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STATE OF DISUNION The Perelman Jewish Day School pulls the plug on its teachers’ union, and reaction is swift — and heated.

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Teﬁllin Policy Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Orthodox

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NEW YORK — The recent announcement that SAR, a modern Orthodox high school in New York, is allowing girls to lay tefillin is helping expose an increasingly sharp fault line within Orthodoxy. For decades, it has been difficult to sort out the precise dividing lines between the varieties of Orthodoxy — ultra, haredi, centrist, modern, liberal. Each elastic category bled into others, and the movement has been broad enough to encompass everyone from black hat-wearing rabbis with long beards to young women in jeans and Tshirts. What united them was a stated commitment to halachah — Jewish law traditionally defined — and, of course, selfdefinition as Orthodox. In recent years, however, a visible divide has been emerging over a single issue: the role of women. It quickly is becoming a line in the sand, pitting the reformers against the traditionalists. The decision by SAR High School, located in the Riverdale section of the

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New Minyan Model Gives Voice to Modern Orthodox Women ERIC BERGER | JE STAFF

ON A RECENT FRIDAY night, in a small room near the front of the Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania, the women are modestly dressed and separated from the men by a mechitzah. The Kabbalat Shabbat melodies are familiar and if you close your eyes, you might think you were at any Orthodox service, with lively and loud davening. With one

major difference — a female student is leading the service. The group, Shira Chadasha, is what is termed a “partnership minyan,” a relatively new phenomenon in which daveners follow traditional Orthodox liturgy and separate the sexes, but women are allowed not only to lead parts of the service but also deliver a d’var

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LABOR DISPUTE ERUPTS at Perelman Jewish Day School LOCAL AMISHAI GOTTLIEB | JE STAFF

TEACHERS AT Perelman Jewish Day School are reeling in the wake of a decision by the school’s board of directors to no longer recognize the union that has represented them since 1976. The teachers were informed of the decision following a closed-door board meeting on March 24. Since then, the union representing the teachers, the American Federation of Teachers, has said it will file an unfair labor practice charge, and members of the board have been fielding questions from distraught teachers. Under the new terms that would take effect in the fall, fac-

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ulty members could be fired at any time without cause, a hearing or any recourse, according to the AFT. Teachers would also give up seniority, tenure and other rights that are guaranteed under their current collective bargaining agreement. “They are basically nullifying every right these faculty members have fought for, for over 40 years,” said Barbara Goodman, communications director for the AFT in Pennsylvania. “As a union, we are appalled.” For their part, board members defended the decision as the right move to ensure the health and long-term interests of the school. Aaron Freiwald, the father of two Perelman graduates with a third set to complete fifth

grade this year, told the Jewish Exponent that the board’s decision was made with a focus on what they believe is in the best interest of the students. “Everyone on our board is a parent or a grandparent or an alum,” he said. “Change isn’t always as easy as you like it to be, but in the end I think this is the best decision, also for the teachers.” Perelman is a private school, affiliated with the Conservative movement, with 55 teachers serving more than 300 students in kindergarten through fifth grade on campuses in Wynnewood and Elkins Park. The school, like most Jewish day schools in the country, has been struggling to boost enrollment. Its Saligman Middle School this year was absorbed into the Jack M. Barrack He-

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▲ The Forman Center of the Perelman Jewish Day School is on the Mandell campus.

brew Academy. The Perelman board has said it will honor teachers’ current contracts with the union through Aug. 31. After that, each teacher would have an individual contract with the school. Goodman of the AFT told the Exponent that many union members and staffers are Jewish and the board’s decision is a “real violation of the community’s trust.” Board members responded

to the outcry by releasing a document outlining their reasoning behind the decision and answering questions that have arisen as a result. They also held a series of meetings with the teachers. “Removing tenure and seniority will provide administrators with greater flexibility in recruiting new teachers, managing assignments of teachers to appropriate classrooms, and retaining and recognizing excel-

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HEADLINES lent teachers,” the FAQ sheet read. The document also disputed claims that the change went against Jewish values, stating that “our Jewish values motivated the board to reach this decision. We take seriously our responsibility to instill in our children a love of learning and to inspire them to lead meaningful Jewish lives.” Freiwald said the board’s decision to remove the union from the equation was intended to cultivate a “culture of collaboration” between the administration and the teachers. “The system in place when you have a union contract makes it very difficult to even suggest to a teacher how to improve,” Freiwald said, asserting that teacher grievance claims filed through the union can transform a simple complaint into a full-blown procedure. Lisa Richman, a teacher and the union president at Perelman, disagreed with the notion that there is any current lack of

communication. Lack of collaboration has “never been an issue at our school, ever, ever, ever,” Richman said. One subject that arose during the sessions held with teachers and board members following the decision, according to Richman, was the board’s issuing of a new handbook that outlines general guidelines for employees of Perelman. Current teachers were asked to individually sign two separate forms: A letter of intent to hire the individual teacher for the 2014-15 academic year and a receipt of acceptance of the new handbook. Though Richman conceded that board members were receptive to amending certain details in the handbook that teachers felt needed clarification, she said that some of the language was still “very scary.” “Each new employee and each continuing employee will receive an annual employment letter outlining the terms of

his/her employment,” reads one phrase in the handbook. “PJDS has the right to alter, vary, or amend any term of your employment letter at any time, including your job position/assignment.” “A lot of people are saying it’s a lack of derech eretz,” or respect for others, Richman said of the situation. In response, Freiwald suggested that the new deal will be beneficial to the teachers. “Every teacher was offered a position for next year. Every teacher was offered a pay raise higher than the union requested. Every teacher was offered more in benefits than the union offered,” Freiwald said. Richman said that the raise of 3 percent being offered by the board is an average that could potentially pit teachers against one another as they may receive varying percentage raises. Jesse Bacon, a parent who was quoted in the union’s news release, said the move “is a violation of Jewish precepts re-

garding the right of collective bargaining and the inspiring legacy of the Jewish labor movement.” Richman said that while the teachers were “disappointed and deeply saddened by the board’s actions,” they were still open to conducting dialogue with the board and administration. Freiwald, however, quickly dispelled notions that the school has any plans to negotiate. “The board's decision is final, is unanimous, and will not be reconsidered,” he said. “We now need to move forward.” According to Richman, she reached out to the board last October to discuss contract negotiations but was told repeatedly to wait for more information until the board meeting in March. “I’ve reached out on numerous occasions but they never turned to us for solutions to the problem,” the Judaic studies teacher said.

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‘Exponent’ Named Best Niche Paper in Pennsylvania The Jewish Exponent was named the best “niche” publication in the state by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. The annual Keystone Press Awards also recognized the paper’s executive editor, Lisa Hostein, with an honorable mention for her editorial writing. “We are proud to once again be recognized as the best niche publication in the state of Pennsylvania,” said Hostein. “Serving the Jewish community of Greater Philadelphia with intelligent, entertaining and locally focused coverage in our print and online platforms is our mission. This award recognizes those efforts by a small but dedicated and talented staff, and inspires us to reach even greater heights in the future.”

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PHILADELPHIA companies who do business in China could have a new source for translators who speak Mandarin. Just one thing though â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they may have to wait 20 years. Beth Sholom Congregationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early childhood education program will begin teaching Mandarin to children ages 3 to 5 next fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People who are in business are seeing Mandarin as the language of tomorrow,â&#x20AC;? said Eileen Weingram, director of the Elkins Park preschool, which already offers Hebrew instruction to its 75 students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re teaching our children to navigate the world, and exposing them to Mandarinâ&#x20AC;? will help them do that. The school, which has tradi-

tional and Montessori classrooms, will also begin offering tuition incentive grants in the fall that cover 40 percent of the cost of the school, up to $4,000 per year if the child attends fulltime. The language instruction, grants and training for all teachers to become fully certified in the Montessori method is being funded by members Stefan and Elizabeth Brodie in an effort to help the school grow. There has been increasing support in the Jewish world for

the idea that preschools can have a significant impact on building a strong Jewish identify in children and be a gateway to Jewish involvement for young families. Last year, the leaders of Jewish Federations of North America called for raising $1 billion over the next decade to fund tuition-free preschool for every Jewish family in the United States. Weingram said she sees the local donors as providing an important resource to the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So many times when young Jewish families come in for the preschool interview and tour the building,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we realize that they are really struggling financially to give their children an education that is going to have a deeply Jewish effect on them.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2014;? Contact: eberger@jewishexponent. com (215-832-0742).

New ADL Report Reveals Rise in AntiSemitic Incidents in Pennsylvania LOCAL AMISHAI GOTTLIEB | JE STAFF

AT LEAST 45 ANTI-SEMITIC incidents occurred in Pennsylvania in 2013, according to the Anti-Defamation Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual audit of AntiSemitic incidents. The report, released on April 1, identified and broke down the 45 incidents into: 31 cases of harassment, 13 of vandalism and one physical assault â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a slight rise from 2012, during which 38 overall incidents were reported. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we were spared a major tragedy this year, this does not minimize the incidents that were reported to our office,â&#x20AC;? said Nancy K. BaronBaer, ADLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interim regional director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;AntiSemitism is vile, rankles the conscience and has no place in civil society. We encourage the community to remain vigilant and bring incidents of anti-Semitism to our attention when they occur.â&#x20AC;? Pennsylvaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increase in incidents, while worrying, did not reflect the number of incidents that occurred nationally over the last year, where there was a 19 percent decrease in overall attacks of any kind against Jews. However, the national numbers did reveal a 8

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spike in the sub-category of violent assaults â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 31 such incidents were reported in 2013, as opposed to 17 physical attacks reported in 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should not minimize the fact that our region reported one anti-Semitic assault,â&#x20AC;? said Baron-Baer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This assault, combined with the number of violent in-your-face assaults across our country, is a sobering reminder that, despite the overall decline in anti-Semitic incidents, there is still a subset of Americans who are deeply infected with anti-Semitism and who feel emboldened enough to act out their bigotry.â&#x20AC;? Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the ADL, took a slightly more optimisitic approach to the report by saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The falling number of incidents targeting Jews is another indication of just how far we have come in finding full acceptance in society.â&#x20AC;? Though the number of local anti-Semitic incidents so far in 2014 are not currently available, one of the more recent occurrences was the spraypainting of a Swastika on the pavement near the Holocaust Memorial at the intersection of 17th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. That incident was reported to the ADL on March 12 and the Nazi symbol was quickly removed by police who were investigating the crime. â&#x2014;? JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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THE SCHOLAR/artist-in-residence has been a staple of area synagogue life for quite some time, creating culturally and spiritually enlightening events with authors, poets, visual artists and musicians. This winwin concept results in increased visibility for both the artist and the synagogue, not to mention a bump in attendance at synagogue events during the artist’s residency. At least, that is what Tiferet Bet Israel hopes will happen with their upcoming “children’s scholar-in-residence” program. Specifically, the Blue Bell synagogue is hoping to draw in the coveted under-5 demographic with a weekend of the singer/ songwriter, Ellen Allard, on April 4 and 5. Allard, who received her master’s degree in early childhood education from Arcadia University, is an award-winning recording artist who has been creating and performing Jewishly themed children’s songs for over 30 years. Among her 10 CDs and hundreds of songs are niche hits like “The Pet Song” and “Building a Better World.” Allard’s appearance at TBI is meant to help get the word out about its newly expanded early childhood education program, which will now include infants and toddlers, and will run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. For TBI cantor Elizabeth Shammash, bringing in Allard to help highlight TBI’s changes to its Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Early Childhood Education Community by leading events like a music-themed workshop on April 4 and an interactively age-appropriate Shabbat service on April 5 was a no-brainer. “When she sings with young children, she knows exactly how to engage and hold their attention,” Shamash said, “sometimes goofy, sometimes serious, but always meaningful.” For her part, the Worcester, JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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Continued from Page 1 Torah and read from the Torah itself. For women who come from an Orthodox background, who have never read Torah or taken on such roles, the experience can be enlightening. “When they have come up and read Torah for the first time in our community, I think that’s one of the most beautiful and inspiring things because it’s a Jewish skill, it’s such an important part of the service, and it’s something that has not been accessible to women who grew up in an Orthodox background,” said Tamar Friedman, a coordinator of the Penn minyan. But while participants are finding special meaning, leaders of Orthodox institutions condemn such minyans, which are growing in numbers on college campuses and in Jewish communities around the world. Most Orthodox rabbis say there is no halachic basis for allowing women to stand at the pulpit and lead and there is also a prohibition against men hearing women sing, a concept known as kol isha. The partnership minyanim is one of a number of issues that have caused a stir in recent years as part of the debate over the role of women in Orthodox Judaism. Leaders of three partnership minyanim that now meet once or twice a month in the Philadelphia area say they have not heard much, if any, criticism. Many of them also still belong to and worship at Orthodox synagogues. At the Friday evening night services at Penn Hillel, the students, roughly equal numbers of men and women, wished each other “Good Shabbas,” before finding space on either side of the collapsible wooden mechitzah. A male student led the group through a typical Minchah, or afternoon, service before they started Kabbalat Shabbat. “If you sit in that room on a Friday night with 100 people praying, closing their eyes and swaying back and forth, and you feel the energy, it’s just really what prayer is about,” said Friedman, a junior from Huntingdon Valley who grew up attending a Conservative synagogue. “I think a big part of having the participation of both men and women is that it takes the politics and gender out of the prayer space and allows people to really pray from their souls.” Advocates of the partnership minyanim take issue with the opponents, contending that the more egalitarian approach fits comfortably within the bounds of Jewish law. Martin Lockshin, an Orthodox rabbi who teaches at York University in Toron10

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◀ Participants at the ﬁrst Intercollegiate Partnership Minyanim Shabbaton, hosted by Penn Hillel, dance after Havdalah.

to, said that while he was initially skeptical of the concept, he is now convinced. In the Talmud, it states “anybody can be called up to read the Torah, even a woman,” but that a woman should not be called “because of the honor or the dignity of the community.” However, he added: “It is generally understood that if a community chooses to forego or redefine its honor, than a community can do so.” Forego the honor of the community? Lockshin said he supports the notion of establishing new communities seeking to redefine practices, rather than pushing existing congregations to change, to forego their honor. He cites as an example the evolving acceptance of teenage boys leading services. “In a previous generation, this was an affront to the dignity of the community. Now, in almost every modern Orthodox community, there are 15, 16, 17 year olds leading services. In the past there was an attitude that existed that women were considered to be inferior to men and as such, you don’t have someone from a lower social status lead.” Lockshin now is a member and halachic adviser for a partnership minyan in Toronto, which started about six years after the first partnership minyan was established in Jerusalem in 2002. “Everybody out there in the work force knows that this kind of hierarchal relationship, that men do things and women watch, is foreign to the spirit of the 20th and 21st century, and I think a lot of people find Orthodox synagogues off-putting for that reason,” said Lockshin, who spoke to Penn students and the Lechu Neranena partnership minyan in Bala Cynwyd last weekend. “I’m not in favor of saying egalitarianism trumps Jewish law, but when there is a fairly uncontroversial and uncomplicated way to accommodate more participation for women, I am all in favor of that.” Rabbi Yonah Gross said he has heard little discussion about partnership minyanim at his modern Orthodox synagogue, Congregation Beth Hamedrosh

in Wynnewood. But he made clear that he does not think the groups fit within the confines of “halachic and philosophical barriers” — such as the prohibition against men hearing women sing — that define “mainstream Orthodox thought.” His objections square with those by national Orthodox associations. The consensus of Orthodox rabbis “is unequivocal that partnership minyanim are improper,” according to a statement by the Orthodox Union, the umbrella organization of modern Orthodox congregations. But the upstart, independent minyans fill an important need, said Saundra “Sunnie” Epstein, who founded the Shira Hadasha partnership minyan in Elkins Park two years ago. Epstein had attended Shabbat services at a minyan of the same name in Jerusalem more than a decade ago and said the experience reminded her of the Conservative services of the ‘60s and ‘70s — where halachah was observed, genders were separated, but women participated. Epstein, who also belongs to Orthodox congregations Young Israel of Elkins Park and Mekor Habracha in Center City, said about 20 to 30 people, primarily from modern Orthodox or Conservative backgrounds, attend the services at her house. There is divided seating but no mechitzah, and women give divrei Torah and lead Kabbalat Shabbat services. Men at partnership minyans lead other services such as afternoon Minchah and evening Ma’ariv, based on the precept that under Jewish law, men are obligated to recite the prayers, while women are not. Epstein said she has not heard negative feedback from others in the Orthodox community, only questions. “I don’t get the pushback because I don’t push. I know who would be interested and who would not be interested,” said Epstein, who does push in other realms as an advocate for Orthodox LGBT Jews. Michael Gordan, a founder of the Lechu Neranena partnership minyan in

