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First–12th graders Deadline: Monday, Feb. 13, 4:30 pm

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he Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites local first through 12th graders to participate in its fifth annual Israel Poster Contest.

A list of “cool facts” about Israel is available at www.JewishVA.org/ CRCIsraelPosterContest. Contest rules are: • Each student should choose one fact from the list to serve as his or her poster’s theme.

• The fact should be clearly stated on the FRONT of the poster.

• Poster should be submitted on an 8.5 inches by 11 inches paper and be hand drawn (not computer generated) using pencil, crayon, marker, or 2-D art.

• Names should not be visible on the front of the poster, but must be included along with age, grade, school, email address and phone number on the back.

Posters will be displayed in the Leon Family Art Gallery in February when the community will have the opportunity to vote in person for their favorite.

Finalists will then be posted online and the community will be asked to vote again electronically in March for their favorite poster. During viewing and voting, the artists’ names will be hidden.

The poster with the most votes will be announced Monday, April 3. The winning poster will be professionally framed and permanently hang in the Sandler Family Campus. In addition, attendees at the Israel Festival on Sunday, April 30 will receive a copy of the winning poster.

Submissions may be dropped off at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater office located on the second floor of the Sandler Family Campus, 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach

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Contents Up Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Briefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Torah Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rex Tillerson and the Jewish Agenda . . . 6 Letter on hate crimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A new Simon Family JCC Fitness Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Avi Melamed offers Middle East perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 From Mumbai to March of the Living. . 13 Virginia Festival of Jewish Film . . . . . . 14 Brith Sholom makes pledge to Beth Sholom Village. . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Briefs Obama signs waiver to prevent moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem President Barack Obama signed a waiver to prevent moving the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

It is the eighth time Obama has signed the waiver, which must be renewed every six months.

Congress passed a law in 1995 mandating the move of the embassy to Jerusalem, but allowed the president to exercise a waiver, citing the national security interests of the United States.

President-elect Donald Trump pledged during the 2016 campaign to move the embassy to Jerusalem. (JTA) New York state releases blacklist of 13 foreign firms that back BDS New York state has released a blacklist of 13 foreign companies that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel.

The list on stationary from the Office of General Services is dated Dec. 2. It was first reported by the New York Post.

Among the companies on the list are Danske Bank, FreedomCall UK and Vitens NV. None of the businesses are American, the Post reported, citing state officials, who also told the newspaper they do not believe any state agency has financial dealings with them.

In June, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order against BDS hours before the start of New York City’s annual Celebrate Israel Parade. The order requires state agencies to divest themselves of companies and organizations aligned with the BDS movement. (JTA) Google removes “are Jews evil” search suggestion Google has removed some of its search suggestions, including the phrase “are Jews evil,” which had been automatically generated by its search algorithm.

As of Monday, Dec. 5, the phrase was no longer suggested to a user who typed in only the words “are Jews,” The Guardian reported.

Google also removed suggestions for other offensive search phrases pertaining

to women that were brought up in a Guardian article. The phrase “are Muslims bad,” another wording brought up in the article, still appears when a user types in “are Muslims.”

“We took action within hours of being notified…of the autocomplete results,” a Google spokesperson told The Guardian.

“Our search results are a reflection of the content across the web. This means that sometimes unpleasant portrayals of sensitive subject matter online can affect what search results appear for a given query. These results don’t reflect Google’s own opinions or beliefs—as a company, we strongly value a diversity of perspectives, ideas and cultures.”

The spokesperson said the autocomplete predictions are generated algorithmically based on the search activity and interests of users.

“Users search for such a wide range of material on the web 15% of searches we see every day are new. Because of this, terms that appear in autocomplete may be unexpected or unpleasant. We do our best to prevent offensive terms, like porn and hate speech, from appearing, but we acknowledge that autocomplete isn’t an exact science and we’re always working to improve our algorithms,” the spokesperson said.

Google took similar action last year when it removed anti-Semitic responses to the search “Who runs Hollywood?” (JTA)

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube agree to curb terror content online Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube said they will partner to curb the spread of terrorist content online.

“There is no place for content that promotes terrorism on our hosted consumer services. When alerted, we take swift action against this kind of content in accordance with our respective policies,” said a statement released this month by the social media firms.

The companies said they will create a shared industry database of unique digital fingerprints, called hashes, for violent terrorist imagery or terrorist recruitment videos or images that were removed from their services.

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“By sharing this information with each other, we may use the shared hashes to help identify potential terrorist content on our respective hosted consumer platforms,” the statement said.

Social media has become a tool for recruiting and radicalization by the Islamic State terror group and others.

The companies said they would start by sharing the “most extreme and egregious terrorist images and videos we have removed from our services.”

They added: “We are committed to protecting our users’ privacy and their ability to express themselves freely and safely on our platforms. We also seek to engage with the wider community of interested stakeholders in a transparent, thoughtful and responsible way as we further our shared objective to prevent the spread of terrorist content online while respecting human rights.”

The companies said they will each apply their own policies and definitions of terrorist content when deciding whether to remove content. Each also will apply its own “practice of transparency and review for any government requests, as well as retain its own appeal process for removal decisions and grievances.”

The program is expected to begin early next year. The companies said they would look to add other firms to the collaboration in the future. (JTA)

ADL decries attack on Muslim police officer and son in NY Anti-Muslim attacks have “absolutely no place in our neighborhoods,” the AntiDefamation League said following an attack on an off-duty New York police officer wearing a hijab and her teenage son.

Aml Elsokary and her son were accosted by an assailant who shoved the teen and yelled “ISIS (expletive), I will cut your throat, go back to your country!” according to the statement.

Elsokary works in the crimes analysis unit in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, which has a large population of haredi Orthodox Jews.

“We are disturbed and shocked that Officer Elsokary and her son were subjected to apparent hate-fueled threats and bigotry,” said Evan Bernstein, New York

Regional director. “Officer Elsokary risks her safety and well-being every day for the City of New York and her community.

Attacks and threats against her and her son are completely unacceptable and have absolutely no place in our neighborhoods.

We stand with Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD in condemning this heinous crime.”

The New York Police Department said it has seen a dramatic rise in hate crimes following the election of Donald Trump, with the majority of incidents directed at Jews.

There has been a 115 percent increase in bias crimes in New York City following Election Day, with Jews being targeted in 24 of the 43 incidents during that nearly month long period. In total, hate crimes have increased 35 percent from 2015, the NYPD’s chief of detectives, Robert Boyce, said. Besides Jews, other targeted groups included Muslims, whites and the LGBTQ community, he said. (JTA)

Facebook screens live brain surgeries from Israeli hospital Brain surgeries taking place at a southern Israeli hospital were broadcast live on Facebook.

More than half a million viewers watched the broadcasts Tuesday, Dec. 13 from Soroka Medical Center Facebook Live. Facebook visitors have continued to watch and share the videos on the social networking site since the surgeries.

The videos were screened on the Facebook page of Clalit, one of Israel’s four health care networks. Soroka, the only major medical center in the Negev region, serving more than 1 million, is a Clalit hospital.

In one procedure screened, doctors during a three-hour operation successfully removed a benign tumor from a woman in her 50s. The patient is recovering at the hospital.

The patient agreed to be filmed to enable the public to learn about the work of Soroka doctors and the brain center that opened recently at the medical center, according to a hospital spokesman.

The surgeries were screened in conjunction with the Israel Healthcare Foundation, a U.S.-based not-for-profit organization that promotes the national health needs of Israel. (JTA)

Torah Thought

Clarity of vision

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haraoh dreamed two dreams. In the first, he was standing on the river Nile. He watched as seven skinny cows consumed seven stout ones.

It was a dream, but it was Pharaoh’s type of dream. It was about him and he was the focal character. Pharaoh liked that. He turned over and went back to sleep.

Later that night Pharaoh had another dream. Seven healthy stalks of grain somehow consumed seven puny stalks. This dream really shook Pharaoh up. He roused his entire household, sent for his sorcerers and pulled Joseph out of the dungeon.

What shook Pharaoh up about the second dream? Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin suggests that it was the nature of the story.

It was the only dream that Pharaoh had dreamt that didn’t feature him as the main character. He couldn’t deal with it. He couldn’t place himself in the narrative. He was stricken with FOMO. Psychologists call it a narcissistic injury.

As it turned out, Pharaoh’s dream was not about him. It pertained to an entire nation and it involved appointing a second-in-command who would overshadow him in many ways. Pharaoh’s dream was a nightmare—for him.

We all have a bit of Pharaoh in us.

We like to see ourselves front and center.

We look for ourselves first in every group picture. We obsess about our own pain before looking around at others. Our vision and our thoughts are clouded by selfishness.

We were not always so self-centered.

When Hashem created the world there was a light that shone from one end of the universe to the other. We could see right and wrong, feelings and emotions,

ourselves and others. Our vision wasn’t clouded or biased. That beautiful and clear light lasted for exactly 36 hours (just like the 36 candles that we light on Hanukkah).

We are taught that Humankind enjoyed the divine light from the time Adam was created at noon on the sixth day of creation until three stars emerged after the very first Shabbos. When we were evicted from the Garden of Eden, the light was hidden away for some time in the future. Adam and Chava tried to preserve some light by lighting the Havdala candle as Shabbos concluded, but it will never be the same.

We are taught that the clear light from creation can be found in the Torah.

Rather than self-centeredly consuming everything around us, we need to be able to find that light and see the world around us and the people around us clearly. We can tap into that light and use it to make this world better.

The Talmud tells us that long before the Greeks, Adam was the first to celebrate Hanukkah. After he had sinned he noticed that the days were getting shorter.

Winter was coming and the hours of light were becoming less. He thought the world was being destroyed because of his sin.

He fasted for eight days until the solstice, which is the darkest point of the year.

Then he saw the days brightening, becoming longer, and understood that it was the way of the world and would happen every year. He made an eight-day festival, and celebrated it each year.

The Greeks had no Torah and no regard for anyone else. They were obsessed with their physique and had no appreciation for anything spiritual. We showed them that what we have is far more valuable than what they had to offer.

Every Hanukkah, we experience that renewal of light. We have a chance to capture that light and recalibrate the way we look at things. We can be the Pharaohs and the Greeks who think only about ourselves, putting ourselves at the center of every story. Or we can be like the Chashmonaim who showed that victory is about bringing clarity to the world with a very clear and holy light that is helpful to others without necessarily promoting ourselves.

