June 2019 by San Diego Jewish Journal

June 2019

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CONTENTS

June 2019

page 50 ART: North Coast Rep's artistic director takes to the stage as an actor.

IN THIS ISSUE

page 32 FEATURE: Beth El's Holocaust memorial installation came out of the friendship and hardwork of three Jewish women.

page 54 THEATER: Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger draws on family and mythology.

page 38 PERSONAL ESSAY: Rabbi Eilfort gives his account of joining Rabbi Goldstein in Washington.

page 49 ART: Liberty Station 's First Fridays got amplified.

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page 30 ART: City Ballet collaborates with the Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance for their spring fundraiser. MONTHLY COLUMNS

IN EVERY ISSUE

12 From the Editor 20 Personal

14 Mailbag 16 Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Up Online 62 Diversions 64 Food 70 News 72 Advice 73 Synagogue Life

Development and Judaism 22 Israeli Lifestyle 24 Examined Life 26 Religion AROUND TOWN

18 Our Town 66 What's Goin On

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

36 FEATURE Hebrew Names

42 ART Malashock's Dance with thisABILITY program

59 FEATURE What Jewish History Forgot

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On April 24th our May issue was sent to the printer and on April 27th Lori Gilbert Kaye was murdered. It happened here. Poway is now a noun like Pittsburg. One of our Rabbis was on national news. Our community was thrust into the spotlight and not for our philanthropy, not for our vibrant art community, not for our schools, not for all of the reasons that make it unique and quirky and kind and ours. We mourned. We still mourn. We talked and cried with our loved ones. We held vigils. We held Shabbat. We looked in the face of white supremacy and said, ‘Not today.’ And now what do we do? In this issue, we have several voices responding to the events on April 27th and I hope they enlighten and move you as much as they did for me. I'm still in shock and at a loss for words for what happened in Poway. What I do feel I can speak about is something that profits off of sowing division in our county. I want to talk about how the news works differently now. When the nation adopted a 24-hour news cycle, the business of the news changed forever. Broadcast Television news, just like any cable programming, makes its money off of your attention. How many minutes they have your eyeballs for is how many minutes your eyeballs have spent with their advertisements. This business model prioritizes keeping attention above all other interests. What they want to do with your attention may differ, but having it and keeping it are the beginning and end of their survival. And the unfortunate reality of our human psyches is that tragedy, pain and fear hold our attention better than anything else. This means that shocking events benefit broadcast news financially. This means that broad-

cast news makes money off of tragedy. And broadcast news is not the only one in the attention game. Facebook and social media at large also operates under the business model of holding your attention for as long as possible. The more minutes you spend on Facebook are more minutes that your eyes glance across advertisements and sponsored posts that were paid to appear before you. Fear and anger are things that inspire humans to react, respond and engage–all of which keeps the machine going. Social media is unprecedented in how the content that you see can be tailored to your individual interests. In the past, networks could make good guesses about the demographics of their audience, but still had to cast a wide enough net to capture a good majority. Now, content is presented and marketed to be more and more niche. Social media knows your age, gender, location and reasonably can know so many other things like political affiliation, income, race, spending habits and tastes in movies and TV. And it can learn these things even from people who don’t post often or at all. Because it can know all these about you and its business model demands that it keep your attention as long as possible, it is going to use everything at its disposable to keep that attention. It is going to handpick (through computer programming, via the algorithm) content to engage you. And because outrage is very engaging and attention-grabbing, this is a perfect storm for inflammatory and shocking articles to travel far and wide. And the catering and curating by a system to keep you engaged, the system creates echo chambers where the only people being reached by certain topics all fall into similar groups of thought. This system is easily manipulated. Any-

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one with money and a facebook page can create sponsored or targeted posts to reach certain groups of people. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was brought to a congressional hearing for this reason. It was found that Russia used Facebook to target U.S. voters with the intention of creating division and spreading misinformation. (This tactic has targeted people all around the globe). One example of this was a video of a woman pouring bleach on a man's jeans for sitting in a wide stance and taking up too much space on a train. This video was staged to create divisiveness and tribal us vs. them narratives online. And Facebook is not the only company that this spread of misinformation can happen. (Also worth noting while Facebook started out with the reputation of a site for young people, the user base continues to skew older. And according to a study published this January in Science Advances, users over 65 are actually more likely to share false articles). Misleading headlines or straight up lies in journalism are not a new invention, but they do suffer from a lack of context online that they would have had in the grocery aisle before. This is to say to be suspicious of things (on Facebook, broadcast news, news websites, etc.) that immediately spark outrage; it is generally what they intend to do. Fear, anger, violence, tragedy are all attention-grabbing and attention is a premium commodity. A

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In the article, “Fall from Grace,” written by Ms. Eden, she discusses a situation experienced in high school, where a friendship and trust was betrayed by a female peer named Rebecca, who pursued the boyfriend of another. Ms. Eden discussed their peer group reaction which was to make a pact banishing this young woman from their group. Today we might call this group response a public shunning and shaming. Ms. Eden goes on to discuss Rebecca’s subsequent “summer of redemption, renewal, and the eventual transformation into a genuine, dependable friend.” Young Rebecca quickly learned the painful lessons and consequences associated with the many decisions associated with coming of age. She also learned the hard lessons of breaking the unspoken ‘Girlfriend Code’ (not to mention the moral code) which is to never go after a person who is dating or involved with someone who is in your social circle. The grown up version of this scenario should be taken even more seriously. Our Jewish tradition of making amends through Teshuvah, the ritual we perform each year on Yom Kippur, as Ms. Eden states, “Allows us to take stock of our actions, regret our poor choices, and resolve to live better.” She continues, “The reality we create from those choices is ‘miraculously’ transformed when we reach authentic Teshuvah.”

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“We made peace with G-d and with ourselves.” Have we really made peace with G-d? Is making Teshuvah enough? It is a good start, but not the ‘miraculous transformation’ of which Ms. Eden speaks. What Ms. Eden failed to point out is that our Earthly and more human form of making amends, whether it be in Judaism or in any religion, is in the form of an apology. Whether spoken or written, an apology, authentically given, is the only means by which a person can make amends for one’s own hurtful words or actions. The significance and beauty of an apology is that it can have a healing effect both on the individual who has been hurt as well as on the individual who committed the hurtful act. An apology has the power to humble even the most arrogant. The debilitating effects of remorse and shame we feel when we have hurt someone can eat away at us until we become emotionally and physically ill. By apologizing and taking full responsibility for our actions, we can help rid ourselves of the esteem-robbing effects of self-reproach and guilt. This is the true power of the apology. The next time one’s behavior falls from grace, consider the healing power of making an earthly apology–the sooner the better. Do not wait for Yom Kippur. – Anonymous

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Joyce Carol Oates Reflects on her Family’s Lost Jewish Heritage Joyce Carol Oates’ grandmother was Jewish, but the author wasn’t aware of that fact until after her grandmother’s death in 1970. After immigrating to America, Oates’ ancestor hid her Jewish heritage from the rest of her family. “I felt an immense loss and sympathy because I never really knew that my grandmother was Jewish, so my whole cultural inheritance was lost,” the acclaimed novelist told The Associated Press on Sunday in Jerusalem, where she received the prestigious Jerusalem Prize. Her grandmother, who fled persecution in Germany in the late 19th century, helped foster Oates’ love of books, giving her a copy of “Alice in Wonderland” and a library card at a young age. “No one else in my Hungarian and Irish family had any interest in books,” she said. “There’s a tragedy at the loss of my grandmother’s history, but then a joy in this connection.”

NYU chaplain to be first chief rabbi of the United Arab Emirates Jewish community Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, the New York University chaplain, will be the first chief rabbi of the Jewish Community of the United Arab Emirates. David Weinberg, the international affairs director for the Anti-Defamation League, made the announcement Tuesday at an event co-hosted by the ADL and the UAE embassy on interfaith tolerance. Sarna said the position is unpaid, and that he will travel four times a year to Dubai, where worship services have been taking place in a private home. He said he will stay on as chaplain at NYU and as the executive director of the university’s Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life. “What we see is the first emergence of the first new Jewish community emerging in the Arab world for centuries,” said Sarna, who says there are hundreds of Jews in the UAE from all over the world to take advantage of employment opportunities. He said his hope is to nurture a structured community so that paid staff, including a full-time rabbi, could one day take over. A Jewish Council of the Emirates official told JTA that Sarna’s role would not be pastoral. Sarna’s “primary role” will be “pursuing interfaith dialogue and building the office of the JCE Chief Rabbi.”

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of its clothes. The entire body is then bathed and wrapped in white shrouds. It’s watched over, uninterrupted, until burial.

mation, he is asking Jews to bury their dead the way Jewish tradition has commanded for millennia.

When Rabbi Jay Lyons prepares a dead body for burial, it feels like he’s in synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

The idea behind Lyons’ new venture, the South Florida Jewish Cemetery in Palm Beach County, which he advertises as both trendy and radically traditional: In an age when a majority of Americans opt for cre-

But Jewish burial, he’s quick to add, is also green burial–a selling point for families who may not be religious but care about reducing their carbon footprint in death as in life.

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L: Violinist Myla Wingard at the JFS tribute to Yom Hazikaron. R: Artist Cheryl Rattner Price with her installation. Temple Emanu-El held its Annual Gala, Galaxy Celebration, on May 4th at the temple. Always a glorious event, the evening included culinary delights by Wild Thyme Company Catering, heavenly auction items, and meteoric entertainment by The Danny Green Trio. Chaired by Executive Director, Shiri Haines, and her dedicated committee, this lovely evening was enjoyed thoroughly by the over 300 in attendance! Some of those seen bidding, socializing, and supporting the efforts of the Temple Emanu-El community were Pat & Gary Clorfeine, Stacey Kasendorf, Linda & Paul Globerson, Marilyn & Larry Ponseggi, Barbara & Tom Lincoln, the Cohn Clan, Bobbie Cohen, Michael Hopkins, Kathy Beitscher and Isaac Hirschbein, Mark & Laurie Speigler, Lee Maio, Jackie Tolley and Mark Berger, Marty & Ruth Weiss, and Ellen Gruer. Jewish Family Service held a Remembrance & Hope event on May 5th in tribute to Yom Hazikaron. This lovely morning program included candle lighting, readings, musical selections by Myla Wingard, and the dedication of an incredible artistic memorial installation by Cheryl Rattner Price, Co-Founder & Executive Director of The Butterfly Project. Amongst those seen were Jim & Carrie Greenstein, Jan & Sam Landau, Jeff Fox, Pearl Recht, Darren Schwartz, Joy & Steve Weiss, Ryan Jacobson, Sean Jacobson, Larry Liebermansch and Abby (11 yrs old), Fred Fox, Ken & Sonia Fox Ohlbaum, Karen Helrich and Bertram Edelstein, Lainy & Larry Vinikow, and Alberto & Michal Hamui. Wow! It was such an honor to be among the crowd at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, when Seth Krosner & Phil Johnson were honored for their service to Tifereth Israel and the entire San

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Diego Jewish community. Co-chairs, Judi Gottschalk, and Perry Arenson sure know how to create a great evening! And how incredibly exciting to see Marjory Kaplan back in town as Gala Honorary Chair, with JJ Surbeck. With a silent/live auction, tributes by Jill Hall, Margalit Rosenthal, and Beth Klarich, plus wonderful entertainment by San Diego Artists, Eileen Bowman, Sandy Campbell, Melinda Gilb, and Ruff Yeager. Some of those we saw in the crowd were Hedy & Rabbi Ralph Dalin, Stephanie & Rabbi Joshua Dorsch, Jane Fantel, Sue & Jerry Hermes, Michael Sonduck & David Zeligson, Sharleen Wollach, Ellen & Ernest Addleson, Debbie & Steve Mishek, Judi & Marvin Zaguli, Ed Colby, Sue & Ed Cherlin, Lynn & Will Cooper, Gerry Freed, Sheila & Jeffrey Korn, Kathy & Larry Krantz, Regina Kurtz, Marla & Larry Lobenstein, Hano & Charlotte Siegel, Barbara & Bill Sperling, and Karen & Jeff Silberman.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND JUDAISM

THIS WAY TO EDEN by Rachel Eden rachel.s.eden@gmail.com

Lighthouse vs. Lifesaver y dear friend attends a hot yoga class that positions her in the frame of mind she needs to have a successful day. There are a number of aspects that she appreciates about her class, but the one that I hear about most is her yoga instructor’s words of wisdom at the close of each session. Sometimes, the instructor shares (what appears to be) a cliché and other times, the instructor’s message is quite profound. One particular teaching struck me as just plain confusing though. The instructor shared that there are two types of people who help the world: lighthouses and lifesavers. A lighthouse sheds lights on surrounding water while remaining safely on dry land. The lighthouse is compared to the person who shares her innate light with the world in an effort to serve others while still preserving her own wellbeing. A lifesaver, on the other hand, is the metaphor for someone who dives into unknown, dangerous territory, risking one’s own safety, in an effort to save another. The yogi concluded her message: Be the lighthouse. Share your innate light, but never risk your own well-being for another person. My friend smiled when she saw my facial expression. Typically, I rebut her message with a glib comeback of sorts, but I couldn’t identify what didn’t add up about the lighthouse advice. Months passed and I shared the metaphor with others. The more people I spoke to, the more I heard the message validated. Then, finally, I heard about Dave Hartsock. Dave was a professional skydiving instructor who had jumped about 800 times by August 1, 2009. On that fateful day, he met Shirley Dygert from Texas who decided she wanted to know how it would feel to jump out of an airplane. For her 54th birthday, Shirley treated herself to a tandem skydive 20 SDJewishJournal.com | June 2019

and Dave was assigned to her as an instructor. The jump started very routine as Shirley was enjoying the 110 mph free fall from 13,000 feet up. After the typical 60 seconds of fall, Hartsock reached to pull the cord of the parachute, but was unable to grasp it. The cord had somehow become trapped between their bodies and the force of their fall made it impossible for him to reach it as they continued to plummet to the ground. At this point, Shirley asked him, “What’s happening?” And he answered, “Hold on, we’re in big trouble.” Dave turned to open the reserve parachute, but it was tangled and wouldn’t open. The two were spiraling around uncontrollably and the parachute was flapping uselessly. Shirley Dygert said at this point she was sure it was over for both of them and just started praying. Falling 40 mph, they were about 500 feet from the ground when Dave made the ultimate sacrifice. He told Shirley to lift her feet and he pulled the control toggles down so that his body would be under hers and cushion her fall. Shirley said afterward, “I can hardly believe it. He broke my fall.” With some moderate injuries, Shirley was rushed to the hospital. Miraculously, Dave survived the fall, but was left paralyzed from the neck down. When Dave heard people were calling him a hero, he simply replied that it was just the right thing to do since he was responsible for her safety. In his mind, there was no alternative. Dave is the lifesaver personified. As it turns out, the lifesaver is a hero. He is willing to risk himself in order to save another person. It’s not sensible. It’s irrational. It’s a decision made in the context of a desperate situation. But when a lighthouse won’t cut it, we have to consider being a lifesaver. There is a famous disagreement men-

tioned in the Talmud that parallels this story and metaphor. Rabbi Eliezer said, “The world was created in (the Jewish month of ) Tishrei.” Whereas Rabbi Yehoshua said, “The world was created in (the Jewish month of ) Nissan.” This fundamental dispute is reconciled by a leading tosafist sage, Rabbeinu Tam, who says both views are true. It occurred to G-d to create the world in Tishrei, but He did not actually do so until Nissan. Initially, G-d thought to create the world in Tishrei with the Divine characteristic of strict justice but when He saw that humanity could not endure the rigidity of justice alone, He added the characteristic of Divine mercy in Nissan, creating the world with both mercy and justice. Passover, the holiday of ultimate mercy and kindness from G-d, occurred in Nissan. Morale was at an all time low in Egypt and G-d had no viable alternative but to save us though we were undeserving. G-d acted with heroics, as a lifesaver. Shavuot, the holiday following Passover, commemorates our receiving of the Torah. This was the culmination of our internal work, when we utilized the inspiration of G-d playing the role of lifesaver to become a nation deserving of the precious Torah. Shavuot celebrates the moment when the Jewish people turn toward G-d and engage in a reciprocal relationship of servitude and leadership. The Jewish people are assigned to be a light for the world, champion of the underdog, generous of spirit, living with dignity and gratitude. We emulate G-d and thereby become close to G-d. We aspire to lift others the way G-d lifted us. To my dear friend and her yoga instructor: It’s okay to be a lighthouse. But lifesavers? That’s the stuff of heroes. A

