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How chasid with knife in neck

stabbed the terrorist back
Only after Yonatan Azriaev
Donald Drumpf
is runner-up in
American Jewish Congress
presidential poll
Somebody at the American Jewish
Congress clearly has been watching comedian John Olivers HBO show, Last
Week Tonight.
The AJCongress a nearly centuryold Jewish advocacy group that now
is largely a one-family show last
week emailed out the results of a poll
asking which presidential candidate
its members think would be best for
Israel. The emails subject line was The
Results Are In!
At the top of the AJCongress list is
Senator Ted Cruz, followed by a name
thats trending online at the moment:
Donald Drumpf.
Drumpf is Trumps much less
magical ancestral family name, Oliver
pointed out on his show two weeks ago,
citing Trump biographer Gwenda Blair.
A couple hours after sending
the email, the AJCongress issued a
corrected version with a note that said,
The previous version of this email
included an unfortunate and unintended
spelling mistake. No offense was meant
by it. We apologize for any confusion.
The poll purports to reflect the views
of nearly one thousand AJCongress
members.
Olivers segment, which has been
viewed more than 20 million times on
YouTube, has created something of
a Drumpf phenomenon. The hashtag
#MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain trended on
social media, and Donald Drumpf was
the second most searched for candidate
on Super Tuesday, behind only Trump
himself and ahead of Senator Marco

Rubio and Cruz.
Oliver sold out an initial run of 35,000
Make Donald Drumpf Again hats,
which riff on Trumps campaign slogan,
Make America Great Again. Trump
is the front-runner for the Republican
presidential nod.
Oliver, who got his TV start as a
correspondent on Jon Stewarts The
Daily Show, said on his February 28
show that Trump had put the name
issue in play with a 2013 tweet about
his former Jewish employer: If Jon
Stewart is so above it all & legit, why
did he change his name from Jonathan
Leibowitz? He should be proud of his
heritage!
Oliver went on to criticize the Trump
brand, highlighting questionable
business decisions he said the real
estate billionaire has made over the
years. After the show, the British hosts
team even built an Internet browser
extension that changes all mentions of
Trump to Drumpf.
And, as the AJCongress explained
after JTA first reported on the
poll snafu, one of our employees
downloaded the extension on a
personal computer, and then forgot
about it. Its presence resulted in an
unfortunate but unintentional mistake
in an email to our supporters yesterday.
The American Jewish Congress in no
way intended to be disrespectful and
we regret that it happened.
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On the cover: Tuvia Tenenbom is surrounded by a parade of young women
modeling wedding gowns in Marxloh, Germany. Marxloh is a tough TurkishGerman town; much of its income comes from those gowns.
grabbed the terrorists arms and

threw him against a wall of soft
drinks did he think he was about
to die.
Azriaev, a member of the Breslov
chasidic sect, had been handing out
religious pamphlets in the open-air
market in Petach Tikvah when he
stepped inside a shop at around
4 p.m. last Tuesday, hoping to give
one to the cashier. Then he felt sharp
blows to his back and shoulders.
Feeling like he was being
punched, Azriaev said he figured
he was being attacked by someone
who hated religious people. But
then the shop owner started yelling,
Its a terrorist! Its a terrorist!
Realizing he had been stabbed,
Azriaev said, he followed his
instincts. He swiveled around,
grabbed the attacker by the arms,
swung him in a circle like you
would with a kid, he explained
and threw him against the wall. The
attacker fell to the floor, and Azriaev
realized that he Azriaev, that is
was bleeding from the neck.
I thought that was it, I wouldnt
live, Azriaev said in a bedside
interview from the hospital where
he is recovering from his injuries. I
saw he was fighting with someone
else. When I saw that, I said, I wont
live. So, I said, he shouldnt kill
more people.
After slamming the attacker
against the wall, Azriaevs memory
went blank. He doesnt remember
what happened next. Some of
the details remain unclear, but the
story that has emerged sounds like
something from an action movie.
Azriaev, still bleeding from his
wound, pulled the knife from his
neck and stabbed his attacker,
reportedly a Palestinian, who died
a few minutes later. According to
one report, Azriaev initially fled the
store before returning to confront
the attacker, but Israeli police were
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unable to confirm that, saying only

that some part of the incident
occurred inside the shop and some
part outside.
The next thing Azriaev remembers
is leaving the store and paramedics
rushing to help him.
When he returns home, Azriaev
said, he plans to resume his mission
in life: distributing the pamphlets.
I thought, if there was one thing
that could save me, it would just be
that I would keep handing out these
pamphlets, he said. Thats why
God would save me.
A burly man with a calm face
engulfed by a bushy black-andwhite beard, Azriaev, 35, has spent
the past 16 years studying religious
texts. He lives with his wife and five
children in Yavniel, a 4,000-person
agricultural village near the Sea of
Galilee in northern Israel. He served
in a noncombat position in the Israeli
army. He doesnt exercise.
Azriaev joined the Breslov sect
at 19, after reading one of its
pamphlets. Until he was stabbed,
he has spent his mornings studying
Torah and afternoons traveling
around Israel distributing the glossy,
palm-sized booklets with chasidic
texts to passersby. Last Tuesday, he
was distributing one titled You will
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Listen, Bernie gotta get saved, he gotta meet Jesus.

I dont know, hes got to have a coming to Jesus meeting.
South Carolina televangelist Mark Burns discussing Senator Bernie Sanders while
warming up an audience for Donald Trump and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
NO SQUEAKY VOICE:
Big Bang star

vaults to big screen
MELISSA RAUCH,
35, is best known
as Bernadette on
Big Bang Theory. On
the show she is a
Catholic married to a
Jew, and she speaks in a
very high, childlike voice.
In real life shes Jewish,
and her natural voice is
actually a mite lower
than most womens.
Youll hear her natural
voice in The Bronze, a
comedy she co-wrote
and stars in. Rauch plays
Hope, a small-town Ohio
woman who clinched a
bronze Olympics
gymnastics medal for the
U.S. team years ago. Her
inspired performance
briefly made her a
national hero. Sadly,
Hope cannot move past
her moment of glory and
spends her days in the
mall, in her team uniform,
milking her fading
celebrity for food and
favors. Things change
when shes told shell
inherit a lot of money if
she coaches the local
teen gymnastics prodigy.
Will Hope help or
sabotage this rising star?
(Opens Friday, March 18)
The story of Hopes
Olympic heroics is inspired, at least in part, by
real-life gymnast KERRI
STRUG, now 38, who
clinched a gold medal for
the U.S. Olympics team
in 1996. As you may recall, there was great drama as Strug stuck her
vault despite a bad injury,
and won the gold for her
team. Unlike Hope, Strug
has done well since the
Olympics: shes worked

as a schoolteacher, a
sports commentator,
and most recently, an
attorney at the Justice
Departments Office of
Juvenile Justice. She had
her first child in 2012.
The cast for the
new season of
ABCs Dancing
with the Stars includes
Fox News journalist
GERALDO RIVERA, 72.
(It began on Monday,
March 22, at 8 p.m.)
Rivera, the son of a
Jewish mother and a
Puerto Rican father, was
raised Jewish and had a
bar mitzvah. In recent
years, he has identified
more strongly as Jewish,
and his wife since 2003,
ERICA MICHELLE LEVY,
40, is Jewish. They have
a 10-year-old daughter.
Marla Maples, one of
Donald Trumps ex-wives,
also will be on the show.
Her presence in the cast,
in light of recent events,
should skyrocket ratings
for a while.
A TBS weekly
series, Separation
Anxiety, started
on March 8. New episodes air Tuesdays at 10
p.m. Its a game show in
which host ILIZA
SHLESINGER, 33, tests
couples on how well their
partner knows trivia in
different subjects.
Shlesinger began doing
improv comedy in
college. In 2008, she
became the first woman,
and the youngest
contestant, to win NBCs
Last Comic Standing
Melissa Rauch
Kerri Strug
Geraldo Rivera
Iliza Shlesinger
stand-up competition.
Over on YouTube, you
can see her tell three
Jewish jokes, submitted
by visitors to a popular
website. Its called
Laugh Out Loud Jewish
Jokes.
The ancestry
of DUSTIN
HOFFMAN, 78, was
the subject of the March
8 episode of the PBS
show Finding Your
Roots. No written
description can convey
Hoffmans moving
reactions as he learns
about the tragically
dramatic history of his
fathers family, and you
have to see him discuss
his embrace of his Jewish
identity. So I say watch
the show, but heres a
sidelight thats not in the
episode that may
enhance your viewing.
Hoffman has talked
about his secular
upbringing before. In
2003, he told author
ABIGAIL POGREBIN that
the pivotal event in his
Jewish identity was
when he met and
married his wife, LISA
HOFFMAN, now 61, in
1980. They have four
adult children. Lisa had a
strong Jewish background and that made a
huge difference in
Dustins life. He told
Pogrebin: My wife
changed everything. Two
sons bar mitzvahed, two
daughters bat mitzvahed. He also told Pogrebin about his many
candid conversations
about his faith with the
familys cool rabbi.
(You can watch the
entire Roots interview
online. Simply google
Finding Your Roots and
Hoffman. Many encore
PBS TV showings).
Alla Nazimova in Camille, 1921.
Nancy Reagan footnote,

both Jewish and spicy
Actress ALLA NAZIMOVA (1879-1945) was born Adelaida Leventon in Crimea. She was a Russian theater star
before she moved to the States in 1905 and became an
American star. She toured the country until about 1930
and she made some silent films. She was very kind to
an aspiring actress, Edith Luckett, when they were in a
stage play together; in 1921, when Nancy was born, Edith
asked Nazimova to be her babys godmother. Until her
death, Nazimova remained close to Edith, to Ediths second husband, Dr. Loyal Davis (a far-right Republican who
adopted Nancy), and to Nancy. The backstory: everyone
in Hollywood knew that Nazimova was a lesbian. They
also knew about her many intimate relationships with
famous women. Even in the 1930s, personal kindness and
friendship often was more important than a gay persons
shocking lifestyle.
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We are products of our expectations
At Book Day, local yeshiva boys learn about social justice, inner city lives, and leaving poverty
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
wo African-American boys with

the same name grow up in the
same city.
Both are the children of single
mothers; both are exposed to drugs and
violence early on. One becomes a Rhodes
Scholar, decorated veteran, and business
leader. The other becomes involved in drugs
and ends up in jail for life.
This is the true story told by the successful
Wes Moore in his 2010 bestseller, The Other
Wes Moore. Student and faculty committees at the Torah Academy of Bergen County
chose the book for the all-boys high schools
sixth annual Book Day.
Although the 315 students at TABC have
no firsthand knowledge of the dangers and
dilemmas that face inner-city black teens, the
book provided them with food for thought
about adversity, responsibility, perseverance,
determination, and choices.
I could see in our discussions in class that
they felt this book was relevant to their lives
though it described a very different culture
than theyve been exposed to, said English
department chair Carol Master, who organizes Book Day together with Leah Moskovits, the schools librarian.
After the entire student body, faculty, and
staff had the opportunity to read the book
and participate in related classroom activities and discussions, March 8 was devoted to
workshops led by people involved in aspects
of the themes and situations raised by The
Other Wes Moore.
Both the author and one of his friends, U.S.
Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), videotaped a
greeting specially for Book Day. In a 13-minute
Eric LeGrand, author of BELIEVE: My Faith and the Tackle That Changed My Life, talks to students.
talk filled with Torah references, Mr. Booker

told the boys that his own father grew up
poor in a single-parent home, and it was only
a conspiracy of love by those around him
that set him on the right path. He said this
type of Abrahamic gesture of chesed and a
commitment to be agents of justice are the
pillars of humanity. I hope this book moved
you and helped you understand the complicated interconnection between all people,
the senator said.
Criminal defense attorney James Seplowitz talked about A Life of Crime: The
Effects of Nature and Nurture.
Coincidentally, TABCs new basketball

coach, Oswald Cross, also is an old friend of
Mr. Moores and asked him to answer several
student-submitted questions.
Im incredibly excited that youre not just
reading the book but hopefully understanding the bigger lessons that come along with
it, Mr. Moore said in his message. He told the
students, We are products of our expectations. Thats why its important to have high
expectations not just for yourself but high
expectations for the people around you.
Mr. Cross also brought in retired NBA
player Kenny Satterfield, who spoke about
his difficult childhood. He said he could easily have been the other Wes Moore, Dr. Master said.
Eric LeGrand, a former Rutgers football
star who became paralyzed as the result of
a spinal-cord injury suffered during a game
in 2010, gave the keynote address. Following
years of rehabilitation, Mr. LeGrand founded
Team LeGrand of the Reeve Foundation to
raise funds in support of quality-of-life initiatives and research into effective treatments.
He also wrote a book, BELIEVE: My Faith
and the Tackle That Changed My Life, and
he talks to teens about staying motivated
and following their dreams despite whatever
obstacles they encounter.
Each session was related in some way
to the book, Dr. Master said. The day is
unique in its being cross-curricular as well
as culturally and intellectually enriching
for our students.

Many of the outside speakers were parents
of current or former TABC students. Others
had no earlier connection with the yeshiva.
Captain Erica Diaz, associate director of
admissions at Valley Forge Military Academy
and College the school that played a pivotal
role in Mr. Moores life talked about the military model of education and how the virtues
of service and hard work can help maximize
a persons potential.
Dr. Ziva Cooper, assistant professor of clinical neurobiology at Columbia University,
spoke to the honors biology and chemistry
classes about her research into the behavioral
and physiological effects of drug abuse and
how these effects are different in males and
females.
Dr. Devra Gutfreund, a pediatric emergency physician at St. Josephs Hospital and
Regional Medical Center in Paterson, shared
insights into the medical issues encountered
daily in an inner-city hospital.
Dr. Jeffrey Berman, executive medical
director of the College Recovery Program in
New Brunswick, presented Addiction: Disease, Choice or Fate?, and Rabbi Dr. Eric
Lankin, U.S. executive director of ELEMYouth in Distress in Israel, discussed issues
unique to Jewish addicts and recovering
addicts.
Dr. Michelle Small-Roth, an obstetrician/
gynecologist who works at the maximum
security prison at Bedford Hills Correctional
Local
From the book, I

got an awareness
of the problems
drugs can bring,
and from the
detectives I
learned to treat
all prescriptions
with caution.
Facility in New York, and her husband, Dr.
Aharon Moshe Roth, a general surgeon with
extensive experience in prison health care,
each told anecdotes about the prisoners they
treat in their unusual work.
Sophomore Yonatan Kurz of Teaneck
said he was surprised to learn that there are
Orthodox Jews in prison. He also attended a
session led by TABC Talmud instructor Rabbi
Daniel Fridman about Maimonides views
on personal choice and free will in shaping
your destiny and heard firsthand accounts

from detectives in the Bergen County Prosecutors Office about the dangerous consequences of experimentation with prescription medication.
From the book, I got an awareness of
the problems drugs can bring, and from the
detectives I learned to treat all prescriptions
with caution, Yonatan said.
Because domestic violence is mentioned
in the book, Dr. Master and Ms. Moskovits
invited Rabbi Michael Bleicher, a clinician
and outreach coordinator for Project Sarah.
The statewide program, whose acronym
stands for Stop Abusive Relationships At
Home, provides services and resources for
Jewish victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
Professor Jeremy Dauber, director of
Columbia Universitys Institute of Israel and
Jewish Studies and a former Rhodes Scholar
who grew up in Teaneck, spoke on his experiences at Oxford and the impact of the scholarship on his life and career.
His main message was that while its
great to apply to prestigious programs and
do things that are considered prestigious,
the most important thing is to do things
that are good for you, said

11th-grader Hillel Koslowe
of Teaneck. He told us to
make sure we know why
we want these things. We
shouldnt do them simply
because theyre great. The
message really resonated
with me.
Criminal defense attorney James Seplowitz talked
about A Life of Crime: The
Effects of Nature and Nurture, while lawyer Pam
Dr. Devra Gutfreund talks about Medicine in an
Ennis tackled Is Our JuveInner City Hospital.
nile Justice System Just?
Members of the TABC
teaching staff and guidance department
reading community at the school by encouraging students, faculty, and staff to use the
offered sessions on such topics as judging
same book as a springboard for critical thinkothers favorably, the Jewish view on smoking marijuana, whether we are obligated to
ing, she added.
help people who are not trying to help themWe believe that Book Day is a wonderful
selves, how to make better decisions, how to
extension of what we try to teach our students every day, Dr. Master said. We try
avoid unhealthy relationships, and the effect
to teach them that it is through reading
of environment on choice-making.
whether a novel, a historical document or a
Faculty members from all areas were
blatt of gemara that one can discover new
involved in this program and everyone loved
worlds and begin to think for oneself.
it, Ms. Moskovits said. Book Day fosters a
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HOTEL MOSCOW is the story of both the valiant
Russian women and the brave visiting American
woman helping them navigate the new and strange
world of business. While investigating a business
crime on behalf of her new friends, the American
protagonist finds herself confronting antiSemitism and must come to terms with her
parents Holocaust legacy.
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 12 PM

Fair Lawn Jewish Center,
10-10 Norma Avenue
Fairlawn, NJ 07410
Couvert: $45
(includes copy of the book
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Let a robot park your car

Hoboken launches new high-tech garages; Cliffside Park soon to follow
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
onventional parking garages are an environmental failure.

It takes lots of land and resources to build
and maintain them not to mention the gasoline wasted as waiting cars idle and then troll for a
vacant spot and maneuver into and out of it.
Unitronics Group reimagined the whole scenario to
look like this: Drive your car into a 20-by-20 foot entry
bay, turn the engine off, lock up, take a ticket, and go
on your way.
The rest of the process is fully automated.
After you leave the bay, a Unitronics robot scoots
under the car, engages the wheels, and lifts the vehicle using a combination of radar, optical sensors, and
cameras. It transports your car to the destination spot
and positions it perfectly. There is no chance of a fender
scrape, and there is no space-hogging poor parking.
To activate retrieval, you enter the bay and either pay
the fee via computer or (for registered monthly users)
swipe a coin-like RF card on your keychain. A computer
screen tells you the number of the room where your car
will be waiting, facing outward for quick exit, and shows
your vehicles progress as one of the robots brings it to
the room within two or three minutes of your request.
This is no startup dream.
Established in 1989, Unitronics develops industrial
automation products, smart warehouses, and automated parking solutions for global clients that include
Danone and BP in Belgium and Coca-Cola in Holland.
Unitronics built 47 projects in Israel and runs an international network of 165 distributors and sales offices in
Europe, the United States, Israel, and the Far East.
Unitronics U.S. subsidiary recently completed four
new-generation automated parking garages in the
United States. Three are in Hoboken 916 Garden St.,
900 Monroe St., and 1415 Park Ave. and one is at City
Hall in West Hollywood, California. There is also another
one in Mexico.
The sixth project, a 300-space, $4.5 million garage,
is planned to open in late 2017 in a luxury apartment
complex in Cliffside Park. (The developer resists giving
the name or address.) The seventh is expected to be a
very large $24 million project in Calgary, Canada, for
which Unitronics signed a binding letter of intent and
will begin once a building permit is secured.
Unitronics founder and CEO Haim Shani says that
while mechanical parking is not a new idea, the Israeli
solution does not require any devices or systems aside
from the robot and offers revolutionary financial and
ecological benefits.
The robots use automated elevators to bring cars

to empty spaces.
Unitronics robots in action.
Our solution is unique and can change the whole

game. The developer not only enjoys high-density parking, but also lower cost, Shani said.
To begin with, Unitronics parking facilities use only
one third of the space of a conventional normal parking
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lot storing three times more cars in the same space

thereby saving on real-estate, excavation, development,
and maintenance costs.
Its a green solution, too, Shani said. The car is
turned off after the driver leaves it in the entry bay, so
there is no waste of fuel and no emissions in the building.
Since its a robotic system, there is no need for lighting
or ventilation inside the parking garage, which consume
much more energy than does our robot.
While conventional parking garages pose personal and
theft risks, Unitronics automated facility lessens the likelihood of injury to car owners and car theft, thus also
reducing insurance costs for entrepreneurs.
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Local man runs for Congress

Josh Gottheimer of Wyckoff expects the Democratic nomination for 5th District
a problem solver, a moderate. That is
unfashionable right now because the parties are so captive to the extremes. Thats
how the process works. Most people believe
that the vital center is being overwhelmed
by a food fight, the unyielding positions
that national politicians feel forced to take
in primaries in order to get the votes of the
true believers who dominate there.
Because he spent so much of his career in
the private sector, and so much of his public-service career as an FCC negotiator, Mr.
Gottheimers approach involves discussion
rather than shouting. I would be willing to
actually sit at the table, he said. There are
some members of Congress, on both sides
of the aisle, who still do that, he added;
JOANNE PALMER
Im an American.
Im Jewish. Im a
Jewish American.
Those also are
things that cannot
be separated.
up in North Caldwell, came from a family that had made its way to this country
before the war. His wife, lawyer Marla Tusk,
was not so lucky. One set of her grandparents met in Siberia, where they had fled to
escape the Nazis. Ms. Tusks father was born
in a DP camp. Mr. Gottheimers grandfather
fought in World War II, and went into a concentration camp soon after it was liberated.
So although Mr. Gottheimer did not inherit
firsthand memories of the worst of the Holocaust, the stories he heard were horrific by
any other standard.
Mr. Gottheimers first trip to Israel came
JOSH GOTTHEIMER
osh Gottheimer of Wyckoff, former

whiz-kid Clinton speechwriter, FCC
counselor, lawyer, Internet policy
expert, and Microsoft guru, whose
career has alternated between the private
and public sectors since he was a 16-yearold page for Senator Frank Lautenberg,
is the likely Democratic nominee for the
United States Congress from New Jerseys
5th District.
As an active member of the Jewish community, Mr. Gottheimer, 40, talks freely
about his deep connection to Israel, his
belief that the security of the United States
and of Israel are so intertwined as to be
inseparable, and that the Jewish values that
have guided him throughout his life guide
him still.
Those are the values, he says, that make
him socially liberal, fiscally conservative,
and passionately centrist, in favor of listening, compromising, and co-existing. He is,
in fact, the very model of a certain kind of
politician the kind of politician whose
refusal to demonize his opponent is way out
of fashion now.
He holds his beliefs, Mr. Gottheimer said,
because I believe that there are places
where the government shouldnt meddle,
and there are historic values rooted in our
history that we must never forget.
I believe that we should give opportunity
to all and expect responsibility from all.
That belief which is backed by detailed
positions comes from what our people
went through. Mr. Gottheimer, who grew
Josh Gottheimer announces his run for Congress in Northvale last month.
when he was 13; after celebrating his bar

mitzvah at his family shul, Temple Shalom
of West Essex in Cedar Grove, he went to
Israel to do it again. My father took the
whole family over, he said. Everyone
my grandmother, my uncles, my cousins. It
was one of those things that stays with you.
He remembers details the tour guides
name was Dov and he also remembers
emotions. Israels harsh bright light, the
shadows it makes, and the unexpected,
sometimes picturesque, sometimes stark
scenes that light exposes and make a deep
mark on a 13-year-olds still growing heart. It
did on Mr. Gottheimers.
Last summer, soon after he announced
his interest in the Democratic nomination
for the congressional seat, which is now
held by the Republican incumbent, Scott
Garrett, Mr. Gottheimer took a stand on
the deal with Iran. That deal, which allowed
Iran to trade 15 years of supervision of its
nuclear program against readmission to
the world community and a thawing of
its assets that had been frozen in Western
financial institution, was to understate
highly controversial.
Debate over the deal grew
highly acrimonious, in many cases breaking up longtime friendships the split

between New Jerseys junior senator, Democrat Cory Booker, and his friend Rabbi
Shmuley Boteach of Englewood has been
chronicled at exhaustive length in these
pages. It has caused friction within and
between organizations, both inside and
outside the Jewish world.
It was not an issue about which Mr. Gottheimer could remain silent. His position
was counter to the official Democratic
one; after all, the deals chief proponent
was the partys leader, President Barack
Obama. I lost several fundraisers, people
canceled events for me, people demanded
their checks back, Mr. Gottheimer said.
I was under a lot of pressure from the
national party.
But my answer was that this deal threatens Americas safety and security, and it
supports terrorists. And also Israels safety
its future was on the line too. Those things
cannot be separated.
Im an American. Im Jewish. Im a Jewish American. Those also are things that
cannot be separated.
Mr. Gottheimer positions himself as
We have to
shore up our
infrastructure.
It is the second
most important
thing, right
after education.
they are overshadowed now by their louder
peers, but they labor on. He would like to
join them.
One thing that any candidate for Congress needs and challengers need even
more than incumbents is money. Mr.
Gottheimer has raised a lot of money; as
so often happens, once enough money is
in to trigger some sort of response, more
and more money comes in. Even with the
defections from the donors opposed to his
anti-Iran-deal stance, he has raised about
a million and a half dollars, he said. That
was enough to get the district named as
one of 16 in this years Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees Red to
Blue program.
Red to Blue supports candidates it
believes have a real chance of unseating
incumbents, turning them from Republican red to Democratic blue on the electoral
map. New Jerseys 5th District is the only
one in the tristate area that the program is
supporting this year.
Mr. Gottheimers positions on issues bear
out his self-assessment as a social progressive and fiscal conservative. As that conservative, he talks about how his district, one of
the countrys richest, gives far more in taxes
then it gets back. He finds that profoundly
unsatisfactory. The disastrous state of our
infrastructure, as he sees it, concerns him.
One third of all the bridges in the state are
considered unfit, and we are number two
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years old.
in the country in terms of mass transit delays, he said.

