The Jewish News - October 2015 by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee

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October 2015 - Tishrei/Heshvan 5776 INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

8 Community Focus 14 Jewish Happenings 22 Jewish Interest 29 Israel & the Jewish World 32 Commentary 36 Focus on Youth 39 Life Cycle

6 Where are they now? – Sarah Genn

7 My incredible summer in Israel

Coming to a radio near you – “Milk and Honey” on WSRQ By Federation Staff

oin us on an exciting new adventure! The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee now has its own radio program called “Milk and Honey.” We broadcast every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. on WSRQ 98.9 FM. “Milk and Honey” will inform the public on the Jewish perspective and rally the support of our friends. It exemplifies the morals and values of our Jewish leaders while encouraging dialogue and understanding on modern topics that impact the world. The program will shine a light on three main topics: Israel, anti-Semitism and Jewish culture. Each of these topics offers a vast array of ways to connect to you, our valued donors and community members. Each weekly show will be available as a downloadable podcast, which means that if you have Internet accessibility you can listen to the show even if you miss it in real time. During one episode a month we’ll feature a guest to talk about the Holocaust, including survivors, educators, and students who experienced the March of the Living mission. This month, you’ll hear experts in the field of combating anti-Semitism, a topic that is on many minds these days. We’re delighted to announce that our guest in February will be the former Prime Minister of Israel and the most decorated soldier in Israeli history,

Ehud Barak. You will not want to miss this incredible honor for our Sarasota-Manatee community. Host Jessi Sheslow, who serves as Director of Community Relations for The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, will interview guests with a discerning voice for the Jewish people. As a former television producer and lead professional within the Federation dealing with the Heller Israel Advocacy Initiative and the newly formed FAST (Fighting AntiJessi Sheslow Semitism Today) initiative, her skills will be well exercised. Now, more than ever, the topics of Israel, antiSemitism and Jewish culture are in need of being lifted up. Day after day they are being dragged through

the mud in the international media. We intend on educating, raising awareness and opening meaningful dialogue. We hope you will join us!

Why converting to Judaism was worth it to me

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FEDERATION NEWS

National Young Leadership Cabinet

By Dr. Josh Green

n technical terms, National Young strong representation in NYLC and, Leadership Cabinet (NYLC) is a over the past five years, 100 percent of network of young Jewish adults our cabinet members have held portfofrom across the U.S. and Canada who lios at the national level. are committed personally and finanThis past year, I was selected to be cially to be leaders within the Jewish the co-chair of National Young LeadFederation system. Some of the most ership of The Jewish Federations of highly regarded leaders in the Jewish North America, representing all 151 community today are Cabinet alumni, community Federations. My role has and many of the rising stars within the allowed me to be a voice for young Federation system are current memJewish adults at the national level of bers. Admission to NYLC requires inthe organization I care so much for. I volvement with your local Federation, have had the privilege to visit Jewish a nomination from your community, and an application and interview. The process is highly competitive and also requires a minimum annual gift of $5,000. In less technical terms, Cabinet is so much Dr. Josh Green with other members of the National Young more. Many members deLeadership Cabinet, including his wife Julie (to his right), and Simone Knego from Sarasota (second from right), scribe it as the most meanon their recent study mission to Bucharest, Romania ingful experience in their communities around the world to see lives, outside of family life. Cabinet the impact that our dollars have made. members attend an annual leadership I am grateful to be a member of development retreat where we learn National Young Leadership Cabinet, leadership skills and make new conand this year I am honored to serve as nections. We go on international study co-chair. I am proud that my Cabinet missions across the globe. We interact “chevre” and I have made a lasting imwith Jewish thought leaders and politipact in the lives of Jews locally, in Iscians throughout the year. But for me, rael, and around the world. I invite you the essence of Cabinet comes down to to join the ranks of some of the most the incredible relationships that I have charitable and passionate young leadmade with like-minded young philaners in the Jewish world. thropists from across North America. For more information about the NaI am so proud of the accomplishtional Young Leadership Cabinet, ments of our small but mighty contincontact Jessi Sheslow at jsheslow@ gent of Cabinet members. In the last jfedsrq.org. five years, Sarasota-Manatee has had

converting to Judaism...continued from page 1 Washington, D.C., I already knew that I wanted to convert to Judaism and that I wanted to raise a Jewish family. Long before I met my husband on JDate, I began reading about Jewish history and traditions. I attended services and made friends in the Jewish community. Shortly after meeting my husband, I decided to officially begin the conversion process and asked my rabbi for guidance. The choice was an easy one for me, but the process of becoming a Jew was a lengthy and challenging experience. During my studies, I found myself sometimes overwhelmed with the volume of information I needed to learn. Jewish leaders won’t just hand out conversion certificates. My rabbi gently guided me through a multi-year process. Yet, my conversion was mostly based on my unique, personal journey and was constructed around my own background and life experiences. I organized myself by creating projects and lesson plans, reading thousands of pages of required books, making note cards and timelines, and, with the help of a tutor, learning to read and write Hebrew. It was an all-encompassing journey filled with victories and triumphs. However, like all odysseys, it also included periods of frustration and disappointment. Often, I put undue pressure on myself. Finally, my rabbi felt I was ready for the written exam and beit din. The exam was a lengthy series of questions covering many areas of Judaism and Jewish life, including history, major figures, life cycles, holidays, vocabulary and more. After passing the exam, I moved on to the next step: the beit din or “rabbinic court.” For me, this was the most intimidating part of the process because I had to spend an hour with three rabbis who decided whether or not my conversion would be accepted by the Jewish community. The role of the beit din was to judge the sincerity of the convert, the true intentions of the convert, and the convert’s degree of knowledge. They asked me

about anti-Semitism, my views on Jesus, being a Jewish woman, if I would still celebrate the Christian holidays from my childhood, and much more. After a vigorous hour, the beit din accepted my conversion and signed my certificate. My conversion process culminated with the mikveh, or ritual bath. During my mikveh in the Gulf of Mexico, I was overcome with emotion as I emerged from the waters, reborn a Jew. I, similar to the Israelites, traveled far outside of my comfort zone, relentlessly studying, gaining a wealth of knowledge, and welcoming new traditions, rituals and customs. It was an emotional achievement. Converting to Judaism was designed to be challenging because the challenge is part of what molds one into becoming Jewish. Throughout history, Jews have overcome adversity after adversity, and they didn’t develop valuable skills and strengths by avoiding struggles. Or perhaps, the challenge was not designed to be an adversity, but rather a gift – a gift of deserving achievement. For, it is the journey, not the destination that makes us who we are. The Judaism journey has no endpoint – one never stops learning, evolving, and questioning the world around us. My conversion experience left me with a true sense of fulfillment because I earned my place in the Jewish community. I no longer have to explain why I feel Jewish. I am Jewish. Katie Callaluca-Sucherman is an entrepreneur and published travel writer who recently began a website and blog: www.passportplanner.com. She converted to Judaism and was married to Dr. Daniel Sucherman, in April 2015. We are delighted to have her as a featured columnist for The Jewish News. In the process of relocating to our Sarasota community, Katie welcomes your comments at katie@passportplanner.com. You can also comment directly to The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee by contacting Isaac Azerad at iazerad@jfedsrq.org.

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Holocaust Speakers Series: A story of friendship By Pieter Kohnstam

to remove the Star of David from our clothing and dye the fabric so that one could not see where they had been sewn. The next thing was a clever plan that Gerda devised. She would stage a mock fashion show in her Maastricht store. My mother would be the model and my father the fashion designer. He was an artist who had studied at the Bauhaus and was a very talented painter. I was to accompany Gerda as her son for this part of the trip. We walked separately to the rail-

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road station that would take us to Maastricht, having left all material things, friends and my maternal grandmother behind. Ad went ahead of us to purchase the train ticket for my father and, as he shook my father’s hand, he gave him the ticket and told him that Ruth and Pieter were safe with Gerda. On the train, I attempted to make eye contact with my mother, but Gerda saw and realized this. She immediately held and comforted me. We were stopped by the police and interrogated along the way but, thanks to my father’s meticulous artwork on our papers, we were able to proceed undetected.

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hough it was launched just two years ago, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee’s dWomen’s Giving Circle (Ma’agal gNashim in Hebrew) has helped hundreds of needy Jewish women and childdren in Israel. From providing food for -single mothers, to counseling for vicetims of rape and sexual abuse, to emergency and disaster relief in Ashkelon, ,generous, caring women in our community are truly making a difference. The idea for the Sarasota-Manatee l Women’s Giving Circle came from Ros Mazur and Karen Bernstein, both eactive philanthropists with Federation. In 2012, Ros had participated e ton a mission to Israel and Odessa, Ukraine, and was deeply moved by tthe needs of women and children she smet there, including Vera Parshchuekova, an 83-year-old Holocaust surnvivor who was bedridden and living -alone. When Ros returned, she told Karen about what she had seen and her sdesire to help. Karen had participated sin a Women’s Giving Circle in her na,tive Pittsburgh, explained the concept dto Ros and, together, with the help of

Federation, they brought the organization to life in our community. The concept is simple and effective, with each participant having an active voice. Membership requires an annual donation of $500. Throughout the year, overseas organizations benefiting Jewish women and/or children submit grant proposals, which are then reviewed and voted upon by the full membership. In 2014, Ma’agal Nashim’s inaugural year, 36 women participated, and $18,000 in grants were awarded to five Israeli agencies. In 2015, membership grew to 54 participants, with $25,000 in grants being awarded to ten agencies. “It is very exciting to be a part of Ma’agal Nashim,” says Karen. “It is a great way to be with like-minded women, and it is my hope that more women will join.” If you are interested in joining and making a difference in the lives of Jewish women and children in Israel and around the world, please contact Ros Mazur at BSBHigh18@gmail.com or 941.383.4893. The next meeting will take place in December.

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Upon our arrival in Maastricht, Gerda had made arrangements for us to stay with her store manager for the first night. Gerda then made arrangements with her underground contacts who took us across the border to Belgium that next day. So our flight began. For her heroism and having planned and come up with our first escape plan, and for having risked her own life, Gerda Leske deserves recognition. My wife Susan and I are very proud that Yad Vashem recognized her heroism with the Certificate as “Righteous Among the Nations.” As a small boy Pieter Kohnstam lived with his parents in an apartment in Amsterdam during World War II. By coincidence, one of their neighbors

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uring a recent trip to Israel, I developed a very friendly relationship with the chief historian at Yad Vashem. As a result, I was able to inform them of the German Christian woman named Gerda Leske, who was a good friend of my mother in Amsterdam from 1933-1942. Although my mother was a Montessori teacher, because of the antiPieter Kohnstam Semitic climate, she was not able to work as a teacher. She fortunately had a talent for designing clothes and jewelry, and made a connection with Gerda and Ad Leske, who owned several fashion stores. They would purchase my mother’s designs and, thus, she was able to earn some money. The families soon became good friends and the Leskes would often come to our apartment and bring us much needed supplies. Remember that Jewish people could not work and had to stand in long lines for monthly money vouchers to buy food that would only last a few days (and not one month as the regulations stipulated). In June of 1942, my parents received orders to report to a railroad station in Amsterdam in order to be sent to Westerbork, the Dutch transit station. After declining Otto Frank’s invitation to join them in hiding, my mother contacted Gerda. She immediately told us to come to her main shop in Amsterdam. We had to enter through the back door to avoid being detected or betrayed. The first thing that Gerda did was

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A portrait of a Jewish Federation member: Robert Brent By Marinna Okawa, Mimi and Joseph J. Edlin Journalism Intern

medical education does not end with a handshake, diploma and a new title. It is a lifelong journey filled with hard work and constant inquiry. An expert in the fields of radiation biology, developmental biology, embryology and teratology, Dr. Robert Brent MD, PhD, DSc, has embodied this attitude throughout his career in Marinna Okawa medicine as a researcher, writer, editor, professor and counselor, receiving numerous titles and awards for his efforts and accomplishments. In 1994, Brent was appointed as president of the first international Congress on Birth Defects in China. In 2000, he received the Robley Evans Medal, then the Taylor Lectureship in 2006 from the NCRP, the Dean’s Medal at Jefferson in 2007, and the

ic thing to me is the grandchildren of Nemours Award in 2008. Brent has applied his medical these families that were going to abort the pregnancy – that family would not knowledge in the military, conducting have had any grandchildren,” he says. radiation teratology studies as part of the Manhattan Project, and completCurrently, Brent divides his time ing an army tour at the Walter Reed living in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Army Institute of Research. He also and Sarasota, and works as an expert editor for the Health Physics Society served as the chairman of the Dept. of online, counseling pregnant women Pediatrics for almost 30 years at the Thomas Jefferson Univerand families who may have sity Medical School, and been exposed to possibly harmful substances. Brent has worked in the Louis and his wife, Lillian, supand Bess Stein Research port various organizations in Center there, as well as the Alfred I. duPont Hospital Sarasota, including sponsoring an annual concert by the for Children. He has also Curtis Institute of Music and published hundreds of arlocal synagogues. ticles and lectures. One of his most recent “We’re very in love with papers, entitled “Saving the people in the communiLives and Changing Fam- Robert and Lillian Brent ty,” he says. “We make a lot of acquaintances through our connecily Histories,” is frequently cited by tions with arts and cultural organizaobstetricians. Brent advises women on whether the risks of exposure would tions and The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee.” actually necessitate abortion, which Brent encourages the affordability are often very low. “The most dramat-

of education, and he and his wife have founded four scholarships at Jefferson University in addition to the Robert and Lillian Brent Giving Incentive Fund, which provides monetary funds in each of the Class of 2011 graduates’ accounts for five years. Brent also emphasizes the importance of Jewish education. All of his grandchildren speak Hebrew and attend Jewish day schools fulltime, which includes one to two years in Israel. He supports the expansion of a Jewish education program in Sarasota, similar to the larger academies he contributes to, such as the Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh. “We support Jewish day school education because it can provide a multilingual quality education that permits the students to know the history of the Jewish people,” he says. “It increases their likelihood of being accepted by quality university programs.”

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their faith. Tens of thousands of Jews ook at any Jewish periodical toleft Spain and went to Portugal in the day and you will read about antihope that they could live in freedom Semitism sweeping throughout Europe. The rise in Jew-hating began and peace. That reality was short-lived, in France and has now spread to Gerbecause in 1498, King Manuel I of many, the U.K. and Belgium. Much of Portugal promulgated the same law regarding Jews as existed this anti-Jewish sentiment is in Spain. Once again linked to the rise of Muslim immigrants in the countries the Jews packed their concerned and to an anti-Isbags and fled the land. This time, most of them rael sentiment that has spread went to Turkey. throughout Europe. Now, thousands of In the face of these attacks on Jews, Jewish houses of years later, both Spain and Portugal have worship and Judaism, what is passed laws leading happening today in Spain and to citizenship in their Portugal is most interesting and ever so gratifying. Both countries for families Rabbi Howard A. Simon whose ancestors once lived in their countries have taken a long, hard look lands. These laws affect many of the at their past relationship with Jewish 3.5 million Sephardic Jews living in citizens who once resided in their enthe world today. To qualify for citizenvirons and they have decided to make amends for what is now described as ship, one has to prove they had family members who once lived in Portugal or conduct hurtful to Jews and to Judaism. Spain. In March of this year, Jewish orIn 1492, Spain ordered all Jews ganizations in Lisbon and Porto, home to either convert to Catholicism, go into exile or be killed for practicing to most of the country’s 4,000 Jews,

were given the authority to start the process of citizenship for those who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity. Two countries are opening their doors to Jews. It is an apology for past conduct. It is admittance that antiSemitism is wrong. Jews should not be maligned because of their faith. They should be welcomed as citizens of a country. It makes one wonder. If two countries realize how correct it is for Jewish men, women and children to be a vital part of their land, why won’t other countries in Europe and throughout the world follow suit? If they did, just think what a better, improved, more welcoming world would exist. For more information about the Heller IAI, visit www.sarasotalovesisrael.com or contact Jessi Sheslow at jsheslow@ jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2109.