—Rabbi Sender Haber, B’nai Israel Congregation

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What Rex Tillerson, Trump’s pick as secretary of state, could mean for the Jewish agenda Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON ( JTA)—President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is the chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, an energy company large enough to have its own foreign policy.

It is a policy, however, that doesn’t always align with the priorities of Jewish and pro-Israel groups.

Oil companies have clashed in the past with the pro-Israel lobby.

“Exxon Mobil has not been a friend to Israel through the years,” says Abraham Foxman, the national director emeritus of the Anti-Defamation League, referring to clashes in the 1970s over the Arab boycott of Israel and in the 1990s over the imposition of sanctions on Iran.

Others suggest, however, that fears that Big Oil will tilt U.S. policy against Israel are a thing of the past.

“There was a time that being associated with oil made you automatically deemed hostile when it comes to Israel,” says David Makovsky, the Ziegler distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “However, at a time that Israel and Gulf states are quietly pursuing common interests when it comes to enmity toward Iran, the Mideast is no longer zero-sum. Hopefully, oil executives see this shift as much as the Arabs themselves.”

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“One should recall that when George Shultz came in, people thought his business connection to Bechtel projects in the Gulf made him hostile to Israel, and this did not prove to be the case,” he says. “I think a question Tillerson will be asked at the hearings beyond the focus on Russia is how does someone whose business background made him a skeptic on economic sanctions [against Iran] now be the one who will have to enforce them and even advocate for more in certain instances?”

That focus on Russia will involve scrutiny of Tillerson’s close ties to President Vladimir Putin.

Tillerson led the expansion of Exxon’s joint drilling with Russia in recent years and has objected to sanctions imposed on the country over its invasion of Ukraine.

Morton Klein, the president of the Zionist Organization of America, says his anxiety was allayed to a degree by what he saw as the friendliness to Israel of Trump and his team.

“I had concerns about [Tillerson’s] closeness to Arab countries and to Russia, all of whom have been hostile to Israel,” Klein says. “But then again I wonder because of his close relations and because of President-elect Trump and the pro-Israel people around him, I’m hoping he

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Steve Rosen, the former policy director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, recalls the 1990s battles with oil companies over sanctioning Iran—but says they were not ideological, and that Tillerson could well change his outlook once he changes jobs.

“It would be a little unnatural if a CEO with a company with material interest in the freedom of his company to engage in profit-making behavior” were to favor sanctions, he says. “Where you stand depends on where you sit.”

As for Trump, his statement announcing the nomination emphasized Tillerson’s executive skills.

“Guiding operations around the world that include more than 200 offices, Mr. Tillerson knows how to manage a global organization and successfully navigate the complex architecture of world affairs and diverse foreign leaders,” Trump’s statement said. “As Secretary of State, he will be a forceful and clear-eyed advocate for America’s vital national interests, and help reverse years of misguided foreign policies and actions that have weakened America’s security and standing in the world.”

Nevertheless, Tillerson faces a tough nomination fight. And while Jewish groups have largely hesitated to critique Trump’s appointments, they will quietly be asking more than a few questions about Tillerson and what he signals about the president-elect’s foreign policy.

Russian reset Trump wants to reset relations with Russia, saying it would be better to have them alongside the U.S. rather than rivals.

The president-elect has boasted of his mutual admiration for Putin. What does that mean for Syria?

Like most of the world, Israel wants the carnage to end. Unlike Russia, it does not want the outcome to include the empowerment of Russia’s ally, the Assad regime. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, for one, says Assad must go. Israel also does not want Iran and Hezbollah—Assad’s allies and, effectively, Russia’s—to come out of the deal strengthened.

Iran sanctions Tillerson is on the record saying sanctions on Russia were counterproductive. What about Iran?

It’s not clear yet whether Trump is committed to scrapping the Iran nuclear deal or enforcing it more strictly than Obama did. And whatever one’s objections to the pact, which swapped sanctions relief for a nuclear rollback by Iran, the Obama team has enhanced sanctions in other sectors, with a special focus on targeting Iran’s Lebanon proxy, Hezbollah.

Jewish groups will want to know if Tillerson’s opposition to sanctions is a matter of principle, or is he against them because it affects his business now. Had he led Exxon Mobil in the 1990s, would he have joined in the oil industry’s fierce opposition to Iran sanctions introduced at that time?

Two states?

Trump says he wants to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.

The Republican Party over the summer, in its convention platform, officially became agnostic about a two-state solution and said it would defer to Israel on whether this is the preferred outcome. Trump’s aides have said the same thing. The mainstream and left-wing pro-Israel communities, meantime, remain committed to a two-state outcome.

“We expect senators to question him vigorously to determine whether his views are consistent with decades of bipartisan U.S. support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and with upholding our country’s international commitments, such as the successful nuclear agreement with Iran,” J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, said in a statement.

The centrist American Jewish Committee became the latest mainstream group to reassert support for the twostate solution, issuing a statement calling it the “only realistic resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as established through direct bilateral negotiations between the parties themselves.”

Through his role at Exxon, Tillerson forged deep and friendly ties in the Arab world. How necessary does he believe a

two-state outcome is to a lasting peace? Is he ready to relaunch negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians? The last round, in 2014, ended in a war between Israel and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, and the rumblings of a third intifada in the West Bank.

Netanyahu has said that the common enmity Israel shares with Arab states against Iran has created an opportunity for a simultaneous deal – a broad peace deal with the Arab states that could encompass the Palestinians. Tillerson has had his ear to the ground in that region.

Does he agree?

Human rights and climate change The Trump transition team in its statements about the nomination depicted Tillerson as a petroleum executive who worries about climate change and the effect of big business on impoverished nations. It relayed excerpts from an

Associated Press profile that dug up a quote in which Tillerson advocates for “sensible strategies that address these risks [of manmade climate change] while not reducing our ability to progress other global priorities such as economic development, poverty eradication and public health.”

The American Jewish World Service was not buying, and referred in a statement to Exxon’s alleged role in suppressing scientific evidence of manmade climate change.

“Tillerson’s nomination is deeply disturbing, as he is the leader of one of the world’s largest energy corporations —which has polluted the global environment, developed close relationships with dictators, and used its resources over 40 years to suppress climate science,” said AJWS President Robert Bank.

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Holocaust organizations, scholars and educators sound alarm on surge in hate crimes; issue call to action to lawmakers and citizens (New York, NY)—In a powerful statement issued by an array of Holocaust institutions, scholars and educators from around the world (including United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Holocaust Commission), an alarm is being sounded on the rise of groups that promote intolerance and promote hate speech. Ninety institutions and 71 individuals are calling on lawmakers to condemn white nationalist groups and ask citizens to be vigilant.

The statement reads: Recent months have seen a surge in unabashed racism and hate speech— including blatant antisemitism and attacks on Hispanics, Muslims, AfricanAmericans, women, the LGBTQ

community, as well as other targeted groups. Journalists have been threatened.

Places of worship, schools and playgrounds have been defaced with Nazi symbols intended to intimidate and arouse fear.

White supremacist groups have become self-congratulatory and emboldened.

As Holocaust scholars, educators and institutions, we are alarmed by these trends. History teaches us that intolerance, unchecked, leads to persecution and violence. We denounce racism and the politics of fear that fuels it. We stand in solidarity with all vulnerable groups.

We take Elie Wiesel’s words to heart: “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.”

Therefore, we call upon all elected officials as well as all civic and religious leaders to forcefully and explicitly condemn the rise in hate speech and any attacks on our democratic principles. We call upon all media and social media platforms to refuse to provide a stage for hate groups and thus normalize their agenda.

And we call upon all people of good conscience to be vigilant, to not be afraid, and to speak out.

This statement is co-authored by members of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, a network dedicated to the advancement of Holocaust education, remembrance and research.

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Ethel Rosenberg’s sons urge Obama to posthumously exonerate spy mother

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he sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg urged President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother more than six decades after her execution.

Michael and Robert Meeropol were turned away from the White House on Dec. 1 when they came to deliver a letter to the president referencing what they say is new evidence in the trial that led to her execution in 1953.

Rosenberg, who was Jewish, was sent to the electric chair along with her husband, Julius, after being convicted of conspiring to pass secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

Court records made public last year through a judge’s order cast doubt on the conventional narrative of a Cold War espionage case that captivated the country. According to the documents, Ethel Rosenberg’s brother, whose damning trial testimony against her and her husband helped secure the couple’s conviction, had never implicated his sister in an earlier appearance before a grand jury.

The Rosenbergs both maintained their innocence, though the Meeropols are requesting only Ethel’s exoneration. The sons said that is because they believe their father was guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage, though they argue he did not engage in atomic spying and should not have been executed.

As young boys, Robert and Michael Meeropol visited the White House in 1953 in a failed bid to have President Dwight Eisenhower prevent their parents’ executions.

“Since we can’t bring her back to life, there could be nothing more satisfying to us than to have the government acknowledge that this shouldn’t have happened, that this was wrong,” Robert Meeropol said.

The brothers argued that a national reckoning over what they say is an erroneous execution is crucial, perhaps now more than ever. The Meeropols are not seeking a presidential pardon, saying that would suggest their mother was guilty.

They instead are seeking a public exoneration.” (JTA)

Nation Trump names Stephen Miller, top campaign strategist, to White House adviser post WASHINGTON (JTA)—President-elect Donald Trump named as a top policy adviser Stephen Miller, a Jewish campaigner for the Republican known for his fiery speeches.

“As national policy director, he oversaw the entire policy operation, led the policy development and formulation efforts, and directed strategic policy decisions on a

day-to-day basis,” according to the Trump transition team’s announcement.

The announcement said Miller, currently the policy director for the Trump transition team, also served as the campaign’s chief speechwriter.

“As Senior Advisor to the President for Policy, Miller will also be responsible for directing White House policy staff,

managing speechwriting functions, and working to ensure the enactment of the President’s policy agenda,” the announcement said.

Miller, 31, became well known at rallies for his fiery introductions of Trump, leading the crowds in cries of “Build that wall!” a reference to Trump’s pledge to build a wall between the United States and Mexico.

In a profile in June, Politico described Miller as born to liberal Jewish Democrats in Santa Monica, California. He became a conservative because of his enthusiasm for gun rights, and was hired after graduating from Duke University by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the first senator to endorse Trump’s candidacy and now the nominee for U.S. attorney general.

