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Annual Meeting spotlights Jewish Toledo leadership and vounteerism

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B'nai Israel members travel to Europe for Jewish heritage mission

Join us for a summer fun extravaganza!

RSVP appreciated by August 10 to sherry@jewishtoledo.org or 419-724-0386. Walk-ins welcome!

Face painting Inflatables by Hero’s Pony rides Petting zoo Carnival games Ice cream truck

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Rosenbloom's Farm cultivates summer for children with special needs

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Sunday August 16 2 - 4 p.m. (rain or shine) Federation Campus 6465 Sylvania Ave. Grassy area between the Temple and JCC. No charge, but donations to the JFS Food Pantry are greatly appreciated.

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Local News

Painting with Mom (and Bubbe) More than 20 moms and daughters (and some grandmas too!) came to the Federation for a painting class with our art expert, Miss Colette.

Each family learned how to turn a blank canvas into a beautiful flower, which they got to take home and display proudly for everyone to see.

More programs for the entire family are coming up, contact Sherry Majewski for more information (sherry@JewishToledo.org or 419724-0386).

Madelyn, Hallie and Ellery Freed

Darcie, Julie, Sadie and Amanda Szyskowski

Stacy McGrew and Jillian Kunz

Jillian and Skylar Kunz

Ivy, Aneyah, Fayth, Brynn and Katy Majewski

Jane Markwood, Erica Kerper and Harlie Kerper

Julia and Megan Rhodes

Abby and Dawn Goldstein

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Jewish Federation 2015 SAVE THE of Greater Toledo DATE CALENDAR

Toledo Jewish News Volume 63 No. 10 • 28 pages

(ISSN 0040-9081) Toledo Jewish News is published 11 times per year,

by Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, 6465 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, Ohio 43560. Toledo Jewish News invites correspondence on subjects of interest to the Jewish community, but disclaims responsibility for any endorsement of the views expressed by the writers. All submissions become the property of Toledo Jewish News. Submissions will be edited for accuracy, brevity and clarity and are subject to verification. Toledo Jewish News reserves the right to refuse any submissions. Toledo Jewish News does not guarantee the kashrut of any of its advertisers.

Phone: 419-724-0363 Fax: 419-885-3207 e-mail: abby@JewishToledo.org EDITOR Paul Causman STAFF EDITOR/REPORTER Abby Hoicowitz

DATE EVENT

DEPARTMENT

*August 1 *August 16 August 20 *August 21

YJT Adult Jump Night at Sky Zone Summer Fun Festival A Day at the Bay ... Put-in-Bay YJT Fridays: Veritas Cork & Craft

Young Jewish Toledo Families, Youth & Children Seniors Young Jewish Toledo

September 1 September 3 *September 3 September 8 September 10 *September 10 *September 18 September 24 *September 27 *September 27

Kosher Shopping & Lunch in Detroit Seniors Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center/Schedel Arboretum Seniors YJT Trapped Toledo (Again!)

Young Jewish Toledo Apples & Honey for Rosh HaShanah ... and so much more Seniors Food Labels - Cracking the Code Seniors 2016 Major Gifts Annual Dinner Campaign YJT Fridays: Location TBD Young Jewish Toledo Sukkah Decorating/Lulav & Etrog Shake w/Pizza in the Hut Seniors YJT High Holiday Food Pantry Help Young Jewish Toledo Family Mitzvah Day with a Sukkot Twist Families, Youth & Community

*October 1 *October 4 October 7-9 *October 11 October 17

CaptionCall: Life is Calling YOU! YJT High Holiday Food Pantry Help St. Jacobs and Stratford, Ontario (Out & About trip) PJ Story Time with Pizza Lunch Young Jewish Toledo Soirée at the Toledo Zoo Aquarium

Seniors Young Jewish Toledo Seniors Families, Youth & Children Young Jewish Toledo

*November 19

Annual Thanksgiving Celebration - The Turkey Dinner

Seniors

Dates are subject to change. Events will be added monthly as information becomes available.

* Newly added or revised event

Hallie Freed, Program Director, Young Jewish Toledo & Young Couples 419-724-0362 | hallie@JewishToledo.org

Sherry Majewski, Program Director, Family, Youth & Children’s Programs 419-724-0386 | sherry@JewishToledo.org

Wendy Goldstein, Director, Campaign 419-724-0360 | wendy@JewishToledo.org

René Rusgo, Director, Senior Services and Senior Adult Center 419-531-2119 | rene@JewishToledo.org

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2016 Major Gifts Annual Dinner* Thursday, September 10 Congregation B'nai Israel 5:30 p.m.: Cocktail Reception 6:30 p.m.: Dinner

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An evening with Lisa Alcalay Klug

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Toledo Jewish News accepts ads, artwork and all editorial copy by disc or e-mail only, at abby@JewishToledo.org.

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At the Annual LOJE, Lion & Pomegranate Dinner, several of Jewish Toledo's most philanthropic women came together to enjoy dinner at the Sylvania Country Club and a speech by guest speaker and author, Lisa Alcalay Klug.

Make your contribution to the Annual Campaign online at www.JewishToledo.org

Ms. Klug discussed "The Power of Story, the Beauty of Continuity and the Meaning of You," including stories of her travels across the world as well as intimate details of her father's survival of the Holocaust and her mother's historic roots in Spain.

She explained how her parents' remarkable stories compelled her to spend more than two decades lovingly researching her family's past.

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Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo

Annual Meeting spotlights Jewish Toledo leadership and volunteerism At the Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and Affiliated Agencies in late June, Jewish Toledo elected its 2015-16 officers and directors, recognized its outgoing directors, and presented Jewish Community Leadership Awards.

Thank you so much to everyone who attended. Here's to an amazing upcoming year!

Joel Marcovitch, JFGT CEO, addresses the community

Rabbi Yossi Shemtov shares a blessing

Joel Marcovitch; Marty Kaback, Spirit of Jewish Family Service Award winner; and Nancy Newbury, Executive Director, Jewish Family Service

Leah Connor, Sylvia Rubin and Joanne Rubin, Toledo Board of Jewish Education Ben Solomon Outstanding Trustee Award winner

Rabbi Alan Sokobin recites a benediction

Staff of Arakÿta, winners of the Bob Wick Community Service Award

Lauren Sachs, JFGT Treasurer and René Rusgo, Director, Senior Services and Senior Adult Center

Joel Marcovitch, center, with outgoing board members Richard D. Rusgo, Lauren Sachs, Donna Pesin and Audrey Brookfield

Richard D. Rusgo, JFGT Campaign Chair

Joel Marcovitch and Jason Levine, Harry Levison Young Leadership Award winner

Elliot Feit, Marjorie Siegel Jewish Communal Service Award of Excellence winner, speaks

Andy Golding, outgoing JFGT president, speaks

Ruth Steingroot, Silver Circle Leadership Award winner, comes to the stage to be recognized

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Toledo Jewish Community Foundation Foundation celebrates milestone 35th anniversary The Toledo Jewish Community Foundation leadership gathered on June 10 in celebration of the Foundation’s 35th anniversary. Past Chairman, Marvin Kobacker (z"l), Gordon Levine, Harley Kripke, Fred Treuhaft and Donald L. Solomon were recognized by current Chairman, Dan Steinberg, at this

celebratory event. A special performance by Avi Hoffman, accompanied by Caryl Fantel, topped off the evening!

The grantmaking function of the Toledo Jewish Community Foundation plays a critical role in funding community needs. Photos: Grand Lubell Photography

Bob Gersten and Judge David Katz

Ruth Delman, Sandy Romanoff and Stephanie Gersten

Gordon Levine, Past Chairman

Donald L. Solomon, Past Chairman, and Harry Nistel

Sarah Taub, Joanne Rubin, Madge Levinson and Albie Romanoff

Michael Mostov and Paul Goldner

Judge David Katz and Janet Rogolsky

Dan Steinberg and Michael Berebitsky, recipient of the Foundation Endowment Achievement Award

Arleen Levine and Dan Steinberg

Ralph Delman and Mickey Rosenberg

Dan Steinberg and Susan Hartman Muska, accepting on behalf of Sylvia Thal, Legacy Award recipient

Avi Hoffman

Jim Ravin, Harley Kripke (Past Chairman) and Stacey Kripke

Fred Treuhaft, Past Chairman We wish to acknowledge the generosity of Grand Lubell photography for its donation of creative services at the June 10, 2015 Foundation Donor Event.

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Jewish Family Service

Dinner with the Family October 10 - November 1, 2015

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October 10, 2015 | 6:45 p.m.

Food, Friends, Fun…Bajan Style

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Hosts: Dena & David Zack

October 18, 2015 | 6 p.m.

Dinner Paired with Five Olive Oils Menu TBD with education provided by Bumble Olive Oil Company Hosts: Lisa & Barry Rosen

Bumble Olive Oil Company, 3137 West Central, Toledo Cost TBD 12 guests, adults only

Three spirited chefs with a sense of creativity and a goal to tantalize and please the palate. We don’t want to give you too many details and spoil the surprise.

Hosts: Laurie Gross, Cary Gross, Kathryn Linver 4125 Nantucket Toledo $25 per person 25 guests; singles encouraged; age 40+ Menu is appropriate for all food preferences.