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Bala Cynwyd, agrees. “Most of the people who come to the minyan are from shomer Shabbat families who are interested in this and are willing participants,” he said. “The people who are opposed, I guess their feeling is they can do their thing, and we can do our thing.” There are also differences in practices among partnership minyans. Some minyans have Torahs and lecterns on each side of the mechitzah for men and women to read from; others have one in the center that both approach. Some also require the presence of 10 men and 10 women to start services. At the recent Penn service welcoming Shabbat, members removed the mechitzah before a d’var torah given by Shoshana Akabas, a senior from New York studying English and organic chemistry. She said she learned about the differences among the partnership minyanim during a Shabbaton in January organized by Penn students and attended by 120 male and female students from more than 15 colleges. She grew up attending a variety of services regularly, from Reform to Orthodox, and continues to frequent various affiliations at Hillel. “The main reason I go to Shira Chadasha is the singing is so beautiful and the people are so invested in what they are doing,” Akabas said. “The details of the mechitzah and who is leading matter to me less personally.” Among the daveners, there were people who have attended the minyan since it started six years ago, continuing to come even after graduating. But what happens when members move elsewhere after graduating? “Once people leave the university,” said Friedman, the coordinator, “I think it would be difficult for a lot of people in our minyan not to seek out some features that our minyan has.” ● Contact: eberger@jewishexponent.com (215832-0742). JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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RABBI MENACHEM PENNER, the dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, did not sugarcoat the challenges that the school’s young rabbis face when he spoke at their ordination ceremony last week. The rabbis “live in a rapidly changing world, in which the principles upon which our Torah lives are fashioned are under daily attack. In our upside-down world, morality is closed-mindedness and immorality is righteousness.” In order to preserve the unity of the Jewish people, Penner said, he was providing the rabbis with a directive: “You need to be open. Yes, you heard me correctly: Orthodox Judaism needs to be open,” he said at the March 23 ceremony. But how open? With so many hot-button issues swirling around the Orthodox Jewish world — from women wrapping tefillin to haredim serving in the Israel Defense Forces — we asked three of the newly ordained rabbis, all with ties to the Philadelphia area but all taking very different paths, to offer their thoughts. Yonatan Frankel, 29 and a father of three, finished his last rabbinical school assignment while on a red-eye flight back from a consumer electronics fair in Las Vegas. The Bala Cynwyd resident has a startup centered on a connected home hardware device and is not planning to pursue the rabbinate as a career. (According to Yeshiva University, about 80 percent of its alumni are involved in some kind of religious or Jewish communal work.) Daniel Sherman, 26, who grew up in Wynnewood, says he wants to become a pulpit rabbi like his grandfather, Rabbi Amiram Gabay, the spiritual leader at Beit Harambam Congregation, a Sephardic synagogue in the Northeast. “I think he is strong and very resolute in his convictions and beliefs,” said Sherman. “And he is tolerant and understanding of people that are not like him — while not giving up on his core beliefs.” Dovid Halpern, 25, a Bala Cynwyd native, plans to adhere to the Hippocratic Oath as well as to Jewish law. He is a first-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University. Why study at Yeshiva University — both as an undergrad and rabbinical school — before donning the white coat? “I felt it was imperative that I ground myself in Jewish learning, and take the JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

◀ Yonatan Frankel (left) and his wife, Michal, live in Bala Cynwyd with their three sons.

unique perspective I gained in Yeshiva with me throughout my medical career,” he said. The following are excerpts from the rabbis’ responses to separate interviews, which have been edited for space and clarity: What do you see as the biggest challenge facing Orthodox Jews and/or the Jewish community at-large? Sherman: I think the biggest question facing the Jewish community at large is the lack of a real Jewish identity. I think sometimes we’re overly focused on the more practical issues such as assimilation and support for Israel and don’t ask the overall question, do we identify with Judaism as a whole, and all that it represents? Frankel: One issue — in some ways it’s minor in terms of the religious outlook — is tuition. Tuition is eating up a larger and larger percentage of people’s incomes and it’s very difficult for people to afford tuition to Jewish day schools. Halpern: I think that the issue of defining itself has been one of American Jewry’s largest problems throughout American Jewish history. What should the response be to the Women of the Wall, who have been harassed by Orthodox men and women, detained by police and arrested for their prayer services at the Kotel? Sherman: I think that’s really an Israeli Jewish decision. I understand both sides but at the end of the day, I would allow the chief rabbi and the Israeli government to decide. Frankel: Anytime you see confrontation among Jews, it’s not pleasant. We just all have to learn to disagree in a more agreeable fashion. Earlier this year, SAR High School, a modern Orthodox school in New York, announced that it was allowing its female students to wrap tefillin, which is traditionally not done in the Orthodox world. What are your thoughts on women wrapping tefillin? Halpern: Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt of Riverdale Jewish Center in New York gave a great talk on this, and I agree with his approach. He said that he respectfully disagrees on halachic grounds but also in no way does that mean he loses respect for the people. He said that people must

▼ Recently ordained rabbis Dovid Halpern and Daniel Sherman (right) are pursuing careers in medicine and as a pulpit rabbi, respectively.

consider that a position that is contrary to the values that they hold may be coming from a truly important, religious place for others. Sherman: I’m opposed. I think that from a halachic perspective, it’s quite clear that it’s something that is frowned upon. Frankel: The question is for people much greater than myself; it’s not up to me to decide if it’s right or wrong, but practices must adhere to halachah. What do you think about Yeshiva University recently anouncing it would withhold ordination from a fellow rabbinic student who had hosted at his home a partnership minyan in which women lead parts of the service and are called to the Torah? Halpern: I’m pretty confident that their practices are currently not acceptable from the perspective of Jewish law. But the practice is one we need to approach with respect and understanding. We, the larger Orthodox community, need to say to those who wish to participate in partnership minyanim, I understand the values that you’re bringing to the table. And the other side should respect the values of the overall Orthodox community of fealty to the halachic process. Sherman: I don’t think it’s a crazy request, and I think a rabbi is mistaken if he doesn’t address the issue with a certain sophistication and sensitivity. However, I still maintain that the practices of

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such minyans are frowned upon by Jewish law and something that should be refrained from doing. Frankel: This is an age for innovation but at the same time, innovation has to adhere to halachah. Israel’s Knesset recently passed a law requiring haredi Orthodox yeshiva students to serve in the IDF. Your thoughts? Frankel: It’s unfortunate that a compromise couldn’t be reached there. There are haredim that would have willingly served in the military. To kind of impose it from the top down causes bad blood everywhere. Sherman: I think that we need them in the army, and it’s something I strongly support. On the other hand, I do think the army has to give the ultra-Orthodox an infrastructure that works for their ideals and allows them to maintain their culture and religious observance. ● Contact: eberger@jewishexponent.com (215832-0742). APRIL 3, 2014

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Continued from Page 1 Bronx, is just the latest development on this front. Before it came the decision by Rabbi Avi Weiss, an Orthodox rabbi in Riverdale, to ordain female Orthodox clergy. The ordination call was preceded by Orthodox minyans that took a second look at halachah and decided that allowing women to lead certain parts of worship — Torah reading, the introductory morning prayers known as Psukei D’zimra and a few other rituals — did not violate the letter of the law. It’s difficult to say when it all began. Was the original Bais Yaakov school for girls, opened in Poland in 1917, the first breach, breaking the traditional ban on giving girls a formalized Torah education? The school, which by today’s standards would be considered ultra-Orthodox, was then seen as groundbreaking. Only the imprimatur of the widely respected Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, helped stem the controversy that greeted its establishment. In America, a key milestone came in the latter half of the 20th century when some Orthodox schools began offering girls the same Jewish education offered to boys. For many years — and this is still the case in many Orthodox institutions today — only boys were allowed to study Talmud, the central text of Orthodox Judaism. But when Orthodox schools began allowing girls to study Talmud, under the authority of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik of the Maimonides School near Boston, it opened the door to a new way of thinking about the role of Orthodox women. Many of the logical conclusions followed. If an Orthodox girl could study Talmud in high school, why couldn’t she in college? By the early 1980s, Yeshiva University, the flagship institution of modern Orthodoxy, was offering elective Talmud classes at its Stern College for Women, though it wasn’t until 2009 that Stern opened a master’s program in biblical and talmudic interpretation to women. In 1984, the Drisha Institute, a New York institution under Ortho-

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Will the changes considered controversial today gradually gain mainstream acceptance, too, or are they fated to remain a fringe phenomenon? dox leadership, opened the first full-time women’s kollel study program. The glass ceiling of female Orthodox spiritual leaders began to shatter, too. In 1992, Drisha began offering a three-year program “paralleling rabbinic ordination” to certify female scholars. A few years later, Nishmat, an institution in Jerusalem established in 1990 “to open the gates of higher Torah learning to women,” inaugurated a program to certify women as yoatzot halacha — consultants on Jewish law. The consultants mainly ministered to women on laws pertaining to sex, Shabbat and kashrut. In 2009, Weiss pushed the envelope even further by ordaining Sara Hurwitz, later conferring on her the title of “rabba,” a feminized version of rabbi. The move was condemned immediately — not just by the haredi Orthodox, but by leaders of the centrist Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America. “The ordination of women as rabbis represents a serious and inappropriate breach with our sacred tradition and is beyond the pale of Orthodox Judaism,” said Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, a rabbi in Teaneck, N.J., who was vice president of the RCA at the time. For a long time, it had been unusual for one sector of American Orthodoxy to condemn another, despite differences in practice and even ideology. Many families span the various kinds of Orthodoxy, no one’s quite sure of what the contours of modern Orthodoxy are, and it’s not unusual to find haredi Orthodox Jews worshiping in modern Orthodox shuls and

vice versa. But as liberal Orthodox Jews support new roles for women, particularly in the synagogue, it’s looking increasingly like Orthodoxy is undergoing a schism. The more traditionalist elements of the Orthodox community view the reforms as beyond the pale, a threat to the integrity of their halachic community. This is why Weiss and the yeshivas he has established, including the liberal Orthodox rabbinical school Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, have faced so much Orthodox opposition — from the RCA, which does not recognize Chovevei ordination, to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, which recently questioned Weiss’ Orthodox credentials. Incidentally, SAR is not the first Orthodox school to allow girls to lay tefillin; the Ramaz School in Manhattan made such an allowance as far back as the early 1990s, though it made no public announcement about it until SAR did. And eight centuries ago, the daughters of Rashi, the medieval French rabbi, famously were said to have worn tefillin. While the more public battles have been over women being ordained, laying tefillin or reading from the Torah, there are innumerable issues related to women both large and small with which Orthodoxy is grappling. It’s not just about clergy but also women serving as synagogue presidents, making the blessing over bread or wine on Shabbat, or dancing with Torah scrolls on Simchat Torah. While initially considered aberrant, some of these practices have gradually gained acceptance in mainstream Orthodox circles. Will the changes considered controversial today gradually gain mainstream acceptance, too, or are they fated to remain a fringe phenomenon? In an elastic movement with no central governing authority or membership structure, it’s hard to say. Clearly, the haredi Orthodox will stand against change. The question is which way the modern Orthodox and the institutions associated with them — the RCA, Yeshiva University, the Orthodox Union and the National Council of Young Israel, to name a few — will swing. ● JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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A PUBLIC program that aimed to make people question whether J Street, a left-wing Israel advocacy organization, is truly a supporter of the Jewish state also saw a more moderate Israel advocate taking attacks from the right. The March 27 event at the Penn Museum featured a documentary, The J Street Challenge, which is highly critical of the organization, as well as a panel of three speakers, including Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz. In advance of the event, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and Hillel of Greater Philadelphia faced some questions and criticism for sponsoring a program that critics charged was divisive in the community. The panel also included Charles Jacobs, the head of Americans for Peace and Tolerance, whose organization produced the film, and Sara Greenberg, who grew up in Gladwyne and is currently a graduate student at Harvard University, where she is involved in pro-Israel activism. Dershowitz, who is featured in the film, was very critical of J Street in his opening remarks and in the documentary but some in the audience took boisterous issue with the renowned attorney and The Case for Israel author because of his support 14

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for President Barack Obama and his opposition to West Bank settlements. “ ‘We are pro-Israel,’ they say, and ‘We are pro-peace,’ ” Dershowitz said of J Street in his opening remarks. “If that were the case, I would have joined them a long time ago.” He said he takes issue with the organization for what he termed the group’s lack of concern over Israel’s security and its efforts to shape Israeli policy by advocating U.S. pressure on the Jewish state. Outside the event, a contingent of students from J Street and other Jewish organizations said that whether or not you agreed with J Street, the organization should have a voice in campus discussions and Israel programming. According to Jacobs, J Street officials declined invitations to participate in programs showing the film here and elsewhere. J Street’s local director, Rebecca Kirzner, declined to comment, saying she had not attended the event. In the past, J Street officials have said they are open to discussing substantive issues related to Israel but do not want to be defined by someone else’s agenda. Greenberg, a board member of Harvard’s Hillel, said J Street does not build support for Israel on college campuses. “Wouldn’t you expect a proIsrael organization with campus chapters to equip students with facts, stand up for Israel and combat the anti-Semitism that exists today on campus?” she asked. “Not J Street.” ● JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Forty-one teams and 300 players from colleges across the United States came to the University of Maryland campus last weekend for the National Hillel Basketball Tournament’s fourth incarnation in what also represented a homecoming of sorts: Backslapping recognitions renewed acquaintances from summer camp and high school days. The men’s title game, in fact, featured two athletes who have attained the heights of collegiate sports: Jacob Susskind, who plays for Maryland, and Anthony Firkser of Harvard — the Crimson’s football team, that is. Maryland would win not just the men’s crown but the women’s, too. Arriving at Ritchie Coliseum for the championship game — most contests were held at the larger Reckford Armory across the street — Susskind hobbled in, a function of fatigue from the nonstop hoops. “It’s to help spread the word about Jewish people in basket-

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ball. It’s a cool concept: to come together with the same religious belief, and to do something everyone likes to do, which is play basketball, is a plus,” Susskind said on Sunday afternoon after his team won a preliminaryround game. Susskind, who attended the Golda Och Academy, a Solomon Schechter school in West Orange, N.J., spoke at courtside while watching Kansas play Massachusetts, and pointed to a guard wearing uniform No. 10 for the former. “He came up to me the other day and said, ‘I know you.’ It was cool to see him,” said Susskind, explaining that the two played seven years ago at a Jewish day school tournament in Baltimore. The Kansas player, Cory Gutovitz, in turn, said he had guarded one of Susskind’s Hillel teammates, Nachum Shapiro, at the same Baltimore tournament and stayed at Shapiro’s home. “I was always active in Hillel, and I love basketball,” said Gutovitz, who graduated last year. “I didn’t realize how many people would be here until Friday night dinner, when I saw maybe 500 people.” “It was Jewish March Mad-

that lawyers representing the union are in the process of filing an unfair labor practice charge. “We will pursue every legal avenue on behalf of these dedicated teachers and committed union members,” Kirsch said. “We believe the board’s actions violate the National Labor Relations Act, and years of Jewish law and tradition on the way to treat employees.” The local chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee, meanwhile, expressed solidarity with the teachers. “The Philadelphia JLC stands firmly with the teachers and their union as they fight for their collective bargaining rights, and also in alignment with tenets of Conservative Judaism,” said the group’s Lynne Fox. ●

ness. I’ve gone to Jewish tournaments in high school and had the same mindset: that these Jewish kids can’t be that amazing. Here, I learned my lesson: It’s good, competitive basketball.” It’s also a schmooze fest. Gutovitz and four other Kansans stayed at the campus apartment of Tara Feld, Shapiro’s girlfriend. Chatting in the building’s corridors late Saturday night, Gutovitz met a female student who had attended the wedding of his basketball teammate at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy in Overland Park, Kan. And so it went: a 48-hour festival of basketball and gabbing, with breaks for kiddush, havdalah and Shabbat meals. With basketball at its core, the event began modestly in 2011 with 20 teams and one goal: “to get Jewish kids from all over the country for a weekend of communal bonding as well as basketball competition,” said Joseph Tuchman, a Maryland sophomore who chairs the tournament. Now it has a $60,000 budget, sponsors such as Gatorade and UnderArmour, and plenty of spectators — 1,000 attended Saturday night’s opening games. ●