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Among the many improvements, the fitness center boasts 17 new select weight Precor equipment stations, which include five new elliptical machines and nine treadmills. For those who want to experience a body alignment more similar to running, three new ATM Precor machines have also been added to the mix. Some of these new running machines offer a Free weights. greater range of motion with incline and decline options.

The dream to renovate the 12-year-old Two elliptical machines, five treadSimon Family JCC Fitness Center began mills and two recumbent bikes all have two and one half years ago. Vendors were state-of-the-art TV touch screens with carefully researched and with strategic headphone and caption features. Want planning, the Sandler Family Campus to watch the History Channel, The Food completed the entire renovation and Network, Bravo or Espn-2 while exercisinstallation of new flooring, equipment ing? The TV station availability is now and two workout-inspiring murals in just increased from six to 12 on these new under a week.

Precor machines.

The second floor fitness area is open For those who enjoy a bit of coaching, and bright with a new paint color theme each new machine has a QR code to make of soft grey and blue and is soon to be it possible to pull up a short instructional dotted with inspirational quotes to help video on a smart phone, offering guidance on how to get the most out of the workout.

In the back of the fitness center, all the old free weights have been replaced with shiny new Precor equipment. The racks, benches, dumbbells, squat and smith machines are brand new.

For hydration, new water fountains have been installed, including smaller bottle fountains.

All are equipped with Some aerobic machines now face windows and have individual TV monitors. filtered water systems.

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with any workout blues. The fitness floor is now covered in 3/8 inch thick shock absorbent material and the vinyl tile composite that once covered the downstairs entrance to the pool is now carpeted.

Two murals, one on the second floor and one in the aquatic area, depict cheerful and upbeat workout images.

Jonathan Muhlendorf, a long-time JCC member walked in during the final renovations of the new fitness center and said, “That’s awesome, who did this? It smells like a shiny new car! It is bright and energizing!”

“Sometimes the idea of walking into any gym can be daunting,” says Tom Purcell, fitness director, “but I wake up each day to help people change their lives and take care of their bodies. I want the fitness center to feel like a family, surrounded by friendly staff to help our clients reach their fitness goals— we are not breaking rocks here, we are having fun!”

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Avi Melamed offers perspective from the Middle East Raizy Cook

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he Middle East is a place where one plus one rarely equals two. Rather, it is a multifaceted and extraordinarily complicated region that has experienced escalated turbulence and dramatic change. To maneuver through this Middle East confusion, one almost needs a map.

That’s where Avi Melamed comes in.

Melamed is an acclaimed former Israeli intelligence analyst and expert on current affairs in the Arab and Muslim world.

Fluent in Arabic, he has held senior government, intelligence and counter terrorism positions, is an educator and lecturer and is the author of Inside the Middle East.

On Tuesday, Nov. 15, in a jam-packed

room at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus, Melamed provided insight into the psyche of the Arab world. He highlighted the major players and historical conflicts that are crucial to understanding the Middle East, while offering a fearful, yet hopeful, outlook for the future.

Speaking frankly, Melamed highlighted two major historical struggles that have created centuries-long tension and rift: The Sunni-Shiite conflict and Iranian-Arab power struggle.

“These conflicts have shaped and continue to the shape the Middle East,” Melamed said, as he explained how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has created an unprecedented bond between Iranians and other Sunni Arab groups, such as Avi Melamed with First Colonial High School’s Legal Studies Academy students.

Avi Melamed at the Global Studies and World Languages Academy at Tallwood High School.

Avi Melamed’s visit to Tidewater included more than the Israel Today event on November 15. In addition, he met with and impacted these audiences: • Global Studies and World Languages Academy at Tallwood High School • Navy Warfare Development Command • Global Scholars at Cape Henry Collegiate • Lunch and discussion with local Israelis • Christian Broadcasting Network News • Dinner and discussion with BBYO • Young Adult Division of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Hineni group • Lunch and discussion with UJFT Women’s Cabinet

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Hamas and Hezbollah. He also noted that Middle East conflicts are causing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—not the other way around. In addition, Melamed broke down different political groups of Islam, focusing on Militant Islam, known to the world through groups such as ISIS and Al Queda. “Militant Islam is here to stay,” he noted, “because the conditions that created it are still here.”

“And I thought Jews had long memories!” says Kevin Lefcoe, chair of the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Israel Education and Advocacy committee. “Avi’s explanation of the division of the Sunnis and Shiites over 1,300 years ago provided me an understanding of the internal conflict raging for Muslims today.

His visual presentation of the world map from Morocco to Iran depicted the swath of war ravaged areas, whose path includes the Land of Israel. This is important information that gives me a better perspective on the political, religious and radical elements of Israel’s dark neighbors, including the factions that seek to do us harm.”

Why is this important? As Samantha

Avi Melamed with Global Scholars at Cape Henry Collegiate.

Golden, a graduate student of International Studies at Old Dominion University says, “The sectarian landscape of the Middle East is highly nuanced and complex. It is never as black and white as Islam vs. the West, Israelis vs. Palestinians, or Sunnis vs. Shiites. A greater knowledge of the region is necessary for addressing local and global concerns like terrorism with pragmatism rather than fear.”

When asked what U.S. influence can do to impact the Middle East, Melamed paused and responded, “It is a lose-lose situation. U.S. policies can contribute, but it is the bitter fruits of the longstanding problems within Muslim society that created the problem, and changes must be made there to solve it.”

Brith Sholom makes pledge to Beth Sholom Village

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ince January 2014, Brith Sholom Center of Virginia has met in the Pincus Paul Hall at Beth Sholom Village.

Now, Brith Sholom has pledged to donate $50,000 over the next five years to Beth Sholom Village’s Honor campaign for its renovation.

On Sunday, Dec. 4, at a Brith Sholom meeting, Joe Goldberg, president, made the first installment of $10,000 to David Abraham, BSV executive director.

Brith Sholom Center is a local Jewish organization that was created as a charitable, benevolent and social organization to

Joe Goldberg presents check to David Abraham.

foster and perpetuate the spirit, ideals and traditions of Judaism.

TJF’s Life & Legacy program off to an exciting start Amy Weinstein

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ince launching in September, the Tidewater Jewish Foundation’s Life & Legacy program has created new levels of excitement and engagement within the Tidewater Jewish community. The Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s Life & Legacy program is a four-year initiative that assists communities through partnerships with Jewish Federations and Foundations, to promote after-lifetime giving to benefit local Jewish day schools, synagogues, social service organizations and other Jewish entities.

The program will grant Tidewater Jewish Foundation matching funds from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation up to $100,000 per year to provide participating local organizations unrestricted incentive grants based on meeting legacy commitment benchmarks. TJF is partnering with 10 local Jewish organizations on the initiative: Congregation Beth El, Beth Sholom Village, Chabad of Tidewater, Hebrew Academy of Tidewater & Strelitz Early Childhood Education Center, Simon Family JCC, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Ohef Sholom Temple, Temple Emanuel, Toras Chaim and the United

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Each organization has written a thorough Legacy Plan, intended to serve as a guide to help each agency plan and decide what will work for their community. As part of this process, each team, comprised of dedicated staff and volunteers, created a Case Statement. The Case Statements remind why each agency and organization is unique, and the difference they each make in the Tidewater Jewish community. This is the heart of what Life & Legacy seeks to accomplish—reinforcing to the broader community that each of these agencies is an essential community resource, now and for future generations.

Community consultants from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation will return to Tidewater for a training session, The Legacy Conversation, on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The program officially kicks off Year 1 in January, and teams are excited to begin having conversations with community members about assuring Jewish tomorrows in Tidewater.

For information about how to help secure the future of the Tidewater Jewish community, contact Amy Weinstein, director of development, at 757-965-6105 or aweinstein@ujft. org. Visit www.JewishVA.org/TJF.

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January 14–22, 2017 More information and trailers for films at www.SimonFamilyJCC.org/FilmFestival Opening Night Film and Reception On the Map Saturday, Jan. 14, 7:30 pm Doors open at 6:45 pm Sandler Center for the Performing Arts 201 Market Street, Virginia Beach Directed by Dani Menkin, 2016, Israel, 85 min

Against all odds, an underdog Israeli basketball team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, won the 1977 European Championships capturing the hearts of a nation reeling from the Yom Kippur War, terrorist turmoil and the global Cold War. Moments after this historic win, IsraeliAmerican basketball hero, Tal Brody exclaimed, ”Israel is on the map, not just in sport, but in everything.”

Tal Brody will offer a post film discussion after this inspiring film.

Opening Night film and reception sponsored by Patricia and Avraham Ashkenazi (business casual attire requested) Special thanks to Leslie Siegel for Opening Night reception décor.

Reception catered by Village Caterers.

Film Festival Pricing Full Festival Pass—$70 Includes 7 days of movies and receptions

Opening Night Film and Reception—$35 Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Reception by Village Caterers

Closing Night Film and Reception—$15 Sunday, Jan. 22 at the TCC Roper Performing Arts Center Catered by TCC Culinary Arts students

Individual Film Ticket—$10

Defiant Requiem Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 pm TCC Roper Performing Arts Center 340 Granby Street, Norfolk Directed by Doug Shultz, 2016, USA and Czech Republic, 85 min

Nominated for two Emmy Documentary Awards, Defiant Requiem tells the extraordinary, untold story of Rafael Schachter, a brilliant young Czech conductor, who under brutal circumstances sustained the hope and courage of his fellow Jewish prisoners by forming a prisoners’ choir and “singing to the Nazis what they dared not say.”

Post film discussion with Maestro Murry Sidlin, Defiant Requiem Foundation president and founder, and Timothy Hensley, Virginia Holocaust Museum director of collections.

Presented in partnership with the Holocaust Commission of the UJFT and the Virginia Holocaust Museum.

Goodbye Columbus Monday, Jan. 16, 7 pm Naro Expanded Cinema 1507 Colley Avenue, Norfolk Directed by Larry Peerce, 1969, USA, 102 min

Based on the novella by Philip Roth, this romantic satire highlights Jewish characters grappling with issues related to ethnic identity and offers a sharp presentation of Jewish life in America during the 50’s. Neil, a library clerk, and Brenda, a wealthy student at Radcliffe, struggle to overcome conflicts with their families, social class, sexuality, materialism and idealism in this coming of age love story.

