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he United States, Israeli officials and Jewish groups reacted with outrage to a preliminary vote by the United Nations cultural agency that denies a Jewish connection to the Old City of Jerusalem.

UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—at its executive board’s meeting Thursday, Oct. 13 in Paris passed the Palestinian-backed measure with 24 votes in favor and 6 against, with 26 countries abstaining.

“One-sided, unhelpful resolutions have been a recurring challenge at UNESCO in recent years, and the United States has strongly opposed these resolutions at the UNESCO Executive Board,” a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post. “We will not hesitate to use our vote at the current board meeting to oppose these resolutions.”

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said he was “outraged” by the vote, which he said “denies thousands of years of Jewish connection to Jerusalem’s Western Wall.

“Would UNESCO vote to deny the Christian connection to the Vatican? Or the Muslim connection to Mecca?” he asked. “The UNESCO vote claims that there is no connection between the Jewish people and the Western Wall. In fact, it is the UNESCO vote that has no connection to reality.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “To say that Israel has no connection to the Temple Mount is like saying that China has no connection to the Great Wall of China or that Egypt

has no connection to the pyramids. With this absurd decision, UNESCO has lost the modicum of legitimacy it had left. But I believe that historical truth is stronger and that truth will prevail. And today we are dealing with the truth.”

Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog, head of the Zionist Union, accused UNESCO of giving a “bad name to diplomacy” in a statement posted to Facebook.

“Whoever wants to rewrite history, to distort fact, and to completely invent the fantasy that the Western Wall and Temple Mount have no connection to the Jewish people, is telling a terrible lie that only serves to increase hatred,” he said.

American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris called the resolution “another attempt to undermine the very foundation of the State of Israel and the documented, age-old historical Jewish connection to the land. And unlike previous such resolutions, notably, not one European nation lent its support this time.”

The United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Estonia joined the United States in voting against the resolution. Other European countries abstained.

The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement that the resolution “essentially expunges the 3,000 years of Jewish connection to Jerusalem.”

“Resolutions such as these poison the atmosphere and sow mistrust making steps toward reconciliation all the more difficult,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said.

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AIPAC said in a statement that by approving such a resolution, UNESCO “undermines efforts to seek a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by giving support to forces in the Palestinian community that reject reconciliation. Unfortunately, this resolution is also demonstrative of Palestinian efforts to circumvent direct negotiations by manipulating international institutions.

“We commend the nations that stood up for historic truth and rejected this malignant resolution.”

While the UNESCO resolution affirms “the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions,” it refers to the Temple Mount several times only as Al-aram Al-Sharif, the Islamic term for the Temple Mount, without mentioning its Jewish names in Hebrew or English.

It also uses the term Buraq Plaza, placing “Western Wall Plaza” in quotes, appearing to deny a Jewish connection to the site, where the Jewish Temple stood until the middle of the first century C.E. and whose retaining walls are made of distinct stones associated with the Jewish king Herod.

The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, another Herodian structure, is referred to as the al-aram al-Ibrahimi, and Rachel’s Tomb, outside Bethlehem, is noted as the Bilal ibn Raba Mosque.

A similar resolution, deploring Israel’s presence at and maintenance of various holy sites, was adopted by UNESCO’s executive board in April. (JTA)

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Briefs 63 new immigrants from Ethiopia arrive in Israel Sixty-three immigrants from Ethiopia made their long-awaited arrival in Israel.

Family members from the EthiopianIsraeli community surrounded the newcomers, the first from the African nation in three years, after they touched down at Ben Gurion International Airport on Sunday, Oct. 9.

Some 9,000 Ethiopians who claim Jewish descent, or Falash Mura, remain in the country awaiting their opportunity to come to Israel. About 100 new Ethiopian immigrants are expected to arrive each month.

In 2013, Israel’s Interior Ministry approved the immigration of the remaining Falash Mura, and the Knesset last November unanimously approved a plan to bring them over following a public campaign launched by the nation’s Ethiopian community and volunteer organizations.

But the plan did not deal with the finances, which include the long-term costs of acclimating the immigrants.

An agreement to find money in the budget for the aliyah of the Falash Mura was signed in April.

The Falash Mura claim links to descendants of Jews who converted to Christianity generations ago but now seek to return to Judaism. The Interior Ministry accepts them as immigrants under the Law of Return, which is less restrictive than halachah, or traditional Jewish law.

About 135,000 Jews of Ethiopian descent are living in Israel. Some 22,000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel during Operation Moses in 1984 and Operation Solomon in 1991. (JTA) Israel’s justice minister: The more Jewish Israel is, the more democratic it will become The more Jewish Israel is, the more democratic it will become, the nation’s justice minister wrote in a new journal.

The legal system in Israel should strengthen its Jewish nature, Ayelet Shaked wrote in the inaugural issue of the Hebrew language policy journal Hashiloach, published by the Tikva Fund.

“When we wish to put Israel through

advanced democratization processes, we must simultaneously deepen its Jewish identity,” Shaked wrote. “These identities are not contradictory. On the contrary: I believe they reinforce one another. I believe the more Jewish a state we are, the more democratic a state we will be, and that the more democratic a state we are, the more Jewish a state we will be.”

The legal system must take the Jewishness of the state into account in concrete ways, Shaked also wrote.

She also called for more separation of powers, and to strengthen Israel’s legislative branch vis-a-vis the judicial branch. (JTA)

San Francisco-area Jews leave Happy Jewish New Year fliers in response to anti-Semitic ones Five Jewish families left about 600 Happy Rosh Hashanah fliers on cars at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in response to anti-Semitic fliers left in the same station.

The NBC Bay Area affiliate reported that the anonymous fliers at the BART station parking lot in Lafayette, near San Francisco, two days before the holiday were left by members of Congregation B’nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek, California.

“We felt like we needed to respond and show that hate is not a dominant voice,” Rebecca Bauer-Kahan told NBC. “We wanted to put out fliers that show we are part of a loving community.”

The original fliers discovered on Sept. 28 called the Jewish community “serpents” and said Jews should be separated from children. A man wearing a Santa hat had been seen leaving them on cars. They were believed to have been printed and distributed by a local man who runs an anti-Semitic blog that targets members of the Jewish community in Lafayette.

A BART spokesperson told NBC Bay Area that leafleting is permitted under free speech statutes. (JTA) London man pleads guilty to driving severely damaged car to beat the start of Shabbat A London man has been fined and banned from driving for the next 15 months after continuing to drive 60 miles after a car

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crash in order to get to his destination in time for the start of Shabbat.

Jehoshua Gross, 27, was heading for the north coast of Wales on Friday, July 29, when he collided with a truck, the BBC reported. His Honda Civic sustained severe front-end damage.

He drove on the shoulders of four major roads to avoid heavy traffic and parts of his car flew off along the way, the prosecution told magistrates at a court in Llandudno in Wales this week.

“His standard of driving posed a real risk of serious injury to others,” the North Wales Police said. Another driver followed Gross and alerted police to the danger.

Gross’ attorney told the court that his faith was an “essential” part of his life, and he was concerned that he would not be able to exit his car if he got to his destination after sundown and the start of the Jewish Sabbath.

Gross, the father of three young children, pleaded guilty to the charges. His car has been confiscated and he will have to take a new driving test in order to begin driving again after the suspension. (JTA)

Former top US general pleads guilty in Stuxnet leaks case A retired top U.S. general pleaded guilty in a case involving leaks that revealed a joint U.S.-Israel program to cripple Iran’s uranium enrichment system.

James Cartwright, who until 2011 was the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pleaded guilty Monday, Oct. 17 in a federal court in Washington, D.C., to lying to the FBI about his role in the leaks, The New York Times reported.

Cartwright, who was under investigation in 2012 for providing details to reporters about the Stuxnet computer virus, which sabotaged Iranian centrifuges, told FBI agents at the time that he had neither leaked the information nor confirmed it.

In statements, he and his lawyer continued to deny that he was the source of the information, suggesting that his lie to the FBI was that he had not confirmed the information once it was leaked.

Sentencing is in January, and ranges from a $500 fine to six months in prison, The New York Times reported.

The Stuxnet sabotage helped delay advances in Iran’s nuclear program. Last year Iran and six major powers, led by the United States, reached a deal rolling back nuclear development in exchange for relief in international sanctions on the country. (JTA)

Jewish reporter targeted with anti-Semitic tweets from Trump supporter A Jewish female reporter for the political news website Politico was targeted with anti-Semitic messages from a Donald Trump supporter.

A photoshopped image of Hadas Gold, editor of the “On The Media” blog, posted Monday, Oct. 17 on Twitter included a bloody bullet hole in her forehead and a yellow star worn by Jews in Nazi Germany pinned to her chest. She also received emails with threatening and anti-Semitic messages.

“Don’t mess with our boy Trump or you will be first in line for the camp,” read a message accompanying the photo.

“Aliyah or line up by the wall, your choice.” Aliyah is a Hebrew term for immigrating to Israel.

The Twitter account that sent the message has been suspended, according to BuzzFeed, which published a screenshot of the image.

“Politico notified Twitter of the threatening and vile tweets, and Twitter acted promptly to suspend the account. There were many more tweets and emails, some even more vile if that is imaginable. A police report is in the process of being filed,” Politico said in a statement.

Politico writer Julie Ioffe was targeted with anti-Semitic attacks on social media following a critical profile written in May about Trump’s wife, Melania. Ioffe retweeted the attack on Gold and in response a Trump supporter tweeted an image of the reporter’s face inside an oven, a reference to the Nazi death camps.

Several Jewish reporters covering the 2016 campaign have received anti-Semitic abuse on social media, including CNN’s Jake Tapper, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic and Jonathan Weisman of The New York Times. (JTA)

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n the June 8, 2015 edition of Jewish News, we published our first small piece on the 2016 election: Chuck Todd to moderate forum at Reform Biennial.

Little did we know just how many articles about this historic election would follow.

Every single one that we have printed, by the way, contained a Jewish component. Who could have guessed the abundance of news and commentary that would involve Jewish candidates, donors and families, as well as concern about the Jewish vote and the candidates’ stance on Israel?

Of course, between Bernie Sanders, Jewish sons-in-law of the top two candidates, the Iran Nuclear Deal and the alt-right, this campaign has produced many Jewish moments.

There’s been the topic of the Jewish swing-vote in Israel, Jewish reporters being victims of anti-Semitic threats due to the slant or topic of their articles, and Jewish celebrities voicing their political opinions via campaign appearances, performances, Facebook posts and interviews.

This election season has also yielded plenty of Jewish OMG moments. Who could forget John Kasich shaking a box of shmura matzah for emphasis outside a Hasidic matzah bakery in Brooklyn? Or Donald Trump telling GOP Jews that he didn’t expect their support because “I don’t want your money.”? Or Bernie Sanders opting to skip the AIPAC conference, a traditional stop for all candidates?

No doubt, there was plenty to write about.

