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Shul hopes sefer haftarah will become well-worn
scroll to be dedicated on shabbat Chanukah
Lois GoLdrich
S
ome two years ago, the Mens
Progress Club of the Fair Lawn
Jewish Center/Congregation Bnai
Israel took on a task it thought would take
six months.
In the end, securing a sefer haftarah
a parchment scroll that contains the text
for the haftarot, handwritten by a scribe
for the congregation took considerably
longer.
Still, according to the shuls Rabbi
Ronald Roth, it was well worth it.
This is a way for our congregation and
each person who chants a haftarah to find
a greater connection to the text they are
chanting by reading it from a handwritten
parchment scroll just as the Torah and
all holy books were written in ancient
times, Roth said. Especially today,
when books and all written materials
are becoming digitized and read on
electronic devices, to follow an ancient
pattern brings us closer to our ancestors
and our traditions.
Jewish Center congregants will be
introduced to their new scroll on Dec.
15, Shabbat Chanukah, when it will be
dedicated formally.
Scott Pass, co-chair of the synagogues
fundraising committee and its sefer
haftarah subcommittee, said that several
years ago the shuls Mens Progress Club
hosted a similar scroll, which had been
commissioned by the Federation of
Jewish Mens Clubs.
FJMC, the umbrella organization
of Conservative mens clubs in North
America, introduced the scroll at its
2003 biennial convention. Since then,
it has been hosted by mens clubs and
brotherhoods throughout North America.
The scroll, created in Israel, contains
all the haftarot, and it includes vowels
and cantillation. According to the FJMC
website, books of haftarot in scroll form
have been in use for more than a century.
After seeing such a scroll at an
Orthodox synagogue in Jerusalem,
members of the FJMC determined to
commission one of their own. They also
created a way for member synagogues
to commission their own scrolls an
opportunity eagerly taken up by the Fair
Lawn synagogue.
Only about seven or eight of these
scrolls have been commissioned by FJMC
members so far, Pass said, adding that the
Fair Lawn Jewish Center/ Congregation
Bnai Israel is the only New Jersey
synagogue to have done so.
In addition to enhancing the
experience of reading a haftarah, sefer
haftarot offer additional possibilities, he
said, noting that they may also serve as
vehicles for fundraising. Because they
are unlike Torah scrolls in that they may
contain additional writing, they may
include the names of individuals and
groups who wish to sponsor them.
We got wind that there were some
congregations in the country that had
commissioned them as a fundraiser,
Pass said. While some congregations
commission the writing of a Torah, this
was different. It was such a novelty, and so
intriguing to people, that we thought we
could make a go of it.
After deciding to launch the project,
Pass got in touch with synagogues in New
City, New York, Toronto, and St. Louis that
had commissioned scrolls.
They sent me brochures and ideas for
a pricing structure, he said. The New
City Jewish Center was very helpful and
loaned us their sefer haftarah so we could
see the layout.
With this information, and working
together with the FJMC, the Jewish Center
set out to get its own scroll.
Pass called the process a challenge.
Since it was done through a group in
Israel, there were time differences and
language barriers. Its not something you
can just go out and do and have it go
perfectly. It was a long process.
In fact, he said, the first version of
the scroll that arrived from Israel last
November needed so many small
corrections that it had to be sent back.
With a Torah, theres no discussion,
he said. Choosing what wood, what
finish, what size thats about it. But
with a sefer haftarah, there are so many
other subtleties you dont know until you
get into it.
Cantor Eric Wasser helped the
subcommittee decide what features it
wanted for example, whether it should
choose Ashkenazic or Sephardic script.
Ultimately, they chose the latter.
The cantor felt that the bnai mitzvah,
in particular, would find it easier to
follow, Pass said.
The scroll, he said, has been written
by an Israeli sofer using a quill
and special kosher ink on kosher
parchment. Cantillation and
punctuation marks have
been added to the words and
letters to make it easier for
members to read.
Pass said that when he
introduced the idea to the
synagogue board he got
its full support, but we
didnt want to go ahead
until we had some money
in place. Fortunately, he
added, there were some
major benefactors to get us
over the hump.
Once the basics were in
place, the subcommittee,
co-chaired by Irving Pollack, created a
brochure and set pricing for different
dedications, such as for weekly haftarot
and high holiday readings. The team also
came up with the idea of an honor roll,
listing dedications in a single column.
Donor Arline Herman said her
contribution resulted from the natural
progression of her role in creating the
Howard and Joshua Herman Education
Center at the synagogue a few years ago.
I made a connection between
graduating students and the scroll,
she said. The bnai mitzvah will chant
their haftarah from this beautiful scroll,
enhancing a special day in their lives.
So far about 60 congregants have
contributed to the project, raising just
under $100,000.
The FLJC/CBI scroll contains an
English-language page listing synagogue
clergy and officers as well as a page where
people can list dedications. Each of the
individual haftarot are arranged with a
space beneath the title where dedications
can be listed.
The fundraising can go on forever,
Pass said, since enough space has been
left for people who want to sponsor
haftarot in the future. A local sofer will
add those names, so the scroll will not
have to be shipped back to Israel.
In addition to haftarah dedications,
fundraising opportunities were extended
to accessories mantle covers, rimonim,
and yads. The synagogues sisterhood has
sponsored the etz chayim, or poles.
The finished sefer haftarah, which the
congregation received from Israel this
summer, will be housed in the ark and
used on a regular basis.
We want it to be used, Pass said. We
plan to use it every Shabbat, to make it
well-worn.
On Dec. 15, at the dedication
ceremony, the scroll will be used for the
first time.
Pass expects the event to be a moving
experience.
Arline Herman will read the first
haftarah. I will be chanting the haftarah
at the dedication to honor the memory
of my husband Howard and my son
Joshua, she said.
Its hard to have a personal connection
to a Torah scroll, Pass said. This is new
and contemporary and people can relate
to it, identify with it.
For Rabbi Roth, who dedicated the
haftarah he chanted when he became
a bar mitzvah, reading it again will
remind me of the past and also of those
who will read it in the future at the FLJC/
CBI. This all reminds us of the power of
our traditions and rituals to enlarge our
spirits.
Scott Pass with the sefer
haftorah. Rabbi RobeRt Roth
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On Veterans Day, liberator and prisoner talk
AbigAil Klein leichmAn
A
bout 170 people came to Fair Lawns Congregation
Shomrei Torah last Saturday night to hear two
personal reminiscences about the liberation of
Nazi concentration camp inmates one from 92-year-
old Harry Feinberg of Elmwood Park, who was a tank
commander in the 4th Armored Division under General
Patton, and the other from 87-year-old Abraham Peck of
Fair Lawn, who was liberated after surviving seven work
and concentration camps.
The program, in commemoration of Veterans Day,
also included a screening of a documentary filmed by
synagogue member Maury Heller about the two mens
perspectives, and the presentation of a presidential proc-
lamation to local Jewish veterans.
Weve heard a lot about the Holocaust side of World
War II, but not too many people have heard
the story from the perspective of a fighter,
said Mendy (Milton) Aron, who organized
the event with his wife, Honny, and fellow
Shomrei Torah member Irving Gerber. And
even the stories that Abraham Peck told,
most of us hadnt heard, he said.
Peck talked about how when the liber-
ating soldiers came into Allach, a Dachau
subcamp, he was so starved that he ignored
the shooting going on around him, and
focused only on getting something to eat.
One of the American soldiers told Peck to
get down and even built a hasty foxhole for
him. Then the GI spoke to Peck in Yiddish, and revealed he
was from a place called Brooklyn.
The highlight of the program was the concept of hav-
ing a liberator and one who was liberated tell their impres-
sions of that day, Gerber said. Since that evening, Ive
received at least a dozen calls from people who said it was
such a valuable educational tool. People dont know about
this aspect of the war, and to see and hear it firsthand is
very powerful.
Aron, whose father was a World War II veteran, report-
ed that you could hear a pin drop during the 50-minute
film. Ive seen this movie 10 times, so that night I watched
everybody watching it, and they were spellbound.
Following the film, Peck thanked Feinberg, as a repre-
sentative of all American veterans, for saving his life, even
though they did not actually meet that day
in 1945.
This was especially moving, because
Mr. Feinberg mentioned in the film that he
saved a survivors life in a camp and always
hoped that one day his telephone would
ring and the person on the other end would
be the person he saved, Aron said.
Fair Lawn Deputy Mayor John Cosgrove
presented a proclamation, signed by former
President George W. Bush, in tribute to 40
local veterans. He handed it to synagogue
member and World War II veteran Harold
Wahl. Aron had arranged for the proclama-
tion before a Veterans Day program 10 years ago, but it did
not arrive from Washington in time to be presented then.
I held onto it, and when we put this night together, we
chose Harold Wahl to represent everybody in the military.
He also liberated a camp, Aron said.
Rabbi Benjamin Yudin, spiritual leader of Shomrei
Torah, expressed words of honor and praise to the
men listed on the proclamation, 10 of whom were in
attendance.
The evening ended with a surprise 67th wedding an-
niversary cake for Wahl and his wife, Libby.
The evening was a tremendous success. Everything
we set out to do was accomplished, Aron said. A picture
was painted by two men that will be remembered for a
long time.
Weve heard a lot about the Holocaust
side of World War II, but not too many
people have heard the story from the
perspective of a fighter.
Mendy (Milton) Aron
Harold Wahl
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Parsing the Jewish vote
Larry yudeLson
S
o, nu? Did the Jews vote for Obama? What about
the Orthodox?
And did having Orthodox Jewish candidates as
challengers in the local fifth and ninth congressional dis-
tricts draw any additional votes?
Those interested in crunching Jewish numbers in the
wake of last weeks elections have different ways to go
about it.
There are general exit polls, some of which break down
results by religion. There were two election-night polls
commissioned by Jewish groups the Republican Jewish
Coalition on the right and J-Street on the left. And there is
the information that can be gleaned by poring over elec-
tion district-level voting results.
The top-line number: 70 percent of Jewish voters voted
to re-elect President Barack Obama, while 30 percent voted
for Mitt Romney. That is according to the J-Street poll of
800 voters. A CNN exit poll showed a similar 69 percent
voting for Obama.
The RJC survey of 1,000 voters found 61 percent voting
for Obama, 32 percent for Romney, 1 percent for someone
else, and 6 percent would not say.
The RJC touted its figures as showing a multiyear trend
in increasing Republican voting among Jews.
Democrats said the decline from 74 or 78 percent
support in 2008 (the estimated actual total and the exit poll
results respectively) reflected an across-the-board less-
ening of enthusiasm for Obama in the wake of the tough
economy, rather than the success of Republican efforts to
cast the president as someone who had thrown Israel un-
der the bus, in Romneys phrase.
Closer to home, an analysis by the Orthodox Union of
voting precincts across the country with high concentra-
tions of Orthodox voters saw a drop in Democratic support
in the most densely Jewish neighborhoods of Teaneck.
Obama received 47 percent of the votes in these elec-
tion districts the 11th, 12th, and 18th down from 51
percent in 2008, and from the 52 percent that Sen. John
Kerry received in his failed race against President George
W. Bush in 2004.
In 2000, however, these same Teaneck precincts voted
81 percent for the Democratic ticket.
Why?
Joe Lieberman, said Nathan Diament, head of the
OUs Washington office, referring to the Orthodox Jewish
senator who was the Democrats vice presidential nominee
that year.
According to the J-Street survey, Obama received 59
percent of the Orthodox vote, as opposed to 71 percent of
the non-Orthodox vote.
According to the RJC survey, Obama received 48 per-
cent of the Orthodox vote, with Romney receiving 44 per-
cent. Reform Jews, by contrast, gave 68 percent to Obama
and 26 percent to Romney.
Did the Orthodox vote help the local congressional
challengers?
Teanecks deputy mayor, Adam Gussen, clearly benefit-
ed from support in his community. In the three precincts
highlighted by the OU, Gussen, a Democrat, received
more than 70 percent of the vote, even as the head of the
Democratic slate, Obama, pulled no more than 41 percent.
In the eastern country club section of Teaneck, how-
ever, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach proved slightly less popular
than the top of his Republican slate, polling 31 percent of
the 19th and 20th election districts, compared to Romneys
33 percent.
In his hometown of Englewood, Boteach won a major-
ity only in two districts: one and two, both in the citys sec-
ond ward. Even there, however, he was slightly less popular
than Romney.
Another Democrat who polled well in Orthodox
Teaneck as well as in Englewood was Sen. Robert
Menendez. He received two-thirds of the vote in the
OUs Teaneck precincts nearly double Obamas total
(although less than Gussens). In the two Englewood dis-
tricts Boteach won, Menendez received 59 percent of the
votes for Senate; Obama received only 40 percent.
Menendez has been strongly supported by pro-Israel
activists; donors affiliated with NORPAC gave more than
$70,000 to the Menendez campaign, making the pro-
Israel group one of the senators leading sources of funds.
Throughout Bergen County, Obamas support ranged
from 80 percent in Hackensack to 26 percent in Franklin
Lakes. Preliminary returns, excluding absentee and pro-
visional ballots, show Obama receiving 55 percent of the
countys vote.
Writing in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, the col-
umnist Shmuel Rosner observed that the J-Street poll
showed that almost half of the Orthodox Jews who voted
for Obama considered voting for Romney, half of those
considering a Romney vote seriously. Non-Orthodox
Obama voters were far less likely to have considered vot-
ing for Romney.