Per film for adults (does not include opening or closing night films) Students and faculty are free (with valid ID) for all TCC Roper Performing Arts Center showings

This is the annual selection of esteemed local critic Mal Vincent, who will lead a

Purchase tickets and passes online at SimonFamilyJCC.org/FilmFestival, at the JCC Customer Service Desk, or by calling 757-321-2338.

discussion before the film. *of blessed memory

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Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 pm

In Search of Israeli Cuisine Saturday, Jan. 21, 7 pm TCC Roper Performing Arts Center 340 Granby Street, Norfolk

Simon Family JCC, 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach

Directed by Roger Sherman, 2016, USA, 120 min

Directed by Shoshana Palatnik, 2015, USA, 30 min

Painting a portrait of the diverse cultures that comprise Israel today, this documentary follows award-winning chef, Michael Solomonov as he visits restaurants, home kitchens, wineries and cheese makers.

While examining the food cultures of Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian and Druze traditions, a rich and human story of people emerges. Not only can a good meal soothe a grumbling stomach, it might change the world.

This short, 30-minute film reveals the rise of anti-Israel activity and anti-Semitic rhetoric on university campuses and demonstrates when reasonable criticism of Israel “crosses the line” into anti-Semitism.

Chloé Simone Valdary, a leading voice in the pro-Israel movement, a Tikvah fellow under Pulitzer Prize-winner Bret Stephens at the Wall Street Journal, and one of Algemeiner’s top 100 people positively affecting Jewish life today, will lead a post-film discussion.

Presented as part of the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Simon Family JCC, BBYO and OSTY’s series, Cause An Effect, an in-depth series for teens and parents offering resources and tools to strategically respond to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel rhetoric on campus.

Free. Contact Wendy Weissman, assistant CRC director at 965‑6107 or WWeissman@ujft.org for details on the series or to RSVP (required).

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Winner of the Israeli Academy Award for Best Independent Film, this romantic road trip explores the path not taken in life and love. Fired from his job, Ronnie, a 60-yearold Israeli film projectionist, decides to travel to the U.S. in search for Rachel, the love of his youth.

To guarantee seating, please arrive by 6:30 pm. Dinner and drinks available for purchase.

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Presenting Princess Shaw Sunday, Jan. 22, 5:30 pm TCC Roper Performing Arts Center 340 Granby Street, Norfolk Directed by Ido Haar, 2015, Israel, 83 min

Winner of the Best Feature Documentary at the Israeli Filmmakers Forum Competition, Princess Shaw is the true story of an aspiring New Orleans singer songwriter down on her luck, who inspired an internationally famous, Israeli YouTube artist, Kutiman to create an internet collaboration that would bring her music to the world. A real life Cinderella story, where serendipity, creativity and tech culture collide, Princess Shaw is an uplifting portrait of artists coming together to make one another shine.

Arrive at 5:30 pm to enjoy the reception preceding the film which is catered by TCC Culinary Arts students.

Special guest speaker and featured star in the film, Princess Shaw, will lead a post-film discussion and performance.

Presented in partnership with the Community Relations Council of UJFT, Simon Family JCC and community partners’ Israel Today series.

Film Festival Sponsors Presenting Sponsor Palms Associates, LLC Major support from Old Point National Bank Additional support from Jewish Family Service Virginia Arts Festival United Property Associates

In Partnership with Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Naro Expanded Cinema Beach Movie Bistro Tidewater Community College Beth Sholom Village Opening Night presented by Patricia and Avraham Ashkenazi

Speaker accommodations generously provided by the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel, the premier hotel of the Simon Family JCC. For more information on becoming a sponsor or donor for upcoming programs, contact Corrie Lentz at 757-321-2337.

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ast December I traveled to India with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) Entwine. My peers and I connected with the Jewish community, particularly the Jewish Youth Pioneers (JYP), a young-adult delegation of Jewish-Indians who live in the greater Mumbai region. A highlight of the trip was spending Shabbat with the JYP at a retreat in Dapoli, south of Mumbai on the Arabian Sea, where we had meaningful conversations about life and Judaism.

Over the course of the trip we delved into topics ranging from Jewish relationships to a text study, but the program that I found most poignant was on the Holocaust. As the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor and a former student of Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, I consider myself well informed about the Holocaust, as did most of the Americans.

However, this was not the same for our JYP friends. They told us that in India many people admire Hitler for his leadership style and overlook the fact that he killed 11 million people. For most, their public school education about the Holocaust consisted of a sentence or two

in a textbook. My American peers and I were shocked and disturbed by this.

Near the conclusion of our trip, the American delegation gathered to discuss how we wanted to bring India home. I proposed sponsoring a member of the JYP to attend the March of the Living, a program that brings teens from around the world to march together to Auschwitz in Poland and then visit Israel. It’s the ultimate way to study the Holocaust. While the JDC used to send teen delegates from India on the March, it no longer has the funding to do so. We decided we wanted to make this trip a reality again for Indian teens.

Almost a year later, our idea is close to becoming a reality. My peers and I started a fundraiser to send delegates from the Jewish-Indian community on the March of the Living this spring. Through the United Kingdom Delegation of March of the Living, it costs $1,500, plus a round trip flight for one person to attend this powerful week long experience in Poland and Israel. Our goal is to raise $6,000 to send three Jewish-Indian leaders, to be able to provide a meaningful and educational experience, and also to create ambassadors to the Jewish and wider community in India.

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anukkah, the holiday of lights and latkes, begins this year on the evening of Saturday, December 24, otherwise known as Christmas Eve. You might recall that only three years ago, in 2013, Hanukkah landed on Thanksgiving, and the phrase, Happy Thanksgivukah! was coined. Oh, did we all have fun with that!

I’m no rabbi, but since Hanukkah is one of the Jewish holidays best known for fun—it now even boasts some catchy tunes—the Festival of Lights lends itself to celebrating and sharing with others.

And, that’s exactly what my family plans to do.

To officially kick off the season, a friend who invites us on Christmas Eve each year to exchange gifts and see her always stunning tree with its hundreds of artful, delicate ornaments (she said it took three days to put together this year), asked if we could light the first candle of Hanukkah at her home. Of course!

Every Christmas day, other good friends invite us to their home for a gourmet Christmas dinner. This year, our hostess asked us to bring latkes.

Obviously, we said “Yes!” And, we’ll bring the sour cream, applesauce and a Hanukiah, too.

How lucky we feel that our friends are interested in our traditions and are willing and want to share all of the holidays with us.

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Entertaining the Holidays

How Hanukkah sufganiyot became a national treat in the Netherlands Cnaan Liphshiz

AMSTERDAM (JTA)—Though they are considered a caloric hazard in Israel, sufganiyot are a rare Hanukkah treat for many Jews in Europe.

When the holiday arrives, some Jewish communities in Russia, Ukraine and beyond arrange special community bakes.

This keeps schools and kindergartens in supply of the jam-filled doughnuts that Jews deep-fry on Hanukkah in celebration of the legend involving the miraculous use of oil during the Maccabean revolt.

Other communities arrange for shipments from Israel or buy the delicacy in the few kosher shops that sell them across the continent.

But for Jews in the Netherlands, sufganiyot are a predictable dietary assault.

Each winter they become as ubiquitous here as they are in Israel thanks to hundreds of food stalls across the country that sell a pastry known as “oliebollen,” or “oil bulbs,” every year from November to January. Prepared with raisins or without, oliebollen are usually sold with powdered sugar on top.

“I often don’t bother to get real sufganiyot at a kosher shop,” says Tzippy Harmsen-Seffy, an Israel-born Dutch Jew from Amsterdam. “I just pick up a few oliebollen instead.”

Whereas many cultures have sweet pastries made of deep-fried dough— including the German Berliner, which unlike oliebollen is eaten year-round and has sweet filling—few resemble sufganiyot quite as closely as oliebollen in terms of ingredients, recipe and the period of the year when they are traditionally

consumed.

These similarities are not necessarily the result of coincidence, according to Jonah Freud, who published a book in 2012 about the Dutch Jewish cuisine based on her research for the Jewish Historical Museum of Amsterdam.

Like several other food historians in the Netherlands, Freud believes the current tradition of the oliebollen, which dates back to the late Middle Ages, may be rooted in the Jewish sufganiyah, which is likelier an older dish and is mentioned in Jewish sources even prior to the 13th century.

While it would be difficult to credit with certainty any one cuisine for “a basic recipe of flour, yeast, eggs, water and oil,” she says, “there are nonetheless some influences in the oliebol that can likely be attributed to Jewish traditions.”

One clue are early recipes for oliebollen from the Middle Ages, which have the dough fried in pig’s fat.

“Jews would have likely swapped the pig’s fat for oil because pork isn’t kosher,” Freud says. “Eventually we ended up with the kosher variant, whereas no one fries oliebollen in pig fat today.”

Another indication is the seasonal correlation between Hanukkah and oliebollen season. Oliebollen, Jonah noted, are not associated with Christmas.

“It’s a seasonal food, not a holiday food,” she says.

This is significant, food historians agree, because Dutch Christians probably would have been careful not to co-opt any Jewish customs into their own religious rituals.

To be sure, there are competing theories

about the origins of the oliebol, including that it was invented by Germanic tribes in the Netherlands during Yule, a pagan winter holiday.

But if the Dutch oliebol does have Jewish roots, it would not be the first typical Dutch food with such origins.

The Jews of Amsterdam—a city so well-known for its Jewish history that it is also known as “mokum,” the Yiddish word for “place”—are widely credited for giving the Dutch capital its signature halfom sandwich, which consists of liver and corned beef. Before the Holocaust, some 140,000 Jews lived in the Netherlands, mostly in Amsterdam. Seventy-five percent of them were murdered.

There is additional circumstantial evidence connecting the oliebol to the history of the sufganiyah.

Jewish food historians believe the habit of injecting a sweet filling into the sufganiyah is a late influence that Ashkenazi Jews either invented or picked up in Germany, where bakeries for centuries have been selling the Berliner, a pastry that looks and tastes like the sufganiyot sold in Israel today.

But the sufganiyot mentioned in Sephardic Jewish writings—including by Rabbi Maimon Ben Yossef, the father of the 13th-century philosopher Maimonides— had no fillings. Those are believed to have come later, as Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews mixed in the Diaspora, including in Poland.

But to this day, some Sephardim in

Israel, France and Morocco spurn the jam filling that for many is the trademark of a good, traditional sufganiyah.

Jonah says this gives credence to theories that oliebollen in their current form were brought to the Netherlands by Portuguese Sephardim who came here from the 15th century onward to escape religious persecution in the Iberian peninsula. Another indication: Dutch oliebol is often made with raisins, an ingredient that does not feature heavily in Dutch cuisine but was commonly used by Portuguese Jews.