Israel Interfaith Mission groups share ice cream social By Rabbi Howard A. Simon

n August 9, members of our three Israel Interfaith Mission groups gathered together for an ice cream social get-together. It was a delight renewing acquaintances, catching up on all that is taking place in our busy lives, and sharing news of activities that have taken place since last we met. Our 2015 Mission group had the good fortune of seeing the 2013 mitzvah project of Modanit Omer, the afterschool shelter where our funds were used to secure an enlarged four-room space with a working kitchen and multiple bathrooms to be used by children in a facility that brings them comfort and safety. The 2013 Mission group joined

together to paint a church in Laurel as one of its local mitzvah projects. It was an experience that produced a newly-painted building, much laughter and a good deal of fun. The 2015 Mission group has chosen Shonim B’Yachad as its Israel mitzvah experience. All funds raised will be used to establish the curriculum in English, Hebrew and Arabic that will be used in the classrooms. Shonim B’Yachad, “Different Together,” is an educational project to endow the values of equality, tolerance, recognizing others and shared experiences. The Jew-

ish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee has offered to match up to $5,000 of all funds raised for this program. Contributions can be made to this project by calling Jeremy Lisitza at 941.343.2113. The afternoon ended with everyone joining for a group picture and promising to get together soon for another reunion. Those in attendance gave clear testimony to the validity of the Hebrew adage, “How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to gather together.”

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We’ve got an app for that! Local Jewish teens coordinate youth programs and events

By Andrea Eiffert

ou responded and we listened! We asked you: “What do regional Jewish teens need that is not being provided through current programming and outreach?” Youth professionals and clergy resoundingly responded that we lack a teen “headquarters” for information about all things fun and Jewish in our community. While it’s true that many events and activities are planned, it’s difficult to reach Jewish teens in one easy way. Consequently, youth groups are simultaneously scheduling events for the same dates and times, and inadvertently competing with each other’s

programs when the intent was to welcome and reach out to all teens in all programs. Thanks to Federation volunteer Allison Juceam, a new mobile application called SM Jewish Teens is live and ready for you to download. This free app offers an interactive calendar, program information, links to social media sites and much more. Now, when you turn to your friends and ask, “What’s going on this weekend?” you will actually know. And, by clicking on a specific event of interest, you’ll be able to view the event details, register, add it to your personal cal-

Tikkun Olam Club seeks Jewish teens! By Elinor Sevy

eing a part of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee and dedicating our time to help others is what the Tikkun Olam (TKO) Club is all about. This new community service club is open to Jewish high school teens from Sarasota and Manatee counties. Earn community service hours and Elinor Sevy have fun with your friends! Events are planned to ensure that we help others in our community. The first event is Bingo Night, Sunday, October 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Kobernick House, 1959 Honore Ave., Sarasota. Come play some bingo with residents and touch some lives with your energy and enthusiasm!

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So many in our community need help, and by supporting them, we’ll make the TKO Club a success. Besides Bingo Night, there are three more projects that will be scheduled throughout the year. In December, JFCS and The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee are working together to help purchase holiday gifts for adoptive families and we need your help to find some special gifts for very special people. For the following project, in February, we’re looking for teen volunteers to create Purim cards and decorate masks for participants in the JFCS SOS (Senior Outreach Services) program. The last project, in April, is Art Day. Volunteers will create a painting to give to JFCS SOS participants. For more information about the TKO Club, contact Andrea Eiffert at 941.552.6308 or aeiffert@jfedsrq.org.

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Where are they now? By Sarah Genn

was a member of a Young Ambassadors trip to Israel in the summer of 2008. I recall that this was the first trip I had taken without my parents. It was a big step for me and maybe an even bigger one for them, and I’m thankful to The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee for giving me the opportunity. Before Young Ambassadors, I never had any aspiration to visit Israel. Young Ambassadors allowed me to experience Israel firsthand and broaden my knowledge of Judaism along with my peers. It was quite a rare opportunity to experience something so organic and novel at such a young age. Now,

seven years later, I often think about how I cannot wait to return and have the opportunity to appreciate all that Israel has to offer me as an adult. Since my Young Ambassadors trip, I graduated from the IB program at Riverview High School, and then graduated in 2014 from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I am now a registered nurse at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on a surgical trauma unit. I love everything big-city life has to offer but miss Sarasota from time to time, and I’m looking forward to my vacation back home in October!

Sarah Genn (right) on her 2008 trip to Israel

he Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee is beginning a new monthly column in The Jewish News, featuring articles about what has become of the hundreds of students who have been recipients of scholarships, grants and Federationsponsored programs through the years. Inquiring minds want to know! The Federation and its supporters want to know about your Jewish life and all the things that you are doing now as adults. Did your trip to Israel at age 16 inspire you to make Aliyah? Did learning about tikkun olam in Communiteen lead you to become a healthcare professional or non-profit worker? Are you now a lawyer or lobbyist because you loved attending Panim el Panim in Washington, D.C.? Tell us about it! Send your article (200-250 words) along with the following details to Andrea Eiffert at aeiffert@jfedsrq.org: What Federation-sponsored program/scholarship were you a par-

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ticipant in or a recipient of? Please provide some insight as to how you got involved in the program, what it meant to you, and if it had any impact on your connection to Judaism, Israel or your community. What have you been doing since then? Please include college attended, extracurricular activities or internships that have paved the way to where you are now. What are you doing now? Tell us about your job, chosen career or future goals. Please email two (2) high resolution photos – one “then” photo and one “now” photo – of you. Please make sure to write your name on each photo. For more information, please contact Andrea Eiffert at 941.552.6308 or aeiffert@jfedsrq.org.

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October 2015

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PJ Library: An invitation to family fun! By Federation Staff

he Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee and PJ Library are proud to partner with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Community Foundation of Sarasota, Temple Sinai, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanu-El, Chabad of Sarasota and the Goldie Feldman Academy to bring young families an inspired variety of programming to fit their interests, needs and purse strings. PJ Library, a Jewish family engagement program, invites families of children ages six months through eight years to subscribe and receive one age-appropriate book or music CD per month. Best of all? It’s absolutely free, with no strings attached. But that’s just

one perk of being a PJ Library subscriber. You’ll be invited to attend family programs and events throughout the year and receive a monthly newsletter keeping you up to date on local happenings, Jewish parenting tips, and what books your child can expect to receive in the mail. The most important perk of this one-of-a-kind program is the organic connections and friendships that you’ll form with other PJ families through your involvement and participation. Below you’ll find a few of the collaborative programs we have planned for the coming year: Thursday, October 22, 2015 The Shabbat Project Sarasota

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hat an incredible experience I had this summer! I recently returned from the Alexander Muss High School in Israel. This six-week program allowed me to immerse myself in social, cultural and recreational activities unique to Israel. I had an opportunity to learn about Jewish history with renowned educators and to travel all over the country. On one of the Sundays I was there, our group spent a very intense day studying the Holocaust. We learned the causes of Hitler’s rise to power, the Nazi ideology, and the step-by-step process of implementing that ideology. Many issues came up for discussion and analysis as we and our teachers attempted to understand the “final solution.” We met a Holocaust survivor named Rina Quint, who recounted the grim story about her family getting sent to Treblinka, an extermination camp in Poland. Fortunately, she survived, was adopted, and eventually moved to the United States where she continues to

educate young people about her experience. We also visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, where we learned about Jewish resistance to the Nazis in the ghettos and camps. During this program I lived in dorms with four other teens and socialized with many of the 250 participating students. This was truly a meaningful experience that has enriched me both mentally and spiritually, and inspired me to think about Israel and my Jewish heritage with new insight. I’m eager to pass on this newfound passion to my friends in the Sarasota-Manatee community. I’d like to thank Jewish National Fund, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, my parents and especially my mother, Orna Nissan, for providing this incredible opportunity. Am Yisrael chai! Daniel Nissan is 16 and attends Riverview High School in Sarasota.

Daniel Nissan (in sunglasses) with colleagues during his summer in Israel

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By Marden Paru, Dean, Sarasota Liberal Yeshiva he very first mitzvah in the Torah – Be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28) – and all that it implies, is a major area of discussion in the Talmud. The rabbis were very interested in sex; their recorded statements and pronouncements prove that. The emphasis placed on creating families is not only a major theme in the Tanach, the Holy Scriptures, but in the Oral Law as well. It is well known that the Torah includes many specific laws and stories about sex, which we reviewed in an earlier Yeshiva class, but not to the extent of the Talmud. This classical work goes into much greater detail, and we would like to share this learning with you. In Tractate Nedarim, Chapter 9, for example, we discover that there is a physical ideal for women. Rabbi Yishmael said: “The daughters of Israel are beautiful, but poverty makes them ugly.” You have to study this issue further to grasp the full understanding of physical beauty and its impact on marriage and family life. Sex is beautiful in Judaism, and an obligation. The Talmud states how often married couples should have sex. In Ketubot 61b, the guidelines are based on the husband’s occupation. If he travels, there is a minimum frequency; if he is local, he must engage in sex more often and always on Shabbat, the day of rest. Also husbands must perform whenever the wife initiates sexual activity, a mitzvah not too well understood. The rationale is always to create families.

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Jewish Club at Lakewood Ranch hosts Holocaust remembrance event By Leonard Drexler

n August 16, the Jewish Club at Lakewood Ranch hosted its first Holocaust remembrance event. More than 50 Lakewood Ranch residents, their families and guests convened at the St. Petersburg Holocaust Museum for a two-hour, docentled tour. For many who attended, this was their first visit to any Holocaust

museum, which made the trip especially important. The highlight of the trip was a presentation by Holocaust survivor Mary Wygodski. At 90 years old, she gave a harrowing and inspiring personal story of her near-death experiences and survival. Her message was clear: “Evil did not have the last word.”

Following the tour, the group had lunch where robust discussion ensued. In addition to keeping memories of the Holocaust alive, the event fulfilled the mission of the club to offer social, cultural and educational opportunities

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with an Employment Consultant and a Financial Counselor, and the children attend school or daycare. Volunteers provide a daily support system to help transition the families back into the community, keeping families together during this time. ABC7 celebrated the winners at an awards luncheon at Michael’s On East on July 30. “Our seven honorees personify the spirit of volunteerism and have made invaluable contributions to the Suncoast community,” said Jeff Benninghoff, Vice President of Broadcast and General Manager at ABC7. Nancy is well known within the Family Promise Program for her tireless efforts on behalf of homeless families, and truly embodies the spirit of tikkun Felicia Servetz, Nancy Levine, and Max Winitz of ABC7 (photos courtesy RGB Media Services, LLC) olam.

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r sBy Marcia Polevoi he Sarasota Jewish Chorale has a small but mighty Tenor/Bass/ n Baritone section. These men tand one woman all have a deep regard rfor the music they sing and great devo-tion to the SJC. Bruce Feldman, for exoample, has been with the Chorale since its inception. e Bruce, who sings bass, winters sin Siesta Key and spends summers in Pittsburgh. He joined the Chorale when it first came into being after its founder, AArlene Stolnitz, placed a small ad in gthe newspaper, looking for singers. He has enjoyed these years with the Cholrale, from its struggling beginnings to ythe recognition it has gained during the dpast years. Bruce also plays golf, goes efishing and plays bridge along with his -wife. One tenor, Ken Kaye, because he lhas eye problems, uses a notebook light fto help him see his music. He had sung ywith several choruses in Sarasota, but Afound that he could do better with the rSJC. He retired to Sarasota after selling fhis shoe store in St. Albans, Vermont. Ken also got politically involved in St. Albans, serving as mayor and serving on the Vermont state liquor board. He loves singing and will continue as long as he can. Our lone woman tenor, Priscilla Shore, was a major force in the SJC’s beginnings and was the original accompanist. She graduated college with la degree in music education and has -taught piano for many years. Priscilla sang alto, too, until she felt it was a strain for her voice and she became a tenor. She is active in the Sarasota musical community because of her excellent ability as an accompanist. Alan Rothman, who hails from Philadelphia, joined the SJC because his cousin, Priscilla (our tenor), suggested that he check it out. He has been with the group since 2011. Alan had sung in various temple choirs before his move to Sarasota in 2009. He and his wife play clarinet in the Ven-

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The Sarasota Jewish Chorale will rehearse every Thursday evening during October. The chorus performs widely throughout the area in synagogues, schools, churches and other venues. We welcome people of all faiths who love the joy of singing to contact Susan Skovronek at 941.355.8011 regarding attending a rehearsal. Rehearsals, under the direction of Linda Stewart Tucker, are held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Hecht Building on the Federation Campus, 580 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. Visit our website at www.sarasotajewishchorale.org or check us out on Facebook. For bookings, please call Phyllis Lipshutz at 941.924.6717.

Youths in grades 3-5 are invited to Temple Beth Sholom (1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota) from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., to enjoy pizza, dessert and games in our sukkah on campus. Celebrate Sukkot with the Chalutzim, a youth group that holds events throughout the year. Temple affiliation not required. Cost: $5. For more information, please contact Kelly at 941.955.8121 or knester@templebethsholomfl.org.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Rhythm & Jews Erev Shabbat Service Join Rabbi Huntting, Chazzan Abramson, friends and neighbors at 6:00 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota. Come and hear the Bruno Family Musicians as they join the rabbi and chazzan for an uplifting service with a variety of traditional, Israeli, Sephardic and Chasidic melodies. For more information, call the temple office at 941.924.1802.

“Shabbat Live” – a musical service Join the Temple Beth El family as we start the new “Shabbat Live” monthly music season by celebrating Sukkot. Stay for our oneg under the stars in the TBE sukkah. The service begins at 7:30 p.m. at 4200 32nd Street West, Bradenton. For more information, call the synagogue office at 941.755.4900, Tuesday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

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Jeremiah began to prophesy in a period of religious reforms when the people were turning back to God. There was a shift in power as the rise of the Babylonian empire came to a head. Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem and was victorious. The people of Judaea were carried off to captivity. Never before had empires shifted so powerfully! Never before had the Temple been destroyed! Jewish destiny changed from a people in a Promised Land to a people away from their homeland. In spite of the times, what sets Jeremiah apart was not when he lived but rather how he lived. This text-based course requires a Tanach/Bible. Instructor: Marden Paru; Fee $50.

ISRAEL 2015 Tuesdays 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Starting October 13 (Eight weeks) This new class will address the pressing issues and concerns that are the most discomfiting —given the massive amount of anti-Israelism that is reported in the media. Love of Israel is not enough going forward. We need to study and become more knowledgeable about all aspects of Israel and Israeli life—the negatives as well as the positives—so we can engage in conversation with accuracy and from strength. We are often called upon to defend the Jewish homeland as its representatives abroad. Keeping up with knowing Israel of 2015 is intended to help participants feel more secure and better equipped to discern fact from propaganda in the fast-moving conditions Israel faces. Your questions will be addressed in this seminar. Instructor: Marden Paru; Fee $50.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 Third-Grade Consecration and Simchat Torah All are welcome at 6:00 p.m. to participate in Simchat Torah and the ThirdGrade Consecration, where the Paver Religious School students of Goldie Feldman Academy are welcomed to their formal religious studies. This free program, which includes the Simchat Torah service, music and oneg, takes place at Temple Beth Sholom, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. The community is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Kelly at 941.955.8121 or knester@templebethsholomfl.org.