This issue is going to press just hours prior to the third and final debate. Who knows what will turn up before the Nov. 7 issue, just one day before the election. What we do know is that it won’t be over on Tuesday, Nov. 8 for Jewish News. After Election Day there will be more to report, with analysis of the Jewish vote and how Jewish candidates fared in elections across the nation.

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Trump, Clinton campaigns slam UNESCO Jerusalem resolution

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Laura Rosenberger, a senior foreign policy adviser to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, told JTA that “it’s outrageous that UNESCO would deny the deep, historic connection between Judaism and the Temple Mount.”

While the UNESCO resolution affirms “the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions,” it refers to the Temple Mount several times only as Al-Ḥaram Al-Sharif, the Islamic term for the Temple Mount, without mentioning its Jewish names in Hebrew or English.

It also uses the term Buraq Plaza, placing “Western Wall Plaza” in quotes, appearing to erase a Jewish connection to the site, where the Jewish Temple stood until the middle of the first century C.E. and whose retaining walls are made of distinct stones associated with the Jewish king Herod.

U.S. lawmakers have slammed the vote across the political spectrum. Israel and American Jewish leaders also have ripped the vote.

Israel has cut off ties with UNESCO as long as the resolution, which may go to the full body, stands. The executive board backed the Palestinian-backed resolution with 24 votes in favor and 6 against, with 26 countries abstaining.

Trump also said he would recognize Israel’s capital as Jerusalem.

“I have said on numerous occasions that in a Trump Administration, the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the one true capital of Israel,” he said.

Last December, Trump refused to commit to recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital while speaking to a Republican Jewish Coalition forum,

but changed his tune by the time he addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in March.

“Jerusalem is the enduring capital of the Jewish people and the overwhelming majority of Congress has voted to recognize Jerusalem as just that,” Trump told the AIPAC assembly.

The Clinton campaign’s Israel page does not mention Jerusalem.

While Congress has recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, successive U.S. presidents, Republican and Democratic, have said its status should be left up to negotiations.

Rosenberger in her email cited Clinton’s record as secretary of state in President Barack Obama’s first term to uphold her pro-Israel credentials.

“As secretary of state, Hillary fought to defend Israel against biased resolutions like these at the United Nations and other international organizations and would proudly do so again as president,” she said.

Trump blamed the Obama administration for contributing to the erosion in Israel’s claim to the city. He referred to a corrected version of Obama’s eulogy at the funeral earlier this month of former Israeli President Shimon Peres.

The original White House transcript was datelined “Jerusalem, Israel,” and the corrected version deleted “Israel,” conforming with U.S. policy.

“The decision by the Obama Administration to strike the word ‘Israel’ after the word ‘Jerusalem’ in the President’s prepared text was a capitulation to Israel’s enemies, and a posthumous embarrassment to Shimon Peres, whose memory the President was attempting to honor,” Trump’s statement said. “In a Trump Administration, Israel will have a true, loyal and lasting friend in the United States of America.” (JTA)

Israel has cut off ties with UNESCO as long as the resolution, which may go to the full body, stands.

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illary Clinton staffers fretted over getting behind her daughter Chelsea’s mother-in-law in a 2014 congressional race, an email thread uncovered by WikiLeaks revealed.

According to the latest cache of hacked Clinton emails released by WikiLeaks, the Democratic presidential candidate’s top aide, Huma Abedin, tried to arrange a conference call that year with other staffers to discuss how to deal with the campaign of Marjorie Margolies, Politico reported.

Margolies, whose son Marc Mezvinsky is married to Chelsea Clinton, was running for a House of Representatives seat in Pennsylvania left open by Allyson Schwartz, also a Democrat. She was attempting to resurrect a career that took a hit when Margolies’ husband, former Iowa congressman Edward Mezvinsky, was convicted of $10 million in financial fraud in 2000.

Margolies represented Pennsylvania’s 13th District from 1993 to 1995 but lost in her re-election bid. After runs for the state’s lieutenant governor and U.S. senator, she and her husband declared bankruptcy shortly before Mezvinsky’s conviction.

The emails suggest that the Clinton camp struggled over whether or not to publicly associate with Margolies’

2014 campaign and thus take sides in a Democratic primary.

“Can you get a conference call at 2 pm this Wednesday to discuss Margorie’s [sic] primary in PA? We were hoping to avoid getting involved but now that it is less than a month out, and her campaign is not doing as well as she had hoped, we are getting increasing pressure to help,” Abedin wrote in an email thread to some of Clinton’s other top aides, including John Podesta, Cheryl Mills, Philippe Reines, Minyon Moore, Tina Flournoy and traveling press secretary Nick Merrill.

“The NYT (Amy Chozick) is about to write a story and is specifically asking if Clintons plan to provide additional help and her story may run soon,” Abedin added, citing The New York Times’ interest in the story.

One month after the emails were sent, Hillary Clinton held a fundraiser in New York in support of Margolies, according to Politico.

Margolies did not attend the fundraiser and finished second in the Democratic primary to the current officeholder, Rep. Brandon Boyle.

Chelsea Clinton married Marc Mezvinsky in 2010. The couple are raising their two children in both Jewish and Clinton’s Methodist traditions. (JTA)

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Republican leader in Israel says he and five daughters will still vote for Trump JERUSALEM ( JTA)—The head of Republicans Overseas Israel said he and his family continue to support Donald Trump following an uproar over the GOP presidential candidate’s demeaning comments about women captured on videotape.

“I have five daughters and they will all, all, vote for Trump,” Marc Zell told Army Radio.

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(JTA)—As a fan who runs the “Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Jews” website, I should be ecstatic at the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to the writer whose words have been the soundtrack to my life since I first sang them at a Jewish summer camp some 40-odd years ago.

However, as an editor of a New Jersey Jewish newspaper located just 23 miles from the Newark neighborhood of Weequahic where Philip Roth grew up and placed so much of his fiction, I should be heartbroken that Roth, also rumored to be a contender for the prize, lost out—again.

So, to quote the laureate, how does it feel?

Roth, 83, and Dylan, 75, have a great deal in common.

Both are the grandchildren of Jewish immigrants. Their fathers were middle class: Herman Roth was an insurance salesman. Abe Zimmerman had an appliance store in Hibbing, Minnesota.

Each was an early herald of the escape from middle class norms that defined the 1960s.

Young Robert Zimmerman dropped out of college, moved to New York City, sought out folk singer Woodie Guthrie as an inspiration and role model, made up fantastical stories about running away from home as a child, and changed his name to Bob Dylan. He would soon be dubbed “the voice of his generation” for warning “mothers and fathers throughout the land” that “the times they are a-changin’.”

Young Philip Roth graduated college, attended graduate school, became a teacher and earned literary respectability with stories in The New Yorker in the late 1950s. But his first short stories told of Jews who refused to either fully assimilate or to behave: Jewish soldiers who lied about Yom Kippur to get an extra pass from the army; a child who refused to except Hebrew school dogma; and, perhaps most presciently, a suburban Long Island householder who becomes a Hasid.

Even before he portrayed an unmarried nice Jewish girl worrying about birth

control or a not-so-nice Jewish boy soiling the family dinner, Roth’s willingness to tell the story of his Jewish community in public earned anger and disapproval, perhaps most famously when he appeared on a 1962 panel at Yeshiva College alongside Ralph Ellison. The tone of the evening was summed up in the words of a Yeshiva educator who wrote, in a letter to the AntiDefamation League, “What is being done to silence this man?”

For Roth’s and Dylan’s Eastern European forebears, the choice was simple if not always easy: You were either in the community or out. Were you a Jew or did you abandon the faith? The dilemma was not unique to America: Fiddler on the Roof captures the mood of Russian Jews worried about their children’s fate more than a century ago. Would they fall in love with a Christian and convert out?

Would they fight for a tradition-annihilating Communist revolution?

In the postwar American Jewish community, these concerns were expressed in the language of sociology. Assimilation or continuity? Exogamy or endogamy? But really the question came down to a phrase of black dialect, set down in a story by a Jewish writer, and popularized in a song the senior Roths and Zimmermans possibly danced to during World War II: Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Looking at young Philip and young Robert, say, a decade after their bar mitzvahs, it is easy to imagine the dismay of a generation of Jewish mothers and fathers.

Their sons and their daughters—certainly Philip and Robert—were beyond their command.

What did that bode for the Jewish people?

The answer turned out to be blowing through the words they wrote and the lives they lived. They were not, despite the very Jewish blessing contained in a song Dylan wrote for his son Jakob, forever young. Instead, they matured and grew, coupled and uncoupled and recoupled, even matured into nostalgic elders, and along the way chronicled and contributed to the mixed-up confusion that is contemporary American Jewish life.

Dylan felt the surrealistic quality of the

present while yearning deeply for the past.

He tells of devouring Civil War newspapers in the New York Public Library when he was first living on borrowed sofas in Greenwich Village. His most recent 21st-century songs mashed up phrases from 19th-century poets and prewar blues singers into a timeless collage.

This mix of past and present works with a spirituality that is largely absent from the work and life of Roth, a proud atheist. Each man toyed with the question of making his life in Israel. (Dylan started filling out paperwork to move to a kibbutz; Roth imagined a counterlife where he was Israeli.) But it was Dylan who was photographed at the Western Wall for his son’s bar mitzvah; who became a bornagain Christian follower of the evangelist Hal Lindsey; who performed on a Chabad telethon; who showed up on Yom Kippur at Chabad houses across the country, and who was seen occasionally at student performances at his grandchildren’s Jewish day school.

The question of in or out, whether for an individual or a generation, has no easy answer because people are never static.

The enfant terrible matures, kicking and screaming, into the elder statesman. It was 50 years ago that Dylan “went electric” and embraced rock ‘n’ roll; who can count the stages between then and his present status as a gravelly voiced interpreter of Frank Sinatra songs? Roth began as a naughty young Jewish writer, became a champion of Eastern European authors and let his early ambition to be a great American novelist play out as the grand chronicler of lives lived amid historical moments, capturing the eras of his lifetime, including the McCarthy era, the ’60s counterculture, the presidency of Bill Clinton and, in his 2004 novel of alternate history, The Plot Against America, World War II. That book is a prescient depiction of the temptations and consequences of America First nativism and anti-Semitism and features not only a conspiracy-mongering President Charles Lindbergh but a bullying developer who is described as a “cheapskate,” “screamer,” “shouter” and “a man without a friend in the world.”

For that reason, a Nobel nod to Roth right now might have been seen as more

Swedish meddling in American politics, akin to President Obama’s peace prize.

Yet Dylan, too, is a rebuke to the Trump moment—not only for his youthful support for the civil rights movement as a songwriter and performer (he professed to abandoning politics back in 1964, singing that he was “younger than that now” and has, with a handful of exceptions, remained apolitical since), but for showing that singing American and being American is as rooted in the language and songs of the African slaves as it is in the folk immigrants from England and Scotland, and that a grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants can nurture himself and his country by grafting on to these deep roots.