Many non-Jews in the Netherlands believe oliebollen are originally a Sephardic or Portuguese dish—a history they regard as common knowledge, even though it has never been proven.

“I think it came from Portugal, Portuguese people brought it,” says Jan van Gelden, an Amsterdam entrepreneur who recently bought eight oliebollen at a stall in Amsterdam’s Museum Square.

In Jewish circles, some oliebollen lovers here even insist they are superior to sufganiyot—and closer to the treat’s Sephardic origins.

“If you consider Israeli store-bought sufganiyot original, then oliebollen are better because they’re fresher and smaller,” says Gili Gurel, another Israelborn Jewish resident of the Netherlands.

But, she adds, compared to her grandmother’s recipe for homemade sufganiyot, “everything is inferior.”

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LOS ANGELES ( JTA)—In the weeks before Hanukkah, with anticipation of the holiday brightly filling my mind, the darkening news of rising anti-Semitism in the U.S. began to filter in. As I pictured our menorahs burning in their usual place—the front windows of our home—a warning light began to blink.

Though Hanukkah represents a victory of light over darkness—by the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, which resulted in the rededication of the Second Temple— recent events were causing me to rethink our window menorah lighting, turning me toward sharing our menorah kindling with only family and friends.

But, surprisingly, like finding an extra Hanukkah candle in the box, a new U.S. Hanukkah postage stamp depicting a lit menorah in a window was an unexpected source of inspiration.

For 17 years we’ve lived on a block where there are no other Jewish families.

We’ve proudly placed our menorahs — whether lit by candle or by bulb — in our front windows, publicizing the miracle of the holiday both to our neighbors and ourselves. Saying the blessings and lighting the candles is a mitzvah, according to the Talmud, and by doing so, we were also recognizing the blessing of our freedom of religion and expressing our Jewish identity.

In fact, it wasn’t really Hanukkah for me until I walked outside and, looking at the lit menorah emanating from my own window, affirmed that we had arrived to this time once again.

Why was I worried now? Since the previous Hanukkah, nothing had changed in our multi-ethnic and

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multi-denominational neighborhood, a place where non-Jewish neighbors have wished me “Happy Hanukkah” and at Passover “gut yontif.” But in the uncertain light of political change in our country, I was worried about what was emerging from the shadows: anti-Semitic iconography online, attacks on Jewish journalists, the re-emergence of Jewish conspiracy stories, Jewish college students being confronted with swastikas. Was this a wise time to let our light shine?

Helping to banish my second thoughts, however, was that new stamp. The

design—a traditional, branched menorah shown burning in a window against a background of falling snow—seemed innocuous enough, even unseasonably fanciful if you live in California, like me.

But there it was, a government-issued reminder that in the window, where your neighbors can see it, is the place from which your menorah should send out its glow.

Even so, a statement released by the Postal Service with the issue of the new stamp renewed my concerns when it reminded me that “at times in history when it was not safe for Jewish families to make a public declaration of faith,

the menorah was set instead in a prominent place inside the home.” Though the statement went on to say that “today in the U.S., many families have renewed the tradition of displaying the menorah in windows during the holiday,” I still wondered if “today” was one of those “not safe” times in history.

Was it a good time to draw the light safely in and bring the flickering candles into the kitchen? After all, that’s the way my mother, who grew up in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1930s, when anti-Semitism in America was on the rise, did it in our home.

What was I afraid of?

It wasn’t as if I’m expecting a replay of the now famous Billings, Montana, incident in 1993, when, according to JTA, “a brick was thrown through the bedroom window of a 5-year-old Jewish boy, Isaac Schnitzer, who was displaying a Hanukkah menorah.”

But in an AntiDefamation League report about anti-Semitic incidents issued before the presidential election, California was cited in 2015 as the state with the second-highest level of anti-Semitic incidents. Adding to my sense of Jewish déjà vu, after the election, in mid-November, the ADL’s national director, Jonathan Greenblatt, had announced at the organization’s yearly conference that the American Jewish community had “not seen this level of anti-Semitism in mainstream political and public discourse since the 1930s.”

What these statistics challenged, I realized, was not my faith that miraculous things can happen, like a single cruse of oil burning for eight days, but my faith in another kind of miracle — freedom of religion and American pluralism.

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Entertaining the Holidays a recent spike in hate crimes in New York—with the majority of incidents directed at Jews—and closer to home, reports last year of a Jewish student at UCLA being harassed because of her identity, I realized that the menorah burning in the window isn’t just a message to fellow Jews—it’s a signal to any person that this was a free and safe place for anyone to openly identify and show his or her beliefs. If I, or anyone, were to light one candle at Hanukkah in full view of neighbors, it wouldn’t be, contrary to the song, not just for the Maccabee children—it would be for all.

It doesn’t make any difference which side you were on in the recent election.

What must be decided is how with candles, oil or electric bulbs we would vote now. Recalling that my mother’s parents, Joseph and Rebecca, had been strangers here about a century ago, I felt that the welcoming menorah light represented the

freedom for which they had left everything behind. Plus, the act of putting our menorahs in the window would be an opportunity to rekindle the core Jewish belief of welcoming the stranger.

To push back the shadows, won’t you join me in a Hanukkah show of light?

Help light the way for us, and for others: During the eight nights of Hanukkah, place your menorah where passers-by can see it. Take a photo or selfie, and post it on social media with the hashtag #menorahinthewindow. Share the city, town or place where you are, and let us know why you are doing it.

The strength of what we can do as a community—that is a miracle, too.

(Be safe with your menorah, light it away from anything that can catch fire and do not leave it unattended.)

—Edmon J. Rodman is a JTA columnist who writes on Jewish life from Los Angeles.

Contact him at edmojace@gmail.com.

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idewater Jewish Foundation is debuting a new program for teens, the B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy Program, which will encourage teens to become involved in tzedakah by establishing a fund for Jewish charitable giving. Opening a B’nai Tzedek fund gives a teen the opportunity to play a part in improving the community and the world.

So, how does this work?

A donation of at least $250 to Tidewater Jewish Foundation will establish a fund in the teen’s name. TJF will match the gift with another $250 for a starting fund balance of $500. Teens can learn about the needs of the Jewish community—locally, in Israel and around the world. Each year, fund holders can grant 5% of their fund to a Jewish charity of their choice.

“In essence, the teens are being empowered to take ownership of their own philanthropy—a valuable lesson that we know pays off,” says Scott Kaplan, TJF president and CEO. “Consider giving your teens the gift of a B’nai Tzedek Fund this Hanukkah—the program is open to any Jewish person under the age of 18 in Tidewater. Each year your teen’s fund will receive investment income, and as the fund grows over time, so will the amount of money they can grant to charity,” says Kaplan.

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Cut out traditional Hanukkah doughnuts, health minister tells Israelis JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel’s health minister called on the public to refrain from eating the traditional Hanukkah treat sufganiyot.

“I call on the public to avoid eating sufganiyot, which are rich in fats,” Yaakov Litzman of the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party said during a conference to promote healthy eating, Ynet reported. “You can find alternatives for everything nowadays and there is no need for us to fatten our children with sufganiyot, which are not in line with the principles of health and proper nutrition.”

Sufganiyot, or traditional jelly doughnuts, are deep fried and covered with powdered sugar, although variations include other fillings and toppings. They are ubiquitous in the weeks leading up to the holiday, with bakeries frying them on the street and selling them fresh to passers-by.

“If I had to say this today, I’d say sufganiyot out,” Litzman said. ‘You can eat them, of course, because it is part of the holiday’s customs, but there are alternatives.”

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ews are the world’s most-educated religious group, with an average of more than 13 years of formal schooling, according to a new study.

The Pew Research Center study published Tuesday, Dec. 13, found that Jews worldwide have four years more of schooling on average than the next-most educated group, Christians, who average about nine years of schooling. Muslims and Hindus are the least-educated religious groups, each with about 5½ years of formal schooling. The global average is less than eight years.

Jews led the groups in several other categories. Jewish men and women have the smallest average gap in years of formal schooling at zero (Hindu women, on the other extreme, trail men by 2.7

years). Jews were the most educated in the 55-to-74 category. Sixty-one percent of Jews have at least some post-high school education; the global average is 14 percent. Ninety-nine percent of Jews have had some formal schooling.

Among Jews worldwide aged 25 to 34, women are more educated than men.

Jewish women in that age group have more than 14 years of formal schooling on average, and nearly 70 percent have attended some form of higher education.

Jewish men in that cohort, by contrast, have an average of 13.4 years of formal schooling, and 57 percent have had higher education.

While 81 percent of American Jewish men aged 55 to 74 has had higher education, the number drops to 65 percent

among those aged 25 to 34.

Pew attributes the decline to the grow th of America’s Orthodox Jewish population, which attains formal secular education at lower rates than non-Orthodox Jews.

American Jews have the highest rate of higher education, at 75 percent (compared to 40 percent of Americans generally), and have an average of 14.7 years of schooling. Jewish Israelis have an average of 12 years of schooling, and 46 percent have had higher education.

The least educated Jewish population is in South Africa, where Jews have an

average of 12 years of schooling, and only 29 percent have higher education.

In the country as a whole, only 3 percent of the population has higher education.

Jews in Israel have far more education, on average, than Muslim Israelis, though the gap is narrowing. Among the oldest Jews and Muslims, there is a nearly sixyear gap in formal schooling. Among Jews and Muslims aged 25 to 34, however, the gap shrinks to 3.7 years. (JTA)

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Education Grandparents’ Day fun at HAT and Strelitz Patti Seeman, director of development

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efore the turkey was put in the oven and the potatoes mashed, Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning and Strelitz Early Childhood Education Center celebrated the time- honored tradition of Grandparents’ Day on Wednesday, Nov. 23.

More than 160 grandparents and special friends who hailed from Virginia Beach and as far away as Israel, convened for the students’ musical performances and songs about peace and thankfulness. Following the presentations, Nancy Evans and Warren Stewart making a family tree with grandson, first-grader Keller Deanes. all of the classrooms hummed with conversation, laughter and activity.

The students baked pumpkin bread and muffins for their guests and everyone participated in activities such as making scarecrows and creating a Betsy Ross “one-cut” five point star.

The experience epitomized the theme of L’Dor VaDor (from generation to generation). The words on the wall outside the Gan Gimel (4-year-old) classroom sum it up, “Strong roots make beautiful leaves.”