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ISRAELI LIFESTYLE

LIVING ON THE FRONT PAGE by Andrea Simantov andreasimantov@gmail.com

Getting Right. Again. n 1995, my dear friend Sally took her husband and young children to Israel for a guided tour. I had already been living here for a few months and she was fascinated by my ‘conversion’ from secular to Orthodox Judaism as well the sudden aliyah to Jerusalem. Friends since childhood, we were an odd couple; I drank the Mitzvah Kool-Aid and held Torah observance front and center of our respective existence. Conversely, Sally is assimilated and content. Since I was very busy helping my own family adjust to our new lives during her visit, I couldn’t accompany her and the guide and, in the end, the tour was dry, picturesque and had little impact. “It seemed a lot like Greece,” said Sally. I felt sad that my friend’s trip was lusterless. She is passionate. Her tour guide was not. I always revisit this story before Shavuot, 22 SDJewishJournal.com | June 2019

the holiday where Bnei Yisroel receives the Torah, the same Torah that is not history book but, rather, a blueprint for life. Shavuot provides a natural segue in the calendar as we mature as a nation, ‘rising’ from the events that led to and culminated in Passover. We were clueless and uninitiated in Egypt which necessitated the emergence of a Moses which led to ten plagues that were followed by an exodus that bestowed upon us a system of laws and conduct which were honed during the subsequent forty year sojourn in the desert. Whew. Shavuot is the culmination of this period and comes forty-nine days after the seder. Finally we can celebrate our worthiness to be called refined and redemption-worthy. Why? Because during our 400-year imprisonment, we had assimilated so completely that we were on the brink of extinction. Redemption came

in the blink of an eye but not before 80% of our nation was destroyed. Reborn spiritually, we await Shavuot as a child awaits his birthday or summer vacation. Our transformation in the desert was radical and Shavuot allows us to again embrace the source of our holiness. The Midrash (commentary on the Written Torah) tells us that the Jewish people slept the entire night before the giving of the Torah. One viewpoint opines that when G-d discovered the people asleep, He asked, “Why did I arrive and no one was there? I called and nobody answered.” The Ten Commandments brought order into a subjectively chaotic universe. Several of them comprise the Noahide Laws and it is comforting to share earth space with many non-Jews who embrace the same values and G-d-centeredness that has kept the Jewish people to this day. For the record, my friendship with Sally is still strong and I have become more proactive with the itineraries of visiting friends. Because the ordinariness of her only visit to the Jewish homeland will forever remain a ‘blah’ page in her book of travel adventures. Enjoying a communal forty-winks at the most pivotal moment in Jewish history certainly merits G-d’s displeasure. There is a saying (attributed to many) that goes, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Shavuot offers us an opportunity, again, to re-learn, re-humble, re-connect and re-soar as we grasp with both hands that which is our legacy and birthright. If only Sally’s guide had been awake when the Heavens thundered. A

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EXAMINED LIFE

OUR EMOTIONAL FOOTPRINT by Saul Levine, M.D., Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at UCSD slevine@ucsd.edu

The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism

’ve been aware for most of my life that I am hated by many people around the world.” A strong statement, I know, especially coming from a psychiatrist. I certainly have frailties and faults, but “hated”?! Like you, I think of myself as a decent person, personally well-liked by many, loved by a few, criticized by some, admired by others, perhaps disliked by a handful, but to my knowledge at least, I am not personally hated. I do, however, happen to belong to a large group of people who are indeed hated, but this hatred is entirely impersonal. That is, the haters know little if anything about those they implicitly detest. These particular hatreds can take many different forms, but they all stem from deep hate-fueled-and-filled historical lore. These malicious hatreds are based solely on a person’s birthright and background. They are ingrained prejudices, or “pre-judged” entrenched beliefs in the inferiority and evil of “other, lesser” human beings. In my own case, I had the “audacity,” according to my haters, of being born into a family originating in Jewish genetics, religion and culture. I learned early on that I was hated “merely” for being Jewish: the very definition of anti-Semitism. I was born and raised in a major city with a large crowded district made up of thousands of Jewish immigrants, including my parents, who fled the rampant anti-Semitism then-prevalent in towns and villages in Eastern Europe (Lithuania, Rumania, Latvia, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and many other countries). Just as depicted in the mythical town “Anatevka” in “Fiddler on the Roof,” they faced daily aggressions in their ‘ghetto-ized’ communities, some random and impulsive, others, well-orchestrated campaigns (“pogroms”), spurred on by their common hatred of Jews. It was no wonder that this toxic and brutal atmosphere precipitated a huge emigration of Jews to North America, even years before 24 SDJewishJournal.com | June 2019

the scourge of Hitler’s Nazis and the infamous Holocaust (in which millions of Jews like me lost family members). Even in the safety of America and Canada, however, new Jewish immigrants were not always welcome. Many experienced messages of hostility: rental restrictions, blocked job opportunities and admission quotas to schools were not uncommon. Hateful slings and arrows were seen in the press and heard on the radio. Barbs utilizing anti-Semitic tropes (evil, usurious, Christ-killers, blood libel) were expressed by those who felt that Jews were inferior or dangerous. Thus, even in “safe havens,” there were ugly signs posted ("No Jews Allowed!”), verbal attacks, vandalism and physical assaults. Growing up in a politically “woke” immigrant household and environment, I quickly learned that we Jews were certainly not alone in being despised–even sight unseen–simply for being “who we were,” which was “different, offensive, repulsive.” This country has a long history of expressed “fear and loathing” of diverse “others” who came to our shores. Our avowed ideals are in our Declaration of Independence and in the words of Jewish poet Emma Lazarus etched forever on our iconic beacon of welcome, the Statue of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses longing to be free…”). Yet a variety of citizens and newcomers to this country have had their “turns” at being vilified. These included all non-White races and many nationalities and ethnic groups, all of whom have endured the terrible experiences of being hated by citizens here. Our treatment of African Americans being brought, born and bought into slavery (and its legacies), Native Americans, Chinese workers early last century, Japanese during World War Two (Nisei), are but a few examples of extreme prejudice and racism. Jewish people often identified with and supported other ostracized groups in society.

They were not only active in participating, they often led progressive causes like racial and civil rights, access to education and health care, immigrants’ rights, women’s equality, gender identity and others. These political and social tendencies did not endear the new Jewish citizens to people with conservative chauvinistic and nativist attitudes. After World War Two ended, there were still some acts of hatred against Jews (reported by the Anti-Defamation League, The Southern Leadership Conference, and the ACLU), but for a few decades, there appeared to be a significant reduction, at least overtly. Recent questions have arisen, however, about whether the scourge of anti-Semitism ever disappeared and if Jews were lulled into a sense of complacency. During the last few years Jews have been experiencing a feeling of uncomfortable familiarity, of “déjà vu,” or, “We’ve seen this movie [horror film] before.” My father used to say sadly in Yiddish, “Meh shlogt shoyn veiter Yidn,” meaning “They’re beating up on the Jews, yet again.” Aggressive verbal expressions and overt physical acts of anti-Semitism have mushroomed in frequency and intensity in many countries around the globe. To name but a few, we’ve seen this ominous trend in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Brazil and Iran. “And everybody hates the Jews!” is a famous line from the satirical song (“National Brotherhood Week”) by Tom Lehrer, the brilliant academic-turned-political and social troubadour in the Fifties and Sixties. His perceptive and sardonic lyrics skewered the haters of that day, and I daresay, today… No other religions can take comfort that the toxic animosity toward Jews is restricted only to them. History shows that anti-Semitism often goes hand-in-hand with the infectious spread of hyper-nationalistic thinking and actions. This insidious virus appears at both extreme ends of the political spectrum.

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People who have been frustrated and angry with their lot in life have “needed” to blame someone/somehow/somewhere for their social and psychological stress, and Jews have for centuries been the go-to scapegoat. This hate could be rationalized along mythological accusatory lore of Jews being greedy or usurious, Christ-killers or the blood–libel during Easter. My studies of zealous religious and political cults have familiarized me with the phenomenon of susceptible people who become fervent “True Believers.” They are mesmerized by charismatic and demagogic leaders and movements which promise simplistic answers to complex social and psychological issues. Paradoxically, the members of fervent hate groups feel better personally because they finally have the “causal enemies” whom they can blame for their previous frustrations and unhappiness. They have a cause celebre: By besmirching or harming those people who are clearly responsible for their problems, they now have “answers” (solutions!) to life’s challenges. The growth of anti-Semitism should serve as a warning that other dangerous groupthink attitudes may not be far behind. Authoritarian and demagogic regimes often use inflammatory rhetoric to spout anti-Semitic, racist and xenophobic sentiments. When zealous followers blame Jews for their plight, this can be a forerunner to attacks on the core institutions of democracy, general civil liberties, journalism, laws and justice. A once-decent society can thus be imperiled, as we have seen so often. As philosopher George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I do retain hope, because there is reason for some optimism: Research has shown that we have the capability to overcome our propensities to aggression and hate. It would take a major commitment on the part of humankind, but we can achieve an era of tolerance and peace. This is in fact what most of humanity fervently wants, and really, there is no alternative. My father’s words again: “Mir ken’n, un mir takeh muz’n, leb’n mit leebshaft un in sholom.” We can, and indeed we must, live with love and in peace. I am optimistic that “We Shall Overcome.”A R E ALT O R ®

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RELIGION

POST-POLITICAL by Rabbi Jacob Rupp rabbirupp@gmail.com

Live in Cleveland, Dream in California et me tell you about a mythical place named Cleveland, Ohio. I have never been there nor do I intend any disrespect to those who live there. But from what I’ve been told, it’s a grey land with terrible weather. The homes are beyond cheap (compared to California). People are pleasantly plump and expectations are low. A person can live a nice life with a job that pays moderately well. The Jewish community there is amazing, and as I was ready to leave Israel and move back to America, a few of my rabbis suggested that Cleveland would be the place for me. Now, for a California kid with an inflated sense of his talents and an inability to be practical, Cleveland was like the death of my future. The safe place to move where everything in the physical world is mediocre. The suggestion reminded me that prior to getting married I was speaking to a mentor of mine in a decrepit Jerusalem building that housed my yeshiva. He told me something that made me recoil. “Once you get married,” he said, “not every date has to be a 10. You should be happy with a 7.” Accept mediocrity?? Me?! He must be from Cleveland! Turns out he was from Baltimore, and I remember him shaking his head with disgust when the Californians and South Africans would jump from their chairs in wondrous delight the year there was a light dusting of snow in Jerusalem. Against the very practical advice of my rabbis to pick a community where the cost of living was low and people were modest 26 SDJewishJournal.com | June 2019

and simple, I opted to move to Westwood, California and work at UCLA. Not just content with the cost of living, I also got highly interested in the financial and health culture of California, getting used to the Rolls Royces and CrossFit culture and seeing that as the norm. In short, I forgot all about Cleveland. Then, somewhere along the way, I crashed. I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t “achieve.” I couldn’t afford the rent, the millionaire lifestyle, and perfect body (while at the same time being an AMAZING father and super rabbi). I didn’t know what to do. And, even worse, I realized that no one really had it all. Some wealthy folks suffered from a lack of health, some uber muscular people didn’t have any shred of spirituality. Suffice to say I was very disillusioned. The disillusion grew into anxiety. The anxiety became acute, and I suffered greatly. At one point, when someone suggested I be more realistic, out of the depths of my soul I yelled out, “I DON’T WANT THE CLEVELAND LIFE!” In my mind, I had created a culture of realistic and doable and decided I didn’t want any part of it. But in the wake of leaving being realistic, I found myself with a good dose of self-loathing. What was wrong with me that I couldn’t have it all? I got to work on not hating myself. Learning to accept what was. Learning to be ok with what I had, and not only that, but be thankful for it. Slowly recognizing that my negative attitude and lack of peace might not

be cured when I “had it all.” But then I had to confront the other side. What about my hunger and drive? The prospect of living a normal life never sat with me. Why stare at small suburban streets when you could drive down Pacific Coast Highway and see Big Sur? The world is wide, and it is possible that I could create something amazing with my life. Does being content and normal mean being dreary? And sometimes when we tell people to be practical and avoid getting hurt, we crush their dreams and squeeze all the potential out of them. So what is it? Practical and boring or hungry for greatness and miserable where you are? Maybe it’s both; live in Cleveland, but dream in California. Happiness and contentment has to start with being practical. Learn to accept, and then to love what you have, who you are, where you are, and the life that you have. No external thing is going to help that. Visualize and dream in wild colors to your heart’s content and don’t let any external factors dampen that. Don’t let anyone tell you to be safe and practical in your mind because you thrive off of your passion. This was the point I missed. My dreams and ideas don’t have to be practical. And my happiness doesn’t have to be dependent on the grandiose. The balance of the two, my dreams and my happiness, is what makes me me, and what makes you you. And the faster and more focused you are on cultivating it, the more you find your ideal state of mind. A

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ARTs ISSUE

JFEST

The Summit BY JACQUELINE BULL

think from the very beginning I realized that Jewish performance that is beautifully done gives a great feeling of pride to Jews and to non-Jews. For Jewish people, we get a sense of how amazing it to see something that speaks to us and a beautifully representation of our culture and some of its people. And for non Jews I think it helps them connect to something which is universal and also to understand their Jewish neighbors a little more,” Todd Salovey said. Todd Salovey continues to be the artistic vision and director for JFest, steering the ship and delighting in sharing new Jewish stories. JFest (the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival) is back for its 26th year with new venues, new shows and plenty of reprisals that are back by popular demand. “I was at a workshop at the Leichtag Commons this year and it was a group of Jewish farmers. And the facilitator called for a ten minute coffee break,” he said. He was at the Hive, the coworking space at The Leichtag Commons. “And as soon as the coffee break was called, she started to sing ‘One More Cup of Coffee’ an old Bob Dylan song from the Desire album and I just felt like, ‘My gosh so many Jewish people have a long relationship with Bob Dylan’s music, we should do something about his work.’ And then it occurred it me that a band I really love, Soulfarm, has recorded several of Dylan’s songs on their CD’s–'Forever Young’ and others. And I called them up and said, ‘Would you 28 SDJewishJournal.com | June 2019

perform and host a Bob Dylan night for the festival.’ And they were really excited about it,” he said. “Knocking on Dylan’s Door” will go up on June 4 at the Lyceum space. This burst of coffee related inspiration led to a second event as well. “Every year I look for different venues that are just interesting and beautiful venues in North County. You know we’ve done Encinitas Library for many years and New Village Arts and North Coast Rep. And I was looking for a new venue and thought, ‘We partnered for so many years with the Leichtag Foundation, how about we do something on their beautiful ground?’ I’m working with Jenny from the Hive and she suggested the idea of doing a sundown sunset concert. And I thought, ‘Wow, Soulfarm on the ranch at sunset–what a great combination.'” For “Sunset with Soulfarm on the Farm” (June 5), they are inviting people to bring picnics and watch the sun go down with a good band from a truly beautiful venue, (“When you are on the more elevated parts, looking out over the ocean, just the view is spectacular.”) They are encouraging people to bring their families and have made tickets for all under eighteen free. “We also felt like the holiday of Shavuot in ancient Israel was commemorating the first fruit and so how great to be right around, right in the week of Shavuot to be celebrating the holiday of the first fruits on the farm,” Todd said.