October 25, 2015 | 5:30 p.m. cocktails, 6 p.m. dinner More, More, More A traditional meal you would expect from a typical Jewish mother with more, more, more. Each course will remind you of our delicious heritage – appetizers, matzah ball soup, salads, tender brisket, and desserts.

Menu: Matzah balls, of course!

Hearts of palm salad Sesame cabbage salad Israeli fruit salad Brisket Kasha Asparagus Kugel Tzimmes Cheesecake Mendal bread Cookies Coffee/tea

Soda Wine Beer Hosts: Joe & Rochelle Barchick 5926 Porsha Drive Sylvania $25 per person 25 guests Vegetarian options

November 1, 2015 | 11:45 a.m.

From Modern Jewish Cooking: Pletzals and More

Come enjoy brunch from the new cookbook, Modern Jewish Cooking. Selections will depend on what is fresh and in season, but could include: Menu: Sweet potato scallion frittata Pletzals Spinach Shaksuka Fruit Featured cocktails from Shakespeare Not Stirred, Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas

We will have a campfire-themed dinner and encourage our guests to dress in their denim and diamonds ... tiaras, too.

Menu: Fall squash soup Sweet potato and quinoa salad with goat cheese Grilled cheese Fruit S’mores bar Apple cider Hot chocolate

Hosts: Richard and Kara Fine 2557 Spruce Loop Rd. Sylvania $25 per person 24 people (12 adults, 12 children) We are happy to include gluten free and vegan options, just let us know.

Hosts: Allie & Dan Berns & family 4814 Sylvan Court Sylvania $50 per couple/family 25 guests; children welcome; young families Kosher home Dogs in the home

No smoking; no pets

October 18, 2015 | 11:30 a.m.

Illumination Brunch

Menu: Salads Entrées Sides Desserts Beverages

October 10, 2015 | 6 p.m.

Denim & Diamonds

October 18, 2015 | 5 p.m.

Super Supper – Israeli Style Casual supper with Israeli recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi Cookbooks: Jerusalem, Plenty and Plenty More Menu: Assorted cheeses, olives, herring Salads, olives Fresh fish dish Vegetarian pasta dish Fruits Selection of sweets

Hosts: Anita Levin & Ken Lempert 5261 Carlingfort Drive Toledo $36 per person 18 guests Vegetarian options

October 31, 2015 | 6:30 p.m.

Beauty & the Beast Great meal for vegetarians with salmon on the side for those who aren’t.

Menu: Caesar salad Veggie lasagna Salmon Veggie sides Chocolate fondue

Hosts: Sarah Taub & Ross Chaban 7347 Deer Trail Sylvania $36 per person 8 guests

Date and time TBA Tastes of the World

T U O OLD

A potluck style dinner, which will feature recipes from all over the world.

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Hosts: Anne & Jeff Bauer

Do you like unique and fun culinary experiences?

Do you like to support fundraisers where 100% of your dollars goes directly to meeting local needs? Then the Jewish Family Service Dinner with the Family fundraiser is just for you!

Participating in this special event is a great way to have fun, build community spirit and raise money for JFS at the same time! You are invited to choose your venue from the options below. Then register by completing and mailing in the form or by contacting Patty Paczkowski at 419-724-0401 or patty@ JewishToledo.org.

The cost of your dining experience is 75% tax deductible, and JFS receives the proceeds, which enables us to provide much needed services to improve the quality of life for our community members.

Dine with old friends and make new ones while helping those in need. Register early as venues sell out quickly. Look for event updates at www.jewishtoledo. org.

For more information, please contact Nancy Newbury at 419-724-0408.

October 25, 2015 | 6 p.m.

Hungarian Delight A Hungarian dinner sure to please the palate.

Menu: Cheese Hungarian coleslaw Chicken paprikash with spaetzle Vegetable Apple strudel Wine

Hosts: Audrey and Ernie Brookfield 3431 Chapel Drive Toledo $25 per person 8 guests; children welcome; singles encouraged

November 1, 2015 | 7 p.m.

Small Plates – Heavy Grazing Menu: Various appetizers Salad Salmon Chicken piccata Roasted vegetable platter Accordion potatoes Assorted pastries/ chocolates Sangria Specialty martini Beer Soft drinks Iced tea with fresh basil

Hosts: Lynn Nusbaum & Marcy Kuehnle 5705 Corey Cove Sylvania $50 per person; singles encouraged 20 guests

Dinner with the Family | October 10 - November 1, 2015 Please reserve _____ places for Dinner with the Family at: ______________________ on __________________

(host name) (date) In case this first choice is filled, the following is a second choice ____________________ on __________________

(host name) (date) Name(s) (please print): _______________________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ Phone: ____________________

City/State/Zip Code: _________________________

Email address (for confirmation and directions): _______________________________

Please send payment at least 3 weeks before your selected dinner.  Enclosed is payment of $______*. I understand that price adjustments for a second choice dinner will be made later.

Please make checks payable to: Jewish Family Service and mail to 6505 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, OH 43560 Or, pay by credit card:  Visa  MasterCard  Discover  American Express Name as it appears on the credit card: ______________________________ Expiration date: _______________ Signature: ______________________________ *75% of the cost of your dinner  We will be unable to attend. Please accept our donation of $ ______ will be tax deductible

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Jewish Family Service Philanthropy starts at an early age

Ellery Freed and Gabe Green present Gan Yeladim Preschool's donation to the Jewish Family Service Food Pantry

Meijer “Simply Give Program” coincides with holidays Turn $1 into $3 When you are shopping at Meijer for Rosh HaShanah and for the High Holiday food drives, don’t forget to participate in the Simply Give campaign. Meijer is once again partnering with Jewish Family Service to help keep our food pantry shelves full. The Simply Give program runs from July 19 through September 12 and is just that – SIMPLE! Pick up a Simply Give donation card and present it at checkout along with your donation ($10 minimum). Meijer matches

donations dollar for dollar! During Double Match Days, September 3-5, the Meijer match is DOUBLED. For every $10 that you donate to the Simply Give campaign during those three days, Meijer will give $20 to the program, resulting in a $30 donation to the JFS Food Pantry. Total campaign donations last year to the JFS Food Pantry was over $20,000! It’s easy and everyone benefits.

Continue your effort in the fight against hunger – Simply Give!

WANTED Person to transport a Friendly Visitor who cannot drive so she can visit with a house-bound individual.

If you’re interested in performing this wonderful mitzvah, please call Barbara Levison at 419-724-0407.

Trained volunteers will accompany Jewish seniors aged 60 and older (who meet the program criteria) to their routine medical appointments. The services they offer make them more than just an escort.

Adult and teen volunteers needed for Rosh HaShanah food drive September is just around the corner, and once again Jewish Family Service is looking for adult and teen volunteers to assist with our Rosh HaShanah food drive.

Food will be delivered to the Sekach Building on Sunday, September 27. Volunteers will be needed to sort, organize, and shelve all the food and paper products and help fold all of the brown paper bags or discard torn ones.

You may help between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates: Wednesday, September 30 Thursday, October 1 Friday, October 2 Wednesday, October 7 Thursday, October 8 Friday, October 9

Please note, Jewish Family Service will be closed for Sukkot on September 28 and 29 and for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah on October 5 and 6.

We sincerely hope that you will help make this year’s food drive very successful by contributing urgently needed food or personal care items.

If you would also like to volunteer, please call Barbara Levison at 419-724-0407 or email barbara@JewishToledo.org with the subject line “Rosh Hashanah Volunteer."

Connecting through grief For bereaved Jewish men and women who are adjusting to life without their mate who desire support, friendship, and comfort. Come and share or just listen.

JOIN US When: Third Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m.

Where: Jewish Family Service, Sekach Building, 6505 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania For more information or to RSVP, contact Nancy Newbury at 419-724-0408

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Senior News The Senior Adult Center and Senior Adult Programs of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo are open to all who are 60 years old and above and are supported in part through your campaign dollars and through a generous grant from the Jewish Senior Services Supporting Organization.

All events are part of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and occasionally take place at the various synagogues. Please note registration deadlines for all programs!

To register for a Jewish Federation Senior Program, please call 419-724-0354 or email registration@jewishtoledo.org.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 A Day at the Bay ... PUT-IN-BAY 8:30 a.m. depart Federation campus, 6465 Sylvania Avenue (return approximately 7 p.m.) $60 per person (includes bus transportation, ferry transportation, guided train tour, all stops and lunch) Join us for a day at Put-In-Bay. We will travel in style to Port Clinton, where we will catch the Jet Express and enjoy the 20 minute ferry ride over to the island where our covered train will be waiting for us. We will tour the sights of the Butterfly House, Antique Car Museum, Put-in-Bay Winery, Doller Museum of Island Life and Perry’s Monument Visitor Center. Lunch will be at Tipper’s Buffet with time to shop the shops! This trip is different than last time! Dress in comfy shoes and bring a hat! We will depart on the 10:15 a.m. ferry and return on the 5 p.m. ferry. This trip has minimal walking, as we will spend most of our time on the train.

Limited seats! Registration and payment requested by Monday, August 3 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Kosher Shopping & Lunch in Detroit 8:30 a.m. depart JFS Senior Adult Center, 2700 Pelham Road 4:30 p.m. approximate return time to JFS Senior Adult Center It’s that time again to get ready for the fall holidays! So, let’s go north and bring a cooler to One Stop Kosher Grocery Store, Zeman’s Kosher Bakery and Harvard Row Kosher butcher shop! Lunch will be on your own at our mystery location. Please call ahead to Harvard Row (248-539-8806) to place your order for pick up.