We have to shore up our infrastructure. It is the second
most important thing, right after education.
On the other hand, he said that would be the socially
liberal hand it is the governments job to treat all citizens equally. That includes passing the Violence Against
Women Act and ensuring that family leave is available.
It means making sure that we have strong law enforcement in our schools, shuls, and preschools, he said. It
is about making sure that our water is clean.
Some of Mr. Gottheimers strongest disagreements
with Mr. Garrett center on the status of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer people. Mr. Gottheimer, as a social progressive, believes that it is not the
governments business to legislate their lives. Standing
by the LGBT community, like standing by women and
people of color, is because we remember what it was
like for us, he said.
Not long ago, Jews werent allowed to live in Ridgewood and some towns right here, he added. Jewish
families were zoned out; even if they bid on a house,
their realtor wouldnt even bother to put through a
mortgage application. It wouldnt be approved. We must
remember that, Mr. Gottheimer said.
What does he want to do in Congress? Now that the
Iran deal was passed, it is very important to make sure
that Israel gets all the new technoloy it needs, Mr.
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Bound for glory

Leonia rabbi, shul president contribute to anthology on space travel
LARRY YUDELSON
hen
Barry
Schwartz was
11 years old, he
begged his parents to let him stay up way past
his bed time so he could watch
Neil Armstrong walk on the
moon.
Outer space seemed close at
hand in the summer of 1969.
President Kennedys promise
of landing a man on the moon
within the decade had been fulfilled. Hollywood imagined routine Pan Am space shuttles to
orbiting space stations by the
year 2001.
That promise was not fulfilled.
Pan Am went under, and the
Challenger exploded, and though
tickets have been sold to the optimistic and rich, tourist flights to
space have yet to launch. The
astronauts of Apollo 17 left the
moon in the winter of 1972, and
nobody has returned.
Barry Schwartz dreamed of
being an astronaut as a child,
but when he grew up he landed
not on luna but in Leonia, where
he is rabbi of Congregation Adas
Emuno. This month, with the
publication of Touching the
Face of the Cosmos: On the
Intersection of Space Travel and
Religion, a new anthology from
Fordham University Press, Rabbi
Schwartz finally finds himself
bound up with astronauts both
real and fictional, if only in the
pages of a book.
The volume begins with an
interview with astronaut John
Glenn, conducted by one of the
editors, Dr. Paul Levinson. Dr.
Levinson is a professor at Fordham Universitys department
of communications and media
studies. He has published several
science fiction novels and was
president of the Science Fiction
and Fantasy Writers of America,
but it was a nonfiction work,
2003s Real Space: The Fate of
Physical Presence in the Digital
Age, On and Off Planet, which
was the springboard for this new
anthology.
One of the topics he explored
in that book, Dr. Levinson said,
was how come we made such
little progress in getting off the
planet since the 60s? Even now
no human beings have been back
The earth as seen from space in a photo taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts.
to the moon. We havent been to
Mars.
This got him thinking about
peoples expressed motivations
for exploring space. There was
the military motive that fueled
the Cold War space race of the
60s, the pull of scientific curiosity, and more recently, the view
that there is money to be made
in orbit.
What was missing in these discussions, he realized, was something that underlies all these
motivations, the almost spiritual
exploration of knowing more
about who we are in the cosmos.
Getting out to space satisfied the
yearning every sentient being
has, to learn a little more about
what this is all about, what are
we doing here, what part of the
larger picture are we part of.

And thus was born an anthology where people from different religious backgrounds and
people who are not religious at
all write about this intersection
of space travel and spirituality,
he said.
Dr. Levinsons interest in space
travel, like Rabbi Schwartzs,
goes back to childhood. I was
Dr. Paul Levinson
Rabbi Barry Schwartz
Dr. Lance Strate
absolutely riveted when the

Soviets launched the first sputnik, he said. I thought it was
amazing.
The book includes an essay
from the Vaticans astronomer,
an anthropologist considering
the symbolic meaning of objects
taken to space by astronauts
(including the Torah scroll taken
by astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman),
and scientist and science fiction
writer David Brin giving an original midrashic reading of Genesis to justify scientific discovery
and creativity. The books fiction
includes a seder-in-space scene
excerpted from one of Dr. Levinsons novels and a story by Jack
Dann, the editor of Wandering
Stars, a 1974 anthology of Jewish
science fiction, about a far-future
rabbi on an alien planet
As for the actual rabbi in the
book Rabbi Schwartz entered
the anthology via Dr. Lance
Strate, Dr. Levinsons colleague
at Fordham who is president of
Rabbi Schwartzs shul. Dr. Strate
who is a Jewish Standard columnist has an essay of his own
in the volume, which mentions
Maimonides but takes a somewhat more skeptical stance
toward space exploration than
the other contributors do.
In his essay, Dr. Strate suggests that the desire for space
travel reflects a longstanding
desire to look upward, perhaps
a returning to the trees, he said.
He quotes Lewis Mumford, who
condemned the space program
during the Apollo era as a rerun
of ancient pyramid building, in
which a select few individuals
were the subject of an extreme
amount of labor and resources
to send this select few to that
cultures conception of the
heavens. Mr. Mumford argued
that our time and effort and
resources would be better spent
dealing with our needs here on
earth. The overall thrust of the
essay is that space travel is about
the search for transcendence but
were not going to find it.
Rabbi Schwartz, however,
argues in his essay that astronauts found transcendence in
space and that they were able
to bring it home with them and
share it with the world.
Our journey into space is
really about our journey back
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Holiday sermon in 1989, 20 years after the first moon
landing. The essay looks at how the views from space
changed our view of earth.
He quotes Saudi astronaut Bin Salman: The first
day or so we all pointed to our countries. The third or
fourth day we were pointing to our continents. By the
fifth day we were aware of only one Earth.
When Rabbi Schwartz first delivered the sermon, he
ended by holding up a photograph taken by the Apollo
17 astronauts that showed the blue globe of the earth.
The first day or

so we all pointed
to our countries.
The third or fourth
day we were
pointing to our
continents. By
the fifth day we
were aware of
only one Earth.
From outer space we have gained an inner understanding; a fresh perspective, Rabbi Schwartz writes.
We are one community on one Earth; a dazzling bundle of interdependent life, hurtling through the void.
We are one human race; and must we not join hand
in hand across the globe, to care for this our home?
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What: Book discussion on Touching the Face of
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Who: Editor Paul Levinson and contributors Rabbi
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Where: Congregation Adas Emuno, 254 Broad
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When: Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m.
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COURTESY NORPAC
Norpac hosts Rep. Lois Frankel

NORPAC hosted Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) in Englewood on March 6 at a
meeting hosted by the Gontownik family. Ms. Frankels district stretches from West
Palm Beach through Boca Raton and down to Fort Lauderdale.
Moriah sponsors benefit program

in memory of early childhood student
The Moriah School announced a fundraiser for Tackle Kids Cancer and a toy
and book drive for Hackensack University Medical Center. Both are in memory
of Evan Levy, who was in Moriahs early
childhood program. Evan died of cancer
in December.
Evans loss has been devastating to the
entire school community, Rabbi Daniel Alter, Moriahs head of school, said.
He was lively, positive, and loving, even
through his rigorous treatments. He left
a lasting impression on so many people,
including the students and teachers at
Moriah. Two of those students, brothers
Omer and Rone Rosen, were inspired to
raise money in his memory. The Rosens
had a special bond with Evan because
their mother also recently died of cancer.
With the help of two middle school
administrators, Rabbis Yoni Fein and
Eitan Lipstein, Moriah students will host
Kids4Evan, a school-wide drive, on
March 25. It will help raise funds to buy
toys and books that will benefit Tackle
Kids Cancer and the Joseph M. Sanzari
Childrens Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center.
The students at Moriah are excited to
be able to give back to children fighting
cancer, all in Evans memory, Omer and
Rone Rosen said.
The Giants and the Childrens Cancer
Institute at HackensackUMC joined forces
to advance Tackle Kids Cancer, which
helps research and provides children in
the community access to the highest level
of care. Every dollar raised benefits the
essential clinical care, unique support

services, and groundbreaking research
needed to find a cure.
Fox 5 News heard about Omer and
Rones story and invited them into its studio, along with Rabbi Fein, to share their
story on television in a nine-minute special segment. Omer and Rone talked about
their mothers death, and how their relationship with Evan moved them to make a
difference in their community. The video
of the interview is posted at youtu.be/
jrUPIbAZ2tM. To date, the YouTube has
almost 9,000 views. For information or
to make donations to the fundraiser or to
the toy and book drive, email Rabbi Fein at
yfein@moriahschool.org.
This year, Moriah also launched the Jewish Life Fellowship. It was spearheaded
and supported by the late Mendel Balk,
whose vision and generosity has empowered the students at Moriah to connect
with their Jewish identity in innovative
ways. One of the fellowships central components is the requirement that middle
school students complete a combined 30
hours of after-school charity work and
Torah studies. Rabbi Fein said, We have
seen a tremendous amount of passion and
leadership from our student body surrounding this fellowship. What is amazing
about this campaign is that it was completely student-driven. As an educator, I
cannot think of anything more inspiring
than young students taking the initiative to
sacrifice their own time and needs to help
make a difference in the lives of others. We
couldnt be more proud of them.
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Students at the religious school at Temple Emanuel of the Pascack

Valley, including Max Zuckerman, Andrew Baskin, and Ethan Squadron, decorated bins to hold items they are collecting for the Jewish
Federation of Northern New Jerseys Mega Food Drive.
Local organizations issue pleas

for donations to food drives
The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey has begun its March Mega
Food Drive, formerly Good Deeds Day. It will accept donations at its offices,
50 Eisenhower Drive in Paramus, or at participating synagogues until March
30.
Before donating a food item, check the expiration date. No glass or soda
can be accepted. Passover food items are welcome. The most needed items
include canned tuna, salmon, and chicken; boxed or powdered milk; beans,
potatoes, rice, pasta, and cereal; baby food, diapers, formula, and adult
briefs; mac & cheese, chili, and meaty soups; jelly, jams, and peanut butter;
canned fruit and vegetables, and toilet paper, tissues, and paper towels.
For a list of drop-off sites, go to www.JFNNJ.org/fooddrive or call (201)
820-3962.
WIN, the Wayne Interfaith Network, is a coalition of volunteers from local

houses of worship and service organizations in the greater Wayne area. It
provides non-perishable foods and other basic necessities to needy Wayne
residents.
Donors are asked to bring bags of non-perishable food and other basic
necessities (including paper goods, toiletry items, and cleaning products) to
a drop-off site in town. Those sites include the Wayne YMCA (use the Jewish
Family Services entrance) and the Preakness branch of the Wayne Public
Library.
The Wayne Senior and Social Services Department screens WINs clients.
Anyone in need should call Regina Parks at (973) 694-1800, ext. 3281.
NCJW reaches out to applicants

for its college-bound scholarships
The Bergen County section of the
National Council of Jewish Women will
award several $1,000 endowed scholarships to young Jewish women who are
graduating from Bergen County public
high schools this year.
The criteria that NCJW considers include the candidates academic
record, meaningful participation in
school and/or community activities, and

financial need.
Students who have been accepted into
a four-year college or university can get
information and applications through
their high school guidance offices. The
deadline for submission is April 15. For
information, go to www.ncjwbcs.org.
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Editorial
Purim seems like its
not so very important
any of us associate it
with children carnivals, costumes, lots of
sugared food, lots of
running around and squealing. Some
of us associate it with more adult pastimes specifically, with drinking. In
fact, the mandate to drink until we
cannot tell the difference between
Mordecai and Haman between
good and bad, that is, between white
and black, day and night can lead to
disastrous results.
(This is not the main point of the
editorial, but it cannot be said too
often do not drink to excess. Do
not drink and drive. Do not encourage people with drinking problems to
drink. Do not make yourself sick. That
is not at all the point of Purim.)
Many of us think of Purim as a profoundly unserious holiday. Its frivolous. Its meant to be fun. We are told
to make noise. We are encouraged to
laugh. And we know that Gods name
is not mentioned anywhere in the
story. Its about a historical incident
and we all know that it ended just
fine. (Or just fine for us Jews. When
you read the second part of Megillat
Esther, you realize that you are rejoicing at the deaths of many people.
Many Jews, including many of us here,
have trouble with that one.)
But Purim has far a far deeper
meaning than carnivals or drunkenness, although both of those things
are entry points to that meaning.
It is about masks. It is about hiding
and revealing, being in and being out.
We are taught that Purim, as seemingly trivial as it is, will be the only
holiday that will remain in the World
to Come.
Why?
There is a clue in Purims name.
The word megillah is about revealing,
and Esther is about hiding. To reveal
or to hide? To mask or unmask?
So when are we really masked?
During the year, or on Purim? Which
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face is real, the one we grow into or

the one we chose to put on? What
are we revealing by the way we
chose to hide?
Tuvia Tenenbom, the subject of
our cover story, talks a great deal
about hiding and revealing. When he
goes out to report stories, he hides
his true identity but choses instead
to reflect the assumptions and even
the words of the people he meets.
That mirroring mask allows them to
reveal themselves in it, to him and
perhaps even to themselves.
The presidential campaign now
being waged (an appropriate verb to
use in this context, because it usually applies to war) on some level
is about masks. Candidates have
tried on masks and been attacked
for their lack of authenticity. The
rubber and paint and strings have
been too evident. Perhaps because
of social media and cellphone cameras theyve been seen far too close
up. The fakeness shows.
Other candidates have campaigned on their authenticity, claiming that they do not need masks. On
the left there is Bernie Sanders, with
his Brooklyn accent and his grumpy
grandpa affect and his socialist politics. On the right there is Donald
Trump, about whom nothing else
need be said.
And then there is us, the electorate. Many of us have dropped our
masks and show ferocious faces,
snarling with hate and envy and fear.
Maybe, once Purim is over, it will
be a good idea to put our masks back
on. Maybe we should cover our baser
nature with a veneer of civility. Maybe
please and thank you and Im
sorry should replace Get em outta
here. Maybe if we act out our better
selves often enough, even if at first we
dont mean it, eventually we will.
Its worth a try.
Happy Purim. And happy spring!

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Comparing Trump to Hitler

trivializes the Holocaust
ecently, when a Republican presidential candidate asked supporters at his rally to pledge to vote for
them, he asked them to raise their
right arms and promise theyd vote in the Florida primary.
Many commentators around the country
and across the world, including many here at
home, immediately saw that as a version of the
Nazi salute.
Let me repeat that. Donald Trump asked
people to pledge theyd vote for him. And what
many people, including many prominent Jews,
saw was a Heil Hitler salute. They
saw Trump on his way to becoming the American Fuhrer.
You can hate Trump all you
want. But Trump is Hitler?
Really? Have we all taken leave
of our senses?
The disgusting comparison of
Donald Trump to the man who
annihilated European Jewry is
the ultimate trivialization of the
Rabbi
Holocaust and an affront to the
Shmuley
Boteach
memory of the six million. That
the charge would come even
from Jews who have dedicated
their lives to ensuring that anti-Semitism be
taken seriously is mystifying.
Does anyone seriously believe that Trumps
purpose in running for president is ultimately
to perpetrate some sort of genocide?
But many people seem to believe that. The
Washington Post published a column by a
Harvard professor comparing Trump to Hitler. The New York Daily News put the words
Trump is Hitler on its front cover. The Huffington Post and the Daily Telegraph also have
compared Trump to Hitler. Saturday Night
Live compared Trumps rise to power to
Germany in the 1930s. High-profile personalities, including Bill Maher, Louis CK, former Mexican president Vicente Fox, and even
Glenn Beck all have made the comparison.
Rarely have I seen the Holocaust trivialized
to this degree by mainstream media outlets.

Love him or hate him, the fact is that Donald Trump has never murdered anyone in his
life, and he has a daughter who converted to
Orthodox Judaism, and who is observant.
Being friendly with Trumps son-in-law,
Jared Kushner, I was aware of the process of
Ivanka Trump becoming Jewish. At any point
during the multiyear journey, her father could
easily have said to her, Are you kidding me?
Seriously? Youre from a prominent family.
Youre rich. Youre famous. Get this becoming
Jewish idea far out of your head.
But not only did Trump not do
so, he did precisely the opposite.
On many occasions, he has spoken very proudly of his daughter
embracing the Jewish faith. Donald Trump is alone among all candidates for president in having
Orthodox Jewish grandchildren.
Not that any of this means that
he should be elected president,
or that he is a worthy candidate.
But it certainly means that comparisons between him and Hitler
are downright disgusting, and a
deep offense to a daughter who
chose to join the Jewish people. Trump is a
highly controversial candidate, and one may
object to his policies. But few would deny that
he is a friend of Israel. And Jews calling him
Hitler is character assassination of an unimaginable order.
Then there is Trumps son-in-law, Jared, who
stems from one of the most prominent and
philanthropic New York/New Jersey Jewish
families. Jared and the Kushners are among
the staunchest supporters and defenders of
Israel. They are renowned for the innumerable Jewish causes they support. Jared comes
from a family of Holocaust survivors. I can
only imagine the pain they feel when the
father of their daughter-in-law is compared by
fellow Jews to the man who gassed millions of
Jews to death.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of Englewood is the founder of the World Values Network and is the
author of 30 books. Next month he will publish The Israel Warrior: Winning Israels Battles in the
Marketplace of Ideas. Follow him on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.
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Opinion
There are certain words in the English language that
are reserved for the worst imaginable forms of evil.
Genocide is one such word. When Israel is attacked with
14,000 rockets from Hamas, and must defend its citizens by attacking Hamas rocket launchers, those Israel
haters who fraudulently say that Israel is committing a
genocide are doing a huge injustice to the victims of
real genocides. That word must be applied only to true
atrocities. It loses all meaning when misapplied to wars
that are moral and just.
The name Hitler is another such word, which never
may be misused. Comparing Trump to Hitler trivializes
World War II, genocide, and the one-and-a-half million
children gassed by the monster. It is a vulgar attack on
the good citizens of the United States who are being
accused of abetting a would-be mass murderer.
Try telling someone who lived through the concentration camps and lost their entire family to the Nazis that
Trump is Hitler. Try telling a survivor of Mengeles selection that a Trump campaign rally is like arriving on the
train platform of Auschwitz.
I am deeply grateful to Trump for his undeniable
friendship with Israel. We have obvious areas of disagreement. I reject Trumps call for collective punishment for the families of terrorists. If a U.S. citizen joins
ISIS, does that mean that his family here in the U.S. must
be punished as well? The Bible is clear that a son shall
not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father shall not
bear the iniquity of the son (Ezekiel 18:20).
We ought to remember that Roosevelt, Churchill, and
Truman all engaged in collective punishment by bombing entire cities and then nuking two. And even President Obama has ordered drone strikes that no doubt
have killed terrorists dependents, even if those deaths
were not intentional. And perhaps if we did engage in
collective punishment then wed end the terror threat
much more rapidly. And collective punishment still is
morally unacceptable as it undermines our values and
the all-important idea of personal accountability.
I also strongly disagree with Trump on temporarily
banning Muslims from the United States. There should
never and can never be religious litmus tests in
America. I have said so publicly numerous times. Perhaps if he would have called for temporary bans on citizens traveling from countries heavily infiltrated by ISIS
he would not have elicited the same reaction. But to go
from there to comparing Trump to Hitler is abhorrent.
As an aside, it should also be noted how absurd it is
when people use this presidential election as proof that
our America is Islamophobic. Five thousand Americans died in Iraq liberating Muslims being slaughtered
by Saddam. Another 5,000 died fighting the monsters
of the Taliban to liberate another Muslim nation. And
the U.S. taxpayer footed the bill for two trillion dollars.
Tell me if there is another nation that is so magnificent,
charitable, and dedicated to saving Muslim lives.
Trumps outspokenness is in large part a reaction to
the anger that much of the country feels over the perceived lack of leadership and strength exhibited by the
United States, and the poll-driven drivel that has been
offered up to us by so many politicians who lack conviction. Trump knows that throwing political correctness to the wind and refusing to mince words will very
likely be a path to his partys nomination. And while I
can understand why political opponents do not want
Trump as president just as I understand why political partisans likewise dont want Clinton, Cruz, Rubio,
or Sanders that still does not give them the right to
dishonor the memory of the six million martyrs of the
Holocaust, or take a man with whom they may have
sharp and legitimate disagreements and make him into
a monster.
Lets study Torah together
here is a meme that often appears after a

I accidently forgot yours, I apologize.) And the multifaceted, multigenerational, multidenominational audidisaster or tragedy strikes.
ence, which fills up the Teaneck High School auditorium
A governor or mayor will appear on TV
every year balcony included! reflects that diversity,
and say something like this: Yes, it was catastrophic, but we [name of a state or city -ians/-ites/as does the participation of rabbis of all denominations
ers] are tough. We stick together, help each other out,
and genders.
and are not cowed by adversity; we know how to cope
In a world where too many build walls separating
with and overcome it. Weve done so in the past and
Jews, Teaneck, on Yom Hashoah, is a model of how
shall do again. And they say this with conviction, as if
working together can produce extraordinarily meaningful results.
their state or city is different from others; as if their constituents indomitable reactions are special and extraorThe relatively new community beit midrash has a simdinary, perhaps even unique.
ilar feel and tone. From one perspective its nothing special. Two shuls co-sponsoring Torah learning? Happens
But of course theyre not. Governor Christie notwithstanding, New Jerseyans did not handle superstorm
all the time. And it does, except not when one is modern Orthodox and the other Conservative. That does not
Sandy any better or any worse than did the residents
happen all the time. And having the rabbis of both shuls
of, say, Maryland, Delaware, or New York. Those people also stuck together, also helped out their neighbors,
teach at the same event also is something rare in our
and also plowed ahead as best they could under dire cirunfortunately divided Jewish world.
cumstances. People from all geographic locations rose
So, while a little fuss arose behind the scenes last
to the occasion, rolled up their sleeves, and
year, the view in front of the curtain was
helped their neighbors when misfortune
glorious. More than 200 people mainly
hit, as so many others have done before
from the two sponsoring shuls, joined by
and will do again.
several brave souls from other shuls and a
Jewish institutions and communities also
few from outside the community packed
suffer from this malady. Go to any shul
Rinats ballroom, studying a myriad of
or yeshiva dinner and listen to how the
texts, in Hebrew and English, put together
speeches paint a picture of an institution
by two scholars, one professional and one
whose qualities, classes, programs, teachnot, each representing one of the sponsors.
ers, rabbis, students, congregants, and
The fascinating topic was Confronting Our
Joseph C.
honorees cannot be matched anywhere.
Enemies: Pour Out Your Wrath or Do not
Kaplan
And who doesnt think his or her commuAbhor the Egyptian. The participants
nity is special in fact the best possible
worked in small groups led by facilitators,
place to live and raise and educate their
including local scholars from the Jewish
families? Who doesnt think everyone would be happy
Theological Seminary and Yeshiva University. Those participants with decades of Jewish education and learning
moving there? We offer everything you could want to
discussed and argued ideas with and learned from
live a full Jewish life, plus were warm and welcoming,
those with little or no Jewish educational background.
we crow.
At the risk of sounding a bit corny, neighbors realized
Yet beneath it all we know the truth; while there are
they were neighbors. Friendships were made. It was an
certainly differences among our institutions and communities, most, at their core, often are quite similar to
exhilarating experience of learning Torah lishma of
their neighbors in both strengths and weaknesses. Nonelearning Torah for its own sake.
theless, we like to think that like Lake Wobegon, all our
And so were doing it again. A second program will
communities are strong, our shuls good looking, and our
be held in Beth Sholom on Shabbat afternoon before
yeshivot above average. How lucky we are!
mincha on April 2. We will study texts on the topic of
But before cynicism overtakes me completely, I need
Lefichach Anachnu Chayavim Lehodot (Therefore It
to remember the broken clock that, as the saying goes,
Is Our Duty To Thank): Can We Always Be Grateful?
is right twice a day. Sometimes our individual communiShould We Be? A Communal Study of Gratitude in Jewties are, indeed, special; unique places in which we are
ish Tradition. (The program will be only a bit longer
rightfully proud to live. And for me, two moments the
than the title.)
Teaneck Jewish community is telling the right time are
Once again our volunteer scholars have gathered fascinating texts for the participants to grapple with and
its annual Yom Hashoah commemoration, sponsored
learn from, and group facilitators have signed up to aid
by the Jewish Community Teaneck Council of Greater
in the analysis and discussion of those texts.
Teaneck, and the now annual community beit midrash
Although the time for registration has passed, its a
sponsored by Congregations Beth Sholom and Rinat
Jewish event, so deadlines are probably flexible. Go
Yisrael. (Full disclosure: my wife has been a member
ahead and register (google Rinat Yisrael or Beth Sholom,
of the organizing committee of the first for many years,
Teaneck, and beit midrash.)And make sure to attend the
and I am a member of the organizing committee of the
Yom Hashoah commemoration at Teaneck High School
second.)
on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. Youll be glad you did.
The Yom Hashoah commemoration, which dates back
to 1983, is truly a neighborhood project in which the
Joseph C. Kaplan, a regular contributor who has lived in
entire Jewish community can, and does, participate. It
Teaneck for more than 30 years, is a frequent writer of
is co-sponsored by 24 shuls and organizations: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, secuessays for Jewish publications when he is not practicing
lar, philanthropic, Zionist, and Jewish war veterans. (If
law in Manhattan.
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Opinion
Will Israeli democracy be the next victim of violence?
he State of Israel was conceived by

and stateswomen and their even braver constituents, who defend it against all who would
both design and dream to be the
destroy it.
Jewish state and yet the Jewish
The Israeli democracy is struggling as
state is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious society.
well. Four out of every five citizens of the
This complicated duality is made posState of Israel is a Jew and that means that
sible because of an engrained commitment
one out of every five is not. Complicated by
to democracy. Even before it became a reala legacy of war, historical injustices, and the
ity, Theodor Herzls vision of the Jewish
ongoing conflict regarding the future of the
Dr. Mark
state, which he outlined in his second book,
West Bank, relations between the Jewish
Gold
Altneuland, was a society of mutualism.
majority in Israel and its non-Jewish minority are fraught with tensions and challenges.
The government he imagined in that book
Israeli Arabs face discrimination, inequiwould be led by a Jewish president and an
ties in the distribution of government serArab prime minister, and those roles would
vices and resources, and arbitrary adminreverse with every free election.
istrative constraints. At the same time, they
And while Israels government doesnt
have economic and educational opportunifollow that model, it is now and has always
ties not readily available to populations in
been rooted in both justice and democracy
neighboring countries, and they have formal
for all its citizens.
Democracies are fragile constructs. We
rights as citizens that they can exercise in
here in the American melting pot have seen
Israels democracy. Arabs have been elected
our democracy suffer. It has been ravaged by
to every Knesset since Israels establishment.
Hiam
civil war and the ongoing struggle for equalThey have served in its courts, including the
Simon
ity for women and minorities. Our democracy
Supreme Court, and within the government
was tarnished by the World War II internment
administration. Arabic is an official language
camps for Japanese citizens and challenged by
in Israel. With a stake in Israeli society, the
racists like the Ku Klux Klan and fear mongers like Joseph
Arabs of Israel typically identify both as ethnic Palestinians and as Israeli citizens.
McCarthy. American democracy struggles every day to
Since the first days of the Jewish state, Arab particibecome stronger and more robust; American democracy
pation in Israeli democracy was a matter of national
always has prevailed. It prevails because of brave statesmen
consensus, as much so as the concept of Israeli democracy

itself. It was enshrined as a right in the very document that
declared Israeli independence. But today, democracy in
Israel is no longer a matter of near universal consensus.
Increasingly, there are voices calling for limits to non-Jews
right to participate in the countrys political and administrative affairs.
While Arab citizens have involved themselves within
the framework of Zionist parties, particularly in the past,
today Arab voters overwhelming support typically goes
to explicitly Arab parties. These parties share an emphasis on promoting Israeli Arab interests and concerns, and
they promote the perspective of Israel as a state of its citizens. Beyond this, Arab Israeli politics, like politics among
Israeli Jews, involves many divisions. Islamists, communists, democrats, secularists, socialists, feminists, Arab
nationalists, and various combinations of these views all
vie for support.
The views of some political activists can be extreme.
After the Lebanon War in 2006, members of one Arab
party, Balad, visited Lebanon and Syria, expressing support for Hezbollah. Efforts were made to ban the party
but these were rejected by an overwhelming majority of
Israels Supreme Court, which weighed against exclusion
in favor of maintaining political participation within the
framework of Israels democracy.
Israels Knesset representation in elections is decided by
means of proportional representation; votes are cast for
slates and representation is apportioned proportionally
SEE DEMOCRACY PAGE 20
Working to free the slaves

