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Senate panel advances bill that would penalize Palestinian Authority for payments to attackers’ families Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON ( JTA)—A key Senate panel has advanced a bill that would reduce U.S. payments to the Palestinians as long as the Palestinian Authority continues to pay subsidies to the families of Palestinians jailed for or killed in attacks on Israelis.

The Taylor Force Act, named for an American who was stabbed to death in a 2016 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, was approved Thursday, August 3 by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a 17-4 vote. It had bipartisan support after being softened to attract backing from Democrats, as well as centrist pro-Israel groups.

Instead of broadly cutting all assistance to the Palestinian areas, the measure specifies assistance that directly benefits the Palestinian Authority and its programs unless the Palestinian Authority ends the payments. The effect is to leave in place humanitarian assistance.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which endorsed the bill following its modifications, praised the passage and urged the full Senate to follow suit.

“The legislation does not affect U.S. funding for security cooperation, nor does it cut humanitarian programs if the U.S. government can certify that the PA

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is taking credible steps to end violence against Israelis and American,” AIPAC said in a statement.

The Palestine Liberation Organization said the bill would undercut efforts by the Palestinian Authority to tamp down extremism among Palestinians.

“President [Mahmoud] Abbas is committed to a final political settlement and to nonviolence, including building national institutions, maintaining security and stability, and fighting terrorism in the region,” said the statement by the PLO envoy to Washington, Husam Zomlot. “The bill provides fuel for violent extremists who seek to expand into our backyard.”

Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, had said at a Christians United for Israel Conference last month that Israel did not oppose the bill. (CUFI activists, in their thousands, lobbied for the bill.) However, Israeli security officials reportedly had been concerned that gutting assistance to the Palestinian Authority could destabilize the West Bank, a factor that kept Democrats and AIPAC from backing the bill’s earlier incarnation.

The more restrictive version could conceivably have cut up to $300 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians; it’s not clear yet how much may be cut under this version. Both versions left in place about $60 million that goes directly to funding

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Palestinian security forces.

Also praising passage was the Orthodox Union, which had lobbied for the measure since the original version was introduced earlier this year by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. It thanked the committee chairman, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. and its top Democrat, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., for advancing the bill; Cardin had resisted full endorsement until the changes were made.

Dovish pro-Israel groups were split on the bill. The Israel Policy Forum in a statement backed the revised version, saying it made a “common sense distinction ... between aid that directly benefits the P.A. and aid that supports ordinary Palestinians.”

J Street praised the changes in the bill moderating its reach but expressed concerns.

“The bill’s language is vague in places, making it unclear as to whether this vital assistance would continue depending on how narrowly the language is interpreted by the current U.S. administration or by future administrations,” the liberal Israel lobby said in a statement.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., reportedly shared similar concerns and voted against the measure after his proposed amendment to grant the president discretion in making cuts was rejected.

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Briefs North Carolina governor signs anti-BDS legislation North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law legislation that would bar the state from doing business with companies that boycott Israel.

The bill enacted Thursday, July 27, requires divestment from, and prohibits state agencies from contracting with, companies that boycott Israel.

Earlier last month, the bill handily passed the state House of Representatives and the state Senate.

“This bill makes it clear that the State of North Carolina stands with Israel, which has long been an important trading partner of North Carolina,” said Carin Savel, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Raleigh-Cary.

North Carolina businesses conduct nearly $140 million per year in exports and commerce with Israel.

“The Jewish Federations across North Carolina have worked diligently on legislation to ensure that BDS efforts in their state fail. We applaud their tremendous work and commend Gov. Roy Cooper for taking this important step against discrimination against Israelis by those who oppose the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in our homeland,” said Skip Schrayer, chairman of the Israel Action Network, an initiative of The Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

North Carolina becomes at least the 22nd state with laws or executive orders banning state business with companies that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. (JTA) Israel launches first satellite for environmental research Israel launched its first Israeli satellite for environmental research.

Venus was launched early Wednesday, August 2 from the Vega Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana. The mission is a joint project of the Israel Space Agency and its French counterpart, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, or CNES. The satellite will revisit up to every two days, scientific sites spread worldwide for the study and evaluation of vegetation, and for environmental purposes,

according to the Israel Space Agency.

Venμs is equipped with a multi-spectral camera that can capture important details that may not be visible to the human eye. The camera operates in 12 wavelengths that work simultaneously to capture images of the location. These separate images are processed into a precise complete color photograph.

The satellite will be operated from four ground facilities located in Tel Aviv and Haifa in Israel, as well as from Toulouse in France and Kiruna in Sweden. (JTA)

A T-shirt company tried to reclaim the swastika as a peaceful symbol.

It didn’t go so well.

An American company is facing criticism for marketing T-shirts that frame the swastika as a symbol of “love” and “life.”

KA Designs was selling the shirts, which feature white swastikas on a rainbow-colored background with the words “peace” or “zen,” on the U.S.-based clothing company Teespring’s website.

Before the Nazis tainted the swastika by using it as their official symbol during World War II, it had been—and remains—a religious icon in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism for thousands of years.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum and the Simon Wiesenthal Center slammed the shirts.

Andrew Anglin, founder of the neoNazi Daily Stormer site, praised the design.

“I want to say that I am in 100% support of the rebranding of the Swastika as a symbol of love,” Anglin said.

KA Designs released its own statement on the controversy.

“The new meanings given to ‘our Swastika’ wouldn’t make any sense if not based on the previous ones. We want to promote love and peace to remind everyone that mankind can be better that what it currently is and was in the past,” the statement read.

By Monday, August 7, Teespring had removed the shirts from its site, The Times of Israel reported.

However, The Jerusalem Post pointed out that Teespring was still offering clothing that referenced or painted Nazis in a positive light, such as shirts that said

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things such as “Hitler did nothing wrong ever” and “We’re all Hitler now.”

“Teespring’s lack of sensitivity on these issues is repulsive and the company’s obvious goal is to shock people and reap the possible financial rewards, under the guise of their supposed creativity,” Ephraim Zuroff, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told The Jerusalem Post. (JTA)

Roger Waters earns raspberries from pro-Israel group ahead of DC concerts The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington produced a video criticizing music artist Roger Waters’ support of the BDS movement against Israel.

The video was released Friday, August 4, ahead of Waters’ scheduled concerts at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Activists in other cities also are targeting his upcoming shows, including in Nashville and Philadelphia, the Washington Post reported.

“Music can change the world. Music breaks down walls,” the video states.

“Roger Waters should know that. Instead he’s using music to divide people.”

“It’s too bad that Roger Waters doesn’t understand that peace can only be achieved through dialogue and engagement. BDS will not bring peace. BDS is not the answer.

More dialogue, more respect, more music is,” the video also says.

“This is a sort of welcoming party for Waters,” Ron Halber, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, told the Washington Post about the video.

“We want him to know when he arrives in D.C. that the sort of hateful language that he’s peddling and the myths he engages in are going to be met with fierce resistance.”

Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman, is scheduled to appear at the Nassau Coliseum in New York Sept. 15 and 16.

Nassau County lawmaker Howard Kopel asked the county attorney last month to determine whether the arena’s lease requires compliance with the county law adopted in May 2016 that prevents the county from doing business with any company that participates in the economic boycott of Israel.

Waters went head to head with

Radiohead earlier this summer after he publicly called on the band to cancel its July concert in Tel Aviv. The band played the show. (JTA)

North Carolina Pride organizers alter event schedule to avoid Yom Kippur conflict Organizers of North Carolina’s gay pride parade and festival have altered the event’s schedule in order to accommodate the Jewish community’s observance of Yom Kippur.

The N.C. Pride parade had been scheduled for Sept. 30, which this year is the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur is considered the most important holiday in Judaism.

Following the announcement of the date last month, organizers apologized for the scheduling conflict but said they could not change the date. They said the parade has been held on the last Saturday of September for the past 17 years.

N.C. Pride organizers announced that they had rebranded the event as N.C. Pride @ Night, a street fair that would start in downtown Durham and in downtown Raleigh at 4 pm Sept. 30 and run until 4 am Oct. 1. The Pride Parade was canceled for this year. but is scheduled to return in 2018.

Several Jewish groups have marched in the parade in recent years.

Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill CEO Jill Madsen said her agency is still planning to hold an alternative event planned for the Jewish community to celebrate LGBTQ pride on Oct. 7, which falls during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, but is more manageable for the Jewish community. Madsen told the local media that she was “grateful” for the compromise from N.C. Pride.

“We appreciate them considering other options,” she told the Herald Sun. The event will start with Havdalah to end the Jewish Sabbath, Madsen told the newspaper.

“It falls during the holiday of Sukkot, which is our fall harvest holiday, and one of the practices of Sukkot is inviting someone into your home for a meal,” she said. “So we thought, what a wonderful opportunity to open up our building and show our support.” (JTA)

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or congregational rabbis, this is a season of anxiety, but also of hope. The arrival of the seven Haftarot of Consolation after Tisha b’Av reminds us that we have less than two months to get our sermons written and services planned for the High Holy Days. (Had I not been rabbinically formed in seminary, I would want to punch the colleagues on Facebook who report brightly in July, “Drashot done, service outlines ready to print. Off to the beach house!”) But we also look forward to the blessings the holidays may bring. A once-a-year congregant might be inspired by a service or sermon and want to start learning and participating again. New faces may bring new life to the congregation. At the very least, the holidays are infused with a sense of new beginnings. We anticipate what good things might happen in the new year and determine to do our part in making them happen.

This mix of anxiety and hope is present in the Bible readings we hear in synagogue during the seven Shabbatot before Rosh Hashanah. Most of the anxiety, sometimes bordering on dread, appears in the Torah readings, which are part of God’s instructions (recorded in the Book of Deuteronomy) to the Israelites as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.

They relay, several times, the mandate not only to avoid being lured to idol worship by the tribes who inhabit the Land, but to destroy those tribes, displace them completely, killing inhabitants as necessary.

We find an example of these instructions in Parshat Ekev, coming up this Shabbat: You shall destroy all the peoples that Hashem your God delivers to you, showing them no pity.…Hashem your God will

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deliver them up to you, throwing them into utter panic until they are wiped out.

He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall obliterate their name from under the heavens; no man shall stand up to you, until you have wiped them out.

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of violence in the background. Zion is portrayed as an abandoned, barren wife whom God will take back in embracing love, bedeck with gems, and endow with children; Israel will be a place of light, joy, peace, and prosperity. The prophet exhorts the exiled Hebrews to take strength from their origins: Listen to me, you who pursue justice, You who seek the Lord: Look to the rock you were hewn from, To the quarry you were dug from.

Look back to Abraham your father And to Sarah who brought you forth.

For he was only one when I called him,

But I blessed him and made him many.

(Isaiah 51:1-2) This is the ruach Elohim, the spirit of God, that draws me to serve God, the Jewish people, and all who dwell on Earth: not the call to destruction sparked by fear of retribution for weak faith, but the confidence that we can live up to those parts of Torah that tell us what it is to be good human beings.

May the New Year bring you the comfort and hope that the prophet anticipated for us as a people.

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WASHINGTON (JTA)—In an unusual statement, President Donald Trump called his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, “very pro-Israel,” an apparent bid to end a barrage of attacks from the far right that has depicted McMaster as hostile to Israel.

“General McMaster and I are working very well together,” Trump said in a message relayed to media outlets late Friday, August 4. “He is a good man and very pro-Israel. I am grateful for the work he continues to do serving our country.”

McMaster has removed from the National Security Council an array of advisers who have ties to the far right, including outlets like Breitbart, the news website helmed until last year by Trump’s top strategic adviser, Stephen Bannon, and Conservative Review. Those sites have run anonymously sourced stories depicting McMaster as anti-Israel.

There are a number of reasons for the differences that apparently have spurred the sackings: Many were hired by McMaster’s predecessor, Mike Flynn, and were still loyal to Flynn, who left when he became a central figure in the scandal engulfing the Trump administration concerning allegations of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

A number also hew to conspiracy theories that would unsettle, if not horrify, traditional conservatives like McMaster.

One of those removed, Rich Higgins, had circulated a memo alleging a conspiracy of Maoists and Islamists within and without the government seeking to undermine the Trump agenda.

McMaster and other more establishment figures in the administration, including Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have also counseled caution when it comes to the Iran nuclear deal. Trump wants out of the agreement negotiated by his predecessor, Barack Obama, which trades sanctions relief for Iran’s rollback of its nuclear activities.

The trio of McMaster, Tillerson and Mattis talked a reluctant Trump into

recertifying the deal last month, noting that Iran was abiding by the narrow terms of the agreement while amping up activities in other areas that the West finds troublesome, including missile testing and military adventurism. One argument against pulling out of the nuclear deal abruptly is that it would alienate U.S. allies who are otherwise disposed to confronting Iran in non-nuclear areas. Trump has said he likely won’t recertify Iran in three months when it next comes up.

Since then, and perhaps acting on reports that McMaster and Trump do not get along, right-wing media have run reports anonymously quoting current and former administration officials depicting McMaster as hostile to Israel.

Conservative Review quoted officials as saying that McMaster had called Israel “illegitimate” and an “occupying power.”

Reports, including a lengthy Facebook post by Caroline Glick, a Jerusalem Post columnist, blamed McMaster for not allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join the Trump family for a visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall when Trump visited Israel in June.

Mike Cernovich, a far-right provocateur, set up a website called McMasterLeaks to solicit information that could damage McMaster. It at first featured a cartoon depicting McMaster and David Petraeus, a friend and colleague of McMaster’s from their time in the military, as puppets being manipulated by the billionaire financier George Soros, who in turn was manipulated by a rotting arm labeled “Rothschilds.”

Soros, a Jewish philanthropist whose giving to leftist causes has made him a bugbear of the right, has no known ties to McMaster. The Anti-Defamation League posted an analysis of the cartoon outlining its typical anti-Semitic tropes, including depicting Jews as puppeteers and the Rothschild family as all controlling.

Cernovich later relabeled the arm as “Saudis,” telling The Atlantic he didn’t want to deal with complaints that the cartoon was anti-Semitic.

The attacks on McMaster have spurred other pro-Israel hawks to come to the

Nation national security adviser’s defense. Mark Dubowitz, the director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, posted on Twitter the results of his research showing McMaster as hawkish on Iran in statements dating back to 2007 when he was a general serving in the Iraq War. “Today I pulled up everything I could find that McMaster has said on Iran dating

back to 2007,” Dubowitz said, launching a thread of tweets with citations. “If he isn’t tough-minded, I don’t know who is.”

While arguing to keep the deal in place, McMaster has said he agrees with Trump that it is a bad deal, allowing Iran too much leeway for disruption in the region.

“What we have done is we have

crafted a strategy along with a lot of our like-minded nations, allies, partners, to counter Iran’s destabilizing behavior,” McMaster said in an interview on MSNBC with Hugh Hewitt, a conservative radio show host. “While we still aim to prevent by whatever means is necessary to do so, Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

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JERUSALEM ( JTA)—The Palestinians’ chief peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, is on waiting lists for a lung transplant in the United States and Israel.

Erekat, 62, who also is secretary-general of the PLO executive committee, has pulmonary fibrosis, a serious lung disease, Ynet reported.

The news website later reported, citing officials at Israel’s Ministry of Health and the National Transplant Center, that only Israeli citizens may register to appear on the national waiting list. The priority order on the list is determined solely according to medical criteria, without exceptions – transplants go to the patient in most dire medical need.

In cases where no Israeli patient is found suitable to receive the organ in question, it may be transplanted in someone who is not a citizen of Israel, subject

to agreement from the donor’s family.

Such cases are rare, according to Ynet.

Erekat would come in at the bottom of the list as a non-citizen, according to the report.

The transplant waiting list reportedly has 70 patients waiting for an organ, according to Ynet. Israel performs 50 lung transplants each year.

Erekat was diagnosed more than a year ago with the disease, in which scar tissue forms in the lungs and makes it impossible for them to function properly.

He has been treated in an Israeli hospital, Ynet reported. His condition has worsened dramatically in recent months, leading his Israeli doctors to tell him that he needs a lung transplant to survive.

Palestinian intelligence chief Majid Faraj has been named Erekat’s temporary replacement.

Israel’s drip irrigation giant sold to Mexican company for $1.5 billion RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)—A Mexican industrial group will acquire control of the Israeli drip irrigation giant Netafim for $1.5 billion.

Mexichem has agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Netafim, the world’s largest drip irrigation company, in a deal valuing the company at $1.895 billion. It will acquire a 61 percent stake owned by the private equity fund Permira, which bought into Netafim in 2011 before it roughly doubled in value. Another 6 percent will come from Kibbutz Magal and 13 percent from Kibbutz Hatzerim, which will remain a minority shareholder.

“We were looking for a strategic partner to Netafim that will enable us to continue to develop the company and bring it to the next level,” says Netafim CEO Ran Maidan. “The conditions of the agreement maintain Netafim’s Israeli identity, with a commitment to keep the company’s core activities in Israel for

many years.”

Founded in 1965 in Kibbutz Hatzerim, Netafim pioneered the drip irrigation process and has become the leading global supplier of smart irrigation solutions.

Netafim’s solutions are helping millions of farmers around the world to significantly increase their yields while saving water and other agricultural inputs. With about $855 million in sales in 2016, it has 17 manufacturing plants and 4,300 employees in over 30 countries.

“The acquisition will give Mexichem access to advanced technology that can be used as a base for ‘smart’ solutions in other industrial fields,” Mexichem CEO Antonio Carrillo Rule says.

Mexichem, a global leader in plastic piping and chemicals and petrochemicals, has committed to preserve Netafim’s activity in Israel for 20 years, including its production and R&D facilities.

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Palestinians show growing support for two-state solution, poll finds from 41 percent. Palestinian support rose JERUSALEM ( JTA)—A nearly equal 4 percent to 43 percent, with much of the majority of Israelis and Palestinians back rise coming from Gazans. a two-state solution, a new poll shows, but Incentives offered to those who opposed the Palestinians’ support is rising. the peace agreement package caused the Support among Israelis is at 53 pertotal support to rise on both sides. Among cent, a decline of 2 percentage points the incentives offered was the release of since December, and at 52 percent among all Palestinian prisoners, which caused Palestinians both in the West Bank and Palestinian support to rise to 73 percent; Gaza, an increase of 8 points, according Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish to the the Palestinian-Israeli Pulse: A Joint state, which spurred support among Jewish Poll published Monday, July 31.

Israelis to rise to 58 percent; and changTel Aviv University’s Tami Steinmetz ing educational textbooks Center for Peace Research on both sides to remove and the Palestinian incitement, raising support Center for Policy and by one-third on both sides.

Survey Research in Some 57.5 percent of all Ramallah conducted Palestinians and 58.3 perthe survey with funding percent of Palestinians cent of all Israelis opposed from the European Union back a two-state the idea of a confederation and the Netherlands solution of a Palestinian state and Representative Office in the State of Israel in which Ramallah. citizens of each country The poll was concould live on the territory ducted in June and early of the other under their July among representalaws with security and the economy hantive samples of 1,200 Palestinians in the dled jointly by both countries.

West Bank and Gaza, and 900 Israelis, A majority of Palestinians, 52.3 perwith an additional sample of Jewish setcent, believe a two-state solution is no tlers and Arab citizens. The margin of longer viable; 43.9 percent of Israelis error is plus or minus 3 percent for both. agree. Also, 58 percent of Palestinians The survey tested the details of a perand 61.4 of Israelis opposed one state for manent peace agreement, with incentives Palestinians and Israelis. for those who are opposed; perceptions of Some 47.2 percent of Israelis support the other; and alternate scenarios to the or strongly support the evacuation of two-state solution, including both equal Jewish settlements under a peace agreeand unequal versions of one state, and a ment, with 44.8 percent opposing or confederation of two states. strongly opposing such a move.