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Norfolk Academy team wins regional WorldQuest, advances to state competition Esther Diskin

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emonstrating their international savvy, a team of Norfolk Academy students won the regional Academic WorldQuest, a global Winning student team. affairs and U.S. foreign policy-based knowledge competition.

As a result of the win, the N.A. team of eight seniors and juniors will head to the Academic WorldQuest National Competition, which will be held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The competitions are sponsored by the World Affairs Councils of America, which is the largest nonpartisan, nonprofit grassroots organization in the United States dedicated to educating and engaging the American public on global issues. Every year, more than 4,000 high school students across the U.S. participate.

The victory had an element of suspense: Norfolk Academy and Princess Anne were in a tie, having answered 37 of 48 questions correctly throughout the evening. N.A. triumphed by answering a tie-breaker question: “What Middle Eastern country held an election in September in which a party affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood won 16 seats?”

The answer—Jordan—secured the win.

While the students compete for a spot in the national event for high school students, the regional competition includes teams of adults, and all compete simultaneously. As questions are asked and flashed on a screen, the teams, seated in a ballroom at circular tables, collaborate to fill out a single answer sheet for the team.

Norfolk Academy’s winning student team tied the faculty teams from Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University. A second team from Norfolk Academy came in third in the student category, tying the highest-scoring college team. Norfolk Academy’s faculty team had the top score of the evening, with 42 questions answered correctly. More than

25 teams competed in all categories.

Norfolk Academy students came to the competition with deep-rooted knowledge of foreign affairs, reflecting their involvement in an array of academic classes and extracurricular programs, says Dr. David Rezelman, Upper School history teacher and one of the many organizers of the WorldQuest competition.

Rezelman teaches a semester-long International Relations course, which has grown in popularity over the past three years with approximately 60 to 70 students taking it each year. He focuses on American foreign policy, explaining the process by which policies are created, as well as the nation’s geopolitical relationships. Current events is a significant portion of the course, he notes.

The International Relations Fellows Program of Norfolk Academy’s Center for Civic and Global Leadership also fuels interest in world affairs. Fellows, who are selected through a competitive process, conduct research, participate in leadership training, and travel abroad during the summer. Recent years have seen the Fellows travel to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Sweden.

Finally, the Model United Nations team has an active, enthusiastic membership, participating in two or three conferences a year, such as the Model NATO Challenge this spring at Virginia Wesleyan.

All of these activities create depth of knowledge, not only for WorldQuest, but also for civic participation, Rezelman notes. “An understanding of the world around you is necessary to be a responsible citizen in a democracy.”

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The annual grant for Jewish students in Tidewater provides a scholarship of up to $10,000 a year for college tuition.

The Stein Family College Scholarship was established in 2009 and dedicated in loving memory of Arlene Shea Stein, wife of Gerald Stein,* and mother of Steve Stein, Lisa Stein Delevie, Craig Stein and Debbie Stein Levy.

In 2013, the Stein family announced their intention to permanently endow the Stein Family College Scholarship with a $1 million gift to the Tidewater Jewish Foundation.

Arlene Shea Stein* was an inspiring role model who left an impression on all she met, often without her even realizing it. She gave much of her time to help others, believing that physically helping a charity was much more valuable than a donation. Arlene had a deep love of learning and a strong belief that higher education should be accessible to all.

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Holocaust Commission members attend National Social Studies Conference Wendy Juren Aurebach

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n early December, Dana Cohen, a child survivor of the Holocaust and a member of the Holocaust Commission, Elena Barr Baum, director of the Holocaust Commission, and I attended the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies in Washington, DC, along with thousands of social studies educators from across the nation.

Through the efforts of India Meissel, a social studies teacher at Suffolk’s Lakeland High School, who has been a strong advocate for our What We Carry program since its inception, the Holocaust Commission has presented sessions about What We Carry for the past several years at the Virginia Council of Social Studies’ annual conferences. This exposure has enabled

What We Carry to extend its reach across the state with the shipment of our “traveling suitcases,” which are loaned for a week to schools and other groups outside of Tidewater. This year, since the national conference was so close to Virginia, the VCSS opted to not have a state conference and rolled their presentations and awards into this national event. We fell under this umbrella as the honored recipients of the 2016 VCSS Friend of Education Award, and as presenters for a session on What We Carry.

The day began at the conference’s opening breakfast with more than 300 other early birds. Vivian Margulies, former Commission chair, also attended the breakfast. Our award was for the collective work of the Holocaust Commission, which began as an informal group of

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local Holocaust survivors and a few volunteers more than 35 years ago, and now numbers over 50 active volunteers, but presently only includes (unfortunately) a handful of survivors. We are one of the largest Holocaust commissions of this kind in the country and one of the most active.

The plaque we received represents Elena Barr Baum, Dana Cohen and Wendy Juren Aurebach. something huge: many Stories like this are heartbreaking, but brave survivors willing to tell their stories to be able to share a tool with which a when no one wanted to listen, passionate social studies teacher can at least try and volunteers who spent hours supporting help students break down hateful barriers and building the Holocaust Commission, is meaningful. and willing educators who allowed us to Our last stop at the conference was to share the lessons of the Holocaust to one hear the legendary civil rights activist and of the most important audiences: students current Congressman from Georgia, John who are future citizens and leaders.

Lewis. Congressman Lewis and Andrew It is always nice to be recognized, but Aydin, his director of digital communicathe most important part of the day was tion, have just completed March, the third next, getting ready for our What We Carry of three autobiographical graphic novels session. The prospect of presenting to a on the Congressman’s life. Both men national audience was very exciting, and addressed the current national climate daunting at the same time. The program of intolerance. Congressman Lewis now booklet for the conference was a quarter in his late 70s, has not lost his fire, and of an inch thick, and we were one of hunAydin, in his 30s, made it clear that the dreds sessions listed. At the appointed fight against hatred and injustice is alive time, our full room totaled 67 people. We and well, and current and future generpresented Dana’s story and of course with ations will not allow the great gains that Dana there, the experience for those in have been made to be lost. our session was even deeper. For many Social studies, which encompasses of the educator participants, as she does civics education, is one of the most with students, Dana had rock star status. important subjects taught today, yet Our presentation was well received, shrinking budgets and rigid standards of and several teachers approached us learning often chip away at the precious requesting a suitcase as soon as possible. time teachers have to teach in the classThe current tone of public dialogue and room. One of the fundamental lessons a new tolerance for intolerance had many of the Holocaust is the danger of how in our group looking for ways to address intolerance and hate can mushroom if this in their classrooms. One teacher unchecked, and unfortunately the world from a small town in Ohio shared that in we live in is teaming with indifference her school, which is near a meat packing and anger. Not being aware of and underplant with many migrant workers, it was standing the past, will profoundly impact not uncommon after the election to hear the present and future. students chanting “build the wall!” as well as other racist slurs.

It’s a wrap Cancer Awareness Shabbat at Temple Israel Nancy Tucker

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ight years ago, Temple Israel hosted a Breast Cancer Awareness Shabbat, which evolved into the congregation’s annual Cancer Awareness Shabbat, held this year on Dec. 3.

Past speakers have included congregants who are survivors, representative from various organizations and volunteers who help at oncology offices distributing snacks. While these talks have all been inspiring, this year the congregation wanted Strider something different, so it invited Jo Ann Andrews and her therapy dog, Strider. Andrews and Strider are part of the “Buddy Brigade” from CHKD. Andrews spoke about the positive affects Strider has on the children as they go through their treatments and follow-up visits. Andrews said she watches the children relax when they

see Strider and get to visit with him, and for a few minutes, they aren’t in a hospital and they aren’t sick. Andrews visits patients at CHKD and also EDMARC and Strider is a huge hit everywhere he goes, including Temple Israel.

Joy Parker started the “Buddy Brigade” at CHKD in 2005, with seven dogs. The Buddy Brigade now has 60 therapy dogs. The dogs, along with their handlers/owners, visit patients in multiple areas of CHKD, including the outpatient Blood and Cancer Disorder Center, all inpatient units throughout the hospital and at the CHKD Child Abuse program. The goal of the dogs’ visits is to reduce stress and anxiety, provide a positive distraction, promote general happiness and comfort a child who may be missing their own pet. The dogs’ owners keep track of how many “meaningful encounters” they have while volunteering and last year they reported more than 10,000 meaningful encounters. Each encounter represents at least one smile.

To make a donation to help the Buddy Brigade, send a check to Joy Parker, MS Ed, CVA, director volunteer services, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, 601 Children’s Lane, Norfolk, VA 23507.

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undreds of books lined the Cardo of the Reba & Sam Sandler Family Campus for last month’s The Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival. In addition to the stacks of books, multiple events lured varied audiences to participate in the festival, both at the Campus and at locations throughout Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

Diverse books were available—from poetry to politics and children’s books to culinary coffee table tomes. Eight guest speakers, photography, hand crafted jewelry, music and even a cooking class took place during the 12-day festival.

Hundreds of people listened to Avi Melamed share his expertise on the Middle East; Robert Wittman had everyone on the edge of their seats with an engaging detective story of his journey to find the Nazi diaries of Alfred Rosenberg; and Jacqueline Suskin astonished the

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crowd with her deft ability to compose verse on demand—just to name a few.

The festival reflected a cornucopia of rich Jewish values, intellect, creativity and whimsy.

Anne Kramer, Book Festival co-chair with Cindy Krell, says, “This festival was once again a wonderful cultural event for

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what’s happening

Super Sunday XXXVI:

Drawing community together for Tidewater’s annual phonathon

Sunday, Jan. 22, 9 am – 1 pm

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uper Sunday, the Tidewater Jewish community’s largest single fundraising day of the year, is as predictable as eating latkes during Hanukkah.

Volunteers from throughout South Hampton Roads will gather at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus, make phone calls to family, friends and other community members, and ask for donations that will improve Jewish lives locally and abroad.

But, just as latke recipes can differ from chef to chef and year to year, this year’s Super Sunday community phonathon is mixing up its decades-long formula to heighten interest, promote awareness and reach greater numbers of community members.

One of the changes is the date of the event—January 22. Traditionally, the event is held on the last Sunday of the month.

This year, it was moved up a week.

“We wanted to try something new and bring the community together a bit sooner into 2017,” says Leah Abrams, director of the Young Adult Division of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater “New Year’s resolutions often include a goal of getting more involved and helping others, and Super Sunday is the perfect way to turn these resolutions into realities.”