Limited seats! Registration is requested by Monday, August 24 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3 The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center and Schedel Arboretum 8 a.m. depart from Jewish Federation Campus, 6465 Sylvania Avenue 5 p.m. return to Federation campus $60 per person (includes transportation, admission tickets, tours, lunch and bus snacks) Join us as we visit a historic area close to home followed by a lovely garden afternoon. We will start off the day by traveling to Fremont, Ohio to visit The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. At the museum, we will tour the Dressed for Life: First Ladies’ & Red Dress Collection, and we will also tour the home. Then we are off to the Schedel Arboretum. There we will have a beautiful lunch on the deck overlooking the gardens. Following lunch, we will tour the gardens with a docent. After we have had our share of the majestic gardens, we will return to Toledo. This trip has moderate walking/standing and could include a few flights of stairs and/or uneven terrain.

Registration & payment requested by Monday, August 24 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Apples & Honey for Rosh HaShanah ... and so much more!

1 – 2:30 p.m.

JFS Senior Adult Center, 2700 Pelham Road Come take a journey with us as we explore Rosh HaShanah and the fall holidays through one of our favorite senses – taste. Learn about honey, apples, our favorite treats and so much more!

Registration is requested by Monday, August 31

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Food Labels – Cracking the Code

1 p.m.

JFS Senior Adult Center, 2700 Pelham Road Did you know that there could be fat lurking in your fat free food or salt in your sodium free food? Knowing how to read food labels is especially important if you have health conditions or want to make well-informed food choices. The more practice you get reading food labels, the better you will become in using them as a tool to plan a healthy, balanced diet. Presented by Christine Haar, MS, RDN, LD, Director, Internship Program in Nutrition and Dietetics – Bowling Green State University Registration is requested by Friday, September 4 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Sukkah Decorating Lulav & Etrog Shake with Pizza in the Hut

Noon JFS Senior Adult Center, 2700 Pelham Road A Sukkah is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long festival of Sukkot. It is topped with branches and often well decorated with everything and anything! Join us as we decorate our very own Sukkah with art, fruit, lights and so much more! Then Learn the “shake” – how to shake your Lulav and Etrog correctly and add a mitzvah to your day. Then join us as we have lunch in the Sukkah – another mitzvah, where we will dine on pizza, salad and dessert!

Registration is requested by Friday, September 18 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 CaptionCall: Life is Calling YOU!

1 p.m.

JFS Senior Adult Center, 2700 Pelham Road CaptionCall is an amplified telephone that displays written captions of what the callers say on a large, easy to-read display screen. The CaptionCall phone is available at no cost to anyone who has trouble hearing on the phone and has had their hearing loss diagnosed by a hearing‑care or healthcare professional. Join us to learn more about CaptionCall’s products and services ; there will be a company representative providing a demonstration plus lots of exciting giveaways.

Registration is requested by Monday, September 21.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Annual Thanksgiving Celebration – The Turkey Dinner 5 p.m. dinner and entertainment Senior Adult Center -2700 Pelham Road $5 per person Join us as we come together to celebrate and be thankful for all that we have and enjoy a bountiful traditional meal.

Registration and payment requested by Monday, November 9.

MISC: To help us better plan for our programs and events, we ask that you make payment at the time of your registration.

No confirmations will be mailed, your credit card charge or canceled check will serve as your confirmation! Please fill out an Emergency Contact Form if you will be traveling with us and have not done so.

Did you know ...

you can view and read the JFS Senior Adult Center Newsletter online?

Just go to the www.jewishtoledo.org website and click on "Seniors" to find a link for the current issue.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 St. Jacobs & Stratford, ON Join us as we travel to the beautiful and quaint little towns of St. Jacobs and Stratford Ontario Canada to enjoy the charm of the beginning of fall. We will start our travels in St. Jacobs with lunch at the homestyle restaurant of Stone Crook and then, just around the corner, we will enjoy the comedy of unmentionable hilarity, Sexy Laundry at the St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre. After our day of travel we will check into the Courtyard by Marriott Waterloo in St. Jacobs with time to freshen up before we leave for dinner at the DH Food & Lodging before we head off to the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse for The Pirates of Penzance!

Thursday morning breakfast is at the hotel; after you will have time to stroll the charming stores along downtown St. Jacobs where you can decide where to have lunch. After lunch, we will depart for Stratford where we will see a matinee performance of The Diary of Anne Frank at the Avon Theatre. Following our show, we will check into the Arden Park Hotel, have a delicious dinner at a local establishment and then head off to the theatre to see The Sound of Music at the amazing Festival Theatre!

Friday morning breakfast is at the hotel, and then we will have time to stroll and shop in downtown Stratford before we depart for Toledo.

TOUR INCLUDES: Modern Motor Coach transportation 1 night at the Courtyard by Marriott Waterloo St. Jacobs 1 night at the Arden Park Hotel 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners (1 lunch on your own) Bus snacks Luggage handling Tax and tip on included meals Tickets to Sexy Laundry, The Pirates of Penzance, The Diary of Anne Frank and The Sound of Music COST PER PERSON: $585 Double occupancy* + driver gratuity $700 Single occupancy* + driver gratuity *Member fee is for those in good standing with a current pledge and no unpaid gifts to the annual Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo Campaign. A non-member may pay an additional $125 per person.

Full payment due at time of registration, no places will be held without payment. Registration and payment deadline is Friday, September 4.

Driver gratuity is voluntary; suggested amount is $3$5 per day and may be given directly to the driver at the end of trip.

• It is your responsibility to arrange roommates.

• Travel insurance may be obtained by contacting your insurance agent.

• A current 2015 emergency form needs to be on file.

• This trip has moderate walking/standing, and could include a few flights of stairs and/or uneven terrain.

• Travel itinerary subject to change

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Senior News

Free services and events at the

Wooster trip review

By Emily Harel, Senior Adult Center Intern In late June, a group of 22 seniors set off on a trip to Wooster, Ohio. After about an hour and a half drive, we arrived at Lehman’s general store. The store was huge and had a large variety of Amish-made products.

There, we ate lunch and had about two hours to shop.

Then we were off to the College of Wooster Freedlander Theatre to attend a play. The show was Brigadoon produced by the Ohio Light Opera. It was an absolutely amazing show that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. After the show, all were able to refresh up at the Hampton Inn before we headed to our next destination – the Food Tour.

On the tour, we went to four different restaurants. At each location, we were able to sample some of the food and drinks as well. By the end of the night, everyone was happy and full. We returned to the hotel for a restful night.

The next day, we had a relaxed breakfast at the hotel. Then we made an impromptu stop at the “Everything Rubbermaid” store.

After an hour we departed to the Pine Tree Barn. We shopped for an hour before having a lovely lunch at The Granary Restaurant. Once we were full, we set off back to Toledo.

This trip was incredibly fun and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. We look forward to having everyone back on another trip!

Mark Your Calendar!

The Greatest Gift: Organ & Tissue Donation

Thursday, October 22

Noon Congregation B’nai Israel, 6525 Sylvania Avenue $5 per person Registration and payment requested by Monday, October 12 to 419-724-0354 or registration@JewishToledo.org.

Join us for an important afternoon of learning and understanding about organ and tissue donation and what Judaism has to say about it. We will have a presentation from Life Connection of Ohio about becoming a donor and how to make sure that our loved ones are aware of our choices. Our clergy will provide the Jewish perspective on organ and tissue donation. Also, hear personal stories from actual donors and recipients.

Anyone at any age can make the difference!

This program is supported

by Jewish Senior Services.

TOP 10 JFS SENIOR ADULT CENTER FACTS: 1 The JFS Senior Adult center is open to anyone

60 and older 2 The JFS Senior Adult Center offers wonderful

classes at NO CHARGE to participants 3 Transportation services for grocery store and

banks are FREE 4 Outings include mystery lunches, day trips and

much more 5 Wellness checks are provided weekly – FREE 6 Informative presenters speak regularly 7 Laughter is contagious 8 Assistance is available for Golden Buckeye Card applications 9 Community is a focal point 10

Participants meet, mix and mingle regularly

Mondays Wellness Checks 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Have a registered nurse from Senior Independence help you keep your blood pressure and sugar under control with a FREE weekly check!

Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays Prime Movers 11 a.m. – Noon Prime Movers is a basic all around strength and movement class. A mix of cardio, strength and flexibility. All levels welcome. Walk-ins welcome.

Mondays Drumming 1 – 2 p.m.

Any fitness level, anyone can do this! Come give it a try and be your own rock star!

Tuesdays (dates and explanations below) Craft Time 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Come create, socialize and have fun in a no judgement zone. All skill levels are welcome. Please call or sign up in the lobby one week before the event, and please arrive promptly at 1 p.m. for instructions!

Tuesday August 18: Duct Tape Pouch Duct tape crafts are a very hot trend nowadays. We made duct tape flower pens before, but now we are going to make something for those pens to go into! This simple and fun craft will leave you with a cool looking pouch for storing anything!

Tuesday August 25: Coffee Filter Carnations With the simplest supply list, we will make gorgeous flowers out coffee filters! This easy craft will make you look at coffee filters in another light.