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LAS VEGAS — The GOP Jewish faithful descended in force on Sin City, turning out in record numbers and striking a feisty, combative tone at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference. According to organizers, some 400 people attended the gathering, where they were feted with poker and golf tournaments, and wooed by presidential hopefuls. “In Jewish crowds, I’m tired of keeping my political views quiet,” said Barry Sobel, an asset manager from College Park, Ga. “It’s nice to be in a room of like-minded people.” Jewish Republicans make up a distinct minority of American Jewry — President Obama won 69 percent of Jewish votes in the 2012 elections, according to exit polls — and a tiny proportion of the national electorate. However, they wield a political clout that far exceeds their numbers, in large part because Jewish Republicans are some of the GOP’s most important donors. And no donor is more important than the host of this year’s conference, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. The conference was held in the Adelson-owned Venetian hotel and casino, and his presence loomed large over the gathering. National media dubbed this year’s conference the “Sheldon Primary,” in recognition of the many potential Republican presidential candidates who arrived not only to address the crowds but for private sit-downs with Adelson, who spent a reported $93 million on the 2012 presidential election and has announced he will spend much more on 2016. He also is backing an effort to bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Las Vegas. Along with a Shabbat dinner address by Israel’s U.S. ambassador, Ron Dermer, and a scotchtasting with Israeli venture cap-

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HEADLINES Continued from Previous Page his audience spellbound with a rapturous description of his recent trip to Israel when he tripped a rhetorical landmine. “I took a helicopter ride from the occupied territories across, and just felt, personally, how extraordinary that was to understand the military risk that Israel faces every day,” Christie told the crowd. Although Christie received a standing ovation at the end of his speech, his use of the phrase “occupied territories” upset some attendees who felt that such wording casts aspersions on Israel’s claim to the West Bank. “Chris Christie either does not understand the issues affecting Israel or he’s not a friend of Israel,” said Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America. Klein said he brought up the remarks with Adelson, and Politico subsequently reported that Christie had later apolo-

COMMUNITY gized to Adelson in a private meeting. The RJC’s executive director, Matthew Brooks, dismissed Christie’s remark as “a slip of the tongue.” “I have every confidence that Gov. Christie is an unabashed, unequivocal supporter of Israel,” Brooks said. Christie was not the only candidate making an effort to connect with the crowd on a Judaic level. Walker spoke of how his son’s name, Matthew, translates from the Hebrew as “a gift from God,” and of lighting menorah candles at the Wisconsin governor’s mansion. Kasich described his effort to build a Holocaust memorial on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse. Bolton brought the crowd to its feet with his fierce denunciations of the Obama administration’s Iran diplomacy and his call for the United States to firmly back the Jewish state, even if Israel should choose to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. But the candidates also tout-

ed their broader appeal, with Christie and Walker citing their experience as governors of traditionally Democratic states and Kasich defending his decision to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, though without explicitly referencing Medicaid or the act known as Obamacare. All the speakers also pledged, with varying degrees of specificity, to pursue a muscular and assertive foreign policy. The more isolationist strain in the GOP is particularly associated with a presumed presidential hopeful who was not at the Las Vegas conference, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. Brooks said that Paul had been invited to attend but had declined in favor of a family commitment. Some of the politicians in attendance seemed to be tailoring their pitches more narrowly. Kasich made it clear that he had a particular target in mind as he concluded his speech to the conclave: “Hey listen, Sheldon, thanks for inviting me.” ●

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The Controversy Over Fracking:

Let’s Not Make a Deal SHOULD JONATHAN POLLARD be freed as part of a deal to resuscitate the latest flailing effort to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian agreement? That’s the question roiling political and pro-Israel circles this week amid reports that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to hammer out a deal with Israel and the Palestinians to extend the talks beyond the deadline he had set to reach a framework agreement by the end of this month. The answer: Pollard, the former naval intelligence analyst who was convicted of spying for Israel and has been serving a life sentence since 1987, should be released on humanitarian grounds but he should not be part of any such a deal. Support for Pollard’s release transcends the political spectrum, with increasing numbers of American, Jewish and Israeli officials sounding a unified appeal for his freedom because he is ailing physically and was subject to excessive punishment that violated a plea bargain agreement. For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been fighting for Pollard’s release since his first term as prime minister back in 1998, when he almost clinched a deal with thenPresident Bill Clinton amid another effort at peacemaking. That Pollard could be part of a potential arrangement appears the height of irony. Why? Because according to his most ardent supporters, he doesn’t want to be involved in any exchange that would smack of concessions on Israel’s part. Likewise, his release might hand Netanyahu a temporary political boost but would likely not last if and when the premier needs to take even harder decisions regarding next steps with the Palestinians. That the issue is even being raised suggests desperation on the part of the Obama administration. Kerry’s determination is admirable but most likely doomed. In stressing that no progress can be made unless both sides have the desire — and courageous leadership — to make it happen, he is sounding an all-too-familiar refrain. Kerry is finally learning the lesson that past U.S. adminstrations discovered — no matter how much the United States might want it, only the parties themselves can make peace happen. Israel was right to skip a deadline this week for the release of yet another, larger group of Palestinian prisoners. Israel has already released 78 prisoners connected to fatal terrorist attacks as it had agreed to, but Israeli Cabinet ministers said they want Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to commit to another nine months of talks before releasing the final batch. If Israel is going to make another painful prisoner release, it has to have something to show for it. So far, it’s got nothing from the Palestinians despite months of talks. Injecting Pollard into the mix isn’t going to change that sad reality. ●

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THE GROWTH of the Marcellus Shale has fostered a spectacular and rewarding industry, launching Pennsylvania as the second-largest energy field in the world and fourth-ranked in the nation in energy production. Despite the negative publicity and controversy regarding the industry’s extraction process, investments and more many positive outcomes have emanated from the direct economic impact of the Marcellus Shale and its related industries. One of these results, according to the U.S. Department of Labor and Industry 2013 2Q report, is the employment of 241,926 individuals. Their wages are, on average, $35,600 above the average Pennsylvania wage. In addition, residents who heat their homes with natural gas have paid a total of $50 million less to do so. The industry has acknowledged some of its early mistakes and made drastic turnarounds to provide better communication in local communities and best practices when extracting natural gas. Safety and the environment have been top priorities, with success in helping the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection develop more stringent rules and procedures for drilling and for the protection of Pennsylvania’s waters and habitat. As people consider the eco-

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THE ISSUE On April 17th, the Jewish Exponent and WHYY will be the media sponsors of The Bernard Wolfman Civil Discourse Project’s second annual Civil Discourse Forum: “A Frank Conversation about Fracking, Without All the Fracas.” The evening will present experts with opposing views about the controversial use of hydraulic fracturing. Here, the event’s speakers preview their positions. For more information or to register, visit www.civildiscourseproject.org. nomic impact of hydraulic fracturing, many come to the conversation with predisposed ideas about water quality and the overall human and environmental safety of the industry. They may not be aware of the strong environmental practices the industry has put in place to address concerns by environmentalists, communities and lawmakers. Pennsylvania in particular has one of the most comprehensive sets of regulatory statutes in the United States to ensure safe

drilling and protection of waters, streams, forests and citizens. A company that drills in Pennsylvania must comply with 12 state site construction regulations, 18 state drilling regulations, 18 state hydraulic fracturing regulations, 11 state midstream regulations and 10 state reclamation/completed site regulations. In addition, several federal agencies and laws also heavily regulate the oil and gas industries. As good neighbors, energy companies are finding ways to minimize environmental impact. Most recycle their own water to keep flowback water from getting into streams. Chesapeake Energy founded its Green Frac Initiative in 2009, which evaluates each chemical sedative to determine its necessity and its impact on the environment. Many have established guidelines for vendors regarding proper handling of the chemicals while on the surface to ensure environmental safety. In addition, in response to concerns that chemicals were contaminating the water, the website Fracfocus was established to disclose the chemicals that are used for drilling and to specify their use. Individuals also have raised concerns that fracking would contaminate streams, kill wildlife or contaminate drinking wa-

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THE OIL AND GAS industry has promised great wealth and numerous jobs from shale development, but the actual numbers belie such claims. The industry has stated repeatedly that as many as 600,000 jobs will be generated nationwide. But these numbers were based on economic models paid for by oil and gas companies which, when assessed, were found to include extraneous jobs in the mix. Early estimates of job creation by the industry predicted that more than 200,000 jobs would be created in Pennsylvania. Yet at the height of the drilling frenzy in 2012, IHS Global Insight released a report, paid for the industry, which said that half that estimate, some 100,000 jobs, had been created. Still other estimates put the number of jobs created in Pennsylvania at about 20,000. Given that the state needs 6 million jobs to be at full employment and assuming that somewhere between 20,000 and 100,000 jobs were created, the industry has really provided only between .4 percent and 2 percent of needed employment. This is not game-changing. Jobs aren’t the only problem. Gov. Tom Corbett took aim at what he called “our opponents’ anti-energy agenda, which also includes extreme proposals to

Freeman Continued from Previous Page ter. The drilling depth — more than a mile underground — makes these scenarios highly unlikely. Nevertheless, the industry responded with the program Aqua Renew, which renews used water from drilling. The water is collected and tested for any salt and mineral content to determine at what rate it can be used with fresh water, ensuring proper quantity and quality for operations. This process has allowed energy companies to reuse beJEWISHEXPONENT.COM

raise taxes.” This is curious given the significant costs that Pennsylvania now faces due to drilling activities that could have been mitigated had severance taxes been imposed upon the industry from the start. Nevertheless, Pennsylvania decided not to levy a severance tax on minerals. By 2012, it was clear the state had a serious problem. Considering only one of the externalities of shale development, road damages, it becomes apparent that certain drilling costs are being shifted on to taxpayers and these costs are significantly outstripping generated tax revenue. Drilling has heavily damaged roads in Bradford and Susquehanna counties. Although PennDOT has not given actual estimates for damage due directly from drilling, it estimates the overall cost of road damages for the state at approximately $3.5 billion to maintain roads and approximately $7 billion to properly fix them. Roads that are most

tween 52 and 97 percent of the water associated with the sites where they drill. Taken together, the record and impact of the industry is impressive, leading to more jobs, higher wages, lowercost energy and investment in effectively managed environmental stewardship. Communication, education and accountability are key tools to help develop trust as we continue to produce a resource that we all use every day. ● William Freeman is the founder of Freeman Astor and past chair of the Natural Gas Use Committee of the Marcellus Shale Coalition.

heavily damaged are the ones that have the most flooding problems. After Hurricane Sandy, PennDOT said that Bradford and Susquehanna counties had the most serious problems. Pennsylvania has taken in only about $400 million in impact fee revenue from drilling. These revenues will not begin to cover the costs to repair the roads. Even in Texas, where severance tax revenue is significant, TxDOT has stated that damages to roads from drilling activities are significantly outstripping funds. Furthermore, it is highly unlikely that revenues from Marcellus production will increase. According to the March 2014 gas production report from the U.S. Department of Energy, Marcellus gas production was virtually unchanged from figures a month earlier. But perhaps more important is that just in the last six months, production has declined in older wells. This is indicative of an impending overall decline in the drilling areas, a pattern that has already occurred in other shale drilling in the United States. In short, these are not long-lived sources of drilling, and the Marcellus appears to be tipping into decline, in which case revenues will dwindle accordingly. In addition, the drilling industry is lagging in jobs compared with wind, solar and geothermal companies. In 2011, at the height of the drilling frenzy, the industry provided approximately 181,000 direct jobs nationwide. Wind, solar and geothermal companies provided approximately 183,000 direct jobs. This was true even though oil and gas accounted for about 45 percent of all electricity generation while renewables accounted for a mere 15 percent. This means that renewables are actually creating significantly more jobs per kilowatt than oil and gas. And promised jobs simply are not the same as real jobs, no matter how you spin it. ● Financial expert Deborah Lawrence Rogers is the founder and director of EnergyPolicyForum.

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Josh Fattal, while being questioned by his Iranian guards, is told “Jewish, no problem: Israel Problem” (Headlines, “Captors in Iran Knew He Was Jewish,” March 13). We can understand his great relief, but is this really true in Iran? Recent history tells a different story for Iranian Jews. Since the Islamists came to power in 1979, Iranian Jews have endured one indignity after another. They are under constant observation. They are unable to move about freely. Many economic opportunities are not open to them. Social interaction is limited for many reasons because they are Jews. Quite a number of Jewish men, especially, have endured confinement, arrests and, in some cases, have been executed after being accused of being spies for Israel. They are victims of an arbitrary justice system as it is applied to Jews. So, in Iran, is “Jewish, no Problem” fact or fiction? We are all aware of how Fattal and his Syrian resident friends think Israel is supposedly treating the Palestinians. Their concern for the Palestinians lacks balance and objectivity, in our estimation. But is Fattal, as a self-confessing Jew, equally concerned about his “fellow Jews,” who are the undeserved victims of oppression in Iran, or for that matter, any other Jewish community victimized by oppression? It seems the answer is no! His activities and concerns remind me of the old Labor song, “Which Side Are You On?” Florence and Morton Liebman | Philadelphia

Why Did Federation Back Anti-J Street Event? Why would the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia be in any way involved with the program attacking J Street at Penn’s campus on March 27? (Headlines, “Pro-Israel Program Sparks Discussion,” March 20.) I have problems with J Street, because I don’t see it as sufficiently concerned with Israel’s need for security in a dangerous neighborhood. Rockets from a Palestinian-controlled East Jerusalem would be a real possibility as well as a mortal threat. However, I am also troubled by AIPAC, ZOA and others on the Jewish right who fail to understand the need for national rights of the Palestinians. They show no understanding of the humiliation the occupation generates, nor the fact that the occupation causes terrorism. I see both sides as sincere in their concern for Israel’s future. A healthy debate should be encouraged. What we don’t need is for the umbrella Jewish organization, the Federation, taking sides. The Federation represents all Jews in our region. By denigrating J Street, you insult and exclude a large contingent of our local Jewish population, myself included. Alienating us from the Jewish Federation does harm to the Federation, as well as to the entire Jewish community. David Broida | Haverford

With Israel Under Threat, Let’s Get Serious Israel is at war on five fronts, and the Jewish Exponent features two front-page articles on basketball (Cover stories, March 20). Don’t you think it’s time for the Exponent to get serious about informing its readers of the heroic efforts of Israeli Jews to defend their country? Claude Schoenberg | Bala Cynwyd

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FOR MARK NADLER, the title of his latest cabaret show, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, pulls double duty. In addition to being a nod to Kurt Weill, the German Jewish composer whose music is prominently featured in the show, Nadler says it neatly sums up the story of his own life. “I have always felt myself to be an outsider,” says the 52-yearold Nadler, who will be performing at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia through April 12. “It goes back to being a Jewish gay boy in Iowa. I also am a stranger in this world. It’s something you become conditioned to be. It simply made me who I am.” If you are a habitué of New York cabaret and musical revues of the American Songbook canon, then you already know who Nadler is. His interpretations of the oeuvres of composers like the Gershwins, Stephen Sondheim and Irving Berlin have earned him awards from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets as well as nominations for both Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards during his 30-plus years of singing, playing piano and acting in New York City. He has also been honored in his home state, cementing his legacy there with handprints in the sidewalk outside the Long Straw Saloon in Cedar Falls, where he would play the piano as a 10-year-old amid the saloon girls. The ceremony was one of the rare times he has returned to Iowa. “I just never was a fit there,” he says. “Everyone thought I was a New Yorker, even when I was growing up.” Nadler says he knew from the time he was very young — “the minute I came out of the womb!” he quips — that Iowa wasn’t for him. He recalls climbing to the top of the yellow swing set in his back yard to try to see the Empire State Building. As the son of Eastern European immigrants, Nadler had no choice in where he was born and raised. “When you come to this country, you go to where you’re sponsored,” he says by

WEILL SIDE IF YOU GO I’m a Stranger Here Myself Through April 12 at the Prince Music Theater 1412 Chestnut St., Philadelphia princemusictheater.org; 215-972-1000 way of explanation as to how a Jewish family came to reside in Waterloo, the home of the Rath Packing Company, one of the country’s main pork suppliers. Despite being far from the cultural centers on the coasts, Nadler found plenty of inspiration through the Mahalia Jackson records his parents, who were both civil rights activists, would play. He also cites Danny Kaye, the Marx Brothers and Bugs Bunny as major influences. “I started playing piano when I was 4, and one of the things that inspired me to do so was Bugs Bunny cartoons — I didn’t know it was beyond the realm of possibility” that humans could do the same things as a cartoon rabbit, he explains with a laugh. That would help explain why so many descriptions of his performances include adjectives like “animated” and “kinetic.” Nadler says that the connection he has to I’m a Stranger Here Myself — Weill’s song of the title was first heard in the 1943 Broadway musical, One Touch of Venus, with lyrics by Ogden Nash — has caused him to stretch his craft. “I tend to be a comedian, and although the show has comic elements, it goes to a deep and emotional place — something I haven’t done onstage before.”