In the galleries downtown, curator Marley Healy selected two compelling Jewish themed shows for the festival. This year they have two colorful shows: “Grown California” by Judith Shufro which highlights the beauty of California produce and a Chagall-esque watercolor series, “My Moments” by Israeli-born Guri Stark. One of the festival signature pieces is the Women of Valor event. “It is incredible that over ten years, we have profiled more than 60 women, each of whom has contributed to the San Diego community Jewish and non Jewish in many ways. Some are out there in front, serving in congress or running medical units, some very quietly, some very behind-the-scenes people. And the group that we have this year all have tremendously interesting stories. I’m always very honored that people, who are often very private, allow us to interview them and create a theatrical piece about their stories.” Todd, Ali Viterbi, and Sarah Price Keating keep lists of possible candidates they would like to honor. They chose people from many different corners of the Jewish community: artists, women in politics, women who are involved in charities, women who have done good deeds, etc. (“People who have made unique and important contributions to the San Diego Jewish and greater community.”) “We create lists of them and try to create a grouping of people whose stories together will make a very interesting larger story,

L to R: Perla Batalla, The Hive at Leichtag Commons, Soulfarm Duo.

so then we choose each year six or seven and ask them if they’ll let us profile them. The classic answer when we ask someone if they would be one of our women of valor... [is] ‘I’m not really a woman of Valor,’ And when they say that, we know we’ve made the right choice,” he said. They spend a couple of hours interviewing each woman and have a set of questions they always ask: Have you had a teacher or a mentor or a guide who has influenced you? What makes you happy? What do you feel has been your greatest test and where did you find the strength to meet that test? “And over the course of the interview, and the stories that people tell us, we develop the material that we then weave in the show that we create. And for ten years, we’ve created a new show each year,” he said. Fittingly, one of the benefits of the event this year is Chabad of Poway in honor of Lori Gilbert Kaye. Another one of the signature pieces of the festival is the klezmer summit. This evening is so aptly named because it feels as if it is a conference with a new topic each year and “Every year we have a new angle on what we are going to do for klezmer summit. And it is something that Yale Strom and I talk about all year. Every couple of weeks, we ring each other up and say ‘Well what are we going to do this year,’” he said. Something that was of interest to both Todd and Yale was the cross influence of

other genres in klezmer. African American blues music has influenced Yale and Hot Pstromi and according to Todd, the history of blues and Jews is intertangled. “I think there is a part of klezmer that is looking at the difficulty of life and making celebratory music out of it. I think there is a real connection to blues music and Jewish klezmer music. And I think also there is the wail of the clarinet or the wail of the violin and the wail of the blues guitar are certainly at least cousins of each other.” “This concert is going to look at blues music played in Jewish style and traditionally Jewish music played in blues style. And we’re super excited about the guests that we have everything from 90-year-old blues all stars Tomcat Courtney, to Sue Palmer who has her own following...Yale is such a versatile musician and his band are such great musicians. It is so much fun and so interesting to see them play in a variety of styles,” he said. And back by popular demand is Perla Batalla. “Last year we did the Perla Batalla evening about Leonard Cohen’s music and it was a complete sell out and one of the most remarkably uplifting and poetic evengings in the theater I have ever experienced… Todd was so excited about it that he asked her to put together some different songs and come back and do the performance again. And she agreed. “Certain shows that we do draw crowds

as if they were a popular San Diego arts and culture event that isn’t even necessarily Jewish and I love when we have audiences that come from across the communities. I think it helps build bridges and create understanding and I just love it,” he said. “I love [how] the festival helps to encourage some of the mainstream San Diego arts organizations to feel encouraged to explore Jewish themes in their own work and we help them provide a platform to support the show artistically and help them reach audiences,” he said. As the festival has evolved since its debut in 1994, the integration and cross pollination of “mainstream” art organizations in San Diego and the Jewish community has been so successful there isn’t a hard line between the two any more. Todd agrees, “If you went back to when we started the festival, people would be very surprised that has happened. I can see it has happened and I think it is, as an audience member I think it is incredible to be able to go to virtually any organization in the county and to be able to see something with such Jewish themes.” And while he wouldn’t try to take credit it for it, the Jewish Arts Festival and his artistic vision have played a big role in that transformation. The festival runs through July 11. Go to sdrep.org for tickets and information. A

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CITY BALLET

City Ballet to Host “Contemporary Kaleidoscope” Spring Fundraiser BY ALEX WEHRUNG

he City Ballet of San Diego will be holding its annual spring fundraiser on June 9 to raise money for its education and outreach programs. Conjuring up ideas of color and movement, the event is called "Contemporary Kaleidoscope" and will give guests the opportunity to meet the Ballet’s artists, dancers and board members. There will also be a contemporary ballet performance by some of the City Ballet’s dancers. Some guests will include Artistic Director Steven Wistrich, choreographers Geoff Gonzales and Elizabeth Wistritch, Managing Director Joanne Emery, and Ballet Mistress Tanya Rogers. According to Lauren Scott, Special Projects/Events Director for the City Ballet, the money raised at this fundraiser will allow them to purchase leotards, shoes for all its dance students, buses to pick up children and bring them to theaters, scholarship money for qualified dancers to be able to attend their Summer Intensive program as well as full and partial scholarships for its students. This spring fundraiser will also allow the City Ballet, in the long term, “To continue our education and outreach program for our community, and to continue to perform at the high level that we have for a ballet company.” The funds will also be used to support the Ballet’s performances. The San Diego City Ballet’s education programs annually offer in-theater perfor30 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

mances and all-school assemblies to more than 10,000 children. Some of their programs include "Discover a Dancer," which provides free year-round dance classes and shoes to disadvantaged children, as well as "Summer Intensive," which allows career-track students locally and from throughout the nation the opportunity to study with professional ballet dancers. Contemporary Kaleidoscope will be held at the Rancho Santa Fe home/art gallery of Dr. Thomas and Ann Spergott, directors of the Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance (SCAA). The art on display will revolve around the theme of “movement” and may include pieces directly related to the art of dance. This will be the Ballet’s first collaboration with the SCAA. This collaboration came about when “Ann Sergott was taking a class with one of our advisory board members. And they just started chatting and one thing led to another and our advisory board person asked Ann if she might be interested in hosting a ballet dance at her home, and Ann was enthusiastic,” Lauren said. In the past, the Ballet has been sponsored by US Bank, the Hotel Del Coronado, who hosted the Ballet’s receptions before dinner; Qualcomm, which has sponsored the “Family Saturdays” program, a weekend program for families to get their children interested in ballet. The fundraiser will be putting on sever-

al events, including a fashion show by the House of Daughtry. “One of our staff members is friends with Heather [Daughtry], who owns the company. And this staff member actually wore one of her creations to our last gala, which was at the Hotel Del Coronado. Our staff member was wearing this beautiful gown, and it turns out it was designed by Heather, so we asked her if she would like to do a fashion show at our spring fundraiser.” In addition to the fashion show, there will be a silent auction that’s currently proving as much of a mystery to the Ballet as it will to attendees. “We’re focusing on beautiful items—kaleidoscope kind of colors,” Lauren said. “So we’re going to be having some of the artists who are part of the circuit—[including the] Contemporary Art Alliance—actually creating paintings for our silent auction. And we’ve never had anything like this happen before, so I don’t even know what exactly we’re going to get, but I’m intrigued and excited to see what they’ll be offering. And then we’ll have other things as well, besides art. We will have donations of jewelry, handbags [and] scarves.” Refreshment-wise, Chef Bryan Curley of Seasoned Catering and Events will be providing gourmet cuisine, and Michele Coulon Dessertier will be granting guests the opportunity to try some savory offerings. Visit cityballet.org to RSVP and for more information.A

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FEATURE | Tree of Life

Tree of Life Holocaust Memorial Takes Root at Congregation Beth El BY SHARON ROSEN LEIB

onia Ancoli Israel, 67, Cheryl Rattner Price and Helen Segal, both 56, share a notable trait–they all stand five feet, two inches tall. Their petite statures belie their towering creativity, vision and wisdom. These three San Diego Jewish women collaborated to create a monumental Tree of Life art installation commemorating the Holocaust at Congregation Beth El in La Jolla. Designed and installed by Escondido artist Segal, the 30-foot by 9-foot mosaic serves as an arresting visual focal point for congregants and visitors in Beth El’s expansive Turk Family Plaza. On May 2, over 200 people gathered in Beth El’s courtyard to witness the installation’s unveiling and observe Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The moving ceremony provided solace during a dark time for San Diego’s Jewish community–just five days after a horrific anti-Semitic attack at Chabad of Poway claimed the life of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, and injured Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, eight-year-old Noya Dahan, and her uncle, Almog Peretz. This shocking violence heightened the importance of preserving memory and reiterating the post-Holocaust mantra “never again.” Beth El’s Tree of Life achieves these goals with profound artistic intention.

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Former Beth El President Israel’s vision of creating a Holocaust memorial in the synagogue’s courtyard proved to be a stroke of divine brilliance. Israel, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, first conceived of installing a memorial 10 years ago. Whenever she walked by an exterior concrete retaining wall, she imagined a meaningful work of art to serve the three-fold purpose of artistic enhancement, commemoration and education. She chaired Beth El’s Holocaust Memorial Committee, determined to raise the money to fund the memorial. This effort took longer than she anticipated. However, current events made the timing bashert (meant to be). The dedication on Yom HaShoah filled a Jewish communal need to harness creative light to blot out the darkness of renewed anti-Semitism. “I wanted recognition of the horror of the past, combined with the promise of a decent and fair and humane future for us, always,” Israel, a UCSD professor emeritus of psychiatry, said in her introductory words. She emphasized the importance of educating children about the Holocaust to combat tribal hatred. “I believe our hope for the future lies with our children. Let’s fight with education,” she said. The dedication ceremony included the

congregation’s Holocaust survivors, and generations of survivors’ children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren lighting candles while a representative of each generation read the over 250 names and ages of congregants’ relatives who perished. Israel and many congregants wept during the recitation of names. When Israel’s own grandchildren lit candles, her voice radiated the pride of l’dor v’dor, passing the torch of Jewish values and history through generations.

srael introduced Butterfly Project Co-Founder Cheryl Rattner Price and “artist extraordinaire” Helen Segal to light the final candle and describe their creative visions. Price, a multimedia artist, started the Butterfly Project in 2006 as a call to action through education, collaborative creativity and memorial making. Participants paint ceramic butterflies to be permanently displayed as symbols of resilience and hope in art installations around the globe. Price and The Butterfly Project’s education team held several workshops at Beth El, engaging members of all ages in hands-on butterfly painting sessions. Their efforts yielded 661 earth-toned butterflies Segal incorporated into the Tree of Life’s complex mosaic. These 661 butterflies also contributed to The

Butterfly Project’s ongoing global effort to create 1.5 million butterflies, one to represent each child who perished in the Holocaust. Gesturing at the mosaic, Price said, “This work has all of your fingerprints on it and is a triumph over the Nazis’ plan to destroy us. May it inspire small and large conversations that we constantly return to in order to create a more peaceful world.” She praised Beth El for using this bold art installation as a Holocaust memorial, a template other synagogues may follow. Price introduced Segal as a boundary-pushing artist. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Segal earned a fine arts degree there. She infuses both her art and poetry with the colors and cadences of her native Africa. Her work on the Tree of Life employed her broad skill set–from engineering the multi-dimensional form, to selecting and mosaicking a variety of materials, to composing a poem encapsulating the project’s meaning. Her poem, engraved on a plaque festooned with butterflies, adorns a wall adjacent to the mosaic. Segal, also a sought-after Pilates trainer, used her well-developed core strength to complete the massive project in 10 months. “With the laying of each tile, pebble, mosaic and butterfly, I contemplated the enormity

of the history this piece represents,” she said. She mosaicked the 30 plus pieces of the artistic jigsaw puzzle at her home studio before overseeing their transportation to Beth El. She then spent days standing on a scaffold to install it. “My bruised and bleeding fingers and aching muscles evidence the pure physicality of it,” she said. The poem she wrote to accompany the mosaic came to her suddenly, as she worked on the project’s final phase. The complex rhyme serves as a poignant artist’s statement and guide for appreciating the Tree of Life. She uses evocative language to describe the symbolism of the materials and forms she selected: mirror shards to self-reflect; beaten metal representing the munitions factories where Nazis forced Jews to perform slave labor; broken glass for Kristallnacht, a spasm of Nazi violence in 1938 that shattered the windows of Jewish businesses; pebbles symbolic of both permanence and grief; and Jerusalem stone in the shape of a shofar signifying the future state of Israel. A bed of four tons of river rock surrounds the mural’s base, evincing stability and permanence. Living trees frame the mosaic tree creating a unity between art and nature. Segal considers her mosaic a form of artistic prayer for rebirth and growth toward the light.

Beth El’s Senior Rabbi Ron Shulman presided over the installation’s unveiling and Yom HaShoah prayer service. “Ours is a time and moment when we require people of character around us. We need people who, knowing the truth about human nature’s horror and beauty, can teach the rest of us how to build personal lives of love, hope and achievement,” he said. The petite but mighty threesome: Israel, as congregational leader, conceptualizer, fundraiser; Price, as global non-profit founder, ceramic artist, educator; and Segal, as mosaic artist, fabricator/installer, poet, demonstrated their knowledge of human nature’s darkness and light in this Tree of Life. These women of character combined their unique strengths to achieve a large-scale, enduring work radiating love and hope. Israel invited community members interested in seeing the Tree of Life installation to attend one of Congregation Beth El’s Shabbat services or contact the congregation’s office to schedule an appointment. A schedule of services and contact information may be found on the synagogue’s website (cbe.org). A

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BAYSIDE SUMMER NIGHTS

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Hometown Heroes

Bayside Summer Nights is Back with New Shows and Big Collaboration with the Padres BY JACQUELINE BULL

he San Diego Symphony is lighting up the bay with a full summer of evening concerts. Bayside Summer Nights is back with new shows in beloved series, countless genres, a world premiere, even a new food menu and a collaboration with their neighbors, the Padres. “There are certain things that our audiences come to expect in the summer, but it is not enough to just say we’re going to do Star Spangled Pops at the beginning of the summer. We don’t consider anything a cookie cutter or just rest on our laurels from last year. There are a number of those programs that appear, but there are new names attached,” Martha Gilmer, CEO of the San Diego Symphony, said. For instance, Star Spangled Pops will be conducted by Todd Ellison joined by the artist he is working with, Ross Lekites of “Frozen” and “Kinky Boots” fame. “Something that has really become a hallmark is when we do a Broadway tribute. And this year we are doing a tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein and Rodgers and Hart– the collaboration of lyricist and composer. That is led by Rob Fisher who is a Broadway conductor. And he brings with him the most wonderful soloists,” Martha said. They also have a big offering of classical music concerts. They always end with Tchaikovsky and the 1812 overture (Aug. 30-Sep. 1) and are going to bring back Beethoven for a second year (Aug. 4) with a different symphony. “So if you want an introduction, or you’ve listened to classical music all your life, it is a

great opportunity and a great location to be able to experience that,” Martha said. And special this year is a big collaboration with the Padres. “We’re paying tribute to our own San Diego Padres at their 50th anniversary on the 30th of June. And we’ve been working closely with the Padres in making this a dynamic show with images and narration about the Padres. And it really will be a musical, but also a theatrical tribute to the club. We’re proud to be partners and also neighbors of the Padres. We’re excited about that and they are a terrific institution. They do so much good in the community and they mirror our values in that way because the San Diego Symphony also believes in giving back to the community. And I’m just impressed with everybody we work with there,” Martha said. The Padres and the Symphony (especially when performing in the Bayside park) are indeed neighbors and both provide a true to San Diego experience for both locals and tourists. “The thing I like about that park–first of all a beautiful park–and also it is a full-on experience. You get there early, the food is really good, the ambiance is great, people are there to have a nice classy time. It is a night out. Those are the same values we embrace at the Bayside Performance Park,” Martha added. And with this collaboration came a renewed focus on the concessions for the concerts. In addition to their selection of wines and beers, they are adding local vendors. There will be tacos from Lola 55 and woodfired pizzas from Biga, (“a real taste of San

Diego and partnering with local chefs; It’s a win-win”). Incorporating film has been a big hit with newer audiences. They screen the film and have a live orchestra playing the score. “Film works really well outdoors…The realization when everybody sits down and says, ‘Oh my gosh there was full symphony orchestra accompanying this show’...that recorded the score in the original version and now we get to hear a live orchestra play it. It is a great way for people being introduced to an orchestra what a symphonic orchestra is because you hear it, but you don’t see it when you go to a film,” Martha said. This year they will have “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™” (July 13-14) which is the sixth movie to pick up from the “Harry Potter” series from last year. They will also have “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back™” Aug. 1 and Aug. 2. Other sci-fi offerings will dovetail with the Comic Con crowd. They will also be doing “Back to the Future in Concert” (July 20), and the world premiere of “Galaxy Quest™” (July 19) with its original composer, David Newman, conducting. Martha adds that regardless of what you may be interested in seeing, outdoor concerts make a great occasion to bring out the kids or grandkids for a nice family evening. “The city lights go up and the sun goes down. The bay is beautiful, that evening breeze, it probably is the iconic location in the state.” A

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FEATURE | Hebrew Names

The Secret Power of Hebrew Names BY RABBI JACOB RUPP

arents can bend reality with their words. For all the times we wish we’d have a prophet just tell us the right choice to make or direction to take, imagine the level of clarity we would have if we have that prophetic ability and help give someone else insight? Imagine no more. Just have children and give them Hebrew names. Judaism teaches that there is a tremendous potency in the power of words. G-d, after all, spoke the world into existence. The Hebrew word “davar” means both word and thing. There is a reality to what we say and what we are called. And if words mean so much, there must be significance to the fact that certain great people have their name repeated in succession in the Torah. After Abraham successfully completes his greatest challenge he hears, “Abraham, Abraham!” The deeper sources in the Torah explain that at that moment, the earthly version of Abraham (his potential) had become the heavenly version (the actualized self). Abraham had actualized his potential by his great deeds, and as such merited the double name. From here it is evident that we have two names; two paths in the world—one is who we are and the second is who we can be, and both are legitimate and real components of ourselves. There is another teaching that says we have not one or two but four names (sounds like the Seder, doesn’t it?). The name 36 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

our parents give us, the name our friends give us, the name G-d gives us, and the name we call ourselves. Said another way, we have four identities. We have our biology or our traditions, we have our social interactions, we have our potential to be actualized, and we have our self-image. Far more than Peter or Tracy, Jewish names shed light on our true essence; by tapping into our names, we understand who we are. Our rabbis tell us that parents get ruach hakodesh, a holy insight (think mini prophecy) when they are naming their child. G-d endows them with the ability to understand the essence of their progeny when they are naming them. This explains the Jewish customs of naming children after relatives or people who have passed, as they carry on or should carry on their legacy and character traits. Transmigration of souls, spiritual connections, reincarnations, and even resurrection are deeply Jewish concepts. Words that have the same numerical value are seen to be connected, words with the same roots or letters are connected, and all the more so with names. There is a profound spiritual connection between say, a modern day fifth grader named “Avraham” and the great grandfather after whom he was named. And they both share qualities with their original forbearer Abraham who lived over five thousand years ago. There is a beautiful custom at a circumcision or at a baby naming for the parents to explain after whom the baby was named and why. This speech usually contains both the memories of dearly departed and the hopes and dreams for the child’s future. The parents recognize that even a brand-new baby is just another extension in a long chain of destiny. So, if our names contain our connections and our essence, wouldn’t it be amazing to go back and understand who we are and what we are about? Even if we didn’t get Jewish names from our parents, imagine the power of going back and understanding the root character traits that lay dormant within us from the moment we got our name and waiting to be expressed throughout our lives.