Wednesdays Balance Class 1 – 2 p.m.

Take your workout to the next level and focus on your core and balance.

Wednesdays Art Class 2 -4 p.m.

From sketching to oils to water colors you’re in charge of your project.

No assignments. Work with the instructor to create a one of a kind piece of work.

Fridays Poker Group 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Poker players needed! Nickel and dime games.

To use any of the above services, just fill out a simple and quick Client Registration Form.

To learn more about the JFS Senior Adult Center, call 419-531-2119 or visit JewishToledo.org.

The JFS Senior Adult Center is supported by the Area Office on Aging, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and Jewish Seniors Services Supporting Organization.

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Senior News Y♥ung at Heart

CRAFTS We handmade beautiful pinwheels

Rising star and Israeli pianist, Guy Mintus, and his partner, Yinon Muallem, a TurkishIsraeli percussionist, provided an interactive conversation for our community. They also previewed their performance at the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA), sponsored

by The Art Tatum Jazz Society and the TMA

MUSIC We danced and enjoyed music along with delicious floats at the Pelham tenants float party

We celebrated 10 years of senior programming in the Department of Jewish Programs with a lovely lunch and a performance

by Swingmania, under the direction of Jeff McDonald

FRIENDS Furry friends visited us for Doggy Day at the Senior Adult Center at Pelham Manor

We cheered on our Toledo Mud Hens from high above the stadium in a reserved suite just for us! The group enjoyed the game in luxury with visits from Muddy and Mudonna and a catered buffet lunch

FUN We had lunch out at Ye Olde Durty Bird

More than 40 community members came to the Federation for an engaging program with Beth Rose from Beth Rose Real Estate and Auctions. Attendees each brought a family heirloom, hidden treasure or garage sale find for Beth Rose and her team to appraise and determine the estimated value. Whether an item was a treasure or just sentimentally valuable, each one came with a story fascinating to the entire group

EDUCATION

A Toledo Police officer taught us about staying safe

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Local News B’nai Israel members travel to Europe for Jewish heritage mission Editor’s note: In May, Congregation B’nai Israel’s Cantor Ivor Lichterman joined with Lee and Gail Kwait to lead a group of local community members on a Jewish heritage mission throughout Europe. Following is a shortened version of his thoughts compiled on his blog throughout the course of the journey (www. cantorlichterman.com).

Prague As a fan of architecture and history, Prague in the Czech Republic is a dream.

Unscathed and not bombed during World War II, everything is intact, though over 40 years of Communist rule brought some neglect; but it’s been restored to its former glory as one of the most beautiful and great cities of the world.

Similarly, much of the Jewish heritage is also intact, making it a great treasure, though the reason is sinister and chilling as the Nazis planned Prague’s Jewish area as “The Museum to the Extinct Jewish Race!” Consequently, they have the largest Judaica collection in the world and many magnificent synagogues within close proximity to each other.

Terezin The sick thing about this sad place is that it’s an old Czech fortress town from which the local general population was expelled to create a temporary transit point for Jews from the area till its inmates could be transferred to their next “destination” often Auschwitz or other such places, most resulting in death.

I prepared an appropriate service to conclude our visit, as one cannot leave a place like Terezin without some “separation” and spiritual upliftment.

After five grueling hours there, the climax occurred at the end.

Climax About 20 years ago, a tiny hidden secret synagogue was found there with beautiful painted biblical quotes and Stars of David painted on the walls. So we did our readings and chants there including Kaddish, poems by the children of Terezin, and concluding with Hatikvah.

My wife, Jan, texted me an inspirational note I shared with our group during the service, which mentioned that our son, Mayron, who is a surgeon had just received some prestigious medical awards, and she added, "they tried to kill your lineage ... so as much as they tried to get rid of us we are excelling and achieving!”

Everyone in our group cheered, it was a deeply emotional moment. As Lee Kwait read the poem I Never Saw Another Butterfly written by a young boy in Terezin who perished, he could hardly finish reading, we were all choked up…but left with the words ringing in our ears of Hatikvah, “... to be a free people in our land ...”

The Jewish area of Prague Concentrated in one small area of Prague where the Jewish ghetto once was, are an ancient Jewish cemetery as well as six impressive synagogues and a beautiful building of the Chevrah Kadisha – the Jewish Burial Society, which played a vital role in the community.

A little further away is the magnificent Jerusalem Synagogue.

The Alt-Neu Shul is the oldest in the world in constant use dating from 1270; imagine standing in this holy space where over 750 years our People have continuously davened to Hashem! By the ark is the 400-year-old seat of the great legendary saintly tsadik Rabbi Judah Loew known as The Maharal. Next to the Alt-Neu Shul is the Jewish town hall with its famous Hebrew clock.

At the Jewish Memorial at the Terezin Concentration Camp; see more photos at www.cantorlichterman.com Pinkas Synagogue Holocaust Memorial On all the walls of this Shul are inscribed the names of every Jew from Czechoslovakia who perished in the Shoah, some 78,000 names filling every corner of every wall including lobby, corridors etc. It is as powerful as visiting Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

Shabbat service in Prague We returned to the Spanish Shul for Friday night service followed by kosher Shabbat dinner at the Solomon Restaurant. I introduced my group to the service leader who was not the rabbi, and he asked me to sing the various Kaddish prayers. The acoustics were fantastic, and I could hear my voice reverberating off the arches of the magnificent structure. We were happily amazed to find some young Jews knowledgeable of the service who were from all over Europe, singing at the tops of their voices, filling this great Shul with davening.

They were attending a European young Jewish leadership conference.

Germany – Regensburg Regensburg is a beautiful historical college town well preserved of centuries of history dating back to Rome. I only felt it worthwhile to do these countries so associated with Jewish suffering if we were going to experience something positively Jewish, so I set out during free time to find the Shul. It was locked of course, no security. I pressed the call buttons continually until a woman’s voice answered. I identified my mission and soon the front door opened. It is in the building that before the War housed the community offices. This survived though the Shul part of the complex burnt down on Kristalnacht.

It will be enlarged to accommodate the reemergent community now numbering 1,000 with the influx of Russian Jews.

Mizrach We saw two sights of Jewish interest: Oskar Schindler’s home and a Holocaust memorial on the sight of a former ancient synagogue.

The memorial is by an Israeli sculptor and is where the ark stood; it is a stone with the Hebrew word “mizrach,” meaning “east,” carved, symbolizing the direction of Jerusalem but also meaning to shine light, as this place is now a meeting place for people from all over the world.

Vienna I think it would be appropriate to say that Vienna lost its heart as a result of the Holocaust. Before World War II, 10% of Vienna was Jewish, approximately 180,000.

River over one of Salzburg’s beautiful bridges, we walked the bustling streets to Mozart’s birthplace. I went on one of my typical long hikes to the other side of town to find the one small Shul that still exists for the very small Jewish community that is left in Salzburg. It is a reconstruction of the Shul that existed there before the War when it was destroyed.

Budapest Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is also one of the great Jewish communities of Jewish history. Today, they say there are close to 100,000 Jews, and it is one of the largest in Europe.

On Friday night and Shabbat morning I attended services at Budapest’s Dohany Street Synagogue. It is the largest in Europe, and the second largest in the world. The synagogue is neither Orthodox, Conservative or Reform, it is a unique Hungarian variation called Neolog. The services were very traditional, some familiar melodies with a male choir and organ.

During free time I visited great historical places like the Opera House, the Four Seasons Hotel, the Museum of Applied Arts and other examples of Art Nouveau. In front of the Parliament is The Shoes on the Danube Memorial, dedicated to the thousands of Jews murdered there during the Shoah. The plaque only mentions "victims" not Jews.

Our Jewish tour included the Great Synagogue, the beautiful Orthodox Kazinczy Synagogue and the Rumbach Moorish Octagonal Synagogue, which is not restored and is not used as a Synagogue any more, the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial, the Jewish Museum and other highlights.

Conclusion A fitting climax and conclusion to this amazing trip was our closing Kosher dinner at the lovely Carmel Restaurant including a guest appearance by Karyn Posner-Mullen, counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest. She is an avid activist on behalf of Judaism and spoke about her unique challenges as a Jew representing the United States in Hungary.

We returned worn-out to Toledo with stories, anecdotes, pictures, memorabilia, videos, which we hope to share at a reunion at the end of summer. We were enriched and inspired, particularly from a Jewish perspective, as we observed the resilience of our People, who time and again have bounced back and rebuilt lives and communities in the direst circumstances.

Editorial note: Cantor Lichterman is currently planning a congregational trip to Israel in October 2016 together with Hedva Romanoff.

For information, contact the Cantor at Congregation B'nai Israel or Hedva.

Many famous Jews came from or were active in Vienna, like Theodore Herzl, Stefan Zweig, Sigmund Freud, Arnold Schonberg, Johann Strauss, Josef Schmidt (the famous tenor) and Gustav Mahler. Today, there is a strong resurgence, perhaps as many as 20,000 with more than 10 synagogues.

We visited the one remaining synagogue from the pre-Holocaust period, the almost 200-year-old Orthodox Seitenstettengasse Shul. It filled me with a sense of awe, because it is where one of the greatest cantors of all time served for 56 years, Salomon Sulzer. Here, he helped shape synagogue music to this day.