Rosner wondered about what that meant.
A success for Obama surrogates? A failure of Romney
surrogates? Is this group ready to move to the conserva-
tive column and just needs another push or maybe if
it didnt move now, not even with Obama at the helm, to
vote for the Republican candidate, it isnt likely to move in
the foreseeable future, he wrote.
Rosner cautioned that observers should not get so
caught up in crunching the numbers that they lose track
of the bigger picture.
One has to remember that we are talking here about
10 percent or so of the 2 percent Jewish vote. That is, 0.2
percent of the vote. A move of 20 percent of these voters
to the conservative column means a shift of 0.04 percent
of the vote (most of it in places like New York and New
Jersey). So, if I were a Democratic operative, I wouldnt
lose too much sleep over such a theoretic possibility, he
wrote.
Decline and fall of the American empire
teaneck rabbi, some congregants at odds over political blog posts
Joanne PaLmer
S
teven Pruzansky, the longtime rabbi of Teanecks
largest Orthodox synagogue, Congregation Bnai
Yeshurun, holds strong opinions and is not loathe
to share them.
He has a blog, rabbipruzansky.com, where he posts his
often strongly worded reactions to issues both inside and
outside the Jewish world.
A recent post about the outcome of the presidential
election has hit a tender enough nerve to prompt five of
his congregants to distribute an email politely but firmly
disagreeing with him.
On Nov. 7, the day after Election Day, Pruzansky posted
a long commentary that he called The Decline and Fall
of the American Empire. He had backed Mitt Romney
for president wholeheartedly, as the post makes clear. It
began this way: The most charitable way of explaining
the election results of 2012 is that Americans voted for
the status quo for the incumbent President and for a
divided Congress. They must enjoy gridlock, partisanship,
incompetence, economic stagnation, and avoidance of
responsibility.
Pruzansky explained Romneys loss by saying that
the electorate is dumb ignorant and uninformed.
Indeed, it does not pay to be an informed voter, because
most other voters the clear majority are unintel-
ligent and easily swayed by emotion and raw populism.
(Pruzanskys blog no longer includes these words; they
have been replaced by a trenchant quote from Winston
Churchill. The original blog post, as of this writing, still is
up on Cross-Currents, a journal of Orthodox thought; it is
at http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2012/11/07/
the-decline-and-fall-of-the-american-empire/.)
President Barack Obamas victory, the rabbi contin-
ued, is a result of changing demographics whites will
soon be a minority in America (theyre already a minority
in California) and that the new immigrants to the US are
primarily from the third world and do not share the tra-
ditional American values that attracted immigrants in the
19th and 20th centuries.
Obama voters, he wrote, largely are looking for what
he calls free stuff: Obamas America is one in which free
stuff is given away: those who courtesy of Obama
receive two full years of unemployment benefits (which,
of course, both disincentivizes looking for work and also
motivates people to work off the books when collecting
their windfall)
He concludes with a charge to readers: This election
should be a wake-up call to Jews. There is no permanent
empire, nor is there an enduring haven for Jews anywhere
in the exile. We have about a decade, perhaps 15 years, to
leave with dignity and without stress.
In response to Pruzanskys blog post, five members
of Bnai Yeshurun signed their names to an email that
was widely circulated among the shuls members. (The
Jewish Standard obtained copies of the email from various
sources; once an email has been sent out, it no longer can
be controlled by the sender.)
The email began with the acknowledgment that
Elections tend to be heated affairs. It went on to say, We
do not question [Pruzanskys] or anyones right to freedom
of speech, and defer offering an opinion on the merits of
a rabbi having a blog or how its content may or may not re-
flect on our shul. However, we are concerned when a blog
post insults and denigrates members of our community
and beyond.
After quoting some of the blog, the letter-writers con-
tinued: At least one of the signatories listed below has
attempted to engage the Rabbi over the last two months to
persuade him to soften the tone and stridency of his com-
ments. While the Rabbi responded respectfully, nothing
has really changed, as evidenced by the quotes above.
The message ended with a call for unity rather than di-
visiveness: Ridiculing Obama supporters, which of course
includes some CBY members, is offensive, exclusionary,
and counterproductive to what we are trying to create in
our shul an atmosphere of Shalom VReut (peace and
friendship), where all Jews are warmly welcomed.
Pruzansky did not return an emailed request for com-
ment from this newspaper; when we called Bnai Yeshuruns
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Reform Judaism, Israel, and pluralism
Former head of UrJ is scholar in residence at temple sinai this weekend
Larry yudeLson
F
or 15 years, Rabbi Eric Yoffie of
Westfield was the leading figure of
Reform Judaism, serving as head
of the Union for Reform Judaism (as the
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
was renamed during his tenure).
Last year, he turned 65 and stepped
down. He now writes and teaches, a post-
career career that this weekend brings him
to Tenafly, where he will be scholar in resi-
dence at Temple Sinai of Bergen County.
Yoffie grew up in a committed Reform
family that was very engaged in the syna-
gogue, very engaged in the Jewish com-
munity. His grandmother had founded the Hadassah
chapter in Albany, New York, and his mother had been
president of Hadassah in Wooster, Mass., when he was
growing up.
He became a synagogue youth group leader, which
was a formative Jewish experience, and then, between
high school and his freshman year in college, he attended
an international conference in Europe where, he said, I
met Jews from around the world. I had my first close in-
teractions with Israelis. I went to Germany, which kind of
opened my eyes to the Holocaust.
But it was not until he started college
at Stanford University in California that he
realized how much Judaism meant to him.
There was really no Jewish community
there, he said. I recognized I missed the
vibrant Jewish life that had been part of my
life earlier. So he transferred to Brandeis.
Though he majored in politics, he took
many Jewish studies courses, which really
drew me into the rabbinate.
Another youthful formative experience:
A summer spent in Israel studying Hebrew
after his junior year in college. I was caught
up in the drama, he said of his time in Israel
in 1968. Thats whats most important the experience of
being there.
He returned not long after, spending a year studying at
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem between college and
rabbinical school. (This was long before the Reform move-
ments Hebrew Union College began requiring that its
first-year rabbinical students spend a year at its Jerusalem
campus.)
After his ordination Yoffie spent six years as a pulpit rab-
bi before moving to the URJ, where he worked as Midwest
regional director for three years. In 1983 he became the
executive director of the Association of Reform Zionists of
America, which had been founded five years earlier. After
nine years, he led the URJs Commission on Social Action,
a steppingstone to taking over as president of the URJ in
1996.
Looking back, There are a few things that were impor-
tant to me, none of which were attributable to me alone,
he said.
First: The sense of Torah at the center, that Torah
studying and Torah doing are an essential activity, and all
of Judaism and Reform Judaism is built around it.
Second: The worship revolution that has engulfed
Reform Judaism in the last two decades, referring to the
switch to more participatory services. I gave a lot of time
to that, he said.
And then, a number of social just things. I did a lot of
work in making connections to Muslims.
Does he have any regrets?
Were all supposed to be dissatisfied, he said. Ive got
lots of regrets.
There are certain things I got to late. In the last two
years of my tenure we started a program in youth engage-
ment, to think about how we reach out to teenagers. In ret-
rospect, I would have done that sooner rather than later.
Another regret: Even though Israel was very central to
my tenure, and my being, I would have liked us to see us
create more connections to Israel, deeper commitment on
the part of Reform Jews.
Yoffie said theres a measure of contradiction in the
Reform movements relationship to the Jewish state.
We love Israel and we embrace Israel, he said. At the
same time, were fully aware of Israels deficiencies, partic-
ularly in the realm of religious freedom, meaning Israels
official recognition of only Orthodox Judaism, to the exclu-
sion of all other streams.
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Were becoming increasingly emphatic about reli-
gious freedom. It means two things. Were working very
hard to build a grassroots movement in Israel thats work-
ing very hard to promote our principles. At the same time,
were making more emphatic protests both here and
there about the things that trouble us.
We have lots of disagreements about Israel, he said,
but if you permit the disagreements to distance your ties
from the Jewish state, the Jewish state will cease to be the
Jewish state.
Does he see any looming conflict between the Reform
movements commitment to liberal social justice and the
Israeli governments increasingly rightward direction?
(On Tuesday, Avigdor Lieberman, Israels foreign min-
ister and now number two in Prime Minister Netanyahus
political party, was quoted as saying that A Jewish state
is more important than a democratic state. Were the only
Jewish state so its more important to be Jewish.)
If the conversation is at what point do we walk away
from Israel, thats not the conversation we want to have,
Yoffie said. We begin with an embrace of Israel, and talk
very emphatically about the values the Jewish state ought
to apply in what it does. If its the state of the Jewish peo-
ple, then the Jewish people have the right to express their
concern about anything. If its just the state of the Israelis,
then theres no connection. But we dont see it that way
and they dont either.
Is Yoffie concerned about the alliance between
Netanyahus Likud party and Liebermans Yisrael Beiteinu
party? Of course, he said.
The central premise with regard to Israel is that Israel
needs to be a Jewish and democratic state. Im not going
to comment in particular about Mr. Lieberman. To the
extent that he is committed to keeping Israel Jewish and
democratic, he deserves the support of world Jewry. If
he veers away from that direction he will need to be con-
demned by Israelis first and foremost, and by Jews of
the world as well.
But dismay over Lieberman and the directions he
may take Israel shouldnt go beyond condemnation to
out-and-out rejection.
When I was director of ARZA, wed have the latest
outrage, and the Israeli reporters would say, are you going
to walk away now and withhold your money and so forth?
The answer was no then, and no now. The dual mes-
sage of commitment and standing for your values reflect
the realities of life and the ambiguities of our existence.
Were not going to walk away from Israel. Were not going
to turn our backs on Israel. In that context, how do you
make noise?
One success is making noise: The arrest of Anat
Hoffman, who heads the Reform movements Israel
Religious Action Center, for praying with the Women at
the Wall at the Kotel. She brought the attention of the
entire Jewish world to the plight of a handful of women
standing at the Wall, trying to pray. That was extraordi-
nary. There were protests to the Israeli ambassador. We
created what really was an international Jewish incident.
Its precisely the kind of thing we need to do.
That said, although Yoffie sees the Women of the Wall
as heroes, it doesnt constitute our ideal. We believe men
and women should be able to pray together, because the
Wall belongs to the whole Jewish people. If the rabbi at
the Wall were to give in to their demands and permit them
once a month to hold a service where they could read the
Torah and wear tallitot, I wouldnt be rejoicing. Thats not
enough. We need to be much more demanding.
Yoffies Friday night topic at Temple Sinai is Why
Reform Judaism, and he plans to spell out my un-
derstanding of what are the foundational principles of
Reform Judaism.
The key is to be positive about who we are, he said.
The issue is not to talk about what were not or what
other people are or are not, but what it is that we are.
What does he see as the contributions of Reform
Judaism to the Jewish people?
Were the most creative, the most open, branch of
Judaism, he said. Were the most emphatic voice of both
affirming tradition and integrating into the general soci-
ety. Thats very important, as is our commitment to social
justice. Social justice and inclusion are two elements that
youll find within Reform Judaism that you dont always
find elsewhere.
Also: The notion we need to welcome into our com-
munity people who want to identify with our faith.
What would he say to members of other Jewish
streams?
To them I would say: I respect people who approach
the tradition in different ways. Thats fine. I hope that the
response would be mutual. We have a positive approach
that embraces certain foundational elements, and thats
the key.
We all need to judge each other by the best and most
committed. We have plenty of Reform Jews who are not
as committed as we would like them to be. The truth is,
so does the Conservative movement, and so does the
Orthodox. Lets understand each other and judge them by
their best. Lets recognize the positive approach we each
bring to Jewish tradition, he said.
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world bri efs
Norways king nixes honor
for foundation leader
The Norwegian Royal Palace reportedly has dropped
controversial plans to recognize a converted Muslim who
is accused of anti-Semitism.
The decision to withdraw the honor for Trond Ali
Linstad was announced Tuesday after Oslo Mayor Fabian
Stang canceled his participation in the award ceremony.
Linstad, 69, is a former communist activist who convert-
ed to Islam and has published texts warning of Jewish
influence on media and lobbying.
Linstad is the founder and leader of Urtehagen, the
Islamic Foundation, which operates kindergartens and
educational programs for women. The medal is awarded
for meritorious work in private or public service.
Stang was scheduled to present a medal to Linstad on
behalf of King Harald.
I usually award the kings service medals with plea-
sure, but in this case I evaluated it as problematic, Stang
is quoted as telling the Norwegian daily Aftenposten this
week.
An Op-Ed published under Linstads name on the
website Koranen.no warned readers to be critical of
the Jews in the world who have influence in newspa-
pers and other media, in many political organs and
networks.
TV2, a Norwegian television station, reported that the
Royal Palace said it was holding off on plans to award the
medal indefinitely.
The event, planned and organized by officials from
the Norwegian Royal Palace, was scheduled to take place
at the National Theater in Oslo on Tuesday, but the the-
aters management canceled for security reasons.
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. later reported
that Linstad was poised to receive the medal later in the
afternoon at an impromptu event set up as an alternative
to the National Theater ceremony, but it was canceled,
too, following a discussion involving palace officials and
Linstad.
Terje Emberland of the Norwegian Holocaust Center
told the Norwegian news agency NTB that Linstad plays
on the classic world conspiracy notion about Jews, as if
the Jews are a single entity who work collectively with
an evil plan. Its a scandal that a person who makes such
statements gets the kings service medal.