In awarding a literature prize to a songwriter for the first time, the Nobel Committee honored Dylan for the boundaries he broke in the genre of popular song. Surrealism, anger, confusion—again and again Dylan found words with old echoes for ideas new to the radio and record player.

And it is for this, for using old words in new ways, that I come down on the side of Dylan over Roth. Roth beautifully, masterfully chronicles the life of American Jews. But in recombining old texts for new times, Dylan hearkens back to the most ancient Jewish way of reading and writing, from the first compilers of the Bible, through the rabbis of the Talmud and the Zohar, to the Yiddish and Hebrew writers of the past two centuries.

In that, Dylan puts me in mind of the Jewish writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966, Shmuel Yosef Agnon.

Like Roth, Agnon chronicled the lives of Jews in their times. Like Dylan, Agnon creates something new from old language, using the words and phrases and images from the prayer book and midrash to tell his tales—with more than a touch of the mythical and surreal thrown in for good measure.

Roth, for all his brilliant sentences and psychological awareness, is a writer of Jews.

In making newspaper headlines sound like ancient wisdom, Dylan is a Jewish writer.

—Larry Yudelson is the associate editor of The Jewish Standard.

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Lee & Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival Wednesday, Nov. 9–Sunday, Nov 20

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7 pm

to help men crank out delicious recipes for their families, move from man cave to kitchen, and learn from a handson experience at Bite. Get ready for comedy, cooking and a contest.

Sunday, Nov. 13, 1 pm & 4 pm One author, two events—1 pm at the Simon Family JCC (Presented in partnership with BBYO and local youth organizations)

Thursday, Nov. 17, 12 pm (Presented in partnership with UJFT’s Holocaust Commission and Beth Sholom Village)

Luncheon $12 or $8 for JCC members.

RSVP by calling 757-321-2338.

Transformations from Ethiopia to Israel Ricki Rosen

Photojournalist Ricki Rosen shares insights and compelling before and after images of the Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, rescued by Israel during the Operation Solomon airlift in the 1980’s. Her work records their transformation into Israeli society 13 years later.

Go Ahead & Like It Jacqueline Suskin

Striving to bring poetry into the mainstream, Jacqueline Suskin offers a self-help art book filled with photographs, illustrations and handwritten instruction. It is her creative invitation to explore how making lists of favorite things—journaling the good found in everyday life—can produce gratitude, promote joy and inspire creative thinking.

Create Poetry!

Awaken the poet within and transform ideas into verse at this hands-on workshop led by performance poet Jacqueline Suskin.

Megemeria Jewelry with Daniel Sahalo An Ethiopian Jew, Sahalo shares his immigrant experience and his apprenticeship with Yvel, the Israeli jewelry company, that set up the first corporate /social initiative to provide vocational skills for immigrants. A new jewelry line, Megemaria, created by fellow immigrants and inspired by their journey to Israel, will be sold throughout the Book Festival.

4 pm at Paper Source (4536 Main Street, Virginia Beach Town Center) For tickets call: 757-456-2000. $30 per person.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:30 pm (Presented as part of the CRC of UJFT, Simon Family JCC and community partners’ Israel Today Series)

The Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich Robert K. Wittman and David Kinney

Former FBI special agent, Robert Wittman recounts the riveting real-life detective story that led to the discovery of the longlost diary of Alfred Rosenberg, one of 11 Nazis sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. This historically significant document testifies to Rosenberg’s influence on Hitler’s destructive ideologies and the Final Solution.

Thursday, Nov. 17, 7:30 pm Girl’s Night Out! Roast Rider Coffee & Tea (1554 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach) RSVP required, call 757-321-2304.

(Presented in partnership with UJFT’s Young Adult Division)

(Presented in partnership with the Friends of Israel Defense Forces.)

Thursday, Nov. 10, 6:30 pm Guy’s Night Out! Bite Restaurant (440 Monticello Avenue, Norfolk) RSVP required, limited space, call: 757-321-2304 (Presented in partnership with UJFT’s Young Adult Division)

Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth Avi Melamed

Short Order Dad: One Guy’s Guide to Making Food and Fun and Hassle-Free Robert Rosenthal

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Based on decades as an acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst, Avi Melamed presents a thought-provoking and groundbreaking guide into the events shaping the region and insights into the psyche of Arab society. Described as a GPS for the Middle East, his work will challenge perceptions and provide fresh interpretations of the world’s future.

The Mommy Group: Freaking Out, Finding Friends, and Surviving the Happiest Time of Our Lives Elizabeth Gold

Have a drink, mingle with friends and get ready to laugh out loud. Elizabeth Gold shares the lives of seven Brooklyn women as they face the unexpected pleasures and perils of pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood.

(All events take place at the Simon Family JCC unless noted.) * of blessed memory

7–7:30 pm—Mama Doni Children’s Music Workshop

(Beyond the Book Festival)

Thursday, Dec. 6, 7:30 pm

(Presented in partnership with Strelitz Early Childhood Education

Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, interim associate rabbi at Ohef Sholom and an author of award-winning Jewish teen and children’s books, will be featured at the Book Festival, and will lead adult services at 7:30 pm.

Center and the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater.

Mama Doni concert in partnership with Ohef Sholom Temple)

Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 pm

Friday, Nov. 18, 9:30 am & 5:45 pm One author, multiple events

(In partnership with the Simon Family JCC, and UJFT’s Community Relations Council and the Society of Professionals of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater)

Community read with local author

Definition of Anti-Semitism Evening with Kenneth Marcus

Alef Bet Sing Along

Mama Doni and Eric Lindberg Children will be sing and dance with this upbeat and playful introduction to the Hebrew A,B,Cs. Grab some breakfast at the Cardo Café and enjoy the fun.

In the evening, come out for some live music when Mama Doni will spice up Shabbat Services at Ohef Sholom Temple. Stay for Shabbat dinner and then applaud as children make music in Mama Doni’s music workshop.

5:45 pm–6:30 pm—Family Friendly Shabbat services featuring Mama Doni at Ohef Sholom Temple (530 Raleigh Avenue, Norfolk) Open to the community.

Leaving Iran: Between Migration and Exile Farideh Goldin

Farideh Goldin presents an intimate portrait of her family’s displacement after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and their search for new identity. Translated from her father’s memoirs, Goldin shares insights into the marrow of the immigrant experience, weaving his story of dislocation and loss with her own experiences as an Iranian Jew in a new homeland.

6:30 pm—Shabbat dinner at Ohef Sholom (RSVP to reservations@ ohefsholom.org) $10 per person, children under 12 free.

Founder and president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Kenneth Marcus offers an indispensable book about the manner in which anti-Semitism has evolved from the ancient world to the present. Tracing the history from anti-Judaism to secular anti-Semitism, Marcus offers insights into the “new anti-Semitism” on university campuses around the globe.

This is the first in a three part series focusing on anti-Semitism and anti-Israel on university campuses. For more information on the series, including the upcoming events, email RMancoll@ujft.org.

Free and open to the community with RSVP required to 965.6107 or crc@ujft.org.

Opening night: Transformations from Ethiopia to Israel

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Sherri Wisoff

he strength of the human spirit to overcome adversity and reinvent itself will be addressed on the opening night of the Simon Family Jewish Community Center’s Annual Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival. The dual speaker event opens with a new and penetrating look into the Israeli/Ethiopian immigrant experience and the enriching social actions taken by the Yvel jewelry company to help this community integrate into the Israeli workforce.

During the 1980s and 1990s thousands of Ethiopian Jews immigrated to Israel through the dramatic rescues of Operation Moses, Joshua, Solomon and Dove’s wing in 2010. Today more than 135,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel.

On opening night, Ricki Rosen, a renowned photojournalist, shares her photography of evacuations from Ethiopia and then captures these new Israelis with her lens 13 years later. Rosen documents their mass exodus, together with poignant and intimate portraits of their lives transformed by their Israeli experience.

Integrating such a large influx of people from these rural areas continues to be a challenge for Israel. Struggling with daunting cultural, language, employment and economic differences, many remain in poverty on the fringes of a modern Israel.

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said, “A Jew is asked to take a leap of action rather than a leap of faith.” Isaac and Orna Levy, the founders of Yvel, a luxury Israeli jewelry company, have done just that.

To address the immigrants’ problems, this socially conscious couple enacted the first of its kind, corporate initiative to help Ethiopians gain vocational skills to find meaningful work within Israel.

The Levys constructed a jewelry school called Megemeria, which fittingly means “genesis” or new beginnings. Each year, more than 300 Ethiopians ranging in age from 20 to 55, apply for 21 spots in the school to learn the art and science of jewelry design and manufacturing.

“We purposely look for those people who exhibit talent but who have for some reason or another fallen through the cracks.

People who are older and lack skills, those

who did not receive an education, or those who are not eligible for other types of assistance for various reasons,” says Isaac Levy.

Their unique Megemeria project has captured the support of the Israeli government, private donors and Jewish organizations, including the UJFT overseas partners and World ORT. Through their support and vision, the Megemeria initiative has blossomed from a jewelry school into a budding social enterprise, with more schools opening around Israel.

The Megemeria students’ tuition is completely subsidized offering them the opportunity to focus and learn the skills necessary to become economically self-sufficient. During this yearlong emersion into the world of jewelry arts, they are also coached in Hebrew, math and everyday skills to help them succeed in their daily lives. Students are offered help with finding employment in the jewelry industry after graduation, although many continue working at Yvel or Megemeria as full-time employees.

Daniel Sahalo, a representative of Megemeria Jewelry and an Ethiopian Jew,

will be the second speaker, in partnership with the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. Proof of Sahalo’s successful journey to become a working jeweler, will glitter at the Sandler Family Campus, as this line of jewelry will be on sale throughout the festival. Profits from these sales are reinvested into their school with the goal of creating a financially self-sustaining venture helping a challenged segment of Israel’s population help themselves.

Visit www.SimonFamilyJCC.org for all event details, as well as acknowledgement of all the Festival partnerships. * of blessed memory The Lee & Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival sponsors: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Beth Sholom Village, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Community Relations Council, Holocaust Commission and Young Adult Division, Jewish Book Council, Ohef Sholom Temple and Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel.

For more information, call Simon Family JCC at 757-321-2338.

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The editorial, appearing this month, also asserts that Republican candidate Donald Trump “presents a danger to this country” and his campaign “is based on instilling fear in Americans, doubling down on divisions among us, [and] describing virtually every aspect of society as broken, corrupt, defeated.”

“Never before has a candidate so illequipped for the demands of the Oval Office—in temperament, experience, character, compassion and humility— been so close to its doors,” the editorial

died in 1968 leaving an enduring legacy of homes, schools, theaters and commercial buildings he designed.

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either Obama or Trump.”

The editorial also asserts that “[m]ost seasoned political and strategic experts in Israel are more comfortable with Clinton, who showed strong support for the Jewish state as a U.S. senator.”