In the Judenpaltz is a stark Holocaust memorial in the shape of books turned inside out. Behind this memorial is one of two Jewish museums. Underground, there are excavations of an ancient synagogue that once stood in this Jewish area. At the other Jewish museum, among many interesting artifacts, is Herzl’s bicycle.

Bratislava, Slovakia This city has always been of interest to me because one of the rabbis who served with my father in Cape Town, Eugene Duschinsky, had studied at its famous Yeshiva to which rabbinic students from all over the world used to flock before the War. He was one of the most outstanding rabbis I have ever encountered.

We visited the one remaining synagogue, which has upstairs in the women’s balcony a museum almost single handedly created

by Dr. Maros Borsky, that has rare prized artifacts.

Chatam Sofer Memorial I visited the grave of the great Rabbi Moshe Schreiber, known as the Chatam Sofer.

This preserved cemetery was created during the communist era with the help of overseas donations. It is considered an excellent example of urban renewal, and Jews from all over the world visit.

Salzburg This is the city of Mozart and The Sound of Music. We toured the old city, starting from the beautiful Mirabell Gardens from which there is a magnificent view of the great Joanne Rubin and Leah Connor in front of our boat Hohensalzburg Fortress. in Regensburg, Germany Crossing the famous Salzach

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The power of an idea

By Joel Marcovitch, Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo CEO Wouldn’t it be great if the Federation did …

I would love to see a program called [fill in the blank] for the community …

As a Jewish program professional at heart, I have always welcomed conversations with community members who have great ideas for programs currently not offered. The problem, from an organizational point of view, is that our budgets are set early on in the year, and a great idea may have to wait until the following budget cycle to take place. Well, here at the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, we changed that by introducing the Micro Grant Program. Dollars are set aside every year from the Foundation and the Federation to fund new and innovative ideas that happen during the year from YOU, community members.

Step forward Stu Brody and Jodi Hess who approached the Federation with an idea worthy of a Micro Grant. After an easy

application process and a quick meeting with a Federation programmer, the funding was granted and the program started to take shape. Jodi and Stu’s idea was simple. One evening, bring together all the local graduating Jewish high school seniors destined for college to educate them about the Jewish options on campus as well as pre-warn them about possible anti-Semitism and anti-Israel rhetoric on campus and pre-arm them with useful tools and resources to help.

In mid-May, 12 seniors and their parents joined the Federation for a dinner at The Beirut to talk openly and candidly about their Jewish hopes for college. Hillel Director, Elizabeth Lane, as well as two University of Toledo graduates spoke about the amazing things Hillel does, how it helped them find a Jewish home away from home and how incoming college students could find that home, too.

Ben Yaffe, Stand With Us campus intern, spoke about the dangers of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanction) movement

against Israel and on campus and gave the seniors help with resources to combat BDS. Alex Wainstein and Jacob Groth, current freshman at Miami University, and Josh Liebes-McClellan, a freshman at Ohio State University, spoke about their Jewish experiences on campus as well. After was a Q&A for the parents.

The feedback from both the students and parents was very positive. Arming our community’s children with powerful resources and letting them know that they are not alone when they leave Toledo was impactful and provided a powerful message about community.

Speaking about the program and the Micro Grant, Stu Brody said, “The Federation/Foundation Micro Grant program is a fantastic thing for our community.

The process was easy, and the Federation helped us step by step from the idea to the program itself.”

Jodi Hess added, “Stu and I were speak-

ing one day and said, ‘wouldn’t it be great if we could get the kids together and talk them about Jewish life on campus and prepare them for some of the anti-Israel things they will encounter before they leave?’ We heard about the Micro Grant program, filled in a simple application, got approved, and a few weeks later our idea happened! It was a great night.”

Daniel N. Steinberg, Chairman of the Toledo Jewish Community Foundation added, “Grants from the Foundation’s Unrestricted Fund support new and innovative programs. We were pleased to be able to play a role in funding this new and unique program and hope that community members take advantage of the Micro Grant program.

If you have an idea for a program in the community, then why not apply for a Micro Grant? To get the simple application form, please contact Arleen Levine at arleen@JewishToledo.org.

Summer is calling your name.

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Young Jewish Toledo kicks off new Shabbat dinner program Toledo-area young Jewish professionals got together several times over the past few months to socialize and spend Shabbat dinner together with new friends.

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at the NEW Toledo Zoo Aquarium

Saturday, October 17 | 7 p.m.

The NEW Toledo Zoo Aquarium Broadway Entrance, 2700 Broadway (parking is free) Suggested donation: $18 or more Stay tuned for more information!

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Thank you to Dorian Slaybod, Evan Feldstein and Marina Bolotnikova for opening your homes to our group.

Professionals YO U R C AMPAI G N G I FTS AT WO RK

Programs especially for post college to young families.

See the calendar to the right for information on all upcoming YJT events.

Young Jewish Toledo is a staple of Jewish life in the Toledo area, existing to draw wonderful, dynamic, young Jewish people together for the greater benefit of the community.

From Hebrew Happy Hours to date nights to volunteer opportunities, Young Jewish Toledo provides a range of outlets for young Jewish professionals 21-40. These future leaders of Jewish Toledo are continuously strengthening personal connections while participating in, and perpetuating, Jewish life in Toledo.

To find out more about how you or someone you know can get involved with Young Jewish Toledo, contact Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or hallie@JewishToledo.org.

YJT Fridays

Get inspired with other young Jewish professionals Y O U N G at our NEW Shabbat dinner program. Socialize, nosh on some great eats and bring in Shabbat with new friends.

Friday, August 21 7 p.m. $10 per person Veritas Cork & Craft, 505 Jefferson Avenue, Toledo RSVP by Thursday, August 20 to Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or hallie@JewishToledo.org

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Friday, September 18 7 p.m.

Location TBD $10 per person RSVP by Thursday, September 17 to Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or hallie@JewishToledo.org

Adult Jump Night at Sky Zone

Saturday, August 1 Y O U N G 9 p.m.

Sky Zone Toledo, 1600 Albon Road, Holland, OH $10 per person Come bounce the night away with YJT and grab some drinks after! *Space is Limited* RSVP by Friday, July 31 to Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or hallie@JewishToledo.org

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YJT Does Trapped Toledo (Again!)

Thursday, September 3 6:30 p.m.

Y O U N G Trapped Toledo, 2410 Key Street, Toledo (left of the barber shop and around the corner) Locked in a room with a group of friends or strangers, you must use your wits and the group's collective knowledge to find hidden clues, solve daunting puzzles and overcome challenges to escape before time runs out. Are you ready? *Space is Limited* RSVP by Friday, July 31 to Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or hallie@JewishToledo.org

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Rosenbloom’s Farm cultivates summer for children with special needs Goliath, but now have a number of animals including an additional horse (named Vertigo because of a condition Jeff developed on the farm), two llamas, a pygmy goat, a baby fainting goat, swallows, two miniature donkeys, two bunnies, a cat, chickens and chicks, a snake, a turtle and more.

The farm also works with volunteers from local group homes who help with tasks around the farm over a oneweek period.

“There is always grass to cut, fencing to fix,” Jeff explained. “Whether it’s 20 below or 100 degrees, it’s a 24 hour, 7 day a week job.”

The non-profit welcomes donations of time or money, which is tax deductible.

Rosenbloom’s Farm is looking forward to further developing our programs and infrastructure, and plans for the future include child-centric programs around healthy cooking and baking, farm work/experience, arts and crafts, a therapeutic horse riding program and planting and tending the vegetable garden. The garden currently includes onions, strawberries, mint and more utilized by the farm, and it is growing every day.

“We want to put in a commercial kitchen for day habilitation with children who have autism to be able to learn skills,” Jeff said. “We have a lot we want to do.”

“We are looking to think outside the box,” Linda concluded.

By Abby Hoicowitz, Staff Editor/Reporter Rosenbloom's Farm, located on Shetland Road in Toledo, is a Jewish-owned facility that provides a summer camp program, group tours and seasonal craft classes. Jeff and Linda Rosenbloom, owners and operators of the farm, moved to the site in 2001 and have since been working to provide a service to and share their hard work with the community while doing what they love.

According to Linda, a social worker and former preschool and elementary teacher, the farm recently finished its 13th year of summer camp, which thrives on a loyal Jewish following.

“We love the kids and have a lot of fun with them,” Linda said. “Some of the kids [attend] on scholarships and a lot of our kids are really struggling [at home]. The camp reenergizes me.”

“I come up with the ideas, and Linda [executes them], because she is great with the kids,” Jeff added. “Some of them come for seven or eight years in a row.”

Jeff and Linda have three children and two grandchildren of their own. Jeff even officiated their oldest daughter’s wedding ceremony on the farm.

Rosenbloom's Farm Inc. recently received its 501(c)(3) non-profit status. According to Jeff and Linda Rosenbloom, the farm's mission and goal is to enrich and positively impact and affect the lives of preschool through high school-aged children suffering from various disabilities and/or who are behaviorally, socially, and economically disadvantaged, through the harmonious sights, sounds, and touch of our farm animals in a compassionate, peaceful and loving nature-filled environment.

Rosenbloom’s Farm currently offers birthday parties for groups of children (all of the animals are gentle and enjoy interaction with children). Goliath, the oldest member of the farm, is a registered therapeutic riding horse.