Linstad has written articles praising the 1979 Islamic
Revolution. Two years ago he published in Aftenposten a
Muslim manifesto suggesting that Muslims should not
cooperate with national authorities because Allah was
the only authority.
Three teens arrested in
Connecticut cemetery vandalism
Three teenagers were arrested for vandalizing a Jewish
cemetery in Connecticut
The boys, aged 14 and 15, were arrested over the
weekend, according to reports.
More than 60 gravestones were overturned in the
Congregation Ados Beth Israel Cemetery in Hartford be-
tween Oct. 12 and Oct. 19.
The teens live near the cemetery and likely toppled
the headstones over time, Police Lt. Brian Foley told the
Hartford Courant. Foley also told the newspaper that the
vandalism had been investigated as a hate crime, but
since the arrests police do not believe the vandalism was
anti-Semitism.
JTA Wire Service
office, the receptionist said nobody here is willing to talk
to you about it and then she hung up the phone.
There have been many comments, however, on the
Internet, especially on the Cross-Currents site there
were nearly 100 by Wednesday morning. We are quoting
them here under Creative Commons License. They may
be read in full at http://www.cross-currents.com/ar-
chives/2012/11/07/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-american-
empire/#ixzz2CCtHLlqA.
While some of the comments support Pruzanskys
opinion it is spot on according to one writer, Ed Pro,
many others are critical. One writer referred to the essay
as incendiary and insulting.
Another, using the name yankel, reacted to
Pruzanskys comments about new immigrants to the
United States. I live in Lakewood and the Hispanics liv-
ing here are hard-working, saving individuals who are true
examples of the American dream, willing to sacrifice for a
better life for themselves. I would not advance the racist
canard that therefore all Hispanics are like that. But the xe-
nophobic belief that this is impossible, and any other race
must be lazy, as well as the basic idea of judging people by
their race, stands in the way of acceptance of these facts.
A third, Reb Yid, wrote: Weve heard this all before
in America. We heard it when the Irish moved in, then the
Italians, then from the German Jews when the Russians
and Eastern European Jews came in. And so on. This is the
gift of America a nation of immigrants that continues
to regenerate because of its ability to attract a diverse lot
from around the world. Kein Yirbu [may they continue to
multiply].
American empire FrOM page 8
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Musical Notes hits the right chord
teens vision brings music appreciation to children throughout the area
Lois GoLdrich
M
usic has always been very important to 17-year-
old Melissa Romanovich of Tenafly. Three years
ago, the Tenafly High School senior, who calls
music a vital part of my childhood, decided to share that
passion with others.
I had always been exposed to music, both in and out of
school, she said. Romanovich, who is a singer and pianist,
also is a member of Tenaflys Temple Sinai and president of
the shuls SFTY youth group.
Wanting other children to have the same exposure to
music that she had been given, she got in touch with a
number of schools that didnt have music programs, offer-
ing her services as an afterschool teacher.
Melissa who has played piano since she was a child
and participated in every music and theater program of-
fered by her various schools said the principals she
reached were understandably wary. After all, she was a
14-year-old high school freshman.
I contacted many superintendents and after-school
coordinators, she said. I didnt get a lot of responses at
first. But fortunately, one school in Englewood, the Dr.
John Grieco Elementary School, gave me a chance.
After a successful stint at the Grieco school,
Romanovich taught music at the Bergen Family Center
summer camp, working with five groups of 20 students
each. After that, she talked to superintendents once again.
Today, Melissa and the 12 high school volunteers she
has recruited teach music to hundreds of students in nine
churches, family centers, and elementary and middle
schools in Englewood, Norwood, Hackensack, Union City,
Hoboken, and Teaneck.
Throughout the year, the volunteers visit these various
locations to teach basic music theory, vocal performance,
and Broadway show tunes to students, who range from 4 to
12 years old, during after-school and summer camp hours.
The curriculum she has designed for her program, for-
mally dubbed Musical Notes, culminates each semester
in a performance put on by students. Since much of her
work is with younger children, I try to make it as do-able
as possible, she said, noting that children sing in unison.
Music has always been a cathartic form of expression
for me, she said. In tough times I have turned to music to
guide me. Its an important thing for kids to look to when
going through a rough time. And, she added, its an enjoy-
able pastime.
Romanovich said that despite a busy schedule, I make
time for this. Its become a very important part of my life.
Her mother who also is extremely busy, she said
makes time for it as well, driving Romanovich to the many
places she serves in a half-dozen school districts.
Ive gotten fantastic feedback, she said. Every time
I walk in, the kids faces light up. Ive seen changes in the
kids from the first day to the present.
The genre of music she presents, classic Broadway show
tunes, is a new world for them, she said, noting her own
passion for that kind of music.
A classical pianist studying songwriting and mod-
ern piano technique at the Manhattan School of Music,
Romanovich who has taught between 400 and 500 stu-
dents during the past four years said her teaching proj-
ect is formally sponsored by City Lore, a nonprofit group in
Manhattan that works to preserve the arts.
While City Lore does not provide any funds, it offers a
rubric under which she will be able to raise money for the
music program to buy materials such as scripts and CDs.
According to Romanovich, the schools themselves provide
only the space, a piano, and a supervising faculty member.
She seems a bit surprised by the great success of her
project.
I didnt know what would happen, but I was hopeful
that it would work out, she said. I didnt know how it
would be received, but I didnt expect it to be as big as it is
now or the influence it would have on me.
Still waiting to decide which college to attend,
Romanovich said her preferred major would combine
theater studies and English. To ensure the continuity of her
program which she will bring with her to local schools
surrounding whatever college she ultimately chooses
she continues to enlist younger high school volunteers as
music teachers and to reach out to more schools.
Her goal, she said, is to recruit still more high school
students from neighboring areas.
Romanovich said she wants to implement more arts
education in the face of budget cuts in the public school
system. Their greatest target is arts education. Its impera-
tive to volunteer to teach.
But if Musical Notes has helped area children, it also has
benefited its founder.
Its been a growth experience for me as well,
Romanovich said, noting that over the past four years she
has devoted some 700 hours to community service.
I love it, she said. I love that kids are learning music,
especially kids who have not been exposed to it.
For more information about Musical Notes, go to
http://musicalnotesorg.weebly.com/index.html.
Melissa Romanovich with Musical Notes students.
Little praise for cemetery
agreement from Board of Rabbis
rabbis endorse weinbergs call for more regulation
Larry yudeLson
T
he North Jersey Board of Rabbis has weighed in on
an agreement signed by operators of three Jewish
cemeteries that was hailed as a breakthrough only
weeks ago. The supposed agreement actually is a memo-
randum signed by three cemetery operators summing
up what has been agreed to so far in nearly two years of
talks between them and the rabbis. The talks were facili-
tated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey and two state
legislators.
The agreement had been hailed by one of the legisla-
tors, Passaic Assemblyman Gary Schaer, as a tremendous
accomplishment.
The board of rabbis disagrees.
The agreement signed by the cemetery operators prom-
ised to smooth the way to burials on Sundays and legal
holidays, which the NJBR acknowledges represented some
progress. However, The matters most paramount to the
rabbinic committee are still very much without resolu-
tion, according to a press release sent by Rabbi David-
Seth Kirshner on behalf of both the NJBR and the New York
Board of Rabbis. Kirshner is the NJBRs secretary.
One of these matters is fairness and social conscious-
ness in cemetery pricing and practices, the release said.
Too many families in the New Jersey and New York
Jewish communities have been unfairly price-gouged
during a vulnerable and painful time in their lives, it
continued.
The rabbis also are concerned about the composition of
the New Jersey state cemetery board, which is legally man-
dated to have a majority of members from the cemetery
industry.
It is imperative for a mechanism to exist that would
allow for both bereaved families and cemetery operators
of any faith or no faith to better communicate needs and
issues as they arise, the statement said.
According to the release, the rabbis plan to support
State Senator Loretta Weinbergs legislation on these
matters.
While Schaer has said he prefers that the communitys
concerns about the cemeteries not be tackled in Trenton,
last month Weinberg told the Jewish Standard that she
intends to move long-stalled bills to committee for initial
discussion and vote before the end of the year.
Schaer, from Passaic, represents a largely Orthodox
constituency. Weinberg represents largely non-Orthodox
Bergen County. The Orthodox Rabbinic Council of Bergen
County, which was a formal participant in the original
meetings in 2008, has yet to weigh in.
One local rabbi, however, is not happy with the rabbis
statement.
Rabbi Neal Borovitz, who chairs the JCRC, said in a
statement that he must disassociate myself and the JCRC
from the position taken by the NJBR and the NYBR.
He said he agreed with Schaer that all the points agreed
to by the cemetery owners had been agreed upon by
all sides in our two-year-long discussion, which no one
disputes.
The question of opening cemeteries for holiday and
Sunday burials, which are of importance to some in our
community, in particular the Orthodox, were agreed upon
and for me represented the basis upon which we could
build a better discussion on other issues, he wrote. I hope
that discussions can be restarted and would again offer the
services of the JCRC to be a convener of such meetings.
For its part, the two boards of rabbis said they were
eager to reconvene with the states cemetery operators in
order to continue the process of finding common ground
on the issues that brought them to the negotiating table in
the first place.
Legislation, however, for now is their preferred course.
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How to plan for a disaster
terrorist expert Leonard Cole of ridgewood offers advice in fine new book
Warren Boroson
H
urricane Sandy was
far worse than most
people expected, but
that should have been no
surprise. One of the key les-
sons weve learned from natu-
ral disasters, as well as from
terrorist attacks, is that you
should expect the unexpect-
ed. Anticipate the unusual.
Black swans are rare, but they
exist.
Thats one message of
a fine new book, Local
Planning for Terror and Disaster: From
Bioterrorism to Earthquakes, edited by
Leonard A. Cole and Nancy D. Connell
(Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, 2012).
Cole, a Ph.D. and DDS, is an adjunct
professor of political science at Rutgers
University-Newark and director of the pro-
gram on terror medicine and security at
the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of the New Jersey Center for Biodefense. A
resident of Ridgewood, he is a former pres-
ident of the Jewish Federation of Northern
New Jersey. Connell, a Ph.D., is a professor
of infectious disease at the Medical School
of UMDNJ.
Disasters dont necessarily follow old
scripts, they tell us. No terrorists had flown
airplanes into office buildings before 9/11.
In Great Britain, before 2005 terrorists
mostly planted individual explosives. It
was rare for them to use a series of explo-
sives, as they did on three London under-
ground trains and a bus in that year.
In Japan, a 25-foot coastal wall had
been built for protection against tsunamis.
The 2011 earthquake unleashed a 30-foot
wave that poured over the wall.
Before the 2001 anthrax attacks in this
country, bio-attack scenarios had been
created but no one had considered the
possibility of spreading microbes through
mailed letters. Creative thinking, whether
about the known or the unknown, is a nec-
essary part of preparedness, Cole writes.
Anticipate the unusual is another way
of saying: Be prepared for black swans,
as Cole has pointed out. Black swans and
such are not as rare as we think.
Local Planning may be among the
most important books published this year,
although its readership unfortunately may
be confined to people involved in prevent-
ing and responding to terrorist attacks.
Certainly more terrorist attacks are com-
ing, along with natural disasters fires,
snowfalls, hurricanes, earthquakes, train
wrecks.
How complicated the subject can be
is suggested by the fact that 32 people
contributed to this book, and that it deals
with such seemingly specialized subjects
as finding a useful role for volunteers who
rush to a disaster site to help. (Their cars
just may clog up the roadways, and they
may inadvertently contribute to the num-
ber of people injured.)
Or just consider tri-
age, the method by which
the injured supposedly
are treated in accordance
with the severity of their
wounds. Actually, those
who seem fatally wound-
ed might justifiably be
neglected in favor of those
who seem likely to re-
cover. Soldiers who might
return to action quickly
might be given prior-
ity over ordinary civilians; so might an
injured physician who had been treating
the wounded. And should medical people
treat a suspected terrorist exactly the same
as a firefighter in need of help?
We have learned the importance of
swift and accurate communication. Both
professionals dealing with a disaster and
the general public need good advice on
what to do. The phrase the golden hour
refers to the small period of time after an
injury when medical help may mean the
difference between life and death. And
the record in treating people during the
golden hour has not been reassuring.
Because of confusion during the 2005
London attacks, fire and ambulance teams
sometimes stood by idly while victims
lay dying. Only half the 201 London am-
bulances available were even sent to the
attack scenes.
When the first case of anthrax was
confirmed in this country during the 2001
bio-attack, Floridas governor, Jeb Bush,
announced: People dont have any reason
to be concerned. The U.S. Postmaster
General, John Potter, visited the
Brentwood postal center in Washington,
D.C., and told the employees they were
in no danger. (They were.) The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, usu-
ally an exemplary organization, counseled
against giving New Jersey postal workers
the antibiotic Cipro. Despite that advice,
the states acting health commissioner, Dr.
George DiFerdinando, saw to it that the
workers received the medication pos-
sibly saving lives and thus emerging as an
unsung medical hero, Cole has written.
It was during the dark of night in 1984
when 40 tons of methyl isocynate gas
escaped from a Union Carbide plant in
Bhopal, India. Because of the darkness,
some victims moved toward the source
of the contamination. Because they were
not advised not to drink milk from cows
that had eaten contaminated grass after
the Chernobyl disaster, many Russian chil-
dren came down with thyroid cancer.