“Experts have always insisted that a strong U.S. means a strong Israel, and they worry that Trump would be a loose cannon whose recklessness could incite even more instability and anti-U.S. attitudes, and violence around the world.”

The editorial also praises Clinton’s experience as first lady, senator and secretary of state, saying she is known for her “deep knowledge of issues and empathy for the underdogs of society.”

By contrast, it ridicules Trump for savaging his opponents, calling for a ban on allowing Muslims into the United States, pledging to build a wall on the Mexican border “to keep out the killers and rapists,” for refusing to apologize “for outrageous racist and biased statements against minorities and women” and for his “lack of discipline, substance and self-control.”

The editorial also bemoans the support for Trump expected among members of the Orthodox community, who represent a third of the Jewish population in the New York metropolitan area. Polls have indicated that a majority of Orthodox Jews favor Trump over Clinton, just as a majority of Orthodox Jews voted for Republican presidential candidates in recent elections.

Trump, according to The Jewish Week, represents the “antithesis” of the Orthodox community’s values, including piety, sexual modesty and “respect for leaders with spiritual and intellectual authority.” (JTA)

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The newspaper, an influential voice in the New York metropolitan area, also recently began to publish an edition in parts of New Jersey. New York has the country’s largest Jewish population.

The editorial has as much criticism of Trump as it does praise for Clinton, who served as a U.S. senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

It does praise her record on Israel, saying she has “in-depth knowledge of the region—its leaders and its problems—and is more openly compassionate toward Jerusalem than

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A reunion worth celebrating began to cry. Emburgh did not know that her mother had

assistance. Her son Stewart lives four houses away and

been the chapter’s first chancellor.

checks on her throughout the day. She also has a son

The week following the reunion, several sorority sisters drove to Nelson’s home in Portsmouth to hear her story.

Nelson wanted to go to college and applied to the University of Pittsburgh during the war, but her father

Estelle Nelson

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day and God.” She says she always says to herself “I think I can” when things are tough.

Nelson was the treasurer of Hadassah for seven years

then to Portsmouth to live with her aunt and uncle. She

and managed the gift shop at Gomley Chessed syna-

was introduced to Sam Nelson by her Aunt Bunny in

gogue. She stopped driving at the young age of 92 years

1945 on April 1 and married him on May 12. Married for

old. She says she loves to stay active.

the Sterling Point section of Portsmouth.

ota Gamma Phi, a high school sorority that

in good health, she says, “going up and down the steps all

discouraged her. Instead, she moved to Richmond and

52 years, she still lives in the same three-story house in

Beth Dorsk

Rick who resides in Florida. When asked what keeps her

Without a doubt, her presence at the reunion was a most unexpected present for the sorority sisters.

Nelson continues to care for herself with no real

existed in Tidewater for decades, held its first reunion last month.

Almost 90 Iota sisters attended the

luncheon at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach on Sunday, Sept. 11. The women ranged in ages from 50 to 100. Many hadn’t seen each other in 30 years or more, while some had never met.

The 100-year-old sorority sister who attended was Estelle Nelson, also known as Sissy. She read about the Iota reunion in the Jewish News. She told her son, Stuart Nelson, that she had to attend and tell the story of how it all began in Norfolk. A story, the sorority sisters did not know.

Nelson was a member of Iota Gamma Phi, Mu chapter, in Philadelphia. In 1934, she moved to the area and started the Rho chapter. Nelson inducted the very first chancellor of the Norfolk chapter of Iota, Estelle Imberg.

Nelson brought a picture from a national convention in 1938 at the Warwick Hotel to the reunion. Bonnie Emburgh, who was at the reunion at the Cavalier, spotted her mother in the photograph from 1938 and

Estelle Nelson, Beth Dorsk, Sharon Leach, Linda Spindel and Sally Kocen.

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The beautiful meaning behind my daughter’s nontraditional Bat Mitzvah Julie Wiener

(Kveller via JTA)—At my daughter’s bat mitzvah this spring, hundreds of people spread out to form a large circle and, together, carefully hold a completely unrolled Torah scroll.

With the scroll spread out so that its entire contents were visible, my daughter found the spot on the parchment where the Torah portion corresponding to her Hebrew birthday was located. So did eight other 12- and 13-year-olds.

Standing with parents at their Torah portion (helpfully indicated in advance with Post-It notes) and going in order from Genesis to Deuteronomy, each child then recited one line from his or her portion.

It’s no surprise that my own daughter’s bat mitzvah would be more meaningful to me than any other bar/bat mitzvah, and of course, the novelty of this new ritual added to the specialness. But it was also just a powerful moment—one that while nontraditional also felt respectful and authentic.

Having each child physically stand by his or her Torah portion reinforced the idea that each child has a place in the Jewish story. It empowered all the assembled family and friends to touch the sturdy, yet fragile Torah and feel a sense of ownership over it. And it quite literally offered a new and different way of looking at the Torah.

Perhaps most important, however, was that this was a group ceremony, not an individual show. And, in contrast to the lavish, wedding-like parties that follow many contemporary American bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies, this was followed by a shared party: a simple but tasteful (and tasty) brunch reception.

Called a Brit Atid—Hebrew for covenant of/with the future—the ceremony was a culmination of my daughter’s

participation in the Jewish Journey Project (JJP), an alternative Jewish education program that describes itself as “experiential Jewish education for the modern New York City kid.”

Launched in 2012 out of the JCC in Manhattan, JJP enables kids to choose their own classes according to their interests and scheduling needs. Students can, like my kids, enroll through the JCC, or through one of the five partnering synagogues. The synagogue kids have a traditional bar/bat mitzvah at their congregation, while the JCC ones can either plan a private bar/bat mitzvah or participate in the Brit Atid program.

The Brit Atid ceremony was preceded by a year of monthly parents-and-kids Torah study sessions together, along with monthly one-on-one sessions with our teacher, Jeremy Tabick (a doctoral student at the Jewish Theological Seminary).

Each child then came up with a creative project to interpret/present his or her portion. My daughter, who loves filming intricate stop-motion animation sequences starring Playmobil figures and Barbie dolls, created a short and somewhat irreverent film about her Torah portion, followed by a speech addressing the portion’s many problematic aspects.

(Not hard, given that the text starts out with God exhorting the Israelites to kill all the Canaanites and show them no mercy!)

Although both my daughter and I worried the Brit Atid would feel like a dumbed-down bat mitzvah—after all, learning to chant trope is a demanding process—this approach felt more relevant for us than a long performance in a language most of our friends and family do not understand. Since we are not regular Shabbat service-goers, learning to chant trope just is not a skill my daughter is going to use, at least not in the near future, and it’s not really what

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being Jewish is about to us. So like most kids, she’d probably have forgotten the trope within months of the bat mitzvah. And learning to chant trope just for the sake of proving that she could master it (and then forget it), seemed like cramming for a big test only to forget all the material immediately afterward.

Having a group ceremony had its disadvantages: We were allowed to invite only 30 guests; the ceremony was not anywhere near my daughter’s birthday; and we didn’t get to customize the ceremony or party. However, these were offset by the many advantages, both practical and symbolic.

On the practical end, I’m not much of a party planner, and my husband and I did not want to spend tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours planning a big event.

Early on, even before we knew about the Brit Atid option, we’d decided, with my daughter, that we’d rather put money toward a family trip to Israel than toward a bat mitzvah party.

More importantly, I am not a big fan of the individualism of many bar/ bat mitzvah celebrations—the professionally produced invitation videos, the myriad speeches praising the child, the “theme” and the photo montage. What’s nice about Judaism, and organized religion in general, is that it provides a counterweight to the individualism and narcissism of modern life, and a group

bar/bat mitzvah conveys a message to the newly minted Jewish adult and the guests that Judaism is a collective, participatory endeavor and not just another performance.

Shortly before the Brit Atid, we attended the more traditional bar mitzvah of a close friend—the first one we’ve been to in years— and both my daughter and I had a few pangs of wondering if she, too, should have done the chanting Torah-ina- s y n agog ue- onSaturday-mor ning route.

On the plus side, the second-guessing got her competitive juices flowing and motivated her to improve her speech. And in the end, she said she was very happy with how it went—and is excited about our upcoming trip to Israel.

Now we just have to convince her almost-10-year-old sister to go the Brit Atid route, as well. Which, given her social butterfly personality and current obsession with planning the perfect Warriors book-themed birthday party, just might be a challenge.

—Julie Wiener is the managing editor of MyJewishLearning.com.)

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M A Z E L T OV While planning my son’s bar mitzvah, I decided to start planning my own Stacey Steinhart

(Kveller via JTA)—I didn’t grow up in a very religious home. That said, my parents gave me the option to attend Hebrew school and have a bat mitzvah. Obviously, as a kid, my friends were shocked that I had a choice and told me not to do it.

I opted out. It wasn’t until I became an adult that my spirituality kicked in.

My faith was truly tested when my oldest son was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism. He has sensory issues along with a high level of anxiety. His meltdowns tore me to pieces. While he cried, I cried.

While he raged, I tried to stay as calm as possible…then I cried. I cried for him and his struggles, I cried for the people he hurt or offended, I cried for my family. I cried because on the surface, he is the epitome of a kind, sweet, typical kid and you can’t see the volcanic infernos bubbling up inside him.

He is 12 now, about to turn 13—a pivotal moment in the life of Jewish children as they start to get ready for their bar or bat mitzvah. My son has attended several bar and bat mitzvahs, and we have discussed them at length. Talking about things with him and front-loading him helps him cope with his anxiety.

He has a difficult time with the crowds (party guests) and the loud music of the DJ. Typically, his choice is to wait outside the party area until our family is ready to leave.

On one particular occasion, he was invited to a classmate’s party. I was to drop him off and pick him up later.

For several reasons he had a complete meltdown and insisted on leaving. We thanked the hosts and apologized for our abrupt departure.

It was while we were driving home that we had a most special moment.

After he calmed down, I told him that he was going to have to deal with a similar situation when he has his bar mitzvah.

He promptly told me he wasn’t going to

have one. I gave him the option of having a small ceremony and luncheon in New York with just the immediate family (our family is all on the East Coast, while we live in California) or here at our synagogue. He was still reluctant, although he did like the idea of just the grandparents and immediate family there. His fear of getting up in front of all those people would send him into a downward spiral.

I thought for a moment and realized that we have been on this journey together as a team since he was just a baby. I am his mother, his advocate and his coach. We are teammates. We should do this together. So I proposed to him that I would do this with him. He loved the idea. Of course I don’t want to take away from his special day. It is still about him.

But the idea of having someone there with him puts his mind at ease—somewhat anyway.

As for me, I have always felt that I missed out on something big not having a bat mitzvah—I never became a part of the world that my friends all know, a special club. I wish I had learned Hebrew as a child. I would have loved to have understood the whats and the whys of the traditions in synagogue. I’m glad I’m getting my chance now.