When presented with a peace agreeIn a question on the perception of ment package based on previous rounds of others, 39.6 percent of Palestinians said negotiations—including a demilitarized they agree or certainly agree with the Palestinian state and Israeli withdrawal statement “I feel fear toward Israeli Jews,” to pre-June 1967 lines with land swaps; and 67.5 percent of Jewish Israelis agreed family unification in Israel of 100,000 or certainly agreed with the statement Palestinian refugees; West Jerusalem as “I feel fear toward Palestinians.” Some the capital of Israel and East Jerusalem as 53.3 percent of Palestinians said they the capital of Palestine, with the Old City disagree or certainly disagree with the divided among the two sides; and the end statement “Most Israelis want peace,” and of the conflict and claims—overall Israeli 62.2 percent of Israelis said they dissupport declined to 41 percent from agreed or certainly disagree with the 46 percent in December, with backing statement “Most Palestinians want peace.” among Jewish Israelis falling to 32 percent

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Israel The corruption scandals plaguing Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, explained a newspaper publisher.

In Case 1000, Netanyahu is alleged to have received tens of thousands of dollars’ (JTA)—He has a firm grip on the governworth of gifts from Arnon Milchan, an ment, but a mounting political scandal Israeli Hollywood producer, and James might bring him down. Officials from his Packer, an Australian casino mogul. The own party have begun to distance themgifts include champagne, cigars, flights selves from him, but he remains defiant. and hotel rooms.

Oh, and his son is in trouble, too.

In return, Netanyahu supposedly Just one more thing Benjamin helped Milchan obtain a U.S. visa and Netanyahu has in common with President Packer secure a residency permit in Israel.

Donald Trump.

Netanyahu has acknowledged receiving Except there’s a difference: While the gifts but denies they were illegal or Trump faces one sprawling scandal, the constituted bribes.

Russia affair, Israel’s prime minister is In Case 2000, embroiled in at least two.

Netanyahu is accused of Police are conducting two conspiring with Arnon additional corruption Mozes, the owner of investigations that indithe Israeli daily Yediot rectly involve him. His Acharonot, to advance wife, Sara, will probably percent of Israelis legislation hobbling the be indicted soon in a sepbelieve Netanyahu free and pro-Netanyahu arate case. And a left-wing should resign tabloid Israel Hayom NGO just sued his son, if indicted bankrolled by American Yair. billionaire Sheldon Netanyahu appeared Adelson. Yediot, which to be in increasing peril has historically criticized this month, when Ari Netanyahu, was to cover Harow, his Americanhim more favorably in born former chief of staff, return. Although recordings of the conbecame a state witness. Despite it all, versations exist, Netanyahu denies any Netanyahu has remained confident. He wrongdoing. has accused the Israeli media of peddling “fake news” about the scandals.

He’s mixed up in two other corrupOn Monday, August 7, responding to an tion scandals— and his wife and son article predicting his ouster, Netanyahu are in trouble, too. tweeted two words: “Won’t happen.”

Now you know about Cases 1000 and But will it happen? After winning four 2000. Here’s some info on Cases 3000 Israeli elections, will Netanyahu be done and 4000, targeting Netanyahu’s associin by his own misdeeds (or is it prosecuates, plus another scandal involving his torial overreach)? Here’s a primer on the wife and another, his son. string of scandals and what they mean for Here’s a rundown: the prime minister.

“Case 3000” involves alleged corruption in the sale of German submarines to Netanyahu is under investigation for Israel. Police have accused businessman receiving gifts and taking bribes.

Michael Ganor of bribing government offiThe two main corruption scandals involvcials to become the negotiating agent for ing Netanyahu both concern allegations of ThyssenKrupp, the German company that illicit dealings with rich and powerful men. built the subs. In addition, Netanyahu’s In the first, called “Case 1000,” Netanyahu personal lawyer, David Shimron, was is accused of receiving expensive gifts from simultaneously acting as Ganor’s represenbillionaires and then taking action on their tative during the negotiations over the sale. behalf. In the second, called “Case 2000,” In “Case 4000,” the director-general he is accused of striking an illicit deal with Ben Sales

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Israel of Israel’s Communications Ministry, Shlomo Filber, is accused of illicitly allowing Bezeq, the national telephone company, to buy shares of YES, a satellite cable provider. Filber was appointed by Netanyahu, who also serves as communications minister.

Meanwhile, Sara Netanyahu is likely to be indicted for misusing public funds at the couple’s official residences. The Israeli first lady is accused of using government money to pay for private chefs at family events, a caregiver for her father and weekend electrical work at the couple’s home in the tony coastal town of Caesarea. The allegations have long dogged Sara Netanyahu, who sometimes comes off in the Israeli media as the country’s Marie Antoinette.

Finally Molad, a left-wing Israeli think tank, has sued Yair Netanyahu for libel.

Yair, the eldest son of the Netanyahus at 26, wrote a Facebook post last week calling the group a “radical, anti-Zionist organization funded by the Fund for Israel’s Destruction” (a reference to the New Israel Fund, a left-wing NGO and bête noire of the Israeli right). Earlier that day, Molad had posted an article criticizing Yair Netanyahu’s political views and use of public funds.

Netanyahu could be nearing indictment—but might still stay in office.

So what does this all mean for the prime minister, who has governed Israel since the beginning of the Obama administration in his second go-round as prime minister.

It depends on two factors: Whether he is indicted, and whether that creates enough pressure to force him to resign.

The fact that police are now working with Ari Harow, a confidant of the prime minister’s, means that he may provide information leading to an indictment. The recordings of Netanyahu’s conversations with Mozes, for example, were found on Harow’s phone.

Harow served two terms as Netanyahu’s chief of staff, and founded a consulting company between the two stints. Police have accused him of using his government position to advance his business interests.

In return for becoming a state witness, Harow agreed to a plea deal in which he will perform community service and pay a fine rather than serve a prison time.

But even with Harow’s testimony, the going will still be slow. According to a handy explainer in Haaretz, police are not expected to issue their recommendation until after the High Holidays late next month. If police recommend an indictment, it could still take several months until the attorney general formally indicts Netanyahu. Even then, he isn’t legally required to resign.

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(Un)fortunately, there’s a precedent for this decision: Nine years ago, facing multiple corruption scandals, centrist Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resigned even before police recommended an indictment. But stepping down didn’t help him, as Olmert was sentenced to prison in 2015 and served 16 months before going free in July.

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wo relatively new Tidewater Jewish Foundation Initiatives that will have a tremendous impact on the future of Jewish life in the Tidewater area are the Life & Legacy and the B’nai Tzedek programs.

The Life & Legacy program is helping the community secure its future by encouraging and motivating donors of all ages and giving capacities to create legacy gifts—providing permanent support for the Jewish causes these donors care about. TJF and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation are joint sponsors of the Life & Legacy program, in collaboration with nine agency or synagogue partners:

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students to become philanthropists. To get involved, the student donates a minimum of $250 (usually from their bar/bat mitzvah gifts) and TJF matches it with $250, thereby establishing a fund in the teen’s name. Every year, the teen learns about the different needs of the Jewish community and decides where to donate 5% of their fund. Teens who participate in the program find it meaningful and usually continue to participate in Jewish philanthropy throughout their lifetime.

Share information about B’nai Tzedek with a teen that is celebrating a bar or bat mitzvah, or put them in touch with Barb Gelb at bgelb@ujft.org or 757-965-6105. Also, contact Gelb to consider or discuss a legacy gift.

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Just a little more than halfway through the program’s first year, more than 60 individuals have already made 133 new legacy commitments with an estimated value of more than $6.4 million. This is just the beginning of what can be accomplished to secure these organizations’ futures. Creating a legacy gift allows donors to make a statement of their values to their family and community.

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he Tidewater Jewish Foundation (TJF) is “delighted to welcome Barb Gelb as the new development associate and Life & Legacy Coordinator,” says Scott Kaplan, CFRE, president and CEO, Tidewater Jewish Foundation.

“Barb comes to our community with a wealth of experience in the Jewish communal and non-profit world,” says Kaplan. She recently relocated to Virginia Beach from Los Angeles.

Gelb joins the TJF team in a development capacity to help lead two newly launched initiatives of the Foundation, the Life & Legacy program and B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy program (see article above).

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Gelb was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and spent her high school years in Laramie, Wyoming. She received her bachelor of arts degree in psychology from University of California Los Angeles, her Master’s Degree in social work from University of Southern California and her Master’s Degree in Jewish Non-Profit Management from

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She recently married Virginia Beach native Kenny Weinstein and says she “is thrilled to finally be living here together.”

“Barb brings with her a passion for Judaism and the Jewish community and a desire to make an impact on the future.

We are lucky to have her with us to grow and strengthen our Jewish community here in Tidewater,” says Kaplan.

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Attorney General Herring began his remarks by highlighting the importance of ADL’s work combatting and responding to hate crimes in Virginia—a priority for the Attorney General himself. In response to the rise in hate crimes, Attorney General Herring established No Hate VA, which is a resource guide for Virginians who have been victims of or witnesses to a hate crime.

Both the ADL and Attorney General Herring encourage Virginians to report hate crimes, and are working together to ensure that law enforcement agencies also report hate crimes effectively. The ADL is listed as a primary resource on the No Hate VA webpage—further solidifying the

commitment of the ADL and the Attorney General to eradicate all forms of bias in the region.

In his speech, Attorney General Herring also commended the ADL for the amicus brief that it filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. ADL’s brief supported the Commonwealth of Virginia’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on immigration and refugees. He reaffirmed that Virginia will continue to be a home for refugees, migrants, and all people, regardless of race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, and gender identity.

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From Virginia Beach to the Middle East CRC and local high school work together to ensure bright future for foreign policymakers John Sutton

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n May 2011, the topic of conversation among my First Colonial High School students was international stability and the global nuclear system. I asked them to work together and develop a series of questions and I prepared a discussion for the next week.

Their questions dealt primarily with foreign policy in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. To provide my students with some background, I enlisted an old friend who just happened to be in town working directly for the U.S. Secretary of Defense.

He was duly impressed with my students’ line of questioning and thought he had the perfect person to engage these students in a bit of debate—U.S. Ambassador Clifford Hart. At the time, he was the U.S. Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks, responsible for dealing with North Korea. He seemed quite amused at the idea of high school students talking to him about such complicated matters, but invited us anyway. I packed my Ford Flex with seven students and off we went to the state department.

The conversation was electric and the students were engaged. The insight provided by Ambassador Hart only fueled the fire—the students wanted more.

I had wrongly assumed that these students were immune to the complexities of the international political environment.

After all, our students have lived their entire lives in a country deeply involved in global security issues and humanitarian efforts. My 21st century learners wanted to dig deeper and really understand their relationship and responsibilities to the global community. Their first visit to the State Department gave them a unique experience and the educational perspective was historical, political and—most importantly—tangible.

With assistance from some other friends, that trip turned into First Colonial High School’s Foreign Policy Work Group, whose mission is to familiarize interested students in the process and content of U.S. foreign policy, to help them acquire

both conceptual and practical understanding of the challenges that American policymakers face, and the implications of their decisions. This assemblage has also become a way to give my students a more “aesthetic” understanding of international relations and diplomacy.

If the students could better experience the build-up to the war in Iraq by talking to Donald Rumsfeld, Michael Hayden, or Paul Wolfowitz, then that became the focus.

If the students could challenge and question the subject matter and the decision makers, then they were given educational insight far exceeding anything fellow students, parents, or their teachers could offer.

The visit with Ambassador Hart was only the beginning. Other trips followed to Washington to engage in conversation with Elliott Abrams, Dennis Ross, and Richard Perle, to name a few; along with policy briefings from experts from the Council on Foreign Relations, The Brookings Institute, and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Our students have lived their entire lives in a country deeply involved in global security issues and humanitarian efforts.

So far, 161 students have participated in five seminars and 34 closed door briefings with foreign policy experts and decision makers.

My students are fortunate; they have been exposed to professionals in an environment where they are encouraged to

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First Colonial Foreign Policy Work Group with Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat in D.C.

John Sutton and students with Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former Israel Today expert Mark Dubowitz at his D.C. office.

think, speak, write, understand, and manage complex global problems.

Students involved with the Foreign Policy Work Group have become engrossed by these experiences and interactions and have been able to transfer their new insight and critical understanding to other areas of their academic life.

The experience with the Foreign Policy Work Group has also given much to me.

I’ve learned that the students are interested, engaged, and willing to do what it takes to get the information they think is relevant.

In addition, because of their opportunities, these students are not just active listeners, but also active participants in the entire process. When discussing the Middle East peace process with Ambassador Dennis Ross in his D.C. office, he encouraged them to “stay energized and deeply curious,” and described them as “the kind of students that will carry this experience with them for their lifetime.”

Constantly looking for ways to engage, interact, and experience the world of geopolitics and international relations,

one of the students attended a program offered by the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater. When he returned with an invitation to connect with CRC’s director, Robin Mancoll, I immediately did.

Over the past few years, Robin Mancoll and I have emailed about opportunities to connect the students with visiting experts, both locally and in D.C. Former Israel Today experts Dennis Ross, Avi Melamed, and Mark Dubowitz have all interacted with our students as part of this new partnership between the Foreign Policy Work Group and the CRC. We know many more opportunities are to come.

Contact Wendy Weissman, assistant director of the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, at wweissman@ujf.org.

John Sutton is the advisor for Foreign Policy Work Group, Legal Studies Academy, First Colonial High School.

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Family Campus as a backdrop, the outcome of months of crowdfunding efforts led by Cyndi Tessler came to fruition. aughter hung in the air long after A cross-section of the community—old the end of comedian Elon Gold’s and young and from all denominations— set during the Simon Family JCC’s first celebrated the light-hearted side of Laughter on the Lawn event. More than Jewish culture. Gold was quick on his 400 community members gathered to feet, making riotous observations about partake in the hilarity.

Tidewater’s JCC and community that rang “He was so funny,” says Joel Rubin, entertainingly true. He even engaged an “I’ve never heard anyone who understands audience member as his sidekick in a Jewish culture so well and can convey it re-invented “who’s on first” routine. in such a hilarious way. If I could have As the night drew to a close and people bottled that show, I would have.” gathered their belongings to leave, thanks With the Reba and Sam Sandler were given to Gold, David Tessler, and Cyndi Tessler for providing such a fun and bright night of comedy and togetherness. Community building was the vision behind this event and with the generosity of donors and lay leaders, Laughter on the Lawn will be rememMarissa Simon, Claire Laibstain, Marcy Terkeltaub, Melissa Eichelbaum, bered for just that.

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Ms. Nancy Levin Mr. and Mrs. Scott Levin Dr. and Mrs. Bradley A. Levitt Rabbi and Mrs. Gershon Litt Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Longman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lust Mr. Joseph O. Luster, Jr. Lynnhaven Fish House Mrs. Jeanne Marcus Mr. Richard Marten and Ms. Nancy Loewenberg Ms. Olga Mavritskiy Mid-Atlantic Dermatology Center, P. C. Mr. Matthew Myers and Ms. Merrin Cenicola No Frill Bar and Grill (Spotswoods Food) Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orleans Mr. and Mrs. Lorence Osmunson III PAYDAY Payroll Services Mr. and Mrs. Alan Peltz Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Perlman Mr. Bryan D. Pettit Dr. and Mrs. Earl Pollock Mr. Alex Pomerantz Poole Brooke Plumlee PC Mr. Steve Poorman and Ms. Cara Scheffres Mr. and Mrs. Steve Poorman, Sr. Mrs. Ellie Porter Mr. and Mrs. M. David Proser Rashkind Family Foundation Remedy Staffing Services Mr. and Mrs. Louis Richman Dr. and Mrs. Reuven D. Rohn Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Rosenbach Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Rosenblum Dr. and Mrs. Scott Rosenblum Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Joel Rubin S. L. Nusbaum Insurance Agency, Inc. Salter & Associates, PC Mr. and Mrs. Marc Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Lonny Sarfan Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Schechner Ms. Lynn Schoenbaum

Dr. Alfred M. Schulwolf Dr. and Mrs. Eric Schwartzman Dr. and Mrs. Burt Segal Dr. and Mrs. Alan I. Shapiro Shivar, Peluso, and Andersen PC Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Simon Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Simon Siska/Aurand Landscape Architects, Inc. Mrs. Dorothy Slone Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie Slone Mrs. Carol Smith Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Straub Mr. and Mrs. Burle Stromberg Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tabakin The Spindel Agency Mr. and Mrs. Tim Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Trub Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Turok Mr. Michael Ullman Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wall Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Weissman Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Zittrain Mr. and Mrs. Steven Zuckerman

Up to $99 Mr. and Mrs. Royi Abramov Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Abrams Mrs. Sandi Advocat Mr. and Mrs. Todd Aftel Mr. and Mrs. Beau Allegood Ms. Shayla Allen Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Michael I. Ashe Ms. Ellen Asplund-Kohan Major and Mrs. Donald L. Bailey Ms. Michelle Barnes and Mr. Walter Demmerle Dr. and Mrs. Alan Bartel Mrs. Marlene Bass Mr. and Mrs. John Baugh Mr. and Mrs. Rick Bazar Dr. and Mrs. Steven Becker Ms. Zohar Ben Moshe Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Benas Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Bennett Mrs. Frances S. Berger Lt. Col. (Ret.) Charles Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Ron Bessent Ms. Tiala Blocker B’Nai Israel Congregation Rabbi and Mrs. Levi Brashevitzky Ms. Linda Bridges Ms. Elyssa Brinn Mr. Hyman Brooke Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brooke

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Carnazza Ms. Monica Casallas Dr. and Mrs. Ian Chapel Ms. Melissa N. Clough Mr. and Mrs. Edward Collins Ms. Melanie Columbus Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Crockford Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Dail Mrs. Rebecca Danker Mr. and Mrs. Scott Debb Mr. .and Mrs. Rich DeLeo Mr. and Mrs. Barry Dorsk Mr. Joseph Drory Mrs. Roz Drucker Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Eaglin Mr. James Eilberg and Dr. Susan Eilberg Ms. Rachel Ellenson Ms. Catherine Elmore Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Feld Ms. Athena Field Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Fine Dr. and Mrs. Al Finkel Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fulcher Mrs. Anne Galler Mr. and Mrs. John Galler Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gamboa Mr. and Mrs. Amitai Gershon Mrs. Sura Goldner Mr. Mark Gonsenhauser Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gottlieb Dr. and Mrs. Guerry Grune Ms. Deirdre Haag Mrs. Shirley Schulwolf Hainer Mr. Maury Handel Ms. Shena Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Hurwitz Mr. and Mrs. James Jenkins Ms. Janet Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kahn Mrs. Nancy Kanter Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kass Mr. and Mrs. William Kass Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Katz Mr. Larry Katz, in honor of Donald Katz (former student) Mr. and Mrs. Irv Kempner Ms. Barbara Klaff Mr. and Mrs. R. Mark Kozak Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kraly Ms. Leeraz Kremisi Ms. Jacquie Lam Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Levin Mr. and Mrs. Miles Levine Dr. and Mrs. Michael Lloyd Ms. Khari Lomax Mr. John Lomogda and Ms. Julie Blumenthal Mr. and Mrs. Shlomo Lubaton