In my life, with each of my children I can see how they are manifestations of their names already at a young age. For me personally I can see how the essence of my biblical namesake Yaakov, Jacob is expressed in my personality. Jacob is known as the man of truth, but at the same time had to learn how to be deceptive when working for his devious father-inlaw, Lavan. I have always felt compelled to get to the bottom line, to see through the smoke, and to uncover reality while at the same time feeling a need to hide or deceive those around me. Randomness? Fate? I named my third daughter Aliza Gittel. Aliza was my wife’s grandmother and means joy. For whatever reason, the nurse delivering my daughter exclaimed as soon as she came out “She’s such a happy baby!” (I’m not sure how or why she said this as she had been out literally about two seconds at this point). In her five plus years, that’s who she is; the brightest sunlight and boundless amounts of happy energy. My son I named Eliyahu Gershon after a few great Eliyahus in Jewish history, including the Vilna Goan and the famous prophet. The story that most inspired me about the prophet Eliyahu was when he stood atop Mount Carmel and told the masses that they needed to eliminate their ambiguity, and even if he stood alone, he would stand for the true G-d. Anyone that knows my son, knows that he’s extremely exacting in his perspective and undeterred by those around him. I also wanted to name him after my grandfather, whose Hebrew name was Gershon. Much to my shock, the first name mentioned in the Torah portion which coincided with his birth was, you guessed it, Gershon. There are many more examples to cite, but suffice to say that Hebrew names are deep. They have power not only for who our children are, but for who we are as well. There is a great beauty in living life knowing after whom you were named after and what legacy you carry forth. It is just another way to see how the Torah and Judaism isn’t just a religion or an identity, but something much deeper. A

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A PERSONAL ESSAY

Rabbi, What Happened?!

My Account of Mourning & Comforting a Bereaved Community BY RABBI YERUCHEM EILFORT

he ‘fog of war’ is lifting and things are beginning to come into focus.

Last Saturday, which was the final day of Passover, a terrorist attacked Chabad of Poway. Mrs. Lori Kaye, a long-time member of the congregation, was murdered in cold blood by a 19-year-old nursing student. My colleague, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, was wounded and lost his right index finger in the attack. Others were wounded by the flying bullets and shrapnel. Thank G-d all of the wounded were out of the hospital in less than 24 hours. The gunman fled the scene and due to some outstanding police work was apprehended in short order. His new life behind bars is just beginning. Why did the gunman flee? In the holiday crowd last Saturday there were two extraordinary gentlemen, Oscar Stewart and Jonathan Morales. Oscar is an Army and Navy veteran. Jonathan is a Border Patrol agent. When the killer stopped to reload, Oscar charged at him and screamed with what is being described as the “Thundering Voice of the Almighty!” He chased the shooter with his Tallis flying behind him like a cape or better yet, like the wings of angels. Meanwhile, Officer Morales acquired a weapon and began maneuvering to take down the criminal. The brave moves by these two surely saved countless lives. Rabbi Goldstein was also busy despite being wounded and bleeding profusely. He told his terror-stricken people that “Am Yisroel Chai!” The Jewish people live! He continued, “We are strong, we are united, and we cannot be broken!” After making sure everyone was accounted for, Rabbi Goldstein allowed himself to be taken to the hospital where he underwent hours of surgery. Since we got the word, which now seems like years ago instead of days ago, there has been a nonstop whirlwind of activity. I was 38 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

tasked to help arrange the candlelight vigil at the park near Chabad of Poway, the memorial service the next day, and the funeral. We had to arrange enhanced security not only for our community but for the entire community–so we have been working with law enforcement and experts–and this work continues and will for the foreseeable future. On Tuesday morning, before an important meeting with security experts, I was contacted by a longtime friend with political connections that I was being invited to the White House for the Thursday, National Day of Prayer ceremony. My friend asked if I wanted to go, and after thinking about it (for a nanosecond) I said yes, I would like to go. On top of everything else I was working with I now had to plan for a trip to Washington DC. The night before the trip, I spent some time with Rabbi Goldstein, and Rabbi Fradkin, Regional Director of Chabad of San Diego. It is hard to imagine the enormous emotional, physical, and even spiritual pain that Rabbi Goldstein is feeling–although one rarely hears him complain. Despite his wounds and trauma, he continues to march forward doing what needs to be done. Answering endless questions and giving 100% effort to move his community, and indeed the country, forward. I watched Rabbi Fradkin work with determined energy and grace as he helped one of his Chabad House Communities pick up the pieces. Actually, he offers a kind word for anyone and everyone who needs it–carrying himself as the Emissary of the Rebbe that he is. He simultaneously and seamlessly comforts those in pain while building the future of Judaism in San Diego. Wednesday afternoon we flew to Washington. It was already late when we checked into a hotel located right next to Chabad of Washington DC, where we prayed early the next morning. It so happens that the director,

Rabbi Levi Shemtov is a classmate of mine from Yeshiva 35 years ago. Unfortunately we had very little time together so we couldn’t commiserate (too much). But in Chabad style he and his Rebbetzin lavished food and attention upon our group, as well as shepherding us through the maze of Washington streets and politics. During the morning service, Rabbi Goldstein recited the ‘Gomel’ Prayer, which one says after safely making it through a dangerous situation. It was a brief, yet moving experience, that made me realize yet again how very blessed I am. After a quick breakfast, we had to dash to the White House. We were welcomed with open arms as the world’s greatest VIP’s; however, I fully realized (and still realize) that the accolades and attention are not for me, but for Rabbi Goldstein and the others who had been victimized. I tried to be mindfully present during my time there and mentally take in everything around me. The White House grounds were immaculate, and everything looked beautiful. The soldiers from the different branches of the military, men and women of various races, all looked resplendent in their dress uniforms. In fact, I made it my mission to thank every service member I could find for his/her service. I told them, one and all, that we, the Jewish people, love, respect and honor them and their service to our nation. I did the same with the peace officers. Before the ceremony began the President invited my colleague, Rabbi Goldstein, into the Oval Office. They had a 10 minute private conversation, but Rabbi Goldstein came out beaming. He said the President loves our people and wants to do everything in his power to make our people safe. I was surrounded by clergy of all faiths and denominations, all races, male and female. Many of the Evangelical Christian community made a point of coming over to introduce

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themselves, express their condolences, and wish Rabbi Goldstein a complete recovery. There was a refrain in the air, “We love you!” “We are standing with you!” “G-d bless you!” It was extraordinary. Vice President Mike Pence spoke briefly about the importance of faith in American history and how prayer and faith will always be important and indeed are the soul of the US, and the source of her blessings. Then came the President and First Lady. The President started to speak. He stated that he is determined to insure religious liberty in this country, which brought thunderous applause. He then changed gears and spoke about the need to eradicate anti-Semitism and hate. Then, out of the blue, he called up Rabbi Goldstein and asked him to speak. Rabbi Goldstein spoke from his heart. He said that the day after the attack he came home and was weeping due to the pain, the profound sense of loss, and his concern about his community. He then received a call from President Trump, who had called to offer his condolences and to try and offer comfort. Rabbi Goldstein stated that his healing began at that moment. When he said those words I watched the President closely. He was deeply and emo-

tionally touched by the Rabbi’s words! He was happy to have played a role in the healing process. Actually and truthfully, he has played a huge role and continues to do so. Various faith community leaders offered prayers. The various styles were fascinating, yet there seemed to be a strong undercurrent of similar calls for the ultimate divine blessing, that of peace and brotherhood. Following the ceremony we went into the West Wing where we drank some cold water and chatted a bit. After catching our breath and cooling down, Rabbi Goldstein went out to address the media. They shouted questions at him and Rabbi Shemtov was a champ in managing the questions and making sure everything stayed organized. Then it was time to leave. Again Rabbi Shemtov rose to the occasion and organized a wonderful lunch for us at a nearby Kosher restaurant that was buzzing with customers. We broke up into a couple of different rooms as some of us were talking to the press, other customers, friends, acquaintances etc etc. I was in a small private room with the heroes! I got to enjoy lunch with Oscar and Jonathan. And this may have been the greatest part of the whole trip. I am not sure if it has yet dawned upon them how he-

roic they both are and how they saved many lives because of their selfless bravery. They are two, unassuming gentlemen and were an absolute pleasure to share lunch with. Imagine– to have acted heroically and to not even know you are a true-blue hero! Following lunch we headed back to the Chabad center, which had become our unofficial headquarters where we said our last goodbyes and headed off to the airport. I arrived late last night and fell into a deep, uninterrupted sleep (for the first time this week). Today, we have been preparing feverishly for our Unity Shabbat services tomorrow at 10am. I am greatly looking forward to seeing my community, whom I adore and care deeply about, so we can recount what has happened, and bask in the warmth of our mutual love and respect! In fact, that is how we will defeat the darkness. This trip has become emblematic of our life’s work. Fight the hate by bringing light into the world! That is the theme of Shabbat! In the words of Rabbi Goldstein, “We are strong! We are united! We will not be broken!” Shabbat Shalom! A

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ARTs ISSUE

MALASHOCK

Dance with thisABILITY Aims to Include and Teach BY ALEX WEHRUNG

ur goal is to even the playing field in dance education environments so that we create access to this art form for literally anyone who wants to move. And regardless of what that looks like in terms of technical ability, the benefits of dance are really feeding the soul and providing joy.” This is how Molly Puryear, Executive Director of Malashock Dance, frames their program Dance with thisABILITY, which focuses on educating individuals with cognitive disabilities through the art of dance. Molly, who founded thisABILITY during her time as Malashock’s education director, wanted to create an environment that fostered both inclusion and compassion where students with and without disabilities could learn together. The program’s two instructors are Heather Shershun and Rebecca Hurt, both of whom received specialized training in order to teach for thisABILITY. Heather is a hip-hop dancer and incorporates that style into her lessons. “The benefits of dance are really feeding the soul and providing joy. I wanted to create an environment where that kind of experience was available for people with disabilities and to provide an opportunity for anyone who doesn’t have a disability to get to know–on a person to person level–what it’s like to get to know and be friends with someone with a disability,” Molly said Besides bringing people together through the arts, Malashock puts an emphasis on steadily building the physical and motor skills of its students, a process that Molly compared to building scaffolding. “Dance is one of the few activities where you are using all the learning intelligences simultaneous42 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

ly,” Molly explained. “We break that down into these categories, like interpersonal skills: How do you work as a team? How do you move in unison? How do you cooperate and build teamwork? We have the interpersonal, we have the intrapersonal, which is setting goals for yourself, monitoring your own improvement.” “Especially with this demographic, this is so important, because it can be very slow progress, or very minute progress, balancing a tiny bit longer on this leg, or ‘I was able to balance on this leg for just a little bit longer than last week,’ so there’s the intrapersonal. There’s the music, part of our brain recognizes patterns in music. There’s the locomotor skills, so the kinesthetic way that we learn, and these are things that are shared with all humans. We all have different ways that we process information, and we have strengths and weaknesses, and so dance is such a perfect vehicle to allow those strengths and weaknesses to surface, so people who are learning in different ways can all thrive in the same environment–which is very unique to dance, and very cool.” “We do kind of progress through the year, they build cumulatively in learning choreography. They’re learning to dance, they’re building their skills, and then they have an opportunity to perform that. And then they come back, and then the next session, they continue to grow and continue to improve and are asked to step up each time that they re-register for a session.” While Dance with thisABILITY aims to educate locomotor skills via kinesthetic learning, it is not a training program. “Our goal is not to make professional dancers. Our goal is to make amazing, passionate

people who appreciate the arts,” Molly said. “We want them to appreciate the process and be in the moment, and experience dance in a full way without worrying about, ‘Well, I may not have the body type to be a professional dancer.’ Or kind of putting those restrictions on what their goals are. We want to make lifelong learners, patrons of the arts, and we want them to feel connected to this art form, without the restriction of, ‘Well, I’m not going to be a professional dancer, so I shouldn’t take dance class.’” thisABILITY caters to both children and adults, with the former being able to progress through the program as they age. “Once they get into their teen years, they can move right into our Dance with thisABILITY classes on Fridays. It’s really sort of specialized. And then as they grow past that age, we’re certainly not gonna turn them away. We build new programs, or we’ll add on classes as that demographic gets older.” In the future, Molly would like to create more inclusive opportunities for dancers without disabilities to work alongside students that have disabilities, as she has expressed that it is relatively easy to create that sort of environment. “I would also like to see more partnerships with other organizations in town that serve that demographic. We have this great relationship with St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and I’d love to replicate that with other organizations.” Dance with thisABILITY’s next public performance will be its end-of-session, culminating production. It will take place on June 15 as part of Malashock’s school showcase.A