The scourge of human trafficking still haunts our world
he themes of slavery and freedom always have resonated with

Jews.
The movement to free slaves
has deep religious roots. Deuteronomy
24:18 exhorts us: Remember that you were
a slave in Egypt and that the Lord your God
redeemed you from there. Therefore, I command you to do [justice]. At every Passover
seder, Jews recount their enslavement and
their exodus during biblical days.
Its not surprising, therefore, that many
Jewish organizations have sprung up to
combat human trafficking, which has
become the largest grossing global industry, surpassing drug trafficking. Its estimated that 21 to 36 million people are now
enslaved, 78 percent in labor slavery and
22 percent in sex slavery. Twenty-six percent of all slaves are children under the age
of 18. Traffickers reap the reward of $150
billion every year.
Atlanta, it turns out, has the dubious
distinction of being number 1 in the country and number 13 in the world for human
trafficking. Every day, about eighteen 11to-13-year-old girls join the ranks of prostitutes. According to Atlantas Rabbi Rachael
Bregman, these children are forced to perform 25 times a night on average, or suffer
severe consequences. About 5,000 girls
enter this lucrative business each month.
Seventy-five percent of their

The National Council of
customers are middle and
Jewish Women has called on
upper middle class married
President Obama to fund the
white men with children of
fight against human trafficking and help victims. Its CEO,
their own.
Nancy Kaufman, issued the
The Temple Social Action
following statement:
Committee has organized
A lot of people consider
the Jewish community in
human trafficking something
Atlanta to join with other
Dusty Sklar
that happens over there, in
groups there to fight this
faraway places, to other peomodern-day form of slavery.
ples children and friends. But
It recently hosted a training session to prepare to address elected
vulnerable people are being coerced and
officials about stronger laws and ways to
trapped into modern day slavery every day
enforce them.
in the United States, including an estimated
Free the Slaves is one of the most impor100,000 sexually exploited children every
tant abolition organizations. It works with
year.
Modern day slavery is growing. Today,
businesses, NGOs, governments, and
there are more slaves in the world than at
other concerned people to fight slavery.
any other time in history.
Rabbi Debra Orenstein, the spiritual leader
To raise awareness, Bergen Countys
of Congregation Bnai Israel in Emerson,
NCJW chapter held a forum at Temple
supports them. She suggests that people
Emeth in Teaneck before the Super Bowl.
bring the issue to the seders they attend.
The synagogues social hall was packed. A
She writes: Rabbis and educators have
panel of experts discussed how the Super
partnered with Free the Slaves to create
Bowl causes an increase in prostitution.
Seder Starters a free downloadable collection of activities and readings about
We view the Super Bowl as an opportunity to do mass education and a series of
modern slavery to enhance your seders.
events across the state, Lesley Frost of
These resources help you raise awareness
the New Jersey Coalition Against Human
and, I hope, funds. They will also enliven
Trafficking said. Frosts group delivered
your discussions and share the values and
soap bars to local hotels; each includes
relevance of our tradition.
the hotline number of the National Human

Trafficking Resource Center.
Frost said that the term child prostitute was misleading. Children cannot
be prostitutes, she said. Children are
victims of prostitution.
Lauren Hirsh, the New York director
of Equality Now and a former prosecutor
of human trafficking cases for the Brooklyn District Attorneys office, was another
speaker. Shes one of the countrys most
prominent abolitions. Human traffickers
are masters of seduction, she said.
Keyla Munoz, an FBI agent and victim
specialist, spoke about the bureaus national
program, Operation Innocence Lost, which
rescues children nationwide. The youngest victim was 9 years old. Munoz told of a
12-year-old who was pregnant.
Maimonides addressed the imperative
to help to free those who are enslaved. It is
more important to do that than to provide
help for the poor, he said, because the captive is not only hungry, thirsty, and naked,
but his or her very life is in danger.
Redeeming the captive is the greatest
mitzvah.
Dusty Sklar of Fort Lee is the author of
Gods and Beasts: The Nazis and the
Occult and a contributing writer to Jewish
Currents. Her stories and articles have
P roduct of Israel
Opinion
Democracy
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according to the vote share of each slate,

as long as it meets or exceeds a minimum
threshold. Before the last election that
threshold was raised the goal was to
suppress Arab representation, which was
split across many Arab political parties. In
an example of unintended consequences,
the splintered Israeli Arab community,
in combination with a new and dynamic
leadership, managed to unite four very different political parties into a common electoral list. This unification inspired the total
vote for Arab parties in the most recent
Knesset elections to increase. Ironically,
it was a Jewish religious party that failed
to exceed the threshold and consequently
was excluded from representation.
The long-carried weight of the West
Bank occupation, increased settlement
activity, political brinksmanship, and
growing frustration have led to almost
daily lone wolf terror attacks on Israeli
civilians by Palestinians. Since October,
30 Israelis and four foreign nationals

have been killed and as many as 395
Israelis wounded by Palestinians from
the occupied territories and East Jerusalem; 180 Palestinians have been killed in
this period, including 117 assailants. The
wave of unorganized but persistent Palestinian attacks against vulnerable victims
has set Israel on edge.
This most recent violent turn in IsraelPalestinian relations has infected the internal political relations among Jews and
Arabs within Israel. Balad Knesset representatives (a part of the new Joint Arab
List) have visited East Jerusalem families
of slain Arab knife attackers. These visits
have angered Israeli Jews, but Balad members say they are performing a humanitarian service in seeking the return of the
bodies of the attackers, which the Israeli
government withholds.
In the context of rising tensions, a bill
has been introduced into the Knesset
targeting the Israeli-Arab backed parties, which would permit the suspension
of Knesset members by a supermajority

Knesset vote. Prime Minister Netanyahu
has promoted the proposal. While heightened tensions may make the ploy more
popular, it is precisely at this time that it
is most counterproductive. This action
can only further aggravate tensions and
remove one of the few avenues for political
discourse and interaction between Jewish
and Arab Israelis.
Stifling dissent will not improve security;
indeed it may have the opposite effect.
There is no excuse for the terror attacks
now being waged against Israeli civilians.
Let that point be presented outside and
inside the Knesset, and let any representative who attempts to excuse the terror
attacks be challenged by the weight of
argument.
There are 13 members of the Knesset
from the Joint Arab List. Thirteen members of the Knesset who have been elected
in free and open elections. Thirteen members of the Knesset who have been chosen
to represent their constituency and do so
with dedication. To expel any of these representatives from the Knesset is to further
disenfranchise a fifth of the Israeli population. Removing them from the grand hall
of the Knesset will not remove the needs
of those who elected them. Silencing their
voices will not calm tensions in the streets.
Expression, communication, and dialogue
might.
Dr. Mark Gold of Teaneck holds a Ph.D. in
economics from NYU. He is on the executive
board of Partners for Progressive Israel,
a member organization of the American
Zionist Movement and an affiliate of the
World Union of Meretz.
Hiam Simon of Englewood is the
chief operating officer of Ameinu, the
leading progressive Zionist membership
organization in the United States. He lived
in Israel for many years, where he was
the dean of students for what is now the
Alexander Muss high School, and he was an
artillery sergeant in the IDF.
Palestinian teachers on strike against the real occupier
t has taken more than a

month, but the international news media are
finally waking up to the
fact that the largest teachers
strike in memory is raging in
the Middle East.
In a major feature story on
March 8, the New York Times
Stephen M.
reported that public schools
Flatow
across the West Bank have been
shuttered since early February, when more than 20,000
Palestinian public school teachers went on strike. The
strike has led to the largest demonstrations in years,
including four large demonstrations in [the Palestinian
Authority capital of ] Ramallah, Times correspondents
Diaa Hadid and Ramni Nazzal wrote. That news must have
been quite a surprise to Times readers, since the newspaper had not reported on these huge protests until now.
Hadid and Nazzal have eagerly reported on Palestinian demonstrations (their euphemism for mobs hurling
firebombs and rocks) when the targets were Israelis. The
problem this time around is that the target is the Palestinian Authority.
American correspondents in the Middle East seldom
report news that is unfavorable to the PA. Its no mystery
why they form a protective cordon around the Palestinian leadership. Most reporters, and most of their editors,
would like to see a Palestinian state established as soon as
possible, and they know that unfavorable news coverage
of the PA leadership could turn American public opinion
against Palestinian statehood.
Thats why the Times was so slow to report on the strike.
News of the teachers actions undermines the cause of Palestinian statehood in three important ways:
First, the strike reveals the PAs totalitarian ways, a
reminder that a Palestinian state likewise would be a corrupt and dangerously unstable dictatorship. Look at the
PAs strong-arm tactics: Last week, the PA police arrested
20 teachers and two school principals for participating in a rally supporting the strikers. The Times reports
that the PA also has forced a Palestinian legislator who tried to mediate an end to the crisis into
early retirement. And Haaretz reports that the PA
security services set up rings of checkpoints to prevent the teachers from attending a demonstration
in supporter of the strikers. The U.S. State Departments latest annual report on human rights found
that under the PA, there are restrictions on freedom of speech, press, and assembly. There are
limits on freedom of association and movement.
But the State Department report did not attract the
interest of the news media.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from left,
The second way in which the teachers strike
visits a Palestinian school in Bethlehem in March 2007.
undermines the Palestinian cause is that it focuses

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attention on the ultimate reason behind the strike:
the PAs extreme militarization. And that is another
in the very same edition of the Times that reported on the
red flag with regard to Palestinian statehood. Two years
strike, columnist Roger Cohen, a veteran critic of Israel,
later, the PA promised to increase teachers salaries, but
wrote, Today, it is Palestinians in the West Bank who are
now it says it doesnt have enough money to pay the teachers. Why is it out of money? Because the PA has one of the
dehumanized through Israeli dominionThe West Bank is
largest per capita security forces in the world, as more
the tomb of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.
than half of all PA employees are in the security forces.
Wake up, Mr. Cohen. Turn to page 10 of your own newspaper. Read about the Palestinian teachers who are being
The money owed to the teachers is being diverted to the
dehumanized through the PAs dominion. Face the reality
PAs de-facto army. Which dark regimes of the 1930s does
that Israel is still Jewish and still democratic. Israeli citithat remind you of?
zens vote in Israel; Palestinians vote in PA elections only
Third, the strike reminds the world that the Palestinians are striking against the Palestinian Authority because
when their leaders are in the mood to hold elections. Your
the Israeli occupation ended long ago, and it is the PA
1980s-style slogans about the Israeli occupation just
that is the occupier. Perpetuating the myth of the Israeli
dont cut it any longer.
occupation helps gin up international sympathy for the
If the editors and reporters of the Times could ignore
idea of a Palestinian state.
the teachers strike against the PA occupation regime
Those of us who live in the real world know that in 1995,
indefinitely just as Roger Cohen ignores it surely they
prime minister Yitzhak Rabin signed the Oslo II Accord
would. But after more than a month of silence, the folks
and withdrew Israels forces from the cities that are home
at the Times have recognized that if they continue to black
to 98 percent of the Palestinians. For more than 20 years,
out the news of the strike, it undermines their credibility
the Palestinians have been occupied by the PA, not Israel.
as a newspaper. And so the news is finally out, much to the
JNS.ORG
It is the PA, not Israel, that is in control of Palestinian edudismay of Israel-bashers everywhere.
cation, culture, elections, the economy, and all other facets of communal life. About the only thing the PA cant do
Stephen M. Flatow of West Orange, an attorney who
is import tanks and planes.
practices in Fairfield, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was
Acknowledging this reality interferes with the agenda
murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist
of those who advocate the Palestinian cause. Amazingly,
attack in 1995.
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I was dismayed by Jews for Cruz (March

4) and remain perplexed by the amount of
local support that has been expressed for
Senator Ted Cruz by the local Orthodox
community and its leaders.
I was brought up to believe that tikkun
olam is a central part of our mission, but
Cruz seems intent on exacerbating recent
American trends of divisiveness and idle
hatred, while reversing whatever progressive and humanitarian steps our country has taken in recent decades. This is a
man who David Brooks, hardly a liberal,
referred to in his New York Times column
as being far adrift from the American
mainstream and whose political profile
Brooks described as a slightly enlarged
Rick Santorum but without the heart.
Befitting his reputation as the most conservative (and hated) member of Congress,
Cruz is a narrow-minded and prejudiced
man. But instead of being honest about
his narrow-mindedness, he employs code
words such as New York values in order
to express his disdain for diversity, tolerance, intellectual curiosity, and ambition.
Cruz proudly presents himself as a devout
Christian but, as blogger Mike Spindell
and others have pointed out, his particular brand of Christianity, with its emphasis on Christian dominionism, is a far cry
from the notions of sympathy to the poor,
enmity to the rich, and love for humanity
that were the backbones of Jesus message,
as described in the Gospels. (Christian
dominionism is predicated on the belief
that the American government should be
dominated by Christian fundamentalism
and that our laws should be based on a
literal interpretation of Christian biblical
concepts.) In fact, given Cruzs proud and
avowed evangelical agenda, his repressive
version of Christianity, and his regressive
flat-tax proposal, it is impossible to see how
a Cruz administration would make America
a better place to live for anyone other than
evangelical one-percenters. (Cruzs tax
policy proposal, when analyzed by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, actually would
increase the average federal tax burden
for the bottom 20 percent of Americans
by 0.6 percentage points, while providing
a 14.1 percent federal tax cut for the top 1
percent.)
Cruz has espoused privatizing Social
Security by turning it over to Wall Street
and weakening Medicare. Those probably
are the two most successful entitlement
programs in the country. His mantra about
shrinking the role and size of government
continues unabated, even as many American citizens cannot get unpoisoned water
to flow from their taps. His extreme views
on gun control include his opposition to
any type of background checks on prospective gun buyers, even as mass shootings become a near-daily occurrence in
the United States. Cruz was the proud
and preening leader of the disastrous government shutdown in 2013 and has advocated that the United States default on its
debts. Now that the Affordable Care Act

has enabled tens of millions of disadvantaged Americans to obtain health insurance, Cruz, instead of improving it and
working out its kinks, would repeal it,
leaving millions of American families uninsured. Incredibly, while playing up his familys immigrant roots ad nauseam, Cruz
is opposed to a pathway for millions of
undocumented immigrants in this country
to become citizens. His idea for humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees is to limit it to
helping those of the Christian faith. Cruz
loves to flout his constitutional law credentials and to espouse his version of constitutional strict constructionism. That is,
until it no longer suits him. On the death
of Justice Scalia, Cruz, ever the hypocrite,
blithely ignored the plain language of the
Constitution that he claims to revere and
stated that we owe it to him and the nation
for the Senate to insure that the next president names his replacement.
When one listens to Cruz, it is easy to
forget that we are supposed to be living in
a country where one of the founding and
bedrock principles is separation of church
and state. Cruz, however, not only refuses
to keep the two separate but actually confuses them, viewing his Christian beliefs
as fact while denying scientific evidence
of mans role in climate change and then
referring to climate change as a religion.
His antipathy toward Roe v. Wade and a
womans right to choose is far more consistent with autocratic, right-wing religious
theocracies than with enlightened, modern Western civilizations. Never one to
care much or at all about what is true and
what is not, Cruz referred to Robert Lewis
Dear, the latest in a long line of right-wing
Christians who were charged with murders at Planned Parenthood centers or
abortion clinics, as a transgendered leftist. But hypocrisy does not bother Cruz at
all; he unabashedly rails against Wall Street
money, while his wife takes her cut as a
partner at Goldman & Sachs, which helped
finance his campaign.
Unfortunately, little of this seems to register with the many tunnel-visioned, singleissue voters within our community, particularly the ones who try to pass themselves
off as leaders. Senator Al Franken notwithstanding, I always chuckle when I see
actors, comedians, singers, and sports stars
(yes you, Johnny Damon) veer wildly from
their areas of expertise and engage in the
public endorsement of political candidates.
Many of us believe that rabbis ought to
focus upon studying, teaching, pastoral
duties, scholarship, outreach, and youth
activities, instead of telling fellow citizens
who to vote for. The Torah teaches us,
repeatedly, to try to lift up the status of
downtrodden people and to love and welcome the stranger. A Cruz presidency, God
forbid, would usher in a terrible era for
many amongst us, including children and
the elderly, who are sick, impoverished
or need a helping hand. Community leaders should be troubled by Cruzs embrace
Letters
of Pastor Mike Bickle, a defender of the Holocaust, who
actually referred to Hitler as a hunter sent by God to
drive the Jewish people to settle in Israel, and a man who
would have the Jews returned to concentration camps in
preparation for the ultimate Christian redemption.
Sadly, what Cruz and his supporters fail to acknowledge
is that we are a nation of laws that prides itself on its civil
liberties. Cruz fails to comprehend the vital role that government plays in our society, in helping and protecting
those who cannot protect or fend for themselves. Cruzs
oft-repeated Christian-Judeo values rhetoric is just more
code used by his ilk to espouse conservative principles
and does not in any way reflect the humanistic teachings
of the Torah. The fact that our communal leaders have
blindly bought into it saddens and disturbs me.
I could say that these leaders ought to be careful of what
they wish for, but I remain confident that their wishes
will never come to pass. Thanks to the proud New York
values that permeate and suffuse our region and the
winner-take-all workings of the electoral college, I am all
but certain that come November, the aforementioned
endorsements will amount to nothing more than forgotten ego trips because they will have had virtually no effect
on the vote in the tri-state region.
Michael K. Eidman Esq., Englewood
as wanting in maintaining a conservative Orthodox discipline

that will endanger the constitutions survivability by making it resistant to change. It is somewhat ironic that Rabbi
Engelmayers example of the Torahs flexibility on a Shabbat
staple is one that Scalia would approve. Judge Scalia prefers
that the U.S. states deal with issues whenever they can. Rabbi
Engelmayer indicates that rabbis, using what could be called
an executive order, created states, where one interpretation
would hold, but can be followed or reinterpreted by another
group. In both cases, Judge Scalia and Rabbi Engelmayer seem
to be in agreement on the separation of states of interpretation
outside the fixed original document.
The real issue that Rabbi Engelmayer does not discuss
involves those perceived needs that require interpretations that

some would declare are out of order because they threaten the
Torahs viability. There must be a balance if Jews are to exist and
perhaps even thrive as a small group living inside a dominant
culture. It is a balance between those who feel that fairness, hurt
feelings, inconvenience, and the opportunity not to be seen as
alien to the dominant culture against a more conservative view
that if change is to take place it must be done slowly. If not, Jewish identity will be lost forever.
Rabbi Goldin has taken up the challenge of providing a rational Orthodox view for conservative interpretation of the Torah.
He indicates he has learned that those that want change quickly
SEE LETTERS PAGE 61
What do you mean towering?
Amidst all the encomiums heaped upon Justice Scalia

for his supposedly towering intellect in his search for the
original intent of the Constitution, something important has been overlooked: namely, that the geniuses who
drafted that document were all men of English descent,
steeped in the traditions of English common law. Under
that system courts had been making law in the course of
deciding disputes roughly from about the time of Magna
Carta; and as a wiser jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
pointed out, The life of the law is experience, not logic.
Thus, it is clear that in Philadelphia in 1787 the Founders understood that they were drafting a living document.
They would have been horrified to be told that they had
merely drawn a dead one. The only thing towering about
Scalias jurisprudence, therefore, has been his monumental opposition to that original intent.
Sanford Kluger, Englewood Cliffs
Two rabbis and Torah
The two op eds in the March 11 Jewish Standard by Rabbi

Engelmayer (Letter of the law) and Rabbi Goldin
(Understanding Orthodoxy) present issues that relate
to the manner by which the Torah has been kept as a living essential code for Jews for three and a half millennium.
The adaptive Torah interpretations from that period have
taught us how to endure, particularly in the 2,000 years
when we were displaced from Israel, living among different nations and cultures. While the creative processes,
discoveries, and advances have required Torah adaptations, this has enabled Jews to be faithful to their fundamental proven ancestral beliefs.
Both rabbis cherish and project the need for the
Torahs continued relevance as the basis for maintaining
the survival of the religion. The need for loving Torah
teaching and serving them with heart and soul goes well
beyond just the relevance of our ancestral ties. Jews living as minorities in different cultures with only ancestral
ties do not maintain the religion over generations. Our
paucity of numbers attest to the fact that over the last
2,000 years some 80-odd generations in the diaspora
we have lost more faithful then now exist. For those
who still are faithful, our ancestral beliefs have nurtured
our need for a foundation and code of living that gives
us peace of mind.
Rabbi Engelmayers article again judges Judge Scalia
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Below, Tuvia Tanenbom
sits alone at a memorial
for Jews murdered in
World War II; inset, hes
welcomed by soccer fans.
24 Jewish Standard MARCH 18, 2016
Cover Story
Tuvia does Germany

Gonzo reporter
talks to Germans,
reports that yes,
they still hate Jews
Joanne Palmer
uvia Tenenbom is a
complicated man.
When you meet him,
you see that even on
the visual level theres
a lot going on. The
improbably blindingly
yellow hair, the pink glasses, the billowing white shirt that covers a largish body
(Im fat, he says often), the cigarette
that appears as if by magic, as if its been
there all along but only becomes visible,
as soon as hes outside.
And underneath the persona, beneath
the clowning, below the outrageous deadpan, beneath the changing name is he
Tuvia? Is he Tobi? Is he someone else? Or
is he simply nameless? there is a very
smart man, a man who is deeply earnest
and deadly serious.
He is, among other things, a writer he
wrote Catch the Jew, which we featured
last year. This year, hes talking about his
new book, I Sleep in Hitlers Room: An
American Jew Visits Nazi German, which
he wrote before Catch the Jew but Gefen
Publishing House released this year.
Tuvia (sorry but Mr. Tenenbom doesnt
work for him) is also a playwright, director, and the founder of the Jewish Theater of New York. He grew up charedi in
Bnai Brak, one of Israels most profoundly
Orthodox neighborhoods, as the son of
a family scarred by the Holocaust, broke
with his familys religious observance
but not with his family, earned graduate
degrees in both science and literature,
speaks many languages and hides all of
that behind a faade of utterly faux naivete,
presenting himself as a rube whose understanding of the world is entirely literal and
so only skin-deep.
Using that persona of a man of indeterminate nationality (or, perhaps more
accurately, a man whose nationality keeps
changing, depending on who hes talking
to) and limited intellect Tuvia traveled
across Germany, talking to everyone, testing the countrys levels of anti-Semitism.
Yellow-haired Tuvia is surrounded by soccer fans in Dortmund.
He found, he reports, in a series of often

jaw-dropping interviews, that Germany is
as anti-Semitic as ever.
Or, as he concludes in I Sleep in Hitlers
Room, drawing both from that and from
Catch the Jew, It will be much easier to
We are all
prejudiced.
We are all tribal,
no matter what
we say. The
question is who
our tribe is.
make peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and between Arabs and Jews in general, than to uproot the Jew hate of the
Germans. The first two are on the table,

no surprises; the third is wrapped in heavy
brainy arguments and eye-blinding magical color shows in addition to being hidden
behind the many masks so common to our
present-day Western culture.
Do I generalize? Yes, I do. Im sorry, but
this is what I saw.
Tuvias method is straightforward, and
his affect is not accidental. For every
interview, I take out my iPhone, start
recording, and I say that I would like to
interview you, and is it okay with you. If
you dont say yes, then there is no interview. If you say it is off the record, it is off
the record. I dont go undercover, I dont
do candid interviews. I know that many
times people say things they regret later,
so I try to disarm them first.
Its easy for me to disarm people
because I look a bit like an idiot. I have
funny glasses, I appear not very well
dressed, I have brightly colored shoes, and
I have an accent. (He has a slight accent in
All photos courtesy Tuvia tenenbom
every language he speaks, he added, even

in his native Hebrew. In Germany, people
tend to think that he is Austrian.)
Im in theater, he added. He knows
exactly what hes doing. But theres more
to it than that. I like people. No matter
who they are, no matter what they are, no
matter if they are my biggest enemies, I
can find something about them that I like,
sometimes something crazy, sometimes
something beautiful. After five or 10 minute they are disarmed, and they tell you
what they think. We are conditioned to say
what we think is proper, but what is underneath that is what intrigues me.
We are all prejudiced. We are all tribal,
no matter what we say. The question is
who our tribe is.
For example, Germany is a western
country. Germans know how to say the
proper thing. If I sit with them, I do the
legal thing that is, he pulls out his
phone, starts recording, asks for and
receives permission to continue and
Jewish Standard MARCH 18, 2016 25
Cover Story
then I talk about Diet Coke, and coffee,
and brandy, and then we start tasting it,
and then people say what they say. I never
know ahead of time what theyll say.
If I thought that you were an anti-Semite and I tried to get you to say it I would
fail. I would be the hunter, and you, the
deer, would run away. But I dont know
you, and I want you to tell me who you
are. Because I really want to know, and
you see that I do, you will tell me.
When he talked to Germans, I found
out that eight out of 10 Germans hold antiSemitic views, he said. By anti-Semitic, I
mean that most of them, if you ask them
if they are, would scream Not me! but if
you ask them they tell you that Jews control world politics, all the money, and the
stock exchanges and the banks. I ask them
stupid questions.
I go to Wannsee, where they decided to
kill the Jews. Tuvias talking about the Berlin suburb where Nazi officials, meeting in
January 1942, decided to commit genocide. Right cross the street from it there
is a hotel and restaurant. It is packed.
They do weddings there, and you have
to reserve well ahead of time. I ask the
owner stupid but honest questions about
how it works, how do young German girls
say to their young German lovers, Honey,
lets get married right next to where they
decided to gas the Jews?
I ask childlike questions like that. Thats
how you get people to talk.
Germans are obsessed with the Jews,
Tuvia continued. Why do they know the
names of Israels prime minster, defense
minister, foreign minister? When you
ask about German ministers they have
no idea. Why do they know about everything thats going on in Israel? When I
ask them what about Chechnya which
after all is far closer to them than Israel
they cant answer.
Germany is building a beautiful Jewish center, he continued. But when you
go to the synagogues, there is nobody
there, except maybe tourists. Germany
Tuvia Tenenbom, right, talks with a former chancellor of Germany, Helmut

Schmidt, in 2012.
is rebranding themselves as being Jewish.