In 2001, after Flight 11 crashed into
the World Trade Centers north tower, 911
operators told tower occupants to stay put
and await rescue workers. The deputy fire
director also told people in the south tower
that the buildng was safe and they should
remain in their offices. When the south
tower was hit by Flight 175, 911 operators
again told occupants to stay put even
though five minutes before the fire depart-
ment had issued an order for everyone to
leave the building.
Cooperation between agencies also
is a goal. But different branches of gov-
ernment may compete against each
other, even during an emergency. The
9/11 Commission report showed that New
York police and firefighters continued to
operate as independent agencies their
radios could not even talk to each other.
The firefighters and the police did not even
want to talk to each other.
Still another lesson to be learned:
Prepare not just for black swans but for
loathesome birds of prey. During the
20,000 Arab terrorist attacks against Israel
from 2000 to 2006, some Palestinians on
their way to Israeli hospitals were found to
have explosives hidden under their cloth-
ing. And several Palestinian ambulances
were found to be carrying weapons and
gunmen.
One of the last chapters in the book
focuses on cyber-conflict. One of the
chapters conclusions is that time is short
before malicious actors in cyberspace
reach a stage when they track a hurricane
and launch cyber attacks to impede res-
cue workers efforts.
Leonard Cole
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12 JEWISH STANDARD NOVEMBER 16, 2012
The pause that does not refresh
Dr. Deborah Wagner Grundleger to talk about perimenopause at the JCC of Paramus
MIRYAM Z. WAHRMAN, PH.D.
Science correspondent
T
his year nearly 30 million women between
39 and 53 will experience clinical depres-
sion and anxiety disorders associated with
the onset of perimenopause, Dr. Deborah Wagner writes.
The chances are that you know one of these women
or even that you are one of them yourself.
Wagner, 54, lives in Paramus (where she often is
known by her married name, Deborah Grundleger) and
is a member of the JCC of Paramus. She counsels many
women in that age range, along with their families, and
she has just published a book on perimenopause, The
Fifth Decade: Is It Just My Life or Is It Perimenopause?
In The Fifth Decade, Wagner writes about her
Ridgewood practice as a developmental psychologist,
where she treats people from age 2 to 80, men, women,
couples, and families. She notes that one group has
stood out as having unique needs that were barely un-
derstood: perimenopausal women.
Perimenopause is defined as the 5- to 10-year period
preceding menopause, when minor hormonal changes
are followed by more dramatic changes. Before people
thought only of menopause when you have night sweats
and hot flashes, but 5 to 10 years before, a woman can
be moody, feel out of sorts, and have trouble sleeping,
Wagner said. Such symptoms are related to hormonal
changes that lead up to menopause itself, which is char-
acterized by the cessation of ovulation and the monthly
cycle.
In the first few years of perimenopause the changes
are very subtle. A woman may be more short-tempered,
her PMS may be a little worse, Wagner said. Then it
ramps up, and once its on the radar they realize what
they had been going through.
Women first have to understand the hormonal chang-
es that happen to them in their forties and fifties, Wagner
said. Most women dont understand the scope of the
hormonal changes.
I really want to get the word out, she said. When I
did a couple of radio shows in the Midwest, people didnt
know what perimenopause was.
When changes in mood and behavior occur, women
sometimes self-diagnose, thinking they have ADD or a
nervous breakdown. If a woman understands, it helps
them relax and know what they are dealing with.
Spouses, partners, and children can be affected when
a woman suffers perimenopausal symptoms. Part of my
approach is to get men involved in understanding and
supporting women during this transition, Wagner said.
Ive had a lot of men who have wives in that age range
come in for therapy, or couples therapy. Ive heard men
say what is going on with my wife? Its not just a womans
issue.
A whole section of The Fifth Decade is addressed to
men, with chapters called Who are you and what have
you done with my wife? Ill take directions, just tell me
what to do, and Who is going to take care of me?
One of the most important things for men to know
is that women cant help what they are going through,
and that the women dont like it either, Wagner said.
They really need a lot of support. So the man can step
up and take some of the pressure off the woman it
could mean bringing home a pizza for dinner occasion-
ally so she doesnt have to make dinner, or taking care of
the kids.
Insomnia, fatigue, irritability, and decreased libido are
a few of the more difficult psychological symptoms. The
womens libidos come down significantly and men are
saying, why dont you want me? Wagner said. It isnt
that women dont want sex. They want comfort in other
ways. Cuddling and holding may open up the sex drive
a little bit.
In the chapter called Finding a Way Out, Wagner
explains some treatment options. Hormone replace-
ment therapy (HRT) had been prescribed routinely to
help women transition through perimenopause and
menopause. However, she reports, HRT is frowned upon
now because the Womens Health Initiative showed that
there are many adverse effects of HRT. So, HRT is the last
resort for women who are suffering [serious symptoms].
In 2002 the Womens Health Initiative, which studied
tens of thousands of women, found that HRT was as-
sociated with increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and
breast cancer. Since that time, doctors are reluctant to
prescribe this type of treatment and wisely, women are
very frightened to take it, leaving women to find alternate
ways to ameliorate unpleasant premenopausal symp-
toms, Wagner writes.
Wagner said that bioidentical hormones, which are
phytoestrogens derived from yams and soy products, can
provide some relief. The chemicals are less potent than
HRT, but they alleviate some of the symptoms. You can
get them nonprescription, at low doses, or higher doses
prescribed by a doctor.
Wagner said that she spent four to five years doing the
research and writing the book, which is her first.
Its important to start bringing it out and talking
about it and sharing with each other, she said. Women
who experience perimenopause have the highest risk
for onset of depression in their lifetimes. They dont have
to suffer alone. Theres a lot that can be done to help
them.
Its important to talk to the men as well as the children
in their lives about it, so they can be more understanding.
It makes me so happy every time I hear it helped
someone understand, Wagner concluded. Its a very
tough transition.
Dr. Miryam Z. Wahrman is professor of biology and director
of the MAST (Math and Science Teachers program) at William
Paterson University of New Jersey.
Who: Dr. Deborah Wagner Grundleger
What: A talk about her new book, The Fifth Decade: Is It Just My Life or Is It
Perimenopause?
Where: The JCC of Paramus, E. 304 Midland Ave.; sponsored by the JCCPs sisterhood
When: Sunday, Nov. 15, 11 a.m.
Information: (201) 262-7691, www.jccparamus.org, www.DeborahWagnerPhD.com or
TheFifthDecade.com.
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letters of support theyve received from their pen pals
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Migdal Ohr plans Dec. 3 dinner
Migdal Ohr, Israels leading agency for underprivileged,
orphaned, and new immigrant children, will hold its an-
nual dinner on Monday, Dec. 3, at Espace in New York
City. The dinner, the groups largest fundraising event,
will celebrate Joe and Trina Cayre as guests of honor and
Dr. Barry and Emily Lifschitz as the Ruth and Jack Wexler
Lev Tov awardees. A Scroll of Honor will be published in
conjunction with the event.
The program includes speeches by Migdal Ohrs
founder and dean, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman,
and Israeli economist and education leader, Professor
Manuel Trajtenberg.
For information, call (212) 397-3700 or go to www.
migdalohrusa.org.
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Due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the Friends of
the Israel Defense Forcess New Jersey chapter had to
postpone the Nov. 3rd annual IDF tribute dinner at the
Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in East Rutherford that
had been set for Nov. 3. It now is scheduled for Saturday,
Dec. 15. For information, email Jen@puderpr.com.
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The secular Sukkot
Shammai EngElmayEr
O
ne of the columns I am
most frequently asked
to reprise is about
Thanksgiving. It is the one holiday
that is eagerly anticipated in both
observant and non-observant
Jewish households.
To the non-observant, it is
a way of participating in an
American observance with no
religious overtones, just as America prepares to celebrate
a holiday with very serious and very non-Jewish reli-
gious overtones. To the observant, as the late Rabbi Israel
Miller of blessed memory used to say, it is the one chance
in the entire year that the entire family can gather in one
place because traveling is neither prohibited for some nor
restricted for others.
Ironically, Thanksgivings origin is religious, not secu-
lar. The bigger irony is which religion it is that gave us
Thanksgiving.
The Pilgrims, you see, patterned their festival of
thanksgiving on the one we only recently finished cel-
ebrating Sukkot.
Our Bible the Torah,
specifically was what guid-
ed the Pilgrims, says the
historian H.B. Alexander. It
formed their minds and
dominated their characters; its
conceptions were their conceptions. (See his essay, The
Hebrew Contribution to the Americanism of the Future.)
By all accounts, the Pilgrims often turned to the
Hebrew Bible the Tanakh for advice and guidance.
At least some of the pilgrims (most notably the Mather
family) studied the Tanakh in the original Hebrew.
That is why the very first book ever published in North
America was a translation of the Book of Psalms, with
Hebrew strewn throughout in order to clarify meanings.
It was for this reason, too, that Cotton Mather, in his
history of the Puritans in America, referred to the early
settler leaders as our chasidim rishonim (first righteous
men) who ruled bahavah vyirah (with love and rever-
ence for God).
The Puritan preoccupation with the Bible col-
ored all their activities, wrote Abraham I. Katsh in the
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1st edition. Not only were these
settlers imbued with the spirit of the Prophets and with
the lessons of the Scriptures, he wrote, but they also
accepted biblical precepts and commandments literally
and applied them vigorously.
Biblical Judaism thus served as a touchstone for
Americas early settlers, we read in the 2nd edition of the
Encyclopaedia Judaica, and it was this spirit that infused
the colonization of the New World with intense religious
Opting out of Sunday closings
H
urricane Sandy brought much misery to our
region. It is responsible for more than 100 deaths
in the United States alone, and for many bil-
lions of dollars in damage. Even as this editorial is being
written, there are still pockets of powerless homes and
businesses. A tunnel between New York and Brooklyn
remains mostly closed; basements throughout the great-
er Metropolitan area remain flooded or heavily damaged.
The aftershocks of Sandy will last for many years to come.
Yet some good came out of this superstorm, as it is
rightly being called. As we remarked last week and con-
tinue to marvel over this week, Sandy proved yet again
that our diverse communities nevertheless can come
together in times of crisis. There is no challenge that can
defeat us if we face it together. Sandy showed that we can
we will face the challenges head on, as indeed we
are doing even now, in its wake.
Another positive development is the returning to the
political agenda the question of Bergen Countys so-
called blue laws. Bergen County has the dubious distinc-
tion of being the last county in the United States to have
such a burdensome set of laws on its books.
Blue laws, for those who are unfamiliar with the
term, refers to laws that force businesses to close on
Sundays. They got that name because the colony of New
Haven, which first introduced those laws on this conti-
nent in the 17th century, published them on blue paper.
Because people had to repair, rebuild, and replenish
in Sandys wake, Gov. Chris Christie issued an executive
order temporarily lifting the ban. It ended this week. The
city of Paramus, home to most of Bergen Countys largest
stores, immediately announced that it would defy the
order, citing the fact that it had an even stricter version
on its own books. By way of example, if a Paramus police
officer notices a car sitting in the parking lot of an office
building on Sunday, he or she has been known to go door
to door in the empty building looking for the miscreant
who had the temerity to go to the office to catch up on
some filing chores. That person would then be issued a
summons for violating the local law.
When it defied the governor, Paramus was taken
to court by the county government. A judge ordered
Paramus to honor the order, which it did last Sunday,
while nevertheless expressing its defiance. Said Mayor
Richard LaBarbiera of the blue laws, I will never stop
fighting to make sure they are always here to protect our
quality of life.
Frankly, he and the residents of Paramus have every
right to keep their retail stores closed on Sundays, and
private offices, too, if they so choose, which they do. So
does Fair Lawn, however, have the right to open its stores
if it so chooses. So does Saddle Brook, and River Edge,
and Englewood, and Hackensack, and every other vil-
lage, town, borough, and city in Bergen County. If a dress
store in Teaneck is doing business on Sundays, it has no
effect on LaBarbiera or anyone else in Paramus. Not one
extra car will make its way through Paramus sacrosanct
streets to buy a pair of shoes at an outlet in a River Edge
strip mall.
It is time for State Senate Majority Leader Loretta
Weinberg to reintroduce legislation she first proposed in
2002 that would allow all local political entities in Bergen
County to decide for themselves whether to opt out of
the blue laws or to keep them on the books.
Weinberg was forced to withdraw that legislation
because the Bergen County Council of Churches joined
Paramus in mounting a powerful campaign against
it and her. The BCCCs then president, Rev. Stephen
Giordano, made clear that any piecemeal, community
by community approach to eliminating the blue laws
was just as unacceptable as a total countywide repeal.
There are lots of arguments some of them even
good ones for retaining the blue laws. There are com-
pelling arguments for dropping them as well. For exam-
ple, a Shabbat-observant storekeeper not only must be
closed on Saturdays, but also must be closed on Sundays,
resulting in a loss of business that congregants in the
BCCC-affiliated churches do not have to suffer.
We are not advocating for an end to the blue laws in
Paramus. We are advocating that every community in
Bergen County be given the right to decide whether its
businesses and private offices will be open or closed on
Sundays.
It is time for Paramus to get out of everyone elses
business.
edi tori al
A lady of substance
W
e join the community in mourning the death
of Syril Rubin, one of our gentlest power-
houses. Here was a woman who accom-
plished so much for the youngest in our communities
and for the oldest; who promoted Jewish education at all
levels, but especially early childhood and adult educa-
tion initiatives; who had a kind word for all whom she
met each day; and who had an unquenchable thirst for
Jewish knowledge. She and her late husband, Leonard,
were a one-two punch for everything that is good about
our community. Now they are both gone. Their legacy,
however, lives on in their children.