Soup, Salads & Simchat Torah at Chabad of Venice No words can accurately describe this party. It is a celebration you must witness to believe. Joyous, energetic and cool are some of the terms we have heard being used but “be there” is the best description we can think of. Come Horah with the Torah as we enjoy Hakafot, singing and dancing with the Torah! There will be Special Family Torah Dancing for children at 6:00 p.m. The main event begins at 7:00 p.m. at Chabad of Venice, 2169 S. Tamiami Trail. For more information, contact Rabbi Sholom Schmerling at 941.493.2770 or info@chabadofvenice.com.

Simchat Torah celebration at Chabad of Bradenton Enjoy Hakafot dancing with the Torah, a buffet dinner, flags and Torahs for the children, and lots of merriment on this joyous holiday. The celebration begins at 7:30 p.m. at The Chabad House, 5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton. Free; donations appreciated. For more information, contact Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at 941.752.3030 x3 or info@chabadofbradenton.com.

Simchat Torah Hakafot at Chabad of Sarasota Feel the joy of Simchat Torah! Chabad of Sarasota’s Simchat Torah celebration will include lots of fun for the kids, and joy for the adults. Dancing and a delectable oneg will follow the 7:30 p.m. service at Chabad of Sarasota, 7700 Beneva Road. This annual celebration is free of charge and open for the entire community. For more information, call 941.925.0770.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 Extraordinary Holocaust Films The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism invites you to a screening of America and the Holocaust – Deceit and Indifference (documentary, 1988, 90 min.) at 2:00 p.m. at Unity, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota. Complex social and political factors shaped America’s response to the Holocaust, from “Kristallnacht” through the liberation of the death camps. For a short time, the U.S. had an opportunity to open its doors, but instead erected a bureaucratic maze that prevented most Jewish refugees from entering the country. A post-film discussion will be facilitated by Irene Mirkovic, Florida Holocaust Museum docent and Lifelong Learning Academy instructor. Register by Friday, October 2 for one or all four films. The cost for non-CHJ members is $5 per film or $15 for all four. For more information, call 941.929.7771 or visit chj-Sarasota.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 STEP Teen Chugim Series: Cooking Jr. Chefs, aka students, will learn safe practices in the kitchen, authentic Jewish and Israeli recipes, and the history of how the successful techniques of world-class chocolatiers made their way to Israel. Enjoy the fruits of your labor: eat what you cook and bring home the recipes to make these delicious and fun dishes over and over again with your family and friends. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Temple Sinai Kitchen, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota. Cost: $75 for the 3-part series; $15 materials fee. The series continues on Wednesdays, October 21 and November 4. To RSVP or for more information, contact Andrea Eiffert at aeiffert@jfedsrq.org or 941.552.6308.

Temple Emanu-El “Lunch with the Rabbi” Are you looking for a great lunch date? Join Rabbi Brenner Glickman and nice, friendly, interesting companions for lunch, socializing and discussion of current events and subjects of Jewish interest. All are invited to this free, popular, stimulating and enjoyable program at noon at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. Attendees are asked to bring a brown-bag lunch and are also welcome to bring a newspaper article for discussion. Homemade dessert and terrific company are provided! For more information, call the temple office at 941.371.2788.

The Original Brown Bag, with Rabbi Huntting Bring your lunch and come for this casual gathering at noon at Temple Sinai, 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota. The discussion on current events is determined by those present. For more information, call the temple office at 941.924.1802.

“The Eternal Consequences of the Balfour Declaration” Much like the Gettysburg Address, a brief writing can impact the world for generations to come. Such is the case of the simply-written, short Balfour Declaration that brought hope and help to the Jewish people and also set some of the non-Jewish world on fire for the exact same reason. History is our ever-present teacher, offering insights and information we cannot afford to miss or dismiss! Come learn our Jewish history lessons with us. Join us at 5:30 p.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5910 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy kosher foods with vegan options, and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

If your highlight of the week for the past 30 years has been bridge with the “girls,” what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If you’re Connie, Leona and Millie, you dare to “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game. What happens next becomes the wildest, craziest, most hilarious night of your life.

“Jews in the Civil Rights Movement” Leslie Kelen, Executive Director of the Center for Documentary Expression and Art, will speak about the role of Jews in the Civil Rights Movement. Kelen oversaw the creation of the exhibition This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, currently on display at The Florida Holocaust Museum. Kelen will present “Into Uncharted Waters: Jews in the Civil Rights Movement” at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. This free program is presented through the generous support of Jan & Craig Sher and Debbie & Brent Sembler, with additional support from the Boxser Diversity Initiative. RSVP required at 727.820.0100 x301.

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SaBra Chapter of Hadassah meeting Join us at 11:30 a.m. in the Zell room on the Federation Campus (580 McIntosh Rd., Sarasota) as we welcome Sandy Chase who will talk about her book, The Resolutionary War. No one anticipates the startling revelations and upheavals that follow when one group shares their resolutions. Copies will be available and Sandy will sign your copy. A light lunch will be served. Suggested donation: $5. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to Nancy Mizrahi at 941.923.1790 by Monday, October 5. For more information, contact Lee at 941.924.1338 or lruggles.sabra@gmail.com.

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The Perlman Music Program PRESENTS

PMP Alumni: In Concert Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 3 pm Sarasota Opera House

Different proctors will explore God, Torah and Israel as the focus of Jewish thought throughout history and the difficult challenges presented to Jewish thinkers. “Is an all-powerful God still tenable?” “What was the purpose of Jewish practices and customs, given the increasing number of autonomous Jews?” “Can Jews still justify the notion of a ‘chosen people’?” Everyone is welcome to this lecture series which takes place on Thursdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. Cost: free for temple members; $40 for nonmembers. Advance registration is required. Bring a dairy lunch. Please contact the temple office at 941.955.8121 to register or for more information.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 “Abraham Lincoln Loved the Jews!” Join us for a delightful brunch and opportunity to hear the words of an American president who truly loved the Jews and showed it! This program will make you happy and proud of the 16th President of the United States and of the Jewish people, for whom Lincoln had an abiding affection. About restoring the Jews to their national home in Palestine, Lincoln stated that this was “a noble dream and one shared by many Americans.” Thus, Lincoln was a Zionist! Join us at 11:30 a.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5910 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy kosher foods with vegan options, and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

Temple Emanu-El Family Simchat Torah Service

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Celebrate Simchat Torah with your family. This joyful holiday, which celebrates the completion of the cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of a new year of Torah portions, will be observed with festive spirit at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. We will pray, sing, dance with the Torah scrolls throughout the temple building, unroll an entire Torah scroll around the sanctuary, and consecrate our newest students. All are welcome to this happy and celebratory service for all ages. For more information, call the temple office at 941.371.2788.

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Jewish and interfaith families are warmly invited to celebrate Shabbat and the blessings of nature. Join us at 10:30 a.m. in the beautiful natural setting of Crowley Nature Center (16405 Myakka Road, Sarasota) to enjoy the play area, a nature-inspired craft, a yummy bagel breakfast, and age-appropriate Shabbat prayers, songs, movement, and a story with Rabbi Brenner Glickman. Although Tot Shabbat is designed for families with children ages 1-6, all are invited. Sponsored by Temple Emanu-El and The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. For more information, contact Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman at 941.379.1997, or Liana Sheintal Bryant at lianasheintal@aol.com.

CHJ Shabbat service & speaker The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism presents Suzanne Cunningham Dickie, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, who will present “The Affordable Care Act: The Law & Some Recent Developments” at 10:30 a.m. at Unity, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota. Upon retirement, Suzanne and her husband moved to Bradenton, where she has been active with the Democratic Party, Florida League of Women Voters’ Speaker Bureau, and is the 2014-2015 chair of the LWV-Manatee Health Committee. She is a member of the Manatee Healthcare Alliance and a participant in County Health Assessment. For more information, call 941.929.7771 or visit chj-Sarasota.org.

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Prospective members and guests are invited to meet Rabbi Harold Caminker, Cantor Marci Vitkus and Jewish Congregation of Venice members at noon at JCV, 600 N. Auburn Rd. Learn about JCV services, programs and activities. Light lunch included. No charge, but reservations requested. Call the JCV office at 941.484.2022 or email jcvenice2@gmail.com.

Join us at 7:00 p.m. in the Zell Room on the Federation Campus (580 McIntosh Rd., Sarasota) for “Tips for Writing the College Essay.” This free course is designed for students in grades 8-12 and their families. To RSVP or for more information, contact Andrea Eiffert at aeiffert@jfedsrq.org or 941.552.6308.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 Torah Tots Join other parents, grandparents and caregivers as we explore the child’s world through story, song, cooking, crafts and circle time. Torah Tots encourages multi-sensory experiences that stimulate emerging language, motor development, socialization and bonding between parent and child. Explore child-rearing from a Jewish perspective, participate in group activities, and learn Jewish customs that will enhance this unique time in your toddler’s life in these formative years. Torah Tots takes place from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at The Chabad House, 5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton. Suggested donation: $6. For more information, contact Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at 941.752.3030 x3 or info@chabadofbradenton.com.

Kehillah of Lakewood Ranch L’chaim Mondays The Kehillah of Lakewood Ranch introduces monthly L’chaim Mondays get-togethers. Join us for programs on diverse topics that will engage, educate and entertain. Tonight’s program at 7:00 p.m. at The Windsor (8220 Natures Way, Lakewood Ranch), will be led by Cantor Aaron Marcus. Join us for a fun-filled evening of Yiddish songs. No charge; donations appreciated. For more information, please call 941.281.2587 or email info@kehillahoflakewooranch.org.

“The Jewish Condition Under Muslim Rule: 750 CE - Present” Jews fared under the control of Muslim rulers for centuries of Jewish life. While rumors, myths and facts are easily intermingled, it is critical to understand the long-term relationships that Jews and Muslims have held across time and place. Learn the important facts of Jewish fates in Muslim hands through film clips, maps, contemporary accounts, group discussions and narratives. Join us at 5:30 p.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5910 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy kosher foods with vegan options, and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

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Mitzvah Knitting Group at Temple Emanu-El Are you a knitter or crocheter interested in using your talent to brighten the lives of others while making new friends? If so, please come to the Mitzvah Knitting Group sponsored by Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. We gather monthly to craft and socialize, and our beautiful handiwork has been donated to local new parents as well as needy families in SarasotaManatee and in Israel. Bring your needles or crochet hook and a favorite pattern – we’ll supply the yarn and great company! This free event begins at 10:00 a.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. For more information, email Susan Bernstein at susanhope22@comcast.net.

Fall term begins Oct. 19th at several convenient Sarasota/Manatee locations. For detailed course information visit: www.PSAsrq.org, e-mail: info@PSAsrq.org or call: 716-2471

Extraordinary Holocaust Films The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism invites you to a screening of Imaginary Witness – Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary, 2004, 92 min.) at 2:00 p.m. at Unity, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota. The film, directed by Daniel Anker and narrated by Gene Hackman, examines the treatment of the Holocaust in Hollywood films over a period of sixty years and the impact of the films on public perception and thinking. A postfilm discussion will be facilitated by Irene Mirkovic, Florida Holocaust Museum docent and Lifelong Learning Academy instructor. Register by Friday, October 2 for one or all four films. The cost for non-CHJ members is $5 per film or $15 for all four. For more information, call 941.929.7771 or visit chj-Sarasota.org.

Cteen InJoy Teens are invited to join us at 7:00 p.m. at The Chabad House (5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton) for the Cteens second get-together, themed to InJoy. Debate the pursuit of happiness – joy vs. fun – in connection with the Jewish holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Act as a humanitarian partner and bring joy to “Children of Chernobyl,” and participate in fabulous activities such as recording Jewish music at a recording studio. Cteen’s mission is to give teens three things: Jewish Network, Jewish Identity, Jewish Values. This is an opportunity that no Jewish teenager should miss, and there’s plenty of room for all their friends as well! Cost: $180 per teen for annual Cteen membership. For more information, contact Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at 941.752.3030 x3 or info@chabadofbradenton.com.

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Thursday, November 12, 2015 AFTERNOON SEMINARS Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee • 580 McIntosh Road $18 per person* • Light snacks will be served.

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About Dr. Kenneth Stein Dr. Stein is recognized world-wide as a leading expert on Israel and the Middle East. Since 1977, Dr. Stein has taught modern Middle Eastern History and Political Science at Emory University, with a focus on the history and politics of modern Israel, the modern Arab world, and American foreign policy toward the region. Dr. Stein was also President Jimmy Carter’s chief advisor on Middle Eastern affairs from 1983-1993. In this capacity, Dr. Stein planned and choreographed President Carter’s three visits to the Middle East in March 1983, March 1987, and March 1990.

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JFCS Holocaust Survivors’ Havurah Sponsored by

All survivors are invited to attend these monthly gatherings of friendship, camaraderie and support. Enjoy a light nosh and a lively discussion. The group meets from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at Kobernick House, 1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. This month’s conversation topic is “This is What is On My Heart.” This is a multi-agency event sponsored by JFCS of the Suncoast, Inc., Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee and the Claims Conference of Germany. To RSVP or for more information, contact Jan Alston at 941.366.2224 x172 or jalston@jfcs-cares.org.

Cteen at Chabad of Venice Sponsored by

Cteen is a Jewish teen club that compacts exhilarating fun and meaningful projects into a program that’s thrilling and uniting. Cteen events happen at least monthly, but the moments last a lifetime. The impact is magnificent, the experience priceless. Join us for the next free event at 6:00 p.m. at Chabad of Venice, 2169 S. Tamiami Trail. Cteen is sponsored by a grant from The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. For more information, contact Chaya Rivka Schmerling at 941.493.2770 or rivka@chabadofvenice.com.

Hadassah Associates lecture and dinner Paul Bartrop, PhD, Professor of History, and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, will present “Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans and Survivors.” Resistance in the Shoah took many forms, both active and passive, involving Jews, non-Jews and even Nazis. It embraced activities ranging from combat to rescue, and everything in between. We will examine a number of case studies. This talk is based on material in Dr. Bartrop’s forthcoming book with the same title. Join us at 4:30 p.m. at the Community Foundation of Sarasota, 2635 Fruitville Rd. (just west of Tuttle), Sarasota. Very light snacks will be served. At 6:00 p.m. we will have dinner at The Meadows Country Club at your own expense. Please send a $5 Hadassah donation (your reservation) to Bart Levenson, 4748 Windsor Pk., Sarasota, FL 34235 and indicate how many for dinner. For more information, please call 941.371.2872 or email bartlev@comcast.net.

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STEP Teen TKO Club: Bingo night with Kobernick residents Be part of this new Community Service Club where you will meet Jewish teens, earn community service hours and have a blast! Join us at 6:30 p.m. at Kobernick House (1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota) and serve snacks, draw numbers, and assist residents for a fun night of Bingo. Free for Jewish teens from Sarasota and Manatee counties. To RSVP or for more information, contact Andrea Eiffert aeiffert@jfedsrq.org or 941.552.6308.

Chabad of Sarasota Club 770 Men’s Club breakfast The breakfast will feature Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz answering participants’ questions at an “Ask the Rabbi” session. This is a great opportunity to get the answers to questions about Judaism that you’ve always wanted to know. Enjoy the best kosher breakfast in Sarasota, including scrambled eggs and onions, whitefish salad, bagels, lox and cream cheese, followed by the program. Men and women welcome. The event begins at 9:00 a.m. at Chabad of Sarasota, 7700 Beneva Road. Cost: $7 for Club 770 members; $10 for nonmembers. RSVP by October 11 at 941.925.0770 or info@ chabadofsarasota.com.