Germany is actively engaged in covering
up its soul. But are Germans nice to the
Jews? F no.
Tuvias matter-of-fact tone is funny. Its
meant to be. I make it light because there
is no other way to deal with these issues.
If it is all dark it is not palatable. At the end
of the day, we are all human beings. I try
to get it to that level, so you can grasp it.
Otherwise you cant. The normal human
tendency is to shy away from the horrifically ugly, whether or not it is true.
Tuvia talked about The Diary of Adolf
Eichmann: How I Killed My Jews, a play
based on the Nazi killers diaries. The play
was two and a half hours of what was said
to be Eichmanns diaries based on 300
books by Germans which lulled the audience along, until the end, when they are
awakened to the reality of who Eichmann
was. Theyd known all along, of course,
but his diaries, in which he presented
himself as a normal human being, allowed
them to forget, even to like him. Then
Tuvia is surrounded by neo-Nazis in Magdeburg.

theyd wake up and say Oh f! What

have I been laughing at?
When Tuvia auditioned actors to play
Eichmann, he found two leading contenders. One was a real German-American.
I had pictures of Eichmann, and the guy
was looking out at me. He also was a
gifted actor. The other actor also was good,
but the German-American was much better, Tuvia said.
But I knew it wouldnt penetrate the
audience in the same way he was just
too convincing, but not funny enough. I
needed them to see the stupidity of German ideology.
I didnt know until the audition that it
had to be funny, he said.
How do you make a play about Nazi ideology funny? By stressing the ludicrousness
From their lips

to Tuvias ears
Excerpts from I Sleep in Hitlers
Room by Tuvia Tenenbom
Frank now offers beer and brandy to
his guest, free of charge. He continues to talk: The German left is dumb,
stupid. All they care for is porno and
alcohol. They just want to consume
alcohol. Very bad. And porno. Who
provides the porno? Jews. The Jews,
who consider themselves Children of
God, used to sacrifice their own kids
to their God. This is a known fact.
Today, in keeping with their ancient
custom, they take dolls and perform
a sacrificial ritual. Yes. When George
Bush was president, Jewish leaders
performed such a ritual in the presence of President Bush and other
world leaders. This ritual was filmed
and is available on YouTube.
Where on YouTube?
Frank opens his laptop to show me
the YouTube clip. It takes some time.
Much time. He cant find the clip.
Maybe a Jew from Berlin has blocked
underlying the evil. I took material from

German theology, Tuvia said. At that
time, women were not allowed to wear lipstick, because Goebbels that was Joseph
Goebbels, one of Hitlers prime lieutenants
and perhaps the most rabid anti-Semite of
them all said that lipstick was created
and made by Jews for Jews, because Jewish
women naturally were born with defective
lips that they had to cover up. And also, he
said, Jewish women naturally stink. I put a
slide of German women who were horrible
looking there.
I needed an actor who could pull off
the humor. If not it wouldnt have worked.
He mounted that play in Poland, Tuvia
said. People in Poland were laughing and
crying at the end. When the show was
about to open, it was the Jews in Poland
who tried to stop it. They were afraid that
it wouldnt be good for them. When it
opened, the place was packed with Catholics, and there were maybe four or five
Jews. When it ended, there was a 25-minute standing ovation. And then Jews came
and asked for tickets.
You cant ignore anti-Semitism. You
have to fight it. But you have to fight it with
humor. You have to make it light because
light is the heaviest there is.
Tuvias taken a long trip through the
United States, dressed as the character
called Tuvia, talking to Americans about,
among other things, Jews.
Before I started the trip I talked to Abe
Foxman, the recently retired head of the
Anti-Defamation League, and he said that
anti-Semitism in America is about 10 to 12
percent. He was right. I found a lot of stupid things.
I had to start from scratch, he continued. America is huge. Fifty states, baby!
He began the six-month trip last
him. But dont worry Frank has the

clip on a DVD. In his house. Maybe I
will come again.
Since he uses the Hebrew name for

the war, I ask him if hes Jewish.
I have Jewish ancestors. But my
father was baptized.
God, everybody is a Jew in Germany!
Why did the girls refuse to talk? I
ask him.
Because of the Holocaust, some
are afraid to get into trouble if they
speak their mind. But I am not.
Are you proud to be German?
I accept being German, but I
would be reluctant to be proud.
Two students walk by, one German
and one Turkish. When prompted,
they say they did not hear anything
about anything. Busy studying.
Then Johanna passes by. She says,
I feel disgust about what the Israelis
did. I am stunned by the behavior of
the Israelis. When I first heard it Id
just come back from vacation I
felt, oh God, how could this happen?!
How could the Israelis have done
that?!
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You cant ignore anti-Semitism.

You have to fight it. But you have
to fight it with humor. You have
to make it light because
light is the heaviest there is.
summer, before the presidential campaign heated up and exposed the countrys seams. What amazed me about
this country is that in general I did not
know how divided it was, he said.
Much of what he saw sounds entirely
unfamiliar to most of us, and some of
what horrified him had nothing to do
with Jews. Some of the refugee camps
in the Middle East look more positive
and nicer than some of what you see in
places like Detroit, he said.
I was driving in a neighborhood that
looked like a ghost town. I didnt know
where I was. I was just driving. I see
deserted spaces, and then I notice some
movement, and I drive toward it. There
is movement. People live there. I didnt
know that.
So I talk to a 27-year-old guy, and he
says that this is where black people kill
black people. I say Why? He says You
cant believe how much murder there is
that is not recorded. Its because nobody
knows and nobody cares.
I went to Chicago, took a bus, and
got off. The driver said What are you
doing here? I said I am getting off here,
and he said You do not get off here. I
said Excuse me? I am getting off here
because I wanted to see how people live.
I started walking into a neighborhood that looked like Hiroshima. All
the businesses were closed it was evening and the iron gates were down.
Everything was totally destroyed. Abandoned. Eventually armed police officers
in an unmarked car asked him to leave.
They said You are not in a neighborhood. You are in a shooting range, he
reported.
I have interviewed some native
Americans. I went to the reservation
and talked to people, to the tribal chief.
The reservation is a huge joke, a very
bad joke. There are drugs all over, there
is domestic abuse, nobody outside really
knows whats going on.
And then there were the Jews. One
of the saddest parts is that you have
so many Jews who are so self-hating.
Self-hating to the nth degree. They get
together for one thing to say how bad
Israel is. Its frightening.
I interviewed a guy who said I am
Jewish, and what it means to me is that I
really dont like what the Israeli government is doing to Palestinians.
Living where we live, in the very Jewish New York metropolitan area, we do
not see this, he said, but the majority of
the 5 1/2 million Jews dont care.

My job, as I see it, is to find out whats
really going on in the world, Tuvia said.
When it comes to Germany, We are so
many years from the Holocaust. Who are
the Germans today? I want to know what
it is to live with heavy history. What does
it mean? How do they act?
His book about Germany was not
meant to be about Jews, he continued.
Tuvia has written a column for a German newspaper for years; he spent a
great deal of time in the country and felt
at home there. It was natural for him to
write a book about it. The book was
commissioned by a German publisher
for a German audience, he said. It
ended up being a jaccuse.
Germans will not say that they are
proud of being German, Tuvia said. As
a result of the Holocaust, what emerged
from the German intellectual world was
that they dont like to be Germans. They
are not supposed to be proud of it. But
underneath they are. Slowly, slowly,
after many years, you see it. He happened to be in Germany reporting his
book as that consensus began to change.
I go from place to place, and then I
find out.
It is important to go places, and not
be afraid.
Why does he do what he does? It is not
easy, it is not comfortable, and it is not
necessarily profitable. I want to do it,
he said.
I come from a rabbinic family. My
forefathers and foremothers were righteous, and probably naively, I think
that Im following at least a little bit in
their ways.
I dont eat kosher or observe Shabbat, but it means that as a reporter I have
to report the truth, and not make it up.
I have to be like my parents and grandparents and great grandparents, who
studied the Talmud. They took it very
seriously. Thats how I was raised. Every
word in the Torah has meaning. I want
to follow that.
The power of the word is overwhelming. It can change history. I know that.
Its the way I was brought up.
I cannot write books from an airconditioned room, based on a google
search. You have to go there go there
many times to find the truth. You have
to risk your life.
I dont think about it when I am doing
it I am not suicidal but that is the
only way to find the truth.
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Week came to Columbia University in early
March, there was potential for great agitation at the heavily Jewish campus.
The local chapter of Students for
Justice in Palestine, the nations leading campus proponent of the Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions movement
against Israel, set up a mock Israeli
apartheid wall in front of the steps leading up to the iconic Low Library. Across
the way, a handful of students affiliated
with Jewish Voice for Peace staffed a
table promoting boycotts of the Jewish
state.
A few pro-Israel counter-protesters
mounted a 12-foot-tall inflatable Pinocchio doll one day that week to call out
what they said were lies being propagated by anti-Israel students. But the
doll had not explicitly been permitted
by Columbias student government, and
after an hour or so the students were
told to take it down.
We switched the conversation to
talking about the Pinocchio, said Rudy
Rochman, the Columbia junior who is
president of the local chapter of Students
Supporting Israel, which organized the
Pinocchio display. That was really the
goal of putting it up. We wanted our
messaging to be louder than theirs and
to destroy their message.
For the most part, however, proIsrael students at the Ivy League school
seemed to be laying low, and the week
passed largely uneventfully. The antiIsrael groups hosted lectures, screened
films, and staged dance performances,

while Columbias largest pro-Israel student group, Aryeh, hosted a lecture by
anti-divestment law professor Eugene
Kontorovich of Northwestern University
that attracted about 80 people. The proPalestinian groups drew their loyalists,
the pro-Israel students spoke to their
constituents, and the vast majority of
Columbia students paid little attention
to either.
That, say many pro-Israel activists on
campus, is what success looks like when
it comes to Israel Apartheid Week. As
the annual event has become a fixture
on college campuses, many pro-Israel
activists say their most successful strategy is simply to ignore it.
Being out there devolves this into
color war; it makes both sides look
crazy, said Daniella Greenbaum, a Barnard junior and president of Aryeh:
Columbia Students Association for
Israel. We want to have elevated discourse on Israel. Thats why were not
out there this year.
Dozens of university campuses around
the world now mark Israel Apartheid
Week. Usually scheduled any time from
late February through early April, the
weeklong series of student-organized
events is meant to highlight alleged
Israeli misdeeds and promote the BDS
campaign. Anti-Israel speakers deliver
lectures, students mount public demonstrations, and guest columnists publish
pro-BDS op-eds in campus newspapers.
At some campuses, the events
prompt open conflict between anti- and
pro-Israel students, and students on
both sides have complained of being
harassed.
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Our biggest fear and concern is that you
have so much conflict that Jewish students
dont want to do anything Jewish because
this becomes a conflict space, said a Hillel director at a northeastern school, who
asked that his university not be named so
that he does not fuel anti-Israel agitation
on campus. Most college students are
conflict averse. College is such a fun place.
When you make a space a conflict space,
our fear is that people wont want to come
in.
The Hillel director says one of his main
strategies to avoid being drawn into the
conflict with the pro-Palestinian groups
is to ignore them. Instead, he focuses on
staging positive Israel events.
Its kind of a big nothing, he said of
Israel Apartheid Week.
At Columbia, Aryeh polled about 200
students a couple of years ago and found
that Israel was very low on the list of issues
that interested them. Thats why the group
was against the decision by Students Supporting Israel to mount a counterdemonstration opposite the mock apartheid wall,
Greenbaum said.
We have found the days were not there
people either dont stop by the wall or
dont notice, Greenbaum said. Its best to
avoid calling attention to the whole thing.
Anti-Israel students at Columbia erect a mock apartheid wall in front of the

iconic Low Library steps during Israel Apartheid Week.
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At some campuses, conflict has become

unavoidable, some Jewish students say.
At the City University of New York, Jewish students at four campuses Brooklyn
College, Hunter College, the College of
Staten Island, and John Jay College have
complained of being harassed, slurred,
and silenced by hostile pro-Palestinian
students.
On February 16, students at Brooklyn
College disrupted a faculty meeting to
demand that Zionists leave campus and
called one professor a Zionist pig.
Last week, at a panel discussion at
Hunter held as part of Israel Apartheid
Week and International Womens Day,
Students for Justice in Palestine student

leader Nerdeen Kiswani accused Israel of
using mass rapes of Palestinian women
as part of a campaign to perpetrate genocide on the Palestinian people.
Israel is a state that is built on murder
and mass rape of Palestinian women,
said Kiswani, who also has called for an
intifada, or Palestinian uprising, against
Israel.
The panel was moderated by Saadia
Toor, an associate professor of sociology at CUNY. The accusation went unanswered, and Kiswani was applauded for
her remarks. About 65 people were at the
meeting.
On February 24, the Zionist Organization of America sent CUNY Chancellor
James Milliken a long letter detailing Jewish students complaints of anti-Semitism
and warning that they violate Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act, which requires that
federally funded universities ensure that
Jewish students and others suffer no discrimination on campus.
CUNY launched an investigation into
the allegations and the university says it is
assembling a task force to promote a more
respectful environment on campus.
The Anti-Defamation League also has
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highlighted alleged anti-Semitism at CUNY, while applauding

Milliken for his response. New York City Council members
reportedly are drafting a bill that would require CUNY to
report all campus bias incidents to the City Council.
For their part, SJP and pro-BDS activists say they are not
anti-Semitic, and that pro-Israel groups are trying to muzzle
them through efforts that amount to witch hunts that risk
violating their free speech rights.
Rather than protect students from bigotry, a Jewish
Voice for Peace spokeswoman said of the proposed New
York City Council law, it is intended to silence advocacy
for Palestinian human rights, often by falsely conflating criticism of Israeli policy with anti-Semitism.
Though news headlines often make it seem like U.S.
college campuses have become the sites of pitched battles

between anti-Israel and pro-Israel students, many campus
professionals including at colleges where anti-Semitic incidents allegedly have occurred say thats simply not the
case.
Nadya Drukker, the executive director of the Hillel chapter at Brooklyn College, said more than 30 student leaders
on her campus are focused on organizing pro-Israel events.
One of the events that took place this semester was even
co-sponsored with the local chapter of the Muslim Students
Association, which largely steers clear of the Israel-Arab
conflict.
The event, which was also co-sponsored by a Christian
student club, was a trivia game called Getting to know each
others religion.

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engaging in prejudice
British Justice Secretary Michael Gove strongly criticized the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for indulging in prejudice rather than fighting
it at an anti-Semitism conference in Berlin.
In his speech at the Inter-parliamentary Coalition
for Combating Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin,
Gove said he considers the BDS movements comparisons of Israel to apartheid South Africa offensive.
Israel is a democracy in which all citizens are
equal: whether Jewish, Arab, Christian, Muslim, of
Ethiopian heritage, Bedouin and Druze all have the
same votes and rights, which is why Arab Muslim politicians sit in the Knesset and a distinguished Arab lawyer sits on Israels Supreme Court, Gove said.
The BDS movement calls for the shunning of Jewish academics, the boycott of Jewish goods, the delegitimisation of Jewish commerce, he continued.
We have seen these all before. And we know where
it takes us.
Recently the British government has taken steps in
the fight against the BDS movement through a new bill
that would prevent public bodies, universities and student unions from boycotting Israeli products.
We have made clear that local authorities and
public bodies cannot adopt BDS policies aimed at
Israel; they cannot use public resources to discriminate against Jewish people, Jewish goods, and a Jewish
state, Gove said.

Israeli hiker happens upon

2,000-year-old Roman coin
An Israeli hiker found a 2,000-year-old Roman-era
coin in the eastern Galilee region, according to the
Israel Antiquities Authority.
Lori Rimon of Kibbutz Kfar Bloom found the coin
and handed it over to the IAA. The coin displays the
image of Roman Emperor Augustus and dates back to
107 CE. It is the worlds second known coin of its kind.
It was hard to part with the coin, Rimon said.
After all, its not every day that one finds such an
amazing item, but I hope I can see it displayed in a
museum in the near future.

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Gottheimer
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Gottheimer said. We need to have strong snapback

sanctions, which would work to re-impose sanctions on
Iran should it break the terms of the agreement. Senator Menendez, New Jerseys senior senator, another
Democrat, is a strong leader; there is no stronger supporter of Israel, he added.
With Iran, we have to be extremely vigilant about
where every single dollar is going, he continued. I am
worried about it.
As alliances shift and perceived strengths and weaknesses grow in the Middle East, the situation becomes
ever more dangerous. Iran seems to be gaining power in
these shifts. There is a powder keg of distrust between
Iran and the world, and between Iran and us, Mr. Gottheimer said. Iran is not a trustworthy partner. It will
not protect our interests.
Domestically, he worries about BDS, the boycott,
divestment, and sanctions movement that seeks to
delegitimize Israel and has succeeded in blackening its
reputation.
To address that and many other worries, hes a member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
With the growing threats in the world, with the Middle
East inflamed, with Isis on the rise, a strong relationship between the United States and Israel is vital to both
countries interests, he said. AIPAC speaks for our
community and the broader community in keeping the
U.S.-Israel relationship strong.
We cant allow Israel to be a partisan football, Mr.
Gottheimer concluded. That is unnerving to all of us.
There is no need to get into the blame game. Israel is a
critical ally. If on both sides we dont stop it from becoming a partisan issue then we risk Americas security and
Israels longevity in the region. That cant happen.
Rabbi Menachem Genack of Englewood, who heads
the Orthodox Unions kashrut division, is a longtime
Democrat whose correspondence with President Bill
Clinton was published in a 2013 book, Letters to President Clinton: Biblical Lessons On Faith and Leadership. Increasingly uncomfortable with much of his
partys direction, Rabbi Genack is enthusiastic about
Mr. Gottheimer.
I am supporting him, Rabbi Genack said. I think he
would be a very good congressman and a very important pro-Israel voice within the Democratic caucus.
He is very, very smart, and I think that he is right on a
lot of issues. He is a middle-of-the-road Democrat, a Bill
Clinton kind of Democrat.
And most important is his deep concern for Israel.
When he went to Washington as a potential candidate
to meet with the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi,
he told her that his signature issue will be support for
Israel.
Mr. Gottheimers rabbi, Elyse Frishman, knows Mr.
Gottheimer and his family through their involvement in
Barnert Temple. Josh and his wife, Marla, have a clear
commitment to Jewish education and values, she said.
I see it in our relationship with them as members of the
congregation, and I see them as future leaders in different aspects of our congregational life.
Josh brings Jewish values, his commitment, and his
passion for social justice and financial responsibility
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does that mean? I asked Lauren Theodore,
the Union for Reform Judaisms spokeswoman, and she basically told me to wait
and see.
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WASHINGTON Here are five things to watch
for at this years annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is
taking place here March 19 to 22:
Its yoooooooooge.
Organizers are excepting 18,000 activists,
3,000 more than last year. That will be the
largest number ever.
So large, for the first time, plenary sessions
are moving out of the Washington Convention
Center to the Verizon Center, a sports arena a
few blocks away.
Factors fueling interest: The perception that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel
is making inroads; the unhappiness among AIPAC activists
with the Iran nuclear deal; and the election season the
chance to see presidential candidates make their case to
the pro-Israel crowd.
Forget the kosher dinner statistics AIPACs not even
going to go there, serving no mass dinner this year. But for
the first time all food stands within the convention center
will offer only kosher food.
What will Donald say?

Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, will address
the conference. His rivals for the partys presidential
How will Hillary say it?
nomination Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Governor John Kasich are more firmly in the pro-Israel camp
but are less likely to attend (although watch for video messages) because they are out on the campaign trail, struggling to catch up with him.
AIPAC insiders are looking for two things from Trump:
a repudiation once and for all of his pledge of neutrality
when it comes to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, and a
more substantive outline of his plans for the U.S.-Israel
relationship. Boasts about his Jewish grandkids and his
2004 appearance as a grand marshal at a Salute to Israel
Parade in New York City just aint gonna cut it.
The Reform movement leadership has promised to
engage with Trump over what it calls his hate speech
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Hillary Clinton has plenty of goodwill

shored up in the AIPAC precincts of the proIsrael community. That stems from her days
as the senator from New York, when she
routinely appeared at conferences on Tuesday morning, firing up believers before they
headed to Capitol Hill. She was the first of
the candidates to confirm her appearance.
Shes been running a presidential campaign, however,
that casts her in every way as the second incarnation of
Barack Obama. It is a way of distinguishing Clinton from
her surprisingly resilient Democratic rival, Sen. Bernie
Sanders (I-Vt.), who has criticized Obama on domestic
policies, particularly toward the financial sector.
Obama II wont play well with this crowd. Before the
launch of the actual primaries, Clinton was more willing
to distance herself from Obama, in subtle ways, on proIsrael issues. She thought it was a mistake to make settlements such a charged issue, for instance, in Obamas first
term, when she was secretary of state. Clinton simultaneously takes credit for helping to shape the Iran nuclear
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greater skepticism than the current
administration.
Does she risk losing the Obama-loving
primary voters who have kept her well
ahead of Sanders in order to pivot back
toward AIPAC?
Does Bernie Sanders

say anything?
AIPAC has invited all contenders, but as
noted above, Trumps Republican rivals
likely will not show because they will be
working hard to catch up in Arizona,
Utah, and Idaho, which go to the polls
on March 22.
Democrats in Arizona and Utah also
vote next week, and its not yet clear if
Sanders would rather be working those
states to the max or facing off against
Hillary at AIPAC.
What kind of reception should Sanders
expect? A polite one, according to folks
Ive spoken with. Enthusiastic? Well ...
Sanders hews closer to Trump than
to Clinton or any of the other Republicans on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking,
telling Arab Americans recently that he
would level the playing field among
Arabs and Israelis when it comes to U.S.
mediation, and counting J Street and the
Arab American Institute among go-to
outlets for Middle East policy advice. He
also not only endorses the Iran deal, he
wants to launch normalization with
that country. Theres a petition from
AIPAC critics calling on him not to speak.
On the other hand, Sanders also is the
first Jewish presidential candidate to win
primary contests, and over the years he
has routinely made the roll call, the Monday night highlight when AIPAC lay and
professional leaders list all the lawmakers
showing up at the conference. AIPAC activists in Vermont say he gives them a fair
hearing, and the video of Sanders shouting down pro-Palestinian activists at a 2014
town hall meeting in Cabot, Vermont, has
become iconic in pro-Israel circles.
We love Democrats!
But lets talk Iran.
AIPAC suffered a painful split with much
of the Democratic caucus last year
over the Iran nuclear deal. The day it
was clear that Democrats in the Senate
would block a vote on whether to scotch
the deal, there were emotional scenes in
congressional offices.
AIPAC insiders insist thats behind
them. Democrats in Congress have been
pushing hard on comity, particularly
when it comes to bipartisan legislation
targeting BDS and in increasing military
assistance to Israel.
Except: Until late last week, the only
Democrats in Congress who were slated to
appear were from among the minority (28
in the House and four in the Senate) who
opposed the Iran deal. On Thursday, a single Iran deal backer, Representative Steny
Hoyer (D-Md.), the minority whip in the
House, said he would appear, presumably
to reprise his annual pro-Israel version of

Punch and Judy, wherein he and a top
Republican disagree on just about anything except the US.-Israel alliance.
Thats one pro-deal lawmaker, two if
you count Vice President Joe Biden, who
casts tiebreakers in the Senate, and three
if Bernie Sanders speaks. Missing from the
roster at least of this writing are past
regulars such as Representatives Nancy
Pelosi (D-Calif.), the minority leader;
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the
chairwoman of the Democratic National
Committee; Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who
claims to have the largest Jewish constituency in the county; and Elijah Cummings
(D-Md.), who established a program that
sends a dozen leading African-American
students in his Baltimore area district
each year to bolster ties between African
Americans and Israel.
No one is saying who was invited
and declined and who simply was not
invited. But the Iran tensions are not
about to dissipate. The Obama administration has made it clear that the deal
is done, and it will not look kindly on
attempts to upend it an outlook that
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has respected, which accounts for
some of the goodwill that has accrued
between the two leaders since last year.
For AIPAC, its not so clear. An official
said the lobby would support the reauthorization of the Iran Sanctions Act and
other sanctions bills, but had yet to settle
on specific bills they would back. There
are many bills under consideration.
Some would leave wiggle room for the
president to ignore provisions, others
seek to force his hand and suspend the
agreement. Which does AIPAC back?
Even Democrats who last year opposed
the deal now say its time to move on and
live with the it, while placing the agreement under intense scrutiny.
Also on the agenda:

Netanyahu will speak via live video
link. He opted not to attend in person,
not wanting to be caught up in a divisive
election.
AIPAC, an official said, will back
renewing the U.S.-Israel defense assistance memorandum of understanding,
which must be done by 2018. Specifics,
however, are sparse. The Obama administration reportedly wants to bring funding up from $3 billion to $4 billion annually, while Netanyahu is holding out for
an amount closer to $5 billion, saying
Israel needs a boost in the post-Iran deal
environment.
Also, the AIPAC official added,
expect backing for congressional action
condemning any bid by the Palestinians
to seek statehood recognition outside
the framework of negotiations. That
includes demands for a continued U.S.
veto of any bids through the U.N. Security Council.
JTA Wire Service
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CABERNET SAUV *
CHARDONNAY *
MERLOT *
"W" MOSCATO *
"W" RED *
"W" WHITE *
WHITE ZINFANDEL *
SELECT ALICANTE BOUSCHET *
SELECT CABERNET FRANC*
SELECT CABERNET NAPA *
SELECT CHARDONNAY SONOMA *
SELECT PETITE SIRAH *
SELECT RED ZINFANDEL *
8.95
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18.95
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CHARDONNAY *
GRAND SELECT RED BLEND
CABERNET RESV (N)
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11.95
32.95
11.95
22.95
29.95
WEINSTOCK
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PACIFICA CABERNET SAUV

PACIFICA CABERNET MERLOT
PACIFICA MERITAGE
PACIFICA PINOT NOIR
PACIFICA ROSE (N)
17.95
32.95
31.95
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HAYSTACK CABERNET
MALBEC
PETIT VERDOT
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KEDEM
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BLUSH CHABLIS (1.5)
CONCORD 187 ML
CONCORD GRAPE *
CONCORD GRAPE (1.5)
MALAGA *
MALAGA (1.5)
SAUTERNE *
SAUTERNE (1.5)
TOKAY *
TOKAY (1.5)
1.75
3.95
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KEDEM
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46.95
36.95
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36.95
21.95
4.95
8.95
LAURENT-PERRIER BRUT
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LOUIS DE SACY BRUT *
NOTTE ITALIANA PROSECCO *
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TISHBI BRUT
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YARDEN BLANC DE BLANC
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CABERNET FRANC
CHARDONNAY *
LAKE COUNTY REISLING (O) *
LATE HARVEST SAUV.BLANC *
MERLOT *
PINOT NOIR *
SAUVIGNON BLANC *
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MATUK SOFT ROUGE 8% *
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PROSECCO *
SPARKLING MOSCATO *
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PROSECCO *
DRAPPIER CARTE D'OR *
DRAPPIER CARTE BLANCHE *
ELVI CAVA BRUT
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HAGAFEN BRUT CUVEE
HAGAFEN BRUT ROSE (N) (MEV)
HERZOG BLANC DE BLANC BRUT *
HERZOG BRUT CALIFORNIA *
HERZOG BRUT ROSE *
KEDEM WHITE CHAMP *
KEDEM PINK CHAMP *
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ELI MONTERO CHARDONNAY
ELI MONTERO MALBEC
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10.95
TEAL LAKE CABERNET/MERLOT *