We are taught to pray that her memory be for a bless-
ing, and we do, but we have no doubt whatever that it
already is and will be for generations to come.
KeePiNG
tHe FaitH
One religious
perspectIve on
issues of the day
Shammai Engelmayer is rabbi of the Conservative synagogue
Temple Israel Community Center in Cliffside Park and an
instructor in the UJA-Federation-sponsored Florence Melton
Adult Mini-School of the Hebrew University.
see Secular page 16
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devotion.
It is no accident, therefore, that many of the early law
codes in Puritan New England were based on the Torah,
rather than the Christian Bible or English common law.
For example, in The Jews Come to America, the histori-
ans Paul Masserman and Max Baker note that half of the
statutes in the Code of 1655 for the New Haven colony
had their origins in Torah law, while only three percent
derived from the Christian bible.
That is where Sukkot comes in. When it came time
to celebrate their bountiful first harvest, the Pilgrims
did what they usually did: They turned to the Torah for
guidance. Here is what they found, in Deuteronomy
16:13-15:
You shall observe the Feast of Booths seven days,
after you have gathered in your grain and your wine; and
you shall rejoice in your feast. Seven days shall you
keep a solemn feast to the Lord your God because the
Lord your God shall bless you in all your produce, and
in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely
rejoice.
That is what the Torah said and that is what the
Pilgrims did in 1621. In fact, they celebrated this Sukkot
at about the same time of year that we celebrate Sukkot.
The festival apparently did not recur until 1676, when
it was celebrated on June 29. Eventually, it became an
annual (albeit unofficial) feast on the last Thursday in
November. It was not until 1863 that Thanksgiving be-
came a national holiday and was moved to the fourth
Thursday in November.
Some authorities rank the 1676 festival as the first
official Thanksgiving, which is both wrong and un-
fortunate. The early relationship between the Pilgrims
and the Indians was soon replaced by a growing racism
among the settlers who followed the Pilgrims here. The
deterioration soon evolved into full-fledged fighting.
One can only guess at why the white Christian settlers
turned on the Wampanoag, who lived and thrived
in Massachusetts back then. Lasting from 1675 to 1676,
King Philips War (King Philip being the name of the
Wampanoag chief) was the bloodiest conflict in 17th-
century New England (and it was the victory over the
Indians that led to the 1676 celebration). The conflict
was sparked by a continuous encroachment onto Native
American land, leading to the enslavement of the natives
and to their regulation by a strict Christian morality.
According to an official estimate at the time, some
600 settlers and 3,000 Native Americans lost their lives.
Indeed, whole villages of Indians were wiped out.
There were many reasons for why the Christian
settlers turned on the natives. One was their religious
beliefs; they saw the American Indian as pagans and
sought to save them. Another was a belief about who
they thought the Native Americans actually were:
Wrote the historian Samuel Broches in his book,
Jews in New England:
In 1649, Eliot, the missionary, proclaimed to the
world that the Indians were descendants of the Jews. In
1650, Dowman, another missionary, issued an appeal to
the English, that they help the Indians in the New World,
on the ground that the Indians descended from Jews.
And when Thomas Thorowgood, in 1650, published his
book Jews in America, Eliot of Massachusetts immedi-
ately made a declaration that the 37th chapter of Ezekiel
[the vision of dried bones being restored to full life] refers
to the Indians.
To help the Indians, by the way, is shorthand for to
help the Indians see the light and the error of their ways.
Fortunately, it is the 1621 Thanksgiving that we
commemorate each year, the revisionist scholars
notwithstanding. Its Jewish roots are undeniable,
which probably explains why it is the one religious-
rooted American holiday with which we are perfectly
comfortable.
Four more years of Middle East noise
BEn CohEn
B
ack in September, President Barack Obama lik-
ened the anxieties of some Israelis over Americas
Iran policy to noise. Many pointed out, cor-
rectly, that this ill-advised remark was hardly fair to one
of the few countries in the world where both the govern-
ment and the people are unashamedly pro-American.
It was also a curious choice of wording against the
wider Middle Eastern context. In terms of United States
commitments in the region, Israel lies outside the cycle
of dependency that governs its relationships with Iraq,
Afghanistan, and the Gulf states all places where the
United States has, or had, substantial numbers of boots
on the ground. And when it comes to noise, the sounds
Israel makes are sweet music compared to the finger-
nails-scratching-the-blackboard racket that emanates
from other Middle Eastern countries.
Consider what has been said or rather, yelled in
the days since Obama won a second term in office. In
Iran, the three hardline Larijani brothers, who all occupy
key positions in the governing theocracy, have issued
loud, and perhaps contradictory, individual statements
regarding their countrys nuclear program.
Sadeq Larijani, Irans chief justice, seemed to scorn the
prospect of direct negotiations with the United States.
After all this pressure and crimes against the people of
Iran, Larijani said, in a reference to the punishing sanc-
tions imposed by the United States and its allies, rela-
tions with America cannot be possible overnight and
Americans should not think they can hold our nation to
ransom by coming to the negotiating table.
Mohammed Javad Larijani, however, sounded what
was, by Iranian standards, a more conciliatory tone. He is
the head of the countrys laughably named High Council
for Human Rights. To protect the interests of our sys-
tem, he said, we would negotiate with the United States
or anyone else even in the abyss of hell.
Meanwhile, parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, the
former nuclear negotiator and the most powerful of the
brothers, taunted the United States outright. Asserting
that a growth in domestic production would undermine
enemy plots think sanctions Larijani argued that
the United States had been forced into sanctions because
its military adventurism in the region had failed.
These three statements all reflect the perception
among Iranian leaders that the chances of an imminent
pre-emptive strike on their nuclear facilities are receding.
In the days leading up to the presidential election,
unconfirmed reports surfaced that the United States
and Iran were already engaged in secret talks under the
auspices of Valerie Jarrett, Obamas senior adviser, who
was born in the Iranian city of Shiraz, where her father
worked in a hospital, and who apparently speaks Farsi.
Shortly after the election, Ehud Barak, Israels defense
minister, said that Irans uranium enrichment timetable
had slowed down, thus implying that the world has until
at least the summer of 2013 to make progress on the dip-
lomatic front.
Still, a delay is one thing, success something else en-
tirely. There are precious few indications that talks with
Iran would satisfactorily prove that its nuclear instal-
lations are for civilian purposes only, in part because
the Iranians believe, much as the late Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein did over his supposed Weapons of Mass
Destruction program, that any ambivalence strengthens
their overall position.
A generous interpretation of Obamas strategy towards
Iran holds that the president wants to demonstrate that
all avenues have been properly explored before a military
strike, and that the United States still believes in the pri-
macy of negotiations, even though these have failed for
nearly a decade. However, Irans nuclear program is not
an isolated factor. Any faith among people in the United
States in what psychoanalysts call the talking cure is
offset by the impact talks can have upon Irans actual
behavior.
Both the Syrian and Lebanese theaters are good cur-
rent representations of what I mean. Syria lies firmly
within the Iranian camp; as Egypts President Mohamed
Morsi recently argued, the Iranians are therefore a vital
element in securing an end to the monstrous blood-
shed unleashed by President Bashar al-Assad upon his
people (interestingly, this observation, which formed
part of a wider encomium to the Iranian regime by the
Muslim Brotherhood-bred Morsi, was not classified
in Washington as noise.) Hence, if the United States
decides upon a Syrian strategy that requires Iranian
goodwill, that will have knock-on effects not just for the
nuclear program negotiations, but for other issues in
which Iranian and Syrian interference is the major factor.
In Lebanon, the October assassination of intelligence
chief General Wissam al-Hassan, most likely at the hands
of Hezbollah, was a perfect illustration of the dangers
of strengthening Iran and its allies. That danger is now
stretching towards Israel.
Just a few months ago, the belief that the Assad re-
gime was about to crumble was widespread. However,
emboldened by western dithering and Iranian support,
Assad is now provoking Israel, with Syrian army fire
straying into the Golan Heights. On a visit to the Golan,
the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Benny
Gantz, warned that further escalation might result in a
Syrian affair that could turn into our affair.
Before the presidential election, it could reasonably
be said that the Middle East was closer to regional con-
flagration than at any other time since the October 1973
war. In the wake of Obamas victory, nothing has changed
on that front. Much as the United States fervently wants
to fix its domestic problems, from its much-too-slowly
expanding economy through to its broken immigration
system, the noise from the Middle East may well divert its
attention abroad.
We cannot afford to allow these problems to fester.
For much of the last two years, Obama has been accused
of leading from behind. He now has the opportunity,
following his victory, to lead from the front. That will
require him not to shut out the noise, but to dive into it
headfirst.
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Jewish affairs and Middle Eastern politics have been published
in Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz, Jewish Ideas Daily
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Shammai Engelmayer is rabbi of the Conservative synagogue
Temple Israel Community Center in Cliffside Park and an
instructor in the UJA-Federation-sponsored Florence Melton
Adult Mini-School of the Hebrew University.
Secular frOM page 15
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center,
and egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, left, both
check their watches as they meet with President
Barak Obama at the White House in September 2010.
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Lets demythologize the Jewish vote
the percentage gets smaller, and no gOp shift is evident
Paul FoEr
T
he much-vaunted Jewish
vote garnered even more
attention this election than
it normally does, culminating per-
haps in one newscast that basical-
ly said that Floridas Jewish voters
would decide the national election.
When you do the math, however, the
diminishing Jewish vote is not what
it used to be.
For sure, the voters in the Jewish minority in a handful
of highly contested and vote-rich states do take voting
seriously, making their votes appear so crucial in Florida,
California, New York, New Jersey, and even Ohio. Those
who put their political stethoscopes to our hearts and
minds, however, may as well try to determine our favorite
collective brisket recipe.
Jews tend to be more liberal and more Democratic
than the typical voter, despite being more educated
and wealthier. Next election, do not believe the cries of
many Republicans who in 2012 again said that this time
around, the Jewish community was going for their candi-
date. Exit polls had Barack Obama winning 69 percent of
the Jewish vote nine points down from the 78 percent
exit polls said he garnered in 2008, but not enough of a
drop to swing any critical states in Mitt Romneys favor.
We Jews are concerned about the economy and other
issues, as are all citizens of these United States so if
anything, there is an American vote tinged with some
Yiddishkeit, but it is not an Israeli vote.
We may bring our concerns about Israel into the vot-
ing booth, but we are not Israelis or their surrogates, and
that electorate in any case is sharply divided on every-
thing, so how could we be united when they are not?
The more we raise Israel as the primary Jewish vote
issue, the more we make it appear that support for Israel
is due only to a tiny but powerful group congealing to ex-
ercise its influence in great disproportion to its numbers.
A longstanding tradition of broad, bi-partisan support
for a strong and secure Israel is based on it being in the
best interest of the United States and shared democratic
traditions, rather than just pandering to the narrow inter-
est of a small minority.
Jewish leaders, intellectuals, or hyperpartisans who
insist that Jews must vote based on Israel alone make it
appear that Israel is a client state of the United States and
that it cannot exist without constant babying of Israelis
and of Jews.
They tell us that only their favorite candidate will save
Israel, while the other guy will destroy it. They set us all
up for an even worse mythology that suggests that the
United States is a client state of Israel, and that the two
percent of United States citizens who swayed that last
election, and the ones before it, are really a disloyal and
secret cabal running the government and the nations
foreign policy.
Such a mythology conjures up images of Paul Findley,
Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, and Pat Buchanan,
who referred to the Jews of the United States as Israels
amen corner.
This tail does not wag the dog. Jewish American or
American Jewish voters are just that, and when a Jew
tells you that Israel is his or her only or main concern
when voting, keep in mind that he or she is a tiny minor-
ity within a tiny minority, regardless of hanging chads in
Palm Beach County.
The big item in this so-called Jewish vote is the rela-
tively rapid growth of Orthodox Jews and their future vot-
ing choices, but they likely will remain marginal because
of their concentration in only a few districts with large
numbers in but a few states. Besides, the surveys say that
even this group is more comfortable with Democrats
than Republicans, even if the Democrats name is Barack
Hussein Obama.
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Paul Foer is a newspaper columnist and Merchant Marine of-
ficer based in Annapolis, Md. He also studies and writes about
American Jewish history.
Scapegoating the United States
Cathy young
T
he wave of anti-American
protests and riots across the
Muslim world to which we
were treated in mid-election sea-
son, and the assassination of a U.S.
ambassador and three members of
his staff, have revived the why do
they hate us? debate, which will not
go away merely because the election
has passed. Why are there such high levels of extremism
in many Muslim societies, and why is there so much anger
toward the United States?
For some on the left and the isolationist right, the
answer is clear: Its our fault. The United States and our
allies, the argument goes, have caused Muslims vast
suffering; no wonder Muslims seize on any flimsy pretext
to vent their anger. Whatever one thinks of United States
policies, however, the America-blaming is simplistic and
misguided and dangerously myopic about the danger
of radical Islamism.
The supposed offenses of the United States as
laid out, for instance, by journalist Glenn Greenwald
involve supporting Israel over the Palestinians; backing
oppressive regimes in Muslim countries; and waging wars,
including the war on terror that still kills civilians in
drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen.