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PARENTING

MUSINGS FROM MAMA by Sharon Rosen Leib srleib@me.com

A San Diego Jewish Mother Speaks Out

ori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, lived as a passionate Jewish San Diegan and woman of valor. She died at her synagogue in a horrific outburst of hate-fueled, white nationalist, assault-weapon-toting, murderous anti-Semitism. I didn’t know her personally but have learned enough to intuit we shared fundamental values: a fierce devotion to family; Jewish community; philanthropy; journalism; higher education (we both graduated from UCLA); and, most fiercely of all, to our precious young adult daughters. She belonged to Chabad of Poway, observing a more Orthodox form of daily Jewish ritual practice than I do at a Reform congregation 23 miles to the west. Yet if Lori and I had met, we would have found much common ground–bonding over our shared love for San Diego’s diverse, warm Jewish community; our commitment to chesed (practicing acts of loving kindness); and our brilliant daughters (her 22-year-old UCLA student Hannah; and my three–including a 25-year-old Hannah). I hope mothers of all faiths the world over listened closely as Lori’s daughter Hannah eulogized her. She described their relationship with radical honesty–sharing the pain of a two-year estrangement during her teens. She then spoke poetically of their reconciliation, explaining how her mother became her best friend, greatest advocate and dance partner. “We walked through the desert and basked in our healing”–blessed music to the ears of every mother struggling with a teenage daughter. The post-memorial photos of Hannah, wearing Lori’s pastel-pink dress and sobbing as she and her father knelt graveside, pierced my heart. I know how urgently daughters in their early 20s need their mothers. We serve 44 SDJewishJournal.com | June 2019

as their guideposts on the road to adulthood. Hannah lost her dearest role model–a Jewish mother steeped in radical empathy. The profound nature of Hannah Kaye’s loss plagues and outrages me. How does the law allow a hate-filled 19-year-old to purchase an assault rifle? How could he so violently rob one of our community’s daughters of her loving mother? How could he target young Jewish children? Why are we still asking these questions six years after a young man massacred 20 kindergarteners in Newtown, Connecticut? Bottom line: We live in a country awash in guns, anti-Semitism and racial hatreds that traumatize and murder our children. I had to channel my maternal outrage into doing something life-affirming to honor Lori’s memory. Like thousands of other San Diego Jews, my husband and I heeded Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein’s exhortation “to do Jewish” by participating in a #SanDiegoStrongSolidarityShabbat. We attended our coastal North San Diego County synagogue’s Friday night “Shabbat Service of Comfort and Hope,” a jam-packed event different from any other Friday night observance during our 16 years there. We experienced the painful reality of what “doing Jewish” in San Diego looks like now. The temple administration required members to log on to password protected accounts to print out documentation and arrive early to stand in line. Non-members had to clear a security checkpoint. Two uniformed San Diego County Sheriff Deputies in Ford SUVs patrolled the synagogue’s perimeter. Three private security guards, two armed and one unarmed, fanned out to monitor the approximately 500-person crowd. These extraordinary measures renewed my outrage. We

shouldn’t need this, but we do. As our senior Rabbi said that night, “Freedom and safety, prized possessions of our American Jewish identity, can no longer be taken for granted.” The Bimah Beats, our temple’s elementary school choir, took the stage and sang “We are the candles in the darkness. We’re shining bright.” These lyrics combined with the sad fact the kids needed armed protection to sing made me cry. As the choir stepped off the bimah, one of the older boys pumped his fist and shouted, “Keep the hope alive, people!” Bless that child for getting me out of my head and making me smile. He reminded me that we need to be upbeat for our children’s sake. Two days after the Chabad of Poway attack, our 25-year-old Hannah asked me, “Do you think things will be this bad when I have kids?” What to say? I wanted to abide by my maternal philosophy of supportive honesty. After taking a beat, I told her, “Things will get better because your generation will be smart enough to do something about gun control.” Apparently, this comforted her because she jumped into describing her weekend plans. I couldn’t offer much comfort regarding anti-Semitism–the shape-shifting devil that never dies; a crackpot conspiracy theory almost as old as time. To Jewish young people everywhere, I say anti-Semitism may be unconquerable but, please, never stop trying. By choosing loving kindness over hate, you set an example. Finally, to dear Hannah Kaye, I say thank you for modelling the healing powers of reconciliation, forgiveness and unity. May your mother’s memory be a blessing and may you, and all of our children, go from strength to strength. A

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ARTs ISSUE

OLD GLOBE

Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein Talks 2019-2020 Season BY ALEX WEHRUNG

he Old Globe theatre has announced its shows for the upcoming 2019-2020 season, featuring three world premieres as headliners to its slate of twelve plays. In addition to the world premieres, the Globe will also be showing five plays making their west coast debuts. The Journal spoke with the Globe’s artistic director, Barry Edelstein, about the theater’s upcoming season. Barry discussed how, when deciding on what plays to produce, the production in question must be able to fit the standard of excellence the Globe has set for itself. “We want to make sure it offers entertainment value at the highest level, opportunities for the finest artists in the United States to come to San Diego and make this work. We know there’s a long history in San Diego of...let’s call it rigor in the literary caliber of the work that the Globe does. We want to make sure that it meets that. We also know that people expect of the Globe a wide range of emotional experiences, from joy and comedy to provocative contemporary drama. There’s no one category that makes us say, ‘Well, that’s [an] Old Globe show.’ It’s a combination of things that have to do with the long reputation of the place, and also a sense of what we think is the most exciting work out there that will resonate with San Diego audiences in an exciting way.” As part of its mission to preserve, strengthen and advance American theatre, the Old Globe also commits itself to putting on diverse, balanced programming. “We’re telling stories from a whole lot of American cultures and American perspectives. We’re telling a story of the Iraqi-Christian refugee community in “Noura” (Sept. 20-Oct. 20, 2019). We’re telling a great African-American story in “[August Wilson’s] Jitney” (Jan. 18-Feb. 23, 2020). We’re telling a Jewish-American story in “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” (May 28-Jun. 28, 2020). We’re really trying to reflect the widest range of cultures here in San Diego by inviting writers whose life experiences reflect those cultures, and artists from those cultures to come and make the work. So I certainly think it’s as diverse and broad-based season as we’ve presented. I think it’s both tremendously entertaining and tremendously exciting at the same time as really reflecting the widest range of cultural experiences in our region.” 46 SDJewishJournal.com | June 2019

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SEPT. 13-OCT. 20, 2019, is being adapted by Cameron Crowe–a San Diego native–from his film of the same name, which itself was based on Crowe’s own experiences writing as a teenage journalist for Rolling Stone. Barry called Crowe “a truly brilliant man and an eminent artist.” “[Crowe’s] figured out a way to translate that great movie to the stage in a way that makes it seem like it was written for that medium. It’s really wonderful and exciting. There’s a lot of music from the movie in the show; sometimes full-length pieces, sometimes just snippets and quotes here and there. Tom Kitt, who’s written original songs for the show—Pulitzer Prize winner, one of the finest composers in the contemporary American theatre—he’s found a way to write material that sounds both like it’s legitimately of the contemporary musical theatre and also belongs in the 70s, when the movie’s story is set. I think it’s just a triumph, and I think our audience is going to find it completely delightful.”

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is also something of an autobiographical work, being based on the life and experiences of its own director and choreographer, Graciela Daniele. Barry described her and Michael John Lachiusa as "gigantic figures." “Michael John is one of the most prominent composers of the stage of his generation, one of the heirs to Stephen Sondheim and one of the people who’s really pushing the boundaries to perform with every single one of his musicals. He’s got a home at the Globe; we produced his musical, 'Rain,' four years ago to great success, and people loved it, as did I. Any time Michael John has a new idea, the Globe’s ears are open. He came to me with this idea he had for a new piece, based on the life of Graciela Danielle, who’s another legend of the Broadway theatre and many-time Tony Award nominee, Tony winner; she’s worked with absolutely everybody. She’s a woman of a certain age now, with a decades-long career that’s truly storied. I mean, people who are not in the musical theatre don’t recognize that name, but for those of us who do this work, she’s absolutely royalty. The combination of these two artists automatically is noteworthy and demands attention.” “Graciela’s life story [is about] growing up in Argentina in a time of tremendous political upheaval, and with a group of women who raised her. Because the men in the family’s life were away for one reason or another; having to do with making money, or politics, or various other dynamics in the world at the time. It’s really about women coming together to take care of this young woman and nurture her artistic sensibility and help her discover her identity as an artist. It’s a story about women, it’s a story about Latin America, it’s a story by these two major artists. It just seemed that everything about it was worthy and important–and also, by the way, it’s just a very beautiful piece–in that sense it was kind of an obvious choice for the Globe, since we knew about it. As soon as got involved with Michael John and commissioned him into writing it, we said, ‘Yeah, this is something we’ve gotta do.’” The last of the three,

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is based on Nathan Englander’s second collection of short stories. The title story is so named after a game the characters play, where they speculate which of their non-Jewish friends would try to protect them in the event of a second Holocaust. This play’s director is

none other than Barry Edelstein. “Nathan is a writer of uncommon gifts. He is able to make even the simplest observations somehow reach beyond itself because his linguistic gifts are so extraordinary. To put that more simply, he just happens to write very, very beautiful sentences. When you read him, it’s pleasurable, both at a sentence at a time and for the overall impact of the story. The characters are very vivid, the episodes that take place are very vivid, and the words themselves are very captivating. What he’s figured out how to do is transform his literary voice for the stage in a way that is kind of like candy. A lot of people try to do that: adapt literary material for the stage. It’s very hard to do because something essential gets lost. But with the writer of the story actually translating it for the theatre, you get everything that’s special about the piece–Nathan’s idiosyncratic voice–preserved, even if it’s moved into this other form. It’s a very special thing, to be in front of that work.” “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” will be Barry Edelstein’s second collaboration with Englander, having already worked on the author’s adaptation of “The Twenty-Seventh Man” three years ago. “I just thought, ‘It’s time to bring him back out here,’ and for us to have another fun and exciting collaboration. [“What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank”] is much, much more of a comedy. “The Twenty-Seventh Man” was very much a drama, about an episode in the Soviet Union when Stalin liquidated Yiddish culture in 1952–[a] true, but little-known story.” “This is a completely fictional work from Nathan’s fertile imagination about contemporary Jewish identity. It’s got the difference between American Jews and Israeli Jews. It’s about how Jewish tradition is transmitted from parents to their children, and it’s about how Jews managed to keep themselves ever-vigilant about threats to our community, and at the same time celebrate the vibrancy of our community, despite threats from outside. It’s a wonderful, witty, surprising, creative piece that I’m just hugely excited to have in San Diego.” “Almost Famous” will kick the season off in September.A The rest of the season will include: “Hurricane Diane” (Feb. 8-Mar. 8, 2020) “Faceless” (Mar. 28-Apr. 26, 2020), “Ebeneezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show” (Nov. 23-Dec. 24, 2019), “Little Women” (Mar. 14-Apr. 19, 2020), “August Wilson’s Jitney” (Jan. 18-Feb. 23, 2020), “Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (Nov. 3-Dec. 29, 2019), “The Winter’s Tale” (Oct. 29-Nov. 17, 2019), and “Twelfth Night” (Nov. 2-10, 2019). A

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members’ safety. We all must take an active role in supporting Law Enforcement, being situationally aware, knowing how to defend ourselves and our loved ones, and helping those in need. We are each, individually, counted on to defend our Houses of Worship, our children’s schools, and our neighborhoods. We are drawing on the wisdom of Experts in the fields of Situational Awareness, Self Defense, Security, Firearms Training, and Crisis Intervention, to raise a generation of Sheepdog. We need to educate the youth in the realms of Discipline and Respect, to curtail the negative influences of the world. Our training, and the active involvement and collaboration with other organizations within our community, offers this through:

We are witnessing amazing advances in almost every field, that can be used for good. In unison with

• Security Awareness - educating the community about security risks and solutions

this, we’ve seen a growing trend of violence on almost every level. We are seeing aggravated assault on our streets, mass shootings in our schools and Houses of Worship, and the long arm of global terrorism. The Wolves are sensing that their window of opportunity is closing, and are putting in every effort to fight back. There is clearly a need for a better prepared populace. We can never again be “considered Sheep”.

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THE PATH:

- provide professional security & firearms training for community leaders and key members

We are dedicated to increasing, enhancing and facilitating comprehensive security preparedness for the Jewish community and its institutions. Empowering the community to take responsibility and be more self-sufficient in regard to our security.

THE NEED:

There is an adage in the self-defense community:

We are rooted in the belief that it is a community’s responsibility to participate in its

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- creating an individualized format to assist institutions in raising funds to be used for security needs

• Defensive Training - provide situational awareness and self-defense training & tactics to staff and community members of Jewish institutions

• Internal Security Team

• Trauma/Crisis Intervention

- provide pre and post traumatic incident instruction and assistance.

• Networking With Law Enforcement - fostering communication between Jewish institutions and local & federal law enforcement agencies We encourage and facilitate collaboration with other community organizations that offer similar opportunities.

For further information please contact Rabbi Yossi Eilfort at RabbiYossi@MagenAmUSA. org. Check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/magenamusa/. To speak directly with Magen Am call

760-613-4499.

Liberty Station First Fridays

ARTs ISSUE

Point Loma’s Liberty Station Art Walk Gets A Makeover BY EMILY GOULD

or the past ten years, Liberty Station at Point Loma has hosted a monthly event called Friday Night Liberty. The first Friday of each month has been home to a free art walk, where San Diegans can come explore the galleries of local artists, get hands-on demonstrations, and purchase one-of-a-kind artwork. Now, the First Friday Arts District is adding an extra element to Friday Night Liberty. Quarterly, “First Friday (((amplified))” will go on with a live concert, complete with a beer garden, vendors, and more adult programming. Andrew Waltz, NTC Foundation Associate Director of Marketing & Communications, is very excited about the new addition: “We’re working with producer Damian Derobio, a community partner, to do cutting edge shows.” The Arts District staff is going all out to create an “inviting atmosphere, tucked between historic buildings.” The concert will boast a massive stage for the band with plenty of space to dance and more room for kids to run around. Other highlights will include performances by San Diego Dance Theater and DanzArts and appearances and exhibits by Blue Pearl Art, Anneville Jewelry Lab, Martha Pace Swift Gallery, Shop Mingei, and the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. The kickoff concert, on June 7, will feature performances from New Reveille and Nena Anderson. Headliner New Reveille was named one of Rolling Stone’s “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know” in 2018. The four-piece Americana band from North Carolina delivers a wide range of Appalachian melodies, and their “folksy vibe” will be gracing the stage in Point Loma for the first stop of their national tour. Opener, Nena Anderson’s bluesy Americana acoustics “will pair well with those

of New Reveille,” says Waltz. After earning nearly 20 nominations and a win from the San Diego Music Awards, Waltz is pleased that “the community is giving her her credit.” The soulful, new-age performances will be the perfect way to welcome the summer season. Further amplifying the Americana genre will be the biergarten. Nestled in the back to maintain a kid-friendly environment overall, the Beer Garden will provide a little adultsonly haven. As an added bonus, all the proceeds from the delicious craft brews will be feeding back into community programming, namely Liberty School for Kids. In addition to the usual fare served in Liberty Public Market, the (((amplified))) event will be hosting a few food trucks for grabbing a quick and easy bite. This is in addition to the several sit-down restaurants already in the vicinity including Solare, The Lot, and Stone Brewing. Where the magnificent Norfolk Pine Tree meets the arcadeway, the grounds will be “sprinkled with craft vendors from the Local Bazaar,” says Waltz. There, First Friday attendees can hand select various locally-made craft goods, jewelry, clothes, art, sculptures, and paintings from the popup booths lining the walkway. Akin to that of an outdoor Parisian market, the Pop-Up Market will allow guests to admire, purchase, and receive hands-on demonstrations from local artisans. By adding new elements to what is already a favorite staple of the community, the Arts District hopes to not only engage more locals,

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but also give back to its own programs on a larger scale. Bringing local performers, artists, brewers, and audiences together forges bonds between San Diegans on a special night full of music, dancing, art, and fun. The goal is to create an enchanting evening where memories will be formed, and the community as a whole will benefit. First Friday (((amplified))) will kickoff on June 7 with a concert featuring New Reveille and opening act Nena Anderson. The concert will begin at 6:30. Another (((amplified))) event will take place on Sep. 6 with a concert by B-Side Players and opening act Shane Hall and the last will be on Dec. 6 with a concert by Whitney Shay. All non-(((amplified))) First Friday art walks will continue to be held on the first friday of every month (July 5, Aug. 2, Oct. 4, and Nov. 1). All First Friday events are held from 5-9pm on the North Promenade at Liberty Station.A

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NORTH COAST REP

Talking ‘A Walk in the Woods’ with David Ellenstein BY JACQUELINE BULL David Ellenstein & J. Todd Adams.

orth Coast Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director David Ellenstein is taking back to the stage as an actor in a two-person play. David discusses the heart of the play, balancing being an actor and an artistic director and seeing the Cold War with fresh eyes. This interview has been edited for brevity. San Diego Jewish Journal: We primarily know you as the artistic director, but you are not a stranger to acting either. David Ellenstein: Oh no, I’ve been an actor my whole life. It is really how I started and for many many years was an actor all over the country and an actor and a director all over the country before becoming an artistic director, so I did it for a long long time. Every once in awhile I still get back on stage. One, because I love it. And two, because it is important for me to touch back with those 50 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

roots-that whole experience of what it is that the actor does. As a director and an artistic director, it is really important to never forget that the actor is the essence of what happens to bring the play to life. It is one thing for the artistic director to pick them and hire the director, and it is another thing for the director to direct the play, and what the actors do on the stage in front of the audience every night that brings the play to life. Never losing touch with that fact and staying close to what the experience is is really important for me. SDJJ: I think that gives you an amount of empathy and amount of understanding, too. DE: Empathy, understanding, respect. You know I grew up in the theater, my dad was an actor and director. He always used to say the actor is the king in the theater and I do really believe that. I try to always remember that as much as the actor lives an interient life–gen-

erally speaking–and it can be a really difficult life. Once you empower the actor, if you empower them properly to bring what they do to full bear in the play, that is what makes the magic. The director is about empowering the actor to do their best work, empowering the designers to do it as well and making sure everyone is on the same page. Really the core is what the actor does. SDJJ: What stage of the process are you at with this show? DE: This is week two, so we’ve had one whole week of rehearsal. SDJJ: How is it going so far? DE: So far, so good. This is a unique play because it is a two character play and in this case both actors are on stage 100% of the time. It is a unique experience to just be with one other person. We’re dealing with a weighty

topic, but the play is not weighty. The play itself is a nuanced examination between these two men and the relationship that forges between them while they are wrestling with this potentially cataclysmic subject of nuclear arms, but really the stuff about nuclear arms is self-evident. What makes this play work is what the actors bring to the relationship between the two people–that’s what’s compelling. You could just read a book about nuclear arms if you wanted to learn about nuclear arms. Why this play works is because these two characters are so interesting and the relationship that develops between them is really kind of fascinating to watch. So that’s what we’re working on. We’re working on who these guys are and how this relationship develops. SDJJ: So are you the American or Russian negotiator? DE: I am the Russian. I am Andrei Botvinnik. I am the veteran Russian arms negotiator as opposed to the less experienced and younger American arms negotiator. SDJJ: The other actor, J Todd Adams, is he someone you have worked with before? DE: He is. This season he has already been in two of our plays. He was in “Blithe Spirit” to open our season and he was in “Holmes and Watson,” earlier in the year, so this is actually his third play this season. I’ve known him for twenty years. I directed him in “Romeo and Juliet” twenty years ago and he played Mercutio for me and he is an awesome actor. And it is a pleasure to have him back at the theater; he is a really good actor. SDJJ: Does having a level of familiarity with him–directing him before–help you be his co-actor? DE: Absolutely. So because it is a unique experience for me to get back on stage, I don’t do it very often. This is the only fifth time in my sixteen years at North Coast Rep, so it averages out to about once every three years or so. I’m very careful about who else is going to be in it with me and who is going to direct it. And so when I made the decision that I was going to play this part, it was not a decision I took lightly at all who else was going to act in it and who else was going to direct it. I did not hold auditions. We asked J Todd to do it with me.