“There is a nice harmony of animals here that get along very well,” Jeff said.

The Rosenblooms moved onto the farm with just

Goliath and Vertigo

Jeff takes a group of campers on a ride to see the animals up close

Linda reads to campers

Chabad's Women's Circle enjoys evening together More than 30 Jewish women recently came together for Chabad House of Toledo's Jewish Women's Circle Garden Party at the home of Raizel Shemtov. While sipping mimosas and munching on a delicious salad bar, the women all had a chance to socialize with each other while enjoying a wonderful evening of fun, food and inspiration.

The women tie-dyed some aprons then gathered for an inspirational talk by Blumie Shemtov about the Jewish explanation of Tzedakah.

According to Chabad, the highlight of the event was honoring the Light of Shabbat volunteers who so tirelessly give of themselves to the community.

An indoor s'mores bar completed the evening.

Chabad thanks Dena Zack, Blumie Shemtov and Andy Richards for running the project as well as all of the dedicated volunteers who helped with the project.

Listening to Blumie teach about Tzedakah

Everyone having a ball tie dying their aprons.

Thanks to Julie Fruchtman for teaching us!

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Musings

Submissions from Jewish community members reflecting on Jewish life.

Submit items (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, etc.) for consideration in Toledo Jewish News to Abby Hoicowitz at abby@JewishToledo.org or 6465 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, Ohio 43560.

Pilgrims

By Blair P. Grubb, M.D., Distinguished University Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, The University of Toledo Health Science Campus I really wanted to return home. I had just concluded a short yet exhausting trip to Jerusalem, where I had spoken at a large international medical symposium. It had been a difficult decision to go, as my wife had been battling an aggressive brain tumor.

At first I was going to cancel the trip, but my wife would not hear of it. She wanted me to pray for her at the Western Wall (Judaism’s most holy site).

So, after my speaking obligations were over I made my way to that ancient sacred place. I stood with my hand touching the cool stone and prayed for her recovery. Then, according to custom, I inserted a note she had written into the cracks between the massive stone blocks. Ambivalent at first, I felt a deep sense of peace upon leaving the site, a sense of connection with a tradition that stretched back over thousands of years.

I had just flown to Frankfurt to catch the connecting flight that would take me to Detroit. I looked forward to the opportunity to try and catch up on some much-needed sleep during the flight.

Yet somehow, despite my fatigue, I could not sleep; I had an odd sense that something was not right.

Then, several hours into the flight, an announcement came overhead: “Is there a doctor on the plane?” It turned out I was the only physician onboard.

The flight attendant led me to the back of the plane, near the galley area, where a middle-aged woman in Muslim dress lay upon the floor. Her head was covered by a Hijab, but her exposed face was pale and sweaty, and she appeared in obvious distress. She spoke no English. After several announcements were made overhead for someone who could translate, a young man from Canada came forward. After he spoke with her for several moments, he told me that she had begun to experience severe chest heaviness, difficulty breathing and nausea, only moments before.

The flight attendants had brought me the meager medical emergency kit the plane had onboard, and with it I took her blood pressure, which was dangerously high, and her pulse rapid. She vomited. I carefully lay her on her side and cleaned away the debris. Through the translator she said her chest discomfort was worsening. A copilot appeared to find out what was happening. I told him I was sure she was having a heart attack, and we needed to get her to a medical center as quickly as possible. He informed me we were at “the point of no return”

in the flight, where it was a again labored. She was sweating shorter time to go forward profusely and was very pale. I than to go back, and that it gave her nitroglycerine and anwould be hours before we other dose of the blood thinner. could land.

This went on for what seemed The woman spoke. The to be an agonizing amount of translator said nothing at time. Then suddenly her pulse first. “What did she say?” I became irregular and very faint asked. “She wants to know and she gave a sudden gasp. I was if she is going to die,” he just about to start doing chest replied. I took her hand in compressions when suddenly, mine, looked into her eyes, it happened. and shook my head. I went Before my eyes her breathto my seat and grabbed my ing slowed, her pulse became carryon bag. Having sufregular and strong, and the color fered a heart attack myself, returned to her face. She smiled I carry an assortment of at me and spoke softly. “She said cardiac medications with me she feels better,” the young man Dr. Blair P. Grubb, M.D. at all times (as well as many replied to my quizzical look. of my wife’s medications).

Indeed, she suddenly looked miFirst I gave her one of my wife’s antinausea tablets raculously better than she had just moments before. under her tongue, followed a few minutes later by I breathed a deep sigh of relief. Just at that moment a nitroglycerine tablet. I asked if she could swallow the copilot appeared again to ask how things were some pills and she nodded her head. I gave her a Beta going. “Stable now,” I replied, “but we need to get blocker, an aspirin and clopidogrel (a blood thin- her to a hospital.” He frowned. “Every airport on the ner), followed by another sublingual nitroglycerine. East coast is closed due to severe weather,” he said, Her heart rate and blood pressure slowly began to “but we have clearance for an accelerated route to return to more normal levels, her breathing became Detroit.” I frowned, “Don’t worry,” he said, smiling, less labored and her sweating subsided. Yet she still “we have an open path and this plane can move.” looked very pale and her chest discomfort continued. He turned and returned to the cockpit. Indeed, we I gave her nitroglycerine and another antinausea landed more than an hour ahead of schedule. So pill. I then gave her oxygen through a portable tank. we waited for the paramedics to arrive; she seemed Through the translator I asked where she was comfortable and was no longer in pain. I told her from. She said that she was Lebanese and that she was of my wife’s cancer and my own journey on her flying to Detroit to join her husband, who had gone behalf, and that we were both pilgrims. She nodded there earlier this year to stay with family so that he her head in understanding. When the paramedics could receive treatment for cancer. Then she added came into the plane I told them what had happened that she herself was returning from the pilgrimage and gave a copy of my business card to them and to Mecca (the Hajj), where she had gone to pray to the woman. As they took her away she suddenly for her husband’s recovery. She said that she wanted took my hand, looked deep into my eyes, smiled, desperately to see him. I smiled, realizing we were and said “thank you” in heavily accented English. both pilgrims who had been on identical missions.

Days later I received a call from a hospital in As we were speaking, her face contorted in pain, Detroit. A coronary angiogram performed on the and her pulse became irregular. She looked awful. woman shortly after her arrival revealed a 90% obShe spoke between labored breaths to the translator. struction of her left anterior descending coronary “She says that it is an honor to die in making the artery, which was then stented open. When I told Hajji.” She spoke again. “She says she must pray the doctor what had happened he was astonished she now.” We helped her to her knees and the young had survived. I closed my eyes and offered a prayer man (a Christian from Syria), the woman and I faced of thanks that she hadn’t died on the plane. eastward, in the direction of Jerusalem and Mecca, Weeks later I received a package in the mail from and prayed, each in our own fashion. I prayed for her Detroit. Inside was a beautiful ornate medal Hamsa, not to die, to make it back to her beloved husband a palm shaped amulet popular in the Middle East for whose sake she had traveled so far. When she that symbolizes healing. Inside was a card upon was done we laid her back down. Her breathing was which was a single hand written word: “Pilgrims.”

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Local News Toledo teen returns from four-month Israel experience Lilly Kaplan of Sylvania is one of 73 teens from across North America that recently returned from four months on the NFTY-EIE (Eisendrath International Experience) High School in Israel program.

The NFTY High School in Israel – Eisendrath International Experience (EIE) is a semester-long (four-month) program in Israel for high school students in grades 10-12. EIE is an intensive academic program and is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

The program was established in 1961 by NFTY, the youth arm of the Reform Movement. Many of the more than 3000 of the program’s alumni are leaders of Reform Judaism today.

NFTY-EIE is based on Kibbutz Tzuba, located in the Judean Hills, approximately 15 minutes outside of Jerusalem. With very small class sizes, students took an intensive

Jewish History class, an engaging Hebrew Ulpan, and their regular general studies courses to fulfill the requirements of their home high schools.

NFTY-EIE students had a unique opportunity to benefit from experiential learning.

A significant portion of their Jewish History studies was spent outside of the classroom, including hiking across the country from sea to sea, experiencing a simulated Israeli army training program and traveling to Poland on a moving pilgrimage to study European Jewish culture, heritage and the Holocaust.

“My time in Israel has helped me really develop as a person, and I have come to learn more about myself and the personal connection that I have with the State,” said Lilly.

“The students had an amazing journey throughout their semester on the NFTYEIE High School in Israel, discovering their personal connection to Israel and the Jewish

people” added Paul Reichenbach, Director of Camping and Israel Programs for the Union for Reform Judaism. “Students return home proud of all they have accomplished, with a love of Jewish learning, tremendous confidence in themselves and inspired to explore their Jewish identity.”

Registration is open for EIE’s fall 2015 and spring 2016 sessions. All students

who register for fall 2015 by June 15 will receive a $4000 discount off of tuition.

More information can be found at www. nftyeie.org.

For more information about Israel travel opportunities available through the Toledo Jewish Community Foundation, please contact Arleen R. Levine at arleen@ jewishtoledo.org.

Pasta with Pops Several dads and their little ones got together with friends for a delicious dinner of pasta, salad and garlic bread.

More programs for the entire family are coming up, contact Sherry Majewski for more information (sherry@JewishToledo.org / 419-724-0386).