These policies are strongly unpopular with Muslims
around the world. Is the anger, however, driven mainly
by concern for Muslim lives and welfare, or by more
ideological motives? We see little outrage over the carnage
in Syria, for example, where as many as 30,000 may have
died since last years uprising began. In Pakistan, terrorists
have killed over 14,000 civilians and more than 4,500
security personnel since 2004. (The civilian toll from
U.S. drone strikes is estimated at between 482 and 832.)
Countries such as China, which viciously represses its
Muslim minority, or Russia, which killed at least 100,000
in Chechnya, backed a Muslim-slaughtering regime in
Serbia, and blocks any effective action against Syria, are
not the focus of much Muslim anger.
The claim that Islamist radicals and ordinary people
who, while not endorsing terror, support some of their
goals hate us for our freedoms has been mocked as
a self-serving clich. In rebuttal, critics cite a 2004 poll
in which Muslims in several countries overwhelmingly
condemned the United States Mideast policies and the
Iraq war, but often approved of such American values as
democracy and freedom.
Other studies, however, paint a different picture. In a
2009 survey by the University of Marylands Program on
International Policy Attitudes, more Muslims in Pakistan
and Indonesia agreed with the Islamist goal to keep
Western values out of Islamic countries than with the
goal of getting the United States to stop favoring Israel.
In Egypt, both goals were endorsed by nearly 90 percent.
A 2011 survey in Yemen found less hostility to United
States military power whose impact was seen as very
bad by 46 percent than to the cultural influence of the
United States (56 percent). While nearly half of Yemenis
favored security assistance from the United States to their
government, over 90 percent felt that Western culture
corrupts Muslims.
The real war is within the Islamic world itself, between
those who favor modernity secular government,
individual freedom, womens liberation and those
seeking to uphold the traditional social and religious
order. This conflict is hardly unique to Islam, but, for
complex historical and cultural reasons, fundamentalist
forces in many Muslim societies are far more powerful and
radical than in the West. The radicals exploit the problems
of poverty and corruption to gain support; but these
problems (all too common in other parts of the world) are
not the primary cause of extremism.
The United States provides a convenient target for
modernization anxieties. In a 2011 paper, political
scientists Lisa Blaydes of Stanford University and
Drew Linzer of Emory University concluded that anti-
Americanism in Muslim countries is most reliably
predicted by conflict between Islamists and secularists
and by anti-American rhetoric from Islamist elites.
Religious zealotry is no fiction. Policies of the
United States did not cause the edict for the murder of
blasphemous novelist Salman Rushdie. Policies of the
United States are not responsible for the fact that, last
year, a Pakistani provincial governor, Salman Taseer, was
murdered after criticizing blasphemy laws and speaking
in support of a Christian woman sentenced to death for
an alleged slur on Muhammad or that the assassination
was cheered by many clerics and politicians.
Unfortunately, America-blaming can become an
excuse for the worst of intolerance. Recently, Patheos.
com, a website on religious issues, reported on the case of
an Egyptian atheist blogger arrested for blasphemy. Some
commenters argued that this action was understandable,
since atheists were positioning themselves as allies of the
Muslim-victimizing West.
What next? An explanation of how the United States is
to blame for the Spanish Inquisition?
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Joanne Palmer
I
t might have been something
in the water. Surely it was
something in the air. There
was something that made the
generation of north Jersey Jews
born in the first few decades
of the twentieth century into
extraordinary philanthropists.
Syril Rubin of Fort Lee, who died on Monday, was one
of them.
She and her late husband, Leonard, were among
the builders and then the pillars of the community
particularly the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly
and the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, along with a host of
other local groups as well as organizations across the
country and around the world, including the Shalom
Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Their partnership was
cast in the traditional mold he did most of the public
work, and she supplied the warmth and grace that
backed him up.
As her oldest child, Daniel Rubin, who lives in
Englewood and like his father is a former JCC president,
said, She did all the things that people dont read about
in newspapers, and dont get their names on buildings or
rooms for.
The Rubins were among the founders of the JCC, and
Syril Rubin launched many programs there; her interest
in culture, arts, and public affairs secured such speakers
as Bruno Bettelheim, George McGovern, and Arthur
Schlesinger. They were formative in creating the JCCs
Judaic scholar in residence program, which was the first
program of its kind in the country. For 30 years, the Rubin
Run has encouraged people to be healthy, challenge
themselves, and enjoy doing it. Her care for the elderly
ensured that handicapped-accessible transportation
would make it possible for people to get to the JCC so
they could benefit from the many programs it offers
them. Her support of the JCC Adult Reach Center helps
Beyond
rubies
Philanthropist Syril Rubin remembered
as an extraordinary person
Syril Rubin in August. photo provided by family
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people with Alzheimers and other dementias. At the
other end of life, her commitment to the JCCs nursery
school, which bears her familys name, and to special
needs children, has helped many children grow, develop,
learn, and laugh.
And she did not only give money; her work was
hands-on.
She had a personal touch with people, her son said.
She would have lunch with the residents of the Jewish
Home, or with the citizens at the JCC. Last summer, she
invited a dozen or 15 of the Jewish Home residents to
her house for lunch. She did things quietly; she did them
because they were the right thing to do. She never looked
for anything in return no recognition, no thanks. She
just did them because they were the right thing to do.
Syril Nelkin was born in West New York in 1928, the
daughter of Russian immigrants. Her father worked
in the diamond district in Manhattan brokering raw
diamonds. He had a way about him, said Syrils
daughter, Leslie Weinberg of Tenafly. He would buy a
diamond for, say, $100, and hed turn around and sell it
for $80, and hed say, Thats okay. Hes a good guy. He
wanted to give everyone a good deal.
Still, somehow I guess he figured out how to make a
little profit. They had a very nice apartment, a nice car,
and they were able to do nice things. She always had nice
clothes.
Syril Nelkin and Lenny Rubin knew each other since
Syril was 12, but the truth is that she didnt really like
him then, Weinberg said. He was a little skinny, and
just not for her. But he was very bright, and hed skipped
several grades, and then he was drafted into the navy
during the war World War II and when he came
home, he went to the JCC in West New York, wearing his
uniform, and that did it. They got married Syril, who
had studied at NYU for about a year and a half, was 19.
They really had a quite a love affair, their daughter said.
Lenny Rubin grew up in a very typical immigrant
home, with three siblings, multiple aunts and uncles;
they all shared beds and shared rooms, Weinberg said.
And it was a kosher home, with traditional Jewish
values. On the other hand, my mother grew up with
only some very very basic traditions. She knew she was
Jewish, but beyond that she didnt know that much.
These two different microcultures clashed at their
wedding.
My mother was all excited, a very happy bride-to-be,
and she and her parents planned everything. It was going
to be at a beautiful hotel. They had already sent out the
invitations. And then somehow the conversation came
up with my fathers parents about the food being kosher.
I dont think that at that point my mother knew what
kosher was. My father didnt know what to do. My mother
went to her father and told him. He threw his arms up
and said Kosher? You want kosher? They ended up
having a small dinner I think it was at Lou G. Siegel
because that was the way my fathers family was going to
be comfortable.
Her mother, Weinberg said, always wanted other
people to be comfortable.
Except for her brief stint at NYU, Rubin always lived
in New Jersey, moving from West New York to Leonia to
Englewood to Tenafly and then finally to Fort Lee.
Lenny Rubin owned Carolace Embroidery in
Edgewater, which grew to be a large and very profitable
enterprise. They had three children Daniel, Robert,
who lives in San Francisco, and Leslie.
When they moved to Bergen County, they joined the
JCC, which then was at Temple Emanu-El of Englewood
(which since has moved north and become Emanu-
El of Closter). It was at that point that the seeds of
philanthropy began to germinate. My father originally
joined the JCC because he wanted to play basketball,
and then he started coaching. But then their interest
in philanthropy just grew and was nurtured over many
years by the many wonderful people they came in
contact with, and from their own feelings, starting at
a very early point in their relationship, that they were
blessed.
They felt that they were so fortunate that my father
had a business that allowed them to do it. There were so
Everyone should know that Ive lived the most wonderful life,
with the most wonderful friends and the most loving and caring
family. And its okay. Im ready to go. Nobody should be sad.
Death is part of life. This is okay.
Syril and Leonard Rubin. photo provided by family
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many people who were less fortunate. They wanted to
give back.
The culture in which they found themselves really
was a culture of genuine philanthropy, Weinberg added.
It was not just give back to the community, it was give
back to everyone in every way. It was not just support
one type of organization, it was support those who cant
help themselves; teach those who cant help themselves
so that they can.
My mother was the support system and the force
behind my father, she said. When the time came
to move the JCC from Englewood to Tenafly, where
it is today, his involvement was about building an
important community center. It was about raising the
money for it. For her, it was about bringing the best
cultural programs to the center, which would then bring
the people. In other words, he built the structure, and
she filled it with life.
Syril Rubin was a very proper person, her daughter
added. Everything should be done the right way, the
appropriate way. That was one of the lessons she
taught her children. Another was to appreciate beauty
in nature; to be excited in anticipation of thunder and
lightning. She would take me to the Philharmonic and
the ballet. As a little girl I liked it, but I might have been
a little edgy in my seat, but when I was an adult wed
look at each other and laugh and remember how many
times wed seen each ballet, and how wed see something
different in it each time.
Daniel Rubin concurs. She made my brother and
sister and me play the piano and go to concerts and eat
healthy food and read poetry. All of which we hated. But
the seeds were planted; as adults these are things we
really enjoy today because of her example.
At the end of her life, she taught her children and the
community another lesson how to die with grace.
As soon as she was diagnosed, in August, her daughter
remembers, her mother said, Everyone should know
that Ive lived the most wonderful life, with the most
wonderful friends and the most loving and caring family.
And its okay. Im ready to go. Nobody should be sad.
Death is part of life. This is okay.
I said to her, at the very end, Mom, you kind of set
the bar very high, Weinberg said.
The Rubins belonged to many synagogues, including
Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, where
Daniel Rubin and his family belong, and Temple Sinai
of Bergen County in Tenafly, Leslie Weinbergs family
synagogue. They used to belong to Temple Emanuel
when it was in Englewood, and a few years ago Syril
Rubin rejoined it in Closter.
She really was an extraordinary lady, said Rabbi
Shmuel Goldin of Ahavath Torah. She came to her
Jewish identity through her association with Leonard,
but she really embraced it so that it became absolutely
natural to her. She had a love affair with Israel her
daughter estimated that her parents had gone to Israel
more than 40 times. She had strong opinions and she
did not hesitate to express them, but she wanted always
to do the right thing and make others comfortable.
When someone is ill, that strips away all
superficialities. When I went to visit her toward the end,
she was so grateful and started talking to me about me.
She insisted on getting up and walking me to the door.
And there were no pretenses left by then. This was very
real. It was who she was.
She was a very good person.
Rabbi David Seth Kirshner of Emanu-El echoed
Goldin. She was a gem of a human being, he said.
She was very regal, but she was also very approachable.
Very warm, and also very demanding of herself. She was
incredibly positive and loving, so even as she got sick I
would go to her home and she would thank me and hug
me and kiss me and ask me about my children.
It was in her DNA.
Charles Berkowitz, the president of the Jewish Home,
agrees. Hed known both Rubins since 1964, when he did
his fieldwork for his social work degree at the JCC. They
were a very special couple, he said.
The Jewish Standards publisher, James Janoff, also
remembers Syril Rubin with great fondness. He had
known both Syril and Lenny Rubin for most of his life.
During our last conversation and we had many
Syril reminded me of the uniqueness of our community
and how important it was for it to remain vibrant for
future generations, he said. She said the Standard had
a shared obligation in chronicling the progress and I
assured her we would.
There was lots to learn from Syril Rubin. My
Tuesdays with Morrie partner? Maybe, but I came away
from each phone call with a renewed sense of purpose.
Syril knew what was important in life and there were
times when I needed that reminder.
Lenny sure picked a winner. I am forever grateful to
have known them both.
Dr. Sandra Gold, another former JCC president, told a
story that she said was typical of her friend Syril. Shortly
after I met her, she called me to ask me to come to a
meeting. I told her that I couldnt, because I was having a
meeting at my house and I needed to bake a cake. Within
three hours a cake that she had baked for me was at my
house. And Id known her maybe three weeks.
This was typical of her; reaching out to people, seeing
what they needed. You didnt have to ask her. She knew.
If you look at the array of endowments that she and
Lenny implemented throughout our community, you
will see populations that need an extra hand. Thats
who she chose to help the frail elderly, people with
disabilities. Those are areas that are not popular.
She was a gute neshuma, Gold concluded. A good
soul.
Syril Rubin is survived by her sister, Helen Nelkin,
three children and their spouses Daniel and
Eileen Rubin, Robert and Toby Rubin, and Leslie and
Mark Weinberg 12 grandchildren, and 10 great
grandchildren.
In Washington Square Park in 1946, when she was a
student at NYU. photoS provided by family
The Rubin family.
With grandson Avri.
It was not just support one type of
organization, it was support those who
cant help themselves; teach those who
cant help themselves so that they can.
Leslie Weinberg
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JERSEY CITY A flooded warehouse,
decomposed wall beams, sodden sheet-
rock, crumbling brick walls, a fried elec-
trical system and about $2 million worth
of rotten cheese waiting to be chucked:
Thats only a glimpse of the woes facing
Brigitte Mizrahi.