By using the music of Weimar Republic-era composers like Weill, Friedrich Hollaender and Bertolt Brecht, Nadler is able to weave a musical history of Germany between World War I and World War II. The first democratically elected parliamentary government in the country’s history was the official manifestation of the freedom Germans felt after the fall of Kaiser Wilhelm. Socially and culturally, that freedom expressed itself through radical changes in sexual mores, music, art and virtually all forms of culture. Nadler says that through his research on this period, “I found that it was a time full of people who carried my particular issue: The people who created the songs, the literature, the art of the Weimar, tended to be either Jewish or gay. It was a reaction to the oppression of the Kaiser — all of that freedom caused people to become outrageously open, especially in Berlin.” For a small-town boy from the Midwest who left for New York City at age 17, this paradigm shift had resonance. “I did feel that same sort of incredible freeing of the spirit when I moved to New York and could be exactly who I was, loudly and brazenly, without fear of repercussions,” he recalls. It was this reaffirmation of the liberating power of the arts that has led Nadler to become involved in his longest-running production to date — as a board member of ArtStart, the nationally recognized nonprofit organization that brings artists from all disciplines to teach children who, according to the organization’s literature, “are living in shelters, on the streets, involved in court cases or surviving with parents in crisis.” Nadler works with high school-age teens who have been placed in programs that provide an alternative to incarceration. He says that his time there is a more than fair quid pro quo: “I work with them on their poetry and turn it into music” and in exchange, “these kids have given me hip hop. Before this, if someone told me the name of a famous hip hop artist, I would meet them with a blank stare!” He expresses as much pride in discussing ArtStart’s involvement in getting

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▼ SAVING SARAJEVO The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Branch is the site of the Jewish historical organization Centropa’s latest exhibition, which opened April 1 and will run until May 2. “Survival in Sarajevo: Jews, Muslims, Serbs, and Croats during the Siege of Sarajevo, 1992-1995” explores how La Benevolecija, a non-sectarian group of Jews, Muslims, Serbian Orthodox and Catholic Croats worked together during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo to save lives. centropa.org; freelibrary.org; 215-567-7710 ▼ SHUTTER TO THINK The Open Lens Gallery at the Gershman Y in Center City will premiere its latest exhibition on April 3. The show will mark the debut of Serge Levin, a self-taught 26-year-old photographer who has focused his lens on chronicling his interpretation of Philadelphia street life. The opening-night reception, open to the public, begins at 6 p.m. gershmany.org; 215-545-4400 ▼ A TITLE WAVE OF DANCE The Israeli choreographer, Barak Marshall, brings his dance theater work, And at Midnight, the Green Bride Floated Through the Village Square, to the Annenberg Center for its Philadelphia premiere April 3-5. The work, which will be performed by the Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC, is set to traditional Yiddish, Ladino and Judeo-Arabic sayings and songs. danceaffiliates.org ▼ MAIN LINE MAMALOSHEN The 2014 Yiddish Culture Festival, hosted by Haverford College, will welcome the poet Norbert Hirschorn on April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Stokes Hall Auditorium. Hirschorn will read selections from his new book, To Sing Away the Darkest Days. The book features poems written in English reimagthese kids to graduate high school as with any of his own artistic accomplishments. Ever the social historian, Nadler notes that he is continuing a time-honored Jewish American tradition of using music to change lives. “I always point out in regard to ArtStart that George Gershwin was

ined from Yiddish folk songs. haverford.edu/ycf/; 610-896-1199 ▼ JERUSALEM BY THE BAY Adolph Sutro, the first Jewish mayor of a major American city; the iconic merchant Levi Strauss; Isaisas Hellman, who built Wells Fargo into a powerhouse: These are just a few of the Jews who helped turn San Francisco into one of the most important cities in the United States. American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco, a new documentary, airs on WHYYTV on April 13 at 1:30 p.m. whyy.org ▼ PREPARE TO BE PITCHSLAPPED Jewkebox, the Jewish a cappella group at Temple University, has just returned from Kol Ha’Olam, the annual Jewish a cappella competition, in Washington, D.C. To celebrate, they will be performing in concert at 7:30 p.m. on April 19 at Rock Hall on the Temple campus. facebook.com/pages/jewkebox ▼ YOU GOTTA HAVE ART As part of its 90th anniversary celebration, Adath Israel Congregation in Lawrenceville, N.J., will host celebrated artist Mordechai Rosenstein as its artist-in-residence April 2427. Events will include an interactive art project and a discussion about the relationship between art and Shabbat. adathisraelnj.org; 609-896-4977 ▼ SUSIE’S BACK! Tired of having to sustain yourself with two-dimensional repeats of Susie Essman’s outrageous work on Curb Your Enthusiasm? Then you will be delighted to know that she will be returning to the area on April 25 and 26. She will be headlining at Center City’s Helium nightclub both nights. heliumcomedy.com/Philadelphia; 215-496-9001 hanging out with thugs, and he would have likely become a thug himself if he didn’t discover music. Why shouldn’t every kid be given the opportunity to find his or her method of self-expression?” ● Contact: gsalisbury@jewishexponent.com (215-832-0797). JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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BALTIMORE — The 2014 Major League Baseball season is officially underway, and it features nine Jewish players scattered among the team rosters, led by Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers and Ian Kinsler of the Detroit Tigers. The World Series champion Boston Red Sox and the expected also-ran New York Mets each feature two Jewish players, and the Detroit Tigers have one player (and maybe a second later in the season) along with new manager Brad Ausmus, who guided the Israeli team’s World Baseball Classic entry in 2012. “At the risk of seeming too sunny, it’s a terrific group,” Howard Megdal, author of The Baseball Talmud and a writer for MLB.com’s “Sports on Earth,” said, though the subsequent demotion of three players who had played in the majors in 2013 darkened his otherwiserosy outlook. Braun returns to the field after sitting out the last 65 games of last season for violating MLB’s drug program. While no one besides Braun and Kinsler projects as an all-star, the group is impressive academically, at least. Ryan Lavarnway and Craig Breslow of the Red Sox attended Yale; Sam Fuld of the Oakland Athletics, Stanford; and the Mets’ Josh Satin, University of California, Berkeley. (The tribe’s JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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GPA dropped when the Athletics first baseman Nate Freiman, a Duke alumnus, and Houston Astros pitcher Josh Zeid, from Vanderbilt and Tulane, were optioned to the minors.) Then there’s Ausmus, a Dartmouth graduate who is making his managerial debut after a distinguished catching career. The reinforcements are promising. After bringing Joc Pederson to Australia, where they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in two season-opening games last month, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the outfielder, who is considered a future star, to AAA Albuquerque (the desert again). Left-handed pitcher Max Fried, the seventh overall pick in the 2012 draft, is moving up in the San Diego Padres system, while another southpaw, Rob Kaminsky, was the St. Louis Cardinals’ first-round selection last year. Ian Kinsler, Detroit Tigers, second base: The offseason saw a blockbuster trade sending Kinsler to Motown from the Texas

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DONNA FREYMAN was 56 when she took to the Schuykill River last summer to give her absolute all in her first dragon boat race. The Glenside resident recalled feeling strong, athletic and, most important, completely rejuvenated from her battle with breast cancer just the year before as she paddled down the 500-meter course. Her 19 fellow teammates could empathize with that. Their crew, Against the Wind, is comprised entirely of breast cancer survivors, about a quarter of them Jewish. They’re part of the larger Philadelphia Flying Phoenix women’s dragon boat team, which collectively counts more than 70 members among its recreational, competitive and survivor divisions. Weather permitting, they’re now back on the river to practice for upcoming competitions in May. Freyman, now 57, and other

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teammates credit this unique team for becoming a crucial element in their recovery. “The experience was completely different from what I expected,” recalled Freyman. “I have spent 20 years on West River Drive looking at the boats, and now I was in it with this very supportive group of women. I was amazed by the magnificence of the city at sunset. I was hooked the second I put my paddle in the water, and I am still hooked.” Freyman first learned about the team in December 2012 while receiving chemotherapy at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Members of the River Sisters, another dragon boat team for cancer survivors based in South Jersey, were distributing “Blankets of Hope” to patients. These breast cancer survivors shared their stories about what compelled them to join the crew. Freyman had a very good prognosis because she detected her cancer early. “I found the lump myself; three weeks later, it was out,” she recalled. After the lumpectomy, she

▲ Lynn Marks has been a member of the Against the Wind dragon boat crew (right) for nearly a decade.

had four rounds of chemotherapy and a shortened, three-week radiation regimen. “You don’t feel sick when you are diagnosed with cancer. You look exactly the same,” Freyman said. “It’s not until they treat you for the cancer that your hair falls out, you feel lousy and you live on mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs and pasta. Chemo sucks. Radiation is tedious every day.” In order to maintain some normalcy in her life, she continued working as the director of human resources and recruitment for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia throughout her treatment, taking days off as needed. “My boss would walk into

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my office and say, ‘Donna, it’s time to leave.’ ” Between putting on a good face for work and her family, Freyman said, it was hard to make herself a priority. But when she was almost finished with radiation treatment, she decided it was time to do something to help her recover. “Otherwise, I am just going to be a blob on the couch,” she remembered thinking. “Because fatigue is the No. 1 symptom of radiation, I decided to do something that would get me up.” Philadelphia’s Against the Wind team has been in existence since 2001, but the idea of using boating as an organized activity for breast cancer survivors started years before that. Dr. Donald McKenzie, director of the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre in British Columbia, reportedly created the first breast cancer survivor team in 1996, named by its paddlers — Abreast in a Boat. His work not only dispelled the myth that repetitive upperbody exercise for post-treatment care may cause lymphedema, or swelling of the upper arms and chest area, it also created a support system for women who were all literally in the same boat. The project led to the formation of the Abreast in a Boat Society, which works to raise awareness of breast cancer. Today, there are more than 150 breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams in 12 countries around the world, according to the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission.

Freyman’s introduction to the sport started at a fitness center on the Main Line that has an indoor paddle pool set up to mimic a dragon boat. After four sessions, her teammates encouraged her to get on the river. Their support, she said, gave her the courage to conquer her fears. Much to her surprise, she added, dragon boating enabled her to bounce back with more stamina and endurance than she had before her cancer. In addition to paddling, the women also engage in a community service project every month. Last week, they volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia. “We all feel very fortunate, so it is our way to give back,” explained Center City resident Lynn Marks, who joined the team in 2005, about five years after a double mastectomy. Marks, 64, recalled accompanying her father, a former president of the American Jewish Service Society as he went doorto-door to fundraise when she was a little girl. She credited those tzedakah lessons for prompting her to become a public interest lawyer. “Being a breast cancer survivor is obviously a big part of my life, but I don’t define myself as a cancer survivor. These festivals are about living life. It is inspiring to see women as strong as they can be.” ● For more information about Against the Wind, contact team captain Jean Ettinger at info@philadelphiaflyingphoenix.org or visit philadelphiaflyingphoenix.org/atw.php. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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GEORGE SHOTZ wants to know if he can bring some wine over to your house this evening to go with dinner. Maybe a few bottles of tequila for your March Madness Margarita party? How about a single malt Scotch for your nightcap? His name might not be familiar, but he and his employer, Instacart, are fast becoming the new best friend to a huge swath of the Philadelphia area. Instacart, the San Francisco-based company that recently began operating in Philadelphia, is the newest player in the home-delivery business for groceries. It is already a crowded field that features established brands like Peapod, AmazonFresh and FreshDirect, to name a few. But Instacart boasts two facets to its business model that help differentiate it from its competitors. First, instead of next-day delivery, says Shotz, the local manager, Instacart will get your order to you either within two hours — for a $3.99 charge — or within one hour for $14.99. After joining at instacart.com, you can place an order by shopping virtually at Whole Foods, Superfresh and/or BJ’s Wholesale Club. (You can order from all three simultaneously — with three service charges.) Second, the company offers something never before seen in the state of Pennsylvania — liquor delivery. Shoppers can pick and choose from the PA Wine & Spirits online inventory and hear their doorbell ring less than 120 minutes later. As might be expected, home liquor delivery has proven to be quite popular. “I was expecting it somewhat, but I wasn’t completely sure of what would happen,” says the 33-year-old Shotz. How popular has the liquor delivery launch been? Within the first few hours of announcing the service, he notes, Instacart was trending at No. 1 on Twitter in Philadelphia. Which is exactly what Shotz and the rest of the Instacart team were hoping for. There’s a reason you haven’t seen any advertising in the run-up to the company’s local launch: they aren’t doing any traditional media buys. “What we have found,” Shotz explains, “especially in Pennsylvania because of the liquor laws, is that word of mouth is the best marketing tool we have.” Shotz, who attends Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park and lives in the Graduate Hospital section of Philadelphia, was a fixture in Jewish Philadelphia long before he became involved with Instacart. He was the marketing facilities manager at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

for the last few years, where he was responsible for renting out the facilities when school wasn’t in session, as well as managing the school’s catering services. He is also one of the chairs of LimmudPhilly, the annual three-day Jewish learning festival that is currently on hiatus due to funding issues. (Warning: the LimmudPhilly web address automatically switches to adult-content sites.) Even though he has been part of Instacart for barely a month, Shotz qualifies as an old hand at the company, which has been in operation just over a year and is already in Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City. If this business model sounds familiar, that’s because it has been done before. Way back at the turn of the century, same-day grocery delivery was touted as a can’t-miss industry, spawning short-lived companies like Kozmo and Webvan, which has the distinction of being named the biggest bust of the dot-com era by CNET. Shotz says that the difference between Instacart and the old model — as well as his nextday competitors — is, essentially, crowdsourcing. The company hires freelance “personal shoppers,” who are paid to shop and deliver during their shifts, thereby eliminating a standard workforce, warehouse, delivery trucks and everything else associated with the traditional home delivery business model. For Shotz, who has a background in startups and logistics, this is a dream job. “I think Philly has been changing a little bit,” he says in response to a question about why he feels Instacart will succeed where others have failed. “A lot of startups are starting to thrive, and we are ready for it. We have plenty of staff, and we are hiring every day — we did six interviews by 1 p.m. today!” One word of caution about the service: Don’t expect to be charged the same low prices that you see in a weekly circular. “What we say is that Instacart prices are our own,” Shotz explains. “They’re not the same as the store — sometimes they’re less, sometimes they’re more. A lot of things are factored in, and we don’t deal with sales.” Translation: You can expect to pay a slight premium for the convenience of this service. But considering that you can now do your Passover shopping — wine and slivovitz included — and start prepping in less time than it would take to do it yourself, who’s complaining? ●

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Ryan Lavarnway, Boston Red Sox, catcher: Lavarnway was left off the postseason roster despite batting .299 in limited action during a regular season marked by several shuttles to AAA Pawtucket. Not that 2013 wasn’t noteworthy for Lavarnway, since in the first inning of an Aug. 6 game in Houston he was charged with four passed balls, tying a dubious major league record. The Red Sox are trying out Lavarnway at first base this spring.

Rangers for slugging first baseman Prince Fielder. Over the past six seasons, Kinsler has averaged 150 hits, 20 home runs and 23 stolen bases. He has played in three All-Star Games and is a proven clutch player, helping the Rangers to their only World Series appearances (in 2010 and 2011) and batting .311 in the postseason.