Mr. and Mrs. Burke W. Margulies Ms. Elsie Martin Ms. Cheryl McAuley and Mr. Jimmy Cox Mrs. Cilda Meltzer Mr. and Mrs. Erol Menda Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miles Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miller Ms. Phyllis Minsberg Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mitnick Mr. Moshe Moallem and Dr. Sandra Moallem Ms. Nicole Mones Mrs. Bernice Moses Ms. Deborah Moye Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Muhlendorf Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Neubeck Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Newman Mr. Eli Nidam and Ms. Mazal Sibony Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nossen Mr. Jason Ohana and Dr. Alison Ohana Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oliverio Mr. and Mrs. Chris Opitz Mr. and Mrs. Osmundson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Partington Mr. and Mrs. Paul Peck Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Perez Dr. and Mrs. Felix Portnoy Mr. Shahab Rahimzadeh Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Rivers Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Rosenberg Ms. Judit Roth Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Ruchelman Mr. and Mrs. James Rush Mr. and Mrs. Stewart S. Sacks Mr. and Mrs. Ricarde Samonte Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sandler Ms. Maggie Schneider Miss Abigail E. Seeman Mr. and Mrs. Steven Shames Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sher Dr. Gary Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Silverman Mr. Ari Simon Mr. Nate Simon Ms. Alexandra Smith Mr. and Mrs. Brennan Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Smith II Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Smith Ms. Arleen Sobel Mr. Mark Solberg Mr. Edward J. Soltz Dr. and Mrs. Adam W. Specht Ms. Maureen Sullivan

Ms. Maureen Tamares Ms. Georganne Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Paul Terkeltaub The Barr Foundation/ Mrs. Elena Baum Dr. and Mrs. Louis Tonelson Mr. Arnie Unterbach and Ms. Judy Saperstein Mr. and Mrs. Todd Waldman Mr. and Mrs. Neil Waranch Ms. Beverly Ward Ms. Leah Wesner Ms. Donikka White Ms. Judith White and Mr. John Young Ms. Monica White Ms. Robyn Wiggins Ms. Chrystal Willis Ms. Becky Winstead-Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wyatt Mr. and Mrs. Shachar Zach Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zeitman Mrs. Dorothy M. Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Ari Zito Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zito Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Zittrain

ENDOWMENTS Harry & Sylvia Belkov* Memorial Scholarship Fund Leon & Florence Berlin* Memorial Fund William and Carole Bernstein Ezra Annuity Abraham and Malka Bornstein* Memorial Fund Julian Colby* Memorial Unrestricted Fund Bessie Dozoretz* Scholarship Fund Ronald Dozoretz Scholarship Fund Rosa K. Frieden* Memorial Unrestricted Fund Tavia and Freda Gordon* Scholarship Fund HAT Supporting Unrestricted Fund Hebrew Academy Scholarship Fund The Lester & Barbara Horwitz Restricted Fund Leola Banks Jaffe* Unrestricted Fund of HAT Carl J.* & Juliet A. Katz Unrestricted Fund Barry and Reatha Kantor Scholarship Fund of HAT Alene Jo Kaufman Endowment Fund Klebanoff Family Philanthropic Fund Kramer Family JFN/PEJE Fund Celia Krichman* Unrestricted Fund Leon Leach Ezra Annuity

Selma* and Leon Leach Restricted Scholarship Fund The Lorna Legum Rising Star Award Fund Jeff & Elayne Littman Philanthropic Fund James London* Athletic and Outdoor Program Fund Marguerite Marx* Jewish History Collection Fund Ada R. Michaels* Faculty Development Restricted Endowment Fund Joseph* and Barbara Patish Ezra Annuity Reba and Samuel Sandler* Memorial Fund of HAT Lonny & Terri Sarfan Philanthropic Fund Segaloff Family JFN/PEJE Fund Sarah and Samuel Sonnenberg* Memorial Fund Harold and Reva Sprung* Technology Endowment Fund Celia Stern* Fund of HAT Solomon and Sylvia Yavner* Fund The Mel Bass* & Debbie Bass Sadoff* Memorial Restricted Fund The Teachers’ Endowment Fund The Zena Herod Endowment Fund of blessed memory

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Hi-Ho Silver Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Holman’s Photography Studio Hot House Yoga Il Giardino Inlet Fitness Jake’s Place Dr. Denny Jenkins and Dr. Leanelle Goldstein Janet Molofsky Jody G Jody’s Gourmet Popcorn Mr. and Mrs. Robert Josephberg Jungle Golf Long Jewelers Mary’s Nail-tique Dr. and Mrs. Norman Miller Mizuno Mr. Shawarma Mr. Brad Moses/Towne Insurance Nauticus No Frill Bar & Grill Norfolk Tides NYFO Ocean Breeze Princess Anne Country Club Quality Shop Mr. Jason Ritzmann and Ms. Jenna Aiken-Ritzmann Rock-A-Bye Baby OBX Roger Brown’s Restaurant Ruth’s Chris Steak House S. Ray Barrett Dry Cleaner Salad Works Sandfiddler Café Mr. and Mrs. Ian Scaliatine Mrs. Deborah Segaloff Studio Bamboo The Custom Cake Shoppe The French Twist The Full Cup The Globe The Norfolk Admirals The Precious Gem The Royal Chocolate The Sandler Center The Skin Ranch & Trade Company Tidewater Drive Storage Center LLC Todd Rosenlieb Dance Trader Joe’s Trish Boutique Valiant Crossfit Virginia Aquarium Virginia Zoo Windsor Antiques YNOT Italian Yorgo’s Yotini’s

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n preparation for the school year and the Jewish High Holy Days, it’s important to be proactive in communicating with faculty and administrators about these holidays so Jewish students have the opportunity to observe without penalty. While schools may try their best to be sensitive to students from many backgrounds, they have a responsibility to acknowledge and respond to concerns. Methods for parents to advocate for students in the classroom include: • Talk to teachers at the beginning of the school year about concerns or issues.

Offer to partner with the teacher in creating a positive learning environment that respects the identities of all students. Work in a constructive way to get the teacher invested in your child.

• Bring teachers a copy of CRC’s Five-Year Calendar of Major Jewish Holidays, found at JewishVA.org/CRCHolidayCalendar. As soon as possible, make note of the holidays when a child will be absent from school and request make-up assignments.

Although all superintendents, heads of school, and principals in Tidewater middle and high schools have already received this letter and calendar, it is still a good idea to share the calendar or dates with the principal and assistant principal.

• Share resources with teachers and administrators. The CRC can provide recommendations of websites, articles, workshops, and programs for teachers and

families on issues of cultural sensitivity and discrimination.

• If an issue comes up in the classroom or the school that requires attention, start by going through the appropriate channels: Teacher or guidance counselor, then assistant principal, followed by principal, and then if the issue is still unresolved, assistant superintendent/superintendent of schools or school board.

• Contact the CRC for assistance.

The CRC can help to ensure positive results with the least amount of outside intervention.

• In the most serious cases, where anti-Semitic threats or racist graffiti are involved, contact the CRC who will contact the appropriate offices to ensure the incident is recorded and handled properly.

For a downloadable version of CRC’s Five-Year Calendar of Major Jewish Holidays, visit JewishVA.org/ CRCHolidayCaldendar.

The Community Relations Council is the public affairs arm of the organized Tidewater Jewish community. It represents area synagogues and Jewish agencies on issues impacting the rights and protection of Jews as individuals and as a community. The CRC works to educate the community on public affairs issues and translates these issues into community action with the greater community, public officials, other faith and ethnic communities, and the media.

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Jewish Holidays 5778

Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 38, 40, 41

All holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date listed.

Arts and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 38 Beth Sholom Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 30 Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Community Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Community Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Congregations/Synagogues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Disabilities & Inclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 34 Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 43

Religious Holidays 5778 Rosh Hashanah September 21–22, 2017, Jewish New Year Yom Kippur September 30, 2017, Day of Atonement Sukkot October 5-11, 2017, Feast of Tabernacles Shmini Atzeret October 12, 2017, Eighth Day of Assembly Simchat Torah October 13, 2017, Celebration of the Torah

Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Hanukkah December 13–20, 2017, Festival of Rededication, also Festival of Lights

Freda A Gordon Hospice & Palliative Care of Tidewater . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Tu BiShvat January 31, 2018, New Year for Trees

Health and Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 44

Purim March 2, 2018, Story of Esther

Hebrew Academy of Tidewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Holiday Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jewish Family Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Older Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 43 Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus of the Tidewater Jewish Community . . . . . . . . . 27

Pesach April 29, 2018, Passover Days of the Omer Seven weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot Lag BaOmer May 3, 2018, 33rd day of counting the Omer

Rehabilitation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 42

Shavuot May 20–21, 2018, Festival of Weeks, commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai

Simon Family Jewish Community Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Tish’a B’Av July 22, 2018, The Ninth of Av, Commemorates destruction of the two Temples

Social Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25, 38

Tu B’Av July 27, 2018, Jewish holiday of love

Social Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tidewater Jewish Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 United Jewish Federation of Tidewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Young Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Young Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Youth Programming and Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 45

Modern Holidays 5778 Yom HaShoah April 12, 2018, Holocaust Memorial Day Yom HaZikaron April 18, 2018, Israeli Memorial Day Yom HaAtzma’ut April 19, 2018, Israeli Independence Day

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Community Resources United Jewish Federation of Tidewater

5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 200 Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-965-6100 www.JewishVA.org www.facebook.com/UJFTidewater twitter: @UJFTidewater info@ujft.org Executive Vice President: Harry Graber United Jewish Federation of Tidewater nurtures a vibrant, engaged, inclusive, and caring Jewish community, guided by its values and mission to strengthen and perpetuate Jewish life.

Funds donated to the UJFT Annual Campaign are combined with gifts from more than 1,300 generous community members. Funds are distributed to trusted Jewish agencies and institutions as part of a thorough allocation process; this time-tested model of communal giving assists Jewish agencies and organizations in Tidewater, North America, Israel, and throughout the world.

UJFT cares for those in need, aids Jews in danger, enhances Jewish security, and advocates for Israel. Gifts help UJFT partners provide healthcare, social services, Jewish cultural and educational programs, and initiatives that improve human relations.

The UJFT, as part of the Jewish Federations of North America, touches more Jewish lives than any other organization in the world.

Annual Campaign www.JewishVA.org/annual-campaign UJFT holds an Annual Campaign fundraising effort each year because the needs of Jews locally, globally, and in Israel never go away. More than 100 local Jewish leaders volunteer to help with the campaign in partnership with a small professional staff.

An emphasis is placed on one-on-one and small group conversations in order to hear personal concerns and ideas about challenges facing the community. In turn, UJFT donors better understand how gifts make a difference and how to help secure the future of the community through tax-deductible contributions.

The Annual Campaign runs on the UJFT’s fiscal year, July 1–June 30. A kickoff celebration to begin the campaign is slated for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus with Israel Today speaker, David Hazony.

At the end of the campaign year, the UJFT board of directors allocates funds based on recommendations by the Finance Committee for distribution to the local community, and by the Israel & Overseas Committee, for distributions to international and Israeli agencies and organizations.

Donations to the Annual Campaign are welcome at any time, and can be made securely online at www.JewishVA.org/Donation.

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Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater Men’s Division www.JewishVA.org/mens-cabinet UJFT’s Men’s Division is dedicated to engaging the community in the support of the UJFT’s Annual Campaign.

The Men’s Division is comprised of an executive committee and more than 50 volunteers who are bound together to serve the Tidewater Jewish community and to solicit donations for the Annual Campaign. These leaders ensure funding is available for Jewish education, health and social welfare, the fight against anti-Semitism, emergency services and crisis relief.

Women’s Division www.JewishVA.org/women www.facebook.com/JewishWomen757 Director: Amy Zelenka, 757-965-6139, azelenka@ujft.org The Women’s Division is the women’s fundraising arm of the Annual Campaign, providing the women of the community with opportunities for volunteerism and philanthropy.

At the helm of the Women’s Division is the Women’s Cabinet, which meets regularly to learn what’s happening in the Tidewater Jewish community, and in the greater Jewish world. The Women’s Cabinet takes the lead in volunteer fundraising for the Women’s Division of the UJFT Annual Campaign, and serves as ambassadors and role models for women of all ages in the Tidewater Jewish community.

In addition to fundraising, the Women’s Division builds community by reaching out to the women in the Jewish community through a series of outreach events and activities throughout the campaign year.

Jewish survival, welfare, and continuity.

SJP is an evolution of the once separate organizations Maimonides and Business & Legal Societies, whose members decided to merge in light of their common Jewish and communal interests, and to enjoy the programming and benefits. All healthcare, business, legal, media, real estate, entrepreneurs, and service providers are invited.

Young Adult Division (YAD)

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www.JewishVA.org/yad www.facebook.com/YAD Director: Jasmine Amitay, 757-965-6138, jamitay@ujft.org The Young Adult Division promotes social, cultural, leadership, and philanthropic opportunities for young Jewish adults between the ages of 22 and 45 in Tidewater.

YAD fosters Jewish identity, involvement and responsibility among young Jews in Tidewater in order to sustain and enrich the vibrant community at home, in Israel, and around the world. YAD aims to cultivate relationships, build networks, and develop and hone highly skilled leaders to ensure the future of the Jewish community.

YAD hosts numerous programs such as monthly happy hours, holiday parties, business networking lunches, Shabbat dinners, and men’s and women’s specific programs.

YAD also spearheads Super Sunday, which is the community’s annual fundraising phone-a-thon, scheduled for January 28, 2018, and demonstrates the success of the area’s young leaders.

The Tidewater Couples Project is another path of leadership within YAD for young married couples to learn about UJFT’s mission, network, gain leadership skills, and most importantly, create community. Future leaders are nurtured through YAD’s Hineni! program and the Tom Hofheimer Young Leadership Mission to Israel.

www.JewishVA.org/ShalomTidewater Contact: Jasmine Amitay, 757-965-6138, jamitay@ujft.org The Tidewater Jewish community is a hub of activity, spanning five cities: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Suffolk. A wealth of resources is offered for newcomers to the Tidewater Jewish community.

Whether interfaith, unaffiliated, or anything in between, the Tidewater Jewish community celebrates diversity every day, and Shalom Tidewater is available to help everyone find their place.

Society of Jewish Professionals www.JewishVA.org Contact: Jasmine Amitay, 757-965-6138, jamitay@ujft.org The Society of Jewish Professionals (SJP) is dedicated to educational, social, and philanthropic activities, and provides opportunities to network and to socialize and become active through a financial commitment to the Annual Campaign. Members also serve as role models for their colleagues, family, and friends, and provide funding for

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Community Relations Council www.JewishVA.org/CRC www.facebook.com/CRCUJFT Director: Robin Mancoll, 757-965-6120, rmancoll@ujft.org Assistant Director: Wendy Weissman, 757-965-6107, wweissman@ujft.org The Community Relations Council educates the community on issues impacting the rights of Jews locally, in the United States, in Israel, and around the world.

The CRC’s mission is to establish constructive dialogue, create educational opportunities, and maintain positive exchanges with public officials and government, the media, the Jewish community, as well as with other faith and ethnic communities throughout Tidewater.

The CRC offers numerous opportunities for engagement for the entire community throughout the year, including Jewish Virginia Advocacy Day and the popular speaker series, Israel Today.

To get involved with CRC, or join its mailing list, which offers advocacy opportunities, news, and events, email crc@ujft.org.

Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater The Holocaust Commission

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www.HolocaustCommission.org www.facebook.com/holcommission Director: Elena Barr Baum, 757-965-6129, ebaum@ujft.org The Holocaust Commission encourages teachers, students, and the community at large to apply the lessons of history to the moral decisions they make each day. The Commission offers programs, provides resources, and holds community events related to Holocaust education and remembrance. Dedicated volunteers from the community guide and foster the Holocaust Commission’s work.

Among its many events and programs, the Holocaust Commission offers What We Carry, a multimedia program for schools, community, and military groups; a yearly community gathering for Yom Hashoah, the commemoration day of the Holocaust; the annual Elie Wiesel Writing and Visual Arts Competitions for students; annual educators’ awards, and Biennial Educators’ Conferences.

The Holocaust Commission’s webpages provide resources for those interested in learning more about the Holocaust, and how to participate and support its programs.

www.JewishNewsVA.org www.facebook.com/JewishNewsVA Editor: Terri Denison, 757-965-6132, news@ujft.org Published 21 times annually, Jewish News connects the Tidewater Jewish community with news of Jewish interest from local, national, and global spheres. The Jewish News is delivered to thousands of mailboxes each month, and reaches tens of thousands through its easy-to-navigate website. Electronic editions of the Jewish News are available to view online.

Hal Sacks Jewish News Archives www.JewishNewsVA.org news@ujft.org Research, laugh, remember, and honor through the Hal Sacks Jewish News Archives, an online site to access past issues of the Tidewater community’s Jewish News.

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Simon Family JCC Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-321-2338, fax 757-489-4427, www.SimonFamilyJCC.org Camp director: Erika Eskenazi, 757-321-2342 Camp JCC provides children with a rich and unique day camp experience. This dynamic program allows every child to explore their own interests and try new activities within a safe camp atmosphere. Summer camp runs mid-June through early August, with three weeks of post camp until Labor Day.

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Chabad House, 1920 Colley Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23517 www.ganizzy.org Director: Rashi Brashevitzky, 757-616-0770 Camp Gan Israel, “Gan Izzy” is part of the largest worldwide network of Jewish day camps.

At Gan Izzy, campers’ days are filled with games, crafts, field trips, sports, swimming and more—all with a Jewish twist! Each day of Gan Izzy also includes prayers and a Jewish lesson delivered in a child friendly and relevant fashion. The Gan Izzy experience is filled with great spirit and a love for Jewish heritage—campers have been known to wait all year long to return to Gan Izzy and start the fun all over again!

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5000 Corporate Woods Drive Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462 757-965-6100 Facility Director: Glenn Saucier When the Jewish agencies moved to the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus in 2004, a department was established to assume the operations formerly administered by each agency. Mechanics, heating and cooling, food services—including the Cardo Café—janitors, landscaping, and security is a function of the Campus. This enables the individual agencies to concentrate on serving the Jewish community and reduces spending.

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Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater Simon Family Jewish Community Center

Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-321-2338, fax 757-489-4427, www.SimonFamilyJCC.org CEO: Harry Graber COO: Andrew Weinberg

The Simon Family Jewish Community Center serves the entire Jewish and greater Tidewater community, from infants to seniors. Everyone is welcome, regardless of faith.

JCC MEMBERSHIP Wellness and Membership director: Tom Purcell, 757-321-2310 JCC membership includes use of a state-of-the-art fitness center, three indoor pools, outdoor water park, free drop-in babysitting services, gymnasium, nine-hole miniature golf course, tennis courts, complimentary towel service, and locker rooms equipped with steam and sauna rooms. All new members receive two free BeWell sessions with a personal trainer, including a fitness assessment, as well as discounts on classes and cultural events.

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Wellness and Membership director: Tom Purcell, 757-321-2310 The JCC offers a place to get fit and learn lifetime skills and sports with indoor and outdoor pools, tennis courts, cardiovascular and strength equipment, and more than 60 group exercise classes weekly, including: • Spinning • BODYPUMP • Yoga • Pilates • Zumba • BODYCOMBAT • Group training • Tabata • Piloxing • Water Fitness Personal training packages and swim lessons are available year round for all ages.

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Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater CULTURAL ARTS

ADULT JEWISH EDUCATION

Director of Cultural Arts: Erin Dougherty, 757-321-2341 edougherty@simonfamilyjcc.org The Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival Discussions led by visiting authors, special events for children and families, and a curated list of titles to be sold are planned for November 1–19, 2017.

Virginia Festival of Jewish Film Presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg One of the nation’s longest continuous Jewish film festivals, the 25th annual event takes place January 13–20, 2018.

Art Exhibits Monthly exhibits featuring Jewish or Israeli artists from around the globe can be viewed in the Leon Family Gallery.

Israel Fest Israel Fest is the Simon Family JCC’s biggest outdoor community event of the year, and will celebrate Israel’s 70th birthday on April 22, 2018.