Our b’nai mitzvah is scheduled. We set the wheels in motion. I have been taking Hebrew lessons. We are both preparing to learn our Torah portions, and we practice together. I have to say he is definitely doing a better job than I am.

We have embarked on this journey together. It has brought us closer, and even though I am doing this for him, I can’t help but feel the blessings that he has given me. He has taught me so much; he has no idea.

—Stacey Steinhart has a degree in design and a degree in journalism.

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Why I won’t allow my kids to have personalized Bar/Bat Mitzvah t-shirts Jordana Horn

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(Kveller via JTA)—I am about to present a highly controversial opinion. Thankfully it has nothing to do with the upcoming election.

Here it is: Down with the bar/bat mitzvah sweatshirt/T-shirt.

If you have a middle schooler, or know a middle schooler, or have been near a middle school with Jewish students, you know what I’m talking about. You are well aware of the phenomenon. The kids in our local middle school, like in many Jewish neighborhoods, go to almost weekly bar or bat mitzvahs. As a party favor, they receive a T-shirt or sweatshirt with the bar/bat mitzvah kid’s name on it, a logo (yes, that’s a thing) and the date of the event.

These are so prevalent that my son’s middle school principal recently wrote the following in a parent association newsletter: “Something to Think About … It’s Monday morning and you are 13 years old and you walk into school, homeroom, the lunchroom, or the auditorium and everywhere you see a group of your peers wearing the same color sweatshirt or pants marking the occasion of a student’s bar or bat mitzvah from the past weekend.

And the scene repeats itself virtually every Monday throughout the year.

It is a practice that divides and hurts … repeatedly. It fosters a culture of exclusivity and a competition for the greatest number of friends. It is a way of saying who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out.’ Wear the shirts and the pants, but not as a group on the same day. When the group intentionally wears the clothing on the same day, it sends a statement about who was invited and who was not. As a school we hope to create a culture of inclusivity, tolerance, and acceptance at a critical time in the development of our students, but we need

the support of parents to change this practice. Thank you for your consideration.”

Look, I realize I’m an outlier in a lot of ways. But my oldest son’s bar mitzvah is coming up, and while it will be an amazing simcha, an extremely nice kiddush lunch and a fun night party for his friends, it won’t be lavish by local/ global standards. And don’t look for favors because there aren’t going to be any.

What? Blasphemy! But here are my reasons: 1. The only purpose of these shirts is to exclude people.

If you think it through, it is hard to come to any other conclusion. The whole idea of these shirts is so kids will proudly wear them—to school, on weekends, wherever.

As our middle school principal rightly noted, how does this make the kids who didn’t get invited feel? I agree with him— battalions of 13-year-olds wearing the same sweatshirt on the same day creates a bad environment at school.

However, I’ll take it a step further: I happen to think that wearing these shirts anytime is kind of gross. The entire purpose of the shirt is to show that you were invited to a party. For those who weren’t invited, having that shoved in your face can hurt just as much two months later as it does the day after.

2. Have. Enough. Shirts.

I live in a well-off suburb. Many of these kids possess enough clothes that they could go for a significant amount of time without repeating an outfit. Most of these “favor” sweatshirts and T-shirts, after a wearing or two, are discarded at the back of the closet—or appropriated by the moms, who then unintentionally rub my previous point in other parents’ faces at the supermarket.

M A Z E L T OV 3. Do a real mitzvah project.

If it weren’t beyond chutzpahdik/obnoxious, I would suggest that my kid do a mitzvah project of collecting everyone’s worn-once sweatshirts and T-shirts and donating them to people who actually need them.

But in all seriousness, can’t people spend the money they would spend on these favors in a better, more long-lasting way that would actually underscore the commitment kids are supposed to be making when they become a bar or bat mitzvah? For example, here are two things I’d love to see: • Synagogues asking that instead of favors, families give the money they would have spent on favors to a fund at the synagogue that will be used to send young kids to programs in Israel.

• Families deciding to spend the money earmarked for favors on their kids’ mitzvah projects instead—whether it’s advertising for a fundraiser, or simply

giving the money to the cause the child has selected.

And, in any event …

4. Let’s talk about this.

Part of being an adult means not going along blindly with what everyone else is doing, but rather analyzing our choices.

Sit down with your middle schoolers and discuss this issue with them. You might be surprised by what you hear.

—Jordana Horn is a contributing editor to Kveller who has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Forward and Tablet. She has appeared as a parenting expert on NBC’s Today show and Fox and Friends.

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Modern Orthodox dating gets a close-up in new web series

Gabe Friedman

NEW YORK (JTA)—“There’s no such thing as a bad date—there’s just a funny story,” says Jessica Schechter, a 28-yearold modern Orthodox woman who teaches acting in New York City and lives on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

There’s the guy who took her to the action figure section of a Toys “R” Us after dinner and ranted about why Batman was the best superhero. Or the one whose panic attack in the elevator at a hotel in Times Square forced her to walk him down 42 flights of stairs—while he farted the entire time.

But these aren’t just tales Schechter collects to share with girlfriends over cocktails, a la Sex and the City. She and fellow actors Leah Gottfried and Danny Hoffman are busy writing, producing and acting in a web series on the subject.

Soon by You—the phrase is one of well-wishing—is generating considerable buzz in New York City’s modern Orthodox community. A pilot episode, originally devised as a short film, garnered more than 30,000 views on YouTube in its first two weeks online and is now up to more than 85,000. It won for best short at the Washington Jewish Film Festival and played at Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival.

The trio is squeezed together on a crowded couch in the lobby of the Ace Hotel in Manhattan, a dimly lit spot

that could be summarized through the smartly dressed hipster couple making out a couple of couches away. The Soon by You team fits right in with the other twentysomethings packing the joint—well, those who aren’t kissing or fondling each other—which doubles as a happening happy hour spot.

“Now I’m like, if [a date] is good, that’s great—but if it’s bad, that’s even better,” Gottfried says. “Because then I get a story.”

The series’ first episode, titled “The Setup,” follows Hoffman’s character, David, through the streets of New York City into a kosher restaurant, where he is supposed to meet a blind date named Sarah (played by Gottfried). In a rush, David mistakenly sits with another Sarah, who is expecting a blind date of her own—and, well, comedic consequences ensue.

It’s an entertaining take on the perils of the insular, high-stakes world of modern Orthodox dating—one that resonates deeply with the series’ creators along with a large portion of its audience.

“For a lot of [young modern Orthodox Jews], they’re not dating for fun—they’re dating with a specific goal of marriage in mind,” says Gottfried, 25. “A lot of people have a checklist of things. And there’s pressure from family members and friends, especially when all of your friends are getting married at a really young age.”

Plus, within the community, “there’s a little bit of a stigma attached to single

M A Z E L T OV people at a certain age if you’re not married,” she adds.

Gottfried, the initial creator of the series and its director, came up with an idea for the show a few years ago after graduating from Yeshiva University, where she initiated the school’s first film studies major. For one scene in the first episode, in which one of the Sarahs tells her date she’s a painter and gets an insensitive response, Gottfried drew upon a real-life experience—just substitute film for painting.

Gottfried met Hoffman, a 29-yearold actor who also works in marketing at the WE cable channel, on the set of a Jewish parody of The Office. Schechter, who met Gottfried at an arts conference, initially didn’t land a part in Soon By You, but she stayed on as a production assistant—and Gottfried eventually wrote a new character into the show with her in mind. The three now develop and write all the episodes together.

With an initial five-episode run, the team hopes to gain a significant online following—but the aim is to get a deal with a network or streaming service like Netflix or Hulu.

For now, Soon By You is brought to you via grassroots fundraising efforts, including a campaign through the Jewish Entertainment Network LA, a networking and support group for Jews in the industry. The team is also looking for product placement deals—it’s already inked one with Shabbat.com, which runs a Jewish dating app that will be featured in future episodes.

Gottfried, Hoffman and Schechter have finished filming a second episode and are in the process of editing it, but their fundraising efforts and busy schedules will largely dictate when subsequent episodes are produced.

Soon By You has received an unexpectedly warm reception. Hoffman, the only married member of the team, says

he’s already being recognized by people in his Washington Heights neighborhood, which is home to a sizable modern Orthodox population.

The group points to Srugim—a shortlived, but wildly popular Israeli show about five single Orthodox characters, which had a second life in the U.S. through Hulu—as a main source of inspiration. In fact, as Soon By You got going, Gottfried reached out to Srugim creator Laizy Shapiro, who imparted some sage advice: Don’t explain Orthodox Judaism to a broader audience. Instead, focus on creating nuanced characters.

As Hoffman explains, Srugim uses concepts like Shabbat restrictions and a “tefillin date”—a romantic sleepover that involves laying tefillin the morning after—that would seem like insider knowledge to some. But the show allows viewers to figure out the concepts on their own and, more important, even if a religious theme goes over most viewers’

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“As far as modern media and pop culture go, you don’t really see much modern Orthodox,” Hoffman says. “You either see ‘the Orthodox,’ which people associate with Hasidic stuff, or you see the more secularized [people] and not so much the people who are in between.”

The next episodes of Soon by You will follow the four characters introduced in the first episode, plus two new ones. There will be plenty more funny dates, but the team wants to use that premise to showcase other aspects of authentically modern Orthodox characters, such as their professional and spiritual aspirations.

“As much as this show is about dating, we want to show also that this world isn’t just about that,” Gottfried says. “There’s really more to everybody. It doesn’t define them, even though for a lot of people it feels like it does.”

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M A Z E L T OV Cooking for company to celebrate

Pumpkin Crumb Cake Miriam Pascal

(The Nosher via JTA)—Who can resist a crumb cake? The only thing better than the dense cake on the bottom is the thick layer of cinnamon crumbs on top. It’s full of

Pumpkin Crumb Cake Yield: 10 to 12 servings Ingredients For the crumb topping 1 ⁄ 3 cup sugar ¾ cup brown sugar 3 teaspoons cinnamon pinch salt 1¾ cups flour ¾ cup vegetable oil

spices, pumpkin, but no sour cream, so it’s non-dairy and just a touch less caloric than traditional coffee crumb cake.

Note: Be sure to use canned pumpkin puree, not canned pumpkin pie filling, as it has ingredients not needed here. You can also use homemade pumpkin puree.

Plan Ahead: This cake freezes well in an airtight container. For best results, freeze the whole cake and cut into squares just before serving.

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For the cake 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 cup canned pumpkin purée (see Note) 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ tablespoon salt 2½ cups flour Directions Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch pan; set aside.

To prepare the crumbs: Combine sugars, cinnamon, salt and flour in a small bowl. Add oil and mix until combined and crumbs form. Set aside.

To prepare the batter: In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together oil and sugars on medium speed until smooth.

Add eggs, pumpkin purée, vanilla, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat until combined.

Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour gradually, beating until just combined.

Do not overmix.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Cover entire surface of the cake with prepared crumbs (there will be a very thick layer of crumbs).