JCV Men’s Club breakfast meeting The Jewish Congregation of Venice Men’s Club invites men and women to hear Howard Tevlowitz, Executive Director of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, speak on “The State of the Jewish World” at 9:30 a.m. at JCV, 600 N. Auburn Rd., Venice. The cost of $7 includes a full breakfast. RSVP to the JCV Office at 941.484.2022.

Learning with Rabbi Werbow Visit Temple Beth Sholom (1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota) monthly on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. for Learning with Rabbi Werbow. This Sunday, Rabbi Werbow will explore “I’m spiritual, not religious. How about you?” No cost. For more information, please call the temple office at 941.955.8121 or email knester@templebethsholomfl.org.

Jewish War Veterans Brunch Meeting Jewish War Veterans, Sarasota Post 172, will hold its first monthly Brunch Meeting of the 2015-16 season at Temple Beth Sholom, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. We begin at 9:45 a.m. with a lox and bagel breakfast/brunch, costing $7 per person. Our guest speaker will be Paul Molnar, a Holocaust survivor of two different Nazi war camps. We encourage spouses/significant others to accompany the veteran as this program should prove particularly interesting to all. Post 172 is open to any Jewish service man/woman who has been honorably discharged from any branch of the Armed Forces. For further information, or for directions to the temple, please contact Stan Levinson, Commander, at 941.907.6720 or stanlevinson172@gmail.com.

Dinner and a Movie with Rabbi Huntting Temple Sinai invites you to attend the first in a series of Dinner and Documentary Films and Discussions with Rabbi Geoffrey Huntting. A Nation Reborn 1947-1948 will be screened at 5:00 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota. Cost: $25 for temple members; $35 for guests. Advanced tickets sales only; no walk-ins. To RSVP or for more information, call 941.388.9624.

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JEWISH HAPPENINGS MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Kehillah of Lakewood Ranch Book Review

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Join us for a review of the Pulitzer Prize-winner All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. at Esplanade Golf & Country Club, Amenity Center, 5240 Esplanade Boulevard, Lakewood Ranch. No charge; donations appreciated. For more information, call 941.281.2587 or email info@kehillahoflakewooranch.org.

“Footprints and Fingerprints of the Jews of Palestine: 637 CE - 1948” The Jewish presence in Palestine throughout history is frequently debated and often falsely represented to the public. Therefore, it is imperative to know the facts about the courageous Jews who held the Holy Land for all Jews in their hands from generation to generation. They staked their claims and held fast to their rights to live in the Promised Land. Come learn about the “carbon footprint” of Jews in Palestine! Join us at 5:30 p.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5910 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy kosher foods with vegan options, and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

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This is an opportunity for singles and couples to meet new and old friends. Join us at 6:00 p.m. at Carmel Kitchen & Wine Bar, 8433 Cooper Creek Blvd., Bradenton. There will be a cash bar and light snacks. To RSVP or for more information, contact Jeremy Lisitza at 941.343.2113 or jlisitza@jfedsrq.org, or visit www.jfedsrq.org/ events.aspx.

Torah & Tea Join Chanie Bukiet in her home on Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m. to noon for a weekly dose of delicious tea and refreshments spiced with thoughts on women in the Torah and roundtable discussions. Cost: free; sponsor a class in someone’s memory or honor for $25. For more information or to RSVP, contact Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at 941.752.3030 x3 or info@ chabadofbradenton.com.

“ORT Welcomes Kobernick with Music” Singing makes people happy. Sing and be happy with us when the GulfsidePalm ORT chapter presents pianist/vocalist Betty Comora as she leads the “ORT Welcomes Kobernick with Music” program at 1:30 p.m. at Kobernick House, 1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. ORT members and guests are invited. For more information and to RSVP, contact Kim Sheintal at 941.921.1433 or klapshein@aol.com.

Extraordinary Holocaust Films The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism invites you to a screening of Paper Clips (documentary, 2004, 84 min.) at 2:00 p.m. at Unity, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota. The film tells the story of the Paper Clips Project, by middle school students from the small southeastern Tennessee town of Whitwell, who created a monument for the Holocaust victims. It started in 1998 as a simple 8th-grade project to study other cultures, and then evolved into one gaining worldwide attention. A post-film discussion will be facilitated by Irene Mirkovic, Florida Holocaust Museum docent and Lifelong Learning Academy instructor. Register by Friday, October 2 for one or all four films. The cost for non-CHJ members is $5 per film or $15 for all four. For more information, call 941.929.7771 or visit chj-Sarasota. org.

JWC Paint & Sip Join the Jewish Women’s Circle for its JWC Kickoff Party. Under the guidance of a “Let’s Create Art” teacher and a glass of wine, you’ll unleash your inner artist as you create a piece of art. The event takes place from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Let’s Create Art, Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Cost: $45; $5 discount for JWC members; supplies included. RSVP to chaniebukiet@ gmail.com or online at www.chabadofbradenton.com. Space is limited. For more information, call 941.752.3030.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 Idelson Library and TBS Sisterhood Book Review In observance of Jewish Book Month, the Idelson Library and Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood are jointly presenting a review of Kristin Hannah’s book, The Nightingale. Esta Snider will lead the review. This free event is open to the public and begins at 1:15 p.m. in the Temple Beth Sholom Band-Desenberg Memorial Chapel, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. Light Refreshments will be served. For more information, please call the temple office at 941.955.8121 or email knester@templebethsholomfl.org.

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JEWISH HAPPENINGS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

PJ Library Parent Workshop: Shabbat Project Sarasota, Women’s Challah Bake Sponsored by

Learn the secrets of great-tasting challah and the beauty of tradition as women from all denominations of Judaism create scratch loaves of challah in this hands-on workshop. Bake a loaf to share and some to bring home to your family! Kosher wines, savory dips and delectable desserts provided. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. at Chabad of Sarasota, 7700 Beneva Rd. If you are a parent enrolled in PJ Library, this event is free. To RSVP or for more information, contact Andrea Eiffert at aeiffert@jfedsrq.org or 941.552.6308. (This event is co-sponsored by the N’shei Chabad Women’s Circle and is also open to women and girls age 10 and older. The cost is $18 per guest; $10 for N’shei members; free for Rebbetzin Circle members. For further information or to make reservations – by October 15 – email info@chabadofsarasota.com or call the Chabad office at 941.925.0770.)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 Shalom Baby Mommy and Me Group Sponsored by

Join us for a gathering of mommies and babies to sing Jewish and/or Israeli children’s songs and bond with other moms! This free event begins at 11:00 a.m. in the Hecht Building on the Federation Campus, 580 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. To RSVP or for more information, contact Jessi Sheslow at jsheslow@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2109.

Rabbi Barbara Aiello at Kehillah of Lakewood Ranch Join us for a spiritual, informative and entertaining service with Rabbi Barbara Aiello at 6:30 p.m. at The Windsor, 8220 Natures Way, Lakewood Ranch. Rabbi Aiello will also present a program about Italian Jews and their heritage, and share with us her experiences as the only female rabbi in Italy. Oneg to follow. For more information, contact the Kehillah of Lakewood Ranch at 941.281.2587 or info@kehillahoflakewooranch.org.

The Shabbat Project at Chabad of Sarasota On the Shabbat of October 23-24, Chabad of Sarasota will be participating in a global Shabbat Project, which was introduced in South Africa in 2013 with quite an astonishing effect globally. In 2014, participation spanned 65 countries and 465 cities. The concept is simple: Jews from all walks of life, from across the spectrum – religious, secular and traditional; young and old, from all corners of the world – unite to experience one full Shabbat together. On this Shabbat we will inaugurate the Friday Night Companion Siddur, which includes the Hebrew text, translation and transliteration. Anyone participating at the service will be able to enjoy and easily follow the service, which begins at 7:30 p.m. at Chabad of Sarasota, 7700 Beneva Road. Cost: $25 for Shabbat dinner and $25 for Shabbat lunch the next day. To RSVP, contact the Chabad office at 941.925.0770 or info@ chabadofsarasota.com.

STEP Teen Ice Skating This event is open to all Jewish high school teens in Sarasota-Manatee. Grab a sweater and your mittens, and bring a pair of warm socks… leave the rest to us! This free event begins at 7:00 p.m. at Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex (5309 29th St. E., Ellenton), and includes admission, skate rentals, snacks and drinks, use of soccer field, air hockey, ping pong and billiards. To RSVP or for more information, contact Andrea Eiffert at aeiffert@jfedsrq. org or 941.552.6308.

Congregation for Humanistic Judaism Shabbat service & speaker Tony D’Souza, investigative journalist, writer of fiction, guest on A&E, NPR, BBC and CNN, will present “Man About Town” at 10:30 a.m. at Unity, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota. Among his numerous awards was the Florida Book Award, Florida Magazine and Arts and Cultural Alliance Award of Sarasota County. His work has appeared in Mother Jones, The New Yorker, The Literary Review, Esquire and more. Tony will present inside information on what’s happening in Sarasota that we don’t usually, if ever, hear about. For more information, please call 941.929.7771 or visit chj-Sarasota.org.

Ckids Shabbat Birthday Club Children’s Hebrew birthdays will be celebrated monthly during Ckids Shabbat Birthday Club. Students will enjoy a cupcake birthday party and participate in the Jewish customs surrounding birthdays. Ckids Shabbat Birthday Club includes prayer, games and songs, followed by a Kiddush luncheon. The event takes place from 11:00 a.m. to noon at The Chabad House, 5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton. Please let us know in advance if you want to celebrate your child’s birthday during Shabbat Birthday Club. Free; sponsor a birthday party for $50. For more information or to RSVP, contact Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at 941.752.3030 x3 or info@ chabadofbradenton.com.

Champagne & Chaps Come “Kick Up Your Spurs For The Gan” for an evening to remember at 7:00 p.m. at the Polo Grill, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. This is The Gan at Temple Sinai Annual Fundraiser for the children. For more information, call the temple office at 941.924.1802.

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“Hail Happy Hilarious Hal!”

“Jewish Ghettos Through the Ages: 1215 - 1959”

Straight from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame and a decadeslong television and movie career with the Three Stooges and many other stars, comes Happy Hal Fryar, aka Harlow Hickenlooper and Johnny Ringo, to the stage to benefit the Al Katz Center with a family-friendly comedy day. Hal is living proof that wholesome humor is a healthy antidote to the vicissitudes of life. Proceeds from this program support the Center’s elder advocacy services provided nationwide free-of-charge. Join us at 2:00 p.m. at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 5115 Cortez Road, Bradenton. Cost: $12 per adult; $3 per student; healthy kosher refreshments and autographs included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

The forced segregation of minorities into urban pockets has been practiced against the Jews for numerous centuries and into the twentieth century. Study the places and circumstances of Jews trapped in ghettos through maps, photographs, personal accounts and film clips that depict the horrid and sordid lives of persons whose crimes were their heritage, culminating in the Displaced Persons Camps, where homeless Jews lived behind barbed wire until the final camp closing in 1959, 14 years after the Holocaust. Join us at 5:30 p.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5910 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy kosher foods with vegan options, and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

Israeli dancing at Temple Emanu-El Whether you are an experienced Israeli dancer or have never danced a hora, Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood warmly invites you to a fun and lively evening of Israeli dancing! Please join us from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. for instruction, learning and, of course, dancing in a friendly and spirited environment. All are welcome at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. Free to Temple Emanu-El members; $5 donation requested for guests. For more information, please call Kathy Rance at 941.223.6503.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 Artists & Audiences and Lunch Join us at 11:00 a.m. at Temple Sinai (4631 South Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota) to hear Broadway veteran Ann Morrison speak about “My Life Upon the Wicked Stage.” The presentation will be followed by lunch. Cost: $30 for temple members; $35 for guests. Advanced tickets sales only; no walk-ins. To RSVP or for more information, call 941.924.1802.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 Extraordinary Holocaust Films The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism invites you to a screening of Varian’s War (documentary, 2000, approx. 2 hours) at 2:00 p.m. at Unity, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota. The film tells the story of New York editor Varian Fry, who builds an underground network to save European artists and intellectuals from Nazi persecution during World War II. Along with thousands of ordinary citizens, Fry helped to save such notables as Marc Chagall, Heinrich Mann, Max Ernst, Hannah Arendt and Andre Benton. A post-film discussion will be facilitated by Irene Mirkovic, Florida Holocaust Museum docent and Lifelong Learning Academy instructor. Register by Friday, October 2 for one or all four films. The cost for nonCHJ members is $5 per film or $15 for all four. For more information, call 941.929.7771 or visit chj-Sarasota.org.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 Film screening and discussion Sponsored by

Join us at 7:00 p.m. in the Bea Friedman Theater on the Federation Campus (582 McIntosh Rd., Sarasota) for the screening of Harbour of Hope. This heartbreaking, but life-affirming documentary is about the beyond-belief life stories of Irene Krausz-Fainman, Ewa Kabacinska Jansson and Joe Rozenberg. In 1945, they were among the 30,000 survivors who were rescued from German concentration camps and brought to the peaceful harbour town of Malmö, Sweden. Cost: $10. To RSVP, please contact Amy Rizzo at 941.371.4546 x107. For more information about the film, contact Richard Ohlsson at Richard. Ohlsson@LundUniversityFoundation.org.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 Shabbat Alive! returns to Temple Emanu-El Shabbat Alive! is back! Temple Emanu-El members and hundreds of community guests fill the pews for this quarterly all-musical Shabbat celebration – and we hope you will be among them. With upbeat, contemporary and inspiring arrangements of the traditional prayers, led by Rabbi Brenner Glickman and professional and volunteer musicians, Shabbat Alive! is stirring, magnificent, exhilarating, jubilant and altogether unique. Please join us at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El (151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota) for a very special and spiritual Shabbat experience. For more information, call the temple office at 941.371.2788.