757-321-2323 The Center for Jewish Life and Learning promotes Jewish literacy, learning, exploration, and innovation through classes, workshops, lectures, and public forums. The Center’s diverse opportunities for learning and celebration are open to all and addresses adults at every level of Jewish education. Contact Melissa Eichelbaum, UJFT and Simon Family JCC program department associate at MEichelbaum@ujft.org or 321-2304 for information on upcoming classes and programs.

Senior ADULT PROGRAMS Celebrations and fun activities for adults with friendly company that include a variety of programs. Celebrate Jewish holidays, take trips to area attractions, participate in a book club or the Yiddish Club, or play Mah Jongg or Bunco. Transportation to JCC provided by Jewish Family Service, 757-321-2304.

YOUth PROGRAMMING B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) (Jewish 9th–12th grade) Erika Eskenazi, 757-559-1836 Director: Rabbi Gershon Litt BBYO involves Jewish teens in meaningful Jewish experiences, guiding them into leadership positions that will last a lifetime. Teens meet weekly from September through June at the JCC, and focus on community service and social action programs.

Hillel at Old Dominion University 757-559-1836, oduhillel@gmail.com Director: Rabbi Gershon Litt Hillel is the home to the Jewish student community with social activities, educational events, and holiday celebrations on and off campus. Visit www.JewishVA.org/Hillel.

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Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater CHILDREN AND FAMILY Program Director: Erika Eskenazi 757-321-2342 Classes, family programs, and holiday events.

Children’s Classes Age 3 through elementary school Cooking classes, dance classes, gymnastics, yoga, and more are offered. Learn more by viewing the JCC program guide at www.SimonFamilyJCC.org.

High Holy Days • 5778 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Eve of Rosh Hashanah Service • 8:00pm

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Rosh Hashanah Worship • 10:30am

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Kol Nidre Service • 8:00pm

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Yom Kippur Morning Service • 10:30am Discussion with guest Rabbi Dan Roberts • 2:00pm Afternoon Service • 3:00pm Yiskor & Concluding Service • 4:00pm Break-the-fast to follow in our Social Hall

• All Guests Welcome • Youth Services and Babysitting available upon requestt

PJ Library Something magical happens when parents sit down together to read with their children.

PJ Library sends free Jewish children’s books to families across the world each month, sharing stories that can help families talk together about important values and traditions. Families with kids ages six months through eight years old with Judaism as part of their lives—affiliated, unaffiliated, interfaith, or non-traditional—are welcome to sign up by visiting www.pjlibrary.org. Local PJ Library programs bring the books to life with other PJ kids. Contact Melissa Eichelbaum at MEichelbaum@ujft.org or 321-2304 with questions about local programming.

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE Children and Camp director: Erika Eskenazi, 757-321-2342 Kids Connection Before and after school enrichment program provides a safe, fun, and educational experience for children Pre-K to 6th grade, including half-day Kindergarten and Early Discoveries. Offerings include holiday camps on days that schools are closed.

Open Monday–Friday, 6 am–6 pm during the school year. Transportation provided from many Virginia Beach Public Schools.

INFANT TO PRE-KINDERGARTEN CARE 757-424-4327 At Strelitz, early childhood starts are celebrated whenever they occur and faculty and staff work with parents to ensure their child succeeds. The initial years of life are very important, and parents depend on the guidance and encouragement of experienced teachers and care providers to prepare their son or daughter for success in school and to create a life-long love of learning.

• Full Care, Monday through Friday, 7:30 am–6 pm, six weeks and up • Half Day, 2, 3, and 5-day options, 8:45 am–12 pm, 16 months and up • Extended Day Option, 8:45 am–3:30 pm (includes Lunch Bunch Program), 16 months and up Strelitz is located in a modern community center, which boasts: • Large outdoor play area and garden • Indoor and outdoor pools • Full-size gymnasium • Auditorium • Oversized classrooms with bathrooms and sinks • Dedicated sleep space with individual cribs for full-care infants Strelitz also celebrates the birth of new babies with a Chai Baby Basket. Baby Ambassadors deliver the baskets to new moms in Tidewater. Baskets include Judaic toys, keepsakes, and information to help families make connections with other parents.

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Simon Family JCC Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-321-2338, fax 757-489-4427, www.SimonFamilyJCC.org Camp director: Erika Eskenazi, 757-321-2342 Camp JCC provides children with a rich and unique day camp experience. This dynamic program allows every child to explore their own interests and try new activities within a safe camp atmosphere. Summer camp runs mid-June through early August, with three weeks of post camp until Labor Day.

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420 Spotswood Ave., Norfolk, VA 23517 757-627-7358, fax 757-627-8544 office@bnaiisrael.org, www.bnaiisrael.org Rabbi Sender Haber ORTHODOX B’nai Israel Congregation is an exciting, family-oriented full-service Orthodox synagogue in the heart of a diverse and dynamic Jewish community in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk. It offers daily morning and evening prayer services. The synagogue houses the Norfolk Area Community Kollel, BINA High School for Girls and the Norfolk Community Mikvah. It is affiliated with the Orthodox Union and the National Conference of Young Israel.

• Adult classes • Children’s programming • Teen programming

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Chabad participants experience the joy and celebration, the intimacy and compassion, the wisdom and knowledge that is inherent in Jewish life and learning.

Chabad of Tidewater responds to both the material and spiritual needs of the Jewish community through classes, counseling, Shabbat and holiday celebrations, and innovative programming for children.

• Women’s Rosh Chodesh Society • Jewish Learning Institute • Shabbat Youth services • Jewish Art Calendar

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Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater CONGREGATION BETH CHAVERIM

3820 Stoneshore Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23452 757-463-3226, Fax 757-463-1134 Temple.Office@bethchaverim.com www.bethchaverim.com Rabbi Israel Zoberman, founding rabbi REFORM Founded in 1982, Beth Chaverim has been affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism since 1984. In 2006, the Marilyn and Marvin Simon Family Sanctuary and new religious school wing opened.

• Religious School • Library • Adult classes • Gift Shop • Teen programming • 8 pm Friday Night Services

CONGREGATION BETH EL

422 Shirley Ave., Norfolk, VA 23517 757-625-7821, fax 757-627-4905 www.bethelnorfolk.com, office@bethelnorfolk.com Rabbi Jeffrey M. Arnowitz Cantor Wendi Fried Rabbi Arthur Ruberg, rabbi emeritus Principal: Sharon Wasserberg Executive Director: Pam Gladstone CONSERVATIVE As the oldest Conservative synagogue in Virginia, Beth El has been translating Jewish practice into purposeful living for more than 167 years. Beth El provides a full educational program for all ages, diverse religious services and ritual moments, cultural events and participation in social action projects within the Jewish community and beyond. Beth El holds daily morning and evening services, as well as weekly Shabbat morning worship services.

• Religious School • Adult clubs and classes • Teen programming

COMMODORE URIAH P. LEVY CHAPEL

Corner of Maryland Ave. and Gilbert St., Naval Station Norfolk Rabbi Gershon Litt 757-559-1836 Gary.litt@navy.mil UNAFFILIATED The Commodore Levy Chapel is the oldest land based Jewish Chapel on a Naval Station in North America. Established in 1942 and named for Commodore Uriah Philips Levy in 1959, the Levy Jewish Chapel celebrated 50 years of service to God and Country in 2009.

Religious worship services are held every Friday evening and during the Holy Days of the Jewish calendar. Access to worship services is available to Active Duty and Reserve Military, their dependents, military retirees, and Civil Service employees. Guests are allowed, when accompanied by sponsors from the above groups or by special permission from the Base Chaplain’s Office.

Interested in services? Contact Pam Gladstone.

422 Shirley Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23517 757.625.7821

www.bethelnorfolk.com

Sharing Judaism. Enriching Holidays.

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KEMPSVILLE CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE

Kehillat Bet Hamidrash 952 Indian Lakes Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757-495-8510, www.kbhsynagogue.org, kbhsynagogue@gmail.com Chazzan M. David Proser CONSERVATIVE Kempsville Conservative Synagogue (Kehillat Bet Hamidrash) is a place for traditional, yet egalitarian Jews to celebrate all things Jewish in a comfortable and inviting atmosphere.

Services take place on Shabbat (Friday evening and Saturday morning) and holidays.

Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH) shares activities with its programming partner, Temple Israel. KBH was established in 1978 and is centrally located in Tidewater, not far from Town Center and the Sandler Family Campus.

• Shared Religious School and Youth Programs • Adult clubs and classes • Shabbat Experience for Young Families

Ohef Sholom Temple

530 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk, VA 23507 757-625-4295, fax 757-625-3762 linda@ohefsholom.org, www.ohefsholom.org Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg Cantor Jennifer Rueben Executive Director: Linda Peck Director of Family Learning: Chris Kraus Music Director: Charles Woodward Rabbi Lawrence A. Forman, rabbi emeritus REFORM Founded in 1844, Ohef Sholom Temple is the largest and oldest Reform congregation in Tidewater. Services take place Friday nights at 6:30 pm and Saturday mornings at 10:30 am.

Ohef Sholom Temple is committed to welcoming interfaith couples, empty nesters, singles, and seekers. The congregation is affiliated with Union for Reform Judaism.

• Religious School from ages three through 10th grade • Extensive family programming • Adult study and teen programming • Library • Gift shop • Archives

TEMPLE EMANUEL

424 25th St., Virginia Beach, VA 23451 757-428-2591 www.tevb.org, office@tevb.org Rabbi Marc Kraus Office manager: Gail Gogan CONSERVATIVE Temple Emanuel is a thriving oceanfront Jewish community located in Virginia Beach. It is intimate, accepting, and open to all. Temple Emanuel embraces the many ways to express Jewishness and spirituality, welcoming people of all family situations, ethnicities and sexual orientations. Located at the beach, it offers a relaxed, informal atmosphere with creative worship services as well as cultural programming for all. Religious School is cutting edge. Learn more about Temple Emanuel at www.tevb.org/about

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Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater TEMPLE Israel

7255 Granby St., Norfolk, VA 23505 757-489-4550, fax 757-489-3425 TempleIsraelVA@aol.com, www.templeisraelva.org Rabbi Michael Panitz Executive Director: Nancy Tucker CONSERVATIVE Temple Israel is a vibrant, egalitarian, full-service synagogue continuing to meet the spiritual, educational, life cycle and social needs of its diverse membership. Through fulfillment of mitzvot, it provides opportunities for meaningful living for members. Temple Israel’s focus on tikkun olam (repairing the world) and valuing each individual for who they are (tzelem elohim) enables the congregation to welcome new ideas and new voices into its family and to continue to innovate while still respecting tradition.

• Religious School • Adult Clubs and Classes • Library • Gift Shop • Teen programming

TIDEWATER CHAVURAH

www.tidewaterchavurah.org 757-499-3660 or 757-468-2675 Contact: Carol or Reesa Rabbi Cantor Ellen Jaffe-Gill Independent Tidewater Chavurah is a “synagogue without walls” involved in Jewish fellowship.

Formed in 1998, Tidewater Chavurah is an alternative to the formality of religious institutions.

Tidewater Chavurah welcomes singles, couples, and families in interfaith marriages, people of all ethnicities, gender identities, and sexual orientations while remaining a small, vibrant, and friendly group. The Hebrew term chavurah means “fellowship” and generally denotes a group of like-minded people who interact within a Jewish context.

Monthly Shabbat and High Holiday services with Reform movement prayer books.

Holiday celebrations and Jewish themed learning experiences.

Education Beit Sefer Shalom and United Hebrew School 2.0

757-489-4550 School Principal: Sharon Wasserberg Hebrew Coordinator: Bill Nossen The school has two divisions, a primary school, and a midrashah (post- bar mitzvah program) providing classes for children up through 12th grade.

Students from Congregation Beth El, Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, and Temple Israel meet Sundays at Beth El to engage in a values-based, technology-driven curriculum and Hebrew instruction. Each student also receives personalized, one-onone instruction from a Hebrew teacher during the week. The midrashah is open to any child in the Jewish community. The Beit Sefer Shalom also serves as facilitator for the sponsoring congregations’ youth social programming, for both pre-teens and teens.

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BINA High School

425 Washington Park, Norfolk, VA 23517 757-627-BINA (2462), fax 757-627-2461 www.binahighschool.com, binahighschool@gmail.com Menaheles: Aviva Harpaz Norfolk’s first and only Orthodox Jewish High School for young women, BINA opened in 2007. The BINA experience enables each student to develop her love for Hashem, His Torah and the Jewish people.

In a supportive and challenging academic environment, students are given the skills to excel in both Judaic and General studies. BINA’s knowledgeable and professional faculty foster a love of learning and pride in achievement. A BINA student is taught to be proud of her heritage, concerned for her community, and prepared for her future.

Hebrew Academy of Tidewater

Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-424-4327, fax 757-420-0915, www.hebrewacademy.net Head of School: Heather Moore Admissions Director: Carin Simon Visitor tours by appointment The Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning, affectionately known as HAT, is a progressive Jewish Day School serving students from all backgrounds from kindergarten through fifth grade. Founded in 1955, the secret to HAT’s continued success is the strength of its traditions, outstanding secular and Judaic curriculum, and dedicated faculty who prepare knowledgeable, self-assured, and responsible graduates year after year.

Students are confident academically and secure in their Jewish identity. Graduates are ready to meet the challenges of today’s fast-paced world, evidenced by their acceptance and seamless transitions into the best independent schools, International Baccalaureate programs, and public school academies. The advantages Hebrew Academy students receive are extraordinary: A rigorous academic curriculum including language arts, science, math, social studies, Jewish studies, Hebrew language, music, violin, art, and physical education.

What makes HAT special?

• Comprehensive technology program using Chromebooks, ActiveBoards, Coding and Robotics Clubs and student television news program • Advanced K-5 Science Program taught in the science lab • Outdoor Learning Garden • Global learning experiences through field trips, virtual learning, and community service experiences • Suzuki Violin program starting in kindergarten • Generous financial aid available • Accreditation by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools • Member of PRIZMAH, Center for Jewish Day Schools

Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding at Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University 2024 Batten Arts and Letters, Norfolk, VA 23529 757-683-6816 https://www.odu.edu/al/institutes/ijiu, amiilliga@odu.edu www.facebook.com/IJIUatODU Director: Amy Milligan, PhD The Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding, an interdisciplinary academic program at Old Dominion University, fosters knowledge of Jewish history, thought, cultures, and languages through education, scholarship, and community outreach.

The Institute offers courses in the Jewish religion and literature, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Hebrew language, the history of modern Israel and its role in shaping global Jewish identity, the cultures of the Jewish diaspora throughout the ages, and the ethical and philosophical role of Judaism in influencing other world religions and civilizations. The institute is also involved in community partnerships and hosts a variety of events for the university and local community.

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Norfolk Area Community Kollel

420 Spotswood Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23517 757-655-1836, nack@norfolkkollel.com www.norfolkkollel.com Rosh Kollel: Rabbi Baruch Danziger Executive Director: Rabbi Gershon Litt Rabbi Moshe Rubinovich Rabbi Velvel Cook Rabbi Shmuel Katz Rabbi Gavriel Rudin Norfolk Area Community Kollel offers Jewish classes and programming regardless of affiliation or practice. Their philosophy is Torah based and centers on gaining spirituality through personal growth.

The Norfolk Kollel offers programs at college campuses and high schools, as well as lunch and learn programs, and can “tailor-make” a Jewish education program for specific needs.

The motto of the Kollel is “Inspiration Through Education.”

STRELITZ EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER

Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 www.strelitzearlychildhood.org Follow us on Facebook: strelitzearlychildhoodcenter Preschool Director: Lorna Orleans Director of Admissions: Carin Simon The mission of the Strelitz Early Childhood Education Center is to establish a strong foundation for lifelong learning, social interaction, and ethical principles in a dynamic, supportive, and enriching Jewish environment.

Starting with the infant care program, Strelitz offers parents a nurturing and safe place to ensure the growth and development for their baby. The infant curriculum focuses on sensory activities and exploration, stories, songs, and floor time.

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literacy skills through hands on learning activities and participate daily in art, singing, games, and creative play. As students develop in the program, they are prepared for the area’s leading kindergarten and elementary school programs.

Children of all faiths, ages six weeks to four years, get a great start at the Strelitz Early Childhood Education Center, which is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS).

What makes Strelitz Early Childhood Education Center exceptional?

• Large classrooms with bathrooms, sinks, and technology for ongoing parent/teacher communication • Indoor and outdoor play areas for motor development • Music, library, and physical education instruction • Swimming Instruction (for ages three and four) • Cooking center • Outdoor Learning Garden • In school field trip experiences • Extended day and full-care options • Area’s most comprehensive building security

Talmudical Academy

Yeshivas Aish Kodesh 612 Colonial Ave., Norfolk, VA 23507 757-623-6070, dwatyak@gmail.com Judaic principals: Rabbi Shaul Lefkovitz and Rabbi Avrohom Weinreb General Studies principal: Dr. Brian Brennan, Ph.D Administrative director: Debbie Wilson Yeshivas Aish Kodesh is geared toward the student striving for excellence in Limudei Kodesh and General Studies. The school aims to facilitate the spiritual, personal, and academic growth of talmidim, with an eye toward producing well-rounded bnei Torah.

Yeshivas Aish Kodesh meets these goals with a full, balanced schedule. The curriculum features Gemara shiurim in both Iyun and Bekius, as well as regular classes in Chumash, Navi, Halacha, and Tefillah. Yeshivas Aish Kodesh offers a general studies program taught by state-certified instructors.

Yeshivas Aish Kodesh’s facilities feature a Beis Medrash, state-of-the-art classrooms, a well-stocked library, and a recreation/work-out room. The students can participate in varsity and junior varsity basketball, as well as intermural football and judo. The students have regular opportunities to participate in pick-up basketball games, swimming, ice skating, and other activities.

Yeshivas Aish Kodesh views experiential learning as an integral part of the Yeshiva’s approach. Visiting and interacting with Gedolei Yisrael, an energetic Oneg Shabbos, a heartfelt kumzitz—ways in which the special ruach and warmth that characterizes Yeshivas Aish Kodesh is extended.

TORAS CHAIM

3110 Sterling Point Drive, Portsmouth, VA 23703 757-686-2480, www.toraschaim.net Principal/menahel: Rabbi Mordechai Loiterman Toras Chaim is an Orthodox Jewish Day School committed to providing quality Judaic and general studies education in a Torah environment for infants through eighth grade.

The school day is divided into two curricula. First, it offers an academic program of high rigor with a superior set of learning objectives which is accredited by Advanc-Ed, formerly the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Second, it offers a religious curriculum that teaches original texts and traditions that ground the students in a sense of their Jewish heritage and traditions founded on national standards created by Torah

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The staff of Toras Chaim is comprised of committed educators. Religious instruction is taught by religious leaders who live the traditions and values they teach. Secular academics are taught by certified teachers who are exceptional in their fields and who convey both the content and the flavor of their studies.

The school year at Toras Chaim also contains many exciting and fun activities to enrich the students’ experience. Students celebrate Jewish holidays, participate in league sports, spelling bees, geography bees, and writing contests that help them be the best that they can in whichever area is their strength.

Foundation Tidewater Jewish Foundation

Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 200 Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-965-6111, www.jewishva.org/tjf-about President and CEO: Scott Kaplan The Tidewater Jewish Foundation (TJF) is dedicated to building and creating permanent resources to help meet the current and future needs of the Jewish community.

Founded in 1984 as a single endowment fund under the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, TJF is now independent and has grown to $100 million in assets, representing funds on behalf of individual donors, the Federation, and just over a dozen local affiliate agencies and synagogues.