Bake for about 1 hour, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

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Apricot Pistachio Babka Recipe Miri Rotkovitz

(The Nosher via JTA)—Babka is having a major moment, and why not? There’s lots to love about the loaves of twisted dough, generously interspersed with a filling that usually involves lots of chocolate. Many professional bakers behind babka’s renaissance are working with laminated doughs—yeasted dairy doughs turned with lots of butter. I thought about doing the same, but the challenge of creating a delicious pareve babka made without margarine won out. I couldn’t shake thoughts of my grandmother’s love of apricots, so I built the filling around them. I love the cheeky marriage of Sephardic flavors wrapped in a quintessentially Ashkenazi pastry.

This recipe is excerpted from Bubbe and Me in the Kitchen: A Kosher Cookbook of Beloved Recipes and Modern Twists.

Apricot Pistachio Babka Ingredients For the Dough: ½ cup soy milk, gently warmed 11 ⁄ 8 tsp (½ packet) active dry yeast 1½ cups all-purpose flour, plus 2 to 4 Tbsp if needed 1 cup white whole-wheat flour ¼ cup sugar ½ tsp fine sea salt 3 Tbsp virgin coconut oil 2 Tbsp neutral oil, such as canola or grapeseed 1 large egg For the Filling: 1 cup tart dried apricots ¼ cup golden raisins 1 ⁄ 3 cup dry-roasted, unsalted, shelled pistachios ¼ cup sugar 2 tsp virgin coconut oil ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp ground ginger For the Topping: 4 Tbsp all-purpose flour 1½ Tbsp sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 Tbsp neutral oil, such as canola or grapeseed

Directions Make the dough: In a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, or a large bowl, combine the soy milk and yeast. Allow to stand until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes.

In another bowl, whisk together the flours, sugar, and salt. Add to the yeast mixture, mixing with a wooden spoon or the mixer’s dough hook on medium speed. Add the coconut oil and canola or grapeseed oil, and continue beating until incorporated. Add the egg and mix until the dough begins to pull into a ball.

Knead with the dough hook for 5 minutes, or by hand on a lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes, until the dough is slightly tacky but smooth. If the dough is very sticky, knead in the additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, just until the dough is no longer too sticky to handle. If you kneaded by hand, return the dough to the bowl. If you let the mixer knead, simply remove the bowl from the machine. Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel or plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise until doubled, about 1 to 1 ½ hours.

Make the filling: While the dough is rising, place the apricots and raisins in separate bowls, add enough warm water to cover, and soak for about 10 minutes or until soft. Drain each separately, pat dry, and return to the bowls.

Place the pistachios in the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse several times to grind to a fine flour. If you don’t have a food processor, use a mortar and pestle. Or chop the pistachios finely with a knife, then crush with a rolling pin.

Transfer the pulverized pistachios to a small dish and set aside.

Next, place the apricots, sugar, coconut oil, cinnamon, and ginger into the work bowl of the food processor (it’s fine if some pistachio residue remains). Pulse several times, until a smooth paste forms. To make the filling by hand, chop the apricots as finely as possible, place in a bowl with the other ingredients, and use your hands to mix and knead the filling into as smooth a paste as you can.

Grease a 9-by-5-by-2 ½ -inch loaf pan. When the dough has risen, punch it down and divide it in half. Pat each piece of dough into a rectangle. On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough into a 9-by-15-inch rectangle about ¼-inch thick. Spread with half the apricot filling, leaving a 1-inch

border along one of the long sides. Sprinkle evenly with half the ground pistachios, then half the raisins. Starting on the long side without the border, roll the dough up tightly, jellyroll-style. Pinch the ends together gently to seal. Allow the roll to rest, seam side down, while you repeat the process with the other piece of dough and the remaining filling.

Lay the rolls side by side, seam sides down. Starting in the middle, twist the rolls together by laying one over the other until you get to the ends. Gently compress the ends between your hands to shorten the loaf enough to fit it into the loaf pan. Cover the pan with a clean tea towel or plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place until the babka mostly fills the pan, about 1 ½ to 2 hours. (If you’d prefer, you can also cover the pan with plastic and refrigerate overnight. You will need to bring the babka to room temperature before baking.)

Make the topping: First, preheat the oven to 350°F, as you’ll want to place the babka in the oven immediately after putting on the topping. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and cinnamon. Stir in the oil until the flour mixture is moistened and small lumps form.

Sprinkle the topping over the babka. Place the loaf pan on a piece of foil on the center rack of the oven (the foil will catch any bits of crumb topping that may fall off). Bake in the preheated oven, turning the pan after 30 minutes, until the babka is golden and firm to the touch, about 45 to 50 minutes total. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Storage: The babka will keep, well wrapped at room temperature, for 5 days. Or wrap well in foil, place in a plastic freezer bag, and freeze for up to 2 months.

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Society of Professionals builds for the future Greg Zittrain

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ast month marked the launch of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Society of Professionals, a newly created collaboration between UJFT’s Maimonides and Business and Legal societies.

This new entity is the product of a year of discussions focusing on strategic goals and positioning. It had become clear that we were creating successful programming for doctors and attorneys and business owners, but felt we had an opportunity to broaden our reach, while refining our brand and mission.

Some of our past attendees were interested in educational programming.

Others were drawn by the access to local, Jewish-owned businesses and practices.

One consistent theme was that people were coming to events hoping to network to expand their professional circles.

We also saw significant overlap, as well as gaps, in who we were including— some of the doctors and dentists in our community are also business owners.

And some people didn’t feel they fit into either of the two “business” and “legal” categories.

So we asked each other to take a step back and ask, “What are we trying to achieve…who do we want to include… and how do we engage them?”

The process of reformatting the societies reminded me of a conversation a few of us had over Shabbat dinner two years ago. One of the senior leaders in our community suggested we continue what he and his peers started doing many years ago; support each other, learn about each other, build

lifetime friendships. He urged us to be leaders and give back to our community.

And that’s what we’re going to do.

Society events will vary, and yet be consistent in purpose.

Some will emphasize education with a focus on opportunities to learn about current events, trends and technologies in our industries both locally and abroad. Others will focus on community impact, both inside and outside the Jewish community with topics that are important to the entire Tidewater area. And every event, large or small, will encourage interaction and the building of new relationships. In this sense, the Society becomes an outreach vehicle, as we hope to see new faces because they have a tangible reason to come, and ultimately to get involved.

Our goal is simple—to bring people together.

We have a natural affinity, and that is our Jewish identity. Our professions may be similar, or they may be different, and our common interests may range from support of Israel to our community campus, from our synagogues to the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, from Jewish Family Service to Beth Sholom Village. The common denominators are United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Tidewater Jewish Foundation—entities which support all of these interests.

The Society of Professionals can serve as an additional portal to our community while strengthening the resources available to both the UJFT and the TJF. See page 33 for upcoming events.

For additional information on the UJFT Society of Professionals, contact Jasmine Amitay at jamitay@ujft.org.

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Piper Werby shows off the kneeling chair in her classroom.

adults accommodate these same needs by working at the counter, getting an adjustable chair or even buying a desk treadmill, such options have not traditionally been available to students, until now.

Hebrew Academy wants its students to have the best advantage to learn and is constantly striving to create a comfortable and productive learning environment for each and every student, with the primary goal of improving educational outcomes.

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ennis Ross was astonished to realize that senior White House, State, and Defense officials had little or no knowledge of what transpired in previous administrations’ Hal Sacks relationships with Israel. So too, does Avi Melamed have cause to regret the ignorance of senior officials when it comes to understanding Arab culture and Arab issues. The lack of fluency in the Arabic language, of scholarship in Arabic and of familiarity with current “Arabspeak,” has kept our diplomats, Department of Defense and White House officials in a permanent “catch-up” mode.

In many ways, Inside the Middle East is extremely timely, coming just about 10 years after Walid Phares’ Future The author, Avi Melamed, will be a featured speaker at the Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Jewish Book Festival on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 pm.

Presented by the Simon Family JCC in partnership with United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Community Relations Council.

See page 12 for details. *of blessed memory

Jihad ( Jewish News December 2005) and Lawrence Wright’s brilliant Looming Tower ( Jewish News April 2007). We are reminded that it is over half a century since Sayyid Qtub laid the foundations for contemporary militant Islam. Qtub, a prolific Egyptian ideologue of the 1950s and 60s whose teachings led to the creation of al Qaeda by Osama Ben Laden, was hanged in 1966 after being found guilty of plotting the assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt. Qtub’s extreme Muslim ideology called for: •M aking Shariah the one and only law.

• Toppling any regime that does not implement Shariah law.

• P roactively and violently creating a global caliphate.

• Unwaveringly opposing Western values.

• Eliminating the State of Israel and Jews.

Subsequent fundamentalist Sunnis added the requirement to kill Shiites.

Melamed, a seasoned Israeli Middle East strategic intelligence analyst, has

given us a complex critique of Western failures, of tensions a m o n g y o u n g Arab intellectuals, and of the heartbreak following the chaos in the wake of the Arab Spring.

There is a very extensive glossary with quick facts about the central players, as well as considerable transliteration of Arabic names, places and philosophical concepts. Most readers will have some difficulties with these, as did your reviewer.

Inside the Middle East will reward the reader attempting to “make sense of the most dangerous and complicated region on earth.” The evolution from al Qaeda to ISIS may have surprised Western intelligence officers, but Avi Melamed is able to navigate through the wreckage of what is left of the Middle East.

—Hal Sacks is a retired Jewish communal worker who has reviewed books for Jewish News for more than 30 years.

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egacy gifts give forever and starting this month, area Jewish organizations have the opportunity to partner with the Tidewater Jewish Foundation to get an extra boost in building endowments that will help sustain them for years to come.

Through TJF’s newly launched Life & Legacy program, leaders and staff from a cross-section of schools, synagogues and social service agencies will learn the ins and outs of structuring, operating and securing gifts for endowments that will provide a steady and potentially growing

stream of funding. The four-year program also offers incentive grants to support legacy gift development.

Interest in the effort has been strong.

Some 60 representatives from 12 local Jewish organizations joined the kickoff informational session on September 29.

Attendees heard from Christine Kutnick, CFRE, a Life & Legacy community consultant, about why legacy gifts are vitally important, and why the Jewish community cannot wait longer to have these conversations. The excitement in the room was palpable, as common legacy and philanthropy myths were busted, and the strong case was made for joining TJF and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation in cultivating a culture of planning for the future.

TJF’s staff and small selection committee are eagerly awaiting the partnership applications from all Tidewater Jewish organizations, and anticipate enthusiasm for this new program to continue to grow.

To learn more about the Life & Legacy program, contact Amy Weinstein, director of development at 757-965-6105 or aweinstein@ujft.org.

Israeli Aluminum Show Tuesday, Nov. 15 Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

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what’s happening Jewish Museum and Cultural Center dedicates 2016–2017 lecture series to memory of Rabbi Arthur Steinberg Sundays, Nov. 6, Jan. 22, March 5, 2 pm

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edicated to the memory of Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s beloved board member, Rabbi Arthur Z. Steinberg who died on April 10, the museum began its 2016-2017 Lecture Series on Sunday, Sept. 25 with a presentation about Magic.