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Jonah and Chad Kripke

Lila and Joel Marcovitch

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Temple Shomer Emunim

Congregation B'nai Israel Lulav & Etrog

If you wish to purchase a Lulav & Etrog, please call the office at 419517-8400 or email ctraugott@cbitoledo.org

by Monday, September 4. Price: $48 per set.

CBI Sisterhood Book Club

September 1, 10:30 a.m. to noon The Boston Girl

by Anita Diamant

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early 20th century.

Sisterhood 2.0 Book Club Is This Tomorrow

by Caroline Leavitt

Tuesday, September 1 7 p.m.

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Registration deadline and first day of school: August 30 No child will be admitted to Religious School without being properly registered Contact Kim Brody, Principal, at kbrody@cbitoledo.org for more information We are thrilled to announce a new class this year. We will have a parent and child class taught by Megan Miller two times per month (dates below). Please email Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo. org if you are interested. It will be ageappropriate for ages 3 and under.

Fall Religious School Calendar August Sunday 8/30: First Day of Religious School 9:30 a.m. - noon Parent and Child Tot Class September Wednesday, 9/2: Religious School 4:30-6:15 p.m.

Sunday, 9/6: No Religious School Wednesday, 9/9: Religious School 4:30-6:15 p.m.

Sunday, 9/13: No Religious School Wednesday, 9/16: Religious School 4:30-6:15 p.m.

Sunday, 9/20: Religious School 9:30 a.m.-noon Parent and Child Tot Class Wednesday, 9/23: No Religious School Sunday, 9/27: Decorate the Sukkah Wednesday, 9/30: Religious School

Congregations B'nai Israel and Etz Chayim Sisterhoods' Rummage Sale Congregation Etz Chayim, 3853 Woodley Road Drop Off/Set Up Dates ONLY October 25, 26, & 27 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Sale Dates November 1, 2, and 3 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED for setup and sale.

B’nai Israel volunteers, please call Lil Perlman at 419-841-6276 or Ann Rosenberg at 419-882-1410.

CBI Teachers Visit Partnership in Israel Two of our dedicated teachers spent the beginning of their summer with our friends in the Western Galilee. Paulette Sherline and Peter Silverman, along with two others from the Toledo Jewish community, spent a week participating in the Educator’s Seminar with our chaverim in Partnership2Gether to continue to build the bridge bringing our communities closer together.

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Congregation Etz Chayim Ohr Chadash Religious School A perfect ending to a wonderful summer will be joining your friends at the Etz Chayim Family & Ohr Chadash Family Picnic on August 16.

Come enjoy the fun interactive Drum Circle Music program from 3:30 - 5 p.m. Scrumptious foods will be served at the picnic from 5 - 7 p.m.

The first Ohr Chadash class begins Sunday, August 30. Several new curriculum and project ideas will begin this year. All the students will be involved with the “twinning” project and will be doing projects together with the students from the Eyal School in Israel.

We will “compare” our holiday rituals/

celebrations, and students will have pen pals, and a Bar/Bat Mitzvah project with our friends in Israel.

A Tashlich service with B’nai Israel has been planned for Sunday, September 20 at 10 a.m. Please meet at the JCC lake.

The younger students will have community trips and our older students will have class with Pete Silverman at Congregation B’nai Israel periodically for learning and discussions. The students will do a monthly volunteering project.

This year offers to be different and exciting for the students. We look forward to see everyone soon.

Annual Etz Chayim/Ohr Chadash Picnic Everyone is invited to the annual Etz Chayim/Ohr Chadash Religious School summer picnic planned for Sunday, August 16. Beginning at 3:30 p.m., there will be an interactive Drum Circle Music program featuring musician Cassandra Bridinger and her accompanists. Children and adults are invited to participate. Anyone who plays an instrument is invited to bring it to the performance and they will be incorporated into the program. A wonderful time will be had by all!

At 5 p.m. a delicious dinner will

be served. There will be BBQ Brisket, BBQ Chicken, hotdogs, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, pickles, chips, watermelon, brownies and drinks. The cost for the entire afternoon is $18 per adult, $8 for children 5 to 10 years old, and children under 5 years of age are free. RSVP to the synagogue office at 419-473-2401 by August 12.

50/50 raffle tickets will be sold prior to the picnic as well as during the picnic.

The tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25.

Contact the synagogue office at 419473-2401 to purchase tickets.

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Sisterhood News

Thank you to everyone who participated in the annual Mahj Jong Tournament. A wonderful time was had by all.

Kudos to Diane Treuhaft for organizing the afternoon and to Sandy Marcus for the donation of prizes.

Plans are coming together for our joint fall Rummage Sale in conjunction with the Sisterhood of Congregation B’nai Israel. The Rummage Sale will be Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, November 1, 2 and 3, 2015. Drop-off days are Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, October 25, 26 and 27. As always, we need help with setup, the days of the sale and the day of take down. Please contact

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Stop by and pick out a beautiful gift with free gift wrapping.

In addition, check out the new Ahava Hibiscus and Fig lotion and body wash.

Both items are available for only $32.

Marcia Grossman at 419-536-0890 if you are able to help in any way. Monies raised go to benefit our Sunday School, Ohr Chadash.

RUMMAGE SALE REQUEST: As you are changing your wardrobe to warm weather clothes and doing spring cleaning around your home, we ask that you box up those unwanted clothes and miscellaneous items and store them until drop-off just prior to the sale. Your donations are critical to the success of our sale.

Thank you in advance for your help.

The next Sisterhood Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 5 at 10 a.m. Everyone is invited.

Book Club

The Etz Chayim Book Club will be held on Monday, August 17 at 1 p.m.

The book being reviewed is The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. Everyone is invited. Dessert will be served.

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Jordan Slutsky will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Jordan is the daughter of Ruslan and Mindy Slutsky and the older sister of Jacob. Her proud grandparents are Maxine and Warren Berman or Mayfield Village, Ohio and Nina and Aron Slutsky of Columbus, Ohio.

Jordan is going into the seventh grade at McCord Junior High. She is an avid swimmer and is currently enjoying her seventh season on the JCC swim team.

She is hoping to swim for Northview in a couple years when she enters high school.

Aside from swimming, in her free time Jordan enjoys watching movies and TV, she loves hanging out with her friends, shopping at the mall and traveling with her family. Jordan also loves to read about different presidents, especially Abraham Lincoln.

For her Bat Mitzvah project, Jordan decided to donate toys to a local children's hospital. When she was in kindergarten, Jordan had to spend a couple of days in the hospital. She says she will always remember all of the toys and crafts they had available. They also came around with a wagon and she was able to pick toys as

gifts to take home. Because of this memory, she wanted to give back and donate toys for other sick kids.

Jordan is looking forward to spending her special day with family and friends and would like to thank Cantor Lichterman and Fagie Benstein for all of their help in preparing her for her Bat Mitzvah.

Samuel (Sammy) Shafransky will be called to the Torah on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Congregation Etz Chayim. He will be celebrating his special day with his parents Ilise and Dore Shafransky; sisters Ruthie, Hannah and Miriam; brother Ben; grandmother Roberta Carroll; Uncle David; brother in law, Aaron; future brother in law Adam; and nephews Jaden and Zayne. In attendance as well will be many family and friends who have traveled from far and near for this special occasion.

Sammy is a life-long member of Congregation Etz Chayim, from bris to Bar Mitzvah. He attended Yad B’Yad Religious School and Ohr Chadash through sixth grade. This past year, he has studied intensively with Rabbi Rubin in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah.

As an eighth grade student at Timberstone Junior High School, Sammy enjoys Spanish and Theater classes. He is a USAG member and a Level 9 gymnast.

He trains intensively with his coach, Garteno Tatkov, a former member of the Bulgarian National Team, at B.G. World Class Gymnastics in Clinton Michigan.

He has placed 1st on many apparatus

over the past five years and has qualified for both Ohio and Michigan State meets as well as Regionals (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky).

Sammy aspires to earn a scholarship for gymnastics, qualify for the national team and represent either the USA or Israel at the 2024 Olympics.

We wish Sammy the very best as he ascends “MaChayil El Chayil,” from strength to strength. May he always be a blessing to his family and the people of Israel.

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Local/National News S'machot It was at The Today Show in New York City on December 19 that Michelle Greenspoon and Michael Weeks announced their engagement to the world on national TV. Michelle Greenspoon, daughter of Nancy and Neil Greenspoon, and Michael Weeks, son of Kathy Waldhauser and Jim Weeks, plan to marry in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 16, 2016.

Michelle and Michael, residents of Chicago, met in the “Windy City” on the bus coming home from work. Michelle, is a Senior Graphic Designer with Jones Lang LaSalle and the owner and operator of Spoon Photo and Design, a full service wedding photography company. Michael is the Senior Manager of Current Schedules for United Airlines. Michael recently fulfilled

one of Michelle's greatest dreams by taking her to visit the giant panda reservation in Chengdu, China.

Michelle, originally from Sylvania and a graduate of Miami University, is the maternal granddaughter of Vera Heilbrun, Aventura, Florida and the late Louis Heilbrun, and paternal granddaughter of Sylvania residents Lil and David Perlman and the late Seymour Greenspoon.