TJF leads the community’s Life & Legacy program in partnership with nine local agencies and synagogues to help individuals and families create legacy gifts, providing a permanent source of support for Jewish causes they care about. The program is founded on the principle that everyone, regardless of age, wealth or affiliation, can make an enduring financial impact for future generations. Life & Legacy is jointly funded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Tidewater Jewish Foundation. The Simon Family Legacy Society is TJF’s donor recognition program to honor those who have made a legacy commitment.

Creating a legacy is a powerful commitment to the future. It is the process of making a lasting charitable gift (now or after one’s lifetime) that can financially benefit both the donor and the institution receiving it. For anyone considering establishing a fund at TJF, who has a family foundation, or is beginning the estate planning process to consider their legacy, TJF can assist in accomplishing philanthropic goals. TJF works in partnership with United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Simon Family Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Service, Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, Toras Chaim, Beth Sholom Village, and local area temples/synagogues, as well as many other charitable organizations.

TJF also supports the needs of the community through grants and donor-advised funds. This past year, TJF launched a teen philanthropy program—B’nai Tzedek—with matching funds available to create individual philanthropic funds for teens around the time of their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Most importantly, TJF helps people help others.

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services and organizations America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

Southern States Area Director: Staci Eichelbaum, 770-541-7610 sereg@aipac.org AIPAC is a 100,000-member grassroots movement of activists committed to ensuring Israel’s security and protecting American interests in the Middle East and around the world. For information on Tidewater’s chapter, call Kate Samuels.

American Jewish Committee (AJC)

Regional Office Director: Alan Ronkin, 202-785-5475 AJC in Virginia Beach serves as the local gateway to AJC’s global Jewish advocacy network. Often called the State Department of the Jewish People, AJC’s bridge building with diplomats and world leaders keeps Jews safe and promotes Israel¹s place among the nations. With more than 30 offices in the U.S. and around the world, AJC secures the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel while promoting democratic values for all.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Assistant Regional Director for ADL DC Regional Office: Heather Gillies, 202-261-4620 Founded in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is the nation’s premier civil rights/ human relations organization. It has a distinguished history of reminding the world just how tenuous civil rights are and mobilizes people to engage in reasonable discourse to find solutions together.

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with supporters and partners throughout the United States and around the world, ADL is rooted in Jewish values. The organizations speaks up for those whose voices are not always heard. Its network of more than two dozen regional offices nationwide and an office in Jerusalem are on the ground, organizing, and galvanizing grassroots support around the most pressing issues of the day. Recognized as one of ADL’s most innovative and effective offices, the Washington, DC Regional Office serves Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and North Carolina, and carries out the League’s mandate “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people…and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.”

B’NAI B’RITH OF TIDEWATER

Arnold Gamsey Lodge #1195 Officer: Steve Legum, 757-627-6225 Founded in 1843, B’nai B’rith is dedicated to building a strong sense of Jewish identity and unity within the Jewish community.

Brith Sholom Center of Virginia Inc.

LeeAnne Mallory, secretary, 461-1150 or Brith.sholom1@gmail.com Brith Sholom Center of Virginia Inc. is a nonpolitical organization which aims to foster and perpetuate the spirit, ideals, and traditions of Judaism. Membership is currently at 260. Applications for men and women 21 years and above are available for new membership. Activities include dinners, dances, trips, entertainment, and cultural events.

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Its philanthropic endeavor is to support Jewish education and community organizations that provide services, plus international groups that assist needy causes. Brith Sholom meetings take place on the first Sunday of each month (except July and August) at 11 am at Beth Sholom Village in Virginia Beach.

HADASSAH NorfolkVirginia Beach Chapter

Contact: De Anne Lindsey, 757-418-4336 In New York in 1912, the first group of Hadassah was chartered after its founder, Henrietta Szold returned from Jerusalem. The second chapter of Hadassah was chartered in Norfolk, Va. Today, Hadassah is the world’s largest women’s Zionist organization. The original purpose of the organization was to bring modern health care to Palestine. Today, the Hadassah Medical Organization is internationally recognized as a leading authority in healing, teaching and research. Hadassah is the largest organizational contributor to Jewish National Fund. Hadassah’s Norfolk-Virginia Beach chapter serves all of Tidewater.

HEBREW LADIES CHARITY SOCIETY

Representative: Frances Levy Birshstein, 757-572-3817 Hebrew Ladies Charity Society of Tidewater supports Jewish Family Service’s food and financial assistance programs.

Jewish Museum and Cultural Center

607 Effingham St., Portsmouth, VA 23704 757-391-9266, www.jewishmuseumportsmouth.org Administrator: Barbara Rossen The Jewish Museum and Cultural Center is housed in the beautifully restored Chevra T’helim Synagogue, the interior of which is a rare surviving example of Eastern European Jewish Orthodoxy. The Center offers monthly programming, an annual lecture series, exhibits, a summer music series, as well as school programs, adult programs, and tours.

JEWISH WAR VETERANS of the United States of America

Old Dominion Post #158 Adam Goldberg, Post Commander, 831-917-3996 The oldest active veterans organization in America, Jewish War Veterans brings together men and women with joint ties of a common heritage as Jews and a common experience as active duty or past members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

National Council of Jewish Women Established nationally in 1893 and locally in 1905, NCJW is the oldest Jewish women’s organization in the U.S. The group’s educational and legislative efforts have helped bring about action in areas of concern to women and children. The Endowment Fund, which provides scholarships and contributions, functions as the Tidewater Council of Jewish Women under Jewish Family Service Foundation Philanthropic Fund Agreement. Donations may be made to the TCJW Fund through JFS, 260 Grayson Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23462.

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Social Services beth sholom village The Berger-Goldrich Home 6401 Auburn Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757-420-2512, fax 757-424-0657 www.bethsholomvillage.com CEO: David R. Abraham Administrator: Rebecca Moralez, RN, LNHA

Since 1980, The Berger-Goldrich Home at Beth Sholom Village (formerly Beth Sholom Home of Eastern Virginia), has served as the only nursing facility in Tidewater, which embodies traditional Jewish values, customs, and traditions. A full time religious leader, kosher food, holidays, and special observances enable residents to continue to live with dignity, and as Jews.

The Home is a 120-bed licensed skilled nursing facility providing multiple levels of care. The Home accepts all Medicare, as well as all payer types including private pay.

The Home also accepts managed care plans for short-term rehabilitation and other approved services.

Professional affiliations exist with The Freda H. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Glennan Center and others.

Services: • The Rose Frances and Bernard Glasser Health and Wellness Center serves residents and staff of The Village, as well as those in neighboring communities.

• A coordinated approach to care, including physical, occupational and speech therapy in two state-of-the-art therapy gyms. One gym includes a practical kitchen for residents to relearn skills necessary for their return home.

• Team of nursing personnel, therapists, social workers, and an activities department with certified activity therapists.

• Dentist, ophthalmologist, and podiatrist.

• Out-patient physical therapy department.

• Kosher meals and snacks.

• Daily and Sabbath services, as well as holiday services.

• The Kantor Café. Open to the public, kosher; serves breakfast, lunch, and snacks.

• A 26-bed Special Care Unit for residents with advanced dementia.

• Beds certified for Medicare and Medicaid in private and semi-private rooms.

• Excellent staff to resident ratio.

• Hair salon with full-time hairdresser.

• Outdoor gardens, patios, and secure courtyards.

• Auxiliary Gift Shop.

• Auxiliary with almost 1,000 members bringing enhancements to the lives of the residents.

The Berger-Goldrich Home is a recipient agency of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, UJC-VA Peninsula, Tidewater Jewish Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, VEJA, and BSHEV Foundation.

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1049 College Park Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757-282-2384, fax 757-361-0151, www.bethsholomvillage.com Administrator: Mikelle Rappaport Seniors who are no longer able to live on their own find a new lease on life at The Terrace at Beth Sholom Village. The Terrace, a Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Assisted Living Center, can accommodate 75 residents in 69 units. The Terrace provides gracious assisted living where residents can live comfortably in their own studio, one or two-bedroom apartment.

Three levels of care are offered to assist residents with their activities of daily living in a secure and comfortable environment. Three kosher meals are served daily by the wait staff in the dining room, and snacks and drinks are always available in the Club Room.

The activity calendar is filled with entertainment, outings, art programs and a wide variety of in-house activities, including daily exercise. A caring staff provides scheduled transportation for shopping and doctor appointments. Licensed nurses attend to residents’ regular medical needs and are available for more urgent situations.

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This secure unit has 18 individual apartments which surround a well-lit central atrium with areas designated for dining, activities, and relaxing. The secure walking path is accessible through the screened-in sun porch or the music room.

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Jewish Family Service MAIN OFFICE Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 400, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Administration 757-321-2222 Counseling and Adoption 757-459-4640 Home Health 757-489-3111 Fax 757-489-1958, www.jfshamptonroads.org Executive Director: Betty Ann Levin

Personal Affairs Management Program Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 300, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 757-938-9130 Peninsula Office United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula 401 City Center Boulevard, Newport News, VA 23606 757-223-5635 Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Inc. is a home health and social service agency providing a continuum of home-based solutions to those in need throughout Hampton Roads regardless of religion or financial status. The Hebrew Ladies Charity Society began this work in 1865, which continued through the 1900’s until Jewish Family

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The agency has earned a national reputation of responding to community needs by the creation and expansion of programs for children, youth, families, older adults, the developmentally disabled, and the chronically mentally ill.

JFS depends on the generosity of the Jewish and the broader Hampton Roads communities for support. Local funding sources include the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Tidewater Jewish Foundation, United Way of South Hampton Roads, the United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula and many generous foundations and donors.

JFS HOME HEALTH CARE JFS’s Medicare-certified skilled home health agency is accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) and has built a reputation of providing quality care for the past 20 years. This is validated on an ongoing basis by client outcomes data and patient satisfaction results, as well as by referring physicians in the community.

Skilled home health care is reimbursed by Medicare and private insurances. When individuals face surgery, serious illness, and the process of recovery, physicians may prescribe skilled home health care to help patients heal and rehabilitate at home.

Patients have the right to choose his/her home health care provider and can convey to the hospital discharge planner or physician that JFS is that choice.

JFS skilled home health offers a comprehensive array of services provided by highly skilled professionals: • Professional nursing care by Registered Nurses (RNs), including a Certified Wound Care RN • Physical, occupational, and speech therapists • Medical social work • Home health aides • Wellness/Recreational Therapist With many years of experience, JFS clinicians have developed an excellent reputation for providing quality, compassionate, patient-focused care.

Under Private Duty Home Care, certified nursing assistants and nurse’s aides can provide services such as dressing, bathing, and personal care, supervision of medication, meal preparation, ambulation assistance, range of motion exercise, private care while hospitalized, transportation and accompaniment to medical appointments, outpatient procedures and shopping, in addition to companionship and family support.

For more comprehensive care, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) can provide medication administration, blood pressure monitoring, catheter care, diabetes management, tube feedings, and other services.

Guide to Jewish Living in Tidewater COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES At the Dozoretz Center for Family Healing, Jewish Family Service provides confidential clinical services such as individual, marital, and family therapy, as well as educational and support programs for children, teens, and adults experiencing stress and difficulties adjusting to life’s challenges.

The Jessica Glaser Children’s Therapeutic Pavilion is designed to support children and their families through the process of grief, loss, and other life transitions. A full range of counseling services is offered for those dealing with divorce and separation. In collaboration with the Edmarc Hospice for Children, JFS co-sponsors age-appropriate support groups for children and teens that have lost a loved one. Each spring, during the Month of the Grieving Child, JFS showcases artwork by area children who have experienced a significant loss.

Specialized substance abuse counseling for teens and adults and support for family members is also available.

JFS provides educational advocacy and assessment services for children and teens experiencing school or learning-related difficulties. The JFS Parent Resource Center, including the Annabel Sacks Collection, is a lending library addressing a wide range of parenting issues.

SPECIAL NEEDS JFS offers a variety of services to Jewish children and adults with special needs and their families: • SIMCHA, a socialization and recreation group for Jewish adults with mental illness offers cultural and recreational outings.

• CHAVERIM, meets the cultural, socialization, and recreational needs of the Jewish developmentally disabled.

• Special Needs camp. In cooperation with the Simon Family JCC staff, special needs children are integrated into summer programs and activities, enabling them to participate with their non-disabled peers.

ADOPTION Adoption Resources of Jewish Family Service is a licensed child placement agency offering services to guide families through the beginning of a family through adoption. Professional staff counsel birth parents and assist adoptive parents.

Adoption Resources staff are cognizant of Virginia law and are experienced in working with attorneys and other agencies to facilitate parental placement adoptions, domestic adoption, and international adoptions. Counseling services are offered to any family facing an unplanned pregnancy.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Financial assistance is available for Jewish families coping with unplanned financial debt and obligation. Case managers help with budgeting, financial planning, and payment arrangements.

This program is made possible by the generosity of the Pincus Paul Fund of the Jewish Family Service Foundation and the

endowment fund of Hebrew Ladies Charity Society, along with the support of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula. Individuals and families fund special projects, including holiday food baskets, Hanukkah gifts for children, grocery certificates, and clothing donations.

Individuals and families under 60 years of age who need assistance should call 459-4640. Mature adults and families over 60 who need assistance, should call 321-2222.

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CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM This program assists individuals and their families in assessing the medical, personal, and social service needs of the elderly, and, with the cooperation of the client and their families or legal guardians, helps design a long-term care plan. This plan allows the frail and vulnerable elderly person to remain in their own home for as long as possible. Care managers address the practical needs of daily living with older adults. Programs include kosher Meals on Wheels, volunteer friendly visitors, senior companions, and transportation services.

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PERSONAL AFFAIRS MANAGEMENT The Personal Affairs Management (PAM) Program at JFS safeguards the personal and financial affairs of vulnerable, incapacitated adults, 18 years of age and older, with physical, cognitive, and/or mental disabilities. Guardian and/or conservator services are provided based on court order. The PAM Program has been recognized as a Model Program by the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging and is approved as a Regional Public Guardian and Conservator Program by the Virginia Department for the Aging and Rehabilitative Services.

On-call case management is available 24 hours a day to improve clients’ quality of life and manage personal and medical care.

COUNSELING FOR OLDER ADULTS The golden years of life are sometimes tarnished by relationship problems, adjustment to retirement, financial shifts, losses such as the death of a loved one or relocation, changing relationships with adult children, and a variety of health concerns.

JFS therapists offer an opportunity to speak openly and confidentially, allowing older adults and their families to explore feelings, ideas, and options. JFS therapist services are covered

by Medicare and Medicaid, and by many private health insurance companies. Services can also be provided on a sliding scale fee basis to those without insurance who qualify.

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Making the decision to enter into hospice can be difficult. Choosing hospice, however, doesn’t mean giving up. It means taking control of however long an individual or a loved one has left.

HPCT is a hospice provider with expertise and a palliative care team that is available day or night.

HPCT aims to exceed the expectations of its patients and families in providing outstanding care, and encourage patient choice resulting in improved quality of life. The hospice team is committed to providing comfort and dignity through physical, emotional, and spiritual support.

HPCT is dedicated to helping families navigate myriad of choices that so often accompany living with a terminal diagnosis, and will at all times treat everyone with dignity, compassion, and respect. While it may not be possible to control when someone dies, HPCT can help regain control of how an individual lives out his or her final phase in life. HPCT has experts in pain management and symptom control, which helps patients enjoy a higher quality of life and gives them the ability to spend more time with the people and things that matter most, and helps them make every moment count.

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Youth Groups B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) (Jewish 9th–12th grade)

Erika Eskenazi, 757-321-2342 BBYO involves Jewish teens in meaningful Jewish experiences, guiding them into leadership positions that will last a lifetime. Teens meet weekly from September through June at the JCC, and focus on community service and social action programs.

North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY)

Mid-Atlantic Region—NFTY-MAR REFORM www.nfty.org/mar, nftymar@urj.org Reform Jewish teens from North Carolina, eastern West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, and far-eastern Tennessee comprise NFTY-MAR. Members come together for learning, fun, worship, community service and fellowship to help young Jewish adults build and strengthen lifetime ties with each other and Reform Judaism.

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Congregation Beth Chaverim 757-463-3226 Beth Chaverim Youth Group (BEACHY) participates in NFTY-MAR events. For students in grades 9–12.

Ohef Sholom Temple Youth 757-625-4295 Ohef Sholom Temple’s Youth Group (OSTY) is for students in grades 8–12. JOSTY, the Junior Ohef Sholom Temple Youth group, is for 6th and 7th graders. Members participate in community service, regional and national conventions, religious and other “just-for-fun” events.

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CONSERVATIVE Congregation Beth El, Temple Israel and Temple Emanuel co-sponsor two youth programs: Kadimah for students in grades 6–8 (which includes Machar for grades 4 and 5), and USY for students in grades 9–12. Both groups promote synagogue identification, foster friendships and make Judaism an integral part of life. Activities are recreational, social and religious, and are tied into the philosophies of the Conservative Jewish Movement.

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Hebrew Cemetery Princess Anne Road and Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, Va., 757 441-2576

Mikro Kodesh Chesapeake, Va., 757-965-6100

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Book Review

How two Israeli psychologists taught the world how to re-think…thinking Skip Sacks

The Undoing Project Michael Lewis 362 pp. W.W Norton & Co, 2017 ISBN 978-03932544594 362 pages, $28.95

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n the early 1940s, young Danny Kahneman was walking the streets of Paris after curfew.

He had gone to Skip Sacks school early so he could take off his sweater before his classmates could see the yellow Star of David he was forced to wear by Nazi occupiers.

On the way home Danny was approached by a German soldier wearing the black uniform of the feared SS. Danny was overwhelmed by terror when the soldier called him over and suddenly picked him up. Danny feared the soldier would spot the yellow star under the sweater he was wearing inside-out and arrest him— instead, the soldier hugged Danny, shared a photo of his son, gave Danny some money and sent him on his way.

That event, along with other experiences as a Jew in Nazi-occupied France, left Danny questioning the most basic aspects of human thought and perception. How could a soldier trained to find and exterminate Jews not recognize that Danny was Jewish? Why would an anti-Semitic industrialist save Danny’s family just because Danny’s father was a skilled chemist? Why did some Jews flee and others remain and be slaughtered?

In prior books such as Moneyball and The Big Short, Michael Lewis demonstrated his ability to help readers understand complex events and concepts by weaving concise and understandable explanations with compelling stories about fascinating individuals. In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how two Jewish refugees established a Nobel Prize-winning theory of human thought that has changed innumerable aspects of our lives—from baseball to medicine to management.

The Undoing Project begins in the world

of Moneyball—the world of professional sports, where grizzled scouts and longtime coaches relied on their observations and instincts to pick recruits. This time however, the sport is basketball and the challenge is making multi-million dollar decisions as to who should play professional basketball and who should not.

Lewis introduces Daryl Morey, the “Nerd King” general manager of the Houston Rockets who is trying to replace the traditional reliance on intuition with decisions based on data analysis.

Morey notices patterns in bad draft picks. For example, when Stephen Curry took the NBA by storm, teams began loading up on light skinned black basketball players. When some of these picks failed to perform, Morey realized that the players’ resemblance to Stephen Curry misled even the most seasoned professionals.

With top tier prospects commanding multi-million dollar salaries before playing their first professional game, a more reliable, analytical approach had to be found. Morey turned to data-based sports analytics, similar to those used in Moneyball to neutralize known sources of judgment errors such as Endowment Bias, Hindsight Bias, and the more well-known Confirmation Bias—all of which Lewis clearly explains.