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Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers, outfielder: Returning from suspension, few in baseball are in greater need of a high on-field profile and a low one off it. The “Hebrew Hammer” can expect to face the ire of fans away from Milwaukee for passing the buck regarding his use of steroids. He isn’t likely to address the matter, so Braun’s bat will have to do the talking. Steroids-enabled or not, Braun did win Rookie of the Year (2007) and Most Valuable Player (2011) honors, and is a five-time All-Star. Scott Feldman, Houston Astros, starting pitcher: Feldman signed a $30 million, three-year contract with the Astros last winter, bringing him back to the Lone Star State. That’s where the righty spent his first eight big league seasons as a member of the Rangers, producing a career-best 17-8 record in 2009. Feldman went 12-12 last year for the Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles. Danny Valencia, Kansas City Royals, third base/designated hitter: Valencia, playing last season for the Orioles, provided an able bat — nearly half his hits went for extra bases on the way to a .304 batting average — especially during the team’s ultimately unsuccessful playoff drive. Playing for the Minnesota Twins in 2011, he cranked out 15 homers and knocked in 72 runs, by far his career highs. Craig Breslow, Boston Red Sox, relief pitcher: The veteran southpaw appeared in three World Series games for the Sox, who dispatched the St. Louis Cardinals in six games. Breslow, a lefty specialist, appeared in 61 games last season and finished

Ike Davis, New York Mets, first baseman: Always a smooth fielder, Davis is a half-full/half-empty kind of hitter, challenging for the Rookie of the Year in 2010 and hitting .302 in an injury-shortened sophomore season, only to fall to .227 his third year despite bopping 32 homers. Last season, he even was exiled for a while to AAA Las Vegas to straighten out his swing. Notwithstanding offseason trade rumors, Davis is back with the Mets and is in a three-way battle for the starter’s job. Josh Satin, New York Mets, infielder: In his first lengthy taste of the majors, Satin in 2013 appeared in 75 games (after just 16 games played his first two seasons) and batted .279 with 15 doubles while playing mostly first and third base. Satin, Davis and another candidate, Lucas Duda, have failed to seize the spot, but as the lone right-handed batter, Satin could at least play against lefties. Sam Fuld, Oakland Athletics, outfielder: Fuld was a valuable backup outfielder while playing the past three seasons for the Tampa Bay Rays. Allowed to leave as a free agent, the lefty swinger was acquired by the A’s innovative general manager Billy Beane, also of Moneyball fame. Brad Ausmus, Detroit Tigers, manager: Ausmus finished his playing career with the Dodgers, moved on to the front office of the Padres, leading to his managing Israel’s WBC squad and on to the job in Detroit. One of his WBC charges, Ben Guez, is hoping to join Ausmus in the majors. ● JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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“THERE IS NO better time to engage a child in Jewish culinary traditions than at Passover,” says Tina Wasserman, author of Entrée to Judaism For Families. “Passover involves children in so many ways.” There’s the theatrics of searching for chametz (leavened foods) with a candle and a feather; decorating the table with holiday symbols, such as little toy frogs or insects for some of the 10 plagues; the reciting of the Four Questions; and searching for the afikoman — a piece of matzah wrapped in a napkin. “Children are much more excited about Passover when they are included in the preparations,” says Wasserman. She suggests bringing children on shopping excursions for Passover foods and letting them help with the cooking. They are so much more connected to the holiday when they participate in advance. “Children usually see food after it’s prepared,” says Wasserman. “They have more pride if they participate in the cooking.” Many of the recipes in her cookbook appeal to children. Persian Cauliflower and Raisin Kuku is an omelet-like pancake cut into squares. Wasserman suggests serving the squares as a snack during the seder. When they’re pierced with small skewers with froggies on top, children are delighted. Wasserman’s recipe for Passover Granola is not only a yummy breakfast or snack, but with the addition of chocolate becomes a Passover chunky bar. Her recipe for Double Coconut Chocolate Macaroons is a real crowd-pleaser for children of all ages. “Passover connects us to our heritage and culinary history,” says Wasserman. “Passover connects children to their parents through family traditions and the foods we eat year after year.” The following recipes are JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

from Tina Wasserman’s Entrée to Judaism for Families.

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(Pareve) 8 6 1 11⁄2 1 ⁄2 1 ⁄3

oz. Medjool dates, pitted oz. dried apricots cup golden raisins cups water cup almonds, toasted cup shelled pistachio nuts, unsalted 3 Tbsps. honey 1 ⁄4 cup brown sugar, or to taste zest of 1⁄2 orange 11⁄2 tsps. cinnamon 11⁄2 tsps. orange blossom water 2 Tbsps. sweet Passover wine, or as needed cinnamon for dusting Place the dates, apricots and raisins in a 2-quart saucepan. Add the water and simmer until the fruit is soft and the liquid is almost all absorbed, leaving a little syrup behind. Place the contents of the pan into a food processor work bowl and pulse the machine on and off until coarsely chopped. Add the nuts, honey, brown sugar, zest and cinnamon, and

process the mixture until it becomes a paste. Add the orange blossom water and 2 tablespoons of the wine to the paste, and pulse the machine on and off until combined. If necessary, add more wine to achieve the desired consistency. Store in the refrigerator overnight or longer to let the fruit and spice flavors blend. To serve, place in a bowl and sprinkle some additional cinnamon on top. Makes 12-plus servings.

PERSIAN CAULIFLOWERAND-RAISIN KUKU

3 Tbsps. dark raisins Defrost and drain cauliflower in a colander. Cut onions in half top to bottom and then thinly slice. You should have about 4 cups. Heat a large frying pan on high for 15 seconds. Add 3 tablespoons of oil and heat for 10 seconds more. Lower the heat to medium. Add the cauliflower, onions and salt to the pan, stir to combine, cover the pan and then cook for 3 minutes. Uncover the pan and sauté until the cauliflower is soft and the onions are light golden brown. Add the garlic, and cook 1 minute more. Do not burn the garlic. Transfer the cauliflower/ onion mixture to a large mixing bowl, and mash with a potato masher until the cauliflower becomes a coarse puree. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 350˚. Grease a 11⁄ 2 quart casserole or a 10-inch glass pie plate with the additional 2 tablespoons of oil. Using a fork, combine the eggs, pepper, turmeric, cumin and raisins in a 1-quart bowl with the cauliflower and mix to thoroughly combine. Pour the egg mixture into the greased casserole or pie plate, and bake on the center shelf of the oven for 30 minutes or until the top is golden and the eggs are cooked in the center. Serve immediately or at room temperature. Cut the cooled kuku into 1-inch squares and place on a plate with toothpicks or small skewers. Makes 8 or more for appetizers. Serves 6 to 8 as a side dish.

(Pareve) 1 bag (20 oz.) frozen cauliflower 2 medium onions 5 Tbsps. extra virgin olive oil, divided use 11⁄2 tsps. kosher salt 2 small cloves of garlic, finely chopped 5 large eggs freshly ground pepper, about 15 turns of the pepper mill 1 ⁄2 tsp. turmeric 1 ⁄2 tsp. cumin

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⁄3 cup wildflower or clover honey 11⁄2 cups chopped dried mixed fruit of your choice (including raisins) Preheat oven to 325˚. Mix the farfel, almonds, coconut, pecans, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a 3-quart mixing bowl. Melt the butter and honey in a small glass bowl in a microwave for 1 minute, until the butter is melted and the honey is more fluid. Using a rubber spatula, stir the butter mixture into the farfel mixture until all the farfel is lightly coated with the butter. Spread the mixture in a large jellyroll pan with 1-inch sides, and bake for 15 minutes. Halfway through baking, quickly remove the pan from the oven, stir so the mixture browns evenly, and then return the pan to the oven for another 8 minutes, until the farfel is golden brown. Remove the pan from the oven. Cool to room temperature and then toss with the dried fruit. Store in a ziplock bag or airtight storage container. Makes approximately 61⁄ 3 cups.

CHOCOLATE GRANOLA TREATS

(Dairy or Pareve) 8 oz. Passover chocolate chips 2 cups prepared granola (see recipe above) Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave or over a pot of hot, but not boiling water. Using a rubber spatula, mix the melted chocolate with the granola. Stir to coat well. Drop by the teaspoonful onto parchment paper, and allow the mounds to firm up before you devour them!

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DOUBLE COCONUTCHOCOLATE MACAROONS

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3 cups matzah farfel 2 ⁄3 cup sliced almonds 1 ⁄2 cup sweetened or unsweetened coconut 2 ⁄3 cup pecans, broken into large pieces 1 ⁄4 tsp. salt 11⁄2 tsps. cinnamon 1 ⁄4 tsp. nutmeg 6 Tbsps. unsalted butter, pareve margarine or coconut oil

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PASS THE DESSERTS! slaves. If you are using leftovers made Ashkenazi-style, you may want to drain the excess wine/grape juice.

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⁄4 ⁄4 1 ⁄8 1 ⁄8 1 ⁄2 1 ⁄4

cup pistachios cup pecans cup almonds cup pine nuts tart apple navel orange, with rind few drops of sweet white wine few drops of honey pinch of fresh or ground ginger (or to taste) pinch of ground cinnamon (or to taste) 3 lbs. dark or bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or waxed paper. Grind the nuts, apples and orange separately in a food processor. The nuts should be as close to a powder as possible 1

TOSS THE potato starch and matzah meal — serve delectable desserts this Passover made from chocolate. These desserts, especially if using fair trade or organic chocolate, further the awareness of the themes of Passover. They remind us of the great poverty of many cacao farmers and of the children tragically enslaved in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

CHOCOLATE CHAROSET TRUFFLES This is a great combination of chocolate and charoset, the Passover fruit concoction representing the building of granaries by the Hebrew

without becoming “butter.” Combine the nuts, apple, orange, wine, honey, ginger and cinnamon in a bowl, mixing well. The charoset filling should have a smooth, thick texture. Roll the charoset into 1-inch balls. Melt the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water; remove from the heat. Using two forks, dip the balls into the melted chocolate and place on the prepared baking sheet; refrigerate until the chocolate has set. Makes 24 truffles.

FORGOTTEN COOKIES These delicacies stay in the oven overnight, but they are not easily forgotten when you taste them.

2 large egg whites ⁄3 cup sugar 1 cup chocolate chips, cocoa nibs, or both

1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped pinch of salt (optional) 1 tsp. vanilla extract 30 to 40 chocolate kisses or buds Preheat the oven to 350˚. Line 2 or 3 baking sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Beat the egg whites until foamy. Gradually add the sugar and beat until stiff. Gently fold in the chocolate chips and/or cocoa nibs and nuts. Add the salt and vanilla. Drop teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Cap each cookie with a chocolate bud or kiss.

Place the pans in the oven; after about 1 minute turn off the heat. Leave in the oven for several hours or overnight. Carefully peel the cookies off the paper or foil using a spatula. Makes about 35 cookies.

WAKE-UP CHOCOLATE CHUNKS These delicacies wake us up to Passover’s messages of freedom and conscience.

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A TIMELY REMINDER: Think Before You Speak METZORA, Leviticus 14:1-15:33 RABBI SHMUEL JABLON

IN PARSHAT METZORA we learn of the punishment of tza’arat — biblical leprosy. Unlike the more modern variety, this was both a spiritual and physical ailment. According CANDLE LIGHTING to our Sages, this was the punishApril 4 7:09 P.M. ment for the sin of April 11 7:16 P.M. lashon hara — evil speech. Someone who committed this sin could see their house infected with tza’arat. If they failed to mend their ways, it would spread to their clothing, and then to the sinners themselves. The person diagnosed by the Kohen as having tza’arat would have to remove themselves from the community. Only once they repented, were healed and brought the required sacrifice could they return. Though we no longer have biblical leprosy, we sadly still have the sin of lashon hara. It is a sin that destroys communities and relationships, and causes grave danger to the Jewish people and the world. It is no surprise that the punishment included removal from the community that was damaged by their actions.

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The week of Parshat Metzora is a particularly good time to review some of the relevant laws about how we speak about others. In general, one is forbidden to speak negatively about our fellow Jews. The prohibition extends to writing (including emailing or texting) or any way of hinting negative information about others. This is the case even if what is being said is true! If it is a lie, it is a different sin — motzi shem ra (spreading a bad name). There are important exceptions to this rule. The most notable exception is if someone is in danger. For example, it is required to report child abusers (or other dangerous criminals) to the authorities or to tell a parent/teacher if a child is engaged in dangerous behaviors. One is also allowed to share relevant information on a “need to know” basis with potential business partners or employers. For example, one principal should tell another principal about their perception of a teacher candidate’s weaknesses in the classroom. However, they can’t include irrelevant details or share this information with others. There are certainly occasions where someone may share negative information with a spouse or a therapist but only to serve emotional needs, not in order to harm the reputation of others.

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Finally, it is critical to remember that just as one is forbidden to speak lashon hara, one is forbidden to listen. If someone begins speaking in a negative way, kindly ask to change the subject or withdraw from the discussion entirely. The laws of forbidden and permitted speech are complex. The great Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Kagan wrote two very important works, Chafetz Chaim and Shmirat HaLashon, about this important topic a century ago. (You can find these books in their original Hebrew or English translations.) Even then, people found these laws challenging to observe. In our era of instant communication, the challenge is even greater. But so is the damage that can be caused, to individuals and the entire Jewish community, by violating these laws. Therefore, it is important for everyone to learn how Hashem expects us to speak, and when He expects us to be silent. We are justly careful with what we put in our mouths. Parshat Metzora reminds us that we must be just as careful about what comes out of our mouths. We must guard our tongues. ● Rabbi Shmuel Jablon is the menahel (principal) of Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia, a past member of the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and the host of www.rabbijablon.com.

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dried fruit ⁄8 cup coffee beans 2 tsps. cayenne pepper, to taste 1 ⁄2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder matzah meal (optional) Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper, aluminum foil or waxed paper. Melt the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water; remove from the heat. In a food processor with the chop blade, combine the almonds, raisins, coffee beans and cayenne. Pulse until coarsely chopped. Stir the cocoa into the melted chocolate. Once the mixture is even and getting stiff, add the chopped nuts and fruits; keep stirring. Taste to check the spice level. If the mixture is too moist and sticky, add more nuts or matzah meal, or wait until firm enough to handle. (Cooling in the refrigerator will firm the mixture faster.) Roll the mixture into balls and place on the prepared baking sheet. Cool completely. Re1

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and nondairy) 1 tsp. almond extract Place the almonds in a processor work bowl, and pulse the machine on and off until the nuts are finely chopped. Add the sugar and coconut, and pulse once or twice to combine. Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 1 minute at 80 percent power and then 45 seconds at 50 percent. (This time is approximate and will vary based on your microwave oven. It might take less time. Watch carefully and stir the chocolate after the first 45 seconds to check on the melting time.) In a 1-cup glass measuring cup, combine the egg whites, coconut milk and almond extract. Set aside. Add the melted chocolate to the nut mixture in the processor work bowl. With the motor running, 44

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move from the baking sheet and store in a covered container. Makes approximately 20 chunks.

COCOA NIBS CITRUS SALAD Cocoa nibs harken back to the most basic form of the cocoa bean and may be the healthiest form of eating chocolate.

1 grapefruit, peeled (membrane removed, optional) 2 navel oranges, peeled 3 blood oranges, peeled 4 clementines, peeled pomegranate syrup (optional) several tablespoons cocoa nibs (try your local health food store or online) pistachios, roasted and chopped Cut the fruit into bite-size pieces and place in a large serving bowl, preferably glass. Add the pomegranate syrup to taste. When ready to serve, sprinkle the cocoa nibs and roasted pistachios over the fruit salad. ● Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz is the author of On the Chocolate Trail: A Delicious Adventure Connecting Jews, Religions, History, Travel, Rituals and Recipes to the Magic of Cacao.

pour the egg white mixture into the work bowl and process until the dough comes together and is well combined. Place the dough in the freezer for 5 minutes or until firm enough to handle. Preheat oven to 350˚. Wet your hands as the dough is very sticky. Scoop up 1 tablespoon of the dough, and shape into a ball the size of a small walnut. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat with the remaining dough. Bake the macaroons for 12 to 15 minutes. Do not over-bake, as the cookie will harden more when the chocolate solidifies at room temperature. Cool completely and then store at room temperature in an airtight container or freeze until needed. Makes 5 dozen macaroons. ● Linda Morel is a writer based in New York City. Email her at: lindam212@ aol.com.

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The Mission of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is to mobilize financial and volunteer resources to address the community’s most critical priorities in Philadelphia, Israel and overseas.

TWO MITZVOT ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY Young Adults On a Mission to Combat Food Insecurity THE OLD ADAGE that “too many cooks spoil the broth” has officially been disproved by the 20 young people who gather together each month to prepare meals for Jewish older adults in need. These men and women, all members of the Renaissance Group of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, prepare 100 tasty and nutritious kosher meals in the kitchen of Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Center City for seniors served by Cook for a Friend. Cook for a Friend, supported by Federation, is a communitybased program comprised of more than 500 volunteers who prepare, cook and package meals for homebound seniors. Due to an increase in the aging population and downturns in the economy, their client population continues to grow, with more and more seniors unable to see to their own needs. Close to 50,000 meals were delivered to elderly, frail, homebound seniors this past year, and the Renaissance Group and BZBI are excited to contribute to this effort with a goal of 1,200

▲ Brittany Buschel (left) and Stephanie Reich are co-chairs of Federation’s Renaissance Group Cook for a Friend program.

meals a year. Renaissance members Brittany Buschel and Stephanie Reich started this Cook for a Friend group after they became aware of the large numbers of Jewish individuals in the Greater Philadelphia area who are challenged by hunger and food insecurity. Buschel credits Renaissance staff adviser Melanie Krutzel with giving her and Reich the

knowledge and support necessary to get things started. “Melanie encouraged us to follow our passions and create something that would allow us to come together and strengthen our Jewish identity and have a positive impact on our community,” Buschel said, adding: “There’s no greater feeling than giving back and having a good time while doing so.” Reich is equally enthusiastic. “Since I started the Renaissance Group’s Leadership Development Program, I have been looking for a way to give back to the community. I discovered an opportunity to take on a leadership role as co-chair of Cook for a Friend. In this position, I am able to combine my love of food and cooking with my strong interest in community service. It has been a very rewarding experience using my culinary creativity while helping others.” ● For more information about Renaissance Group and Cook for a Friend, visit: www.JewishPhilly.org/Ren or contact Melanie Krutzel at mkrutzel @jfgp.org.