Magic was one of Rabbi Steinberg’s hobbies. He performed magic under the name “Zanville, the pretty good.” This delightful presentation, Abra Cadabra, the Art of Magic and its Ties to Jewish Culture, featured two local magicians who were fellow members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, along with Rabbi Steinberg and knew him well.

The remaining topics in the Lecture Series also represent other areas of interest to Rabbi Steinberg and will include sports and ethics.

On Sunday, Nov. 6, Dr. Glenn Winters will present on Gilbert and Sullivan (a favorite of Rabbi Steinberg) and the Essence of British Humor. Winters will discuss the nature of British humor by contrasting the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan with comic operettas from America, France, Austria and Germany. Winters is community outreach musical director for the Virginia Opera. He has lectured and

performed extensively about opera and holds a doctor of music degree from Northwestern University.

On Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 Rabbi Steinberg’s son Jonathan will speak about his journey in sports and the history and evolution of Jewish participation in the National Basketball Association. Jon Steinberg is the director of media relations for the Atlanta Hawks basketball team The final lecture of this year’s series will take place on March 5, 2017 and will be delivered by Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg, senior rabbi of Ohef Sholom Temple. As an adoring colleague and friend of Rabbi Steinberg, she will share some of Judaism’s most important values, infused with Rabbi Steinberg’s humor and humility. Through his actions, Rabbi Steinberg lived the ethical teachings of Judaism, championing causes of the needy, disenfranchised and the stranger.

All lectures are held at the Museum, 607 Effingham St., Portsmouth, and last about an hour. For more details and to order tickets, contact Barbara Rossen, administrator of the JMCC at 757-391-9266 or www. jewishmuseumportsmouth.org.

Comedy Night at Congregation Beth Chaverim hosted by Sid Bridge, featuring David C. Wingfield Saturday, Nov. 12, 6:30 pm

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nce upon a time, David C. Wingfield was that kid in the back of the classroom that was always cracking jokes.

Today, David C. Wingfield is a comedian who can’t believe he gets paid for what he does. He has performed with some of the most recognizable names in comedy, such as Charlie Murphy (Chappelle’s Show), Dave Attell (Insomniac), and John Witherspoon (Friday), and he has written jokes for other comedians, including Victoria Jackson (Saturday Night Live). He was the audience warm-up

comedian for ABC’s Extreme Makeover, and in 2013, was selected to compete in Comedy Central’s Up Next Talent Search.

Other comedians at Comedy Night include Justin King, Jon Small and Kristen Sivills.

Food, beer and wine will be available for purchase. Must be at least 18 years old to attend. $15. Purchase tickets at the door or online at https://bethchaverimcomedynight2016.eventbrite.com or email aynrobin@cox.net.

2nd Annual Great Big Challah Bake Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7–10 pm, Sandler Family Campus

Miriam Seeherman at Challah Bake 2015.

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ant to enjoy the fragrance of yeast rising, laugh and share community with hundreds of women and then experience the deep satisfaction of baking your own challah on Shabbat?

This year, the 2nd Annual Great Big Challah Bake is slated to take place nine days before the globally scheduled Shabbos Project, observed from sundown Friday, Nov. 11 until sundown Saturday, Nov. 12.

The bread-making day will be just one of thousands of state-wide and global events, all part of The Shabbos Project, bringing Jews from all walks of life and across the spectrum of all religious affiliations to celebrate one full Shabbat, together. The project’s goal is to create an opportunity to rejuvenate family and community life, and strengthen Jewish unity around the world.

The concept for this project, initiated three years ago, was the inspiration of of South Africa’s Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein. The grassroots project quickly escalated into an international

phenomenon in 2014, involving roughly one millions Jews from all over the world, joining to celebrate not only pre-Shabbat Challah Bakes but post-Shabbat Havdallah concerts. Many observed Shabbat with full religious tradition for the first time.

“Our Great Big Challah Bake is a wonderful opportunity for women of all ages to come together, to have fun, do a mitzvah, perhaps learn something new, and build relationships with old friends and make new ones,” says Jodi Schwartz, this year’s co-chair with Shari Berman. “So, who is ready for some ‘Flour Power’?”

Last year at the Sandler campus challah bake, Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg of Ohef Sholom Temple says she was delighted was delighted to find 140 women waiting to roll up their sleeves and knead some dough. At this gathering, she shared some of the deeper symbolism inherent in the shapes of various holiday challahs. “For example, on Shabbat, the loaves are braided to symbolize the intertwined arms of our community.… The 12 humps in the braided challah recall the miracle of the 12 loaves for the 12 tribes of Israel. Another way of symbolizing the importance of our entire community, our Jewish family and its unity.”

This will be a very uplifting evening, so tie on those apron strings and head to the Sandler Family Campus to reconnect to Jewish traditions and the spiritual joys of making challah bread. All the ingredients, bowls and recipes will be provided. Each participant will leave with two challahs ready to bake and enjoy for Shabbat dinner.

This event is sponsored by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater. For more information and to register, visit www.JewishVA.org/challah-bake or call: 757-965-6138. Women of all ages only.

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Inside the Middle East

Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth 6th annual Israel Today series presents Avi Melamed: author, educator and analyst Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus

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cclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed Avi Melamed has spent more than 30 years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the region. It explores questions such as: How did the Arab world get to this point, what is currently happening, what will the ramifications be, what actions must immediately be undertaken?

Get answers to those questions and more, directly from Melamed at the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of

Tidewater and community partners’ 6th annual Israel Today event, in combination with the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival.

Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth will be available for purchase and signing after the program.

To RSVP (required for security purposes) for this free and open to the community event, or for more information on the Israel Today series, including a full list of community partners, visit www.JewishVa.org/ IsraelToday, email crc@ujft.org, or call 965-6107. *of blessed memory

Author of The Yid to speak about the black comic tale

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7 pm, Temple Sinai, Newport News

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aul Goldberg, author of The Yid, a black comedy about the last days of Stalinist Russia, will speak at Temple Sinai.

The Yid begins in late February 1953 Paul Goldberg. in Moscow, where Stalin is hatching his plan to unleash his own version of the Final Solution, a plan for a massive deportation of Russia’s Jews. Three government goons arrive in the middle of the night at the apartment of Solomon Shlomovich Levinson, a former actor at the now-closed Jewish State Theatre, to carry him off to the infamous Lubyanka Prison. Levinson, however, has other ideas, and reacts in a, to put it mildly, totally unexpected way. Soon he has picked up a motley crew of co-conspirators including a former Civil War machine gunner turned surgeon, a black American engineer who fled the racial prejudices of his native country and a young woman out for revenge. Together they hatch a scheme to take down the mad king, Stalin.

Goldberg takes on fascism, anti-Semitism, genocide, Russian history and other extremely unlikely subjects for humor.

There is a strong theatrical flair to the story as Levinson uses what he learned as an actor to carry out the conspirators’ plan.

Historical figures also play parts. For example, the ghost of the great Russian-Jewish actor Solomon Mikhoels, best known

for playing King Lear in Yiddish looms throughout.

Goldberg immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1973. He has written two books about the Soviet human rights movement and is the editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, a weekly publication on the business and politics of cancer. He is also the co-author of a book on the American health care system. The Yid is Goldberg’s first novel.

Goldberg’s appearance is made possible by the Jewish Book Council, through local sponsors Temple Sinai and the United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Temple Sinai at 757-596-8352.

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what’s happening B’nai Israel Congregation offers free Hebrew reading crash course Begins, Monday, Oct. 31, 7 pm Rabbi Sender Haber

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course designed to teach how to read Hebrew in five easy lessons is being offered by Norfolk’s B’nai Israel Congregation. The free Hebrew Reading Crash Course is available to all members of the Tidewater Jewish community.

The course is offered to inspire unaffiliated Jews to become more involved in Jewish life.

An estimated four million American Jews are not affiliated with any religious denomination or institution. For many such Jews, the inability to read Hebrew and understand synagogue services is an effective barrier to active participation in Jewish life. By teaching to read Hebrew and making people feel comfortable in synagogues, NJOP, sponsor of the Hebrew Reading Crash Course, hopes to open the door to Jewish growth and commitment for previously uninvolved or marginally affiliated Jews.

“The Hebrew Reading Crash Course opened a new dimension in my life,” says Larry Diamond, a Manhattan businessman.

“Before the Crash Course, I rarely set foot inside a synagogue except for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. I felt like a fish out of

water because I couldn’t even read the writing over the ark. Thanks to NJOP, I now attend synagogue every Sabbath, and I am overjoyed that I can pray along with the rest of the congregation in the original Hebrew text.”

The five-week Hebrew Reading Crash Course is geared toward “Jewish beginners,” as well as those who feel left out during synagogue services, unable to follow or appreciate the liturgy. The course begins with learning the Hebrew alphabet and covers basic reading skills, preparing the participant for reading and understanding prayer books and other Jewish texts.

Those who complete the course will be able to read Hebrew and gain a rudimentary understanding of the prayers in their original language.

For more information about the Hebrew Reading Crash Course, call B’nai Israel at 757-627-7358 or NJOP at 800-44-HEBRE(W).

B’nai Israel is located at 420 Spotswood Avenue in Ghent.

NJOP was established in 1987 by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald. NJOP offers free programs at more than 4,944 locations across North America and in 41 countries worldwide.

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7th Annual Veterans Day Service and Celebration honors service to America Friday, Nov. 11, 9:30 am, Sandler Family Campus

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idewater Jewish Foundation’s 7th Annual Veterans Day Service and Celebration seeks to honor those who have served in America’s armed forces, as well as those who continue to do so with dedication and bravery.

This year’s speaker, Lieutenant Commander Brant Feldman, served 11 years in Naval Special Warfare. LCDR Feldman served at SEAL Team TWO, SEAL Team FOUR and Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and currently is the executive vice president of sales at ADS. The Veterans Day Service will include clergy from across the region and denominations. Recently departed veterans from the past year will be remembered, as well as those who have served and are currently serving the nation.

The event is open to the community.

The opportunity to honor a veteran with a Jewish War Veterans monument paver is available before and during the event. For more information on the Jewish War Veterans monument, or to RSVP for the Veterans Day Service, contact Ann Swindell at aswindell@ujft.org or 965-6106.

upcoming events

Conversations Local stories of success Thursday, Nov. 10, 8–9:30 am, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Join the Society for a panel discussion of local success stories, moderated by Danny Rubin.

Light breakfast will be served.

Green Flash Brewery January–date and time to be announced Tour and taste the new local brewery proceeded by a flash networking opportunity.

Pour Sunday, March 5, 4 –7 pm A wine tasting experience featuring Kosher wines and heavy hors d’ourves.

For more information, contact Jasmine Amitay at jamitay@ujft.org or 757-965-6138.