Leading the way for the slightly reimagined Super Sunday is a 12-member group of young, area Jewish adults. The YAD Super Sunday Steering Committee represents a cross-section of the community. Members are responsible for planning and logistics of the day. They have worked together since August to ensure the 2017 fundraiser is the most successful in the event’s 36-year history.

As rising local leaders, steering committee members are interested in discovering what makes others want to get involved in the Jewish community— as volunteers, donors or participants.

They also want to share their motivations.

That desire to learn more about

others inspired this year’s Super Sunday theme, “What Draws You?” The theme will be supported through a social media campaign on the UJFT Facebook page, and also shared in a display of original artwork at the Simon Family JCC. Volunteer registration is open now.

Help is needed: to make phone calls—to ask for donations or to say, “thank you;” to write thank you notes; and to provide other support during the day. Two shifts, 9–11 am and 11 am–1 pm, are available. Training, free babysitting, and light noshes are provided. All who want to help are welcome.

Super Sunday donations are already coming in. Whether given before, during or after Super Sunday, all gifts are essential to the success of the 2017 UJFT Annual Campaign. Funds from the Campaign are allocated to Jewish schools, agencies and organizations which meet Jewish needs in Tidewater, in Israel, in Ukraine and wherever a Jew is at risk in the world.

Coastal Home Mortgage Co., LLC is generously sponsoring Super Sunday for the second consecutive year.

To volunteer, donate, participate in “What Draws You?” and get more details, visit www.JewishVA.org/ SuperSunday, email labrams@ujft.org, or call 757-965-6127.

Super Sunday Steering Committee Members Danit Drory Mendy Fisch Ethan Heben Rachel Kane Andrea Karelitz Amy Kurfist Eric Miller Sam Molofsky Brandon Terkeltaub Pam Trompeter Paul Weiner Robyn Weiner

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Date with the State, Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day 2017 Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7 am–4 pm

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or years, members of Jewish communities from across the Commonwealth have gone to the State Capitol in Richmond to collaborate on Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day, also known as Date with the State. This annual event has proven to be a powerful forum to effectively communicate with General Assembly members about issues of importance to the Jewish community.

The Tidewater delegation will travel by bus to and from Richmond, leaving from the Simon Family JCC. Immediately upon arrival in Richmond, the Tidewater delegation will divide into teams to visit the regions’ State Senators and Delegates.

Following the appointments with legislators, the delegation will convene for lunch with other Virginia Jewish communal lobbyists. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General have been invited to join the group, and they usually attend and address the issues important to this community. After lunch, the group will board the bus and return to Tidewater.

Cost is $36, which includes a kosher lunch and helps defray the cost of transportation. Checks made out to the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (mail to UJFT 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462, ATT: CRC DWTS) will

Tidewater’s delegation at the 2016 Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day as they head towards the House of Delegates Gallery to hear Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg deliver the opening prayer.

reserve a space.

For more information, e-mail Wendy Weissman, assistant director, Community Relations Council of UJFT at WWeissman@ ujft.org or call 965-6107. To RSVP (required) by Jan. 31, visit www.JewishVa. org/CRCDateWiththeState.

Prepare for Date with the State over lunch with the CRC Thursday, Jan. 12, 12 pm, Sandler Family Campus

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o prepare for this year’s Date with the State on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Legislative Action Committee will host a meeting to discuss potential issues that the delegation will present to General Assembly representatives. Past issues during Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day have included social service programs to care for Virginians, support for local agencies including Jewish Family Service and Beth Sholom Village, the Virginia-Israel Advisory Board, combating bias legislation and more.

For more information, e-mail Wendy Weissman, CRC assistant director, at WWeissman@ujft.org or call 965-6107. To RSVP (required) for this lunch meeting, or for the CRC’s annual Jewish Advocacy Day, visit JewishVA.org/CRCDateWiththeState.

what’s happening Temple Sinai to dish up deli food and Deli Man film Sunday, Jan. 15, 12:30 pm Temple Sinai Newport News

Mister G will rock The 4th Annual Latke Palooza & Pancake Breakfast Sunday, Dec. 25, 9:30 am–3 pm Mister G concert: 11 am Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus

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artaking of delicious and comforting food during the holiday season spans all religious traditions. With Hanukkah and Christmas sharing the same date this year, what could be better than latkes and pancakes flipping out of hot skillets at the Simon Family JCC? To add to the festive Hanukkah celebration, this newly combined event will also sport games, crafts and a special concert featuring Mister G. Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) is a leading figure in the world of children’s music. A Latin Grammy award winner and three-time winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold album awards, he is considered by The Washington Post to be “a kid-friendly bilingual rockstar.”

His latest Parent’s Choice album, The Mitzvah Bus, is his first collection of Jewish-themed original songs that will rock the halls of the Sandler Family Campus. Mister G will help everyone burn off those extra breakfast carbs by dancing to his unique mixtures of world beats.

Presented by The Children & Family Department of the Simon Family JCC in partnership with PJ Library. RSVP via Facebook event or call the JCC service desk at 757-321-2338.

Tickets: Children: $8 or $6 for JCC members; Adults: $11 or $9 for JCC members; Family (two adults, plus children): $41 or $33 for JCC members.

Beth Sholom Village Annual Switch Day Sunday, Dec. 25, 7 am–2 pm

Spend time with residents and be part of a more than 30-year-tradition.

Volunteer activities include:

• Serving food • Reading books

• Playing board games • And, more!

Well-behaved animals are also welcome.

A Switch Day social for residents and volunteers begins at 2 pm.

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ring an appetite for a showing of the documentary Deli Man at Temple Sinai. Feast on deli meat or cheese sandwiches, Sabra hummus, chips and dill pickles, Dr. Brown’s sodas and more (including popcorn), while watching people such as Jerry Stiller, Fyvush Finkel and others celebrate the deli tradition. The showing of this PG-13 film is free, but there will be a charge for food.

Temple Sinai is located at 11620 Warwick Blvd. in Newport News. To make sure there is plenty of food, call the Temple by Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 757-596-8352 to make reservations or for more information.

Torah Study for Skeptics continues; Rabbi to begin Hebrew class Begins Sunday, Jan. 8, 6–8 pm

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abbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill, spiritual leader of Tidewater Chavurah, will continue her popular class Torah Study for Skeptics, meeting in the parish hall at Old Donation Episcopal Church. The class meets on the second and fourth Sundays of each month through June.

Torah Study for Skeptics is geared to Jewish adults and teens with minimal background in Judaism, as well as those who are skeptical of the relevance of Jewish texts. The program aims to offer people the chance to study the Hebrew Bible outside of a synagogue setting, to engage Jews who may be alienated from Torah because of youthful experiences, and to expose Jews and spiritual seekers in Tidewater to foundational Jewish texts in a relaxed atmosphere. Texts are studied in English.

The fee for all 12 January–June sessions of Torah Study for Skeptics is $90, with individual sessions $10. The text for the class is the JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh, available through the Jewish Publication Society, various new and used book vendors, and from the instructor.

Old Donation Episcopal Church is located at 4449 N. Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach.

Rabbi Jaffe-Gill is also forming a class in basic biblical and prayer book Hebrew to begin in January. If interested in beginning or expanding Hebrew study, or in joining the Torah Study for Skeptics class, contact Rabbi Jaffe-Gill at rabbicantorejg@gmail. com or at 757-464-1950.

Call or email Josh Bennett to reserve a spot at 757-420-2512 ext. 403 or jbennett@bethsholomvillage.com.

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Defiant Requiem Sunday, Jan. 15 TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, Norfolk Vivian Margulies

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he Holocaust Commission of the UJFT has a unique opportunity to collaborate with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film to show the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem on Sunday, Jan. 15.

The Virginia Symphony will perform Verdi’s Requiem on March 17 at Newport News’ Ferguson Center for the Arts, on March 18 at Norfolk’s Chrysler Hall, and on March 19 at Virginia Beach’s Sandler Center for the Performing Arts.

Defiant Requiem tells two parallel stories: the first takes place during World War II when the remarkable Rafael Schächter, a brilliant, young Czech conductor was arrested and sent to Terezín in 1941. He demonstrated moral leadership under the most brutal circumstances, determined to sustain courage and hope for his fellow prisoners by enriching their souls through great music. His most extraordinary act was to recruit 150 prisoners and teach them Verdi’s Requiem by rote, in a dank cellar, using a smuggled single score, over multiple rehearsals, and after grueling days of forced labor.

The Requiem was performed on 16 occasions for fellow prisoners. The last, most infamous performance occurred on June 23,1944 before high-ranking SS officers from Berlin and the International Red Cross to support the charade that the prisoners were treated well and flourishing.

Schachter told the chorus that the text of the Requiem enabled them to “sing to the Nazis what they could not say to them.”

The second story follows distinguished American conductor Murry Sidlin who discovered the history of Schächter and the Terezín performers in the 1990s, and who went on to create and conduct the Defiant Requiem concerts.

Maestro Murry Sidlin, Defiant Requiem Foundation president and founder, will be at the screening to discuss the film and answer questions.

Defiant Requiem has won several awards, including: Best of Festival at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival in Ohio (Oct.’ 13), Best Feature Documentary at the Big Apple Film Festival in NY City (Nov. ‘12), and Audience Award Runner-up at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (Jan.’13). In 2014 it was nominated for two News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Outstanding Historical Documentary Long Form and Outstanding Writing. It has been screened at numerous film festivals around the world.

“The Holocaust Commission hopes that people will want to see this untold story of the brave acts of resistance by the Jewish prisoners at Terezin, as well as hear the Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem,” says Wendy Juren Auerbach, chairman, Holocaust Commission.

See page 14 for details.

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December 25, Sunday Switch Day at Beth Sholom Village. 7 am–2 pm. 757-420-2512 ext 403 or jbennett@ bethsholomvillage.com.

December 31, Saturday Brith Sholom’s New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance Extravaganza at Beth Sholom Village. Entertainment by Fond Memories. $10 per member and $20 per guest. 6–9 pm.

Contact LeeAnne Mallory at 757-461-1150 or email Brith.Sholom1@gamil.com.

January 12, Thursday Help choose which issues the CRC takes to Richmond for Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day on Feb. 8. To RSVP (required) for this 12 pm lunch meeting at the Sandler Family Campus, or for more details, call 965-6107 or email WWeissman@ujft.org. See page 32.