▲ (From left) Erika Frank, Courtney Behar, Miriam Rosenbaum and Alayna Rosenfeld display the 100 meals they prepare each month for Jewish older adults. (At right, from left) Matt Rosenberg and Ben Shechtman slice and dice under the supervision of John Eskate, Cook for a Friend volunteer coordinator. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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▲ The fair helps participants in the Golden Slipper Club Senior Center incorporate fresh fruits and vegetables into their diets.

New Partnership Helps Seniors Eat Healthier LYNN B. EDELMAN | JE FEDERATION

FRESH PRODUCE is no longer an unaffordable luxury item for more than 130 low-income older adults who participate in Golden Slipper Club Senior Center programming. Thanks to a new partnership between the Center’s parent organization, Golden Slipper Club and Charities, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Mitzvah Food Project, these men and women receive a large bag of healthy fruits and vegetables every other month. Marcia Garrell, executive director of the senior center, which is located in Philadelphia’s Wynnefield Heights neighborhood, terms the delivery “a true mitzvah” to her clients, many of whom live in The Pavilion, an apartment complex for low-income older adults. “Very few of these seniors own cars, making it difficult for them to go to the supermarket,” she explains. “Fruits and vegetables are priced too high for those with very limited incomes.” Betsy Klaussman, chair of the board of the center, describes the project as “heart-

warming.” She feels “honored to participate in a true mitzvah project which makes a real difference in the lives of the seniors we serve.” Nancy Gross, a board member of Golden Slipper’s seniorcenter, serves as coordinator for the produce distribution, which has been dubbed the Fresh Food Fair. She coordinates the efforts of 12 to 15 volunteers who uncrate and bag and distribute the produce within a quick 45minute time period. The volunteers place cookies and candies on the seniors’ tables on Fair days, making the waiting time more palatable. The Fair is made possible by a $5,000 start-up grant from Golden Slipper Club and Charities, supplemented by a $4,500 grant from Federation’s Mitzvah Food Project. In addition to funding, Deirdre Mulligan, manager of the Mitzvah Food Project, provides hands-on support and advice on selecting produce vendors and suggestions on ways that older adults can stretch their food dollars. ● For more information or to volunteer, call Marcia Garrell at 215-877-6667 or email mgarrell@goldenslipper.org. APRIL 3, 2014

COMMUNITY/calendar OTHER PASSOVER-RELATED EVENTS

Celebrating Passover

For Seniors. The Klein Center City Senior Program will host a Passover seder, led by Rabbi Beth Janus, on Friday, April 4, at 11 a.m., at the Jewish Community Services Building, 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia. Bruce Fagan will perform following the seder. RSVP to 215-832-0539.

COMMUNITY SEDERS FIRST SEDER, APRIL 14

Women’s Seder. Shir Ami will host a multigenerational celebration highlighting the role of women in Jewish history on Sunday, April 6, at a seder led by Rabbi Paula Goldberg, from 4 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., at 101 Richboro Rd., Newtown. Cost: $30 adults; $18 children, ages 18 and under. RSVP to 215-968-3400.

Temple Beth Ami, 7 p.m., at 9201 Old Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia. Cost: $25 per person (payment by April 8). Call 215-673-2511. Chabad Penn Wynne, 8 p.m., at the Kaiserman JCC, 45 Haverford Rd., Wynnewood. Cost: $36 adults, $20 children. Register at: chabadpennwynne.org. Lubavitch of Bucks County, at 8:10 p.m., at the Glazier Jewish Center, 25 N. State St., Newtown. Cost: $50 adults, $25 children 12 and under. RSVP to 215-407-9925 or go to: jewishcenter.info/seder. Chabad Lubavitch of Doylestown, at 8:15 p.m., at Central Bucks Ambulance, 455 East St., Doylestown. Cost: $36 adults, $18 children. RSVP to: jewishdoylestown.com. Chabad Lubavitch of the Main Line, at 8 p.m., at 625 Montgomery Ave., Merion Station. Cost: $45 adults, $25 children ages 2 to 12. RSVP to: ChabadMainLine.org/Seder by April 8. Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center, at 8 p.m., at 515 Meetinghouse Rd., Rydal. Cost: $36 adults, $18 children. RSVP to: JewishAbington.com.

SECOND SEDER, APRIL 15 P’nai Or, at 5:30 p.m., at 6757 Greene St., Philadelphia. Cost: $60 adult members, $70 friends and guests, $25 children ages 11 to 14. Children ages 10 and under are free. Register by emailing: tforstater@yahoo.com. Ohev Shalom of Bucks County, at 6 p.m., at 944 Second Street Pike, Richboro. Cost: $43 adults, $30 children 6 to 13. No charge for children 5 and younger. To RSVP: go to: ohev.org. Adath Israel, at 5:15 p.m., at 250 N. Highland Ave., Merion Station. Cost: $70 adults, $45 children. RSVP to 610-934-1919 by April 9.

▼ FRIDAY, APRIL 4 Open House Shabbat. Join Temple Emanuel for an open house family Shabbat at 6:30 p.m., at 1101 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. A family potluck dinner is planned featuring special seder treats. Call 856-489-0029. For the Children. Ellen Allard, a multi-award-winning recording artist, composer and educator, will kick off a “Children’s Scholar-inResidence” weekend with a workshop from 9 a.m to noon at Tiferet Bet Israel, 1920 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell. The workshop, for Early Childhood Education Community students ages 3 to 5, and their parents, will feature a concert. A 10 a.m. creative Sabbath service geared to children from preschool through second grade is planned for Saturday. The weekend

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Temple Judea of Bucks County, at 6 p.m., at 38 Rogers Rd., Furlong. RSVP to 215-348-5022. Congregation Beth Or, at 6 p.m., at 239 Welsh Rd., Maple Glen. Cost: $35 adults, $15 children ages 6 to 12. RSVP to 215-6465806, Ext. 220. Temple Emanuel, at 6 p.m., at 1101 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. Cost: $45 adults, $24 children 12 and under. RSVP to: roberta@templeemanuel.org. Chabad Lubavitch of Doylestown, at 8:45 p.m., at the Central Bucks Ambulance, 455 East St., Doylestown. Cost: $36 adults, $18 children. RSVP to, jewishdoylestown.com. Leyv Ha-Ir~Heart of the City, at 6:30 p.m., in the community room of the Philadelphia, at 2401 Pennsylvania Ave., Philadelphia. Cost: $55 adult, $20 children. RSVP to 215-6291995 by April 8. Sons of Jacob Congregation, at 8:20 p.m., at 321 Grape St., Vineland, N.J. $36 members, $45 non-members, $17 children under 12. RSVP to 856-696-4445 by April 7. Kesher Israel Congfregation, at 6 p.m., at 1000 Pottstown Pike, West Chester. Cost: $32 adults, $15 children (ages 6 to 13). RSVP to 610-696-7210. Congregation Mikveh Israel, at 7 p.m., at 44 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia. RSVP to 215-922-5446.

will launch the expansion of TBI Early Childhood Education Community. Call 610-275-8797.

the Mandell Campus in Elkins Park. Cost: $18 includes all six sessions. Register at 267-256-2261.

General Meeting. The Daytrippers Travel Club will meet at 1:30 p.m., at the Klein JCC, Red Lion Rd. and Jamison Ave., Philadelphia. Michael Lazar will entertain. Call 215-824-2796.

Hospice & Healing. Temple Sholom in Broomall will welcome meteorologist Adam Joseph to 7 p.m. Shabbat services at 55 N. Church Lane. Joseph will speak on “A Weatherman’s Ties to Hospice. Call 610-356-5165.

Special Needs. Temple Judea of Bucks County will host a 7 p.m. musical Shabbat service especially for families with children on the autism spectrum at 38 Rogers Rd., Furlong. The short service will also feature movement and crafts. Call 215-348-5022. Support Group. The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Philadelphia will open a six-session bereavement support group, led by Rabbi Elisa Goldberg, at 10 a.m., at

Passover for Beginners. Want to learn about Passover? InterfaithFamily/Philadelphia will host an informative morning of fun, cooking, seder table preparation, and questions-andanswers about Passover rituals on Sunday, April 6, at 10:30 a.m., at Callowhill Whole Foods on the Parkway, 2001 Pennsylvania Ave., Philadelphia. Meet other interfaith couples and individuals. No charge, but space is limited. To register, go to: secure.interfaithfamily.com and click on community and then Philadelphia. ‘Songs of Songs.’ Cantor Erin Frankel of Congregation Rodeph Shalom will lead a noontime Passover discussion on Tuesday, April 8, at 615 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. The focus will be on “Shir HaShirim” (“The Song of Songs”), traditionally read on Passover. Bring your own box lunch — beverages and dessert will be provided. For more info, call 215-627-6747. At Your Leisure. The Leisure Club of Bucks County will host an 11:30 a.m. seder on Tuesday, April 8, at Congregation Brothers of Israel, 530 Washington Crossing Rd., Newtown. Cost: $10 per person. For more info, call 215-715-9734. Pre-Holiday Seder. The Klein JCC will host a pre-holiday seder on Wednesday, April 9, at 10:15 a.m., at Red Lion Rd. and Jamison Ave., Philadelphia. This year, Klein will also offer an alternative “Women’s Seder,” highlighting the women’s perspective of the Passover story. Cost: $3 members, $5 nonmembers. RSVP to 215-698-7300 or go to: kleinjcc.org. Just for You. Temple Emanuel will host a Just for You Passover service designed to be accessible and sensitive to a variety of needs and ages from children to adults on Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m., at 1101 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. For information, call 856-489-0029.

Handa Handa 4, the story of a couple who have been together for three years but rebel against their families by refusing to get married. The film will be shown at Gratz College, 7605 Old York Rd., Melrose Park. Director David Ofek will be guest speaker. A dessert reception will follow the film. For more info, visit: iffphila.com.

Dinner & a Movie. Join the Mosaic Outdoor Club of Philadelphia for a 5:30 p.m. dinner at Café Riviera at Neshaminy Mall, 707 Neshaminy Mall, Bensalem. The group will see a movie following dinner. Call 215-331-8194.

Women’s Shabbat. Join Germantown Jewish Centre in welcoming Theatre Ariel for a 1:30 p.m. program titled “Unmasked: Jewish Women from Page to Stage,” at 400 W. Ellet St., Philadelphia. Services led by the women of GJC will begin at 10 AM, followed by kiddush and the program. Call 215-844-1507. Ext 19.

Film Screening. The Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia will continue with a 9 p.m. screening of

Beer Tasting. The Men’s Club of Kesher Israel Congregation will host its annual beer-tasting event

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▼ SUNDAY, APRIL 6 Carole King. The Klein JCC Excursion Series will continue with a trip to Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre for a performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The musical tells the story of King’s rise to stardom. A bus will leave from Red Lion Rd. and Jamison Ave., Philadelphia. Cost: $140 members, $150 non-members. RSVP to 215698-7300, Ext. 176, or email: . Singles Dinner. The South Jersey Jewish Singles 55-Plus will host a 5:30 p.m. dinner at the Golden Corral, 526 S. Route 73, West Berlin, N.J. Separate checks. RSVP to 856-953-8649. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

COMMUNITY/calendar Film Screening. The Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia will close with a 7 p.m. screening of Cupcakes, a stylized, gossamerlight musical comedy about life, love and friendship. The film will be shown at the Ritz East, 125 S. Second St., Philadelphia. Director Eytan Fox will be guest speaker. For more info, visit: iffphila.com. Genealogy. Genealogy in the Round will assist anyone with problems at a 1:30 p.m. meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia at Main Line Reform Temple, 410 Montgomery Ave, Wynnewood. Call 215-3387920. Joyful Music. Music will fill the sanctuary of Old York Road Temple-Beth Am in honor of Rabbi Robert Leib’s 25 years of service at 3 p.m., at 971 Old York Rd., Abington. Cantor Elena Zarkh, Cantor Stephen Freedman of Temple Sinai, Cantor Elizabeth Shammash of Tiferet Bet Israel and Cantor Eliot Vogel of Har Zion will perform. A wine-and-cheese reception will follow the concert. Cost: $36 general admission, $18 students (18 and under). RSVP to 215-886-8000. Speaking Yiddishly. The Yiddish Speaking Club will host a 10 a.m. meeting in the Gratz College library, 7605 York Rd., Melrose Park. Call 215-887-5283.

speaker to its annual Author’s Brunch at 9 a.m., at 1901 Kresson Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. Horn will discuss her new book, A Guide for the Perplexed. The program will open with brunch. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members. Call 856-751-6663 Pack a Box! Join the Jewish Relief Agency in packing and delivering boxes of non-perishable pantry items and fresh produce to more than 3,000 needy families in the Philadelphia area at 10 a.m., at 10980 Dutton Rd., Philadelphia. Volunteers of all ages and abilities welcome. Call 610-660-0190 Play Ball with BZBI! Join Beth Zion-Beth Israel in welcoming special guest John Rosengren, author of Hank Greenberg: Hero of Heroes, at 4 p.m., at the National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia. Rabbi Ira Stone will join Rosengren in a discussion on his book and the museum’s new special exhibition, “Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American.” Cost: $36. To RSVP, go to: bzbi.org. Israeli Dancing. The Germantown Jewish Centre Israeli dance group will meet at 400 W. Ellet St., Philadelphia. Emphasis placed on instruction and review in the earlier part of the session. Cost: $5 per session. Call 215-844-1507, Ext. 19.

High Tea & Music. Join Newtown Hadassah for high tea, scones, pastries and the music of the British series Downton Abbey at 2 p.m., at the Homewood Suites Hotel, 110 Pheasant Run, Newtown. Cost: $20. RSVP to 215-962-2773.

‘Broadway Sings!’ Join Congregations of Shaare Shamayim at 3:30 p.m. for a return engagement of “Broadway Sings,” at 9768 Verree Rd., Philadelphia. For tickets, Call 215-677-1600.

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‘Colors of Israel.’ Nashirah will present its 2014 spring concert titled “Colors of Israel” at 3 p.m., at

Society Hill Synagogue, 418 Spruce St., Philadelphia. Cost: $25 per person. To purchase tickets, go to: nashirah.org. Craft & Cultural Fair. More than 30 juried crafters will participate in a two-day cultural event at the Kaiserman JCC, 45 Haverford Rd., Wynnewood. Ron Didner, sommelier at Citron and Rose, will lead a beer- and wine-tasting, and chef George of Montgomery Bagels & Bread Co. will lead a session on baking and pastry decorating. Kids crafts and activities will also be offered. Hours are: Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.; Monday, from noon to 7 p.m. Call 610-896-7770, Ext. 110. Engaging with Prayer. Rabbi Julie Greenberg of Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir~Heart of the City will lead the second part of a three-part educational program titled “Engaging in Prayer: Learning More, Leading More,” at 11 a.m., at a Center City apartment. You need not have attended the first session to participate. Bring your favorite Haggadah. A brunch will precede the discussion. For more info, call 215-629-1995. Open Gym Party. Current and prospective families are invited to a family gym party from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Beth Sholom Congregation, 8231 Old York Rd., Elkins Park. Learn about the tuition incentive for prospective congregants. Call 215-887-1342. Band Returns to KI. The DePue Brothers Band is making a return engagement to Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel at 1 p.m., at 8339 Old York Rd., Elkins Park. The band performs Blue Grass, classical, country, jazz, klezmer, rock and American music. Children admitted free. Call 215-887-8700. ‘A Healthy Life.’ HAZAK of Congregation Tifereth Israel will host physiatrist Jim Bryce for a 10 a.m. talk on “Staying Strong Throughout Your Lifetime,” at 2909 Bristol Rd., Bensalem. Refreshments will be served. Cost: $4 members, $5 non-members. Call 215-752-3468.

Prado Plumed will speak on “Hebrew Without Hebrews: Converso Hebraist Alfonso de Zamora and the Spanish Inquisition.” No charge. For a complete schedule, go to: katz.sas.upenn.edu/publicprograms/lectures-philadelphia.