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he Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (JMOF-FIU) has the distinct honor in presenting Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage. The exhibition details the dramatic recovery of historic materials relating to the Jewish community in Iraq from a flooded basement in Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters, and the National Archives’ ongoing work in support of U.S. Government efforts to preserve these materials. The soft opening for the exhibition coincides with Art Basel Miami Beach on Thursday, December 3, with a Members’ Reception on Monday, December 7. The exhibition will be on view for a limited time through Sunday, February 14, 2016. In both English and Arabic, the 2,000-square-foot exhibition features 23 recovered items and a “behind the scenes” video of the fascinating yet painstaking preservation process. The entire collection includes more than 2,700 Jewish books and tens of thousands of documents in Hebrew, Arabic, Judeo-Arabic and English, dating from 1524 to the 1970s. A special website makes these historic materials freely available to all online: www.ija.archives.gov. This work was made possible through generous support from the U.S. Department of State. The National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Center for Jewish History were very helpful in providing key start-up support for the project. On May 6, 2003, just days after the Coalition forces went into Baghdad, American soldiers entered Saddam

Hussein’s flooded intelligence building. In the basement, in four feet of water, they found thousands of books and documents relating to the Jewish community of Iraq – materials that had belonged to synagogues and Jewish organizations in Baghdad. The water-logged materials quickly became moldy in Baghdad’s intense heat and humidity. Seeking guidance, the Coalition Provisional Authority placed an urgent call to the nation’s foremost conservation experts at the National Archives. Just a week later, National Archives Director of Preservation Programs Doris Hamburg and Conservation Chief Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler arrived in Baghdad via military transport to assess the damage and make recommendations for preservation of the materials. Given limited treatment options in Baghdad, and with the agreement of Iraqi representatives, the materials were shipped to the United States for preservation and exhibition. Since then, these materials have been vacuum freeze-dried, preserved and digitized under the direction of the National Archives. The Jews of Iraq have a rich past, extending back 2,500 years to Babylonia. These materials provide a tangible link to this community that flourished there, but in the second half of the twentieth century dispersed throughout the world. Today, fewer than five Jews remain. Highlights from the exhibition include: a Hebrew Bible with Commentaries from 1568 – one of the oldest books in the trove; a Babylonian Talmud from 1793; A Torah scroll fragment from Genesis – one of the 43 Torah scroll fragments found; a Zohar from 1815 – a text for the mystical and spiritual Jewish movement known as Kabbalah; an official 1917 letter to the Chief Rabbi regarding a request to Allow Jewish Prisoners to Attend Worship for Rosh Hashanah (the Jew-

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ish New Year); materials from Jewish schools in Baghdad, including exam grades and a letter to the College Entrance Examination Board in Princeton regarding SAT scores; a Haggadah (Passover script) from 1902, hand lettered and decorated by an Iraqi Jewish youth; and a lunar calendar in both Hebrew and Arabic from the Jewish year 5732 (1971-1972) – one of the last examples of Hebrew-printed items produced in Baghdad. Discovery and Recovery is divided into six sections: Discovery - The dramatic story of how these materials were found, rescued and preserved is one worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster. A short film captures these heroic efforts. The section includes actual metal foot lockers used to ship the documents to the United States; Text and Heritage - This section explores Iraqi Jewish history and tradition through recovered texts, including a Torah scroll fragment, a Hebrew Bible with Commentaries from 1568, and a Babylonian Talmud from 1793; Iraqi Jewish Life – Constancy and Change - Using recovered texts, this section explores the pattern of Jewish life in Iraq. Highlights include a Haggadah (Passover script), siddur (prayer book) and

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Thriller set in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community reunites young journalist with the mother who abandoned her Book review by Philip K. Jason, Special to The Jewish News

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t would be hard for author Julia Dahl to match the impact of her novel from last year, Invisible City, let alone provide a fresh experience with a story that mines a similar milieu: the mysterious death of a woman in New York’s Hasidic community. However, she has done it – in part by having left the door open for a continuation of the earlier work’s underplot: a young woman’s quest to find the mother who abandoned Phil Jason her as a baby. One would suspect that Run You Down was in development even before Invisible City was published. In the later book, tabloid stringer Rebekah Roberts, a half-Jewish woman raised in Florida by her Christian father, Brian, has taken a step up the ladder at the New York Tribune. She’s doing rewrite, an indoor job, rather than chasing around the city investigating possible stories. Rebekah is also fighting a severe bout of depression in the aftermath of her first major assignment. Her roommate, Iris, is pushing her to get help. Rebekah meets with her friend, Saul, a retired policeman and the one person of her acquaintance (besides her father) who had known Aviva, her mother. Aviva had contacted Saul about possibly getting in touch with

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Rebekah and returning to New York, but not intending to reunite with her Hasidic parents and siblings. Slowly, her shadowy life is revealed to Rebekah (and to readers). As happens in small worlds, the investigation of Pessie’s death connects to the cautious efforts of Aviva and Rebekah to dare a meeting. There is so much at stake for each woman, so many reasons for leaving their lives manageable, if unfinished and unfulfilled. The linchpin is Sam Kagan, Aviva’s much younger brother, whose explosive rebellion against the Hasidic community has put him into contact with a white-supremacist criminal family. He also had a connection to Levi’s wife. Dahl orchestrates a stunning series of revelations as she maneuvers the reader through the strange duet of two voices, mother and daughter, in search of missing pieces. The author paints her portraits of physical settings and cultural communities with authority and skill. The tenuous rapprochement between Aviva and Rebekah leaves room for further chapters – or books – to explore what they will come to mean to each other and how their identities will be reshaped as they adjust to being part of one another’s lives. Haunted by guilt and seeking (and

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Music of the Abayudayans By Arlene Stolnitz

usic has been an important aspect in the lives of the Abayudayan Jews of Uganda, Africa. In recent years, a CD entitled Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish people of Uganda produced by Jeffrey Summit was nominated Best Traditional World Music album at the 47th Grammy Awards. In addition, the Abayudayan community has received further recognition and respect because of the work of Arlene Stolnitz Noam Katz, a Jewish American musician. His 2005 CD, Mirembe (“peace” in Luganda), featured the Abayudaya in the majority of its songs. In addition to studying at a seminary, Katz travels throughout North America, and gives a slideshow/ concert which showcases the music of the Abayudaya. The question of how these African tribes became interested in Judaism is an interesting one. When missionaries came to Africa, many of these tribes were not interested in Christianity and felt more comfortable with the precepts of Judaism. Over time, these tribes dedicated themselves to learning about the religion, and today are practicing as Jews, wearing tallesim, observing Shabbat and celebrating Jewish holidays. They consider themselves to be Jews in every sense. The Abayudaya, a community of approximately 1,000 people living in villages surrounding Mbale in Eastern Uganda, are practicing Jews. Many members scrupulously follow Jewish ritual, observe the laws of the Sabbath, celebrate Jewish holidays, keep kosher

and pray in Hebrew. This community self-converted to Judaism in 1919 and over the past eighty years has moved increasingly mainstream in their Jewish practice. The music of the Abayudaya is distinctly African yet Jewish at the same time. Many of the songs combine words in Luganda as well as Hebrew. Additionally, psalms and prayers are set to African tunes and rhythms. Music is viewed as important by the community for a variety of reasons. Some elders of the community have maintained that it was music that enabled the community to persevere through the harsh conditions that it had to endure under the reign of Idi Amin. The members of the Jewish Congregation of Venice have developed a relationship with Rabbi Enosh Mainah of the Abayudayan Jewish community. This group practices Orthodoxy although there are other African groups in Uganda affiliated with the Reform and Conservative movements. Personally, I have been in touch with “Rav Enosh” in Uganda who is thrilled that the Sarasota Jewish Chorale sings several of his original songs as part of its repertoire. He has sent me additional music that he has composed in hopes that we will be able to include it in our programs. There have been many influences on the Abayudayan community: Zulu music, church and Salvation Army music, Bantu folk music, music of Western visitors, and Nairobi synagogue music. Much has been learned from recordings or radio. Summit has recorded a wonderful sampling of Abayudaya music in his CD in informal sessions in Uganda in 2000 and 2002. The first half of the CD includes unaccompanied traditional

hymns and psalms, some dating back 20 or 30 years, one composed by the community’s founder, Semei Kakungulu, in the 1920s. Psalm 136, heard on the recording as a responsive “reading” with soloist and chorus, reminds the community of the downfall of Idi Amin as it recounts God’s deliverance with the splitting of the Red Sea. Rena bat Esther’s solo in Psalm 121 is used by the Abayudaya to provide strength and comfort when a person is ill. The melody to Psalm 130 is sung repeatedly during a burial while shoveling earth and filling up the grave. “Twagala Torah” (“We Love the Torah”) is a charming children’s song composed by one of the youth leaders of the community, Moses Sebagabo. The text, in Luganda, English and Hebrew, is sung by Abayudayan children who attend public school. The more upbeat second half of the

CD features guitar accompaniment by Gershom Sizomu and electric keyboard by John Mark Nkoola, musical director of the Abayudaya high school. J.J. Keki’s song “Ali Omu Yekka” (“My Only One”) sounds like a standard love song: “I have one chosen one. I only have one love. I’m warning those others, don’t come near me, she’s enough…” However, Torah is the object of the songwriter’s love, and the song is a veiled warning to Christian and Muslim proselytes in Uganda! Arlene Stolnitz, founder of the Sarasota Jewish Chorale, has sung in choral groups for over 25 years. A retired educator from Rochester, New York, and a member of Venice’s Exsultate!, she is a graduate of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s Leadership Institute. Her interest in choral music has led to this series of articles on Jewish Folk Music in the Diaspora.

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K’zohar Ha-Ivrit Beautiful as the moon By Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin

t is hard to believe that the High Holidays season is behind us. However, the luminaries in the sky attest to the rapid pace of time as the sun rises and sets, and the moon appears in the night’s sky orbiting the earth. Let us direct our attention to the “small luminary,” the moon, by whose orbit around the earth, months and holidays are marked. Dr. Rachel Dulin The most common word for moon in the Bible is yare-ach, mentioned about 30 times, in a cosmological context. The ya-re-ach, the sun and the stars were perceived as symbols of the permanence of the universe (Ps 72:5), and their disappearance was a metaphor for radical change at the end of time (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:30). Moreover, they had the power to strike (Ps 121:6) and the strength to affect the growth of the crops in the field (Dt 33:14). And, since the luminaries were considered deities in pagan culture, the biblical writers set their creation by God to the fourth day, charging them to “serve as signs for the set time” and thereby minimize their importance (Gen 1:14). The term ya-re-ach is probably derived from the verb a-ra-ch, meaning “wandering,” reflecting the moon’s journey across the sky. This cyclical orbit reveals different phases of the ya-re-ach, from the crescent to a full moon, to even a brief disappearance from the sky. This cycle determined the calendar in general, the celebrations of holidays in particular (Ps 81:3), and even affected daily business

(Prov 7:20). The constant orbit of the moon was used to mark a block of time in the yearly cycle, called a ye-rach or a cho-desh, namely “month.” Ye-rach is derived from ya-re-ach, reflecting the orbit of the moon, and cho-desh is based in the adjective cha-dash, meaning “new,” pointing to the moon’s renewed reappearance in the sky. Another biblical name for ya-reach is le-va-nah, which appears only three times in the text. In Isaiah, the leva-nah is a metaphor for shame (24:23) and also redemption (30:26). However, in the Song of Songs the le-va-nah describes beauty and conjures romance (6:10). There are a few Hebrew phrases where ya-re-ach and le-va-nah are incorporated. For example, Kidush Leva-nah or “the blessing of the moon,” is the Jewish ritual to mark the reappearance of a new le-va-nah in the sky at the beginning of each month. The poetic modern phrase le-yl ya-re-ach, literally “a night’s moon,” implies a lovely bright night when the ya-re-ach is seen on the horizon. Ya-re-ach mela-khu-ti, literally “an artificial moon,” is Hebrew for “satellite.” And, last but not least, ye-rach d’vash is the Hebrew term for “honeymoon.” I wish our readers the enjoyment of looking at the beauty of the le-va-nah during the lay-lot ya-re-ach, the “bright nights” of autumn. I also hope that the Yiddish song “Sheyn vi di le-von-eh,” “beautiful as the moon,” resonates the romantic words of the biblical poet sounding lovely in every language. Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin is a professor of biblical literature at Spertus College in Chicago and an adjunct professor of Hebrew and Bible at New College in Sarasota.

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Jewish artists of note: Annie Leibovitz By Marcia Treiger

hen I was working on my graduate thesis at Tyler School of Art in 1974, I had wild dreams of making it big as a fine art photographer. There were many other contemporaries out there already making a living with their photography. In particular, I was attracted to the work of Annie Leibovitz. This immensely talented woman was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1949 – just three years my senior. She was the third of six children of Marilyn Edith and Samuel Leibovitz. During high school, Leibovitz continued developing her photography skills at a kibbutz in Amir, Israel. She later attended the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1970, Leibovitz started working for Rolling Stone magazine and photographed hundreds of celebrities, including Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In 1980, she was sent to photograph John and Yoko, and created the famous image of a naked John Lennon hugging a fully clothed Yoko Ono. Several hours later, Lennon was shot dead in front of his apartment. Leibovitz eventually became one of the most renowned photographers of our time. While working for Vanity Fair, she photographed Whoopi Goldberg submerged in a bath of milk, a nude Demi Moore holding her pregnant belly, John Belushi, the Blues Brothers, and so many more. Her first museum show, “Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990,” took place in 1991 at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and toured internationally for six years. She was the second living portraitist – and the only woman – to ever be featured by the NPG. I believe Leibovitz’s work profoundly affected a generation of baby boomers who, like myself, were searching for self-expression and a personal

style that pushed the envelope. Indeed, her recent portrait of Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vogue inspired a national discussion on transgender issues. For me, as a photographer and a Jewish woman, Leibovitz inspired thoughts that success and hard work have no limits. She made me believe in myself, to never give up no matter how low things can get in life. There will always be someone better and more successful. Her life partner, Susan Sontag, told her, “You’re good, but you could be better.” Can’t we all? My favorite Leibovitz photo is of Meryl Streep wearing a mask. I compare it to my portrait of my mother called, “Portrait of An Aged Beauty.”

“Portrait of an Aged Beauty” by Marcia Treiger

The comparison between the two is the constant coming to peace with aging. Marcia Treiger is a Floridian transplant from the Philadelphia area, taking up residence in 2008 to create a BFA program in digital photography at a local college. Her recent move to Bradenton brought fresh air, nature and waterways into her life. She freelances as a photojournalistic wedding photographer and portraitist, and markets her art to interior decorators, hotels and individuals. More of her work can be seen at www.blindspotﬁnearts.com. She can be reached at marciatreiger@ gmail.com.

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October 2015

JEWISH INTEREST

Helmuth James Von Moltke, anti-Nazi hero By Paul R. Bartrop, PhD

elmuth James Graf von Moltke was a man who resisted the Nazi regime and was executed for treason in January 1945. He was born on March 11, 1907, on the family estate at Kreisau, Silesia. He came from a most distinguished family: he was the great-grandnephew of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, one of Prussia’s outstanding military Dr. Paul Bartrop commanders during Germany’s wars of unification, and grandnephew of Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke the Younger, who served as chief of the German general staff between 1906 and 1914. He studied law and political science between 1925 and 1929, moving between universities in Breslau, Vienna, Heidelberg and Berlin. On October 18, 1931, he married Freya Deichmann, who had also attended seminars at the University of Breslau. For a time, she worked as Helmuth’s research assistant, before receiving her own law degree from Humboldt University in 1935. The same year, Helmuth was offered the chance to become a judge, but he declined on the ground that to do so he would have had to join the Nazi party. Rather than become part of a system

he detested, he opened up his own legal practice in Berlin. With the outbreak of war in September 1939, he was drafted into German military intelligence (the Abwehr) in Berlin. It was here that he first began to demonstrate his opposition to the Nazi regime through advocating humane treatment for prisoners of war and the observance of international law. He worked to undermine human rights abuses in German-occupied territories. In early 1940, Helmuth and Freya, and another aristocrat Helmuth had known since 1938, Peter Graf Yorck von Wartenburg, began to gather around them an informal group of some two dozen opponents of Nazism to investigate options for a new and better Germany. This developed into the Kreisau Circle, a group that became one of the main foci of German opposition to the Nazi regime. Small though it was, it was comprised of many elite members of German society. In a voluminous correspondence with Freya and others, Helmuth asked many questions about where Germany was heading, and what degree of responsibility each person would have to acknowledge after the war. In a letter dated October 21, 1941 – 74 years ago this month – he unburdened himself to Freya about the destruction of communities in occupied Europe as well as the

Jews of Berlin, and what it signified for the future of German society and culture. If his letter had been found, such criticism of the regime would have been taken as subversive and could well have led to incarceration in a concentration camp – or worse. Referring to the slaughter of the Jews in Russia, he wrote: “Certainly more than a thousand people are murdered in this way every day, and another thousand German men are habituated to murder… What shall I say when I am asked: And what did you do during that time?” This was the same month in which the Jews of Berlin began to be deported. In the letter, von Moltke wrote: “Since Saturday the Berlin Jews are being rounded up. Then they are sent off with what they can carry… How can anyone know these things and walk around free?” From his perspective, knowing about these things only served to reinforce his opposition to the war and the Nazi party. Pursuant to this, one of his actions was to disseminate confidential information on Nazi war crimes to those outside the Nazi party, in the hope that it would be passed on to the Allies. On January 19, 1944, von Moltke was arrested by the Gestapo, but released after a short period. Only later was it discovered that he was also involved in the failed coup attempt of July 20, 1944, against Hitler, and was arrested again, this time for high treason. Facing Judge Roland Freisler before the People’s Court, von Moltke found himself in a delicate position. Fighting for his life, it transpired that no evidence could be found that he had actually participated in any conspiracy to bring about a coup. Freisler was thus

forced to concoct a new capital charge. Looking over the record of the Kreisau Circle, he ruled that discussions of a future Germany based on moral and democratic principles met the criteria for the death penalty. As von Moltke noted in a letter to Freya, this signified that he was going to his death for his ideas, not for anything he had done – a damning indictment against the regime he was opposing. In what was an inevitable judgment, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was sentenced to death on January 11, 1945, and executed on January 23 in Berlin-Plötzensee prison. Before his death, his sense of disgust and opposition led him to ponder: “If only I could get rid of this terrible feeling that I have let myself be corrupted, that I do not react keenly enough to such things, that they torment me without producing a spontaneous reaction.” Knowing what is happening without intervening immediately only served to reinforce his general opposition to the war, and his own sense of impotence. In one of his final letters, written to his sons while awaiting execution, von Moltke gave his reasons for acting the way he did, declaring that ever since National Socialism came to power, he had attempted to make its consequences “milder for its victims and to prepare the way for a change. In that, my conscience drove me – and in the end, that is a man’s duty.” Helmuth James von Moltke – lest we forget. Dr. Paul Bartrop is Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. He can be reached at pbartrop@fgcu.edu.

A POWERFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY A commemoration Eva Mozes Kor and her twin sister were born in 1934 in the tiny village of Portz, Romania. The family lived under the spectre of the Nazi takeover of Germany and the everyday experience of prejudice against the Jews. When Eva and Miriam were six, their village was occupied by a Hungarian Nazi armed guard. The Mozes family was the only Jewish family in the village. In 1944, after four years’ occupation, the family was transported to the regional ghetto in Simleu Silvaniei. Just a few weeks later, they were packed into a cattle car and transported to the Auschwitz death camp.

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Lab bus helps kids hitch a ride to college Ofanim’s yellow buses bring fully equipped learning labs to Israel’s periphery

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He the instructors, mostly graphic and economic periphworked for IBM for four years and then college students but also ery don’t bring children to school; they o founded his own successful software software professionals, -bring school to children. company, which was sold in 1999. healthcare professionals Inside each bus is a fully-equipped r After 13 years abroad, he returned to and academics who see mobile lab outfi tted to give each thirdIsrael, earned a PhD from Tel Aviv their work with Ofanim -to sixth-grader a hands-on afterschool University, and was eager to give back as a life mission. learning experience in topics they The Ofanim buses can reach where other afterschool programs cannot afford to go (photos courtesy of Ofanim) to children with similar background. “At the end of the could not otherwise explore: pre“He wanted to replicate the Prof. day, the most important thing is the medicine, robotics, comics, computer more positive attitude toward educaBergman experience with other chilpeople,” Hadomi says. “We require our animation and gaming software. Next tion in general. The studies also indi, dren from the periphery,” Kan tells teachers to be role models who allow year, another bus will be added where cate a high level of satisfaction among n ISRAEL21c. “He saw how it influthe children to dream how they can be children can develop a mobile app to parents, teachers and administrators in university students one day and duplisolve a problem they defined in their the regions served. cate Haim Dahan’s experience.” community. The program’s annual budget is : Children from these areas typically The multiple-award-winning Ofanearly 6 million shekels, or about $1.5 do not expect to earn a college degree million. Half of this amount must be enim also offers twice-yearly discovery and aren’t aware of professional opand empowerment days for particiraised from Israeli sources to match y portunities. 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He hired a carpenter and electrician to outfit a bus to his specifications.” Established in 2004, Ofanim serves more than 45 Jewish and Arab Participants in Ofanim’s Young Doctors program learn about careers in healthcare areas in southern and northern Israel, and learn even from things that seem providing 86 weekly activities to some like nothing at all.” 1,200 children, many from low-income The professor and his protégé and/or one-parent families. The seeds of Ofanim were planted in “We charge a nominal fee – 50 the 1970s in the Negev city of Beerto 500 shekels per child per year – to sheva. The Dahan family, including instill a sense of commitment, but col10 children and two parents of modest lection of fees is done through the lomeans, lived across the road from the cal councils and not through us,” Kan new university – though it may just as clarifies. well have been on a different planet. 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October 2015

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BRIEFS ISRAEL’S POPULATION: 8.4 MILLION

On the eve of the Jewish New Year 5776, Israel’s population numbers 8,412,000, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, September 8. The Jewish population numbers 6.3 million (74.9%), the Arab population 1,746,000 (20.7%), and there are 366,000 (4.4%) non-Arab Christians and others. In the past year 28,000 immigrants arrived, mostly from Ukraine, France, Russia and the U.S. (Yaron Druckman, Ynet News)

ISRAEL 6TH IN HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

A new study published in the medical journal Lancet puts Israel sixth in the rankings for healthy life expectancy among 188 countries. “Healthy life expectancy” takes into account not just mortality rates, but also years of life without terminal disease. (Itay Gal, Ynet News)

ISRAEL LISTED AS FOURTH BEST PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY

Israel was listed in fourth place out of 41 countries in the 2015 InterNations Family Life Index released recently. The Family Life Index ranks countries according to availability and costs of childcare and education, quality of education, and family well-being. (Jerusalem Post)

TINY ISRAEL IS GIANT WHEN IT COMES TO NOBEL PRIZES

Times Higher Education recently ranked Israel fifth best in the world for overall Nobel performance this century. In a separate table ranking global

academic institutions by their Nobel Prize winners, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology came in eighth, beating Harvard and every British university, and coming just one place after MIT. (Nathan Jeffay, Jewish Chronicle - UK)

THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS IN ARAB COUNTRIES

In Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Syria, Palestinians are treated as second- and third-class citizens. After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the Palestinians were the first to “congratulate” Saddam Hussein. When Kuwait was liberated the following year by a U.S.-led coalition, 200,000 Palestinians were expelled from the emirate in retaliation. Since 2003, the number of Palestinians in Iraq has dropped from 25,000 to 6,000 due to systematic attacks and intimidation by Shiite militias. Palestinians captured by Shiite militias have been brutally tortured and forced to “confess” to their alleged involvement in terrorism. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have also fled Syria. What is most interesting is the complete indifference displayed by international human rights organizations, the media and the Palestinian Authority toward the mistreatment of Palestinians in Arab countries. PA leaders say they want to press “war crimes” charges against Israel with the International Criminal Court. However, when it comes to ethnic cleansing and torture of Palestinians in Arab countries, the Palestinian leadership chooses to look the other way. Western journalists don’t care about the Palestinians in the Arab world because this is not a story that can be blamed on Israel. (Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

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Writing in the Kuwaiti government daily Al-Watan on Saturday, August 1, columnist Abdallah Al-Hadlaq argued that if Iran attains nuclear weapons it will not hesitate to use them against the Gulf states, whereas Israel, which has possessed such weapons for years, has never used them in its wars against the Arabs. Al-Hadlaq called upon the Gulf states to sever their ties with Iran and form an alliance with Israel, strengthening political, commercial and even military ties. “I anticipate that the servants and agents of Iran in the region, who have Persian blood running in their veins... will accuse me of ‘Zionism, collaborating with Israel.’... [But] the scales have dropped from the eyes of the Arab and Muslim peoples, and they have realized...that their only bitter enemies are the Persian Iranians, not the friendly State of Israel.” (MEMRI)

POLL: HALF OF JERUSALEM ARABS WANT TO BE ISRAELIS

52% of Palestinians living in Jerusalem told pollsters they would prefer “Israeli citizenship with equal rights,” while 42% prefer to be Palestinian citizens when a Palestinian state is established, Israel Channel 2 TV reported recently. A similar poll in 2010 found that 1/3 of east Jerusalem Arabs preferred Israeli citizenship to Palestinian. Almost 40% said Jews “have rights to the land, together with Palestinians.” (Times of Israel)

EGYPT-ISRAEL ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP A SUCCESS

The Egyptian-Israeli free-trade framework known as Qualifying Industrial Zones, or QIZs, has pumped billions into Cairo’s vulnerable economy over the past decade. QIZs are industrial parks through which Egypt (and Jordan) can export goods under the flag of the U.S.-Israeli free-trade agreement. Egypt is now home to 15 QIZs and Jordan to 13, which together account for some $1 billion in exports a year. Egyptian QIZs now supply fabrics to American brands such as Gap and Levi Strauss, and provide a livelihood for nearly 300,000 people. In February, Cairo announced plans to double its QIZ textile exports within three years. (Oren Kessler, Foreign Affairs)

POLL: PALESTINIAN SUPPORT FOR BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI PRODUCTS DECLINES

There has been a decline in the level of Palestinian support for boycott campaigns against Israeli products, according to a public opinion poll by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center. The percentage of those who support a boycott of all Israeli products dropped from 59% last March to 49% this August. The percentage who said they personally boycott all Israeli products dropped from 49% last March to 34% this August. Asked about priorities for the Pal-

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Hamadiah told Israel Channel 2 TV on Sunday, September 6, that people threatened to “burn his house ddown, or cut off his head.” “I’m not a hero; this is what every person should have done. I did it bescause I’m a human being,” he said. “I did the right thing. We need to live here together.” (Times of Israel)

ISRAEL EMBASSY REOPENS IN EGYPT AFTER FOUR YEARS

Israel has reopened an embassy in lCairo after four years of closure, the -Israeli prime minister’s spokesman to -the Arab media, Ofir Gendelman, anenounced on Wednesday, September 9. sDore Gold, the director-general of Israel’s foreign ministry, attended the reopening ceremony along with Israel’s sambassador to Cairo, Haim Koren. In %September 2011, a few months after dthe outbreak of the January 25 revoluition, hundreds of Egyptian protesters hstormed the former premises in Giza. (Al-Ahram - Egypt) -

ISRAEL TO DOUBLE ATTACK RANGE OF F-35 STEALTH FIGHTER

Israel has publicly announced the efforts of its air force to double the flight range of the F-35 Stealth strike fighters. The Israeli version of the plane, manufactured by Lockheed Martin according to Israeli specifications, is called Adir (Awesome). The first two Adirs will be delivered to Israel in December 2016. An Israeli air force officer, one of the initial cadre of pilots tapped to fly the F-35, told Defense News that with the plane, “your options for attacking the enemy are much more numerous and practical. The things that we could do before will entail much less risk, and the things we might not have been able to do before will be rendered doable.” He said that the stealth fighters change “the psychology of the arena by allowing you to hit the enemy without him being able to stop you... It really is a game-changer, and the enemy knows that.” Lockheed Martin is now working with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. to adapt Israeli-made airto-ground weaponry to the plane. At the same time, Lockheed Martin is considering Israeli ideas for (probably detachable) external fuel tanks on the plane’s wings in order to extend their range. (Ran Dagoni, Globes)

HANDHELD RADAR SYSTEM CAN SEE THROUGH WALLS

The Xaver-100 handheld radar system developed by Camero was deployed by IDF special operations units during the 2014 Gaza war. Amir Be’eri, founder and CEO of the company, said the system “enables fighters to determine, in the course of operational activity in an urban environment, in real time, how many people are present behind the wall, how far

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Increase the joy and meaningfulness of Sukkot seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land…” The second reason is a historical one. The Torah states, “You shall dwell in booths seven days… so that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths, when I brought them out of Egypt.” These two verses help us set our attention toward other people and other things. The natural world around us is in our hands. How we deal with the resources that we are given will help us to maintain an earth that can continue to give us things we need to live. The second verse helps make us aware of our link to Klal Yisrael, the entire Jewish people, of the present, past and future. We are also reminded of our history while being advised to continue looking toward the future. The people of Israel were not told to build a sukkah so they would remember that God asked them to build sukkot, but so that their generations would remember. Directing our attention toward others in also integrated into Sukkot through an emphasis on hospitality. In Judaism we refer to it as Hach’nasat Or’chim. Many times, Hach’nasat Or’chim is misunderstood to mean “welcoming in strangers.” While this is an important component, it is only

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ith September coming to a close and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur finished, we quickly move to October and the holiday of Sukkot. With the switch in the holidays also comes a switch in our moods. During the Yamim Noraim we become very introverted. We take the time to look at ourselves with a critical eye, to evaluate our actions over the past year, and to decide on changes we wish to make. Sukkot, however, is a time to break from this mood and turn our eyes toward the community and to the world around us. Building a sukkah and dwelling in it are specifically mentioned in the Torah. There are two reasons given for these actions. The first reason is linked to the agricultural cycle. The Torah states: “On the fifteenth day of the

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part of the value. Welcoming guests of all kinds, whether new or longtime friends, is important. The first time we encounter Hach’nasat Or’chim is in the story of Avraham and the strangers. The midrash tells us that Avraham’s tent had doors opening on all four sides. This was to make people feel welcome to his house no matter from which side they arrived. When the guests arrived at Avraham’s tent, he “ran” to greet them, made them feel comfortable in his house, and gave them some of his best food. This encounter gives us many guidelines as to how we should welcome guests into our home. Another way that Hach’nasat Or’chim is enacted during Sukkot is through Ushpizin. The Ushpizin are symbolic guests that are invited into the sukkah each night. Traditionally, the honorary guests are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David. Many today also invite the Ushpizot, female ancestral guests into

Nostra Aetate at ﬁfty By Jack Conroy, Ph.D.

have spent years imagining what the earliest followers of the charismatic Galilean preacher might have expected in their lifetimes. The religious world of First Century Israel was vibrant and exciting. From the teachings of Hillel and Shammai to those attributed to the “Teacher of Righteousness” in Qumran, the atmosphere was one of focusing on how a Jew could be most fully observant. And the man named Jesus fit in well. Jesus and his early followers were all Jews, accepted Torah, and recited the Shemah. The ideas we find today in Nostra Aetate would have been seen as ludicrous. What happened? Well, the first thing was that within twenty years of Jesus’ death, a relatively small number of Jews affirmed allegiance to Jesus. Perhaps the most effective leader of early Christians, Saul of Tarsus (later recognized as St. Paul) recognized his failure to attract Jews. He wrote in his letter to the Romans, “I have great sorrow and constant anguish in my heart,” because of his failure to attract “my kin according to the flesh.” (Romans, Chapter 9, Verses 2-3) This lack of success among the Jews of Jerusalem was exacerbated by the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE by the Romans. What followers existed in Jerusalem were killed along with the rest of the Jews in the city. Secondly, probably motivated by his lack of success with his fellow Jews, Paul engaged in missionary journeys through what is now Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and ultimately Rome. There, he and his co-workers were successful in attracting a significant number of believers. By the end of the first century, the Church was generally nonJewish, with the Gentile members not recognizing their Jewish heritage. Further, both the Gentile church and the Jewish synagogue adopted attitudes of mutual hostility, which was expressed as persecution of Jews, made possible by the larger numbers of Gentiles and their assumption of political power. We all know that this achieved its logical culmination in the horrors of the Holocaust.