TEAL LAKE CABERNET RESERVE *
TEAL LAKE CHARDONNAY *
TEAL LAKE MOSCATO D'AUSSIE *
TEAL LAKE SHIRAZ *
TEAL LAKE SHIRAZ RESERVE *
10.95
16.95
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16.95
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ALFASI CABERNET SAUVIGNON *
ALFASI CHARDONNAY *
ALFASI L.H. SAUVIGNON BLANC
ALFASI MALBEC/SYRAH RESERVE
ALFASI MERLOT *
ALFASI MERLOT RESERVE
ALFASI MISTICO
ALFASI PINOT NOIR RESERVE
DON ALFONSO CAB SAUV *
DON ALFONSO MERLOT *
DON ALFONSO SAUVIGNON BLANC *
LANZUR CARMENERE *
LANZUR MERLOT *
LANZUR RESERVA CAB. SAUVIGNON*
LANZUR RESERVA MALBEC *
LANZUR RESERVA PINOT NOIR *
LANZUR SAUVIGNON BLANC *
LANZUR SHIRAZ *
CH. JAUMARD * BORDEAUX

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CH. THENAC FLEUR DU PERIGORD *
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THE BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BORD.
VIN DE PAYS CABERNET. *
VIN DE PAYS MERLOT *
DAVID VIGNOBLES
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13.95
26.95
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53.95
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KOENIG RIESLING (N)
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VIN DE PAYS CHARDONNAY *
BARON ROTHSCHILD M&G VOUVRAY
CHATEU VALMER VOUVRAY
BARON ROTHSCHILD
LES LAURIERS ROSE
FRENCH RED
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CH. BELIERIVES DUBOIS * BORDEAUX
CH. CANTELAUDETTE BORDEAUX
CH. DE AREYRES BORDEAUX *
CH. DE LA GRAVE * BORDEAUX
CH. DE COR BUGEAUD * BORDEAUX
CH. DE PARSAC * SAINT EMILION
CH. DES RIGANES BORDEAUX * (N)
CH. FOURCAS DUPRE MEDOC
CH. GRAND PUY DUCASSE
BORDEAUX (N)
CH. GISCOURS MARGAUX
CH. HAUT CONDISSAS MEDOC
16.95
16.95
16.95
11.95
16.95
37.95
34.95
11.95
49.95
10.95
29.95
49.95
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15.95
21.95
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21.95
16.95
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10.95
25.95
82.95
95.95
69.95
CLASSIC SHIRAZ *
CLASSIC PINOT NOIR *
CLASSIC MERLOT/ARGAMAN *
CHARDONNAY RESERVE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON RESERVE
MERLOT RESERVE
PINOTAGE RESERVE
SHIRAZ RESERVE
CABERNET SAUV. WINEMAKER
MERLOT WINEMAKER'S CHOICE
CHARD. WINEMAKER'S CHOICE
SHIRAZ WINEMAKER'S CHOICE
ASSEMBLAGE EITAN
ASSEMBLAGE REICHAN
ASSEMBLAGE TZAFIT
SUPERIEUR CABERNET *
SUPERIEUR MERLOT
9.95
9.95
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13.95
16.95
15.95
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21.95
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28.95
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28.95
61.95
61.95
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CABERNET SAUVIGNON RSV
MERLOT
MAGMA BLEND (N)
MERLOT RESERVE
35.95
53.95
34.95
29.95
43.95
BAZELET HAGOLAN
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CABERNET *
MERLOT *
ZMORA SEMI-DRY CABERNET *
8.95
8.95
8.95
7.95
BIN CABERNET *
BIN CHARDONNAY *
BIN MERLOT *
BIN SYRAH *
CAVE OLD VINES
CARIGNAN RESERVE *
CABERNET RESERVE *
CHARDONNAY RESERVE *
L.H. GEWURTZTRAMINER
MERLOT RESERVE *
SAUVIGNON BLANC RESERVE *
SHIRAZ RESERVE *
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12.95
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INQUIRE
12.95
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13.95
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27.95
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YOUNG MOSCATO *
APELLATION CABERNET *
APELLATION CABERNET FRANC
APELLATION CABERNET SHIRAZ
APELLATION CARIGNAN
APELLATION MERLOT
SHAAL L.H. GEWURTZ (375ML)
TRADITIONAL CONCORD GRAPE *
TRADITIONAL SACRAMENTAL *
KAYOUMI SHIRAZ
KAYOUMI WHITE RIESLING
9.95
75.95
51.95
8.95
9.95
8.95
15.95
15.95
15.95
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15.95
20.95
6.95
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33.95
24.95
20TH ANNIVERSARY RED (N)

20TH ANNIVERSARY WHITE (N)
ALMA CABERNET/MERLOT
ALMA CAB/MER/CAB FRANC*
ALMA CHARDONNAY/VIOGNIER
ALMA GSM BLEND
CABERNET RESERVE
CANAAN RED *
CANAAN WHITE *
D SERIES CABERNET SAUV ESTATE
D SERIES ESTATE PETITE SIRAH
D SERIES ROSE
D SERIES MERLOT
D SERIES MOSCATO *
D SERIES SHIRAZ
D SERIES FUME BLANC
D SERIES UNOAKED CHARDONNAY
MERON CABERNET (LIMITED)
MERLOT RESERVE
MOSCATO
SHIRAZ RESERVE
EL KOSH SEMILLON
BEN ZIMRA MERLOT
EL KOSH SHIRAZ (N)
59.95
29.95
19.95
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31.95
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SANDRO CABERNET/MERLOT
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CLASSIC CABERNET SAUVIGNON *
CLASSIC CABERNET SAU 375ML
CLASSIC CHARDONNAY *
CLASSIC SAUVIGNON BLANC *
CLASSIC MALBEC*
CLASSIC MERLOT *
CLASSIC PETIT SYRAH *
CLASSIC PINOTAGE *
115.00
32.95
74.95
175.95
INQUIRE
32.95
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DALTON
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SAFSUFA CHARD/SAUV.BLANC *
SAFSUFA MERLOT *
SAFSUFA SHIRAZ * (N)
SAUVIGNON BLANC RESERVE
YUVALIM CAB SAUV
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17.95
13.95
17.95
17.95
15.95
13.95
20.95
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33.95
20.95
19.95
24.95
18.95
CABERNET
CABERNET FRANC
CHARDONNAY
MERLOT
VINEYARD EVER RED
SAUVIGNON BLANC
SYRAH
27.95
24.95
23.95
27.95
16.95
21.95
24.95
DOMAINE
DU CASTEL
DOMAINE NETOFA
ELLA VALLEY
VINEYARDS
SPRING RIVER SYRAHMOURVEDRE (N)

SPRING RIVER WHITE SEMI-DRY
21.95
17.95
GOFNA CABERNET SAUV RSV

GOFNA CHARD/CAB SAUV
GOFNA RES PETIT VERDOT
GOFNA RES PINOT NOIR
DANCE RED BLEND
DANCE WHITE (N)
CABERNET
MASSADA (N)
MERLOT
PETIT VERDOT (N)
THE PROMISE (N)
57.95
38.95
57.95
44.95
29.95
31.95
29.95
68.95
29.95
56.95
25.95
ADI CABERNET SAUV. * (N)

ADI MERLOT * (N)
ADI SHIRAZ * (N)
KONDITION * (N)
8.95
8.95
8.95
12.95
COTES DE GALILEE VILLAGE BLANC

CUVEE MARCO GRAND RED (N)
CUVEE SAMUEL RED (N)
16.95
38.95
18.95
2900 RED BLEND*

2900 WHITE BLEND*
PREMIUM CABERNET
PREMIUM PINOTAGE
PREMIUM SHIRAZ
RESERVE CABERET
RESERVE PETITE SIRAH
VINEYARD MARSELAN
SPECIAL RESERVE CAB/MERLOT
11.95
11.95
17.95
17.95
17.95
23.95
23.95
17.95
55.95
KISHOR KEREM RED (N)

KISHOR KEREM WHITE (N)
KISHOR SAVANT RED (N)
KISHOR SAVANT RIESLING (N)
KISHOR SAVANT VIOGNIER (N)
23.95
23.95
37.95
31.95
31.95
CB
CHARDONNAY
CUMULUS
PETIT VERDOT
SAUV BLANC SEMILLON
STRATUS
79.95
42.95
42.95
62.95
38.95
38.95
SOUL CABERNET SAUV (N)

SOUL CHARDONNAY (N)
SOUL MERLOT (N)
SOUL PINOT NOIR (N)
10.95
10.95
10.95
10.95
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
KEREM MOSHE
RED
WHITE
29.95
48.95
18.95
18.95
AMARETTO
DOUBLE ESPRESSO
DANUE PASSION FRUIT WINE
DANUE POMERGRANATE WINE
DANUE RED GRAPEFRUIT WINE
CHOCOLATE
18.95
LYCHEE
"ESTROG"
16.95
19.95
19.95
16.95
16.95
16.95
ELIMA (N) (NO SULFITES ADDED)

AMUKA SERIES SAUVIGNON BLANC
AMUKA SERIES CABERNET SAUV
AMUKA SERIES SHIRAZ
AMUKA SERIES MERLOT (N)
MARON SERIES CABERNET SAUV
MARON SERIES CAB SAUV/ SHIRAZ
MARON SERIES CAB. FRANC (N)
28.95
15.95
15.95
15.95
15.95
26.95
24.95
27.95
LIQUIDITY CAB SAUV (LTD QTY)

PROJECT #2
55.95
24.95
CABERNET FRANC (MEV)

CABERNET SAUVIGINON
CHARDONNAY (MEV)
EDOM RED
MERLOT
ROSE (N) *
SINAI (N) (MEV)
SINGLE VINEYARD CAB (LIMITED)
25.95
28.95
19.95
33.95
22.95
19.95
18.95
68.95
DUET MERLOT CABERNET BLEND

MALBEC
PETIT VERDOT
33.95
46.95
46.95
GVAOT WINERY
HACORMIN
JACQUES CAPSUTO
JERUSALEM
KISHOR WINERY
MATAR
MEDITERANEAN
Flam Noble $92.95
FLAM
BLANC
CLASSICO
NOBLE
RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON
RESERVE MERLOT
RESERVE SYRAH
ROSE
32.95
26.95
92.95
54.95
57.95
39.95
31.95
ALON RED BLEND

ELA RED BLEND
BARBERA
CABERNET
MERLOT
MERON
GALIL ROSE (N)
PINOT NOIR
YIRON
17.95
17.95
16.95
13.95
13.95
28.95
12.95
16.95
28.95
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CABERNET RESERVE
CHARDONNAY
CHARDONNAY RESERVE
MERLOT
MERLOT RESERVE
MOSCATO
12.95
16.95
12.95
16.95
12.95
16.95
9.95
CABERNET
CABERNET-MERLOT
CHARDONNAY
PINOT NOIR
SANGIOVESE (N)
SYRAH
GIGAL WHITE RIESLING
13.95
13.95
14.95
13.95
13.95
13.95
14.95
BLESSED VALLEY RED

BLESSED VALLEY WHITE
LONE OAK CABERNET RSV
LONE OAK CAB FRANC RSV
LONE OAK PINOT NOIR RSV (N)
LONE OAK SYRAH RSV
SPRING RIVER CAB-MERLOT
33.95
22.95
28.95
28.95
28.95
28.95
21.95
GALIL
GAMLA
GILGAL
GUSH ETZION
MONTEFIORE
MORAD
OR HAGANUZ
LEWIS PASCO
PSAGOT
RAMOT NAFTALY
16.95
RAMAT NEGEV
CABERNET SAUV (N)
NEVE MIDBAR (N)
KADESH MERLOT (N)
KADESH NEGEV (N)
16.95
22.95
16.95
16.95
CABERNET
CABERNET FRANC RSV
CHARDONNAY
MARSELAN RESERVE
MERLOT
MERLOT RESERVE
PETITE SYRAH
ROSE
SAUVIGNON BLANC
SPECIAL RESERVE RED
SHIRAZ *
SYRAH VIOGNER RESERVE
YASMIN RED *
YASMIN WHITE *
WILD CARIGNAN RESERVE
13.95
31.95
13.95
54.95
13.95
23.95
24.95
13.95
13.95
48.95
13.95
42.95
9.95
9.95
56.95
CABERNET RESERVE
CHARDONNAY RESERVE
MERLOT RESERVE
DISHON CABERNET SAUVGIGNON
DOVEV ARGAMAN
CABERNET UNFILTERED
FUSION RED BLEND *
FUSION WHITE BLEND *
16.95
14.95
16.95
31.95
30.95
74.95
13.95
13.95
BARBERA *
CABERNET FRANC
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CABERNET SECRET RESERVE *
CHARDONNAY
FORT DESSERT WINE
LEGEND *
LEGEND II*
MERLOT SECRET RESERVE *
MOR BLEND
MOSAIC
SHIRAZ SECRET RESERVE *
31.95
29.95
25.95
39.95
24.95
27.95
34.95
34.95
36.95
24.95
55.95
36.95
ADAMA CABERNET SAUVIGNON

ADAMA MERLOT
ADAMA SHIRAZ
ADAMA ZOHAR (N)
MT. CABERNET
MT. MERLOT
MT. SHIRAZ
MT. CHARD.
LIMITED ED. CABERNET
16.95
16.95
16.95
23.95
12.95
12.95
12.95
12.95
49.95

IMPRESSION CAB SAUV * (N)
IMPRESSION CHARDONNAY * (N)
IMPRESION MERLOT * (N)
INSPIRE DEVOTAGE RED BLEND * (N)
ISRAELI SEMI-DRY CAB *
LEGACY PETITE SIRAH * (N)
NEVEL PORT * (N)
VISION CAB SAUV * (N)
VISION MERLOT * (N)
VISION SEMI-DRY WHITE * (N)
RED MOSCATO *
WHITE MOSCATO *
32.95
16.95
16.95
16.95
23.95
11.95
69.95
32.95
8.95
8.95
8.95
9.95
8.95
CABERNET SAUVIGNION RESERVE

MERLOT/SHIRAZ RESERVE
PETITORA
33.95
31.95
26.95
BARBERA ZINFANDEL PORT STYLE

CABERNET/SYRAH * (S)
CHENIN BLANC *
VINEYARDS SAUV. BLANC (S) (MEV)
VINEYARDS CABERNET *
VINEYARDS MERLOT *
EMERALD REISLING (S) *
ESTATE CABERNET
ESTATE CHARDONNAY
ESTATE GEWURZTRAMINER
ESTATE SAUVIGNON BLANC
ESTATE PINOT NOIR
MALBEC
ESTATE MERLOT
MUSCAT ALEXANDRONI
ESTATE SHIRAZ
PETIT VERDOT SINGLE VINEYARD
RUBY CABERNET SINGLE VINEYARD
CABERNET FRANC SINGLE VINEYARD
65.95
11.95
11.95
10.95
14.95
13.95
10.95
24.95
13.95
13.95
13.95
24.95
39.95
24.95
11.95
24.95
39.95
39.95
39.95
CABERNET RESERVE
JUST CABERNET SAUVIGNON
39.95
21.95
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JUST MERLOT
SHIRAZ RESERVE
BLACK TULIP
WHITE FRANC
WHITE TULIP
21.95
39.95
79.95
27.95
21.95
CHARDONNAY/SAUVIGNION
MISTY HILLS
JUDEAN HILLS CAB/
MERLOT/SYRAH 2011
26.95
57.95
CABERNET
CHARDONNAY
METSUDA CAB/MERLOT
24.95
19.95
27.95
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
PINOTAGE
12.95
12.95
VITKIN JOURNEY ROSE (S) (N)

VITKIN JOURNEY WHITE (S) (N)
22.95
22.95
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CHARDONNAY
GEWURZTRAMINER
MUSCAT DESSERT WINE
HEIGHTS WINE (S)
HERMON INDIGO
HERMON MOSCATO (N)
HERMON WHITE
HERMON RED
KATZRIN CHARDONNAY
MERLOT
ODEM CHARDONNAY
PINOT NOIR
SAUVIGNON BLANC
SYRAH
2T DRY RED
T2 FORTIED DESSERT WINE
26.95
19.95
18.95
13.95
19.95
11.95
11.95
11.95
11.95
32.95
26.95
24.95
24.95
16.95
24.95
31.95
36.95
RED BLEND
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
FOREST 2010
PETIT VERDOT
SYRAH
39.95
49.95
76.95
43.95
45.95
TZORA WINERY
TZUBA
UGAV
VITKIN
YARDEN
YATIR
YIKVEI ZION
28.95
DOLEV MOSCATO
DOLEV MUSCAT HAMBURG DOLEV
ETZION KALIL 4% (KIDDUSH WINE)
8.95
8.95
6.95
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CABERNET/MERLOT
CABERNET/PETITE VERDOT
CABERNET/SHIRAZ
CHARDONNAY/SAUVIGNON BLANC
12.95
12.95
12.95
12.95
12.95
YOGEV
GABRIELE CHIANTI *
GABRIELE DOLCEMENTE RED *
GABRIELE DOLCEMENTE WHITE *
GABRIELE MONTEPULCIANO *
GABRIELE PINOT GRIGIO *
GABRIELE PINOT NOIR *
GABRIELE SANGIOVESE *
CONTESSA ANNALISA
MOSCATO (N) (MEV)
PINOT GRIGIO (N) (MEV)
SANGIOVESE (N) (MEV)
RASHI
RASHI LIGHT PINK *

RASHI LIGHT WHITE *
RASHI LIGHT RED *
RASHI JOYVIN RED *
RASHI JOYVIN WHITE *
RASHI MOSCATO D'ASTI *
RASHI CLARET *
UVA MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO (N)
NEW ZEALAND
GOOSE BAY
ITALY
BARTENURA
MALVAISA
MOSCATO DI ASTI *
MOSCATO DI ASTI (375 ML)*
NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO
OVADIA BARBERA *
OVADIA CHIANTI
OVADIA DOLC.D'ALBA
OVADIA MORELLINO *
ROSSO DI MONTEPULCIANO
ROSSO TOSCANO *
PINOT GRIGIO *
UMBRIA ROSSO*
10.95
9.95
6.95
13.95
14.95
11.95
15.95
14.95
12.95
6.95
11.95
6.95
BAROLO
BRUNELLO DI MONT.
CHIANTI *
CHIANTI RISERVA
DOLCEZZA
MATURO RED *
MONTEPULCIANO *
MOSCATO *
PINOT GRIGIO *
PINOT NOIR *
PRIMITIVO *
ROSE
SANGIOVESE *
UMBRIA ROSSO*
CANTINA GIULIANA CHIANTI (N)
39.95
45.95
13.95
15.95
9.95
21.95
10.95
11.95
11.95
14.95
13.99
12.95
10.95
9.95
16.95
BORGO REALE
GABRIELE
GABRIELE CABERNET SAUVIGNON

GABRIELE CHARDONNAY
8.95
8.95
3.95
3.95
3.95
7.95
7.95
9.95
8.95
26.95
16.95
23.95
19.95
26.95
22.95
31.95
14.95
O'DWYERS CREEK SAUV. BLANC*
15.95
O'DWYERS CREEK
SOUTH AFRICA
BACKSBERG CHARDONNAY
BACKSBERG MERLOT
BACKSBERG PINOTAGE
VILLA CAPE CHARDONNAY (N)
VILLA CAPE PINOTAGE (N)
11.95
11.95
11.95
9.95
9.95
CAPCANES LA FLOR DE PRIMAVERA

CAPCANES PERAJ HA'ABIB
CAPCANES PERAJ PETITA
CAPCANES PERAJ PETITA ROSAT
EN FUEGO CHARDONNAY
EN FUEGO CABERNET SAUVIGNON
EN FUEGO TEMPRANILLO
EN FUEGO UNIDO
ELVI 26 DE ELVI PRIORAT
ELVI CLOS MESORAH (LIMITED)
ELVI HERENZA CRIANZA
ELVI HERENZA RESERVA
ELVI HERENZA RIOJA
NEXUS ONE RIBERA DEL DUERO
PINORD VINA CHATEL TEMPRANILLO
RAMON CARDOVA CRIANZA
RAMON CARDOVA GARNACHA
RAMON CARDOVA RIOJA *
TOBIA TEMPRANILLO GARNACHA *
TOBIA TEMPRANILLO *
VOLCANUS PETIT VERDOT
VOLCANUS TEMPRANILLO (MEV)
VOLCANUS TEMPRANILLO RIOJA
75.95
53.95
16.95
19.95
8.95
8.95
8.95
8.95
48.95
68.95
24.95
61.95
11.95
21.95
8.95
18.95
16.95
13.95
8.50
8.50
19.95
15.95
13.95
KEDEM SHERRY ROYALE *

KEDEM PORT *
PORTO CORDOVERO
PORTO CORDOVERO LBV
TIO PEPE TIO PEPE
QUEVEDO RUBY PORT
7.95
12.95
27.95
47.95
17.95
17.95
SPAIN
KOSHER SPIRITS
$9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
GOOSE BAY CHARDONNAY *

GOOSE BAY FUME BLANC RESERVE *
GOOSE BAY PINOT GRIGIO *
GOOSE BAY BLANC DE PINOT NOIR *
GOOSE BAY PINOT NOIR *
GOOSE BAY PINOT NOIR RESERVE
GOOSE BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC*
SHERRY/PORT
Villa Cape Reserve

Chardonnay
13.95
8.95
8.95
10.95
10.95
12.95
10.95
ASKALON ARAK 80
ASKALON ARAK 100
ASKALON BRANDY 80
STOCK 84 BRANDY 80
BINYAMINA AMARETTO
BINYAMINA BANANA
BINYAMINA CHOCOLATE
BINYAMINA LIMONCELLO
BINYAMINA SOUR APPLE
BINYAMINA TRIPLE SEC
BOUHKA BOKOBSA FIG BRANDY
CLEAR CREEK KIRSCHWASSER 750ML
CLEAR CREEK KIRSCHWASSER 375ML
CLEAR CREEK PLUM BRANDY 750ML
CLEAR CREEK PLUM BRANDY 375ML
DISTILLERY NO.209 GIN
DISTILLERY NO.209 VODKA
DUPUY COGNAC XO
GIVON BRANDY 80
HEAVENS CHOCOLATE
HUNGARO SLIVOVITZ
JELINEK SILVER SLIVOVITZ 100
KEDEM VODKA
LOS ARANGOS SILVER TEQUILA
LOUIS ROYER VSOP
LOUIS ROYER VS COGNAC
LOUIS ROYER XO COGNAC
MARASKA CHERRY WINE
MARASKA SLIVOVITZ
MOSES DATE VODKA
MOSES VODKA
MORAD ESROG 375ML
SABRA COFFEE
SABRA CHOCOLATE ORANGE
STRYKOWER SLIVOVITZ 144
SUKKAH HILLS BESAMIN LIQUEUR 375ML
SUKKAH HILLS ETROG 375ML
ZACHLAWI FIG ARAK
ZACHLAWI GOURMET ARAK
ZACHLAWI GRAPEFRUIT ARAK
ZACHLAWI SWEET POTATO VODKA
ZACHLAWI VODKA
18.95
19.95
13.95
15.95
16.95
16.95
16.95
16.95
16.95
16.95
31.95
48.95
29.95
48.95
27.95
39.95
29.95
99.95
13.95
19.95
26.95
27.95
12.95
31.95
62.95
47.95
135.00
14.95
25.95
28.95
28.95
16.95
33.95
35.95
29.95
25.95
25.95
28.95
28.95
28.95
28.95
29.95
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In the real-life Anatevka, Ukraines

Jewish refugees build a new community
CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
ANATEVKA, UKRAINE At the age of 53,
Sergey and Elena Yarelchenko fled their
native city of Lugansk with three suitcases and moved into a wooden room in a
muddy refugee camp outside Kiev.
Like hundreds of thousands of refugees
from Ukraines war-torn east, in 2014 life
for this Jewish couple changed radically. It
went from a normal bourgeois existence
to a hellish struggle for survival and flight
from a city that within days became the
arena for vicious urban fighting between
government troops and pro-Russian
separatists.
But unlike many refugee s, the
Yarelchenkos do not tell a tearful account
of rootlessness.
Thanks to one rabbis unique project
for Jewish refugees from the east, the
Yarelchenkos are part of the nascent community of Anatevka, a small village that
sprang into existence near the capital six
months ago. In Anatevka, 20 families are
now building a future based on Yiddishkeit
and self-reliance.
Named after the fictional hometown
of Tevye the Dairyman from the famed
Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof
and the iconic Sholom Aleichem short stories on which it was based Anatevka is a
tribute not only to that town but to the real
Jewish shtetls that dotted Eastern Europe
before the Holocaust.
Spread on a plot the size of three football fields, Anatevka features a wooden
synagogue with two mikvahs. A rickety
path made of splintered wooden pallets
connects the three-story synagogue building to a dormitory-style residence with 20
apartments and a central kitchen. A school
newly built from concrete with 25 classrooms is close by.
Our son in Israel is pressing us to make
aliyah, but Anatevka looks like a better
option for us, Elena Yarelchenko said.
Her husband, Sergey, is a carpenter who
is making a small salary in Anatevka; the
towns building are mainly made from
wood. As she helps prepare food for all
the other residents, Elena gestures at her
husbands small workshop outside the residential complex.
Sergeys a workaholic who either
sleeps or works, she said. Do you think
Israels holding its breath for a 53-year-old
carpenter who doesnt speak Hebrew?
Between the school the only structure in town that is not made of wood
and Anatevkas muddy access road are
the fresh concrete foundations for a clinic
and rehabilitation center that workers,
some of them local residents like Sergey,
are laying under the watchful eye of the
Above, Jewish refugees in Anatevka

celebrate the opening of the communitys synagogue on February 29.
COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF RABBI MOSHE AZMAN
Rabbi Moshe Azman, right, is the

founder of modern-day Anatevka.
R. LITEVSKY/COURTESY OF THE OFFICE
OF RABBI MOSHE AZMAN
man who created Anatevka: Rabbi Moshe