▼ TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Award Dinner. The Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce will honor U.S. Airways, a subsidiary of American Airlines Group, with the 2014 Yitzhak Rabin Public Service Award, at 6 p.m., at the Crystal Tea Room at the Wanamaker Building, 100 E. Penn Square, Philadelphia. Robert D. Isom, Jr., executive vice president and chief operating officer at American Airlines, will accept the award. For ticket information, email: picc@phillyisrael chamber.com. Making Blankets. Newtown Hadassah will welcome Marlene Snyder of Kare 4 Kids to a noontime luncheon at Shir Ami, 101 Richboro Rd, Newtown. Snyder will discuss making fleece blankets for hospitalized children. Bring a nonperishable food item for the needy. RSVP for a pre-ordered lunch for $10 by calling 215-260-2525 or bring your own dairy lunch. Hadassah Meeting. Marilyn Wittenstein will speak on the life of Lee Miller, a photojournalist of the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s, following a 9:45 a.m. meeting of the Henrietta Szold Group of Hadassah at Reform Congregation Keneseth

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COMMUNITY/calendar Bags, Baubles and Bellinis” from 7:15 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at 101 Richboro Rd., Newtown. Cost: $25.00 in advance, $30.00 at the door. Your first Bellini and dessert are on Shir Ami. Your next Bellini will be available for purchase for $4. Plus, chances to win jewelry and other great prizes! Call 215-9683400.

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Israel, 8339 Old York Rd., Elkins Park. After the program, a dairy lunch followed by a study group is planned. Call 215-663-1131. Penn Lectures. The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will continue its 2014 lecture series, “Moving into Modernity: The Shaping of Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe,” at 7 p.m., at Adath Israel, 250 N. Highland Ave., Merion Station. Yael Sela-Teichler of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin will speak on “A Lament for Moses Mendelssohn: Music and the Religion of Reason in 18th Century Berlin.” No charge. Go to: katz.sas.upenn.edu/publicprograms/lectures-philadelphia. Israeli Author. The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania will welcome Israeli author Esty G. Hayim at 5:30 p.m., at the Shotel Dubin Auditorium in Steinhardt Hall, 215 S. 39th St., Philadelphia. Hayim will speak on “I Have No Mother Tongue, Just a Language I Adopted as a Home.” A free Israeli buffet dinner is planned. RSVP to 215-8986654 or jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu. Interfaith Event. The Jewish Catholic Muslim Dialogue of Southern New Jersey, in cooperation with the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, will host Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi, authors of Sons of Abraham, for a 7 p.m. conversation about the issues that divide and unite Jews and Muslims, at Temple Emanuel, 1101 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. Father Joseph Wallace, director of interreligious affairs for the Diocese of Camden, will serve as moderator. Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at the door, students ages 15 and above free (parents free if accompanied by a student). To register, call 856-751-9500, Ext.

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▼ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 Meeting & Dinner. Join the Mosaic Outdoor Club of Philadelphia for a dinner and planning meeting at 6:30 p.m., at the Longhorn Steakhouse in the Whitman Square Shopping Center at Roosevelt Blvd. and Grant Ave., in Northeast Philadelphia. RSVP to 856-787-0325. Kosher Cafe East. The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County will host Dr. Charles Rojer at a kosher luncheon at 12:30 p.m., at Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Rd., East Windsor, N.J. Dr. Rojer will share his story of surviving the Holocaust in Belgium and his immigration to the United States. Suggested donation: $5. RSVP to 609-987-8100, Ext. 126. Israeli TV. The Germantown Jewish Center will present screenings of the Israeli TV hit series Hatufim, the inspiration for the American TV series Homeland, at 7:30 p.m., at 400 W. Ellet St., Philadelphia. Refreshments will be provided. Call 215-844-1507, Ext. 19. Origin of Judaism. Rabbi Howard Bogot will open a series titled “Revelation: Dictation, Inspiration or Intuition?” at 10 a.m., at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am, 971 Old York Rd., Abington. The series is scheduled to run every Wednesday in April. Call 215-886-8000.

▼ THURSDAY, APRIL 10 Interfaith Project. Pastor Bruce Petty of First Baptist Church of Huntingdon Valley and Rabbi Robert Leib will continue their Interfaith Learning Project at 7 p.m., at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am, 971 Old York Rd., Abington. To register, call 215-886-8000. Designer Bag Bingo. Shir Ami will host “Designer Bag Bingo.

College Road Trip. The Jewish Community High School of Gratz College invites Philadelphia students in grades 10 through 12 to attend a “Jew U College Road Trip.” Teens will meet at 8 a.m., at 7605 Old York Rd., Melrose Park. Visits will be made to the Hillels of Temple, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel and West Chester University. They will meet with admissions representatives and get a feel for Jewish life on the campuses. For more information, email: dlipenta@gratz-edu. ‘Revealing Sinai.’ Rabbi Ira Stone will open a series of six sessions on “Revealing Sinai: The Rabbis Explain What Happened” at 7:30 p.m., at Beth Zion-Beth Israel, 300 S. 18th St., Philadelphia. Cost: $25 members, $50 non-members. To register, call 215-735-5148.

▼ FRIDAY, APRIL 11 Munchkin Minyan. Temple Judea of Bucks County will host a short Shabbat service for preschool families at 6:18 p.m., followed by a services at 7:30 p.m., at 38 Rogers Rd., Furlong. Call 215-348-5022. New Member Shabbat. Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will welcome new members to a 7:30 p.m. musical erev Shabbat service at 971 Old York Rd., Abington. Enjoy wine, cheese and more at 7 p.m. in the coffee bar. Call 215-886-8000. Services & Dinner. Tzedek v’Shalom will host Shabbat services and a potluck dinner in the Mollie Dodd Anderson Library at the George School, 1690 NewtownLanghorne Rd., Newtown. The evening will open at 6:30 p.m. with a spirited and music-filled service led by Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy, followed by a potluck dinner at 7:30 p.m. Bring a generously sized vegetarian/dairy entrée with serving utensils and a drink to share. RSVP to 215-860-0119. For the Family. Family Shabbat services will be celebrated at Temple Sholom in Broomall at 55 N. Church Lane. The evening will open at 6:30 p.m., with a Tot Shabbat featuring Menschy Monkey, followed by a potluck dinner. RSVP

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▼ SATURDAY, APRIL 12 Pizza and Beer. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Old York Road Temple-Beth Am’s School of Early Learning with pizza and craft beer before Passover, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at Pitruco’s Brick Oven Pizza. For more info, call 215-886-8000.

▼ SUNDAY, APRIL 13 Gift of Life Donor Dash. Join the Einstein Healthcare Network in participating in the 19th annual “Gift of Life Donor Dash.”The festivities will start at 8:30 a.m., at the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum at Eakins Oval, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. A 5k run is set to begin at 9:35 a.m., followed by a 10k run at 9:40 a.m., and a 3k walk at 11 a.m. To join “Team Einstein,” call 215-287-1490 or go to: donors1.org.

▼ UPCOMING EVENTS Passover Service. Join Old York Road Temple-Beth Am on Tuesday, April 15, at an 8 a.m. service for the first day of Passover at 971 Old York Rd., Abington. Coffee and a kosher for Passover light breakfast will be served. Call 215-886-8000. Environmental Justice. Dr. Giovanna Di Chiro, visiting Lang Professor for Issues of Social Change at Swarthmore College, will discuss “Want Not: Re-thinking Waste and Practicing Sustainability” on Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Israel, 542 S. New Middletown Rd., Media. This session will use the socially critical lens of environmental justice to explore alternatives to current waste management policy, including the initiative known as “zero waste” practiced in many communities nationwide. Call 610-566-4645. Special Needs. Temple Emanuel will host a Just for You Passover service designed to be accessible and sensitive to a variety of needs and ages from children to adults on Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m., at 1101 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. For information, call 856-489-0029. Yizkor Services. Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will conclude the Passover holiday on Monday, April 21, with an 8 a.m. Yizkor service followed by coffee and a Kosher for Passover light breakfast. Travel cups will be provided for those heading to work. Call 215-886-8000. ‘Defiant Kindness.’ The Lincow Institute for Adult Jewish Studies

at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will host a 7 p.m. performance of Defiant Kindness, a one-man show exploring fictional tools for mental survival during the Holocaust, as well as its aftermath, on Tuesday, April 22, at 971 Old York Rd., Abington. The play, presented in connection with Holocaust Remembrance Day, was written by congregant Harriet Gorman, and will be performed by Kevin Rodden. Call 215-886-8000. Bingo Party. Play some bingo with the Sisterhood of Old York Road Temple-Beth Am on Thursday, April 24, at 6 p.m., at Maggio’s, 400 Second Street Pike, Hampton Square, Southampton. Dinner is included. RSVP to 215886-8000. Singles Meeting. Representatives from Breakthru Fitness and Physical Therapy will present “How to Prevent Common Injuries” on Thursday, April 24, at a 7:30 p.m. meeting of the South Jersey Singles 55-Plus at Temple Emanuel, 1101 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. Call 609-953-8649. Kosher Cafe West. The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County will host opera aficionado Jerry Kalstein at a kosher luncheon on Thursday, April 24, at 12:30 p.m., at Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road East, Princeton Junction, N.J. Kalstein will present CD recordings and anecdotes tracing Puccini’s development. Suggested donation: $5. RSVP to 609-987-8100, Ext. 126. Philadelphia Sinfonia. The Greater Philadelphia District of the National Council of Jewish Women invites members, family and friends to a free concert featuring the Philadelphia Sinfonia on Thursday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, 8339 Old York Rd., Elkins Park. A dessert reception will follow the concert. Call 215-938-8569 or 215-632-4975.

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Philadelphia High School for Girls class of June 1954 will host its 60th-year reunion on April 26, at Bistro St. Tropez, 2400 Market St., Philadelphia. Call 215-646-9372 or email: mfischer8@verizon.net.

West Philadelphia High School class of June 1954 is planning its 60th-year reunion on Sunday, May 4, at the Manayunk Brewing Company, 4120 Main St., Philadelphia. Cost: $30 per person. Email: trudyhonigman@comcast.net.

Overbrook High School classes of January and June 1954 will host a reunion on Sunday, May 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Bala Golf Club, 2200 Bel-

mont Ave., Philadelphia. The theme will be “Taste of Philadelphia.” RSVP to OverbrookHS@aol.com (January class) or mel.gerstein@gmail. com (June class).

Overbrook High School class of January 1959 will host its 55thyear reunion luncheon on Saturday, May 17, at the Radnor Hotel. For information, call 636-812-2175.

George Washington High School class of 1974 will host a 40th-year reunion brunch on Sunday, May 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Maggio’s Ballroom in Southampton. Cost: $40. Email: BGM289@comcast.net.

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Amy Weinberg and Bryan Schwartzman of Philadelphia announce the birth of their daughter, Juliana Abigail, on Nov. 14. Sharing in their happiness are grandparents Elaine Weinberg of Hatboro, and Robert and Jane Schwartzman of Bayside, N.Y. Especially overjoyed is big sister Maya Ilana. Joining in the celebration are Uncle Eric, Aunt Angela, and cousins Jacob and Reece. Juliana Abigail is named in memory of her paternal greatgrandfather, Jacob Schwartzman, and her maternal greatgrandmother, Adele Blumenthal.

Ilene and Richard Grayev of Boynton Beach, Fla., announce the birth of their newest granddaughter, Giuliana Bernice (Eliana Efrat) Goldis, on Dec. 30, 2013. Giuliana is the daughter of Mishy (nee Rosenberg) and Jeffrey Goldis of New York City. Sharing in their happiness are grandparents Caryn and Leon Rosenberg of Cherry Hill, N.J. Joining in welcoming Giuliana are aunts and uncles Ali and Edward Goldis, Jamie Berg and Jake Rosenberg, Jamie Rosenberg and Lewis Eisen, and Zara and Zack Shapiro. Giuliana Bernice is named in loving memory of her paternal grandfather, Gary Goldis, and her maternal great-grandfather, Bernard Rosenberg.

Olney High School classes of January and June 1949 will hold their 65th-year class reunion luncheon on Sunday, June 1, at Brookside Manor in Feasterville. Call 215-444-9921, 215-9133983 or 609-230-5300.

Camp Skymount will host its first reunion (for those attending when it was owned by Nate and Goodie Goldberg) on Saturday, June 21. To get an official invitation with all the details, send an email with your contact information, and when you attendedSkymount to: skymountreunion@gmail.com. For more information, go to: www.campskymount.com. Olney High class of June 1959 will host its 55th-year reunion on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Blair Mill Inn. For details, call 215947-6499 or email: Olneyhighclassjune59@comcast.net.

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MINERVA BRODSKY (nee WOLF), age 90, died on March 21, 2014. She resided in Flushing, New York. Beloved wife of the late JULIUS BRODSKY; devoted mother of LISA BRODSKY and ESTHER (COLEMAN) GREGORY; dear sister of JACOB WOLF; and loving grandmother of JOSEPH, ADEN, and BENJAMIN GREGORY. Contributions in her memory may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

DR. BERNARD GOLDSTEIN, age 93, died on March 25, 2014. DR. GOLDSTEIN was the Chief of Anesthesiology at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia for many years and resided in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Devoted husband of the late FREDA "FRITZI" (nee WEBER); loving father of ROSEMARY/SHOSHANNA (DR. JEROME) DUBROFF, AVERY (KAREN TULIS) GOLDSTEIN, and DR. RICHARD (DR. JENNIFER NIZEN) GOLDSTEIN; and also survived by 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

NORMAN GROSSMAN, a former general manager for a bottle company, died March 25, 2014. He lived in Northeast Philadelphia. Husband of the late ADRIENNE; father of SHERRI (JERRY) HERSCHFELD and JOSEPH GROSSMAN (BONNIE MALICK -GROSSMAN); grandfather of BRITTNEY (CURRAN) McKENNA, DANIEL GROSSMAN, RYAN AGGER, KRISTEN (CHRISTOPHER) WALKER and ARIELLE HERSCHFELD; great-grandfather of LEIGHTON McKENNA; brother-in-law of BEVERLY HORWITZ, SHEILA GROSSMAN and ROBERTA LoPOTEN; dear companion of GERTRUDE BERKOWITZ. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

NATHAN MYERS, March 20, 2014. He was a retired salesman and lived in Northeast Phila. Beloved husband of the late RUTH. Devoted father of DRS. GERALD and RENEE MYERS, and LANIE and JAN WILDER. Dear brother of EDNA FREUD. Loving grandfather of JOSHUA and PAMELA WILDER, ZACKARY WILDER, DAVID and CASEY SCHAPIRA, and STACY and ADAM SHAY. Loving great-grandfather of AVERY, JAKE, and QUINN SCHAPIRA. He was an Army Veteran of WWII and a member of Drizen-Weiss Post - JWV. Contributions in his memory may be made to Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc,. PO Box 531313 Henderson, NV 89053 www.eyesight.org.

SEYMOUR A. SHORE, a former salesman, died March 21, 2014. He lived in Delray Beach, Florida, formerly of Levittown, Pa. Father of HANNAH JACOBS (LON), JEFFREY SHORE (DOREEN) and NORMAN SHORE (BRIGID); grandfather of EMILY and MOLLY JACOBS, KRIS, JOSH and STEPHANIE MONAHAN, and MILES, LUKE and ABIGAIL SHORE. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Anti-Defamation League (215-568-2223).

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FIEL PAUL FIEL, 93, of Scottsdale, AZ, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, passed away on March 22, 2014. He was a U.S. Army. He is survived by his beloved wife SELMA; daughters NANCY (WAYNE) WEINSTEIN and MELISSA FIEL ; Stepsons MARC, RICHARD and JAN SHEINSON; 8 grandchildren ABBI (BRIAN) PHILLIPS, CHAD WEINSTEIN, STACI, SAMANTHA, LONNY, ALYSON, DANNY and ALEX SHEINSON; and great-granddaughter KAYLA PHILLIPS. Services were held in Arizona. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85014, Jewish Family & Children's Services, 4747 N. 7th St., Ste 100, Phoenix, AZ 85014 or Jewish Free Loan, 3443 N. Central Ave. #707, Phoenix, AZ 85012. SINAI MORTUARY OF ARIZONA.