Because it is an unusual situation for the artistic director to be an actor, I needed people that knew me, knew what I was about that weren’t going to get intimidated or not do their jobs to their fullest extent because they were worried about how it would influence their future getting hired or anything like that. I need people to be honest with me. As an actor, you need a director, you need somebody sitting out there looking at you, so that’s why I asked Richard Baird to do it, because Richard knows I want him to tell me what is going on. I don’t want him to tell me something is working when it isn’t. I don’t want him to flatter me. I don’t want him to say anything other than what he would say to any other actor to make the play as good as it could be. Same thing with J Todd, he is an experienced and respected actor and he is going to hold his own. He knows how to take care of himself. He is not going to be worried about stepping on my toes or getting in my way. He is going to be my equal and my partner on stage. We have that going for us very much in this one. All three of us have healthy egos. We are working together and they are complementing one another.

have to be a little selfish with their time in order to do it properly. It is one thing when I’m a director because I don’t have to worry about preparing to do the show every night which as an actor you do, which is why I don’t do it very often, but hey, here we are [laughs]. SDJJ: That must make it special as well, too. DE: That’s true. It does. It makes it more special because it is not what I’m doing regularly and in my routine. And because it was my first passion. I went into the theater to be an actor which I was for a long long time. So coming back to what was the initial passion of what brought me into it is always a somewhat rejuvenating thing as well. SDJJ: You are in week two of rehearsal, what are you discovering about the play that surprised you or that you are seeing with better clarity than just reading the script?

SDJJ: I can see how it would be fun for the people you work with who normally know you as the artistic director to see you act.

DE: Well, I’ll say from the subject matter stand-point, you know, I grew up during this time. I was a young adult during this time. I remember the Cold War and all the arms negotiations. And doing the research into what it actually was, who the people were, watching the dynamics unfold, I learned a lot more about what actually was going in history during this time, but what attracted me to the play and what we are in the process of discovering, as I said earlier, is the relationship of these two men. And what it really comes down to is people, you know, even hearing some of the people that were real that were doing this at the time talk about the difference between sitting in the room with somebody and looking into their face changes negotiations 100%. That’s kind of the premise of the play is these two guys leave the negotiating room where the teams of negotiators are sitting and walk out into the woods and talk to each other as people.

DE: I think it is. And I know my patrons that come to the theater enjoy it. I’m often asked, “When are you going to back on stage? We love seeing you in the plays.” It is time consuming and disruptive to my normal life to be an actor. I have a full time job as the artistic director and I have two teenage sons who are very very active and require things from their dad. And when I try to be an actor as well which is one of the reasons I do it so rarely.... It takes me away from their sport things and attending their scholastic things. Actors

And so discovering how that works in the play is a big part of it, why it occurs, what clicks, what doesn’t click with these two men. Also trying to understand the soviet outlook, which as I’m playing the Russian, the Soviet outlook at the time and why they were entrenched about certain issues and ideas that they were unwilling to budge on and the things they were willing to budge on. This play was written in 1987 and performed in in ‘87 and ‘88 and done a lot. It was nominated for Pulitzer prizes, it was

SDJJ: I can see how wanting to be treated as an actor first and not as the artistic director would be very important for you feeling confident in taking on this piece. DE: I have to be able to take the artistic director hat off when I’m working on a play. We take a break and back in my office I’m on my computer doing my artistic director stuff which sometimes is distracting, but once we start rehearsal, I really try to put that hat to the side and be an actor.

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nominated for Tony awards, it had major productions with celebrities in it, it was done a lot as a new play and then it was done a lot in regional theaters and then it was done so much for quite awhile. And now I’m seeing [laughs] people are doing it again because unfortunately, the issues that it raises are once again relevant, once again something that needs to be thought about. If you read the news over the last month, almost everyday there is something about nuclear arms again which is really scary. And so really what these guys are talking about are coming back to the ‘fore. So the play was never irrelevant because it is about the relationship, but it has become even more relevant again. SDJJ: I was wondering if it feels like a step back in time because the play is very much entrenched in that time and place. DE: It feels like a snapshot looking back in time that has changed in some ways and in many ways has not changed at all. That is not necessarily a good thing. It is interesting doing this play and really looking at both sides because the people– what the play gets to–is the people are no 52 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

different. What the governments do in their desire and quest to maintain superiority and power affects the world and because it has always affected the world because countries have always done that, but when you start to talk about weapons that can destroy the planet, it becomes a different conversation. Now what you are negotiating about isn’t just, “Hey we'll shoot some of your people,” We are talking about, “We’ll blow up the world.” That raises the stakes to a whole new level. That is what these arms negotiations were about back in the 80’s. They were trying to get out of the Cold War, you know, “You better not or we will destroy the world.” It seemed like it got better, but I don’t know if it really did. SDJJ: The play is trying to reckon with that by bringing it to a level that we can understand? We can understand two people, but we may not be able to understand two governments. DE: Exactly. And it is not by accident that it is set in the beautiful woods of Switzerland– this kind of idyllic setting that they got out

into–because that is what will get lost if these bombs go off. What Richard Baird, who is directing the play, likes to say, in one way it is almost like two murderers talking with their captive right there. And the captive being nature. They are out in this beautiful nature and they are discussing whether or not to keep these weapons that could actually destroy everything, destroy this beautiful environment. And here are these people who are intrinsically good people. They are human beings–everybody is flawed. They are both flawed, but they both had good hearts. But politics, the quest for power, gets in the way. SDJJ: Definitely. Anything that we did not get a chance to talk about yet? DE: Lee Blessing who wrote the play, who is an awesome writer and a great guy, has been in communication with me, we email back and forth and he is actually going to come down and see the show. We do a regular talk back on the second Friday, and he is going to see the show that night and participate in a talk back following the show. A

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PLAYWRIGHT JACQUELINE GOLDFINGER TELLS A FATHER-DAUGHTER STORY BY PAT LAUNER

any plays focus on fathers and sons, and some concern mothers and daughters. But there are far fewer dramatic works that confront the father-daughter dynamic. Shakespeare, himself the father of two daughters, created a number of them; think King Lear and Cordelia, Capulet and Juliet; Polonius and Ophelia (“Hamlet”), Prospero and Miranda (“The Tempest”). Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger was teaching her playwriting students about the tragic Greek daughter, Electra. As that classic and influential story goes, Electra’s mother (Clytemnestra) murdered her husband (Agamemnon) and hid his body from Electra. The oldest daughter’s duty is to bury the body. Without a body to bury, Electra spent years mourning her father’s death. “It’s an intimate story of epic scope,” says Jackie, “About how far this daughter would 54 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

go to have her father recognized. It shows the depth of her relationship to him, and her devotion. I was thinking about what might be mythic in our culture.” Her first thought was the Everglades in Florida, a wetland of eerie swamps near where she grew up. “The Everglades definitely has mythic places,” she says. “It has epic potential, with its wonderful, haunting ghost stories.” A number of years ago, she read an article about a Midwest family that had a long tradition of deliberately setting fires. The story stayed with her. Then, a few later, her father had a health scare with cancer. “He’s in his 70s,” she says. “And it made me think what would happen if he passed. It really shook me up, and got me thinking about the things I never expressed, and all the things I’m grateful for. And so I wrote this

play, and I dedicated it to him.” The play, written in 2015, is “The Arsonists,” a two-person drama focused on the relationship between a father and daughter. Jackie says it isn’t autobiographical. For one thing, her father is an environmentalist, not an arsonist. “He was not thrilled with the arson idea,” she admits. “He asked if the fire in the story was a ‘controlled burn.’ ‘Dad, it’s a play,’ I said. “But I do admit that there are some familiar personality traits in the play. I’m very stubborn, like the daughter, and the father is very loving and nurturing. For sure, that is my dad.” Jackie’s father, who came through his treatment successfully, was direct and practical about the realities of life and death. “When he was ill, he was very clear that, though he didn’t want to leave us, if he did,

there’s interest from Germany and the UK) “because it’s a very specific story, but with elements of an epic Greek myth. “There’s a reason the Greek plays are still around,” she explains. “They leave a lot open to interpretation. This is a living artform, and I left openness in the writing. Never in the history of theater was a play meant to be just one thing. To me, that’s one of the wonderful challenges of writing for theater: you have to create a text that allows for individual interpretation.”

cancer research at the Scripps Research Institute. Her scientist husband, Larry Goldfinger, also happens to be a clarinetist who played in klezmer bands in San Diego, and traveled with them to Germany and Eastern Europe. He still plays klezmer in Philadelphia, where they currently make their home. “He looks like he’s right out of the shtetl,” Jackie says with a laugh. “He could’ve walked right out of ‘Fiddler.’” It’s Larry whose roots trace back to Eastern PHOTO BY JOHANNA AUSTIN AZUKA

it’s just the circle of life, and he wants us to move on.” The father in “The Arsonists” is the same. “This father and daughter are a team,” Jackie explains. “He’s been teaching her a trade, and they’ve been working together. But then, something goes wrong, and he dies. She plays a song and conjures him from the grave. They relive their relationship. There are moments of drama and sorrow, and also much joy and release. At the end, she realizes she has to let him go. This play reminds us of our

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mortality in a lovely and loving way. A lot of fathers and daughters have come to see it together.” Intriguingly, the two characters have no names; they’re just H and M. “It can be interpreted multiple ways,” says Jackie (privately, she tends to think of them as Him and Me). “I think non-specific names help capture that mythic feeling. Contemporary names don’t do that. It’s something for the audience to ponder.” “The Arsonist” has been mounted 12 times, across the country. Jackie thinks the play is getting so much attention (a production opens next year in New Zealand, and

Her writing has been both popular and well-regarded. She has won numerous awards, including the Yale Drama Prize for an Emerging Playwright, a Generations New Play Award, The Horton Foote Prize, Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play, and the Smith Prize for Political Theatre. Her play, “Bottle Fly,” was a finalist for the International Book Awards and “Babel” earned her the coveted Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

The San Diego Years Shortly after her marriage in 2000, she came to San Diego, where she lived for five years. She moved here because her husband, a biologist, earned a postdoctoral fellowship in

Europe. His great-grandparents were Polish beer-makers, and that trade, like many others, is represented in the family surname, Goldfinger. Jackie’s upbringing, in rural north Florida, was “liberal Presbyterian.” But most of her friends at the large public schools she attended in nearby Tallahassee were Jewish. “I went to a ton of bar and bat mitzvahs,” she says. “I felt like I fit in better there. When I walked in, I felt like I belonged. I studied about the religion in college, and after graduating, I studied with a Rabbi. I converted when I was 22.” She met her husband two years later, through J-Date. Iyar / Sivan 5779 SDJewishJournal.com 55

Theater Scene, because the city was bursting with life and culture.” (She earned her ‘real’ MFA from the University of Southern California). While they were here, Jackie and her husband belonged to Tifereth Israel. “It provided a very supportive Jewish community that made it possible for us to have a full Jewish life while balancing work, art, and my stepdaughter, Rachel. We lived in Hillcrest, which gave us unfettered access to Balboa Park. I loved to take Rachel there for picnic tea parties, and she would play in the grass and fountains while I wrote the drafts of my first full-length plays. I had been writing shorts and one acts up to that point.” The Goldfingers now keep a kosher home (as Larry’s family did when he was growing up) and belong to a conservative temple, Society Hill Synagogue (“one of the oldest in Philadelphia”). Their six year-old twins, Hava and Ezra, attended Jewish preschool; they’re now in kindergarten in a pubGoldfinger gives co-speech with Designer Thom Weaver at the Barrymore Awards. lic school. “Larry was finishing his Ph.D. research at Carol’. This would later become my first pro“We wanted them to get exposure Scripps, and between La Jolla Shores, Torrey fessional play publication, at Playscripts in to the diversity of the city we live in; as white Pines, and Balboa Park, Southern California New York. kids, they’re the minority. They attend Hewas a beautiful place to fall in love.” “And my first professional reading and brew school on weekends.” So San Diego launched both her marriage workshop was at New Village Arts in CarlsRight now, Jackie is working on commisand her career. bad. 'The Oath' later went on to play Off-Off sions from the Wilma Theatre in Missoula, “I came of age as an artist in San Diego. It Broadway at Manhattan Theater Works, and Montana; the Arden Theatre Company in was the early 2000s, and it was an exciting other theaters regionally.” time of unbridled youthful energy, experiDuring her time in San Diego, Jackie Philadelphia; the Madeleine L’Engle Estate/ mentation, discovery and love. Many of my worked as the Assistant Dramaturg to drama- Stage Partners (plays for young artists and ‘first’ experiences happened in San Diego, turg Scott Horstein and director Darko Tres- audiences); and the National New Play Netand without those, I would not be a working nak at the Old Globe’s summer Shakespeare work (the rolling world premiere of “Babel” is in 2020). She co-founded The Foundry @ playwright today. Festival. “My first workshop production of a full“That was a master class in producing PlayPenn. length play was at San Diego Playwrights Shakespeare,” she says. Besides writing, she keeps busy teaching Collective. Titled ‘The Terrible Girls,’ it’s the At the La Jolla Playhouse, she served as playwriting at the University of PennsylvaSouthern Gothic precursor to ‘The Arson- Artistic Assistant/Assistant Dramaturg and nia and in the MFA Playwrights program at ists.’ The Playwrights Collective, which has Literary Associate. Temple University. She’s also a Mentor for the since disbanded, worked out of coffee hous“That’s where I learned how to develop Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre es and unused gallery spaces in the Hillcrest new plays. I was there during the ‘Jersey Boys’ Festival, and is the Writer-in-Residence for neighborhood. to ‘Farnsworth Convention’ years under Des the Wilma HotHouse in Missoula, Montana, “My first invitation to a major festival to McAnuff [2004-2007]. It was a case of right an incubator for new work. show my work was also for ‘The Terrible place-right people-right time. It was a lot of Jackie likes her plays to make people think. Girls,’ which was accepted into the New York hard work, but when you’re in your 20s, you She wants her father-daughter play, “The ArInternational Fringe Festival. After that, the can stay up all day working and most of the sonist,” to make them feel, too. play was picked up for productions around night writing. “After they see or read ‘The Arsonists,’ I the country. “Between the small theaters, collectives, “My first commission was from North new work at La Jolla Playhouse and classics want people to go home and give their loved Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach, for at the Old Globe–I always say that I got my ones an extra hug, and tell them what they whom I wrote an adaptation of ‘A Christmas MFA in Playwriting from the San Diego love about them.” A 56 SDJewishJournal.com June 2019

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Reaping Rewards of Judaism: Three Cultural Trend-Setters BY MARNIE MACAULEY

n “What Jewish History Forgot” we look at fascinating, little-known, unsung finds, the details of which you may or may not read in history books. Yet, these facts and anecdotes are not only edu-taining, but can forever affect the way we see ourselves, and how the world sees our culture. For this entry, we look at Reaping Rewards of Judaism: Three Cultural Trend-Setters. Wherever we’ve been forced into or out of, we’ve left our mark in virtually every medium. Aside from our huge presence among Nobel Prize Laureates, we Jews just may be the first “trend-setters.” For example, where would the Broadway musical be without us? As Sir Robin cheekily sings to King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot, “In any great adventure, if you don’t want to lose … you won’t succeed on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews.” In culture, science, technology, medicine, and the humanities, Jews have changed the world. Who among us hasn’t heard of Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, or Neil Simon? But how much do we know about a writer who was arrested by Baby Doc in Haiti who is the Jewish Poe–with a dark side? Or a Russian photographer who sheds new light– on lighting? Today we look at three Jews who may not be household names but have not only set

new cultural trends but talk about how their Jewishness helped shape their point of view, professionally and personally.