Azman of Kiev.
A burly man with a bushy gray beard
and a full head of hair, the 50-year-old
Azman comes into the residential complex
and peels off several layers of thick snowy
clothing in the foyer of the building, whose
design is reminiscent of a rustic ski lodge.
It can get pretty hot in here, he notes,
showing his satisfaction at the effectiveness of the central heating system.
Working with money from his own
pocket and from private donors they
include the Moscow-born kosher food supplier Michael Zelman of London and the
Dubinsky family from Kiev Azman has
spent more than $1.5 million on Anatevka,
which he designed to serve not only as a
refugee center, but as a living, breathing
community.
A maverick rabbi who remained influential here even when he broke with the
official institutions of the Chabad movement over a contractual dispute, Azman
says he is trying to survive from day to

day because of debts he incurred while
realizing his plan for Anatevka, which critics doubted would ever come to pass.
Im aware of the risks Ive taken,
Azman said solemnly, adding that he
recently had to borrow money from a
friend for gasoline so he could remain
mobile throughout this week.
Im in debt to my eyeballs, but Im not
afraid because this is Gods mission, he
said. Besides, each day that Anatevka is

running is another day that my community lives in dignity. Builds a future. You
cant put a price tag on that.
To keep Anatevka running, Azman has
relied on donations also from members of
his own community in Kiev, whose children account for the majority of the 150
pupils attending Anatevkas school.
While residents provide much of the
labor force at Anatevka, not all of them
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Do you think Israels

holding its breath
for a 53-year-old
carpenter who doesnt
speak Hebrew?
heating system, for example, uses wood as fuel, not
out of nostalgia but because it is cheaper than either
gasoline or gas in a country that has been under sanctions from mineral-rich Russia ever since the 2013 revolution that ousted Ukraines pro-Kremlin regime and
triggered the fighting in the east.
The wooden logs that were used to build the walls of
Anatevkas synagogue and residential area are sealed
with fireproof chemicals and high-tech insulation from
Germany that help keep the place warm in winter.
Still, Anatevka isnt for everyone. Noisy, dirty, inaccessible, and devoid of even basic amenities such as a
grocery shop and postal services, even some of the refugees involved in the project consider it unsuitable for
their own housing needs.
Im a city person, said Svetlana Koznitsova, a refugee from Lugansk who helps Azman run Anatevka but
lives with her daughter in a rented apartment in Kiev.
I need to stay in the city and I will for as long as I can
earn a salary.
In one of the first-floor apartments in Anatevka, Meshulam Kolesnik, a web designer who was forced to leave
Crimea after Russia took it from Ukraine an annexed it,
is using Anatevkas fast WiFi connection to improve the
website he built to solicit new donations for the project.
Im not a carpenter like Sergey, but I build what I
can for this place, said Kolesnik, an observant Jew who
lives here with his wife and their two boys, 5-year-old
Yitzhak and his little brother, Leib. Their colorful drawings are plastered all over the wooden interior of their
room, which their father uses as his office.
Kolesnik, 35, left his apartment in Simferopol last
year because he had refused to trade in his Ukrainian
passport for a Russian one. When his children were
prevented from attending school, Kolesnik broke down
and asked for Russian nationality, but by then he was
deemed ineligible because he wasnt in the country
when a majority of the population voted for annexation
in a referendum that was deemed illegal by the international community.
When he moved to the Kiev region, Kolesnik left
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sunny Crimea. But he says he is not bitter over the loss.
We are once again living among equals in our own
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Activists link arms with Jewish groups

in Hungarys ongoing symbols war
Cnaan Liphshiz
Hungarian officials likely anticipated some
Jewish opposition to their decision to erect
a monument in Budapest to a Holocaustera lawmaker who promoted anti-Semitic
legislation.
What they probably didnt expect was
that the February 24 unveiling of a bust
honoring Gyorgy Donath would attract a
protest by mostly non-Jewish Hungarians.
The protest would lead to the statues indefinite removal over vandalism concerns.
Hungarys Jews have been fighting what
one leading rabbi has called the symbols
war against the government for years
over the public veneration of Holocaustera figures who promoted anti-Semitic
laws. But the mostly non-Jewish protest,
in which participants carried EU symbols
and chanted anti-fascist slogans, was taken
as a sign that the effort is winning allies
beyond the Jewish community.
This is not just the Jewish communitys
fight, said Anna Kovacs, 27, a non-Jewish
translator and member of a Holocaust commemoration group. Its about the identity
Protesters rally in Budapest in 2014 against the Hungarian governments

unveiling of a statue seen as minimizing the countrys role in the Holocaust.

Cnaan Liphshiz
and future of this society. Its our duty to

ensure a second Holocaust doesnt happen.
Hungarian Jews launched the monument battle in 2014, when a statue seen as
minimizing Hungarian complicity during
the Holocaust was unveiled in Budapests
Freedom Square. The monument, which

depicted an angel (understood to represent Hungary) attacked by an eagle (understood to represent Germany), was vigorously opposed by the Hungarian Jewish
umbrella group Mazsihisz, which briefly
suspended its ties with the government

after its unveiling.
It began with Jewish community activities but has spread beyond to a protest front
with members of many affiliations, said
Adam Csillag, a filmmaker who has documented the protest since that unveiling.
That protest movement, which comprises a loose coalition of Christians, liberal political activists, and Hungarian
Jews, scored its first victory last year. That
was when Prime Minister Viktor Orban
scrapped a plan to erect a statue of Balint
Homan, another Holocaust-era politician
who prompted anti-Semitic laws. The Faith
Church, a Pentecostal body with 70,000
members, provided approximately half
the 700 protesters who gathered at a site
30 miles west of Budapest in December to
protest the Homan statue, which was canceled following an international outcry.
Every time an anti-Semitic figure is
honored, there is a significant resistance
from the civil society, and the members of
Faith Church often take part in these protests as anti-Semitism is contradictory to
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Israelis find key to preserving organs for transplant

Antifreeze protein could be the breakthrough that
finally enables long-term banking of donated organs.
Donated blood can be refrigerated and
stored for six weeks. But donated organs
have a very short shelf life. A heart or
lung can be kept viable for transplantation for only six hours, a pancreas or liver
for 12 hours, and a kidney for less than 30
hours. Any donated organ that is past its
prime ends up going to waste instead of
saving lives.
Freezing organs, rather than just refrigerating them, seems like a logical solution, but in practice it doesnt work. When
organs are frozen, ice crystals form and
cause irreversible damage to the cells.
The ability to freeze organs and to
then thaw them without causing damage
to the organ itself would be revolutionary in terms of our chances to save lives,
says Dr. Ido Braslavsky from the Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and
Nutrition at the Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment in
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Together with his Hebrew University team, Braslavsky is contributing
significantly to the effort to perfect
SPIN
cryopreservation the process of preserving cells, tissues, and organs in sub-zero

temperatures.
This would enable long-term banking of
tissues and organs and efficient matching
between donor and patient, eventually
saving lives of millions of people around
the world.
Braslavskys work was recently featured
in an article in The Economist titled Wait
Not in Vain.
The article reports that research in
cryopreservation is heating up around
the world. The Organ Preservation Alliance, an American NGO established
in 2014, aims to accelerate and coordinate research toward banking of human
organs. And last years inaugural global
Organ Banking Summit brought together
world-leading scientists, investors and
policy-makers to discuss how to transform organ transplantation.
Antifreeze proteins
Braslavskys area of specialty is so-called
antifreeze proteins, ice-binding proteins
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Dr. Ido Braslavsky at his Hebrew University lab, where his team
investigates ice-binding proteins and new methods in cryopreservation
of cells and tissues.
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that help organisms resist or withstand freezing in water and on land by

inhibiting the formation and growth of
crystalline ice.
Ice-binding proteins were discovered some 50 years ago in Antarctic
fish and are now known to exist in
cold-resistant fish, plants, insects, and
microorganisms.
In contrast to other types of antifreeze substances, ice-binding proteins are needed in very low amounts
to do the job effectively.
We investigate the interaction of
ice-binding proteins with ice crystals,
Braslavsky explained. Since we are
working at temperatures of sub-zero
Celsius degrees and we need high
accuracy of working temperature, we
designed a specialized microscope
with a stage cooler that allows a millidegree-level control of temperature
and also freezing.
Using fluorescent illumination, we
can see where the proteins, which
are tagged with fluorescent dyes, are
located. With these devices, we can
follow ice crystals as they grow and
melt in the presence of ice-binding
proteins.
Braslavsky and his team collaborated with Dr. Peter Davies from
Queens University in Canada to investigate the mystery of exactly how icebinding proteins stop the formation of
ice crystals.
They discovered that antifreeze
proteins bind permanently with ice.
We found that proteins in insects
are much more efficient in inhibiting
ice growth than proteins in fish, but
fish proteins bind faster to ice, said
Braslavsky.
For organs and food

This finding, published in the journals
Langmuir and RSC Advances in 2015,
could be crucial for the advancement of
using these proteins to help preserve frozen organs as well as frozen foods.
Ice growth also poses a major problem in frozen food, said Braslavsky,
whose team is looking into the implementation of ice-binding proteins in
food.
Many are familiar with ice cream
that has lost its texture in home freezers, or meat that has lost a lot of its
liquids and doesnt look or taste fresh
after thawing. Ice-binding proteins
may allow the control of ice in frozen
food and the developments of new frozen treats. Some food manufacturers
have already started using ice-binding
proteins in their products.
Braslavskys pioneering work in
studying the interaction between antifreeze proteins and ice is now expanding to developing cryopreservation
techniques that will allow revival of
cells and tissues while restoring their
form and function.
His research is supported by the
European Research Council, the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), and the Israel Science
Foundation.
Braslavsky is hopeful that cryopreservation research is on the doorstep of success. Recent developments in cryobiology methodologies
and the use of materials with specific
interaction with ice crystals such as
ice-binding proteins open the possibility for significant advancement in
cells and organs cryopreservation,
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he said.
Train your brain not to be upset or anxious

New neurological findings from Israel show it is possible
to self-teach a way of putting the brakes on emotional reactions
Brains can be trained to improve their ability to ignore
irrelevant information, resulting in reduced neurological reactions to emotional events, according to an Israeli
neuropsychologist whose collaborative Ph.D. research is
the first study to demonstrate that this effect is possible
to achieve through nonemotional training.
Noga Cohens study also showed that the same simple computer-training task can change the brains wiring, strengthening neural connections between brain
regions involved in inhibiting emotional reactions.
In the study, the brains of 26 healthy volunteers were
monitored before and after multiple computerized
training sessions using functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI).
The training involved a nonemotional executive control task of identifying whether a target arrow points
to the right or to the left, while ignoring the direction
of arrows on either side of it. A resting-state fMRI scan
assessed connections between brain regions during no
specific task and later during an emotional reactivity
task in which participants were asked to ignore negative pictures.
As expected, participants who completed the more
intense version of the training (but not the other participants) showed reduced activation in their amygdala a
brain region involved in negative emotions, including
Such future directions

carry important
potential clinical
implications for a
large percentage of
the population.
sadness and anxiety. In addition, the intense training
resulted in increased connectivity between participants
amygdala and a region in the frontal cortex shown to be
involved in emotion regulation, reported Cohen.
Help for depression, anxiety

The researchers hope to examine the impact of this nonemotional training on depressed or anxious individuals.
They say it may also be helpful for people at high risk
of increased blood pressure in reaction to emotional
information.
Such future directions carry important potential clinical implications for a large percentage of the
population, said Cohen, who conducted the study at
Ben-Gurion University of the Negevs Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab under the supervision of Dr. Avishai
Henik. This cognitive training can be easily employed
with different populations, such as children, elderly
adults, and individuals with neurological or psychiatric disorders.
Other contributors to the paper about the study,
published in the journal NeuroImage, are from the
University of Haifa, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive
and Brain Sciences in Germany, and the National
University of Singapore.
A previous study led by these authors has already shown
that similar training can reduce the tendency to get stuck in
a repetitive-thinking cycle about a negative life event.
It is our hope that the current work would lead to further
testing and potentially the development of effective intervention for individuals suffering from maladaptive emotional behavior, Cohen said.
While acknowledging the limitations of this study,
which was based on a relatively small number of healthy
participants and focused on short-term effects of the training, this may prove effective for individuals suffering from
emotion dysregulation.
Using Executive Control Training to Suppress Amygdala Reactivity to Aversive Information was funded by the
German Academic Exchange Service, International Brain
Research Organization, and Minerva. The research was also
supported by grants from Marie Curie Actions and from the
Young Investigator Research program of the National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel.
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The mature
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Richard Portugal
With the advent of winter, nature turns
from the new buds of spring and the
warmth of summer to the dazzling colors of fall and the glittering white of a
mornings chilled whisper. Branches are
bare and the ground is coated in a frosty
mist. The light of day is muted and the
dark of night is cold. The end of year is
almost forbidding in its bleakness, but
somehow also promises the rewards that
muted colors and icy winds can bring.
It is a quiet time; only the tracks of rabbits disturb the deep snow which can
cover the land in but a nights short span.
It is a time that reminds us all that life
changes, ends, and then begins anew. It
is a time of reflection, of remembrance,
of acceptance. Winter is natures snowy
footprint upon our world. It is deep, malleable and experienced. It is the white
mane of a mature season.
We humans also pass into this realm
which bestows experience, maturity and
the promise of deep worth. Our culture,
however, does not prefer the winter, but
rather revels in the summers warmth.
We glorify youth for its strength and
vigor and regard old age as a necessary life stage bereft of positive societal
contributions.
We all do look back fondly on our summers reign. The strength, speed, ambitions, passions, and arrogance of our
youth can be recalled with dispassionate clarity. They were days spent in tirelessly forging our futures and protecting
our gains. Inevitably and quite suddenly,
those days are behind us and lie not in
our future. Where we just yesterday ran
and jumped to the delight of our mind
and body, we now are more quiescent
and introspective. Our lives do not go on
forever, but have a definite end point.
But is not our greatest societal contribution still ahead of us, not in the vigor of
youth, but in the experience and contemplativeness of winters domain?
The aged in our society have one great
advantage; we can look back where others can only look ahead. We have been
where they are and they have not been
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where we are. When Lewis and Clark
explored the Louisiana Territory in the
early nineteenth century, it was a huge
land mass unknown and mysterious. It
was west of the Mississippi River and
represented Americas future. Upon
their return, these explorers had traveled where no American had previously
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The aged in our society are all Lewis
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world and lived our lives and have experience and knowledge to share. Contrary
to societal norms, to be aged is not to be
useless or simply a burden to the young.
Experience and knowledge are invaluable tools which can help transform the
frost of winter into the buds of spring.
Like the flowing Mississippi River, a deep
liquid pool holds many secrets and wondrous mysteries. Our societal aged are
deep pools whose secrets and mysteries
are marvelous to behold. Do not let gray
hair and stooped shoulders belittle the
majesty of their accomplishments. They
have all aggressively experienced summers warmth. They have much to share
about winters cold!
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I have found that those people who are
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most content throughout their lives. Curiosity represents a thirst for knowledge about
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and friends, reading a new book, going to
a new place, hearing new music, having a
discussion on an array of subjects. The list
goes on and on. The day is full and the person goes to bed having had all kinds of new
thoughts and experiences.
A particular man who lived to the age
of 99 comes to mind when I think about
curiosity. He was actually quite a loner but
extremely busy every day. He began his
day after retirement with reading several
newspapers. He read at least a book a week
which he cataloged so that he could keep
track. He watched a new movie each day
and he followed the stock market on three
different computers everyday and day
traded. He kept up on all technology and
even at 99 was buying himself the latest
gadgets and learning how to use them. He

socialized everyday and made sure he kept
up on what his friends were doing. He was
not one for small talk but would sit and talk
for hours if you also were a curious individual. He claims he was content almost every
day of his life.
I recently taught a five-week course
entitled Now That I am Older Who Am
I. It focused on discovering and engaging in meaningful activities in your later
years. There were about 40 people in
the class. Those who were the more
curious were having a great time with
the class and seemed very content with
their lives. Those who were lacking in
curiosity struggled and seemed less content with their lives.
Can curiosity be learned? All I have
observed is that some people are more
curious than others. I wonder, however if
curiosity can be awakened? Interestingly, I
remember enjoying studying Chumash as a
youngster. What I enjoyed was all the commentaries and the encouragement to be
curious and ask questions. A good teacher
awakened my curiosity.
Let me suggest that you try to awaken
your curiosity simply for the reason that
it brings about contentment, energy, and
excitement. Participate in new and old
activities, seek out information on many
different topics, look for ways to continue
to grow as a person, and find out as much
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Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative has
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record (EMR) program. The EMR facilitates a seamless and coordinated care
approach for each patient treated at BVMI,
and also enables the extraction of critical patient data so that outcomes can be
accurately tracked and protects the environment by reducing paper consumption.
BVMIs move to a new and larger
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means more doctors and nurses. This
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County adults who work but cannot
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that how people are treated is as important as the care they receive. With the
help and expertise of 55 volunteer physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses,
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BVMI treated over 1,000 patients in
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Therapies can lessen
ringing in your ears
dr. PhIlIP J. aretsKY
According to theAmerican Tinnitus Association, tinnitus impacts up to 50 million people in the United States.
Approximately 25 percent of the population of industrialized countries have experienced tinnitus at least once, and
10 to 20 percent suffer from it chronically. Tinnitus is the
number one disability reported by veterans. It affects at
least one in every 10 American adults.
Tinnitus comes from the Latin word tinnire (to ring).
Doctors define tinnitus as the perception of sounds for
which there is no external source. Many people describe
tinnitus as a ringing noise, while to others it sounds like
humming, buzzing, hissing, or whistling. Regardless of
description, tinnitus is a symptom of an impairment of
the auditory processing system.
According to the
American Tinnitus
Association, tinnitus
impacts up to 50
million people in the
United States.
The exact mechanism that causes buzzing or ringing
in ears for some people has yet to be discovered. The
best known contributing factor is noise exposure, especially to sounds reaching 85 decibels (dB) or higher. A
single gunshot crack can leave some people with permanent tinnitus, as can repeated exposure to loud rock
music. Taking certain medications known to cause damage to the delicate hair cells of the inner ear may also be
a factor.
The enemy in your ear is a great description of tinnitusbecause it is truly the beginning of a vicious cycle. Initially,
you might try to avoid social contact in an attempt to rest.
But this withdrawal also limits auditory experiences, social
contact, and other forms of distraction, which allows tinnitus to occupy more of your attention. In turn, a growing
feeling of despair at being unable to do anything about the
noise, coupled with the fear that it might worsen, ensures
your brain stays focused on the internal noise. This is the
cycle that needs to be stopped. You have to push tinnitus
out of the limelight and take control. Wearing hearing aids
with tinnitus therapy features can help.
While there is currently no cure for tinnitus, there are
effective methods of achieving comfort and relief. Some
of our hearing aids come with a tinnitus therapy feature
that can function as an independent sound generator or
in a mixed mode using both the hearing aid microphones
and the sound generator. Our hearing care professionals
can help you determine the type of therapy feature that
is right for you.
At Dr. Aretskys Ridgewood Hearing Center our team of
hearing professionals, including Dr. Philip J. Aretsky, M.D.,
a board certified otolaryngologist, Linda Liebowitz, a clinical audiologist, and Thomas J. Ouimet, a nationally board
certified hearing instrument specialist, will determine the
best therapy for you. The center is located at 385 South
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The Gym helps raise funds
to build homes for disabled vets
The Gym recently hosted successful
events to help raise money for disabled
veterans through Homes for Veterans, a
charity based in Harrington.
The fundraising events included a
push-up contest, with trainers and members participating in a friendly competition where funds were contributed with
every push-up. The fitness events and
sales of Support Our Troops T-shirts
raised $3,400 for Homes for Veterans.
Homes for Veterans thanks the veterans and all of the employees and members of The Gym who participated in
the fundraiser. Their team effort exemplifies how much Americans appreciate
the service and sacrifice of our veterans,
said Doug DiPaola, president and CEO of
Homes For Veterans.
In 2014, The Gym raised $12,000 which
went toward repairing the Newark home
of Sgt. James Bellamy, reconstructing the
front porch and providing him with safe
and easy access to a mechanized wheelchair lift that was funded and installed by
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Gym was honored to help fund

the renovations to Sgt. Bellamys home.
It was so nice to see what our fundraising events were able to do for Sgt. Bellamy, and we really look forward to helping another veteran through this years
efforts, said Lisa Bruchalski, group fitness director at The Gym of Montvale.
The funds raised by The Gym this time
will be used to help former Marine Kyle
Chappell of Morristown. After graduating from high school, Chappell enlisted
in the Marines, serving for four years,
during which time he spent nine months
each in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In April 2015, Chappell was seriously
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Holy Name Medical Center is the only hospital in
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These evidence-based designations are the only
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The list of 487 award winners for stroke centers
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These awards recognize our commitment to providing high quality, personalized care, said Michael
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this specialized care has helped make Holy Name a
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In December, Holy Name also received the 2016
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Women have many choices when it comes to cancer care, but now they can make informed choices
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Hospitals that achieve the award as one of the Best
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A data-driven weight control program
Breathing into a soft mask for 10 minutes
while sitting in a chair is not the way most
people begin a weight control program.
But for Randie Berger, who like Ponce de
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Ive tried Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers,
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part, Ive managed to lose weight. But they
were all a case of one size fits all. I would
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since I couldnt follow the program forever,
once I was on my own I would gain back
the weight.
Recently a friend introduced her to
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Fort Lee. Employing a program that was
introduced in Europe 10 years ago, WeighLess Global offers a scientific, customized,
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control for adults and children. It uses
technology that measures such complex
parameters as body composition and basal
metabolic rate to determine a nutritional
plan.
The data we extrapolate from these
machines is then adjusted to the individuals age, gender, and current health status
to help our registered dietitians create a
personal nutrition profile that fits the clients lifestyle and helps her achieve her
weight goals, said Dr. Boris Kaganov, a
Moscow physician and professor of medicine who created the program 10 years ago.
Each nutritional plan is then customized
to the client based on her likes and dislikes.
If necessary, we add an activity factor (exercise) to accelerate the process.
Looking like a fighter pilot, Berger
breathes normally into the silicone mask
while the calorimetry machine gently
hums away. The mask, which is tethered to
a hand-held computer, counts the number
of calories she is burning while at rest.
This will give us a printout of just how
many calories her body needs each day
to lose or maintain its current weight,
said Jennifer Blume, a registered dietitian
at the center. Its all based on energy balance in other words, calories in and calories out which helps our clients avoid
the dangers of crash diets. They get to lose
weight at a healthy rate without sacrificing
lean body mass.
Once Berger finishes here, Blume has
her remove her shoes and socks and stand
on a scale with protruding handlebars that
she grabs onto. This machine analyzes her
body composition, examining her dry lean

mass and body fat mass. It also produces an
obesity analysis, measuring her BMI (Body
Mass Index) and PBF (Percentage of Body
Fat).
Weight alone is not a clear indication of
good health because it does not tell us how
many pounds are fat or lean body mass,
said Blume. By regularly monitoring
Randies body fat, muscle mass, and muscular development, we will be able to better understand how her diet, lifestyle and
exercise regimen influence her body composition. Knowing whats working will help
us target and reach her wellness goals.
Bergers BMI exceeds 30, which the government defines as obese. According to the
Centers for Disease Control, 30.6 percent of
American adults in a 2015 study were found
to be obese (an increase of more than 10
percent from a similar study conducted in
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Russians have the same problem, but
not to such a great extent, said Kaganov,
who was a pediatrician and clinical nutrition expert in Moscow. Here, people eat
too much fast food and drink too many sugared beverages. There are also more children here that are obese, which is a serious
problem. The younger we can intervene
with a child, the easier it is to help them.
Blume discusses with Berger her short
and long-term weight loss goals and asks for
a list of her food preferences. She goes over
the importance of portion control (explaining how to satiate a sweet tooth and minimize calorie intake by adding, for example,
blackberries to a bowl of ice cream). She
has Berger keep a 72-hour diary, recording
when she wakes up, and when and what
she eats during this time.
Information for these three days is then
uploaded into a computer software program (called a FFQ or Food Frequency
Questionnaire) that allows Blume to gauge
the patients regular daily energetic value
(number of calories) and chemical composition (amount of micro and macro nutrients). With this data, coupled with the
information recorded by the other technology, she can then determine what principal changes should be made in the clients
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Jewish Home galleries honor those with dementia
through art that helps untrap the mind
New art exhibits at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh and
Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale display the
artwork of residents with Alzheimers and dementia, honoring the artists and inviting their family and
friends to see their creations.
The works were created though an innovative program called Opening Minds through Art. OMA was
founded in 2007 by Dr. Elizabeth Lokon at the Scripps
Gerontology Center at Miami University in Ohio.
Believing that there is a wealth of untapped potential
in the minds of people with dementia, she decided
to create a program that could tap into the person
trapped by the illness.
The programs mission is Building bridges across age and cognitive
barriers through art. Using volunteers who undergo training in the
curriculum, participants are presented with structured choices of
materials, colors, and methods.
Whats most important about
OMA is that it isnt about creating
art, explains Jewish Home Family
President Carol Silver Elliott. Its
about providing individuals with
cognitive impairments with an
opportunity to express themselves,
to make choices, and to be engaged in a way that is
both adult and failure free. Yet the result is amazing
art, all inspired by real works of modern art. If you
Participants see their artwork in the

gallery at Jewish Home Assisted Livings
Memory Lane
havent seen the exhibits both at on the