The remainder and lion’s share of The Undoing Game is actually a prequel, as Lewis explores the origins and underpinnings of Moneyball analytics. Lewis takes readers to the source—the symbiotic, ground-breaking collaboration between Danny Kahneman and Amos Tversky, two refugees from totalitarianism who met in Israel and together taught us how our minds really work.

After Danny’s family escaped to Israel, his curiosity about human behavior led him to study psychology—he often said he had to either be a psychologist or a rabbi like his grandfather. His exposure to Gestalt psychology and its emphasis on errors of perception added to his interest in errors in human decision making.

Danny became a “connoisseur of human error.”

In the early days of the State of Israel,

the military recognized the value of using psychological techniques to sort through recruits and identify those who could lead and those who should follow. The young nation desperately needed to know how its recruits would perform. Who could handle the terror and confinement of being in a tank crew? Who would rally his comrades and who would panic? A small nation surrounded by larger hostile nations could ill afford to waste its human and material resources.

Soon after joining the Israeli Army, Danny began to develop screening questionnaires. Always the outsider in a country full of refugees looking for a place to fit in, Danny questioned every assumption. He fashioned questionnaires designed to ferret out essential character traits. The trick was to determine which data points best predicted positive or negative characteristics, rather than

relying on fallible human judgment. The resulting Kahneman Scores quickly and significantly reduced the number of officer candidates that washed out. continued on page 48

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Through his work, Danny began expanding the emerging study of heuristics—simple, efficient rules of thumb which people use to quickly form judgments and make decisions. While the utility theory followed by economists of the time posited that people are perfectly rational and make logical decisions weighing the relative benefits and risks of available choices, Danny argued that heuristics often led them astray. The very mental shortcuts that we rely on to rapidly assess the world and make choices can sometimes also mislead.

Lewis eventually introduces Amos Tversky whose parents fled Russian anti-Semitism in the early 1920’s and joined the Zionist pioneers. Amos, a Sabra, and also the grandson of a rabbi, was hyper-kinetic and bold. And while he had the slightest of lisps, he was a wonderful raconteur whose charisma made him a party favorite. His brilliance was

obvious and people unconsciously competed for his attention.

Actively involved in the Six Day War, both Danny and Amos were shocked by warfare’s gruesome reality. Both were fascinated by how scholarly Jews had been transformed into Spartans. Amos became a paratrooper and was recognized as a hero in a country full of heroes, receiving the highest award for bravery when injured saving a soldier’s life during a training exercise.

Danny and Amos meet in academia and combine their divergent personalities and intellects in an all-out effort to unravel the mind’s mysteries. Danny was the introspective professor whose “defining emotion is doubt” and who believed that “confidence was a sign of fraudulence.” His wartime childhood trained him to question everything…even himself. Amos, the swaggering paratrooper, had the confidence and charm to take on established beliefs. He also possessed

world-class statistical skills. The strength of their relationship provided a safe environment in which Danny could explore his doubts about his own thought process.

Together they worked as if they were a single mind committed to discovering the truth. In fact, they often could not remember which of them first came up with an insight and generally flipped a coin to determine which name would go first when they collaborated on a research paper.

Amos and Danny would lock themselves in a room and create scenarios to demonstrate the role of heuristics and the errors that could result. Much of The Undoing Project is devoted to examples of these scenarios and exploration of the errors in judgment they reveal. In one very simple example, one group was given five seconds to guess the product of the following: 8X7X6X5X4X3X2X1

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The first group’s median guess was 2,250 while the second group’s median estimate was 512 (the correct answer is 40,320). Clearly the fact that the first set of numbers started out with higher values skewed the estimates.

Danny and Amos were overheard laughing day after day as they constructed questions and scenarios designed to tease out the sources of human miss-judgment.

Long before our current interest in artificial intelligence, they were, in effect, studying “natural stupidity” to learn how to improve human decision-making. They realized that many decisions were too complex to be made by algorithms without human input, so they chose to learn where heuristic techniques and tendencies mislead experts to improve individual and group decision-making.

The Undoing Game outlines and analyzes various heuristics as demonstrated by the men’s decision inducing scenarios.

This is a strength or a weakness of the book, depending on your personal nerd factor. Many scenarios and choices will surprise and enlighten you. Several made

Long before our current interest in artificial intelligence, they were, in effect, studying “natural stupidity” to learn how to improve human decision-making.

me laugh out loud. A couple made my head hurt. All in all, however, Lewis does an excellent job selecting examples that help the average reader get a good sense of the utility and weaknesses of the heuristic tools we use every day to try to make sense of the world.

Ever the practical Israelis, Amos and Danny worked to apply heuristic theory to real world decision-making. Insights gained from their research have improved decision making by physicians, fighter pilots, sports teams, corporations, and investors. Ultimately, their theories were embraced by economists, and in 2002, Danny Kahneman, the psychologist, was awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics.

Readers will have to read The Undoing Project to learn why Amos Tversky did not share in the award.

Lewis understands that one of the most enjoyable ways to study history is through a well-written biography. The Undoing Game is an entertaining and enlightening introduction to heuristic theory. However, this dual biography of Danny Kahneman and Amos Tversky is engaging on a personal level as well, for theirs was a love affair of the mind, replete with shared triumphs, competition, and jealousy. They are quintessential Jewish refugee heroes, shaped by discrimination, dislocation, and war, and who questioned accepted truths and brought society critical insights into the workings of the human mind.

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Sunday School in the 21st century Christopher E. Kraus, JD, MTS, director of Family Learning, Ohef Sholom Temple

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n Spring 2017, the Ohef Sholom Temple board of directors unanimously approved a proposal to welcome independent households to one year of enrollment in the Temple’s Reform Jewish Sunday morning classes. An “independent household” is a family that expresses its Jewish identity without synagogue membership.

Open enrollment addresses two seemingly contradictory features of the contemporary American Jewish family— features documented in a study on American Jewish identity. In 2013, the Pew Research Center revealed that the majority of American Jews value ancestral, cultural, and ethical dimensions of Judaism; and that the majority of American Jews are not synagogue members, and so rely on non-synagogue means to educate their young children to live a culturally rich and ethical life. Maybe these two facts co-exist because synagogue Sunday schools are perceived as (or actually are) out of touch with American Jewry.

Sunday learning in the 21st century demands a different approach from the synagogue Sunday schools of previous generations. American religious education should prepare children for a new socio-economic, political, and spiritual landscape.

In the 20th century, Jewish Sunday School curricula addressed a world filled with first- and second-generation Jewish immigrant families, American Jewish neighborhoods, and a taboo against interfaith marriage. Today’s world is dramatically different. Interfaith families comprise close to 50% of Sunday Reform Jewish learning communities. Our Jewish children’s intimate exposure to other religions challenges the concept of Jews as the chosen people. In cities around the country, Jewish households are dispersed across 40-mile regions, making transportation to a central meeting place a major hassle.

Most of our children’s grandparents

grew up in American culture, and have no nostalgia for the customs, foods, and memories of the European old country.

In the case of Israel, still a controversial homeland to the Jews, the 69-year-old nation is a high-tech metropolitan reality, rather than a dusty, distant agricultural hope. The Holocaust is history, its horrors three generations removed. And while anti-Semitism is accessible on-line, and violently enacted in other countries, it is not presently the unifying enemy of the American Jew. When it comes to spirituality and prayer, smart phones attached to our cars, wrists, glasses, and pockets steal away our habits of quiet reflection, contemplation, and prayer.

Despite these noteworthy generational changes, two things have not changed in American Jewish education. Learning is Torah-based, and teacher driven.

Synagogues that recognize these things will remain viable centers for relevant Jewish learning in the 21st century.

At Ohef Sholom Temple, Sunday learning is Jewish because the lesson plans grow from core teachings of Judaism that originate in Torah. These include Jewish holiday celebrations, Hebrew language and culture as an alternative lens through which we understand our place in the world, love for an international Jewish homeland that has its own struggles with democratic principles, and a moral compass for compassion, righteous living, a just society, and personal responsibility for making the world a better place.

The wisdom of Torah is best revealed in a group setting, a learning community, dedicated to interpreting the ancient words of our faith, from a variety of perspectives, including the perspective of each individual learner. In Ohef Sholom’s Sunday learning community, the learner is like a lamp to be lit, rather than a vessel to be filled.

The Torah says in the daily V’ahavta prayer, ‘You shall love The Eternal your God with all your heart, with all your

soul, and with all your might.’ (Deut.

6:5) Sunday learning at Ohef Sholom engages learners’ hearts, minds, and souls with a philosophy of Learning by Doing. The vehicles of engagement are music, cooking, yoga, worship, Hebrew through movement, visual artistic expression, community service projects, holiday celebrations, family education, and a hand-written Hebrew scroll whose spoken and written words have survived the test of time for more than 3,500 years.

Assembling Jews from a 20-mile Hampton Roads radius into a house of learning three hours a week teaches Jewish children the enduring understanding that they really are part of a vibrant and ancient community of faith whose roots extend well beyond their family.

Sunday learning is only as effective as its teachers. Three generations ago, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel proclaimed to a convention of American Jewish educators, “What we need more than anything else is not text-books but text people.” This is true now more than ever. Texts—the biblical ones and the iPhone ones—are available with a flick of the wrist. Synagogue teachers are the child’s non-parental adults who respect individual learning differences and show the child that s/he belongs to a faithbased community and a world beyond the nuclear family. At Ohef Sholom Temple, Sunday learning is about faith in a large, diverse community, ancient wisdom, and responsibility to make our world better.

No longer are Jewish teachers primarily bearded patriarchs. Nor are they

primarily middle-aged, stay-at-home, volunteer moms. At Ohef Sholom Sunday learning, the 2017–18 faculty consists of 22 adults, 81% of whom are women, 41% of whom live in an interfaith family where the children are raised Jewish, and no one has a beard. Moreover, the faculty works in other jobs full-time in the secular world, including 15 as full-time professional educators. OST faculty members are also engaged in their own family lives as newlyweds, parents, and grandparents.

In addition, 24 teens, many of whom are college-bound leaders in their Monday-through-Friday schools, work as classroom madrichim, or “guides.” They tutor, socialize, instruct, and energize every lesson. They too are role models.

At Ohef Sholom Temple Sunday learning, questions are just as important as answers. Especially the two-year-old’s favorite question, “Why?” Children are naturally spiritual because they have a sense of wonder. The Hebrew word for “why” is “Lahma.” Every Sunday classroom at Ohef Sholom has a stuffed llama to remind learners of the Hebrew connection between questions and lifelong learning. Every Sunday classroom has a full-length mirror to remind learners that we are each created in the image of God, B’Tzelem Elohim, as it is written in the Book of Genesis, in the ancient creation story in Torah.

If you are a Jew in an independent household, what’s holding you back from engaging your family in a 21st century Jewish Sunday School?

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ARTS and culture

Newly remodeled Leon Family Gallery features artists from around the globe Erin Dougherty

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he Leon Family Gallery has a fresh, updated appearance—just in time for the new season of exhibits. Located on the second floor of the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus, the new look and feel of the gallery offers a blank canvas to contrast the lively discussions on how art and community intersect.

Each calendar month a new exhibit will be unveiled, allowing the community access to collections featuring a variety of mediums that represent Israeli and Jewish artists.

All exhibits at the Leon Family Gallery are free and open to the community with a portion of the proceeds from the purchase of artwork supporting the Simon

Leon Family Art Gallery 2017–2018 August: Vintage Jewish Fashion Photography produced by Beit Hatfutsot September: Cities by Yoni Alter, graphic design October: Humans of Tel-Aviv by Erez Kaganovitz, photography November: Hipstory by Shimoni, illustrations December: Repairing the World produced by JDC, photography January: Israel 360 by Dana Friedlander, photography February: Israeli Life by Erin Zimmerman, photography March: Grieving Child produced by JFS, mixed media April: Courageous Expressions produced by the Israeli Society for Autistic Children (the ALUT Institute) and Dylan Sandler, mixed media

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For more information on upcoming exhibits, to share ideas for new artists, or schedule a tour and discussion for a group, contact Erin Dougherty, cultural arts director, at EDougherty@simonfamilyjcc.org or 321-2341.

August Vintage Jewish fashion photography exhibit from the collection of Beit Hatfutsot, The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv This unique photography exhibit of iconic Jewish fashion and ceremonial dress is from the Bernard H. and Miriam Oster Visual Documentation Center at Beit Hatfutsot, The Museum of the Jewish People, in Tel Aviv. Beit Hatfutsot’s initiative offers Jewish institutions a selection of curated, ready-made photo displays with the intention of sharing the museum’s vast collection of more than 400,000 black and white images depicting Jewish history, heritage, and communal life across the globe. This is the Leon Family Gallery’s second such exhibit.

These 20th century photographs depict traditional costumes and other ensembles from Jewish communities throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Israel, and beyond. The exhibit includes portrait and group photos, master craftwork including embroidery and jewelry, European Jewish school and sport uniforms, festive dress, early Israeli urban and labor clothing, and more.

September Yoni Alter, designer and artist Yoni Alter is a rule-breaker. With bright colors and thoughtful moments, he combines the graphic and artistic, highlighting the space and form between the literal and the abstract, offering new and fresh ways to observe the everyday. Currently based in London, Alter studied art and design in Jerusalem and

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Cityscape by Yoni Alter.

London. His fresh energy and his take on how images transcend the basic constructs of visual consumption will surely open the minds of all who visit the exhibit of his work.

Alter’s Tel Aviv piece is the featured image of the Simon Family JCC and Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, and community partners’ 7th annual Israel Today series.

Woman wearing traditional Yeminite headgear and jewlery, Israel, c-1950–60. (from the collection of Beit Hatfutsot)

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Summer Corn and Zucchini Latkes Recipe Shannon Sarna

The Nosher via JTA—Who says latkes are just for Hanukkah? Well, it’s not me.

And summer is a great time try using seasonal produce to make some crispy, delicious latkes.

I recently fried up some fresh corn and zucchini latkes, served with herb sour cream (or yogurt) and thinly sliced radishes. The texture of the fresh corn with zucchini and potato was so delicious. If you’re looking for other ideas for non-potato latkes try broccoli stem latkes or even these healthful spaghetti squash and quinoa fritters from Julia’s Album, which after all, is just another name for latke.

These corn and zucchini latkes are great for a light dinner, or paired perfectly with some poached eggs for brunch. Ready to cook?

Ingredients 1 russet potato 1 medium-large zucchini 2 ears of corn, kernals removed (corn will be raw) 2 large eggs 3–4 Tbsp whole wheat flour (can also use unbleached AP flour or matzah meal) ½ tsp salt, divided ¼ tsp pepper 1 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream 1–2 Tbsp chopped fresh herbs, such as cilantro, dill, mint, basil and/or parsley 1 tsp fresh lemon zest ¹⁄8 tsp salt Directions: Cut ends of zucchini and coarsely grate. Place in a large bowl with ¼ tsp salt.

Allow to sit for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, place shredded zucchini in a kitchen towel and wring out excess water.

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Place shredded potato, zucchini, corn kernels, eggs, flour and 1/4 tsp salt in a large bowl. Mix until combined.

Heat 2–3 Tbsp vegetable oil in a large saute pan over medium high heat.

Form mixture into patties, size should be approximately ¹⁄3 cup.

Cook latkes until golden and crispy on first side, around 3–4 minutes. Flip and cook for another 2–3 minutes.

Place onto a wire baking rack and add a pinch of salt immediately.

To make the herb sour cream (or yogurt): combine sour cream, chopped herbs, lemon zest and ¹⁄8 tsp salt. Combine and serve with hot latkes.

Garnish with thinly sliced radishes if desired.

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it’s a wrap

Largest number of schools ever represented at a Holocaust Commission Educators’ Conference

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he Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater held its Educators’ Conference, Words Matter: Now More Than Ever, July 26–27.

For the 13th Biennial offering, chairs Gail Flax and Ina Leiderman could not have been more thrilled with the results.

With word of mouth spreading from previous attendees, and endorsements from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, the Virginia Conference of Social Studies Educators, and community and commission members— representatives from 34 different schools learned lessons about the Holocaust and best practices for teaching them.

The conference reached its level of success through the funds made possible by the Sam and Reba Sandler Foundation.

In addition to inviting educators, administrators, and student advocates, this year’s conference was also open to community members. Two options were offered for non-educators: morning keynote presentations only, held July 26 at Norfolk Academy, or the full two-day conference, which included afternoon workshops following the presentations, and a trip to the Virginia Holocaust Museum on July 27, with special presentations and workshops.

Of the 100 people registered for the conference, more than one-third were from the greater community. Follow-up surveys affirmed that all who attended appreciated the opportunity to do so; educators and non-educators alike commented that the conference provided insightful perspectives that they could use in a variety of situations, as well as in their everyday lives.

Keynote presenters at Norfolk Academy included Alexandra Zapruder, author of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers Diaries of the Holocaust, and Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, author of A German Life.

Wollschlaeger first addressed the packed house in the Landmark Room of Norfolk Academy’s Batten Library.

The world’s greatest novelist could not

have invented a plot as unbelievable as Dr. Wollschlaeger’s life. Born in 1958 in Bamberg, Germany, he knew as a child that his father was a war hero. His mother, a devout Catholic, raised him in the church. They rented an apartment in the home of Nina Von Stauffenberg, widow of the Nazi officer who enacted a failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.

His father did not want his son speaking to her, calling the portrait in her home “Traitor.” Young Bernd could not understand why someone who dressed in the same uniform as his father did when he gathered with his old war buddies could be a traitor if his father was a hero.

Like all German students, he learned that while his country lost World War II, Nazi leaders were “normal people.” As he got older, he asked his father about the war. His alcoholic father did not want to talk much. After the German embarrassment at the slaughter of the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, his father would rant about, “The Jews!

Again!” Eventually it became apparent to the boy that his father was an unrepentant Nazi, to whom “Jews were unworthy people, lower than dogs.” The son eventually repudiated the father, becoming a Shabbos goy in a small Jewish community. When Christmas Eve fell on Shabbat one year, and he chose the Jewish community over his parents’ home, his father threw him out.

With the help of the elders of “his” Jewish community, Wollschlaeger eventually converted to Judaism and made Aliyah to Israel. It is ironic that his great grandfather fought for Germany in the Franco Prussian War, his grandfather fought for the Kaiser in World War I, and his father fought for Hitler in World War II, and he became a medical officer in the IDF. He did not speak about his life until his own children began asking about their grandparents, and so he worked to bring the story to them. He now shares his story because he knows firsthand about the divisiveness of hatred. Dr. Ludwig

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Ina Leiderman, Gail Flax, Alexandra Zapuder, and Elena Baum.

Sternlicht, survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and community member in attendance, asked Wollschlaeger about the current feelings of Germans about their country’s Nazi past. Wollschlaeger responded that while there was a numbness immediately following the war, his generation, as exhibited by Angela Merkel, is learning history and applying it to the present.

This is what he believes is behind her policy on Syrian refugees. Wollschlaeger says he speaks to help convince others to always work for good.

After Dr. Wollschlaeger’s powerful presentation, Zapruder brought the crowd into the world of young diarists of the Holocaust. After joining the founding staff of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum fresh out of college as a researcher, Zapruder found herself researching the life of children in the Holocaust through

the museum’s growing collection of children’s diaries. With no context but having read Anne Frank’s diary in school, she wondered about the relationship between those diaries she was researching and Anne’s. She saw stark differences in the cultural construct of Anne’s diary, as a document “finding hope,” and “believing in the good in humanity,” and the pain, starvation, anguish, and other emotions on the diaries of many children and teens living under different circumstances. Ten years and more than 60 diaries later, Salvaged Pages was published. It won the Jewish Book Award in 2002.