DAVID BLACK, CUTTING EDGE AUTHOR AND SCREENWRITER A versatile, multimedia writer who has distinguished himself in both fiction and non-fiction, David Black is an award-winning journalist, novelist, screenwriter, producer–and adventurer whose “dark” side would make J.B. Fletcher envious. For example, his novel, “An Impossible Life,” a series of “bubbe meises” takes readers on a journey through Jewish history and myth. It has been praised by, among others, Nobel Prize winning author, the late Czeslaw Milosz (who was also a recipient of the medal of the Righteous Among the Nations in Yad Vashem). Said the late writer Lawrence Block, “It’s the very sort of novel Isaac Bashevis Singer might have written if he’d known the G-dfather. Or been the G-dfather. Or if he’d been David Black.” Black has risked his life a number of times to research pieces, including being put under house arrest by Baby Doc’s (Jean-Claude Duvalier) secret police in Haiti, infiltrating totalitarian therapy cults, being abandoned on a desert island, and exposing a white slave organization in the East Village. Mr. Black,

the recipient of many awards, has been able to cross more media oceans than I.B. Singer. In addition to a Pulitzer Prize nomination for “The Plague Years,” he is a prolific mystery writer, nominated three times for the Edgar Allan Poe Award. He has won the National Magazine Award in Reporting and the National Science Writers Award. His novel “Like Father” was named a notable book of the year by The New York Times and listed as one of the seven best novels of the year by the Washington Post. The King of Fifth Avenue was named a notable book of the year by the New York Times, New York Magazine, and the A.P. His television credits read like a “Who’s Who?” of the small screen. He received an American Bar Association Certificate of Merit for “Nullification,” a controversial episode of "Law & Order" about militia groups, which the Los Angeles Times called an example of “the new Golden Age of television.” Other credits include "Monk," "Hill Street Blues," and "Miami Vice," to name just a few. Jewish Influence. Did you know? “It’s all about tradition,” he says, crediting his Jewishness with his ability to tell powerful anecdotes. “Judaism, possibly more than any other religion, always shows G-d in action. G-d is acting in history, through histoIyar / Sivan 5779 SDJewishJournal.com 59

ry, always making history, ultimately transforming the Jewish culture, and molding the Jewish people to be more human. This is a G-d who is more concerned with ethical issues instead of only moral issues. The Jewish G-d is a very human G-d. As a child, my father told me why Jews always worship while standing—to look at G-d face-toface because then it is much easier to argue with him! Being Jewish is also about knowing one’s audience. I remember once when I was giving a reading to a large audience from my book, ‘The Impossible Life.’ The main character Leo Polishook wends his way through some unfortunate experiences that are bittersweet and surprisingly funny. I read from passage-to-passage, and so forth. Usually, by this time people were rolling on the floor with laughter. No one even cracked a smile. Then I noticed my audience. Ninety percent were wearing kilts! No one was Jewish. How could they understand? So much for my Jewish humor! I had been reading my stories to the wrong audience. For a long time, Jews haven’t always had the right audience.”

BARBI LEIFERT, DANCING ON CANVASS The soul of a dancer on canvass? We’ve all seen painters of dancers, but New York born Barbi Leifert, a dancer since age three, and later a choreographer, has melded the two in her unusual artwork that captures more than mere movement. Her paintings express the emotions, fluidity, and soul of the dance and dancers through her own personal experience. The result is bringing to life the

energy, vibrancy and artistic brilliance inherent in contemporary dance. Ms. Leifert shows her paintings in Malibu, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, New York, Florida and Seattle. In addition to her training and career as a dancer, she is the author of the Manhattan Dance School Directory. Jewish Influence. Did you Know? “Being Jewish to me is about family, and giving back to the world. My first priority is taking care of my family and ensuring that we all take care of each other, so everybody is healthy, safe, secure, thriving, successful, and happy. I will do whatever I can to support that. My husband is a neurologist and I make his lunch every day. I take care of him so he can focus on his patients who have complicated needs. I’m also creative in the kitchen and cook for all of the holidays. It’s a tradition passed on to me from my grandmother, from generation-to-generation. I make meals for the Seder and when the weather turns cold, out comes the big soup pot. Whether it’s through dance or art, I’ve always felt the need to create and to give. My success has allowed me to donate my art to nonprofits and foundations that help people, especially children.”

ILYA MOSHENSKIY, LUXURY PHOTOGRAPHER HITS THE LIGHTS AND THE HEIGHTS Photography, particularly architectural photography, has been a defining factor in the Russian-born artist’s life. He considers the camera to be a permanent extension of his arm and his eyes. His passion is looking at his subject through a viewfinder to cap-

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ture and freeze a perfect moment in time. His inspiration is in the details to spotlight the beauty and individuality of any subject. To do so, light is critical to his process. Mr. Moshenskiy is one of the few, and perhaps the only photographer using lighting techniques involving fiber optics to create that perfect effect with split second accuracy. Born and raised in Kiev, Moshenskiy purchased his first camera Pentacon 35mm and built a dark room in his parent’s bathroom at age 17. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1993 and has since photographed some of the most magnificent homes and buildings in the world including, among others, luxury estates in France, Spain, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Miami, and Chicago. As an innovator in photographic technique his methods are constantly evolving to stay at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and bring his unique perspective to every photo shoot. Jewish Influence. Did you know? “The Jewish community thrives on unconditional support to one another. It is a proud society for it is all about family that inspires respect; your parents mean the world to you. They are looked at as your icons and heroes you are taught to trust with intuitive common sense. It is part of the Jewish heritage to strive for ideal perfection and love with your heart. Judaism generates a gift of a sixth sense if you will. You are taught to be a thinker. Pride and the highest esteem define our culture and the outcome is the pursuit of creating great success for the Jewish people in their lives and careers.” A

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DIVERSIONS | Adam Sandler

The Return of Adam Sandler By Jacqueline Bull

Source: Adam Sandler’s Twitter. “Detroit, I’ll remember that one. Love you and thank you! @FoxTheatreDet.”

dam Sandler returned to SNL to host for the first time in the over twenty years since he was a cast member. The episode featured sketches with a mixed bag of results: a fun reprisal of Opera Man, one listenable song monologue “I Was Fired,” a bizarre musical parody about how clothes are just made of holes, a sketch where cast members all got to try out their Sandler impression on Sandler, a sketch of Sandler representing a tour company in Italy trying to convey realistic expectations for their clients and ended on an uncharacteristically genuinely touching tribute to his dear friend and castmate, Chris Farley. The tribute to Farley re-inspired many to go watch their old sketches and was trending on the Sunday morning following the show. Jimmy Fallon remarked that any kids sneaking a look at Twitter during Sunday mass would be seeing Chris Farley’s name which Fallon remarked that he would have loved that. This SNL episode also reintroduced many people to Adam Sandler who in the popular zeitgeist hadn’t really made anything worth watching in a long time. The Grown Ups series never seemed to earn its premise of immature humor for adults, “Pixels” managed to bore Sandler even more than the audience and several of his movies came and went invisibly:

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“Jack and Jill,” “Sandy Wexler,” “Blended,” “Just Go With It.” This left his comedy special “Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh,” which was the impetus for returning to host SNL. Those who were curious about a new or “fresh” Sandler, turned to check out this special on Netflix. And it is funny. The special finds solid ground with new comedy songs and throws in tight anecdotes that don’t overstay their welcome. While it is completely new material (100% fresh), expect some typical Sandler raunchy humor. The song “Bar Mitzvah Boy” has all the goods to be a spiritual sequel to “The Hanukkah Song,” and several other deliver real laughs and catchy melodies. The special was filmed over several shows in different sized venues and it progresses compiling songs and jokes from different events. There is also some post-editing that adds a polish and vibrancy on just a straight-forward filming. Sandler uses life as a dad in the 2010’s as appropriate context and inspiration for jokes without sounding like a trite middle aged man droning on about ‘kids these days and their smartphones.’ We’ll wait and see if “100% Fresh” is a return to the norm or just a respite from soggy comedies; maybe all Sandler needs is to run away from Kevin James.A

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FOOD | Yael Aires

MY PRIVATE PANTRY with Yael Aires yaelaires@gmail.com I was born South Africa. I emigrated to San Diego In 1990. I started My Private Pantry 2012. Baking biscotti, granola and desserts made to order, I am happiest on my own and baking up a storm in my kitchen. I grew up in a house where my mom did all the cooking and baking. She taught me to bake and cook, and at first I had to do everything by hand, the old fashioned way. Slowly I was allowed to use the electric hand beater and then later the stand mixer as well as other electrical appliances. I especially loved watching her bake everything so carefully and with such love. She always told me that baking is a science! You have to follow the recipe exactly and you can’t bake in a hurry! Cooking is much more forgiving! She can be found at: www.myprivatepantry.com, Facebook and Instagram.

Many years ago, a very good friend of mine in Johannesburg, South Africa, started a baking business. She only baked muffins and supplied them to coffee shops all over the city. This is my friend, Andi Sacks’ recipe.

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Add wet to dry ingredients and mix– just until combined! Place a spoonful of the mixture in a greased muffin tin. Place a cube of cream cheese on the filling and top with another spoonful of the mixture. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool and remove from tin. FROSTING

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“Wisenthal,” a new play by Tom Dugan at North Coast Rep. The La Jolla Playhouse will kick off its summer season with two world premieres. “Put Your House in Order,” a play described as part romantic comedy and part old-school thriller, is ensconced at the Mandell Weiss Forum. The story–which takes place in an upscale Chicago suburb–should keep audiences entertained and on-edge June 2-30. The Playhouse’s Potiker Theater will showcase “The Luckiest,” a new play about a fiercely independent young lady forced to deal with a diagnosis that shatters her world. The plot is funny, tender, and emotionally-insightful. “The Luckiest” will dominate the Potiker stage June 30 through July 28. The San Diego Symphony will launch its annual Pops season at the Embarcadero Marina on June 28-29 with “Star Spangled Pops,” a rousing concert featuring patriotic favorites and Broadway showstoppers. Todd Ellison will conduct the orchestra with Broadway star Ross Leketes and the San Diego Master Chorale singing up a storm. As usual, the season-opener of the Bayside Summer Nights Series will culminate with a brilliant fireworks display. “Play Ball: A Symphonic Celebration of the Padres at 50” will pay musical tribute to the home team on June 30. Rob Fisher will conduct the orchestra with the same guest artists as are featured on the opening program. The Old Globe’s summer Shakespeare season gets off to a rollicking start on June 16 with “As You Like It.” The comedy will make merry on the outdoor Festival Stage through July 21. The Globe is keeping audiences in stitches with the comic antics of Ken Ludwig’s “The Gods of Comedy.” This world premiere Main Stage production makes merry with the complexities of college coeds, campus capers, and conspicuous consumption. You can get in on the laughs until June 16. The Globe’s White Theater recently unwrapped “What You Are,” a Globe-commissioned world premiere about life in a changing America. The play–in the theater-in-the-round setting through June 23–is a compelling exploration of the personal struggles surrounding sweeping social change. Be prepared for some strong language.

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Ike Holter, Playright of “Put Your House in Order.” Broadway-San Diego has created a re-imagined production of “Fiddler on the Roof” on stage at the Civic Theater through June 2. This masterpiece is designed to be enjoyed by a new generation of theater-goers and too good to miss. Malashock Dance and Elan teamed up for their third collaborative concert, dubbed “High Strung,” at the Lyceum Theater. The three-piece program which winds down on June 2 features music by the Kontras Quartet. North Coast Repertory Theater’s production of Lee Blessing’s “A Walk in the Woods” will fascinate audiences through June 23, with its shrewd insights into arms negotiations during the Cold War. North Coast Rep also has a two night engagement (June 10, 11) “Wisenthal,” a new play by Tom Dugan. Simon Wiesenthal was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor who become a Nazi hunter after the war. Cygnet Theater is presenting a playful new adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” directed by Rob Lutfy. This Southern California premiere will be showing at the Old Town Theater through June 16. Fans of the novel will delight in this effervescent and highly theatrical new work. The Lamb’s Players is showing off the West Coast premiere of “Babette’s Feast.” This adaptation of Isak Dinesen’s beloved story (made famous by the Academy Award-winning film) is about a French cook given refuge in rural Denmark. The show will continue through June 9 at the Lamb’s Coronado home. Following on June 21, is “The ‘80s Greatest Hits,” the Lamb’s sentimental journey through the music, dance, and fashions of the 1980s. The lively musical will stay put through Aug. 11. Moxie Theater is staging “Yoga Play” until June 2. This comedy deals with a Yoga apparel giant and the frantic attempt to rebuild the company after an awful scandal threatens to destroy it. The Poway Center for the Performing Arts will be the scene of a Summer Celebration on June 22. The Poway on Stage event, which spreads across the Plaza, will feature food, wine, and music.

“Pride and Prejudice,” at the Cygnet Theater. The Timken Museum will host artist-in-residence Roman de Salva June 28 through Aug. 25. During that time, visitors will be able to watch the artist create a new sculpture, titled “Electric Picnic.” The Museum of Art is highlighting works by Mexican sculptor Javier Marin. His fascinating pieces feature human body parts, heads, and powerful naked forms to explore the meaning of humanity. Also on exhibit is a photographic exhibition, “Alfred Eisenstaedt: Life & Legacy,” a collection by one of the greats in photography. The newest exhibition at the Art Museum is “Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain,” a collection of more than 100 works by leading artists from Spain and its territories. Among the masters on display are Velazquez, Rubens, and El Greco. The Museum of Contemporary Art’s downtown location will feature “Marnie Weber: Songs that Never Die and Other Stories,” a collection of sculptures and photographs by an artist from Los Angeles’ post-punk scene. The exhibition will be on view June 21 through Nov. 3. Birch Aquarium is highlighting “Hall of Fishes,” which also serves as a working laboratory. Birch has an installation on light by scientist Michael Latz, and another exhibition that helps you understand Scripps’ expeditions to discover and protect the planet. “Expedition at Sea” includes a 33-foot long projected triptych and hands-on learning opportunities. Another interesting exhibition at the Birch is “Research in Action: 100 Island Challenge,” an exhibit that explores the way reefs are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. Also on display is “Oddities: Hidden Heroes of the Scripps Collection,” a comic book-inspired exhibit that highlights amazing adaptations of ocean species. The Reuben Fleet Science Center will be showing a new film, “Superpower Dogs,” (which showcases the bravery and prowess of some of the world’s most remarkable dogs) in addition to “Great Barrier Reef” and “Volcanoes” (which examines the contribution of volcanoes to the wildlife ecosystem and their impact on humans). Also at the Fleet is the

“Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain” at The Museum of Art. “Renegade Science Project,” which escorts visitors through the park for a 90-minute exploration. Its newest exhibition, “Pause/Play,” is an immersive experience for mind and body that uses science in a completely new way. The Fleet is offering “Dream, Design, Build”–an exhibition that explores the museum’s collection of interactive engineering activities (and will remain on permanent display), and “Taping Shape 2.0,” which uses hundreds of rolls of packing tape to create a world of translucent spaces and tunnels. The Fleet has several other permanent exhibitions, including “Don’t Try This at Home,” “Studio X”, “Block Busters,” and “Origins in Space.” The newest is “It’s Electric,” an interactive show that explores the fundamentals of electricity. The Natural History Museum added “Escape the Nat,” an escape room experience that dares you to solve puzzles and save the world. “The Backyard”–a gallery for the 5-and-under set–and “Backyard Wilderness” (a 3-D film) are also on view. “Hidden Gems” is another attraction, along with “National Geographic: 50 Greatest Landscapes,” the newest photographic exhibition at the NAT. “Coast to Cactus in California,” and “Unshelved: Cool Stuff from Storage”–a display of specimens from around the world–are also worth checking out. “Unshelved” will be ensconced at the NAT for the next two years. The Nat’s 3-D films include “National Parks Adventures,” “Ocean Oasis,” and the newest film, “Flight of the Butterflies.” The museum also offers “Fossil Mysteries,” “Water: A California Story,” and “Skulls.” The San Diego History Center is featuring the first exhibition in Balboa Park exploring San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community. The History Museum’s permanent exhibition, “Placed Promises,” chronicles the history of the San Diego region. And the America’s Cup Exhibition highlights the sailing race held in San Diego three times since 1988. The Museum of Man (open during a seismic retrofit) is showcasing “Cannibals: Myth & Reality” and “PostSecret.” A

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Available at Amazon.com The Spin Doctor by David Budde developed by Vantage Theatre in partnership with La Jolla Theatre Ensemble is a new play about Anti-Semitism, Racism and propaganda, that asks the question... How does it happen that we are all so complacent, so distracted, so easily influenced, that we allow evil to continue?

