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Naples Senior Center at JFCS Phone: 325.4444 Chairperson: Prentiss Higgins President/CEO: Dr. Jaclynn Faffer

PJ Library

Coordinator: Alicia Feldman www.jewishnaples.org/pj-library

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Advertising: Joy Walker • 941.284.0520

President: Patti Boochever, 518.852.3440

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