FORM NATHAN FORM, March 21, 2014. Beloved husband of BEATRICE (nee HALPERIN). Devoted father of JACOB FORM (SHELLY) and SHARON GREENBERG (MURRAY). Loving grandfather of MICHAEL, DEANNA, JONATHAN (MELISSA), and SAMUEL. Lov ing great grandfather of BRAYDEN. MR. FORM was a member of the Association of Holocaust Survivors and of ILGWU. Contributions in his memory may be made toBeth El-Ner Tamid, 715 Paxon Hollow Road, Broomall, PA 19008 or National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 South Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA 19106. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS

GOLDSMITH ROSE GOLDSMITH (Nee SCHWARTZ), died on March 7, 2014. Wife of the late MANUEL. Sister of SHIRLEY ABRAMS, sister-in-law of LILLIAN (SHERI) SCHEFFLER and nephews. Services were held at Montefiore Cemetery. Contributuions in her memory may be made to Linwood Care Center, Attn: Donor Services, 201 New Road & Central Avenue, Linwood, NJ 08221. ROTH-GOLDSTEINS’ MEMORIAL CHAPEL ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY www.rothgoldsteins.com

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PRESSER HORNE STANLEY M. HORNE, a teacher, died March 27, 2014, he resided in Northeast Phila. Husband of the late MYRNA; father of LEE (FAITH) HORNE; brother of LEONORA VALENTI ; grandfather of JOSH, ARI and RACHAEL . Contributions in his memory may be made to Temple Lung Center c/o Dr. Steven Kelsen 3401 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS

GOLDSTEIN RICHARD L. GOLDSTEIN, 91, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 in Louisville, KY. Born in Philadelphia in 1922, he was the son of RUBIN GOLDSTEIN and SADIE KATZ GOLDSTEIN. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the Army Air Corps stationed in England. He was retired from a career of civil service, first in the Army Signal Corps and later, and for the majority of his career in a management position within the Department of Defense, where upon retirement he received an award from the Secretary of the Navy for outstanding government service. He was a devoted husband and father, loved music and had an avid intellectual curiosity about all things. RICHARD was preceded in death by SOPHIE, his wife of 57 years. He is survived by his daughter, JOANNA GOLDSTEIN and her partner, SUSAN REIGLER of Louisville; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law; his special friend, MARJORIE MASTERS; and his companions at Belmont Village. Graveside services were held on Friday, March 28, 2014 at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the American Heart Association or Alzheimer's Association. HERMAN MEYER & SON LOUISVILLE, KY

GRAY CHARLES GRAY, March 23, 2014, of Philadelphia, PA. Father of WENDY (ROGER) WILCOX and GARRY (LESLIE) GRAY. Also survived by a granddaughter, AMANDA WILCOX. Graveside services were held at Montefiore Cemetery. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC.

LIPSCHUTZ HOWARD LIPSCHUTZ, a pharmacist and resident of Plymouth Meeting, died on March 21, 2014. He was a graduate of Central High School and Temple University School of Pharmacy. MR. LIPSCHUTZ was a Korean War veteran who owned and operated first Howard's Pharmacy and lastly Overbrook Park Pharmacy. He was past president of the Philadelphia Association of Retail Pharmacists. Beloved husband of the late EVELYN (nee DAMENS); devoted father of DR. LOUIS B. LIPSCHUTZ (CLAUDIA LESLIE) and DR. MARTIN S. LIPSCHUTZ (KATHY); dear brother of BERNARD LIPSCHUTZ (MARLENE) and ALAN LIPSCHUTZ (FRANCES); loving grandfather of JESSICA, DANIEL, ANDREW, DEREK and SAMANTHA. Contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

RUTH PRESSER (nee RUTENBERG), March 24, 2014 of Haverford, Pa. Wife of the late MARTIN . Mother of ALLEN (KATHLEEN) PRESSER and JOAN (MARTIN) MOLLEN. Also survived by 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Services and interment were held at Mt. Sharon Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be made to DAV (Disabled Vets of America), www.dav.org. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC.

MARSHA DELL RAPPAPORT, of Philadelphia, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2014. Daughter of the late REBA and the late MARTIN RAPPAPORT; sister of the late EDWARD RAPPAPORT. Survived by her loving cousins and devoted friends and aides. Services and Interment were private. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC.

SAULL MARCUS JACK MARCUS, a retired salesman died March 26, 2014. He was 90 years old and resided in Northeast Phila. Devoted husband of the late MONA. Dear brother of CLARE (and the late WILLIAM) ELIBERG and NATHANIEL (JOYCE) MARCUS. Uncle of JANET (DR. BURTON) EISENBERG, MICHELLE EISENBERG and the late LINDA FELDMAN. Contri butions in his memory may be made to "Cook For A Friend" c/o RSVP Klein JCC 10100 Jamison Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19116 or Melrose B'nai Israel Emanuel, or The Lafayette Chorus c/o Lafayette Redeemer.

LAWRENCE 'LARRY' TEACHER, March 25, 2014, of Phila. Husband of SHARON WOHLMUTH-TEACHER (nee JOSOLOWITZ), father of RACHAEL TEACHER, stepfather of MICHAEL PARKER, brother of BUZ TEACHER, MELISSA COOKMAN and AMY HUDAK, grandfather of NOAH. Contributions in his memory may be made to Vilna Congregation, 509 Pine St., Phila., PA 19106. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC.

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STEIN HENRY C. STEIN, March 26, 2014, of Langhorne, PA. He is survived by his loving wife JOAN (nee ATCHICK), their two furry friends MICO and SANDY , his three sons RICHARD (JESSICA), JOSEPH (CINDY) and DAVID (LORA), his sister BERNICE O’NEILL (JOHN) and grandchildren ETHAN, EMILY, ANDREW, DANIEL, HANNAH, JOURNEY and LEEAM. Graveside services were held March 30, 2014 at Shalom Memorial Park in Huntingdon Valley, PA. Contributions in his memory may be made to Cancer Busters, http://tinyurl.com/kp7prrp, or checks payable to American Cancer Society may be sent to 158 Bayberry Rd. Royersford, Pa. 19468. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC.

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RANKUS ROSALIND RANKUS (nee TOLL), on March 20, 2014. She was a legal secretary and resided in Riverside, NJ. Wife of PHILIP RANKUS. Mother of MICHAEL BUTCHIN, DAVID (TRACEY) RANKUS, and SUSAN RANKUS. Sister of BEVERLY BARNEY. Grandmother of RHIANNON and JAIDEN. Contributions in her memory may be made to American Diabetes Association, 150 Monument Road, Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.

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ELEANOR SAULL (nee HEIDER), March 21, 2014, of Haverford, PA. Wife of DR. SIDNEY SAULL. Mother of SHARON (NEIL) SHAW and JONI (ELIE) ANTAR. Sister of ROSE LEVY and MOLLIE TRIER. Grandmother of JONATHAN, DAVID, BRIAN and ANDREW. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC.

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CORPORATE NOTICES Mi Casita Inc. has been incorporated under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988. Danziger Shapiro & Leavitt, PC 150 S. Independence Mall 6th & Chestnut Sts. Suite 1050 Philadelphia, PA 19106 Philadelphia Crosstown Coalition has been incorporated under the provisions of the PA Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988. Huntington & Franklin, P.C. PNC Building 1600 Market St., Ste. 250 Philadelphia, PA 19103

ESTATE NOTICES

FICTITIOUS NAME

ESTATE OF ALFRED MORTON late of Philadelphia. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who bequest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Anthony Morton, Administrator., 440 N. 66th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19151.

ESTATE OF Mabel M. Schlimme, Deceased Late of Chester County, Pennsylvania LETTERS OF TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to Paul B. Schlimme, Executor c/o Michael E. Eisenberg, Esquire 2935 Byberry Road, Suite 107 Hatboro, PA 19040 Or to Attorney: Michael E. Eisenberg, Esquire 2935 Byberry Road, Suite 107 Hatboro, PA 19040

ESTATE OF RUTH V. ROLLINS A/K/A RUTH ROLLINS, DECEASED. Late of Bucks County. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who requests that all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Barbara R. Kaplan a/k/a Barbara Kaplan, Executrix, c/o Joy Dickstein, Esquire, 457 Woodbourne Road, Suite 102, Langhorne, PA 19047 or to her attorney, Joy Dickstein, Esquire 457 Woodbourne Road Suite 102 Langhorne, PA 19047

FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that an Application for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 6, 2014 for Sweet Lizabella’s located at 1445 Golf Drive Gilbertsville PA 19525. The name and address of each individual interested in the business is Susan Jane Knowlton 1445 Golf Drive Gilbertsville PA 19525. This was filed in accordance with 54 PaC.S. 311.

ESTATE OF ANDREW FRANCIS TABAS Deceased Late of Upper Dublin Township LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to Nadine S Tabas, Executrix 1613 Morgan Drive Ambler, PA 19002 ESTATE OF ANN TOLAN, AKA NANCY ANN TOLAN DECEASED Late of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the Estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to ANTHONY FLEISHINGER, Executor, care of Solomon Weinstein, Esquire, 1032 Millcreek Drive, Suite 201, Feasterville, PA 19053 Or to his Attorney SOLOMON WEINSTEIN 1032 Millcreek Drive Feasterville, PA 19053 ESTATE OF MARLENE ZARWIN, DECEASED, Late of Lower Merion Twp. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who bequest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Norman P. Zarwin, Executor, c/o Gary A. Zlotnick, Esq., Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC, 1818 Market St., 13th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103 or to their attorneys, Gary A. Zlotnick, Esq. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC 1818 Market St., 13th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19103

ESTATE OF ISABELLE H. WOODBECK a/k/a ISABELLE WOODBECK Deceased LETTERS ADMINISTRATION on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims to present same without delay to Isabel Gutenberger, Administratrix c/o Joseph S. Binder, Esquire Binder & Weiss, P.C. 1880 JFK Blvd. Suite 1401 Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF JOHN V. ROSETTI Late of Philadelphia LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who bequest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Modestina Mussachio, Executrix, C/O Steven W. Smith, Esq., Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, 2 Liberty Pl., Ste. 3200, 50 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA 19102, , or to their attorneys, Edward Benoff, Esq. 5 Neshaminy Interplex Suite 205 Trevose, PA 19053

ESTATE OF PESSY HOWARTH, DECEASED. Late of Newtown Township, Delaware County, PA. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION CTA on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to PAUL L. FELDMAN, ESQUIRE, ADMINISTRATOR CTA, 820 Homestead Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046, Or to his Attorney: PAUL L. FELDMAN FELDMAN & FELDMAN 820 Homestead Road Jenkintown, PA 19046

ESTATE OFLOUIS L. WEITZMAN aka LOUIS WEITZMAN Late of Philadelphia LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who bequest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Sharon Gae Sherman,Executrix, c/o Edward Benoff, Esq., 5 Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 205, Trevose, PA 19053, or to their attorneys, Edward Benoff, Esq. 5 Neshaminy Interplex Suite 205 Trevose, PA 19053

FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that an Application for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on February 14, 2014 for JNS Photography located at 7308 Bryan Street 3rd Floor Philadelphia PA 19119. Th e name and address of each individual interested in the business is Jacqueline Simanau 7308 Bryan Street 3rd Floor Philadelphia PA 19119. This was filed in accordance with 54 PaC.S. 311. FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that an Application for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on February 24, 2014 for Frankie Gee located at 130 S 18th St Unit 804 Philadelphia PA 19103. The name and address of each individual interested in the business is Sara Howanski 130 S 18th St Unit 804 Philadelphia PA 19103. This was filed in accordance with 54 PaC.S. 311. The Ultimate Guide to Fun in the Sun from the Jewish Exponent

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Jerry A. Jacobs, a professor of the sociology department at the U in P has authored In Defense of Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University. He is a for▲ JERRY A. mer editor of the JACOBS American Sociological Review. Dean E. Weisgold, principal attorney of his self-named law firm, was chosen Volunteer of the Month in December by Philadelphia VIP, an organization dedicated to pro bono work for the poor and disadvantaged. Matthew Singer has been honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from Penn State Harrisburg. Singer is a

ed on 25 years of service to Old where he chairs its department communications officer at the PhiladelYork Road Temple-Beth Or of emergency medicine, has phia Museum of Art and a curator at with a musical salute on April 6 been voted a member of the the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish by Cantor Elena Zarkh and colboard of the American Board of Art at Congregation Rodeph Shalom. leagues, Cantor Stephen FreedEmergency Medicine. Dr. Morris Kotler, chairman emeritus man of Temple Sinai; Cantor Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg of the at the Einstein Medical Center, has reElizabeth Shammash of Tiferet Children’s Hospital of Philadelceived the center’s Edward S. Cooper, Bet Israel; and Cantor Eliot Vophia, where he serves as attendM.D. Award for service to the commugel of Har Zion Temple. ing adolescent medicine physi- ▲ DR. KENNETH nity. Area resident and author cian, has an added job for his Attorney Roberta Liebenberg of GINSBURG Rachel Simon recently guestresume: He has become editor Fine, Kaplan and Black, where she is a spoke at the Genesee (N.Y.) ARC’s 4th of Reaching Teens: Strength-Based partner, has been feted with the semiAnnual Sprout Film Festival & SpeakCommunication Strategies to Build Renal Sharing Her Passion Award by the silience and Support Healthy Adolescent er Series, which focused on films by Ms. JD organization. Honored in and featuring disabled individuals. SiDevelopment, put out by the American Austin, Texas, where the group held its mon famously wrote two books dealing Academy of Pediatrics. annual confab, Liebenberg, with disabilities: The Story of BeautiRabbi George Stern, former who is also chair of the Ameriful Girl and Riding the Bus With My executive director of the can Bar Association’s CommisSister. Neighborhood Interfaith Movesion on Women in the ProfesEducator Janice Solkov has been ment in Northwest Philadelsion, was honored for “inspirnamed to the board of trustees of the phia, who serves a congregaing younger women lawyers Achievement House Cyber Charter tion in Nyack, N.Y., has been through sponsorship, mentorSchool. ● chosen as executive director of ship and sharing her passion the Jewish Social Policy Action for the practice.” Dr. Carl Chudnofsky of the Contact: melkin@jewishexponent.com (215▲ RABBI GEORGE Network, or JSPAN. STERN Rabbi Robert Leib will be fetEinstein Healthcare Network, 832-0735)

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Education and edibles were on the menu for the American Associates, Ben-Gurion University’s Ladies Brunch & Learn, conducted at the Elkins Park residence of Violet (left) and Richard Zeitlin. Joining the host: featured speaker, Israel educator Ronit Lusky (center) and AABGU Philadelphia Chapter co-chair Connie Katz.

Anybody in this group find the plug yet? Here’s hoping they didn’t because that would have been the end of what turned into a major hit.

Eating up the presentation (from left) are Joan Shrager; AABGU Philadelphia Chapter board member Paula Mandel; Edith Frumin; and board member Shirley Tauber.

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Dr. Guy Fried of Magee Rehabilitation presents the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award to U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah for his unstinting support of medical research on strokes over the years. Taking it all in: Dr. Paul Katz of Temple University Health System, where he is a neurologist, and his wife, Linda, show their support for the Council cause.

the Jewish State! Andre Krug (left), president and CEO of the Klein JCC, buddies up with Dom Giordano, Philly radio talk-show host, serving as leaders of a tour of Israel put together by Rubinsohn Travel of Jenkintown. Giordano, a mainstay of WPHT’s lineup, and the Klein executive did some live remotes from the Jewish state to hometown radio audiences.

Griesing Law, LLC, has been honored as the 2013 Law Firm MVP by the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms, with Francine Friedman Griesing (right), firm founder and managing member, and its director of administration, Jessica Mazzeo, picking up the honor at the organization’s Gala and Awards Dinner at the Law Firm Expo in Minneapolis, Minn.

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Mitzvah Hero: Dani Kupersmith, 16, can have her cake — and donate it, too. The Bryn Mawr owner, producer and chief chef of Kupes Cakes has turned her love of baking into a business, but still saves some energy for tzedakah. What It’s All About: “I started making cakes after I became in love with the show Cake Boss,” the 10th-grade student at the Shipley School says, referring to the TV series featuring Buddy Valastro, whom she met backstage during one of his local appearances. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

Her burgeoning baking talent hit home: For her Bat Mitzvah, she made a three-tiered cake without any outside help. She is teeming with pride about being a teen “flour girl” and has donated some of her tasty artistry to charitable fundraising functions sponsored by her school. She’s doing well in her evolving business, selling cakes for all sorts of occasions to friends and their relatives, family members, teachers and others who find out about her work through her website (kupescakes.webs.com) But the Main Line Reform Temple congregant says she realizes the importance of giving back. To that end, Dani says, she hopes to donate even more cakes to worthy causes in the community.

Not a One-Time Thing: In addition to her sweet contributions, Dani volunteers for the Friendship Circle Philadelphia, a Chabad Lubavitch project that assists families with special needs children. She spends time every Sunday with Freida, a 7-year-old who has Tourette syndrome and some other disabilities. "We do art projects, take walks, play with her toys, play outside — really, whatever she wants to do that day," Dani says. "She is the best thing that has ever come into my life.”

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