Torah Study for Skeptics Sundays, Oct. 9 and 23, Nov. 6 and 20, Dec. 4 and 18, 6 pm

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abbi Ellen JaffeGill of Tidewater Chavurah facilitates reading and discussion of texts from Hebrew Scripture with an eye toward meaning beyond the literal, in service of alternative interpretations. All discussion is in English, Bibles are provided, and everyone is welcome.

Torah Study for Skeptics will meet in the Parish Hall of Old Donation Episcopal Church, 4449 N. Witchduck Rd., just east of Independence Blvd.

For more information, email rabbicantorejg@gmail.com or call 464-1950.

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Metal comes to life in Virginia Beach with Israeli Aluminum Show Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:30 pm

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andler Center for the Performing Arts presents The Aluminum Show next month, a new and unique show that brings the material, music and artists together on stage in a magical, mystery-filled creation.

A combination of visual theater, dance and humor, The Aluminum Show is an exciting, multi-sensory experience.

“The Aluminum Show is a mix between Blue Man Group, meets STOMP, meets Momix. It is fun, upbeat, and interactive bringing aluminum pipes to life right before the audience’s eyes,” says Meghan Calvagna, director of marketing at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, “This show will leave the audience thrilled for more! We are excited to have this international show on our stage.”

The new show was written and

October 30, Sunday 3rd Annual Mitzvah Day–Help others thrive—do good deeds at the Tidewater Jewish community’s annual Mitzvah Day. Volunteer for one, or all three projects: give comfort to the sick, provide food for the hungry, share the joy of Shabbat. Free, open to all ages and all who want to help. At the Simon Family JCC, 1:30–4:30 pm. To sign up, email jamitay@ujft. org or call 757-965-6138.

October 31, Monday Hebrew reading crash course. B’nai Israel Congregation. 7 pm. 757-627-7358.

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November 2, Wednesday The Great Big Challah Bake of Tidewater at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus.

All of the ingredients, bowls and recipes are provided. Participants will mix, knead and braid.

And learn. And laugh. And leave with two challahs. For more information and to sign up, email jamitay@ujft.org or call 757-965-6138. See page 31.

November 6, Sunday Brith Sholom members meeting and brunch at Beth Sholom Village. Jody Laibstain and Betty Anne Levin from Jewish Family Service will speak about JFS’ Food Pantry. Nonperishable food will be collected at the meeting for the Food Pantry. For information about meetings or joining Brith Sholom, contact LeeAnne Mallory at 757-461-1150 or email Brith.

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Jewish Museum and Cultural Center presents Dr. Glenn Winters on Gilbert and Sullivan.

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Torah study for skeptics. Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill facilitates reading and discussion of texts from Hebrew scripture. For more information, email rabbicantorejg@gmail.com or call 757-464-1950. See page 33.

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November 11, Friday Tidewater Jewish Foundation’s 7th Annual Veteran’s Day Service at the Sandler Family Campus. Join TJF for this community event to honor those who have served the USA, and continue to serve. Service and brunch to be held in the Fleder Multipurpose Room.

9:30 am. Free and open to the community. Honor a veteran with a paver in the Jewish War Monument. Contact Ann Swindell at aswindell@ujft.org or 757-965-6106 to RSVP or for more information on the Jewish War Monument. See page 33.

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November 12, Saturday Comedy Night at Congregation Beth Chaverim. Hosted by Sid Bridge, featuring David C. Wingfield. 6:30 pm. $15. See page 31.

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November 15, Tuesday Israel Today with Avi Melamed, Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth, presented by the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, community partners, as part of the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival. Free and open to the community with RSVP to crc@ujft.org or 965-6107. See page 32 and visit www.JewishVA. org/IsraelToday.

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It’s a girl! Rome synagogue security police help deliver a baby on Yom Kippur eve Two anti-terrorism military police helped a woman give birth to a baby girl on the street outside a Rome synagogue on Yom Kippur eve.

Rome news reports said the birth occurred at around 10:30 pm, Tuesday, Oct. 11 outside the so-called Synagogue of Youth, a small synagogue located within the complex of the Ospedale Israelitico Jewish hospital on Tiber Island, near the main synagogue in the Italian capital.

In a video posted on the Corriere della Sera news website, Cpl. Maj. Francesco Manca, wearing camouflage fatigues, said he and his partner, Mariagrazia Iuculano, noticed a woman screaming for help, saying her child was about to be born.

The two officers are posted on the street outside the synagogue.

Manca said he examined the woman and saw the head of the baby about to emerge, had her lie on the pavement and, along with Iuculano, helped her to deliver.

They then called medical personnel from the hospital, who brought mother and baby inside. Both were reported to be doing well. (JTA)

Kim Kardashian reportedly hires Israeli bodyguard after Paris robbery An Israeli bodyguard is keeping reality television star Kim Kardashian safe after a robbery in her Paris hotel room earlier this month.

Aaron Cohen, who served in the elite undercover Duvdevan unit of the Israel Defense Forces, has been hired

by Kardashian’s husband, rapper Kanye West, to protect her, Ynet reported.

Cohen, who runs a security company that caters to celebrities, told Ynet that he could neither confirm nor deny any association with Kardashian.

“Because of the nature of my business, I cannot confirm whether someone approached me, but I can say that it’s unthinkable that a star of Kim’s caliber only has one security guard,” he said.

Earlier this month, a group of masked

thieves entered her hotel room and tied her up in the bathtub before making off with about $10 million in jewelry.

Cohen made aliyah from Los Angeles at 17 and served as a lone soldier.

Following his army service, he returned to the United States and started his security company, Cherries, the translation of the name of his special IDF unit. It has worked with stars including Katy Perry, Brad Pitt and Arnold Schwarzenegger, according to Ynet.

Cohen has trained security officers in the U.S. to fight terrorism and has offered technical advice to actors about hand-tohand combat and using weapons to make their acting look more realistic. He also has served as a national security analyst on major news networks (JTA)

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The cable network has given a 10-episode series order for the as yet untitled drama, which will be a co-production with the international arm of Israel’s Keshet Studios.

The series, which is set to be filmed on location in Israel next summer, will be directed by Joseph Cedar, an Israeli who has won several international awards. His films Beaufort (2007) and Footnote (2011) each were nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign film.

The creator is Hagai Levi, co-creator of The Affair and In Treatment, and Noah Stollman.

Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shear and Eyal Yifrach were abducted on June 12, 2014, and their bodies were discovered 18 days later following a massive search in a shallow grave in a field near Hebron. A recording of an emergency call made by one of the teens to police and the interior of the car used to abduct them indicated that they were killed shortly after being taken. jewishnewsva.org | October 24, 2016 | Jewish News | 35

obituaries Tracy W. Doughtie Chesapeake—Tracy Wayne Doughtie, 48, passed away on Sept. 26, 2016.

He is predeceased by his father, Waverly Ray Doughtie. Tracy was born in Ducan, Oklahoma. He was a roofer with J.D. Miles & Sons Roofing.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Glynis S. Doughtie; children, Savannah, Rebecca, and Nickolas; mother, Judy Doughtie; sister, Tiffany D. Mollette and husband Ronald; along with extended family and friends.

A graveside service was held at Riverside Memorial Park. Donations to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.snellingsfuneralhome.com.

Linda H. Glaser Norfolk—Linda H. Glaser, 75, was received into heaven on Sunday, October 9, 2016. She was surrounded by the love of her family as she made her passage.

She was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and was the daughter of the late Elmo and Carrie Drew Harris. She was preceded in death by her brother E.C. Harris.

Linda was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple and its sisterhood, the Red Hat Society, Elizabeth River Art Club and Suffolk Art League.

She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Stanley Glaser of Norfolk, her daughter, Jonna Glaser Ehehalt and her husband John of Norfolk and her son, Benjamin “Kevin” Glaser and his wife Jacqueline of Virginia Beach, her sister, Terrie Wright of Elizabeth City, North Carolina and five grandchildren; Ryan Irving Glaser, Alexandra Bryce Glaser, Austin Ridge Glaser, Joshua Drew GlaserWirt and John Gregory Ehehalt, Jr. Linda, commonly known as Bubbles, was co-founder of Stanley’s Home Furnishings where she worked with her husband and eventually retired. She helped create a thriving business, in addition to a

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Bubbles’ most impactful gift to her family and friends was to show compassion to all. She showed love to everyone she met. Her smile never left her face.

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Gertrude Gussoff Stavin Virginia Beach—Gertrude Gussoff Stavin passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on October 5, 2016, three months after her beloved husband of 73 years, Irwin.

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Steven Arthur True Virginia Beach—Steven Arthur True passed away on October 10, 2016 at the age of 47.

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Dimona nuclear reactor to be renamed in honor of Shimon Peres JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Dimona nuclear reactor in southern Israel will be renamed in honor of Shimon Peres.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement that he intends to have the Nuclear Research CenterNegev renamed for Peres, who died last month, at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Oct. 9.

“Shimon Peres worked greatly to establish this important enterprise, an enterprise which is important to the security of Israel for generations, and I think that it would be right and proper to rename the center after him,” Netanyahu said.

Peres, a former president and prime minister of Israel, founded Israel’s arms production industry and led efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. His work led to the building of the nuclear reactor at Dimona, in secret and with French assistance, beginning in the late 1950s. The reactor became active between 1962 and 1964.

According to reports, enough plutonium has been produced at the reactor to fuel between 100 and 200 nuclear bombs.

Peres died on Sept. 28 at 93 following a severe stroke. Shortly after Peres’ death, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz discussed the possibility of renaming the heavily trafficked Ayalon Highway for him.

Jack Greenberg, civil rights attorney who defended Martin Luther King Jr. NEW YORK (JTA)—Jack Greenberg, a prominent lawyer in the U.S. civil rights movement who once defended the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died.

Greenberg had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, said his wife, Deborah Cole Greenberg, according to The New York Times. He died Wednesday, Oct. 12 in Manhattan at 91.

The son of Jewish parents from Poland and Romania who immigrated to the U.S., Greenberg was a pioneer in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 70s who fought for equal rights for disenfranchised African-Americans.

He was the last surviving member of a group of lawyers assembled by Thurgood Marshall who argued for voting rights, equal pay and access to schooling for African-Americans.

Greenberg was one of seven lawyers who argued against segregated schools in Brown v. Board of Education, leading to the Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling to end single-race public schools.

After Marshall was appointed to serve on the Supreme Court in 1961, he tapped Greenberg to lead the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Greenberg served in the role for more than 20 years.

The appointment rankled some who wondered why Marshall had not picked an African-American lawyer, The New York Times reported.

Greenberg also was involved in controversy with Jewish groups for his support

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In 1963, he represented King when the civil rights leader was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

Greenberg was born in 1924 and grew up in Brooklyn and the Bronx boroughs of New York City. He earned bachelor’s and law degrees from Columbia University, and served as the dean of its law school in 1989–93.

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