Rockleigh campus and in Memory Lane
at Jewish Home Assisted Living, please
come visit. Youll be glad you did!
The Jewish Home Familys mission is
to provide the very best care, service and
guidance, for the benefit of older adults
and their families, regardless of race, religion, or financial ability. It operates the
Jewish Home at Rockleigh Russ Berrie Home for Jewish Living, Jewish Home Assisted Living Kaplen Family Senior Residence and Jewish Home @ Home.
Hadassahs Heart Health Program creates

virtual walking route from Jerusalem to Atlanta
Registration is open for Every Step Counts: Hadassahs
Walking Program. The virtual walk starts in Jerusalem and
extends to Atlanta, the site of Hadassahs 2016 National
Convention. According to the American Heart Association,
heart disease is the number one cause of death in American
women, claiming more than 400,000 lives a year, or one
life a minute. Heart disease claims more lives annually than
the next three leading causes of death including all forms of
cancer combined, with mortality rates steadily increasing
for women 35-54. However, heart disease is preventable 82
percent of the time.
The 2016 Every Step Counts challenges women and men
to wear pedometers and track their steps online through
WalkerTracker.com from April 11 to July 21. In 2015, Every
Step Counts participants logged in over 360,000 miles collectively. The 2016 virtual walking route is offered at three
challenge levels: 5,000 steps/day, 8,000 steps/day and
12,000 steps/day.
Registration is open now at: www.hadassah.org/
everystepscounts.
Dr. Chaim Lotan, director of the Cardiovascular Division
at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem cautions,
All women should realize their potential risk, even those
who are relatively young and have heart-healthy lifestyle
habits non-smokers who exercise regularly, drink modestly, eat nutritiously and control their weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and stress levels.
Hadassah is the largest Jewish womens organization in
the United States. With 330,000 members, associates, and
supporters, Hadassah brings Jewish women together to
effect change and advocate on critical issues such as medical care and research, womens empowerment, and the
security of Israel. Through the Hadassah Medical Organizations two hospitals, the world-renowned trauma center
and the leading research facility in Jerusalem, Hadassah supports the delivery of exemplary patient care to over a million people every year. For more information, visit www.
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19th Annual Spring Fashion Fling to benefit the MS Center on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at the Glenpointe Marriott in
Teaneck. The afternoon luncheon includes an auction and
fashion show, with styles provided by Lord & Taylor at The
Fashion Center. Chris Cimino, WNBC-TV meteorologist,
will serve as the honorary chairperson and Meredith Vieira, journalist, talk show, and game show host will act as the
honorary MS ambassador.
Tickets are $100 each. Sponsorship and ad journal opportunities are available. To purchase tickets or
a journal ad, reserve a table, or become a sponsor of
the 19th Annual Spring Fashion Fling, contact the Holy
Name Medical Center Foundation at (201) 833-3000 ext.
3899, email futterman@holyname.org, or visit www.
holyname.org/springfling. All proceeds directly benefit
programs and research at the Holy Name MS Center.
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Dvar Torah
Parashat Vayikra/Shabbat Zachor
his week we begin the third book of

tragedy, job loss and financial insecurity all
the Torah, Leviticus, or in Hebrew
around us. We live in troubled times and so
Sefer Vayikra. The book begins
we yearn to feel safe and secure in a world
with the Lord calling to Moses after
that seems to provide inadequate amounts
the completion of the Mishkan, the portable
of both. The religious person can find it in
sanctuary built by the Israelites. While the
ritual. The rituals of Vayikra provide a conduit back to God when we make a mistake.
focus of Vayikra is animal sacrifice, which
The rituals of Jewish life today are meant to
does not resonate with most of us modern
remind us of whats truly important in life.
readers, its essence is about connecting with
Rabbi
Remembering is especially critical at this
God which is a central concern for many of
Randall Mark
time, as this Shabbat is also known is Shabus today. We want to know what it is that
Shomrei Torah
bat Zachor, the Sabbath of Remembrance.
God wants from us. We ask, what can I do to
Wayne
It is the second of four special Sabbaths at
feel connected to God? The concerns of our
Conservative
this time of the year. This one commands
ancestors were not so different from the conCongregation
cerns of modern day religious individuals. We
us to remember how the Amalekites tried to
want to know how to feel close to God, we
kill us in the desert and is read on the Shabbat before Purim when the evil, wicked Haman tried to
want to know that we are doing the right thing.
kill us. It is a reminder that in every age there have been
Life is filled with uncertainty. For the ancient Israelites, the uncertainty was whether, after the incident of
those who hate us and try to kill us, but miraculously, we
the Golden Calf, God would accept us back. For us today
survive. We not only survive, but we thrive!
it is everything we see illness and death, terror and
Sadly, this state of affairs remains true today. We have
seen a rise of anti-Semitism, especially in Europe; we continue to see the rise of the BDS movement on campuses
across America, singling Israel out for hostility, ignoring
the many horrible, awful, hate-filled countries throughout the world that oppress and victimize their own citizens. While Israel seeks only to live in safety and security
in a region that remains hostile to us year after year, it
is singled out, hated and despised. Anti-Zionism is antiSemitism and it is alive and well here at home. We need to
remember the past, so that we can insure that never again
do we fall victim to those who hate us.
We are a people who remember. We remember the
good and the bad. We remember not to live in the past,
but to guide us in the present as we seek to build a better tomorrow. We are an eternally optimistic people. We
see hope and joy all around us. We recall that every time
things were bleak that we found our way to a better tomorrow. We remain faithful to God and hopeful that God will
see us through the dark times.
Wishing you not only a Shabbat Shalom, but a Joyous
Purim as well!
PURIM
The story of the fabulous Book of Esther

Recently discovered among ancient Persian manuscripts in the capital city of Shushan,
and just smuggled out of Iran in time for Purim
Translated from the ancient Persian
news to Achashverosh to get into his good graces.
by Curt Leviant
The characters thus are manipulated so that both
mong the many narratives of the Bible, an
Esther and Mordecai can win favor. The discovery of the plot, duly inscribed in the kings Book
outstanding example of storytelling is the
of Chronicles, is pertinent to the storys develBook of Esther.
opment and is an excellent example of literary
Written not later than 350 BCE, this tale
foreshadowing.
contains all the timeless literary devices of a well-constructed story: clever arrangement of plot; conflict
The main protagonists the foolish king, the
and tension; dramatic irony and reversal; contrast;
lovely Esther, the wise Mordecai have made
the use of time and shift of locale as suspense factors;
their appearance. But since there is no story without conflict enter the villain, the antagonist.
dramatic action flowing out of believable characters:
Chapter three introduces Haman, lately proforeshadowing of events; and finally, a harmonious
moted in the hierarchy. All must now kowtow
and well-balanced arrangement of scenes.
to Haman, for such is the kings command. Only
From the opening description of the court and
Mordecai refuses to comply. Here begins the tenroyal feast we learn that Achashverosh, the wealthy
sion, the essential ingredient to any tale. Mordeand mighty king of Persia and Media, does not force
cai is warned but he remains adamant. Haman,
the revelers to drink the portion set before them. That
realizing that Mordecai does not bow because he
strain of gentleness prepares us for his acquiescence
is a Jew, becomes enraged. It is not enough to kill
in a forthcoming request from Haman. The Queen
only Mordecai; he plans to destroy all the Jews at
Vashti affair shows the king to be suggestible and foolish; he hastily disposes of his wife, and with similar
Esther and Mordecai by Aert de Gelder, 1674. It now hangs in
some time in the future. Lots purim in Hebrew
the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
dispatch later orders the Jews condemned to death.
are cast, and the pre-spring month of Adar is
A proclamation is issued that henceforth men will
chosen.
wear the trousers in the family (1:22)the tone is similar
At first glance, this seems to be the weakest link in the
behavior toward their husbands.
to the tone of the edict that later is issued against the Jews
chain of motivation. To vent his hatred against one recalIn a well-constructed tale, events naturally and inevitably concatenate. The king, now without a wife, must
citrant Jew, why should Haman want to kill all the Jews?
(3:12). Such satirical contrast of the banal and the serious
have a queen. A beauty contest is announced and Esther
Since previously one womans action prompted a law for
is carefully arranged. Since one womens refusal to obey
advised by her uncle and guardian, Mordecai, not to
all women, a precedent for mass retaliation for one single
may result in all women disobeying their husbands, an
reveals her Jewishness wins. After Esther marries the
persons misdemeanor has been set. Both Vashti and Mororder is promulgated that applies to all women and their
decai were part of the court hierarchy. If royal officials
monarch, Mordecai must be introduced. At the end of
As a child, Curt Leviant, author of A Novel of Klass,
err no matter what their rank it sets a bad example.
Chapter Two, Mordecai, a minor court official, unearths
spoke ancient Persian fluently. Today he can barely use it
Therefore, they and the masses they represent must be
an assassination plot against the king. Instead of informing
to say hello.
the ruler directly, Mordecai instructs Esther to bring the
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Hungarian Jews
FROM PAGE 38
our moral values and faith, said Daniel

Kocsor, a 20-year-old church activist.
The symbols war comes at a time of rising nationalist fervor in Hungary driven
by several factors: economic crises, opposition to EU interference in the countrys
affairs, growing Russian assertiveness,
and the recent arrival of hundreds of
thousands of Muslim migrants from the
Middle East on Hungarys borders. Wary
of losing support to the far-right Jobbik
party, Orbans ruling Fidesz party has
cracked down on liberal activist groups
and increased efforts to celebrate figures
like Donath and Honan, who are considered patriotic by the right.
Both wartime politicians supported legislation in the 1940s that targeted Jews.
Homan, who served as culture minister,
wrote a law to limit the number of Jewish
university students. Donath argued for a
measure to bar any sexual relationship
between a Jew and a non-Jew.
They died at the hands of communists
and have been embraced by the far right

as nationalist symbols of communist
oppression. But critics of the government believe the effort to portray them
as freedom fighters is merely a thin
veil intended to obscure their virulent
anti-Semitism.
Homan is a marginal figure, Kocsor
said. So the point of the monument is to
send a message because hes a racist and
an anti-Semite. Thats outrageous.
Other partners to the anti-government
coalition include Kovacs group Living
Memorial, which started in the wake of
the Freedom Square protest and now
meets in the square twice a week to display alternative commemorations featuring Holocaust-themed artwork. Also participating is Dialogue for Hungary, a small
opposition political party that took part in
the Donath protest.
Theres a nostalgia toward the good
old Hungary of the 1940s, historian Eva
Balogh said. Its scaring a lot of people
and driving them into action.
JTA WIRE SERVICE
Across
1. Seder soloists
5. 1930s boxing champ Max
9. Bait, like the yetzer hara
14. One is about half a yard
15. Kudrow or Bonet
16. ___ from Hawaii (Elvis album)
17. Costume of a Paul Rudd hero making
a villanous turn ?
19. Second of Abrahams eight sons
20. Broccoli blessing
21. Country where Bibi went to HS
23. Kramer invention
24. David, when bequeathing to
Solomon
27. Rav Yosef
30. Queen of the cyborgs costume?
33. Foe of a Broderick voiced lion
34. ___ ha-shalom
35. Spielberg used FX
38. Asimov title character
41. Lenny Bruces was 567-48-8307:
Abbr.
42. He narrated Mels History of
the World: Part I
45. Cains was the first
48. Costume of a Jewish savior and Star
Wars villain?
52. Good one, by Rivers
53. Merciful ones (like Abraham and
Solomon, at times)
56. 120 is a notable one
57. Have a seudah
59. Goldfingers favorite bar?
60. Made havdalah again
63. Costume of a Purim queen & Disney
princess?
66. Jacob had more than one
67. Major role for Ron before he was
opposite The Fonz
68. What many bring back from Eilat
69. Syrian leader
70. Do kriah
71. Post (mishloach manot)
The solution to last weeks puzzle

is on page 63.
Down
1. Theocratic structure
2. Manilows ___ It Through the Rain
3. What Hamas rockets often cause
4. Kislev lighter
5. Non-kosher letters
6. Ability of a Galil user
7. Husband of Judith in Genesis
8. The Maharam of Rothenburg was held
for it
9. ___: Krav :: Chi : Maga
10. School and shul enders
11. Ruths old kin
12. Enslavers, long ago
13. Edible shell or tref Bell
18. Like Zac Efron, as a dresser
22. Cohen who was the first Israeli to
play pro-soccer in England
25. The Blind Side player signed by
the Panthers Dave Gettleman
26. ___ 911 (Comedy produced by
Stacey Sher)
28. Carlebachs ___ Hashem
29. Cubans Mavericks, on the
scoreboard
31. Jewish title
32. Nissim of Gerona, with The
(a 31-Across)
35. Crystal genre, for short
36. Theyre made to make noise
37. Sabras
39. Lighting liquids
40. Cantillation
43. Drinks too much on Purim
44. Super ___ (popular Chanukah gift
in the early 90s)
46. A Jewfro or hazel eyes
47. Unwanted results from too much
schlepping
49. Chabad capital?
50. Sukkot branches
51. Controverts, in the Knesset
54. Villain in the Nicole Perlman penned
Guardians of the Galaxy
55. What most do for Neilah
56. 1/3 of the shevatim
58. Medium for Shlock Rocks early
albums
61. Rhodas TV mom
62. Senator running for President with
very different views than Bernie
64. She wrote and sang on David
Guettas Titanium
65. Allens Hannah and ___ Sisters
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Esther
FROM PAGE 52
taught a lesson. Since the insubordinate

Mordecai is Jewish, Haman infers that
the entire Jewish people are disobedient, and moreover, that their laws are
diverse (3:8). He persuades the king by
promising an enormous amount of silver to the royal treasury booty from
the slain Jews.
The reader, recalling how precipitously Achashverosh acted with Vashti,
is prepared for the kings hasty agreement. With a brief but telling line the
chapter concludes: And the king and
Haman sat down to drink, but the city of
Shushan was perplexed(3:15). This is
a hint that people in the city realize that
a wrong had been committed against
the Jews.
In contrast to the opening moods
of revelry and comedy, Chapter Four
begins with mourning and pathos.
The heroes reaction the core of any
drama propels the narrative forward.
It creates the stimulus necessary for
continued reading.
Mordecai tells Esther of the coming
disaster and asks her to intercede for the
people. Fearing for her own life, she does
not immediately agree a human failing that here, as in Biblical stories, is not
muted. The king has not called Esther for
30 days. And no one may come before the
king uninvited, on pain of death. Mordecai counters with the remark that Esthers
fate and her peoples fate are one. If she
remains silent now, salvation will come
to the Jews from another source; and perhaps it for this very reason that Esther has
been made queen.
Mordecais remarks are the storys only
hint of possible supernatural intervention.
Esther rises to the occasion. She
requests that the Jews in Shushan hold a
three-day fast along with her. When the
fast is concluded, she will go to the king.
Now, at the midpoint of the story (5:2),
when Esther is before the king, the reversal starts; the heroes rise, and the villain
begins to fall.
But Esther does not state her request
immediately. She asks only for a private
dinner for three the king, Haman, and
herself for that evening. There she postpones her appeal until the following day,
when all three meet again at a banquet.
This artful postponement of action adds
suspense and permits the inclusion of yet
another strand to the story.
That second invitation by Esther is a
writerly stroke of genius, for it is between
those two banquets the crux of the action
takes place. The two invitations and the
events in between are like a rondo, with
the invitations the A theme and the
action within the kings palace theme B.
Esther easily could have told the king
what had happened to her people, and
the king would have reacted the same way
he did at the second banquet. But that
four. Later that night, a few hours

after having dined with Esther, the
king has insomnia, and calls for his
Book of Chronicles; literally, the
Book of Remembrances. (The same
Hebrew root for remember is used
in the beginning of Chapter Two,
when Achashverosh remembers
Vashti, which prompts the search for
a successor to the former queen.) The
reader knows that the king already
has done something for Esther he
has made her queen. Haman, too, has
been honored. Of necessity, Mordecai
must now be raised.
As the Chronicles are read, the king
realizes that Mordecai has not been
rewarded adequately for saving the
monarchs life. The king asks who is
in the court. Fortunately, it is Haman,
about to request that Mordecai be
hanged for treason. At this moment,
the villain and hero are at cross-purposes, a highly volatile and necessary
situation for a good tale.
Esther in the Harem by Edwin Long, 1878.
The king asks his trusted adviser
It now hangs in the National Gallery of
what honors to bestow upon a deservVictoria in Melbourne, Australia.
ing man. Haman, vain and cocksure,
thinks it is he who is being considered.
He suggests something grand; that the
would have spoiled the story, would have
man, royally clad, should ride on horsedeleted the delicious scene where Mordecais ascent and Hamans descent occur at
back throughout Shushan while all shout
the very same moment.
before him: Thus shall it be done to the
The plot is structured like a pyramid.
man whom the king delights to honor.
All events up to the time when the king
Then do so to Mordecai, the king tells
cant sleep are, let us say, the left side of
Haman, and the storys reversal continues.
the pyramid. Its apex is the recall of MorThus, ironically, Mordecais antagonist
decais beneficent deed when the Book of
not only unwittingly suggests the honor for
Chronicles is brought. And the slide down
his archenemy, but he is also the instrument for its execution. A few terse words
the right side of the pyramid commences
depict Mordecais modesty. And Mordewhen the king asks Haman what should
cai came back to the kings gate (6:12).
be done to the person the king favors. The
After being honored, he resumes his previinevitability of events now there is no
ous duties without any discernible change.
turning back flows until Mordecai and
But Haman, so high-spirited the previous
the Jews are victorious and Haman and his
day, hastens home in mourning (6:12).
followers are defeated.
While Haman gives the king advice,
After Esthers first invitation we read
back home his wife, Zeresh, who had
that Haman went forth that day, joyful
given Haman advice about the gallows for
and glad of heart (5:9) a wonderful
Mordecai, now changes her mind. If Morbit of dramatic irony. The villain does not
decai is a Jew, you dont have a ghost of a
suspect that his presence at the banquet
chance, she tells Haman. No sooner does
will initiate his downfall. It is interesting to
she chant this Cassandra-like dirge than
note that each of the male protagonists has
the kings messenger enters and hastens
a woman who is involved with plot movement: King Achashverosh-Vashti; MordeHaman to Esthers second banquet.
cai-Esther; Haman-Zeresh. Three leading
Note that this little section begins with
women characters balance out the three
Haman hastening home (6:12), and concludes with his being hastened away.
leading male characters. Now it is the turn
Another example of the storys irony are
of Hamans wife, Zeresh. She and Hamans
these carefully chosen words, a tongue-infriends suggest that a high gallows be prepared for Mordecai, a piece of advice that
cheek parallel to the speed with which the
Haman heeds.
couriers hastened (3:15) to spread the
The craft of fiction demands that some
edict for the Jews destruction.
strands that later intersect should at first
At the second banquet, Esther says that
be left dangling. There are several such
her people are doomed and petitions for
strands at the beginning of Chapter Six:
their lives. She chooses the right moment
What will happen at the banquet? Will
to reveal her heritage. The king asks who is
Esther be able to save the Jews? Will
the perpetrator of the crime. Esther points
Haman hang Mordecai on the gallows?
to Haman. Achashverosh rises in anger
Has Mordecais service to the king been
and leaves. This gives Haman an opportunity to humiliate himself. He falls on
forgotten?
Esthers couch to beg for mercy. When the
The writer picks up strand number
king returns, he assumes that Haman was

about to attack the queen. Hamans end
has come. The king, informed that gallows
have been prepared for Mordecai, orders
that Haman be hanged on them.
The narrative draws to a close. The villain
has been destroyed, but the evil he has set
into motion yet must be stopped. The story
interest does not lag, for Persian law dictates that a royal edict cannot be recalled.
The most the king can do is to grant the
Jews the right of self-defense. Again, the
couriers hasten to deliver the news.
Haste and speed are elements in the latter part of this tale. During the first half of
the Book of Esther, until the scene when
the king extends his scepter to Esther, time
moves at a leisurely pace (5:12). The beginning is either measured in months the
180-day banquet, the 12 months of purification during the beauty contest or is
marked by the biblical phrase after these
events, indicating an indefinite time gap.
Gradually, however, time becomes compressed. When Esther decides to go to the
king, time is measured by days the three
days of fasting. From that point on, event
follows event, not by the day but by the
hour. With ever increasing intensity action
occurs around the clock.
Afternoon: Esther before the king.
Evening: the first banquet.
Night: The kings insomnia.
Middle of the night: Haman in the kings
chamber.
Morning: Mordecai honored.
Noontime: The crucial second banquet.
Afternoon: Hamans downfall; the
new edict in favor of the Jews; Mordecai
becomes the kings right-hand man.
Ironic reversal is a favorite literacy
device of the author. Haman comes up to
bury Mordecai, not to praise him, yet ends
up honoring, not hanging him. The very
gallows prepared for Mordecai are used
to hang Haman; the Jews day of doom
turns into a day of joy. Whereas before (3:
15) the city of Shushan was perplexed,
now the city of Shushan was glad and
rejoiced(8:15).
In Chapter Nine, the story ends. The
Jews defend themselves and are victorious. An epilogue is appended to the end of
the tale. Purim is established as a holiday
for all time. It is a day of fasting and joy,
and of sending portions to another and
gifts to the poor (9:22).
In our story, all the characters act of
their own volition. Inner human drives
move them. Unlike other biblical stories,
there is no deus ex machina. Not only is
God not mentioned in the Book of Esther
the only book in the Bible without the
word God there is no hint of any
supernatural force.
The Book of Esther opens with feasting and joy in Shushan and in the palace;
it concludes with feasting and joy for the
Jews of the Persian realm.
Upon this artistically harmonious note
concludes the Book of Esther, one of the
most perfect narratives in the Bible.
Calendar
celebrates with
baking hamantaschen,
a discussion on
insights into Purim, a
carnival, and costume
parade, beginning at
11:30 a.m. 30 Hinchman
Ave. (973) 696-2500 or
shomreitorahwcc.org.
2 p.m. She also is working

to shed light on the
stories of converts and
Mischlinge before, during,
and after World War II.
www.carolynenger.com.
Purim in Wayne: The

Wayne Y and Temple
Beth Tikvah put on
a carnival at the Y,
with a bouncy house,
games, Israeli dancing,
glitter tattoos, prizes,
hamentaschen, costume
parade, masks, and
noisemakers, noon-2 p.m.
Sponsored by Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jersey. The Metro
YMCAs of the Oranges
is a partner of the YMYWHA of North Jersey.
1 Pike Drive. www.
wayneymca.org or
(973) 595-0100.
Purim in Tenafly: The
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly holds the Rubach

Family Purim Carnival on Sunday, March 20, from 1 to 4 p.m.; a
carnival for children with special needs is set for noon to 1 p.m.,
an hour before Rubach carnival opens to the public. Choices
include bounce houses, slides, games, prizes, life-size cartoon characters,
popcorn, and cotton candy. Costume parade at 2:45. There will be food to
buy. 411 E. Clinton Ave. (201) 408-1484. Check calendar listings for many
other community Purim carnivals and celebrations.
MAR.
20
Friday
MARCH 18
of a jubilee celebration
of Cantor Charles
Romalis 50 years there.
950 Preakness Ave.
(973) 595-6565 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org.
Shabbat in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
Cantor Netanel Hershtik

Shabbat in Teaneck:
Young Israel of Teaneck
presents its annual
Joseph Dresdner zl
Memorial Shabbat
chazzanut weekend with
Cantor Netanel Hershtik
and the Hamptons
Synagogue Choir,
conducted by Izchak
Haimov. Carlebachstyle davening tonight,
6:55 p.m., and Shabbat
morning for the 9 a.m.
minyanim. Sponsored
by Adeena and Yaakov
Pultman and family. 868
Perry Lane. www.yiot.org.
Shabbat in Wayne:
Rabbi Daniel Freelander,
president of the World
Union of Progressive
Judaism, speaks during
services at Temple Beth
Tikvah, 7:30 p.m., as part
of the Pascack Valleys

cantor emeritus, Mark
Biddelman, hosts
Shabbat Yachad
Hebrew prayers set to
easy-to-sing melodies
8 p.m. Free copy of CD
at the shul. 87 Overlook
Drive. (201) 391-0801 or
www.tepv.org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers a
musical Shabbat service
led by Rabbi Steven
Sirbu and Cantor Ellen
Tilem with the Temple
Emeth band, 8 p.m.
1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Saturday
MARCH 19
Shabbat in Jersey City:
Congregation Bnai
Jacob offers the PrePurim Fun Shop with
Jessica as well as Torah
Topics for adults with
Rabbi Marsha Dubrow,
10 a.m. Kiddush lunch

follows. 176 West Side
Ave. (201) 435-5725 or
bnaijacobjc.org.
Shabbat in Fort Lee:

Congregation Gesher
Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee
offers an interactive
Shabbat led by
Roberta Seltzer, 11 a.m.
1449 Anderson Ave.
(201) 947-1735.
Shabbat learning in
Teaneck: Miriam Adani,
the shomeret of Kever
Rachel will talk about
the situation at Rachels
tomb in Israel at a melava
malka at Congregation
Beth Aaron, 9 p.m. 950
Queen Anne Road. www.
www.bethaaron.org or
(201) 836-6210.
Sunday
MARCH 20
Film/food in Jersey
City: Congregation
Bnai Jacob continues
its Lox n Learning
series with a screening
of the award-winning
documentary Hava
Nagila (The Movie),
10 a.m., followed by
bagels and lox. 176 West
Side Ave. (201) 435-5725
or bnaijacobjc.org.
Purim in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth hosts a
carnival, with games
and prizes, 10 a.m.-noon.
Costumes encouraged.
1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322.
Purim in Fair Lawn: The

Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
CBI hosts a carnival
with games, prizes, and
goldfish, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Snacks sold. 10-10 Norma
Ave. (201) 796-5040.
Purim in Wyckoff:
Temple Beth Rishon
hosts a carnival with
games, laser tag, game
truck, photo booth,
inflatables, magician,
clown, tattoos, food,
face painting, arts and
crafts, and sand art,
11 a.m. 585 Russell Ave.
(201) 891-4466 or www.
bethrishon.org.
Kaplen JCC on the

Palisades holds a carnival
for children with special
needs, noon-1 p.m., an
hour before the Rubach
Family Purim Carnival
opens to the public.
411 E. Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1484.
Purim in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah holds a carnival
with a bouncy castle,
games, cotton candy,
goldfish, prizes, and
food, noon-2 p.m.
E. 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.
Purim in Tenafly: The

Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades holds the
Rubach Family Purim
Carnival, 1-4 p.m.
Choices include bounce
houses, slides, games,
prizes, life-size cartoon
characters, popcorn, and
cotton candy. Costume
parade at 2:45. Food
available for purchase.
411 E. Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1484.
Purim in Wayne:
Shomrei Torah
The Raid on Entebbe:

Chabad of Upper Passaic
County marks 40 years
after the hostage rescue
in Entebbe. Sassy
Reuven, a veteran of the
Israel Defense Special
Operation Forces who
was in the IDFs elite
Red Beret paratrooper
unit, will give a first-hand
account of the operation,
7:30 p.m. 1069 Ringwood
Ave., Suite 315 in Haskell.
(201) 696-7609 or
JewishHighlands.org.
Monday
MARCH 21
Play group in Emerson:
Shalom Baby of Jewish
New Jersey offers a
Mommy-and-Me-style
Purim party for family
members and other
caregivers with newborns
to 3-year-olds at
Congregation Bnai Israel,
9:3010:45 a.m. 53 Palisade
Ave. (201) 820-3902,
www.jfnnj.org/
shalombaby or SarahD@
jfnnj.org.
Tuesday
MARCH 22
Lindsay Morris
Federal court system:
Purim in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai
Israel hosts a carnival
with games, prizes, and
food, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
53 Palisade Ave.
(201) 265-2272or www.
bisrael.com.
Sassy Reuven
Carolyn Enger
Music in New City:
Classical pianist Carolyn
Enger performs at the
New City Public Library,
Lindsay Morris, manager

of grassroots advocacy
programs at National
Council of Jewish
Women in Washington,
gives an overview of the
three levels of federal
courts for NCJWs
Bergen County section.
The 1 p.m. meeting
is in the lower level
conference center at
the Shops at Riverside
Calendar
in Hackensack. www.
ncjwbcs.org.
Wednesday
MARCH 23
Spring turkey/food
drive: The JCC of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah collects
solidly frozen kosher/
non-kosher turkeys and
non-perishable packaged
food (no glass) for its
Fran Leib Memorial Food
Drive in the parking lot,
7:15-9 a.m. Food donated
to the Center for Food
Action in Mahwah. ShopRite or Fairway gift cards
or checks payable to
Center for Food Action,
Mahwah, are welcome.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.
Music and dance:

Jewish Home Assisted
Living offers Music and
Motion for Seniors with
a dance-along with
Rafael Muniz, 10 a.m. 685
Westwood Ave., River
Vale. (201) 666- 2370.
Purim in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
hosts a western- themed
celebration, beginning
at 4:15 p.m., with a
young family Megillah
reading, carnival with
entertainment by Matty
Roxx, games, rides,
and food, 5:30-6:30.
Traditional Megillah
reading at 7, followed
by adult festivities/
beverages and line
dancing. Dress in jeans,
cowboy hats, and boots.
87 Overlook Drive.
(201) 391-0801 or www.
tepv.org.
Purim in Wayne:
Shomrei Torah celebrates
with a tot Purim
experience, followed by
a childrens dinner, 5 p.m.
A family-friendly service
with Megillah reading
at 6. 30 Hinchman Ave.
(973) 696-2500 or
shomreitorahwcc.org.
Purim in Bayonne:
Jersey Citys
Congregation Bnai
Jacob joins Bayonnes
Temple Emanu-El for a
Star Wars-themed Purim
celebration, 6-10 p.m.,
with Megillah reading,
songs, DJ, costumes,
dancing, and food
catered by Lox, Stock
and Deli. Free parking in
nearby Catholic Church
lot. Temple Emanuel, 735 Kennedy Blvd.
(201) 436-4499.
Purim in Ridgewood:
Temple Israel and
JCC, offering both
egalitarian Conservative
and Reconstructionist
worship, marks Purim
with a carnival, hot

dogs, hamantaschen,
and costume parade,
6 p.m.; Megillah reading
at 7. 475 Grove St.
(201) 444-9320.
Purim in Leonia:
Congregation Adas
Emuno celebrates with
pizza and refreshments,
6:15 p.m., followed by
a Megillah reading and
an original Purimshpiel,
Shalom Shushan,
written by shul president,
Lance Strate, at 7. 254
Broad Ave. (201) 592-1712
or www.adasemuno.org.
Purim in Orangeburg:
The Orangetown Jewish
Center holds a Purim
celebration beginning
with Maariv, 6:45 p.m.
8 Independence Ave.,
Orangeburg, N.Y.
(845) 359-5920 or
theojc.com.
Purim in Fair Lawn:

Temple Beth Sholom
has a Megillah reading,
7 p.m., followed by a TBS
costume parade and ice
cream bar. Participants
are encouraged to bring
an edible grogger, a
box or bag of rice or
pasta to be donated
afterward to the Fair
Lawn Food Pantry.
40-25 Fair Lawn Ave.
(201) 797-9321.
Purim in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth celebrates
with a Megillah reading,
7 p.m. 1666 Windsor
Road. (201) 833-1322.
Purim in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai
Israel presents its
annual Purimshpiel
and Megillah reading,
7 p.m. Hebrew school
students will perform
original song parodies.
Hamantaschen and
refreshments. 53 Palisade
Ave. (201) 265-2272or
www.bisrael.com.
Purim in Cliffside
Park: Chabad of Fort
Lee hosts Disney
Purim with a Megillah
reading, 7:30 p.m.,
followed by a party
with a dinner buffet,
music, and dancing,
at the Palisadium,
7:30 p.m. Dress in a
Disney costume. 700
Palisadium Drive.
(201) 886-1238 or www.
ChabadFortLee.com.
Purim in Tenafly:
Lubavitch on the
Palisades has a grand
Purim party, 7:30 p.m.,
with Megillah readings,
hamentaschen, live
music, and kids/teen
programs. 11 Harold St.
www.chabadlubavitch.
org/purim5776 or
(201) 871-1152.
Purim in Fair Lawn:

Anshei Lubavitch has
a Wild West Purim
with hamentaschen,
masquerade, childrens
Megillah reading, and
adult-only Megillah
reading, 7:35 p.m.;
cowboy show at 8:35.
Refreshments for sale.
10-10 Plaza Road.
(201) 398-0770 or yael@
flchabad.com.
Purim for women:

Teaneck Womens Tefillah
has its annual reading of
Megillat Esther, 8 p.m.
For location information,
email teaneck.womens.
tefillah@gmail.com.
Purim in Fort Lee:

JCC of Fort Lee/
Congregation Gesher
Shalom celebrates
with a Megillah
reading, 7:30 p.m.,
costume parade, party,
and refreshments.
1449 Anderson Ave.
(201) 947-1735.
Jewish Center of NWBC

hosts Purim in the
Wild West with a trickroping/bullwhip show,
mechanical rodeo bull,
western dinner and
masquerade, country
music, crafts, Megillah
reading, and facepainting. Teen Purim
party, 4:30 p.m.; Megillah
reading, 5; and adult-only
dinner and farbrengen at
7. www.chabadplace.org/
purim or (201) 848-0449.
Purim in Tenafly:
Lubavitch on the
Palisades has an out-ofthis-world Purim with a
family show, live music,
glow in the dark items,
hot space cuisine, hamoon-taschen, and
dancing. 11 Harold St.
www.chabadlubavitch.
org/purim5776 or
(201) 871-1152.
Purim in Pompton Plains:

Chabad of Passaic County
offers Emoji Purim, with
an emoji-themed dinner
and desserts/face painter/
crafts, exotic bird show,
DJ, prizes, and open
bar, at the Best Western
Regency House Hotel,
5:30 p.m. 140 Route
23.www.Jewishwayne.com.
Center of Teaneck has

a Megillah reading
for women at 11 a.m.,
with participation by
the Teaneck Womens
Tefillah. 70 Sterling Place.
(201) 833-0515.
Boris Fishman
Writer speaks in Wayne:
As part of the One Book
One Community project
sponsored by the Jewish
New Jersey, author Boris
Fishman speaks at Temple
Beth Tikvah, 7 p.m. He
is the author of Dont
Let My Baby Do Rodeo.
950 Preakness Ave.
(973) 595-6565 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org
MARCH 25
Discussing liberation:
Alan Moskin of
Nanuet talks about his
experiences liberating
a Nazi concentration
camp as a young GI
in the Robert A. Scott
Student Center (SC
156) at Ramapo College
in Mahwah, noon.
Sponsored by Ramapos
Gross Center for
Holocaust and Genocide
Studies. 505 Ramapo
Valley Road, Mahwah.
(201) 684-7409.
Saturday
MARCH 26
Purim ball in Oakland:
Fourth- to eighth-graders
are invited to the Purim
ball at the Academies
at Gerrard Berman Day
School, 8-10:30 p.m.,
with dancing, volleyball,
games, prizes,
and refreshments.
Participants can bring
a non-perishable food
item to donate. 45
Spruce St. Registration,
(201) 337-1111 or www.
ssnj.org.
Music in Fair Lawn: The

Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
CBI offers Broadway
Cabaret, with Donna
Vivino, star of Les
Miserables, Wicked,
and Hairspray. Doors
open at 8 p.m.; show at
8:30. Dessert reception.
10-10 Norma Ave.
(201) 796-5040 or
BroadwayCabaretNight@
fljc.com.
Lecture in Monsey:
Friday
Alan Moskin
Temple Emeth offers

services, followed by a
Billy Joel Purimshpiel,
8 p.m. 1666 Windsor
Road. (201) 833-1322 or
www.emeth.org.
MARCH 27
MARCH 24
Womens Purim
reading: The Jewish
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Sunday
Thursday
Purim in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah holds its Purim
Festival, 7:15 p.m. Choice
of family or traditional
Megillah readings,
followed by a grand
Purim party with light
supper, drinks, candy, and
dancing to live music.
Costumes welcome.
304 East Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.
Purim in Franklin
Lakes: The Chabad
Shabbat in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai
Israel offers its Esther
Extravaganza to
continue the Purim
celebration, 6:45 p.m.
Interactive booths help
people experience what
Esther was doing in
body, mind, and spirit as
she hid her identity and
then saved the Jewish
people. Services follow
at 7:30. 53 Palisade Ave.
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
Rabbi Dr. Meir Yaakov

Soloveichik discusses
The True Miracle of
Israel: Lessons From the
Zionism of Menachem
Begin at the annual
Israel and Pearl Stern
Memorial lecture
at the Community
Synagogue of Monsey,
10:15 a.m. 89 W. Maple
Ave. (845) 356-2720 or
comsyn.org.
Book talk in Teaneck:

As part of the One
Book One Community
project sponsored by
the Jewish Federation
of Northern New
Jersey, Congregation
Beth Sholom offers a
discussion with Karyn
Gershon, executive
director of Project
Kesher, Jewish life today
in Belarus, Russia, and
Ukraine, 7 p.m. 354
Maitland Ave. www.
cbsteaneck.org or
(201) 833-2620.
In New York
Monday
MARCH 21
Music benefit in NYC:
Carol Ostrow and
Love, honoring Rabbi
Jill Hausman and shul
president Robert J.
Reicher, with songs
by Richard Rodgers,
directed by Joseph
Thalkin, starring Anna
Bergman and featuring
Nat Chandler, 7:30 p.m.
339 West 47th Street,
between Eighth and
Ninth avenues. www.
theactorstemple.org/
events.
Tuesday
MARCH 22
Chamber music in NYC:

The Israeli Chamber
Project performs Two
Clowns: Pierrot Meets
Petrushka at the Morgan
Library & Museum,
7:30 p.m. The museums
manuscript collection is
the inspiration for this
program of early twentieth
century music, featuring
Arnold Schoenbergs
Pierrot Lunaire and a
new arrangement of Igor
Stravinskys Petrushka,
commissioned by the
ensemble. 225 Madison
Ave. (212) 685-0008, ext.
560 or www.themorgan.
org.
Singles
Sunday
MARCH 20
Seniors meet in
Pomona: Singles 65+
of the JCC Rockland
meets for lunch at Ocean
Empire, noon. 340
Route 202, Pomona, N.Y.
Individual checks. Gene,
(845) 356-5525.
Monday
MARCH 21
Support group in
Tenafly: The Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades begins a
seven-session group with
therapist Judy Brauner,
Widows and Widowers:
You Are Not Alone,
6:15 p.m. 411 E. Clinton
Ave. (201) 408-1456.
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Calendar
New Manischewitz products debut
Consumers are welcome to sample new
Manischewitz products on Thursday,
March 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Grand
and Essex Market in Bergenfield, and
on Thursday, April 7, at the same time
at Gourmet Glatt Cedarhurst, in Cedarhurst, N.Y. A sampling was also held at
ShopRite Paramus on March 17.
New products include Welchs
Manischewitz 100 percent Grape
Juice, Hazelnut Chocolate Macaroons
voted Best New Item for Passover
at Kosherfest; Gluten Free Matzo Meal

and Gluten Free Cake Meal, Gluten Free
Matzo, and Gluten Free Tri-Color Spiral
Noodles; Magic Maxs Chocolate Crunch
Puffs and Magic Maxs Vanilla Crunch
Puffs; Thin Potato Chips and Ripple
Potato Chips in nine-pack snack-sized
bags; Gluten Free Grab n Go Chocolate
Cookies and Gluten Free Grab n Go
Chocolate Chip Cookies; Blueberry Bran
Muffin Mix; and Balsamic Vinegar from
the Modena region of Italy.
Creative baskets by Yachad Gifts

Yachad Gifts offers
an affordable array
of themed, custom,
and ready-made
mishloach manot gift
baskets for friends
and family. The wide
selection includes
wines, coffee, gourmet chocolates, candies, fruit, and nuts
for all budgets.
Ya c h a d i s t h e
COURTESY OU
Or thodox Union
agency dedicated to
enhancing the opportunities available to
people with disabilities, promoting their
inclusion and independence through an
array of integrated activities, and ensuring their participation in mainstream
Jewish life. The gifts are assembled by
Yachad members, who are involved
throughout the process.
Stuart Gourdji, manager for Yachad
Gifts, said, Yachad Gifts employs individuals with a diverse array of skills
which are applicable to every aspect
of the business, from designing and
purchasing, to packaging, shipping,
delivering, data entry,

sales and customer service. This invaluable
experience not only provides our clientele with
a job, but builds up their
skill sets, giving them the
tools they need to gain
competitive employment
in a variety of different
industries.
New York baseball fans
will be interested in a Yankees or Mets-themed basket. The health-conscious
consumer will like the Healthy Delight
package, which contains raisins and nuts.
Gluten-free and sugar-free options also
are available. For music lovers, there are
guitar-shaped packages, shown above,
which are stuffed with assorted candies.
Customized packages also are available.
Use the code PURIM5776 and get 10
percent off online at yachadgifts.com or
visit the Brooklyn flagship store at 1090
Coney Island Ave., fourth floor, Room
401. Call Yachad Gifts at (855) 505-7500
or (347) 533-6965, or email YachadGifts@gmail.com.
Citizens Police Academy registration

The Bergen County Sheriff s Office
is registering for the 16th class of the
Citizens Police Academy, a nine-week
course designed to give Bergen County
residents a working knowledge of law
enforcement policies and tactics. Anyone 18 or older who lives in the county
is eligible to participate.
One of the most important components of law enforcement is fostering
strong relationships with the community, Sheriff Michael Saudino said. Our
Citizens Police Academy gives residents
firsthand knowledge of the important
work police do to enhance public safety
and protect Bergen County residents.
BCSOs Citizens Police Academy is
designed to educate participants on the
functions of the sheriff s office and the
role the agency plays in the county. The
academy is offered in a classroom-style
format and includes demonstrations of

law enforcement equipment and tactics. Participants learn about the tools
officers use in a broad range of areas
including motor vehicle stops, homicide
investigations, K-9 patrol and detection,
drunk driving, and crime scene analysis.
The class also will take tours of the Bergen County Jail, the old county jail in the
Bergen County Courthouse, the countys
Bureau of Criminal Investigations, and
its medical examiners office.
The class will begin on Thursday,
March 31, at 7 p.m., in the Bergen County
Jail, and will meet once a week at different places around the county. It will end
with a graduation ceremony on May 12.
The registration deadline is March 18. Go
to www.bcsd.us and click on Community
Outreach Adult Programs. For information, call (201) 336-3540.
Wines for Purim and all year round

With Purim coming, everyone looks
for different and interesting new wines
to enjoy.
There are some new kosher varietal
offerings from Israel, Spain, Italy, and
France.
Samso is the latest wine released by
Capcanes Winery of Spain. Samso is
the name used for the Carignan varietal in Catalonia. It is a muscular wine,
made with grapes from more than
100-year-old vines.
When they think of Italian wines,
consumers often think of Bartenura.
UVA is a nice, non-mevushal Montepulciano dAbruzzo. The juicy, fleshy
wine has notes of smoke and red fruit.
It is the first kosher wine from a small
boutique winery in Italy.
The new Chateau Greysac, a supple wine from the Medoc region of
France, is easy to drink while having
good body.
There are also a couple of wines
that come from the Loire Valley, one
of the many other growing regions in
France. Consider the Sancerre Chavignol from Domaine Moreux, which
is considered to be one of the best
kosher white wines available. Made
from Sauvignon Blanc, it is very aromatic and has minerality and fresh
citrus flavors as well. The Domaine
Val de Brun Saumur-Champigny is

a wine made entirely of Cabernet
Franc, the primary red grape variety grown in the Loire Valley. Lighter
than the wines from Israel and California, it pairs well with cold cuts and
roasted vegetables.
Royal Wine just released some new
vintages and wines from Israel that are
worth trying. Shiloh Shor Barbera has
flavor featuring red berries and freshness and notes of toasted oak. The
Sinai is the latest addition to Psagot
winerys portfolio. Psagot Sinai is a
blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, with rich black fruit flavors and
hints of green bell pepper. It would be
best paired with a hearty meat stew.
Matar is the new kosher winery in
the Golan Heights; Tal Pelter creates
balanced wines there. Its Sauvignon
Blanc-Semillon has aromas and flavors
of lemon and green apples and refreshing acidity, and it works well with fish
and salads.
Another appropriate Purim wine
is the Herzog Special Edition Camouflage with a field blend of 12 different
grape varieties, all grown in the Herzog
familys historic vineyard in California.
The style is more like Spanish wines.
Verdelho, Tempranillo, and Touriga
Nacional are a few of the varieties.
Holocaust art competition opens

Submissions are being accepted from Bergen
County ninth-through 12th-graders for this
years Abe Oster Holocaust Remembrance
award contest at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. Applicants must create an original piece
of art that communicates the relevance of the
Holocaust in the 21st century. All forms of fine/
studio art will be accepted. Students from all
backgrounds in public or private schools are
encouraged to apply. Awards are $1,000 cash
for first place; $500 for second. The deadline
to submit is April 13. For information, call Ruth
at (201) 408-1469 or go to www.jccotp.org/
community.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, an
earlier award-winning work by Katherine
Dominguez, who will be graduating this
month at the top of her class from the
Art Institute of California Hollywood.

COURTESY JCCOTP
Obituaries
Victor Alcheh
Victor Alcheh, 92, of Fort Lee died March 12.

Born in New York City, he was a traffic
manager in the trucking industry before
retiring. He was a member of Sephardic
Brotherhood of New York.
Predeceased by his wife, Gloria, he is
survived by sons, Jeff of Fort Lee and Scott
of Hackensack; a brother, David, and three
grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial
Chapels, Fort Lee.
Harry Galinsky
Dr. Harry Galinsky, Ph.D., 90, of South

Florida and the Berkshires, formerly of
Paramus, died March 11.
Born in Hoboken, he served in World
War II as a ball turret gunner in the Pacific.
He graduated Rutgers University and was a
teacher, guidance counselor, vice principal
and, after earning his doctorate in education administration, became a school
superintendent in Morristown and Paramus. While raising his family, he worked
The Board of Directors and Professional Staff of

Jewish Family Service of Bergen and North Hudson
send sincere condolences to
Maggie Kaplen on the loss of her mother
ELIZABETH RIEWERTS
May you find comfort during this difficult time.
summers as a matre d at Catskills

resorts and was a youth director at the
JCC of Paramus. He was a superintendent of the year in New Jersey, served
on a national panel of Educational
Excellence, and was an emissary of the
U.S. State Department sent to Taiwan.
After retiring, he worked as a consultant doing school superintendent
placements, expert witness testimony,
and taught graduate school classes for
aspiring superintendents at Seton Hall
University.
Predeceased by his wife, Estelle
Polly in 2007, he is survived by
his children, Sybil (Bernie), Martin
(Wendy), and Marcy (Scott); grandchildren, Danielle, Daniel (Kelly), Andrew
(Kaley), Brian, and Jackie; a greatgrandchild, Austin, and long-time companion, Rose Foster.
Donations can be sent to the Michael
J. Fox Foundation.
Arrangements were by Robert
Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Lena Gershkovich
Lena Gershkovich, 83, of Fair Lawn

died March 14. Arrangements were by
Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
The Board of Directors and Staff of the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades

extends its heartfelt condolences to
Margaret Kaplen
a founding member and staunch supporter of the JCC,
for the loss of her mother,
Elizabeth Reed Riewerts.

We offer our deepest sympathy to the entire family.
May her memory be for a blessing.
JOJO RUBACH
President
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JORDAN SHENKER
Chief Executive Officer
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Arlene Grunwerg
Arlene Grunwerg, ne Enowitz, 95, of

Tenafly, formerly of West New York,
died March 9.
Born in Jersey City, she was predeceased by her husband, Julius, and
a brother, Morty, and is survived by
children, Laura and Peter, and grandchildren, Lauren Frazier (Mike), Cailey
Grunwerg, and Zachery Grunwerg.
Contributions can be sent for COPD
stem cell research or to Holy Name
Medical Center Hospice and Palliative
Services in Teaneck. Arrangements
were by Gutterman and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
Marvin Kosoff
Marvin Kosoff, 95, of Clifton and Miami

Beach, Fla., formerly of Paterson and
Fair Lawn, died March 12.
Before retiring, he was a lawyer in
Passaic County. A World War II veteran,
he served in the European Theatre of
Operations in Italy and North Africa
as a medic and received a Bronze Star.
He volunteered at Daughters of Miriam
Center in Clifton.
His wife, Mary Ann, ne Zimmermann, nieces, nephews, and cousins
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Donations can be made to St. Josephs
Regional Medical Center Foundation,
Paterson. Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Louis LaPoff
Louis LaPoff, 98, of Fair Lawn died

March 10.
Born in Paterson, he co-owned Ace
Cut Rate Variety Store in Hackensack
with his brother Sam.
Predeceased by his wife of 57 years,
Gladys, he is survived by a daughter,
Karen Rosenthal (Mitchell), a son, Ron;
grandchildren, Jessica Bedrin (Garret),
Matt Rosenthal (Lauren), Mara Glauberg (Adam), and Jeff LaPoff, and eight
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Robert
Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
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Larry Pick
Larry Pick, 91, of Edgewater died March

11.
A Holocaust survivor, he and came to
the U.S. in 1945. He was a steel salesman for American Strip Company for
25 years and was a past president of the
New Milford Jewish Center.
Predeceased by a brother, Richard,
of Mexico, he is survived by his wife
of 64 years, Lotte, daughter, Elaine
(Reinaldo); grandchildren Michael and
Alexis, and nieces and their children.
Donations can be sent to the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum. Arrangements were by Gutterman and Musicant
Jewish Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
our friend Maggie Kaplen on the death

of her mother, Elizabeth Riewerts.
Maggies grace, strength, and
passionate commitment are a
testament to her mothers love,
and we value them greatly.
We wish Maggie
Sabe Varsano
Sabe Varsano, 86, of Concord, Calif.,

formerly of Spring Valley, N.Y., died
March 12.
He was a retired printer and a member of Sephardic Brotherhood of New
York.
He is survived by his wife, Blanche,
ne Siegel, children, David, and Paula
Varsano, and four grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.
and her family

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formerly of Century Village in West Palm
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Center in Livingston, NJ.
She was born in Ottawa in Ontario Canada,
the daughter of Barney and Henrietta Weiss.
Her parents ran the first kosher hotel and
delicatessen in that city. She moved to Montreal
with her husband Harvey Miller (deceased in
2004) before moving to the United States with
her two children, Sharon Reiter of Tenafly
(Seymour), and Ian Miller of South Orange.
She had two grandchildren, Aaron Reiter, and
Amy Reiter Stoutimore (Micah); and two greatgrandchildren, Elinore Rose and Maxwell Joseph
Stoutimore. She was a Canadian government
worker and a civil servant with the NYC
Department of Welfare. She had four sisters, two
of whom survive her and live in Canada. Burial
was in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery in Queens, NY, by
Star of David Funeral Home.
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by his wife, Linda, ne Burris, a daughter, Sara,
and his mother, Shirley. He grew up in Bayonne,
where his parents, Shirley and the late Samuel
Seymour Rosner raised their five children. He
is also survived by his siblings, Stuart, Susan
Rosner Zviklin, Steve, and Shari-Beth Susskind.
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can be aggressive in their condemnation of the slower,

more careful process of adaptation. I look forward
to learning more from Rabbi Goldin. I am grateful
to Rabbi Engelmayer for having raised the issue of
Torah survivability through adaptation. I do challenge
him to weigh in for those issues that face the Jewish
denominations that evolved in the last 120 years, when
major social Torah issues continue to separate us. The
younger generations are confused and repelled by the
social disunity.
For my part, I have come to believe that the Constitution and the Torah are documents that reflect the founding of free societies where individuals are free to be creative as is the Divine will. Jews should be proud that the
Torah instructs us to perfect this world rather than look
to another world after we die. The Torah speaks of the
rewards to each of us in making the world better for our
children.
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Theyre too young to know
I must express my disagreement with Jewish Federation

spending money for teen GLBTQ activity for Purim. They
are pushing adolescents to make decisions on same sex
attraction and sexuality which should wait until adulthood. This is politically correctness gone amok.
Teenagers are far too impressionable and immature to
make a decision whether to identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. These decisions should at least wait
until 18 years old to make that determination. One has to
believe that individuals sponsoring this activity have their
own agenda, namely absolute socially equally for a gay,
lesbian or transgender relationship.
It is not fair to use adolescents for that purpose.
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Regardless of Mr. Trumps controversial style and policies, he (like all of us) is protected by the Constitutions
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out to denounce his victimization which forced the cancellation of his recent rally in Chicago. Clearly, he is not
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The President is bound by his oath of office to speak out
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Mr. Trumps opponents throw him to the wolves for their
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The program has just ended, and Mordechai is packing his materials as I write, so this is the perfect opportunity to thank all those who
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to thank the committee of volunteers, who spent months preparing,
including co-chairs Gayle and Michael Goldberg, and Lynne Graizel.
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n 1 Last month Torah Academy of Bergen County celebrated Pink Day, a time to raise awareness and funds
to help find a cure for breast cancer. TABCs celebration
raised more than $4,000 for Sharsheret. COURTESY TABC
and seventh graders video-conferenced with students

at a Jewish religious school in Dusseldorf, Germany. The
computers were gifts to the school by the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. COURTESY SHOMREI TORAH
n 2 The Association of Parents and Teachers at the JCC of

Paramus/Congregation Beth Tikvah recently sponsored a
concert with Kol Halayla, pictured, and Orphansporks, two a
cappella groups from Rutgers University. COURTESY JCCP/CBT
n 6 Earlier this month, Robert Bennett, a Holocaust survivor who is the grandfather of a Chabad NWBC Hebrew
school student, spoke to the schools sixth and seventh
graders. He talked about his experiences in AuschwitzBirkenau and Gross-Rosen concentration camps and
brought maps of Europe to guide the students through
the different parts of his life before, during, and after WWII. COURTESY CHABAD NWBC FRANKLIN LAKES
n 3 Third graders at the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day

School welcomed students from the New Jersey Japanese
School and introduced them to the Torah. COURTESY GBDS
n 4 Seniors at the Frisch School in Paramus participated
in an Israel Advocacy High School Boot Camp sponsored
by StandWithUs. The program, led by Shahar Azani, the
executive director of the Northeast region of StandWithUs,
was to prepare students for the anti-Israel bias and attitudes they will face on college campuses. COURTESY FRISCH
n 5 Fifth and sixth graders at Shomrei Torah in Wayne
video-conferenced with their peers in Nahariya, Israel,
64 JEWISH STANDARD DATE, 2015
n 7 Congregant Paula Rindner invited rabbi emeritus Israel Dresner of Temple Beth Tikvah in Wayne to be a guest
speaker at Montclairs Glenfield Middle School. He talked
about the Martin Luther King Day Assembly. As a young
rabbi during the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s, Rabbi
Dresner worked alongside Dr. King to confront and oppose racism and segregation in the South. COURTESY TBT
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