Mizrahi, who was born in France,
owns Anderson International Foods,
a small kosher cheese company she
founded in 1995, and her warehouse is in
an industrial area of Jersey City about a
mile from the Hudson River waterfront.
Although the facility isnt in the desig-
nated flood zone, it was under four feet
of water soon after superstorm Sandy
blew through town two weeks ago.
The only reason why I look calm is
because Ive already had time to decom-
press, she said while standing outside
what was once her office.
It was such a beautiful building. The
roof over here blew off, its pretty much
gone, and all that used to be brick, she
added, pointing to a wall with a mound
of brick rubble piled high.
More than two weeks after the worst
storm to hit the northeastern United
States in memory, life has returned to
normal for most of the millions of resi-
dents in the storms path. Still, thousands
remain without power. And for those
with homes and businesses that took the
brunt of Sandys beating, the cleanup
and restoration work is just beginning.
Inside the AIF warehouse, a team of
workers from a recovery company is
working on repairs. Three men in masks
are power washing the floors with bleach
and sanitation solution to get rid of the
dirty residue from the floodwater, at-
tempting to restore the facility to the
pristine cleanliness required of a com-
mercial dairy.
Out front, a Dumpster teems with
removed sheetrock and beams. The walls
must be completely redone, ensuring
that employees wont become sick from
inhaling mold or mildew. A pile of com-
puters, printers, fax machines, desks,
chairs and wires is stacked to the left,
boxes of the companys paperwork are
stacked to the right. Two forklifts with
blown electrical systems droop in the
The New Jersey warehouse of Anderson International Foods lost power from
Sandy, making hundreds of thousands of boxes of cheese unusable. Chavie Lieber
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This is organized! project manager
Yehuda Maimon said. You should have
seen it after the storm. Pitch black, ev-
erything everywhere; it was terrifying.
No one thought it was going to be this
bad.
Still, those piles at the front look mini-
mal compared to the boxes of wasted
cheese that stretch across and down the
rest of the warehouse.
AIF sells cheese under three labels:
Natural and Kosher, les Petites Fermieres,
and Organic Kosher. The company takes
shipments from producers in California,
Wisconsin, and Israel, and distributes to
stores across the United States as well as
Mexico, Australia, and Canada. But lack-
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to be edible, Omer Wienrib, AIFs vice
president of operations, said. Once we
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save any of it.
Standing inside an industrial-size
refrigerator packed with some 100,000
boxes of cheese, Weinrib places his hand
on a combo pack of fancy cheeses that
should be on its way to Costco stores
in Mexico. Some of the product is still
cold, even though the air has the familiar
stench of sweaty feet.
Even though its cold out, its too
much of a risk to be selling the cheese,
he said. This is what people eat. We cant
mess with that.
The cost of AIFs devastation is signifi-
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inventory alone could be as much as $2
million, with the building repairs nearly
twice that figure.
Still, AIF presses on: It has received
a new shipment of cheese, using sev-
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rooms, and their 20 employees are work-
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We barely missed any days, Maimon
said. We have a makeshift office in
Brigittes apartment living room and we
are getting right back on our feet.
Of course, we have some coffee, tea
and candy, Mizrahi added. Some nice
Jewish hospitality to get through all this.
For AIF, the storm could hardly have
come at a worse time.
Kosherfest, the worlds largest kosher
food trade show and perhaps AIFs most
important marketing event of the year,
is being held Tuesday and Wednesday
in New Jersey. The members of Mizrahis
team have been working around the
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under control and promise their table
will impress.
Meanwhile, the company is dealing
with insurance assessors and hoping
that government relief assistance will
help cover the costs of rebuilding. For
now, though, the price of rebuilding is
being paid from company coffers.
We dont really know exactly what
we will get back because you never know
with insurance, Weinrib said. But if we
have to, well pay for repairs and move
on. This can be a fresh beginning for all
of us hit by this hurricane.
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Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON Think immigration through again.
Forget about gay marriage. And for heavens sake, when it
comes to rape, shut up!
The Republican Party as a whole is having the morning-
afters, reconsidering how it might have done better in an
election that saw the party fail to win the White House and
suffer modest losses in Congress, and Jewish Republicans
and conservatives are coming forward with their own
insights.
There will be a lot of very frank conversations be-
tween our organization and its leadership and the leader-
ship within the party, Matt Brooks, the director of the
Republican Jewish Coalition, said last week in a conference
call that otherwise addressed gains that Republican presi-
dential candidate Mitt Romney appeared to have made
among Jewish voters.
A number of Romneys financial backers includ-
ing Fred Zeidman of Texas, Mel Sembler of Florida and
Sheldon Adelson are among the RJCs leadership, and
Brooks made clear that their voices would be heard.
A lot of the major financial support the candidates
received was from the members of this organization,
Brooks said. There is a lot of weight behind their message
on that.
William Daroff, the Washington director of the Jewish
Federations of North America and a former deputy to
Brooks at the RJC, said Republican Jews would likely advise
the party to moderate.
The conventional wisdom is that the election will
result in the shift of the Republican Party to the center,
particularly on issues of immigration, Daroff said. To the
extent that the party does shift, it would make Republican
candidates more appealing to Jewish voters who may be
inclined to vote Republican on foreign policy and home-
land security issues but who have been turned off by con-
servative Republicans rigidity on social issues.
Some of the leading voices counseling moderation of
hard-line Republican policies have been Jewish conser-
vatives. One of the first post-election posts from Jennifer
Rubin, who writes the Right Turn blog for the Washington
Post, said it was time to stop opposing gay marriage in the
political arena.
Republicans for national office would do well to rec-
ognize reality, Rubin said. The American people have
changed their minds on the issue and fighting this one is
political flat-earthism. As with divorce, one need not favor
it, but to run against it is folly, especially for national politi-
cians who need to appeal to a diverse electorate.
Charles Krauthammer, the syndicated columnist, noted
sharp Democratic gains among Hispanic voters and coun-
seled a change in immigration policy, making clear that the
current GOP emphasis on securing the borders should be
followed by amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the
country.
Romney had advocated disincentives, including mak-
ing it more difficult for illegal immigrants to get jobs and
educations, that would push them to leave, or self deport.
Many Hispanics fear that there will be nothing be-
yond enforcement. So, promise amnesty right up front,
Krauthammer wrote in his Nov. 9 column. Secure the bor-
der with guaranteed legalization to follow on the day the
four border-state governors affirm that illegal immigration
has slowed to a trickle.
Zeidman, the fundraiser, said Jewish Republicans had
a special role in making the case for immigration reform.
The rest of the party has to understand what we as
Jews have always understood that this is a nation of im-
migrants and to ignore them is to end up losing, he said.
A number of conservatives have lashed back against
calls for policy changes, saying that the party was missing
the ideas revolution underpinning the 2010 Tea Party in-
surgency that propelled Republicans to the majority in the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Theres no point in two Democratic parties, said Jeff
Ballabon, a Republican activist from New York. Any such
victory would be pyrrhic.
Singling out gay marriage or immigration was self-
defeating, said Ballabon.
All the postmortems focus on demographics thats
playing the Democrats gem, thats a loss right there, he
said.
Recalling the drawing power of a figure like Ronald
Reagan, Ballabon said positions on hot-button issues mat-
ter less than a party leader who can appeal across demo-
graphic lines.
The only chance we have is theres another bold vision-
ary who can attract people not based on divide and con-
quer, but who can inspire people to core American ideals
liberty, freedom, personal responsibility, Ballabon said.
Tevi Troy, a senior adviser to the Romney campaign,
said the problem was not with policies but with how they
were presented.
There are messaging challenges, he said. I dont think
any of our candidates should talk about rape.
GOP Senate candidates in Missouri and Indiana
states that otherwise went solidly for Romney both lost
their seats after making controversial marks about rape
that were widely reported and derided. Their losses facili-
tated a net Democratic gain in the body from 53 to 55.
Troy said the Republican Party could learn from its
Jewish supporters how to frame its vision of an America of
opportunity in ways that would appeal to minorities and
immigrants.
You do have a place in America to succeed, he said.
Jews are a paradigmatic example of a minority that came
to the U.S. and did very well in the American system.
Troy said also that the party should consider gradual
and not radical changes in some areas. For instance, re-
versing Obamacare, the presidents health care reforms
mandating universal coverage, was likely no longer an
option.
Repealing Obamacare is not viable right now, said
Troy, a deputy health secretary under President George W.
Bush. I still think the law needs significant reforms, and
now is the time to talk about it.
JTA Wire Service
Sheldon Adelson, a major donor to Republican candi-
dates, at a Republican Jewish Coalition event at the
partys convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 27. Jewish
Republicans say the party should expect to hear from
donors about how to do better in the next election.
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Uriel Heilman
BALTIMORE A year since its creation,
the grandly named Global Planning
Table remains the great white hope of
the Jewish Federations of North America,
which held its annual General Assembly
here this week.
Introduced a year
ago, the GPT aims to
reshape the way fed-
erations spend money outside their local
communities by making decisions on
collective spending more transparent and
communal. Federation officials hope this
will stem the decline in overseas spending
and bring more clout and money to
federations collective action.
Some say the federation system is an
old model that wont survive because
donors are more independent, Kathy
Manning, the outgoing JFNA board
chair, said at the GAs opening plenary on
Sunday. I believe the secret of the Jewish
communitys success is our ability to act
together.
A year on, the GPT still is in its embry-
onic stages. No money has been doled
out under GPT guidelines, and over the
summer the professional director of the
project resigned. The Jewish Federations
subsequently announced that imple-
mentation of the GPT, which will end
the traditional arrangement by which
federation overseas dollars automatically
went to the Jewish Agency for Israel and
the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee along a 75/25 percent split,
will be delayed by a year.
This is slower than I would like it to
be, but I understand we have to get a lot
of buy-in, said Jay Sanderson, president
of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los
Angeles. Im still optimistic we can get
the right thing done, but something has
to happen in 2013. There needs to be
some tachles, he said, using the Yiddish
term for substance.
The central challenge of the Jewish
federations, which together raise nearly
$3 billion per year, has not changed in
recent years. These clearinghouses of
Jewish charity must figure out how to
keep the community committed to a
system of collective action in an era when
American Jewry is increasingly frag-
mented, less institutionally affiliated and
more restrictive than ever when it comes
to philanthropic spending.
Most of the time, thats a tough sell.
But then a crisis like Hurricane Sandy
comes along, and the need for a system
that can harness the collective power
of the community suddenly becomes
readily apparent. In the space of just a
few hours on the Sunday after the storm
hit, the executive board of the UJA-
Federation of New York made $10 million
immediately available to Jewish institu-
tions and people struck by the largest
storm in memory to hit the northeastern
United States.
Responding to people in suffering is
what we do, Jerry Levin, president of the
UJA-Federation of New York, said at the
GA. This is the federation system.
Absent a crisis, however, muster-
ing collective action faces two major
obstacles: decision-making and motiva-
tion. How can 156 federations, each with
its own agenda and priorities, come to
agreement on spending decisions? And
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how can they motivate donors to give in support of those
decisions?
Federations hope the GPT is the answer.
The Global Planning Table could be terrific if they
decided what the things are that we can do to bend the
future, Barry Shrage, president of the Boston federation,
Combined Jewish Philanthropies, said. The federations
are still the richest, most powerful force in American
Jewish life. We can change the world if we know what we
want to do.
So far, the discussion, research, consultation, and
committees connected to the GPT have resulted in the
identification of four spending priorities: strengthening
Israel, developing leadership and community, caring
for vulnerable populations, and building Jewish identity
and connections. The federations hope theyll be able to
launch one to two new initiatives next year that support
those priorities.
The potential still remains that the GPT will be able
to gather enough momentum, said Alan Hoffman,
director-general of the Jewish Agency. Its all about the
power of ideas to engage the hearts and minds of donors.
This is about the future of the federation movement.
While the GPT dominated insider buzz at last years
GA held in Denver, this years assembly seemed to lack a
comparable big issue.
I feel like its smaller, though that may be the venue,
said Susan Holzman Wachsstock, executive director of
a group called Jewish Student Connection, which seeks
to enrich Jewish experiences for Jewish public school
students. I also think the content is much leaner than in
previous years. The plenaries, however, were the best Ive
seen in years.
The conference site, the sprawling Baltimore
Convention Center, dwarfed the 3,000 attendees, often
making it difficult to find a crowd. There were no real star
headliners unless you count Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel
or Edon, the kipah-wearing singing sensation from
Americas Got Talent and no one from either the
Obama administration or the Israeli Knesset showed up.
While attendance at other major Jewish gatherings
has continued to climb year after year AIPACs an-
nual conference now draws a crowd of more than 10,000,
and 6,000 showed up to last years Reform biennial,
which also featured President Obama the GA seems
stuck at about 3,000. It wasnt even the largest Jewish
gathering of the week in America. That distinction went
to the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch
Emissaries, which drew more than 4,000 supporters and
Chabad outreach emissaries to New York.
There needs to be more of a reason to get people
here, L.A.s Sanderson said. Its not just about who
speaks. Everything here is frontal, but the Jewish world
is not frontal anymore. This is not an engaging setup.
Maybe it doesnt have to be every year. Maybe it should
be every other year.
For many, the confab is not so much a pep rally
as an opportunity for networking. Representatives of
American Jewish and Israeli organizations hoping for
federation support come to pitch their programs and
meet federation leaders. Federation executives come to
meet with their colleagues. More than 300 college stu-
dents and 100 high schoolers were brought to this years
conference.