January 18, Wednesday Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus. This film reveals the rise of anti-Israel activity and anti-Semitic rhetoric on university campuses, and demonstrates when reasonable criticism of Israel ‘Crosses the Line’ into anti-Semitism. Discussion follows film with Chloé Simone Valdary. 7 pm. Sandler Family Campus. Visit www.JewishVa.org/ CauseAnEffect or contact WWeissman@ujft.org. See page 14.

January 29, Sunday As part of the Cause An Effect series: Words to Action. This interactive workshop for students and parents is designed to empower and equip attendees with constructive and effective responses to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias on campus and in the community. Facilitated by Anti-Defamation League. 1 pm. Sandler Family Campus. RSVP (required) at www.JewishVa.org/CauseAnEffect or contact WWeissman@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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The Marketing Director is responsible for managing the development, and marketing initiatives that support the agency’s strategic and operational marketing, goals and objectives.

This position requires a candidate with hands-on experience in the coordination and use of all creative, visual, graphic and written materials required to meet objectives of marketing and communications; including the use of formal and informal, traditional and non-traditional methods to reach all target audiences.

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Air Supply gives free concert tickets to wives of Israeli firefighters JERUSALEM ( JTA)—After postponing a concert in Haifa due to massive fires there, the band Air Supply gave away 200 tickets to the wives of Israeli firefighters.

The concert was rescheduled.

“This is a gesture to wives of firefighters, who went through incredibly difficult days and nights,” concert producer Dudi Berkowitz said, according to Ynet. “We decided to give them an evening away from it all with some good music. I invite firemen’s wives to come enjoy with us.”

Air Supply performed before thousands of fans in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

The soft rock band is playing Israel for the fourth time in eight years.

Mila Kunis and husband Ashton Kutcher welcome baby boy Dimitri

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The baby was born Nov. 30.

The couple reportedly named the baby Dimitri Portwood Kutcher, according to a website associated with Kutcher.

They have a two-year-old daughter, Wyatt.

Kutcher, 38, and Kunis, 33, were married in July 2015. They were co-stars on That ’70s Show, which ran for eight years until 2006.

Kutcher is a follower of the Kabbalah movement and reportedly keeps kosher.

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obituaries Alvin Jack Bookbinder Virginia Beach—Alvin Jack Bookbinder, 94, of Virginia Beach passed away on December 12, 2016.

Jack was one of five children born to Minnie and Hyman Bookbinder. He was raised in Newport News, Virginia, and returned to this area after he proudly served in the Navy during World War II on the USS Bogue. Mr. Bookbinder owned and operated a business for many years in Newport News before he retired. After remarrying, he relocated to Virginia Beach.

Jack was predeceased by his first wife, Faye Markowitz Bookbinder, his son, Robert Bookbinder, three sisters, and one brother.

He is survived by his wife, Gloria Brown Bookbinder; children Steve (Sheila) Bookbinder, Andrew Bookbinder, Pamela (Paul) Rubin, Debbi (Scott) Goodman, and Steve (Beryl) Brown; his grandchildren, David Bookbinder, Jeffrey (JoAnn) Bookbinder, Katie Bookbinder, Heather (Brian) Pachter, Jessica Rubin, Michael Rubin, Justin (Cara) Goodman, Drew Goodman, Alex Goodman, Hunter Brown, Shelby Brown, and Blake Brown; great-grandchild, Mason Pachter, niece JoAnne Scott, and nephew James Goodman.

A graveside funeral service was held at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice. H.D. Oliver.

Online condolences may offered to the family at hdoliver.com.

James Kurtz Norfolk—James Ronald Kurtz, 58, passed away December 11, 2016.

He was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia and grew up in Chesapeake, Virginia.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Ann Kurtz and a brother-in-law, Edward Jordan.

He is survived by his sisters, Phyllis Jordan, Carol Wenger and husband James, Sharon Nusbaum and husband Bill, and Betty Kurtz as well as five nephews and one niece, and six great-nephews and one great-niece. Ron was an electrician by trade and was handy with all types of tools. He loved fishing, cooking outdoors on the grill, and travel to new places. He was a graduate of Eastern Mennonite High School in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

A memorial service will be held on Jan. 15 at Mt. Pleasant Mennonite Church, 2041 Mt. Pleasant Road, Chesapeake, Virginia. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association .

Thomas A. Lindsey Virginia Beach—Thomas Aaron Lindsey, 95, died in his home in Virginia Beach on December 4, 2016 surrounded by loving friends and family.

A World War II and Navy Veteran born in Chicago, Thomas, the son of David and Tillie Lindsey, met his loving wife of 65 years Edith Gordon Lindsey while stationed in Norfolk before being deployed in Europe and the African Continents for four years. Upon conclusion of the War, Lindsey married Edith and resided in the

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Mr. Lindsey is survived by his three children, David Lindsey of Virginia Beach; Janet Lindsey Klayton of Oakton, Va.; and Sharon Lindsey of Marina Del Rey, Calif.; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mr. Lindsey was a member of Congregation Beth El in Norfolk, an accomplished artist, musician, photographer and composer, having composed the Azalea Waltz for the Norfolk Azalea festival during the 1960’s. Prior to the War, Mr. Lindsey was a reporter and photographer for the Herald American newspaper in Chicago.

Funeral services were held at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. in Norfolk with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Donations to Beth Sholom Home and Jewish Family Service in Virginia Beach, as well as the Kempsville Volunteer EMT Rescue Squad.

Benjamin Allan Marks Virginia Beach—Benjamin Allan Marks passed away November 29, 2016 at age 82.

He was a devoted husband, confidant and friend to Nancy. He was a loving father to daughter Carolyn (Mark) Jacobs of Florida as well as a loving grandfather to Rachel Jacobs. He will be dearly missed.

A graveside service took place at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Rabbi Israel Zoberman officiating.

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Larry David Rosenbaum Norfolk—Larry David Rosenbaum, 64, died October 9, 2016.

His parents, Elliott and Charlotte A. Rosenbaum, and sister, Ilene R. Soroko predeceased him.

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Harriet Martin Salsbury Norfolk—Harriet Martin Salsbury, 92, of the 7200 block of Granby Street, died December 12, 2016.

Mrs. Salsbury was born in Sekernice, Czechoslovakia in 1924 and came to the United States when she was nine years old and has been a resident of Norfolk for the past 70 years. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Helen Martin.

Mrs. Salsbury was a longtime member of Temple Israel in Norfolk. She was preceded in death by her husband Ben Salsbury and two brothers, Stanley Martin and Bernard Martin.

Survivors include her daughter, Faith Dauer and her husband Jeffrey of Forest, Virginia; two sons, Alan Salsbury of Norfolk, Marshall Salsbury and his wife Elaine of Baltimore, Maryland; six grandchildren, Benjamin Salsbury, Sarah Dauer, Samantha Dauer, Brian Salsbury, Ruthanne Sheller and her husband Henry, and Jesse Salsbury. Mrs. Salsbury is also survived by a sister, Elsie Martin of Norfolk, a sister in law, Suzanne Martin of San Diego, California and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.

A funeral service was held at the Norfolk Chapel of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, officiated by Rabbi Michael Panitz. Burial

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Adolf Burger, last of “Hitler’s counterfeiters” PRAGUE (JTA)—Adolf Burger, a Holocaust survivor who was forced by the Nazis to counterfeit British banknotes during World War II, has died in Prague at 99, his family said.

Burger, a native of Slovakia, was a typographer by profession. He was arrested in 1942 for producing false baptism records for Jews scheduled for transports to Nazi extermination camps and deported to Auschwitz.

In 1944, Burger was selected to take part in Operation Bernhard, a Nazi effort to destabilize the British economy by flooding the country with forged pound banknotes.

He was moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he worked in a special section of the camp devoted to the counterfeiting operation.

“I thought somehow I would survive Auschwitz, but was sure I was a dead man in Sachsenhausen. The Nazis planned to kill us so we would never tell anyone what they were doing,” Burger told JTA in 2008.

Eventually he was liberated by the U.S. Army in May 1945.

After the war, Burger settled in Prague.

His memoirs, titled Number 64401 Speaks, were first published in 1945. He later rewrote his story, which was released in 1983 under the title The Commando of Counterfeiters. The Austrian-German film The Counterfeiters, based on Burger’s memoirs, won the 2007 Academy Award for best foreign language film.

Brooklyn mother who lost 7 children in house fire plans to build family center on site The Brooklyn mother who lost seven of her children in a house fire said in her first public remarks on the March 2015 tragedy that she wants to build a center for families on the site of her razed home.

“What consoles me most is working on the positive—not lamenting on the negative,” Gayle Sassoon told the New York Post in her first interview since the fire in the

Midwood neighborhood.

Sassoon and one daughter, Siporah, 16, escaped by jumping out a window on the second floor.

Sassoon ran into the fire to try to save her children, leading to third degree burns on 45 percent of her body, including her face, which is covered with an elastic medical mask.

The family center she envisions, which has already been designed by an architect, has seven pillars to represent the children that would each bear one of their names and a “magnificent atrium for Siporah,” she told the Post.

In 10 days on GoFundMe, the project has garnered $111,000 in pledges out of a $1 million goal.

Sassoon thanked the public for helping her start to recover from the tragedy.

“I’m just so appreciative for what the world did. The people all held up my family when we were about to crumble,” she told the Post. “I’m so grateful the world got to know who my kids were, even if it was in an unfortunate light.”

Her children killed in the fire, ranging in age from 5 to 16, are buried in Israel, where her husband, Gabriel, lives. Gabriel Sassoon was out of town at a religious conference when the fire consumed the family’s home.

An investigation determined the cause of the fire was a hot plate left on for Shabbat. (JTA)

brother Gennadi Band—both of whom also live in Israel—were united with their first cousins Henia Moskowitz and Rywka Patchnik.

“I am deeply moved and very happy,” Blakay said, according to a statement. “My father always searched for members of his family and dreamed of finding them. He was alone. But ultimately, in this meeting today, his dream has finally come true.”

Moskowitz said that when she initially received a call from Yad Vashem, she did not believe the news.

“At first, I thought this news was a mistake. However, today when we met, I felt a connection at first sight; my family has grown overnight,” Moskowitz said.

“Thanks to Yad Vashem, we discovered that we are not alone.”

Though the family was originally from Warsaw, it turned out that the cousins, all of whom were born in 1924–1942, and their parents had all fled to the Soviet Union during the war. (JTA)

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