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the sukkah. One kabbalistic tradition is to invite Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Avigail, Huldah and Esther. Each guest corresponds to a different night and leads the others into our sukkah. Each of these guests brings with them a value important to our tradition. They are: chesed (love), gevurah (restraint), tiferet (harmony), netzach (dominance), hod (empathy), yesod (continuity and foundation) and malchut (kingship). As we celebrate the holiday, we reflect on these values, and just as we bring them into our sukkot, we bring them into our lives and make them a permanent focus of our attention. Whether we are inviting our friends, new acquaintances or the Ushpizin and Ushpizot to our sukkah, we should all be happy to have them with us to increase the joy and meaningfulness of our celebration of Sukkot.

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This is where Nostra Aetate came about. The Church has been holding “Councils” as meetings to define principles and religious standards almost as long as it has been around. For the most part, each Council would reaffirm and elucidate what had been postulated or taught at prior Councils. However, Nostra Aetate is a Council document that recognizes prior error and rejects the actions of an anti-Jewish attitude. Most importantly, it affirmed the Jewish patrimony as being at the root of Christianity. Also, it recognizes with relation to Jesus’ death that not all Jews, either then or afterwards, are to be held responsible. Further, among other items, we read here of the Catholic Church’s condemnation of anti-Semitism. Specifically, the document says: …in her rejection of every persecution against any man, the Church, mindful of the patrimony she shares with the Jews and moved not by political reasons but by the Gospel’s spiritual love, decries hatred, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time and by anyone. And finally, the document affirms the necessity of fraternal dialogue within an attitude of mutual respect. The document says: Since the spiritual patrimony common to Christians and Jews is thus so great, this sacred synod wants to foster and recommend that mutual understanding and respect which is the fruit, above all, of biblical and theological studies as well as of fraternal dialogues. This document was promulgated on October 28, 1965. It offers cause for celebration among both Catholics and Jews as a document that serves as the basis of dialogue among all people, recognizing the respect that both parties extend to each other as to their religious affirmations. Jack Conroy was the co-chair of the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County for seven years.

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October 2015

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Now exposed – Iran already waging war against Israel By Benyamin Korn, August 31, 2015

n August 16, the Israeli Army revealed that Iran has been directing terrorist attacks from Syria against Israelis in the Golan Heights region. Nobody paid attention. Four days later, Iranian-sponsored rockets from Syria struck Israel’s Upper Galilee. Is anybody listening now? For weeks, supporters of Israel have been warning that the emerging Iran agreement would give Tehran funds that it could use to wage war against Israel through its proxies. But now it turns out that Iran is already waging that war. The question is, who is paying attention? On August 16, a “senior Israeli Army Northern Command officer” revealed to journalists that for the past twenty months, Iran has “directed” terrorist attacks against Israelis in the Golan Heights. “All of the attacks in the Golan Heights sector since December 2013 have been carried out with Iranian direction,” the officer told reporters, according to the Israeli daily Israel Hayom. All of the attacks. Not one or two. All eof them. “Directed” from Tehran. The officer said that “several hundred Hezbollah operatives are curtrently active on the Syrian side of the eborder in the Golan Heights.” He said, m“Iran sends advisers [to the area] and dprovides money, weapons and training [to terrorists operating there].” Among the Iranian-directed terrort ist cells operating in the Golan, he said, s . f h l

is a cell led by one Samir Kuntar. Does that name ring a bell? A Lebanese native, Kuntar is a veteran of the Palestine Liberation Front. The PLF, a member-organization of the PLO, was headed by Abu Abbas. Its most infamous attacks were the Achille Lauro hijacking in 1985, and an attempted attack on the Tel Aviv beachfront that resulted in the Bush administration withdrawing its recognition of the PLO. In January 1978, Kuntar and three other PLF terrorists hatched a plan to hijack an Israeli bus traveling from Beit She’an to nearby Tiberias. (Note: It had nothing to do with “occupied territories” or “settlements.” This was to be an attack on a civilian bus within the pre-1967 borders.) The hijackers were arrested by the Jordanian police as they tried to swim across the Jordan River into Israel. In less than a year, however, Jordan set them free. Apparently the Jordanians don’t regard conspiracy to commit mass murder of Jews as a particularly serious crime. In April 1979, four PLF gangsters led by Kuntar infiltrated the northern Israeli coastal city of Nahariya. They murdered an Israeli policeman and broke into an apartment at random. The mother, Smadar Haran, hid in a closet with her two year-old daughter, Yael, and a neighbor. While trying to keep Yael from crying, Smadar accidentally smothered her. The terrorist took the father, Danny

Haran, and their four year-old daughter, Einat, hostage, and forced them at gunpoint to the nearby beachfront. There, Kuntar shot Danny in the head and murdered Einat by crushing her with the butt of his rifle (or with a large rock, according to some reports). Kuntar was captured by the Israelis – and then released in a 2008 prisoner exchange. Now, thanks to the Iranians, Kuntar lives in the Syrian-controlled section of the Golan Heights. Perhaps not surprisingly, he is the recipient of a Syrian Order of Merit from his kindred spirit, the mass murderer Bashar Assad. “Kuntar has recruited local Syrians to join the ranks of his cell,” the Israeli officer said. How serious is the likelihood of attacks from Kuntar’s group and other terror gangs in the Golan? “At any given moment, the IDF Northern Command faces at least two warnings of impending attacks in the Golan region,” the officer said. In fact, just two weeks ago, the IDF “conducted an exercise simulating an Israeli incursion into Syria in response to attacks on the border… The main threat in the area is

posed by jihadi groups, not the Syrian military.” “At any given moment.” Sure enough, just four days later, Iranian rockets from Syria struck in the Upper Galilee. Air-raid sirens sounded for the first time in years, as residents of local towns and kibbutzim grabbed their children and ran, panic-stricken, to their bomb shelters. It was bad enough when it turned out that the Iran deal would give the Iranians hundreds of millions of dollars, which they could use to help Hezbollah and Hamas. And it was bad enough when it was revealed that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, recently authored a 416-page book on the need to destroy Israel. But now it turns out that the danger is not hypothetical, and Tehran is not just using words. It is already engaged in a daily proxy terror war against America’s ally, Israel. Benyamin Korn is chairman of the Philadelphia Religious Zionists, and former executive editor of the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent and the Miami Jewish Tribune.

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The Iran deal: winners and losers? By David Harris, Executive Director, AJC, September 11, 2015

ow that a Senate minority has blocked the bipartisan majority from an up-or-down vote on arguably the most significant foreign policy measure in a generation, some in the media are rushing to judgment about winners and losers. The White House is cast as the big winner, of course. The pro-Israel community is depicted – with barely hidden glee in such outlets as The New York Times – as the big loser. Let me suggest two other ways of looking at the balance sheet. First, the White House indeed achieved what it sought – a clear pathway to implementing the P5+1 deal with Iran reached in Vienna on July 14. That’s unquestionably true. But to accomplish that, here’s what it had to do. It had to declare the accord an “executive agreement” rather than a treaty, which would have required an unattainable two-thirds vote in the Senate. It had to go straight to the UN Security Council after Vienna, giving such countries as Malaysia and Venezuela the chance to vote on the deal before members of the U.S. Congress were able to assess it, thus essentially narrowing the space for legislative review. It had to pull out all the stops with many reluctant Democrats, who even in announcing their support for the deal couldn’t bring themselves to wax enthusiastic about it, and in several cases explicitly criticized what they were voting for. It had to disregard increasingly skeptical American public opinion, ranging from a Pew study that found only 21 percent of those surveyed supported the deal, to a Rasmussen study that found support among just 32 percent of the respondents. It had to overlook a decisive bipartisan vote of disapproval, 269-162, in the House of Representatives. And it had to ignore the fact that

relying on a Senate minority from only one party – itself quite unprecedented – could create risks going forward, depending on future electoral outcomes. So it’s not entirely clear that this was a “stinging defeat,” as the Times phrased it. And I would add two other unintended consequences of the drive to push through the deal. For one thing, virtually the entire Israeli political spectrum, including both government and opposition, spoke out against the deal. Much was made of a very few former officials who voiced support, but in Israel they were totally drowned out by the across-the-board political leadership, as well as overwhelming majorities of Israelis who told pollsters they opposed the deal. For anyone who follows Israeli politics, such consensus happens as often as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. And for another, Israel and its Sunni Arab neighbors shared the exact same concerns about the deal and its implications for the region. That, too, doesn’t happen very often, to say the least. But it did in this case, even if the Arab countries, in the end, chose to voice their deep concerns largely in private, while negotiating for new American weapons systems and security guarantees. There’s also a second way of assessing the balance sheet. We may not know the real winners and losers for quite some time, since this deal runs for a number of years. Only then will we have the one verdict that actually counts. And that verdict will be based, above all, on whether the promises and assurances of the deal’s supporters are fulfilled. Here are some of them: President Barack Obama:  “[The Senate vote on the Iran deal] is a victory for diplomacy, for American national security, and for the safety and security of the world.” (September 10, 2015)  “After two years of negotiations,

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we have achieved a detailed arrangement that permanently prohibits Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It cuts off all of Iran’s pathways to a bomb. It contains the most comprehensive inspection and verification regime ever negotiated to monitor a nuclear program.” (August 5, 2015)  “If Iran violates the agreement over the next decade, all of the sanctions can snap back into place. We won’t need the support of other members of the UN Security Council; America can trigger snapback on our own.” (August 5, 2015)  “Should Iran seek to dash toward a nuclear weapon, all of the options available to the United States – including the military option – will remain available through the life of the deal and beyond.” (August 19, 2015) Secretary of State John Kerry:  “Iran’s nuclear program will remain subject to regular inspections forever. Iran will have to provide access to all of its nuclear facilities forever. Iran will have to respond promptly to requests for access to any suspicious site forever. And if Iran at any time – at any time – embarks on nuclear activities that are incompatible with a wholly peaceful program, it will be in violation of the agreement forever.” (September 2, 2015)  “The agreement gives us a wide range of enforcement tools, and

we will use them. And the standard we will apply can be summed up in two words: zero tolerance.” (September 2, 2015)  “The people of Israel will be safer with this deal, and the same is true for the people throughout the region.” (September 2, 2015) Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman:  “They will not obtain a nuclear weapon, and now we can focus our resources, our relationships, on solving the other problems in the region.” (July 16, 2015) Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz:  “In regards to 24 days [for inspections to occur], we are very confident that activities involving nuclear materials will be detectable.” (July 17, 2015) If indeed these promises and assurances are achieved, as I hope they will be, then those of us who have been opponents of the deal will owe a big apology to supporters. But if they’re not, then hold on to your hats and fasten your seat belts – an already dangerous world will become exponentially more so. Meanwhile, a bit of restraint on sweeping judgments of winners and losers might well be in order. For more information, visit www.ajc. org.

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COMMENTARY BRIEFS APPEAL FOR UNITY AFTER IRAN VOTE

September 16, 2015 For more than a decade, the Conference of Presidents has been addressing the dangers posed by the extremist Islamist regime in Iran. We have been sounding alarms about Iran’s drive for regional hegemony, support for terrorist organizations including Hamas and Hizbullah, gross violations of human rights, its long-standing drive for nuclear weapons, efforts to undermine U.S. allies and other governments in the region, and its repeatedly declared intention to seek the destruction of Israel.  Despite any differences, there is a shared goal among all of our member organizations, the larger community, the Administration, Congress, and our allies, that Iran not be allowed to secure or have the ability to produce nuclear weapons. There can be no time limit on this. Iran must never be allowed to have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.  Week after week, polls showed increasing concern regarding the negotiations with the Iranian regime. They question if the agreement will provide the safeguards necessary to achieve the intended purpose. They see the expected financial windfall for Iran as likely to be used for terrorism and other destructive activities. Moreover, they are concerned that the UN Security Council Resolution appears to allow for early termination of the restrictions on conventional and ballistic weapons.  Israel should not, is not, and cannot be a partisan issue. The American people in every poll show overwhelming support and understand-

ing for Israel. They recognize it as a key democratic ally with shared values and objectives. We hope and trust that the assurances offered during recent weeks regarding Israel’s security needs will be met. The mutual support and cooperation between the U.S. and Israel are vital to both. It is essential for those, particularly Iran, who might seek to harm the U.S. and Israel to see that the two countries remain aligned.  It is essential that the Iranian government understand, and believe, the determination of the U.S. and our allies to use “all means” to assure full Iranian compliance and cooperation. The calls for death to America still echo at Friday prayers, sometimes led by Khameini himself. History has long taught us to take the threats of dictators seriously.  We do not want lingering disputes to inhibit or detract from the need to continue to address the challenges posed by Iran and other vital issues that we will face in the near future. Everyone should now be looking to come together on “the day after.” We must emerge stronger and in a better position to ensure that the nefarious goals of the Iranian regime be challenged effectively and with determination. We must continue to educate and alert the American people and the world to the dangers posed by Iran and especially an emboldened Iran. (Stephen M. Greenberg, chair, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice president, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations)

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October 2015

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Joel Beren and Brent Rubin August 27, 2015 ould anyone have thought in 1939 that the Germans would have gone out of their way to kill six million Jews, not to mention the tens of millions overall that died in WWII (+/- 75 million people I believe)? Yet in a concentrated period of time the Germans managed to extinguish most of European Jewry. We (along with the Russians, British and Canadians) bombed Germany to cinders but that did nothing to stop the Nazis from their obsessive butchering of our people. By the end of the war (and through the Nuremberg trials) we either arrested, jailed, killed or executed most of the Nazi leadership, but the damage was already done. Germany lay in ruins and European Jewry all but ceased to exist. Yet by 1952, with the assistance of the Marshall Plan (about 10% of the U.S. postwar federal budget in 194647-48), Germany and the other defeated axis and destroyed allied countries were already back to their prewar GDP and well on the way to becoming economic powerhouses and stable democracies in their own right. So let’s say Iran gets the bomb (if they already do not have it). They drop two or three warheads on Israel (that’s about all it would take to make the place uninhabitable) and they complete what Hitler was not quite able to do in his era. So they kill a couple of million Palestinians, Christians and Druze at the same time, but no bother – wrong kind of Muslims and Christians. And what’s another four or five million dead people to the world anyway? Hell, in Syria the number is approaching 500,000 and there are no mass prodtests anywhere that I am aware of! So the Mullahs drop the bomb, Ise rael is more or less wiped out. Israel -lobs one or two at Iran (pin-pricks geographically) in retaliation. The U.S. -organizes a worldwide response, a colalition of “the enraged” to the new Horlocaust because no one is going to put t“boots on the ground” to save the asses of a few hundred thousand Jews left in nbombed-out Israel. The U.S., Canada and Vanuatu evacuate and open their doors to whomever is left alive. We ,boycott Iran, set up a naval and air blockade, everyone refuses to trade with them (except maybe the Chinese dand Russians – at least openly), no vihsas are issued for Iranians to study or yconduct business out of the country, -etc. Finally after a two- or three-year gconcentrated effort to isolate and pun-ish Iran there is a popular uprising and the mullahs are finally thrown out and a more palatable group of characters dtake office… and within two or three -decades Iran emerges as the new Germany. An economic powerhouse that dominates the region. So here we sit today with an nAmerican president who is willing eto release $150 billion dollars to, and oeliminate economic sanctions on, the flargest universally recognized group dof people who fund and support terror-ism worldwide. Who provides Hamas eand Hezbollah with most of their fundding. Who have consistently violated yevery previous protocol of internadtional inspection. Who have managed to outmaneuver enough of the existing ,sanctions to avoid a complete meltedown of their economy (at least so far). -Who openly and regularly pledge to -destroy Israel, terrorize the West, and spread their brand of barbaric Islamic ideology. And we as a community are willing to accept at face value an agreement that at best can be described as iffy and at worst as worthless, as many experts across a broad spectrum of government, science, military experts and geo-politicians already believe? Not to mention placing much of our fate in the

Letters to the Editor hands of our good friends at the UN! For the life of me I cannot understand the milktoast response from many in the Jewish community (let alone anywhere else). Why in the world would we accept this deal? What makes this a palatable alternative to continued (and stronger) sanctions against Iran? Why not turn the screws a little harder – force the Mullahs out now – and see if a new Iranian regime can behave responsibly? Why are we rewarding Iran for its ongoing bad behavior? War is not the inevitable consequence of no deal and the continuing imposition of sanctions on Iran. If this deal goes through, the end of Israel as we know it is a greater risk than any of the potential outcomes for Iran. Go back and re-read the first paragraph and then tell me if you’re willing to take the bet. Who are the fools here? Certainly not the Iranians. Joel Beren is Past President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo; Brent Rubin is Past President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and President of Zionist Organization of America/Sarasota Chapter. *** Robert Garvin, Sarasota August 27, 2015 Re: Nina Gail Levitt article in The Jewish News peak out for the Iran deal now! Yes, Israel is important to me. But turning down the deal negotiated by the six governments with Iran is bad policy for the United States, and probably the wrong way for us to protect Israel.