Educators contacted her and asked for help in how they should use the primary source documents in the classroom. It has been adapted into a film for MTV and the second edition published in 2015, along with collateral materials for the

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classroom were developed by Zapruder and Facing History and Ourselves.

Participants had a chance to chat with the speakers and have them sign books over boxed lunches from Baker’s Crust.

The afternoon brought a powerful interactive presentation from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities on exploring the roots of Prejudice and Bias. Facilitators Charm Bullard and Alex Cena discussed strategies to help make children in their classes more aware of bullying behaviors, and gave them ideas on how to turn these around. World History teacher Darryl Eley from Churchland High School said he felt he came away with some concrete classroom management ideas to improve classroom life.

In her afternoon workshop, Zapruder dug deep with the assembled educators to pull as much information as possible out of several diary entries, showing them how to use real history and see how it trickles down to the individual level. Betsy Karotkin, past Holocaust Commission director and chair, says, “Alex taught us all how to truly examine a firsthand account to get at the meaning of words and what they reveal about that time, which often gets lost in historical records.”

The next day, the group boarded a bus to visit the Virginia Holocaust Museum. After viewing some of the

Holocaust Commission’s What We Carry films on the ride northwest, they were met and welcomed by Marcus Weinstein, board chairman. Then, Dr. Charles Sydnor, former director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum and now its senior historian, gave the day’s keynote address on Creating the Language of Genocide— How the Nazis Described the Holocaust.

His encyclopedic knowledge and depth of understanding wowed the teachers.

Sydnor, 74, spoke almost an hour and a quarter without any notes and gave a mini tutorial on how words can be used even more effectively than actions at times and not for good. After his talk, the conference attendees took a self-tour of the new Auschwitz exhibit and after another lunch from Baker’s Crust in Richmond, docent led tours of the museum were given.

On the ride back to Tidewater, everyone agreed that it could not have been a better way to end the conference. The teachers hoped to use all they had learned to teach their students about hate, bullying, diversity, and standing up for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

For more information about the Holocaust Commission, visit www. holocaustcommission.org, call 965-6125, or email info@ holocaustcommission.org.

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Golf Tournament “Bob Josephberg Classic”

Tuesday, September 19 Registration: 10:30am Shotgun Start: noon To register or sponsor, contact Director of Development Patti Seeman at 757.424.4327 | pseeman@hebrewacademy.net www.HebrewAcademy.net/hat-golf-page

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Federation powers up new campaign with annual kickoff

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Israel and the future of American Jewry 2017–2018 Israel Today series begins with David Hazony, managing director of The Israel Project

Ignites year-long celebration of Israel @70 Tuesday, September 12 Reception: 6:30 pm; Program: 7:30 pm free and open to the community Sandler Family Campus

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he United Jewish Federation of Tidewater will launch a year-long celebration of Israel’s 70th birthday, as it kicks off the 2018 annual fundraising campaign. The kickoff will also serve as this year’s 7th Annual Israel Today speaker series opener, and feature David Hazony, editor of The Tower and managing director of the Israel Project.

As the Federation begins its Annual Campaign for the 80th consecutive year, its volunteers, leaders, and professionals look forward to a year of excitement, creative programming, and meaningful philanthropy.

The theme for this year’s campaign is: Powered by Federation. Recalling that each person is a part of the Federation— through support of the annual campaign and the agencies, programs, and services it funds, it becomes clear that the theme speaks to the collective power of the community.

“You are the Federation. Your neighbor who receives JFS services is the Federation. Your grandchildren attending the Strelitz Early Childhood Center and JCC Sumer Camp, they are the Federation,” says Janet Mercadante,

Women’s Campaign chair.

Campaign Kickoff marks the start of the Federation’s campaign calendar, bringing the community together to learn about current needs and priorities, and to set the tone for a great year ahead.

“It’s a celebration of past successes, and a rededication to the values that keep us looking out for Jews at home and around the world,” says Mercadante.

“It’s a chance for us to remember—at a time of year that asks us all to remember—that our work is never done. It’s an acknowledgement that when we work together—asking, giving, and leading, we harness the collective power of our community to further the Federation mission,” says Harry Graber, UJFT executive vice president.

Powered by Federation, Tidewater’s Jewish community can continue to make a meaningful and positive impact—at home, and around the world.

Attend Campaign kickoff and learn about how each individual can help “power up” the Federation through volunteerism and financial support. RSVP to Melissa Eichelbaum at meichelbaum@ ujft.org.

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fter returning from an eight-month stint teaching English in Myanmar, I had to figure out my next move. I thought a lot about my mission. Raised in a family where we were forced to face the importance of community from a young age, I learned that a community provides love and guidance in a time of need, celebrates happy times, and mourns sad ones. Being part of a community is being part of something bigger than one’s self.

I knew my mission would be to ensure that this community was around for the next family that needed it. To the relief of my parents, I quickly decided my next move would be serving as United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s program department’s associate.

This community has given me so many opportunities to grow into the confident pro-Israel supporter that I am today. I was raised by parents and grandparents who unconditionally believed in Israel and her purpose. I went to Hebrew Academy of Tidewater where I was taught the history of our people, the struggles, and the joys.

I had teachers and mentors who instilled in me the importance of standing together to fight injustice. I know the difference between supporting Israel and supporting Israel’s policies. I fear what the world looks like without an Israel.

I am in the minority of young American Jews.

When I first read The Tower’s editor, David Hazony’s article, “Israeli Identity and the Future of American Jewry,” it hit close

Caption: Melissa and Andie Eichelbaum, Jerusalem, December 2015.

to home. He put into words all of the worries that are in my head.

How do I make it part of my mission to get my friends and contemporaries to feel as I do? How do I get people to see that Israel is more than war? It is busy market places where you hear Hebrew, English, Russian, and Arabic spoken in a matter of feet from each other. It is nightclubs, beaches, Hebrew music and films. It is a place where I saw my sister Andie fall in love with the country on her first visit, only to return two consecutive summers. Why do most young American Jews not feel that way?

Hazony begins to put forth a plan of action. Attend this event so we can figure out a local solution together.

To learn more about the Israel Today series, or to RSVP to this free, open to the community event, contact Melissa Eichelbaum at meichelbaum@ujft.org, or 757-321-2304.

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End summer with a bang at the JCC and YAD End of Summer Shabbat Friday, August 18, 5 pm

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he annual End of Summer Shabbat dinner and pool party has expanded this year to include more games, more food, and more fun.

Young at heart participants will enjoy a surf n’ slide, a water balloon challenge, and a tzedakah dive. For adults, pool pong, a beer dive, and so much more will be available.

A great way to connect to the Tidewater Jewish community, the End of Summer Shabbat dinner is an opportunity to gather for Shabbat as one family with new friends and old.

Purchase tickets online at simonfamilyjcc.org/Shabbat, at the JCC front desk, or by calling 757-321-2338.

Early Bird tickets, purchased by August 11, are $8 for kids 3–12 and $12 for adults. After August 11, prices rise to $10 and, $15, respectively.

The pool party and games begin at 5 pm, with Shabbat blessings and dinner at 6 pm.

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ince 2010, the Janet Gordon Mah Jongg Tournament, a tribute to Janet Gordon, of blessed memory, has been a creative, fun, and successful fundraiser for Beth Sholom Village, a campus that has served the community for more than 35 years.

The wife of Daniel Gordon, mother of Lynn G. Saunders and Mark J. Gordon, Janet Gordon was a caring, loving person who gave back in many ways. She was a member of Temple Israel’s Sisterhood, Hadassah, and ORT, as well as other organizations. In addition to her community involvement, Janet Gordon loved her weekly Mah Jongg games with friends.

To keep the tradition alive, the committee wants to highlight the comradery of playing Mah Jongg with friends old and new.

This year, the event will be held on a Sunday in the fall in order to make the day even more accessible to those who work during the week and vacation in the summer. In that same spirit of

inclusiveness, the committee hopes that moving away from a tournament to a day of play will attract more women who are new to the game of Mah Jongg.

As in years past, this day of Mah Jongg, while no longer an actual tournament, will remain a day of fabulous food and fun.

Delicious food will be served from the start of the “bruncheon” through the end of play with snacks and drinks to maintain the players’ energy. The day will include raffle prizes and a take home gift created by residents of the Village. Friends will spend time together and new friendships will be formed, as everyone becomes part of something meaningful—supporting the residents of Beth Sholom Village.

Anyone who would like to learn to play, become more experienced, or wants more information about the event, should call Dana Patish, 757-641-4773 or Rachel Abraham, 757-729-3575.

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what’s happening Tidewater Chavurah names panelists for program on intermarriage

Jewish Family Service, WHRO Public Media, Chrysler Museum and EVMS present

Live Each Day: A Talk with Jane Gardner Sunday, September 17, 2 pm Chrysler Museum of Art, free

Sunday, Sept. 10 and Sunday, Sept. 17, 2 pm Sandler Family Campus

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anelists for the second session of Tidewater Chavurah’s two-part program on marriage between Jews and non-Jews, “Making Jewish Choices,” will explore issues arising from intermarriage such as transmission of Jewish identity and the role of extended family.

The panelists include Sharon Wasserberg, director of congregational learning at Congregation Beth El, and a longtime temple educator. She holds a master’s degree in Jewish education from American Jewish University in Los Angeles and has experience with programming for intermarried families. In addition, Danielle Benjamin of Ohef Sholom Temple will speak as a veteran of the Mothers’ Circle, a program that gives women not raised as Jews an opportunity to learn about Jewish holidays, doctrine, and practices—helping them to be informed partners in rearing

their children as Jews.

The first session on Sept. 10 will present a conversation between Reconstructionist Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill, rabbi of Tidewater Chavurah, and Conservative Rabbi Michael Panitz, rabbi of Temple Israel. The two rabbis will try to explain and possibly dispel some of the preconceptions intermarrying Jews and their parents often bring to the prospect or fact of intermarriage.

Each of the two sessions will offer ample time for audience members to ask questions.

“Making Jewish Choices” is made possible by a grant from the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and is presented with the assistance of Jewish Family Service.

For more information, contact Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill at rabbicantorejg@gmail.com or 757-464-1950.

Jane Gardner by The Virginian-Pilot’s Steve Earley

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s a television news anchor, Jane Gardner faced intense pressure, deadlines, and other challenges. But it is off the air where she has faced her toughest challenge of all: fighting cancer—not just once, but four times. Gardner was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, then 10 years later, melanoma skin cancer.

In May 2015, she learned she had ovarian cancer, followed by a diagnosis of lung cancer less than a year later.

The 65-year-old former news anchor will share her story, Live Each Day: A Talk with Jane Gardner, at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk.

Presented in conjunction with Jewish Family Service of Tidewater’s ongoing commitment to provide cancer education with community partners—the Brock

Institute of Eastern Virginia Medical School, WHRO Public Media, and the Chrysler Museum of Art, the event is free and open to the public.

Gardner, the area’s first television medical reporter who covered many ground breaking stories, says she feels compelled to continue educating the public about the importance of patient self-advocacy.

Her message is positive and uplifting.

Seating is limited, so reservations are suggested. A reception will follow. For more information, call 757-333-6200. To register, go to reservations.chrysler.org.

The event will be held in the George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Theater at the Chrysler Museum of Art, located at One Memorial Place, Norfolk.

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Be A Reader literacy program seeks new volunteers Monday, September 18, 11 am Sandler Family Campus

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e A Reader kicks-off the 2017-2018 school year with a welcome breakfast and meeting next month. The event is an opportunity for potential new volunteers to learn more about the program, and for returning volunteers to talk about their experiences and share best practices.

Be A Reader, commonly referred to as BeAR, is a literacy program through United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Community Relations Council. BeAR’s main goal is to help at-risk second grade students in Tidewater public schools acquire the reading skills they need for future success. Each week, volunteers

read one-on-one for an hour with a child at participating schools.

For more information on BEAR, including ways to get involved, contact Wendy Weissman at wweissman@ujft.org or visit JewishVA.org/beareader.

what’s happening Sigma Omega Pi sorority plans reunion September 8 weekend

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he alumnae of Sigma Omega Pi sorority (SOPS) will celebrate their fifth annual reunion next month.

SOPS was a national, Jewish social/ service organization for Jewish high school girls in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach. It flourished in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, giving young Jewish women a social and philanthropic outlet, and a sense of community involvement.

The weekend will begin with Shabbat dinner and services at Ohef Sholom Temple,

where many of the founding members were affiliated. The sorority will sponsor the Oneg Shabbat in honor of the reunion.

In addition to services on Friday night, a guided tour of the Chrysler Museum on Saturday and a dinner Saturday night are planned.

Any alumnae who would like to attend, should contact Bunni Popkin Latkin at bunnipops@gmail.com.

29th Annual Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning Golf Tournament Chaired by: Ilana and Nathan Benson Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Bayville Golf Club 4137 First Court Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Registration 10:30 am Tee Off 12 noon–Shotgun start Registration deadline: Friday, September 8 To register or sponsor, contact: Patti Seeman, Director of Development, 757-424-4327, pseeman@hebrewacademy.net, or on-line at https://www. hebrewacademy.net/hat-golf-page

Insco support of Society of Professionals appreciated Ilana and Nathan Benson

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nited Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Society of Professionals recently recognized Insco for its 2017 sponsorship.

“Thanks to Insco, we had a successful year with great events,” says Jasmine Amitay, UJFT Young Adult Division director.

“Being a Jewish owned agency, we welcomed the opportunity to support the businesses and individuals who make up the Society of Jewish Professionals,” says Neil R Waranch, vice president of sales for Insco.

“We look forward to another year of Society of Professionals successes, beginning with the release of the UJFT Professional Directory at the end of the month,” says Amitay.

Painting, prayers, and noshing: JCC Seniors’ New Year celebration Wednesday, September 13, 1 pm Simon Family JCC, free

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eniors at the Simon Family JCC will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with a Rosh Hashanah Paint Social featuring artist and art teacher Michele Barnes. The New Year ceremony will be facilitated by a local rabbi, and the participants will enjoy a traditional Rosh Hashanah nosh.

Open to the community, this free program, especially for seniors, is made possible by the Joseph Flesichmann Memorial Fund and the Tidewater Jewish Foundation. Reserve a space by stopping by the JCC front desk or calling 757-321-2338.

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August 18, Friday JCC and YAD End of Summer Shabbat Dinner and Pool Party at the Simon Family JCC outdoor pool. At this fun, pool side Shabbat dinner, there will be adult and kid-friendly games, as well as a Surf ’n’ Slide and Pool Pong. Fun starts at 5 pm. For more information, contact Jasmine Amitay at 757-965-6138 or jamitay@ujft.org. See page 55.

Rodney Dangerfield finally to get some hometown respect

he late Jewish comedian and actor Rodney Dangerfield will get some respect from the New York City neighborhood where he grew up.

A plaque honoring Dangerfield, whose birth name was Jacob Cohen, was unveiled in a garden in Kew Gardens, Queens, next to the building that Dangerfield lived in as a child, The New York Times reported.

Dangerfield died in 2004 at 82.

A local historian and teacher, Carl Ballenas, told the Times that the standup comic’s self-deprecating style came from his upbringing in Kew Gardens, where he lived with his mother and sister and worked menial jobs such as delivering groceries to wealthy neighbors, and was subjected to anti-Semitism.

Ballenas told the news website DNAInfo that a group of his students in the Aquinas Honor Society of the Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica Estates came up with the idea to honor Dangerfield when they worked on a book about the history of Kew Gardens published by Arcadia Publishing and The History Press in 2014. Joan Dangerfield, the comedian’s widow, worked with them on the project.

The students also collected memorabilia related to Dangerfield that will be displayed at the local bar Austin’s Ale House located near the plaque.

Dangerfield occasionally came back to visit the old neighborhood, especially Bailey’s, the bar that preceded Austin’s Ale House in the same building, according to the Times. (JTA)

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Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman slated to appear in Flashpoint film

sraeli actress Gal Gadot’s iconic Wonder Woman character is expected to make an appearance in the upcoming movie Flashpoint.

Flashpoint, a DC Extended Universe film, and the first solo movie for the DC Comics character Flash, is scheduled to be released in 2020, Forbes columnist Mark Hughes reported over the weekend.

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It will be the third DC film in which Gadot will appear as Wonder Woman. She also will be seen in Justice League, with a scheduled release this fall, and a sequel to Wonder Woman has been announced for December 2019.

Wonder Woman was expected to break $400 million at the box office in the United States earlier this month and close in on $800 million in worldwide receipts.

Trump nominates Jamie McCourt, former Dodgers co-owner, as ambassador to France ( JTA)—President Donald Trump has nominated former Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner and CEO Jamie McCourt to be ambassador to France.

McCourt, an entrepreneur and attorney, also would serve as ambassador to Monaco, the White House said in its announcement.

McCourt “possesses a unique global perspective, having lived and worked both domestically and abroad in various industries—sports, law, finance, education and real estate,” the announcement said.

In 2016, she served as presidential trustee and California state co-chair for the Trump campaign. McCourt then was on the transition finance committee for Trump as president-elect.

McCourt, who is Jewish, lost her position with the Dodgers when she and her husband, Frank, reached a settlement in 2011 in their widely publicized divorce case and she relinquished any ownership of the baseball team.

Her firm Jamie Enterprises, founded in 2009, primarily invests in technology startups, high-end real estate and biotechnology ventures.-

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September 3, Sunday Brith Sholom’s Regular Members meeting 11 am, preceded by the board meeting at 10 am. Held at Beth Sholom Village. Meeting followed by one a deluxe Kosher Brunch at noon with speaker Thomas Cahill Region 7 Court Magistrate. $3 for members ($5 at the door); $10 for guests and free if considering membership. Contact LeeAnne Mallory, secretary, at 757-461-1150 or email at Brith.sholom1@hrcoxmail.com for information on this event or joining.

SEPTEMBER 12, TUESDAY David Hazony kicks off Israel Today 2017-2018 with his vision for the future of American Jewry at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus. 7:30 pm. Free. For more information or to RSVP, contact Melissa Eichelbaum at 757-321-2304 or meichelbaum@ujft.org.

SEPTEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY Senior’s Club host their annual Rosh Hashanah lunch. Free to the community. For more information or to RSVP, contact Wendy Weissman at 757-965-6107 or wweissman@ujft.org.

September 17, Sunday Jane Gardner shares her positive message and the importance of patient advocacy as a cancer survivor. 2 pm at Chrysler Museum. Presented by Jewish Family Service, WHRO, Chrysler Museum and EVMS. www.jfshamptonroads.org. See page 56.

Brith Sholom Fall Dinner affair at Beth Sholom Village. 5:30 pm. Fall themed Kosher meal followed by entertainment by Ellen Hochman leading a sing-along to the oldies. $10 for members; $20 for guests. Contact LeeAnne Mallory, secretary, at 757-461-1150 or email at Brith.sholom1@hrcoxmail.com for reservations for this event or membership information.

SEPTEMBER 18, MONDAY Be a Reader (BeAR) welcome breakfast at the Sam and Reba Sam Sandler Family Campus. 10 am. For more information or to RSVP, contact Wendy Weissman at 757-965-6107 or wweissman@ujft.org September 19, Tuesday 29th Annual Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning Golf Tournament. Tee Off 12 noon. Bayville Golf Club. 757-424-4327. See page 57.

OCTOBER 10, TUESDAY Humans of Tel Aviv creator Erez Kaganovitz shares his knowledge of photography and storytelling in the Sukkah at the Simon Family JCC. For more information or to RSVP, contact Melissa Eichelbaum at 757-321-2304 or meichelbaum@ujft.org.