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IN OUR MID’ZT In our Mid’zt is a 12 session experience in Jewish understanding, acceptance, spirituality, history, and existence. It is devoted to offering recognition to the person in our midst desiring to find his/her rightful and appropriate place in the Jewish community, and possibly in Congregation B’nai Tikvah. Sessions: 1. And 2. these two sessions will be devoted to the basic inner workings of the Synagogue, community and home. We will teach blessing for the lighting of the candles, Torah blessing, and all the basic phrases that help you to feel at home in the Jewish community. We will learn the Noatic Laws, and by the end of session 2 we will all have Hebrew names. 3. and 4. We will be devoted to understanding the observance of all the Jewish Holidays, and their traditional and modern meaning to our people.

and 6. Jewish Calendar and basic Jewish Symbols that connect us. 7. Jewish People hood. We will understand how a Jew in a distant part of the world can be harmed, and it hurts us as well. 8. Love of and support of Israel: The importance of Judaism in the modern scheme of who we are today. Those who would care to will be eligible to become ‘Ger Toshav’. 9. Jewish History and Bible: Why we are the people of the Book. Which book that is and how it impacts us on a daily basis. 10. Raising our children to love and appreciate Judaism and all the religions of the world. 11. Judaism and Christianity: How we have interchanged and complimented each other. What our G-d concepts are, how they are alike and different at the same time. How and why we must each support our beliefs and values. 12. What is conversion? How we prepare for it, and how it affects our Synagogue and community. 5.

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The program is intended for Jews and non-Jews who would like to gain a better understanding of Judaism. This class is for students who want to convert to Judaism or those who would like to gain deeper insight into the basics of Jewish life, language and history.

We will look at the observance of all holidays, Shabbat, the Jewish calendar, the Jewish people, history and bible, raising children, Judaism and Christianity, and develop love and support for Israel. We will also discuss what conversion really is, how to prepare for it and how it affects our Synagogue and community.

Through the twice a month sessions, the group will study basic phrases and blessings and become comfortable with being in the Synagogue or Jewish home, and be able to participate and understand what is going on.

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the news 2019 Spirit of Anne Frank Awards The 2019 Spirit of Anne Frank Award (SAFA) scholarship winners will be recognized at a June 17, 2019 event at the historic Hotel Edison in New York City. SAFA Student Scholarships are awarded each year to graduating high-school seniors who exemplify Anne Frank’s ideals of hope, justice, and equality, and have proven themselves exceptional leaders in combating intolerance and injustice in their schools and communities. Prizes typically range from $1,000 to $5,000 depending on available funding, and go toward college tuition. Masaraat Asif, from Frisco, Texas, established “Project LifePack,” an effort dedicated to assisting migrant families leaving detention facilities by providing them with backpacks filled with essential supplies. Emily Herrmann, from Clarkston, Michigan, raised funds to install an “outdoor musical playground” in her community for people of all abilities. Emilia Peters, from Los Angeles, California, established a program that teaches art classes to homeless children through KEM Creative Studios. Grace Schuler, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, founded a program called “SpeakOut!” that works with youth to develop self-confidence and public speaking skills.

Rep. Peters Introduces Bipartisan Chabad of Poway House Resolution With Support From CA Delegation On May 9, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) introduced H. Res. 364, a bipartisan resolution in the House with more than 30 members of Congress, including members of the San Diego delegation. Senators Harris and Feinstein introduced the resolution in the Senate yesterday. The resolution condemns the attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue, honors the memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, recognizes the congregants who helped stop the attacker, acknowledges the community’s grief, and thanks law-enforcement and emergencyresponse officials. It also renounces violence, growing white supremacy and white nationalism in light of American values of dignity and respect of all people. “Our community continues to mourn the tragedy at Chabad of Poway. This resolution firmly condemns the hatred and bigotry that drove this act of terror. As I noted before asking the House to observe a moment of silence, we must follow this time of reflection with action. We must stop the rising tide of white supremacy, and we must act against gun violence. “As I ask the House to formally renounce white supremacy and white nationalism, I also call on my colleagues to take steps to address the gun violence epidemic in our nation. Our work must not stop here,” said Rep. Peters.

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Father Joe’s Villages Gala Raises Nearly $900,000 to Support Children Experiencing Homelessness On May 4, the philanthropic community came together for dinner and dancing to invest in life-changing services for children and families experiencing homelessness. More than 350 guests gathered at the U.S. Grant Hotel and raised nearly $900,000 to support Father Joe’s Villages services for children and families experiencing homelessness, spanning from preschool to medical care. To break the cycle of homelessness, Father Joe’s Villages puts an emphasis on providing critical care to children–just as it did for nearly 1,200 children in 2018. The funds raised at this event will benefit programs for children experiencing homelessness, such as Father Joe’s Villages’ fully licensed and accredited Therapeutic Childcare Center, providing preschool and after-school programs, as well as emergency and life-sustaining services like food, shelter and healthcare. “A major part of my children’s and my success is because of Father Joe’s Villages,” said Michelle McElroy, program graduate of Father Joe’s Villages and mother of six now in permanent housing. “[I didn’t] have to worry about, ‘Am I going to be able to clothe my kids? Are they going to get school supplies?’ Father Joe’s Villages just supplied it all. If it weren’t for Father Joe’s Villages, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Lawrence Family JCC to Host March For Our Lives Event The Lawrence Family JCC is partnering with March For Our Lives to host survivors of the Parkland shooting, Sofie Whitney and Brendan Duff, to talk about their New York Times bestselling book “Glimmer of Hope.” The book is co-authored by Whitney, Duff and 23 other Parkland school shooting survivors from Marjory Stoneman

Meetings and Events for Jewish Seniors JFS College Avenue Center at Temple Emanu-El Contact Elissa Landsman (858) 637-3273 June 6, 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Storymaking: Making Sense of Our Lives Through the Power of Story With Gail Braverman Jewish War Veterans of San Diego, Post-185 Contact Jerome Klein (858) 521-8694 June 9, 10 a.m.

Two University of San Diego Student Teams Advance to Global Business Pitch Challenge on June 15 On May 3 at the 2019 Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge USD Showcase, student teams presented their business ideas to more than 300 investors and community members at USD’s Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. The top two student teams will now advance to USD’s Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge on June 15 with frontrunner teams from 25 other universities across six continents. They will compete for up to $50,000 in additional seed funding and other resources to turn their ideas into reality. The first winning team was composed of Casey Myers and Momo Bertrand, who created ‘One Digital World,’ a social venture that teaches refugees digital skills before they resettle, so they can arrive at their new home ready for employment. The second winner was Mechanical Engineering major Austin Hirsh, who created ‘Re:Fresh Smoothies,’ a social venture that pulverizes bruised and oddly shaped produce into a smoothie mix. The project has the potential to rescue millions of pounds of food every year. University of San Diego (USD)’s Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge is designed and hosted by USD’s Center for Peace and Commerce–a joint partnership between the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and the University of San Diego School of Business. It is a social venture pitch competition that recognizes, resources, and rewards student-led social ventures focused on sustainable change. Douglas High School. The event is part of the JCC’s “Community Divided/Humanity United” series; it will take place in the Garfield Theatre Sunday, June 2 at 5 p.m. The event is free to the public, but tickets are required to enter. A question-and-answer session, as well as a book signing, will follow the event. 100 percent of net proceeds from book sales will go towards benefitting the March For Our Lives Action Fund.

Veterans Association of North County, Post-385 Contact Marsha Schjolberg (760) 492-7443 Jewish War Veterans meetings June 9, 11 a.m. JFS Balboa Avenue Older Adult Center Contact Aviva Saad (858) 550-5998 June 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Father’s Day Celebration and Programs Lawrence Family JCC Contact Melanie Rubin (858) 362-1141 June 13, 10:30 a.m. Eyewitness to History: A Personal Account by Lou de Beer Price: $6; JCC Member Price: $4. RSVP by June 11 North County Jewish Seniors Club at the Oceanside Senior Center Contact Josephine (760) 295-2564 June 16, 12:30 p.m. On the Go Excursions Contact Jo Kessler (858) 637-7320 July 12, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. San Diego Civic Dance Arts performance, featuring tap, hip-hop, modern and jazz styles of dance. Cost is $20; payment due June 28. The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida left seventeen people dead. In its aftermath, students and survivors have turned to activism, organizing March For Our Lives, one of history’s largest youth-led movements. The Parkland students work together with other young leaders from across the country to advocate against gun violence, hold politicians accountable and combat the normalization of gun violence.

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ADVICE

ASK MARNIE by Marnie Macauley asksadie@aol.com

“Art Smarts” halom my dear San Diegans: The Arts. As a writer myself, trust me. Unless you’re “donating” or a grand-daughter of Picasso (his “Jewish” side), going into “the arts” requires you have one-third talent, one-third chutzpah, and you’re one-third meshugge. (A trust fund wouldn’t hurt.) Art of any sort “hurts.” It takes hold and clings to your soul like Velcro. It invites rejection. It almost guarantees a life of kosher Spam. And that’s assuming you actually have talent. My late husband, a former Senior Editor with The New York Times, gave me excellent advice when I left criminal justice to write. I’ll pass it on to you. (He was British so it’s short.) “You’re a writer if somebody pays you.” Period. By all means read on …

MY SON THE BALLERINA? Dear Sadie: My husband and I (and our families) are having an argument that probably sounds silly, but it’s starting to come between all of us. Our 4-year-old son wants to join a ballet class. The whole family is upset. They all want him to join a soccer or toddler baseball team. (He’s already in karate.) In other words, something manly. We’ve agreed to let you settle it. –Concerned Parents MARNIE SAYS: There you go, asking an old advice duenna about an art form I pooped out of at three. But, always ready to serve, I looked up “ballet for boys.” (Don’t ever make me do this again — without Godiva) and it seems the whole mishegoss is the concern that today a plie, tomorrow he’ll leap across “teams” in a leotard.

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get this “ballet-thing” out of the way first. You’re thinking of ballet as a girls’ thing because you’re grown-ups. Quit it. A 4-year-old who’s already entered the world of karate, isn’t thinking gender, he’s thinking “Whoa … fun!” And yes, boys take ballet. If NFL Hall of Famers Lynn Swann and Herschel Walker can take ballet, so can your son. Feel better? *The Real Fear: Is your son feminine or destined to be gay? If your concern is based solely on ballet, hopefully we’ve taken care of that. If not, where is this worry truly coming from? Ask yourself if there are other things about the boy you question, for example, his choice of playthings, friends, or his attitudes and mannerisms? List each quality or behavior you question. Be very candid. Mom and dad, make separate lists. *Who’s got the problem? Next to each item on your list, add your reasons and expectations. For example: ITEM: “He runs to Mommy when he’s hurt.” EXPECTATION: “I think that means he’s a sissy.” Compare lists, then challenge those expectations! Are they stereotypes? Do they even make sense? When you see them in black and white, you may realize your assumptions are what’s getting to the family, not your son’s behavior. *Make an issue and you’ll be creating one. If he might be teased, he’ll know it and decide. Let it not come from you. *At his age, you can’t predict his sexuality or gender issues any more than you could figure out where a purple M&M will show up. The only thing your hand-wringing will bring are doubts, fears, secrets and shame, which will do your son more harm than if he dressed like Rainbow Brite and jumped out of Bridal Barbie’s wedding cake.

*Hey, he’s four! In the whole of my vast experience, I’ve never once observed a toddler “change teams” later in life because of his early dance shoes. They do not make the man, sensible parenting does. Finally, should your son pursue “ballet” think what a loss it would have been if Mama Baryshnikov didn’t let her Mikhail–the father of four–not only leap to the very top of his art, but become a world-class heartthrob.

BRUSHING UP? Dear Marnie: I’m 17 and am applying to colleges. My problem is my mother. I’ve won a number of prizes and awards for my paintings. I even hold some national titles. While I love art, I’m not sure I want to be an artist. My grades are good. But all I’ve ever really done, outside of school is enter art competitions. My parents want me to continue my art studies at a prestigious art college. I’m just not sure I want to make that commitment, but they think it will be easier to be accepted if I apply as an art major, and I shouldn’t “waste my talent.” What do you think? –Uncertain in California. MARNIE SAYS: Mazel Tov, mamala. Mama and papa are bursting, the family is already picturing a “YOU” hanging in the Met, your school is kvelling, and even I want a “YOU” in my living room. Ah, but every talent is both a blessing and a curse. You’ve been blessed. Now for the “curse.” You’re a label. Yes. Your astounding ability has labelled you and all around you are prophesizing “great things” in your future–if you keep your brushes up. Eh? Feh.

Getting It! Your Personal Strategy: *You’re 17. I have things in my fridge older

than you. You obviously have serious talent. You also have serious doubts. Good. That’s your job now: to doubt. *The journey isn’t about “What to be” but “Who to be.” Far too many who skip the “who” and go for the “what” find in ten years, they hate their careers and decide to follow their real passion – miming. They dump their IT job, chuck their dental practice, turn in their IRAs–and hit the streets climbing to nowhere. (OK, I exaggerate, but you get the idea.) *This is your time to discover. Use it. Apply to schools that offer a range of experiences. Then, experience. Write, study black holes, take Chinese, dance, sing, debate Freudian theory, join clubs, play chess, learn about the Holocaust, go on a dig in Israel, in other words … evolve into the vastly complex, infinitely fascinating woman you are. You see, little one, whether to a love or to a career, in order to be truly ready to commit we need to reverse nonsense expectations. To make the right choices, the “what” must come after the “who.” Now go and find “her.” A

SYNAGOGUE LIFE EVENTS Beth El Goes to Broadway

June 2, 12:15 p.m., Congregation Beth El, 1100 Third Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 $44 for members, $54 for non-members. Visit cbe.org for more information.

DayTimers Movie Mavens

June 6, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA 92122 No fee; Beth Israel members only. Discuss films with cinema guru Linda Levine. Visit cbisd.org for more information.

Campfire Shabbat

June 7, 7 p.m., Congregation Beth Am, 5050 Del Mar Heights Road, San Diego, CA 92130 Join the Beth Am family for this musical service led by Rabbi David Kornberg and Ephron Rosenzweig, with guitar and lots of fun, camp-style songs. Visit betham.com for more information.

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Israel Philharmonic Concert at Congregation Beth El

June 18, 7:30 p.m., Congregation Beth El, 8660 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 Hear virtuoso violinist, David Radzinski accompanied by pianist Mark Robson at Congregation Beth El. Visit mainlymozart.org for more information.

Meetup Diaspora Dining with Kahal Am

June 23, 12 p.m., Taste of Denmark, 142 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 Nosh and schmooze with like-minded secular Jews. Visit kahalam.org for more information.

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Will Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work For You? Taking the first step in dealing with lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenges can be the hardest. Fear of failure or fear of change can feel insurmountable. David (name changed) came to me with a severe case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which manifested itself with compulsions such as excessive counting and checking behaviors. He spent much of his day steeped in doing repetitive behaviors like making sure he had turned off the stove, locked the front door and calculating the right change at the grocery store.

vironment for the inception of a brief focused treatment plan of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is a form of psychotherapy where negative and unhealthy thought patterns about oneself and the world are challenged in order to alter behaviors and treat mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. It emphasizes the key role that thoughts have in how we feel and behave and empowers you to make changes in order to achieve a better sense of peace and wellbeing.

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