In the absence of this agreement, Iran is developing nuclear weapons now. This deal blocks that for at least the next 15 years. There is a chance that Iran may resume, years from now, but that’s still better than no hiatus at all. Iran will not be a more dangerous threat than it is now. The sanctions have so far not stopped Iran’s continuing development of nuclear weapons. Nor did such sanctions keep North Korea from doing the same. If we all weigh in with our members of Congress against the deal, and Congress blocks U.S. adherence to the deal, what will happen? Iran will continue to develop its nuclear weapons program, slowly perhaps. But its population will be certain that the United States (at the urging of Israel) is deeply committed against Iran. So we’ll get a nuclear-capable Iran whose population is convinced we’re for keeping it down. Were Israel to strike Iran preemptively, the United States would be forced to protect Israel from destruction, and to do what we can to prevent a total regional war. That’s not a pretty prospect, either. I’m telling my members of Congress that I’m in favor of this deal, the

least bad of several bad options; and that I want Congress to approve its coming into effect, without the need for a presidential veto. ***

Arlene J. Pearlman Women’s Interfaith Network September 2, 2015 abbi Jonathan Katz is to be congratulated and commended for his stance on sectarian prayer at public events. He did NOT, as Airman Patricia Daniels asserts, say one could not pray. No one limits anyone’s right to prayer. Do it in your head, your heart, your car, your supermarket, your school – wherever. But to invoke the name of one’s god at public events, where the people are representative of America and are not limited to sharing one or two beliefs is simply wrong. I am willing to bet that the letter writer would jump out of her skin if the name of Mohammed was invoked when a Moslem prayer was said at a public meeting. If your faith is strong, nothing will take it away. However, if you need to hear blessings out loud in the name of whatever religion you choose, then get thee to a house of worship.

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October 2015

FOCUS ON YOUTH

In our fast-paced world, is “slow” positive or negative? Education Corner

By Sara Steinmetz

he word “slow” frequently conjures up thoughts of someone being inadequate, below par, inexperienced or inefficient. “Slow” has a negative connotation in our fastpaced American lifestyle when we are into instant messaging and look for speed in all aspects of our life. Today, parents of young children often times even look to speed their developmental milestones, and speed dating has become a common phenomenon. Although the trend for fast food is slowly being replaced with healthier food choices, as a society attempting to demonstrate super efficiency, many talk on the phone while driving and weaving in and out of lanes, or we multi-task by reading our email and listening to our child talk. All this multitasking may make you feel a sense of

accomplishment, however, at the same time we are less present or attuned to the emotions and needs of our loved ones. In addition, many studies have shown that our fast-paced lifestyle with instantaneous expectations can lead to many undesirable health issues. Let’s rethink the word “slow” by conjuring the taste of a slow-cooked savory dish, and the powerful feeling of slowly thinking over a dilemma, being discerning, and coming to conclusions about significant issues that affect us or family members. In these instances, “slow” certainly has a positive connotation. Today, many successful corporations have updated their policies to allow employees to use work time to exercise, bike or engage in an activity one is passionate about. Although it may seem that this is contrary to the goals of generating great financial gains, it has been proven to actually be the source of amassing profits. When employees are relaxed and rejuvenated, their dedication and creativity levels function at maximum capacity. The aforementioned concept can

be easily related to the celebration of Shabbat, and when you go out of your way to make Shabbat unique and special in both material and spiritual respects, it is as though your neshama – your soul – is surfing. When you light the Shabbat candles, eat a festive dinner, go unplugged for all or part of the Shabbat or attend a Shabbat service, you are essentially creating a pause, a break, a mini weekly vacation from the hustle bustle – from the havoc of the fast-paced world we confront daily. Many are concerned with loss of work on the Shabbat. However, in the well-known L’cha Dodi prayer sung on Friday nights, it states that Shabbat is Mekor Habracha – the source of all blessing. The serenity of the Shabbat empowers us emotionally (and, hopefully, financially as well) and gives us an impetus and thrust to perform at our peak productivity levels. Slowing down once a week is really not so bad. Just as this is evident in the workplace where it is observable that giving an employee time to refresh does not diminish from one’s productivity, so too the Shabbat. The Shabbat

actually gives us a chance to reflect, reassess, rebalance and reenergize. Because “slow” can actually enhance our life, and especially our Jewish life, it is my hope that as we have just completed the High Holiday season, and look for new resolutions to enhance our Judaism and Jewish lifestyle, that you can connect with the message and even encourage family members to gradually increase the Shabbat practices, traditions and rituals, and consequently derive the personal benefits and gains. On Friday-Saturday, October 2324, Chabad of Sarasota will be participating in the worldwide Shabbat Project, which encourages Jews the world over to celebrate the Shabbat for (at least) one Shabbat. This special Shabbat will be very unique, and will be preceded by a spectacular women’s Challah bake on Thursday, October 22. For more information, please visit www.chabadofsarasota.com or call the Chabad office at 941.925.0770. Sara Steinmetz is the education director at Chabad of Sarasota.

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acepainting, parkour instruction, a waterslide, balloon animals, playground time, crafts, ice cream – and, especially, lots of new and old friends – provided a recipe for a fun and successful evening as Temple Emanu-El hosted the annual Family Picnic and Havdalah on Saturday, August 29. About 200 Temple Emanu-El members and community guests enjoyed the lively and festive event, which was sponsored by Temple Emanu-El and The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee.

As children ran around the playground, had their faces painted or hair braided or nails polished by teen volunteers, splashed on the giant inflatable slip-and-slide, and practiced vaults and rolls with instructors from Sarasota Parkour Facility, adults mingled and chatted with one another (although a few parents were spotted learning parkour moves as well!). Participants also enjoyed cold drinks provided by Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood and free treats from the ice cream truck. As the sun set and the storm clouds gathered,

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everyone moved inside for a beautiful musical Havdalah service led by Rabbi Brenner Glickman. “I had a great time,” one teen volunteer stated. “It was fun to see my friends and to see younger kids having such a blast. My favorite part was the ice cream truck and playing air hockey with other kids.” The Family Picnic and Havdalah was chaired by Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman with amazing volunteers, including Director of Education Sabrina Silverberg, Steven Leavitt, Kim Sheintal, Joe Kopper, Phyllis Troy, Alena and Anna Barwick, Jordan Cohen, Natalie Mount, Emma Katz, Julianna Maggard, Tayla Rosenthal, and Mo, Leo and Eden Glickman. Top: Dan Ceasar, Goldie Feldman Academy’s new Head of School, enjoyed ice cream with daughters Natalie and Nora Above: Temple Emanu-El Religious School seventh-grader Jordan Cohen painted ﬁrstgrader Madeline Gersh’s face At left: Temple Emanu-El Religious School madricha Tayla Rosenthal painted Mimi Galkoff’s nails

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Upcoming for USY – an amazing year!

-By Jessica Zelitt e are in for an amazing year e with USY! Our year kicked

off with our Youth Group Open House in the Moadon, Temple ,Beth Sholom’s youth group hideaway, eon September 2. This event introduced sthe three different age groups: Chalut-zim for grades 3-5, Kadima for grades 6-8, and USY for high school students. sIf you missed the event and would like more information, contact Jessica Zimmerman at jessica.zimmerman12@ -ncf.edu. t As of press time, our next USY event is scheduled for September 27 – an IDF Boot Camp! Participants will llearn all about the Israeli Army and lplay fun games like Capture the Flag. SRQUSY, Temple Beth Sholom’s rchapter of the USY, is part of the Mertcaz region, and our first sub-regional econvention will take place October 9-11 in Tampa. The generous TBS Sisterhood is encouraging all USY members to attend with scholarships! First-time attendees who are USY and

TBS members are eligible for $100 dollars off the conference price. I hope to see you at all our upcoming events. If you have any questions, please email Jessica Zimmerman, our enthusiastic SRQUSY advisor, at the address above.

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SERIES 1: COOKING WITH CHEF INSTRUCTOR ALYSON ZILDJIAN Chef/Owner Alyson Zildjian, is a graduate of the culinary program at Johnson and Wales University and has been working and creating in the food industry for over 25 years. Besides catering, she makes regular appearances on ABC 7 News at noon, “Chef Judi’s Dish” and teaches adult and teen cooking classes throughout our community. Alyson shares her passion for food as a teacher, consultant and caterer, serving a myriad of clients ranging from rock legend Aerosmith to B’nei Mitzvah and Debutantes. DATES • October 7 – Delicious Potato Knishes & Bubbie’s Cheese blintzes • October 21 – Authentic Hummus & Israeli Chopped Salad • November 4 – Exploring Chocolate with Decadent Desserts Fee: $75/series, $15 materials fee (10 student min/15 student max) LOCATION Temple Sinai Kitchen 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Rd. • Sarasota, FL 34231 Jr. Chefs, AKA: students, will learn safe practices in the kitchen, authentic Jewish and Israeli recipes, and the history of how the successful techniques of world class chocolatiers made their way to Israel. Enjoy the fruits of your labor: eat what you cook and bring home the recipes to make these delicious and fun dishes over and over again with your family and friends.

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SERIES 2: MOSAIC ART WITH INSTRUCTOR ELLEN TISHMAN Ellen Goldberg Tishman is an experienced Jewish educator, designer, artist and arts administrator. She is a strong supporter and practitioner of arts integration, always encouraging the making of connections between topics, especially Judaism and the arts. She holds her MA in Art Education from University of Florida and BFA from Syracuse University. DATES • November 18 – Introduction to Mosaic Design • December 2 – Mosaic Technique and Assemblage • December 16 – Mosaic Grouting and Completion Fee: $75/series, $15 materials fee (6 student min/10 student max) LOCATION The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee • Desenberg Conference Room 580 McIntosh Rd. • Sarasota, FL 34232 Students in this class will gain knowledge about this ancient art form as they learn the basics of mosaic design and create their own one-of-a-kind personal artworks. This class will incorporate traditional and modern methods and materials as students learn to design layouts, and apply newly acquired skills like tile cutting, gluing and grouting. No experience is necessary. SERIES 3: AIKIDO WITH SENSEI BARRY TUCHFELD Barry Tuchfeld is the Sensei of Traditional Aikido of Sarasota. He is a Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt) and Certified Aikido Instructor (Fukushidoin) by Takemusu Aikido Association. He has trained Aikido for 22 years, including direct training with the late Saito Sensei in Iwama, Japan. In addition to conducting leadership seminars using Aikido-based principles, he has developed and facilitated workshops for special groups like people with cancer and PTSD. DATES • January 6 – A Martial Art for Peaceful Warriors • January 20 – Introduction to Buki Waza and the Boken (Wooden Sword) • February 3 – The Power of a “Walking Stick” Fee: $75/series* (6 student min/14 student max) *Students who complete this series are eligible for a one-month credit and free training uniform should they continue to study with Sensei Barry at his studio. LOCATION Traditional Aikido of Sarasota • 803 Bell Road • Sarasota, FL 34240

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October 2015

FOCUS ON YOUTH

Temple Sinai’s SAFETY youth group board members share their summer experiences By Deb Bryan

n August 4 and 5, the new SAFETY board got together for its annual retreat at Temple Sinai to get everything ready for the year ahead for both SAFETY (grades 9-12) and JOOSY (grades 6-8), our two Temple Sinai youth groups. As we got to know one another better, I realized these teens had some wonderful experiences this past summer. Marisa Freedman, President: Camp Coleman showed me how im-

portant it is to be the kind of leader who is open-minded to new experiences and different ideas. Being a part of such a close kehillah kedosha made me feel like I belonged to something bigger than myself. Rachel Towe, Social Action Vice President (SAVP): This summer, I spent three-and-a-half life-changing weeks at the URJ Kutz Camp. Through my session-long minor, Tower, I learned the importance of self-reliance,

trust and reliance on others, and learning from people and their experiences. Sam Sklar, Religious and Cultural Vice President (RCVP): At the beginning of June, I dedicated the summer to myself, which gave me the opportunity to improve physically, emotionally and spiritually. During the course of my summer journey, I cut out all outside distractions, lost over 50 pounds, and achieved a place of intellectual and emotional growth.

Daniel Nissan, Historian: What an incredible experience I had this summer at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel. I had an opportunity to travel throughout Israel and learn about Jewish history with renowned educators. Am Yisrael Chai! For more information about our SAFETY and JOOSY youth groups, please contact Deb Bryan, Temple Sinai Youth Director, at dbryan@sinai srq.org.

GFA partners with Sarasota Y and FST to launch an Interfaith Community Children’s Theater Program

eginning this fall, the Goldie Feldman Academy will be kicking off an Interfaith Community Children’s Theater Program. Partnering with Florida Studio Theatre, this program is designed to bring GFA students in grades 4-8 together with a diverse peer group from the Sarasota YMCA to write and perform children’s theater. The program will connect children of all faiths and backgrounds to bridge cultural and religious differenc-

es through theater. Children will learn the building blocks of a professional acting technique from FST’s Teaching Artists while at the same time develop an interfaith community of peers through theatrical exploration. The class will focus on embracing what makes each person unique, exploring sense of self, having purposeful conversations, and respecting and understanding of others. Instructors will use a combination

of improvisational games, movement exercises, music, and FST’s proven acting method to teach students to use their imaginations, work as an ensemble, and be comfortable in front of an audience. Family and friends will be invited to a final class that will showcase theater exercises and group scenes reflecting the process each child experienced

in class. Currently, GFA is looking for support to provide need-based scholarships for families that cannot afford the program registration. To find out how you can support this program, please contact our partnership coordinator, Linda Romero, lromero@gfasarasota. org or 941.552.2770 x429.

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October 2015

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SARASOTA • The Jewish Federation Campus • Lakehouse West • SRQ Memorial Hospital – Outpatient • Morton’s Gourmet Bakery • Art Building • Bahia Oaks Lodge • Health Complex East Ave • Kobernick Anchin/Benderson • Fruitville Library • Temple Emanu-El • Temple Beth Sholom • Temple Sinai • Chabad of Sarasota • Founder’s Club • Bird Key Park Newsrack • Temple Beth Israel • Longboat Key Newsrack – Gulf of Mexico Dr. & Cedar St.

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