Send submissions for calendar to news@ujft.org. Be sure to note “calendar” in the subject.

Include date, event name, sponsor, address, time, cost and phone.

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Jody Wagner elected president of The Norfolk Forum board

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he Norfolk Forum, the nation’s oldest publicly subscribed speakers’ forum recently elected Jody M. Wagner, as its 2017–18 board president. Wagner is president of Jody’s Popcorn, which she and her husband, Alan Wagner, MD, founded in Virginia Beach in 2005. Wagner previously served as the Virginia Secretary of Finance (2006-2008) and Virginia State Treasurer (2002-2005), after practicing law with Kaufman & Canoles from 1983 through 2001.

The Norfolk Forum was founded in 1933 to educate local citizens about the major affairs of the time. Entering its 85th consecutive season, The Norfolk Forum continues to bring renowned leaders who are shaping the news, national policies, the arts, and sports to its stage each season. One of Wagner’s goals is to increase the number and diversity of the Forum’s annual subscribers.

The Forum also named Maura Murchake as its executive director.

“Maura brings over 15 years of marketing experience to our organization and her leadership will be essential to the growth of The Norfolk Forum in the coming years,” notes Wagner. “I am thrilled that

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in her new role, Maura will help expand The Norfolk Forum’s outreach into the Hampton Roads community and beyond.

The timing couldn’t be better as we have a fabulous line-up of diverse speakers who will appeal to different segments of the community.”

The 2017–18 season of The Norfolk Forum will feature Tom Brokaw (September 26), Diana Nyad (November 14), John Brennan (February 20), and Geno Auriemma (April 24). All lectures are held at Norfolk’s Chrysler Hall and begin at 7:30 pm. Season tickets are available online at www.thenorfolkforum.org, or by calling 757-627-8672.

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azel Tov to this year’s Congregation Beth El’s J. Samuel Goldback Scholarship recipients: • Elliana Friedman, a rising senior at James Madison University, with hopes of entering a career in public accounting, she has been active in Jewish life locally and at JMU. • Ethan Friedman, a recent graduate of Maury High School, who has been active locally in BBYO and the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater. He will attend James Madison University.

• Carly Marcus, a recent graduate of

Ohef Sholom’s Katelynn McAraw wins national essay contest

Princess Anne High School, who has volunteered as a teacher’s assistant for a 2nd grade class at Thalia Elementary School while playing on the varsity volleyball team. She will attend Radford University.

Each of the recipients will receive $1,000.

Motivated by the memory that financial impediments kept him from achieving his own educational goals, J. Samuel Goldback left funds to Congregation Beth El to provide grants to college-aged students, based in part on scholarly promise/ achievement.

atelynn McAraw, 16, a participant in the Better Together Program, recently won its essay contest, earning her $8,000 toward a semester program in Israel.

Better Together, a program that unites seniors and teens through monthly lunches and activities, is funded by a national Jewish philanthropic organization. One of the groups it has chosen to fund for two years is run out of Ohef Sholom Temple with eighth–12th grade Sunday Learning students. Ten of these students participated in monthly meet ups with residents from Beth Sholom Village this past school year, and learned a lot about each other along the way.

A requirement of every participating student is a one- to four-page personal essay about his or her experience getting to know the elders. Judges selected McAraw’s essay as the winner.

“I will be using the $8,000 Better Together Scholarship toward a high school semester in Israel,” says McAraw. “I am so excited to use this scholarship towards the program Heller High (formally known as NFTY-EIE), where I will learn to be fluent in conversational Hebrew, study Israeli people and culture, and travel all over Israel and Poland.

“I can’t wait to gain a better understanding of the history of the Jewish people and meet the amazing individuals

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who will be going on the trip with me. I not only see this semester as a once in a life time opportunity, but also a journey to learn more and better understand who I am and where I’ve come from,” says McAraw.

This September marks the beginning of the second year of Better Together. Any interested teen can contact Leslie Shroyer, program coordinator, about participating.

She can be reached at lmshroyer@cox. net. After the second year, Better Together will seek additional funding to continue the program locally into year three and beyond.

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azel Tov to Jeffrey and Amy Brooke on the graduation of their daughter Chana Brooke from the Graduate Program at Touro College in Manhattan. Chana received her B.A. from Touro in 2015 and her M.S. in education in May of this year.

She is also a graduate of BINA Girl’s High School in Norfolk and Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, and was a student at Toras Chaim. She is the granddaughter of Leonard and Eleanor Brooke of Virginia Beach and Herb Zukerman and the Ann Zukerman (of blessed memory) of Norfolk. Chana will continue to reside in New York City and has accepted a position as Director of Alumni Affair at Touro.

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obituaries Dr. Harvey Lee Aftel Norfolk—Dr. Harvey Lee Aftel, 84, passed away at his home on July 14, 2017.

Born to the late Samuel Aftel and Emma Goldsmith in Norfolk, Harvey graduated from Maury High School in 1950. Harvey attended The University of Virginia for two years and then attended Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn., where he received his Doctor of Optometry Degree.

He served in the United States Army for two years and received an honorable discharge.

Harvey was an active member of Ohef Sholom Temple and their Torah Group.

In 1960, Harvey opened his office in Midcity Shopping Center and later moved to Portsmouth Blvd. and after many years of serving his community, retired in 2006.

Upon retirement, he went to work with his brother-in-law, Dr. Joel Zaba in his Virginia Beach office.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Diane Zaba Aftel; two loving sons, Brian H. Aftel and Andrew W. Aftel of Norfolk; his sister Sonia Aftel Sifen of Boca Raton, Fla.; his brother-in-law Joel Zaba, and his wife Diane; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Funeral services were held at Altmeyer’s Southside Chapel with Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg and Cantor Jennifer Rueben officiating. Burial followed the service at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Memorial contributions to Jewish Family Service of Tidewater or Ohef Sholom Temple.

Friends may express condolences online at www.altmeyerfh.com.

Dr. Stanley Howard Legum Virginia Beach—Dr. Stanley Howard Legum, 77, died peacefully on July 27, 2017, at home after battling Alzheimer’s for several years.

Stanley was the son of Buddy and Janice Legum and was raised in Norfolk where he graduated from Maury High School in 1957, University of Virginia in 1961, and later received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the Medical College of Virginia. He was a lifetime member of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity at UVA. After serving as Captain in the U.S. Air Force, Stanley settled in Virginia Beach where he practiced as a dentist for 45 years. He always stayed active in the community and was a longtime member of Congregation Beth El. A boating enthusiast, one of his favorite pastimes was fishing and steaming crabs. He also enjoyed golf and was a member of the Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club for many years. Some of his happiest times were spent with family and friends at home or on the Lynnhaven River.

Stanley is survived by his wife of 32 years, Lin, and her children, Rachel Hale (David) and daughter Lillian and Jay Burnell (Shell), and daughters Grace and Julia; four children, Keith Legum, Paige Rothfeld, Robin Legum, and Lisa Sisler.

Services were held in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. Interment was private.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern Virginia Chapter, 6350 Center Dr., Suite 102, Norfolk, VA 23502, (757-459-2405).

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Gerline “Geri” Arnoff Lerner Suffolk—Gerline Aronoff Lerner, 84, of Suffolk, passed away July 31, 2017 following a long illness.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Martin Lerner, MD, her parents Isidore and Bertha Aronoff, her sisters Annette Brenner, Rebecca Green and Harriet Klavan and brother Marcus Aronoff.

Born in Newport News on August 13, 1932, she eventually located to Norfolk, where she married Martin Lerner after meeting him at Fort Eustis where she worked as a secretary. A graduate of Newport News High School, Gerline continued throughout her life to increase her knowledge and vocabulary through her voracious appetite for reading. She married Martin Lerner on June 28, 1959 and they had two daughters and a son.

She was a loving mother who was always there for her family, no matter what. She always made sure there was nourishing food on the table and it was never beyond her to grill up a quick cheese and tomato sandwich in the middle of the night.

She remained married for 58 years until his passing. After her son left home for college, she decided to reenter the workforce and worked for Seaboard Investment Advisors in Norfolk, as office manager where she thrived in her capacity to properly run the office and motivate staff.

Gerline was a true sports fan, superb duck pin bowler, the world’s greatest undiscovered comedienne and the life of the party, not to mention she made a fantastic Jello that was one of her signature dishes. She never met a soul that she didn’t know or try to help. She was an avid supporter of the Battered Women’s Shelter in Norfolk, B’nai B’rith Women, and numerous other charities where she would tirelessly devote her time and energies.

She is survived by daughters Leslie (Michael) Koenig of Leesburg, Va., Linda (Michael) Firnstahl of Suffolk, and her son David (Sparkmaster5) and his wife Andrea (Andy) of Suffolk; her eight grandchildren Jake, Jared and Colby Koenig of Leesburg, Tucker, Preston and Owen Firnstahl of Suffolk, and Katy and Jessie Lerner of Richmond. She is also survived by her nephews Theodore (Joanne)

Brenner of Richmond, Stuart (Rene) Brenner of Jacksonville, Andrew Jacobson of Warren, N.J. and Gershon (Michele) Aronoff of Norfolk, and niece Suzy (Rick) Szymanski of Virginia Beach.

A funeral service was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments handled arrangements and online condolences may be offered to the family at hdoliver.com. Donations to the charity of your choice would be something Gerline would look kindly upon.

And if anyone happens to have her Jello recipe, please forward it to H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. ASAP. Irvin “Butch” Lichovitz Portsmouth—Irvin “Butch” Lichovitz, 78, of Richmond, left this life July 13, 2017.

He was born in Altoona, Penn. and spent his childhood there before moving to Baltimore, Md., where his heart resides with the Orioles. As an adult, he moved to the Tidewater area and made a success as a salesman, husband, and father. He spent the majority of his later years in the Richmond area overcoming obstacles to become a chef.

He was preceded in death by his wife Kielo, for whom he lovingly cared for.

He is survived by his devoted daughter, Lydia Smith Fletcher (Kate), daughter Linda (“Bobbie”) Lichovitz Cook Blake (CJ); grandchildren Victoria and Tommy, and great-grandson Gavin.

A graveside service was held at Gomley Chesed Cemetery, Portsmouth, where his parents, Michael and Lena Lichovitz are buried. Memorial contributions to Temple Beth-EL, 3330 Grove Ave., Richmond, VA 23221 Jerry Meldon Hopkinton, Massachusetts— Jerry Meldon, professor, passed away unexpectedly in Southmont, North Carolina on July 18, 2017.

Jerry was born in New York City on October 23, 1947 to Helen and George Meldon. He attended Stuyvesant High School, earned his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Cooper Union and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

obituaries and completed his post-doctoral studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense.

He was a man of strong moral convictions with a wry sense of humor, and a generosity of spirit that charmed devoted friends from many walks of life and many corners of the globe that he so loved to travel. As a scientist and professor of chemical engineering at Tufts University, he left an enduring impression on countless students, and made important contributions to the field. He was a passionate and tireless champion for peace and justice, and a voracious reader of scholarly works of political history and current events. His keen writings on topics related to deep politics and foreign affairs were published in the Boston Globe, Consortium News, and elsewhere.

As a devoted husband, father, brother and friend, he enjoyed listening to all genres of music especially doo-wop, summers on Martha’s Vineyard with his family, and discussing different points of view with anyone willing to listen.

A tenured associate professor in the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts University, Jerry previously served as the chairman of the department and was also a proud member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Jerry is survived by his wife Robin, his sister Anne, and his children Jamie, Perri and Seth.

The funeral took place at Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Massachusetts.

Rabbi Jeffrey Summit of Tufts University officiated. Donations to the Trustees of Reservations or the American Civil Liberties Union.

Lenore R. Metz Virginia Beach—Lenore R. Metz (80) of 1805 Wingate Court, Virginia Beach, born to the late Isadore and Sondra Cooperman, joined her loved ones in heaven on July 19, 2017. Peacefully as she departed, at her bedside was her husband David Metz of 59 loving years.

She leaves behind her sons, Kevin Metz and Earl Jones; daughter, Brenda McPhee; grandsons, Justin McPhee and Shawn Metz; and great grandson, Aiden

McPhee.

Loved by all, she will be missed dearly.

She was laid to rest at the King David Garden in the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Services were conducted by friend and Rabbi, Israel Zoberman.

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.altmeyerfh.com.

Miriam Meyer Virginia Beach—Miriam Meyer, 94, passed away July 26, 2017 at the Beth Sholom Terrace.

A native of New York, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Sarah Kluger and the widow of Max Meyer, Jr. She lived for many years in Enfield, N.C. where she raised her family and worked in the family business until her retirement to Virginia Beach.

She is survived by her son Michael Meyer and his wife Voleta; daughter Merle Schwartz and husband Robert; her brother Jules Kluger and wife Jean; sisterin-law Sura Goldner; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were held at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations to Beth Sholom Terrace. Online condolences may be offered to the family at hdoliver.com.

Scott Bruce Rebby Chesapeake—Scott Bruce Rebby, born February 5, 1964 in Utica, N.Y, passed away peacefully July 22, 2017 after a valiant fight against an unbeatable foe, Glioblastoma Multiforme tumor.

He is survived by his parents Marilyn and Raymond Rebby, sister Jennifer Rebby, aunts and uncles Richard and Kathy Kopel, Stuart and Alexandria Kopel, Gary and Linda Kopel, as well as cousins Sherri Kopel-Haight (Aaron), Bridget Kopel, Alexander Kopel, Mark, Rosemary and Cyrus Gould, plus numerous Rebby relatives world-wide.

From day one, Scott did things his way. Family was of the utmost importance to him. He worked as a realtor and in home construction, loved being on the water, outdoor activities, cooking for others and playing “no-holdem poker.”

In lieu of a service, the family will honor him with a celebration of life

gathering in the near future. Donations in Scott’s memory can be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Barbara L. Saunders Jupiter, Florida—Barbara “Bobbi” Saunders of Jupiter, Fla., formerly of Hampton Roads, passed away on August 3, 2017.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 65 years, Leonard W. Saunders, son Kenneth A. Saunders and wife Marybeth of Virginia Beach, daughter Karen S. Harrell of Tequesta, Fla., and granddaughters Hilary Saunders of New York and Chelsea Harrell of Jupiter.

A private memorial was held in South Florida. Contributions to a favorite charity or the American Cancer Society.

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July 26, 2017 surrounded by his loving family.

He was diagnosed with Diffuse Lewy Body Dementia five years ago. For 60 years, he was the beloved husband of Sandra (Gibber) Tall, devoted father of David and his wife Sandy of Leominster, Jeffrey and his wife Rebecca of Virginia Beach, and Deborah and her husband Andrew Namiot of Ashland, Mass. Loving brother of Edna Klebanow of Jerusalem, Israel and the late Dorothy Ozer.

Al was born on December 29, 1925 and was the adored son of the late Esther (Lowenberg) and Harry Tall. Cherished grandfather of Shira, Norman, Evan, Caleb, Mitchell and Ilana, Jacob and Bennett. Loving uncle, brother-in-law, cousin, and dear friend to so many.

Al graduated from English High School in 1944 and immediately enlisted and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He graduated from Northeastern University in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and received his MBA from Northeastern in 1958. Al had an impeccable sense of integrity, was charismatic, personable, and had a gift for working alongside people. Prior to starting his own company, he was the director of personnel and labor relations for the Foster Grant Company.

In 1966, he founded Alpha Rho, Inc. The company has grown to become the largest plastic box manufacturer in the Northeast.

Although he was the youngest of his siblings, he was extraordinarily protective and caring of his widowed mother and two older sisters. Although his sister Edna had moved to Israel some years ago, there was still a daily phone call. When Edna called, he would say, “My shvester” (sister in Yiddish).

Alpha Rho was an integral part of Al’s

life, and although he was successful in business, more important to him were the people he employed. He cared deeply for those who were part of the family business and the well-being of his employees was always a top priority. He created a profit-sharing plan for his employees, offered funds, brought in doughnuts, and was a mentor to so many who came through his office door.

On hot summer days, it was Al who ran to Dairy Queen to bring back Dilly Bars, ice cream novelties, and cold drinks for his employees. His son, David said, “My dad was always giving. He was a true mensch, in every sense of the word.” Al had many accomplishments to be proud of, but there was no doubt, the most cherished aspect of his life was his family. His daughter Deborah recalls, “Mom and dad met on Nantasket Beach and it was love at first sight.”

They married on June 23, 1957 and theirs was a true love story. They were soul mates. They held tightly to one another for 60 years.

Among his greatest gifts was his unconditional love for so many. Over the years, he offered guidance to many and had a passion for Judaism and a love for Israel. He was a member and past president of Congregation Agudat Achim of Leominster, as well as a member of Congregation Beth Israel of Worcester.

He also served on the Brotherhood at Agudat Achim, was on the board of education and a member of the Jewish War Veterans. He was an Eagle Scout and a licensed pilot, a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and earned his instrument flight rating.

Al also loved dogs and rescued many strays. Some became family pets. Al suffered a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage in June 2000 and after an extensive stay in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and rehab in Boston, he returned home.

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The past 17 years were a gift; with many special occasions celebrated and memories shared.

Services were held at the Levine Chapels in Brookline with burial in the Tifereth Israel of Everett Cemetery.

The family asks that each person who loved Al share a random act of kindness.

Be like Al: leave a generous tip, rescue a dog, take time to listen, take a friend to lunch, be present. Donations may also be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O., Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD, 21741 or MSPCA/Angell Animal Medical Center, 350, South Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02130, or a charity of one’s choice.

Jeff Brotman, Costco founder

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eff Brotman, who co-founded the members-only retail giant Costco and was the chairman of its board of directors, died at his home outside Seattle.

Costco Wholesale Corp. said Brotman died early Tuesday, August 1 at 74. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Raised in Tacoma, Washington, Brotman formed Costco in 1982 with partner James Sinegal. By 2016 Costco had 85 million members and $9 billion in annual sales, making it the country’s third largest retail chain after Amazon and Walmart.

Brotman was an active philanthropist, donating to the arts and health-related causes, and to Democratic political candidates. He also supported Jewish causes, and frequently cited the influence of his childhood rabbi, the late Richard Rosenthal of Temple Beth Israel in Tacoma.

In 2014 he donated nearly $1 million to Temple Beth El in Tacoma to build a preschool and day care. The synagogue was formed with the merger of his childhood congregation and another local synagogue.

“The congregation launched me into being a responsible adult,” Brotman told The News Tribune of Tacoma at the time.

“I was interested in doing something for them where I thought it would have a major impact.”

Brotman’s grandparents emigrated from Romania to Saskatchewan, Canada.

His father, Bernie, operated a chain of retail stores in Washington state and Oregon.

Brotman earned a degree in political science from the University of Washington and attended its law school. He and his brother, Michael, started Bottoms, a jeans store for young women, and Jeffrey Michael, a chain of men’s stores.

He was an early investor in Howard Schultz’s Starbucks coffee empire and was involved in several other retail ventures.

Brotman and Sinegal opened their first Costco warehouse in 1983 in Seattle. The company now operates 736 warehouses around the world.

He was married to the former Nordstrom executive Susan Thrailkill.

The couple had two children. Other survivors include two grandchildren.

Brotman was a supporter of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

“Helping the disadvantaged, encouraging diversity, fostering a community that treats its people well—these were values I learned from my parents as well as in Sunday school, values from Rabbi Richard Rosenthal, my rabbi at Temple Beth El, and my grandfather, who helped with the movement to plant trees in Israel,” Brotman said in a statement that appears on the federation’s website. “When I see some of the fundamental unfairness built into the system for people who are less fortunate, and couple that with my family’s tradition of helping others, I am compelled to act, compelled to give what I can to help.” (JTA)

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