Michael, originally from South St. Paul Minnesota, is a graduate of St. John's University and is the maternal grandson of Margaret Rogers and the late Silas Rogers from South St. Paul, Minnesota and the paternal grandson of the late Herbert and Ester Weeks of Kilmichael, Mississippi.

Our heartiest congratulations and love to Michelle and Michael!

Linda Russell is happy to announce the birth of her grandson, Ari Louis Russell, son of Dr.Evan and Bre Russell of Nashville, Tennessee.

Ari was born on April 18, 2015. He weighed 7 pounds, two ounces and was 20-1/4 inches long. Linda Russell and Ray Russell (z”l) are the paternal grandparents and Vera Heilbrun of Aventura, Florida and Louis Heilbrun (z”l) are the paternal great-grandparents. Rebecca Thevenow May and John May of Nashville, Indiana are the maternal grandparents.

Lonnie and Stacy Meridieth are happy to announce the engagement of their son Casey Meridieth to Samantha Shaffer, daughter of Eugenia “Nia” and Kerry Shaffer of Dayton, Ohio.

Casey is the grandson of Fannette Terman Freed, Richard Freed, and Bernard Terman of blessed memory, Lonnie and Candace Meridieth, and Margaret Meridieth of blessed memory. Casey received his bachelor of liberal arts degree from Capital University and is currently working as a Senior Ac-

count Executive with Total Quality Logistics.

Samantha is the granddaughter Constantin, “Dino” and Amelia “Mitzi” Liakakos both of blessed memory and Hershal Shaffer and Betty Shaffer of blessed memory. Samantha has a degree in marketing from Capital University and is currently employed as a Strategic Account Manager with R & A Marketing.

Casey, Sammy and their dog Charlie currently live in Huntersville N.C. and are getting married on October 3, 2015 in Asheville N.C.

Holub becomes registered representative for Israel Bonds Michael Holub recently became a registered representative for Israel Bonds with responsibilities for northern Ohio.

Holub has a professional history in non profit management and development, including Case Western Reserve University, United Way of the National Capital Area, The Israel Project and the Jewish Federation of New Orleans.

A resident of South Euclid, he earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Miami and Master of Science in Social Administration at Case Western Reserve University.

Holub is an active volunteer with many organizations, serving as a board member of

the Cleveland Hillel Foundation, Temple Emanu El Brotherhood and the Career Transition Center.

Alan Gottlieb, Cleveland Israel Bonds General Chairman, stated, “Michael brings with him a love of Israel and a dedication to the Jewish community. I am delighted he will be representing our important mission of providing much needed investment funds for Israel, enabling the development of all aspects of Israel’s economy, including infrastructure and development projects.”

Holub and his wife, Toby, have been married six years. They have one child, Jordan, a first grader at Agnon School.

A very special request from a community member in need: I am a 62 year old executive who has been a lifelong resident of Toledo and a member of Congregation Etz Chayim and am now in need of a kidney transplant. Looking for a Good Samaritan willing to be a kidney donor. All medical costs will be covered by recipient's

insurance (not the donor's).

If interested to discuss further and in confidence, please contact Nancy Newbury at Jewish Family Service, 419-724-0408, or Rabbi Shemtov at 567-343-1272, and you will be put in touch with me.

Kenneth I. Pargament Ph.D. receives Distinguished Service Award The Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) recently presented its 2015 Distinguished Service Award to Kenneth I. Pargament Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University (BGSU). This annual award is presented to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions in promoting standards of professional chaplaincy or in the advancement of clinical chaplaincy. The award was presented in honor of Dr. Pargament on June 6 during the 2015 APC Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

Professor of Clinical Psychology at BGSU, Pargament has been a leading figure in the effort to bring a more balanced view of religious life to the attention of social scientists and health professionals.

Dr. Pargament has developed an important and impressive body of research and theory about religious/spiritual coping, which has helped advance the chaplaincy profession.

His work has demonstrated that religious/ spiritual coping provides an essential link between a person’s general religious orientation and commitment, and his or her response to specific stressful situations. In addition, his research about spiritual/religious struggle and its harmful effects has enabled chaplains to describe the acuity of spiritual need among their patients and thus provides a rational basis for determining the level of chaplaincy staffing required for specific clinical contexts.

It also provides a basis for educating health

care colleagues about which patients need referrals to a chaplain.

“I have been a huge fan of professional chaplains and been fortunate to work together with a number of wonderful chaplains who have taught me a great deal about what it means to care for people at the most difficult times in their lives,” said Pargament. “Over the years, we have collaborated in various research initiatives designed to demonstrate the critical and distinctive role chaplaincy plays in our health care systems. I am very grateful to APC for this award. It means a great deal to me.”

Dr. Pargament has published over 250 articles on religion and mental health. He is author of “The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research, Practice” and “Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred.” He is editor-in-chief of the American Psychological Association’s recently published two-volume “APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion and Spirituality.” In addition, he has consulted with several foundations, the National Institutes of Health, the United States Army, the World Health Organization and the John Templeton Foundation. Dr. Pargament was Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center. He has received numerous awards and honors in recognition of his research and practical efforts to understand and enhance the links between religion and mental health.

Grubb named Physician of the Year

By Brandi Barhite Laura Ruszczyk could not sit upright and think for long periods of time. She was continually dizzy and had to give up her beloved road bike. She even had to retire from her job as an elementary school counselor.

Her dysautomomia, which was diagnosed in August 2011, was ruining the only thing she wanted out of life – normalcy.

It wasn’t until she secured an appointment with Dr. Blair Grubb at The University of Toledo Medical Center that she began to hope and think that life with an autonomic nervous system disorder was manageable.

She waited 16 months to meet the worldrenowned autonomic specialist who has a wait list of more than 600 people. The distance did not matter. She drove 300 miles from Buffalo, New York to Toledo.

“You hear his name, see it throughout the research on dysautomomia and expect a giant when you finally meet him,” Ruszczyk, 51, said. “He walked into my exam room and greeted my husband and me with a warm handshake and smile. He listened, explained the autonomic nervous system to us, examined me and gave answers and hope that we

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would – together – find a treatment plan that gave me a better quality of life.”

Ruszczyk got to thank Grubb for his medical efforts and well-known bedside manner when Dysautonomia International presented Grubb with the 2015 Physician of the Year Award at its annual conference in Washington, D.C. last month.

Ruszczyk nominated Grubb, specifically citing a life-changing operation to implant a BIOTRONIK EVIA pacemaker that works well for her because it responds to both heart rate and blood pressure.

“This award means a lot to me because of all the work that I have done in creating this subspecialty of medicine,” said Grubb, Director of Electrophysiology Services at UTMC and Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics. “However, this award isn’t about me. It is about patients and changing their lives. My nurse practitioner and I do what we can for our patients. It is one day at a time with our huge waiting list.

We wish we could do more.”

Dysautonomia affects the nerves that

carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the heart, bladder, intestines, sweat glands, pupils and blood vessels. Symptoms can include rapid heart rate or slow heart rate, excessive fatigue, thirstiness, shortness of breath, blood pressure fluctuations and bladder problems.

Because many of the sufferers are women, Grubb said he has seen that their concerns can be not taken as seriously and they are told to rest or drink more water.

Before becoming Grubb’s patient, Ruszczyk’s heart was only beating 40-50 beats per minute compared to a healthy rate of 60-100.

Her heart now beats 62 beats per minute with the pacemaker.

“I can drive almost an hour now, which before I could not drive for more than five minutes,” she said. “Since the pacemaker, I can go into stores. I can shop for 20 minutes.

I didn’t think I would ever bike again. I just finished a 10-mile charity ride.”

Lauren Stiles, president of the Dysautonomia International board, said Grubb was chosen from among 50 nominations. This is the second year for this award.

“This award is important because our

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patient community has a hard time finding doctors who understand autonomic nervous system diseases and how to treat them,” she said. “We think it is important to recognize doctors who are making a difference for these patients.”

Stiles said one of the common themes among Grubb’s patients is how much time he takes with every patient.

“He is a very special physician. He never stops learning. He is inquisitive,” she said. “He has an excellent bedside manner. He never rushes his patients. In addition to advanced research, he understands the psychology of suffering. Patient-centered medicine is a buzzword these days, but Dr. Grubb has been implementing a patient-centered practice for over 20 years, which is why his patients adore him.”

At the conference, Grubb addressed the medical community when he discussed how to talk with patients who are suffering from symptoms that aren’t easily explained.

“Some physicians don’t take this area of medicine as seriously as they should,” Stiles said. “Dr. Grubb helps many of his patients feel so much better. He figures them out the

best he can. Even when he can’t immediately figure it out, he says, ‘This is real and we're going to work together to help you get your life back.’”

Ruszczyk remembers when she called Grubb in the middle of the day because she was nervous about her upcoming surgery.

He got on the phone with her immediately.

“Dr. Grubb examines patients from all over the world and he is usually behind schedule and works long into the evening to see everyone,” Ruszczyk said. “He spends as much time as necessary to see each patient in the clinic, but yet he did not rush me on the telephone.”

Dan Barbee, vice president of clinical services at UTMC, said Grubb is a testament to UTMC’s approach to putting the patient first. His waiting list is indicative of how much his expertise and compassion is valued.

Patients come from Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Great Britain.

“He’s regarded, literally, as the global leader in his field and patients came from all around the world to see him here at UTMC,” he said. “We are proud that Grubb is one of our own.”

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