Stephen Hoffman, a former president of the fed-
eration umbrella organization and now president of the
Cleveland Jewish federation, said the GA is not a place to
convert the unwashed people who arent involved in
federation. Rather, he said, Its a place to reinforce the
values and motivation of people who are engaged in the
leadership ranks.
But Sanderson says GAs need to be attractive to more
than just core professionals and lay leaders.
We need a lot more home runs, he said. This is a
walk at best.
One moment of excitement that belied that analysis,
many participants said, came in the closing assembly,
when Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for
Reform Judaism and the GAs official scholar in residence,
delivered a call to stand up for religious pluralism in
Israel.
So long as Israel remains the only democracy that
legally discriminates against the majority of Jews who are
in the non-Orthodox streams, the Zionist dream of the
ingathering of the exiles in a Jewish state for all Jews can-
not be fully realized, Jacobs said in a speech punctuated
by rousing applause. It is time to end this discrimination
once and for all.
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WASHINGTON The arguments for and against the
latest Palestinian bid for statehood status at the United
Nations come down to which is the faster path to
irrelevancy.
The Palestine Liberation Organization is seeking a
diplomatic victory to preserve the legitimacy of its af-
filiated Palestinian Authority in the face of a fiscal crisis
and a resurgent Hamas. But any success at the United
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Washington. It would not get them closer to real state-
hood. It would create unrealistic expectations on the
ground and it would call into question a number of
agreements Israel has with the Palestinian Authority
and not with the state of Palestine.
Maen Areikat, the PLO envoy to Washington, said
achieving statehood status would actually help preserve
the two-state solution.
In the face of the continued Israeli settlement activi-
ties and the confiscation of land, the chances of estab-
lishing a Palestinian state next to Israel are fading and
the international community is not doing anything to
hold Israel accountable, especially the United States,
Areikat said.
The Palestinians have been down this road once be-
fore, but the current bid is more modest than last years
quest for full inclusion as a U.N. member state, which
is subject to full Security Council approval. A draft now
circulating grants the PLO non-member state observer
status, defining Palestine as a state within the 1967 lines
but not granting it full inclusion. The resolution needs
only to be adopted by the larger General Assembly,
where the Palestinians are believed to have a majority
in their favor.
On Monday, Abbas said he would submit the
bid on Nov. 29 the 65th anniversary of the 1947
U.N. vote calling for two states, one Jewish and one
Arab, in Palestine. Israel accepted the plan while the
Palestinians and other Arabs rejected it, launching a war
against the nascent Jewish state.
Areikat says that recognition would provide
Palestinians the basis with which to return to talks,
which they abandoned two years after Israel refused
to freeze settlement building. Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu wants the Palestinians to return
to talks without preconditions. Areikat said such calls
are not substantive without an outline of an acceptable
outcome for the Palestinians.
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Palestinians, he said. The aim is not to
delegitimize Israel and end cooperation.
On the contrary, after we get recognition
within the 1967 borders, we are willing to
engage the Israelis.
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the effect of a statehood vote by lobbying
European and Latin American nations to
vote against it or abstain.
It will send a message that the
Palestinians do not enjoy a broader
support much beyond Arab states and
Muslim nations, said Ken Bandler,
the American Jewish Committees
spokesman.
If the U.N. gambit is successful, it like-
ly would lead to a freeze on some of the
U.S. funds designated for the Palestinian
Authority, which now receives more
than $500 million in American assis-
tance each year, suggested Rep. Nita
Lowey (D-N.Y.), the senior Democrat
on the foreign operations subcommit-
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Appropriations Committee.
The Palestinian Authoritys ability
to provide basic services is important to
the goal of a Palestinian state living side
by side with a state of Israel, Lowey said.
But theres no doubt there will be conse-
quences going forward.
It would be especially difficult to
make the case for such aid in the face
of intensified rocket fire from the Gaza
Strip on Israel in recent days, Lowey said.
It is important to recognize that
any discussion about the Palestinian
Authority gaining observer status within
the U.N. General Assembly is taking
place within the context of over 100
rockets hitting Israel in the last three
days, she said. The leaders have shown
theyre unable to stop terrorist attacks
from Gaza.
The threat from Gaza, ruled by
the Hamas terrorist group, is pre-
cisely why cutting off the Palestinian
Authority would be counterproductive,
said Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at
the American Task Force on Palestine,
a group that has not endorsed the U.N.
bids but opposes punitive measures.
The West and Israel have to rec-
ognize that if their primary reaction
is to take away more money from the
Palestinians and make them suffer more,
the direct beneficiaries will be a rising
Hamas, Ibish said.
Lara Friedman, the director of policy
and government relations for Americans
for Peace Now, said that non-member
observer status, unlike full membership,
would not trigger laws mandating a cut-
off in U.S. funds to the Palestinians or the
United Nations. The question, she said,
is whether Congress or the president will
take steps to impose such consequences
regardless.
Congress could, of course, seek to
change the law, she said. Likewise, the
Obama administration could act on its
own to exact retribution.
However, with the 2012 elections
behind it, the Obama administration has
far more room to maneuver than it did in
2011, and will no doubt be aware that its
reaction to this Palestinian effort will be
widely interpreted as a signal of its policy
direction for the coming four years.
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Canadian lawmaker Cotler calls
for recognition of Jewish refugees
TORONTO Canadian lawmaker Irwin
Cotler proposed a motion in Parliament
calling for government recognition of
some 850,000 Jews forcibly displaced
from Arab lands since Israels creation in
1948.
In his Nov. 8 motion, Cotler, a former
Canadian justice minister, noted that by
rejecting the U.N.s Partition Resolution
of 1947-1948, Arab states launched their
double aggression of a war against the
nascent Jewish state and assaults on their
own Jewish nationals, resulting in two
refugee populations, Palestinian refugees
and Jewish refugees from Arab countries.
The time has come, said Cotler, to
restore the pain and plight of Jewish
refugees from Arab countries to the inter-
national peace and justice narrative from
which it has been eclipsed these past 60
years.
The motion calls on Canada to rec-
ognize that since 1948, there have been
more than 170 U.N. resolutions on
Palestinian refugees, yet not one resolu-
tion that makes any reference to, nor is
there any expression of concern for, the
plight of the 850,000 Jews displaced from
Arab countries.
It also asks that the annual Nov. 29
commemoration by the United Nations
of the International Day of Solidarity
with the Palestinian People should be
transformed into an International Day
of Solidarity for a Two-People, Two-State
Solution as the initial 1947 Partition
Resolution intended.
Cotler, of the Liberal Party, wants
Ottawa to recognize that any compre-
hensive Middle East peace agreement
must address and resolve all outstanding
issues relating to the legitimate rights of
all refugees, including Jews, Christians
and other populations, displaced from
countries in the Middle East.
He expressed hope that the Standing
Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold
hearings on the matter similar to ones in
the U.S. Congress, the Italian parliament
and the British Parliament, before which
Cotler testified as an expert witness.
Wiesel, Sharansky address JFNA General Assembly
Elie Wiesel and Natan Sharansky reflected
on the 1987 March on Washington for
Soviet Jewry during a special plenary ses-
sion of the Jewish Federations of North
Americas General Assembly.
The discussion Monday in Baltimore
featuring Wiesel, a Nobel laureate,
and Sharansky, a Soviet refusenik who
planned the historic march that helped
free Soviet Jewry, was moderated by Laura
Bialis, an award-winning documentary
filmmaker and founder of the Foundation
for Documentary Projects. Sharansky is
now the chairman of the executive of The
Jewish Agency for Israel.
During the GA, which ended Tuesday,
the first-ever report on inclusion of les-
bians, gays, bisexuals and transgender
within Jewish organizations in North
America was released during a special
reception.
Michael Siegal of Cleveland was in-
stalled as the new board chair of JFNA.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu addressed the conference in a
taped message.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the
Union for Reform Judaism, served as
scholar in residence for the gathering.
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legalization vote in Colorado
Ben Harris
S
ay what you will about Mason
Tvert, the Jewish activist behind
the marijuana legalization cam-
paign that passed in Colorado, the man
clearly has a sense of humor.
Some years ago, in his efforts to per-
suade the public that marijuana is far
less a health menace than alcohol, Tvert
famously challenged both the mayor of
Denver and the heir to the Coors brew-
ing fortune to a sort of intoxication duel:
Tvert would smoke pot while the others
drank, and they would see who dropped
dead first.
Neither man took up Tvert on his offer.
But after on Nov. 6, when Colorado vot-
ers adopted a newly permissive approach
to marijuana following a campaign for
which the 30-year-old was the public face
and a leading strategist, Tverts tomfool-
ery is no longer just a laughing matter.
The measure, and a similar one adopted
last week in Washington state, is a water-
shed, permitting residents over 21 to pos-
sess up to an ounce of marijuana and to
grow up to six plants for recreational use.
Though somewhat overlooked amid
the cacophony of a hard-fought presiden-
tial campaign, the new laws in Colorado
and Washington are unprecedented.
Colorados Amendment 64: The
Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act
of 2012 is more liberal than even the
Netherlands famously permissive drug
laws, which still consider pot possession
a misdemeanor. The new law goes well
beyond the medical marijuana provisions
now on the books in 18 states that permit
use of the drug with a doctors permis-
sion, and directly challenges federal
authority, which still considers cannabis
a Schedule I controlled substance along
with heroin and LSD.
We have forced a major international,
let alone national, discussion on this is-
sue, Tvert, the executive director of Safer
Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, or
SAFER, said. And I truly believe the more
people talk about this issue amongst
each other, the quicker were going to see
broader change in how our country and
our state and our world treats marijuana.
Tvert grew up in a Jewish fam-
ily in Scottsdale, Ariz., and went to the
University of Richmond. His conscious-
ness around marijuana reform was gal-
vanized in college, when, for reasons he
claims not to know, he was subpoenaed
in a multijurisdictional investigation into
marijuana use.
It was really just a shakedown, more
or less, Tvert said. They start with col-
lege kids who probably have a lot to lose.
They work their way up from there.
Tvert likes to compare that to an earlier
incident in which, taken unconscious to
the hospital to have his stomach pumped
after excessive alcohol consumption, he
was later released without any question-
ing from the police, despite being under
age. The discrepancy informs one of the
pro-legalization campaigns most fre-
quent talking points: They say marijuana
is far less dangerous than alcohol, which
itself was once the target of a costly and
failed effort at prohibition, and should be
regulated as such.
Critics counter that marijuana is a
dangerous and addictive drug whose le-
galization would legitimate its use by the
young and lead to a range of social ills.
Mason Tvert was the face of the successful campaign to legalize recreational
marijuana in Colorado.
see Marijuana page 32
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After graduation, Tvert moved to Colorado and co-
founded SAFER, a small group that raised just $132,000
in 2010 and shares office space with Colorados Jewish
newspaper, the Intermountain Jewish News. He was in-
strumental in two earlier legalization efforts in Colorado:
the 2005 adoption of the Denver Alcohol-Marijuana
Equalization Initiative, which permitted the posses-
sion of marijuana in Denver, and a 2007 measure that
required officials to make marijuana offenses the citys
lowest law enforcement priority. State law remained
unchanged, however, and thousands of Coloradans
still were being arrested each year for possession of
marijuana.
Tvert persevered, developing a reputation as some-
one with a knack for media stunts.
In 2008, after a rash of alcohol-related disturbances at
Denvers airport, Tvert called a news conference to urge
authorities to allow marijuana in the airports smoking
lounge to cut down on traveler stress. Two years earlier
he had a billboard erected near a speech by the visiting
White House drug czar, John Walters, that quoted Walters
saying that marijuana is the safest drug around. Tvert
has called the states governor an owner of a popu-
lar Denver brew pub a drug dealer whose product
just happened to be legal. In another Tvert billboard, a
woman in a marijuana-colored bikini appeared above
the caption Marijuana: No hangovers, no violence, no
carbs!
He is just almost a media force of nature, said Steve
Fox, the president of SAFER and the director of govern-
ment relations for the Marijuana Policy Project, which
provided about 90 percent of the funds for the $2.2 mil-
lion Colorado campaign.
Hes just been brilliant in terms of being on message
at all times, developing relationships with the media so
they trust him and are willing to come out when hes do-
ing some sort of event. And just the body of communica-
tions skills were just excellent for this. Thats really where
hes excelled.
As the campaign moved to the state level, advocates
buttoned up their image somewhat, attracting some
high-profile support in the process. Former Republican
congressman Tom Tancredo, who is best known for his
staunch opposition to immigration, endorsed the initia-
tive. Actress Susan Sarandon recorded a robocall target-
ing Colorado voters. Singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge
did a radio spot.
The group also upgraded its message from one that
emphasizes marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol to
one that emphasizes the potential tax revenues of regu-
lated marijuana, misplaced law enforcement priorities
and overcrowded prisons. Amendment 64 specifically
requires the first $40 million in marijuana tax revenues
be used to support capital funding for Colorado schools
and, unlike a similar but failed attempt in 2010 in
California, requires the state to design a tight regulatory
regime.
The legalization campaign in Colorado no doubt ben-
efited from a sea change in American attitudes toward
the drug. A 1969 Gallup poll found that 84 percent of
Americans opposed legalization; by last year the num-
ber was down to 46 percent, with 50 percent favoring
legalization.
Its unclear exactly what happens next for Tvert and
the wider marijuana legalization campaign. Washington
could justify a crackdown under the doctrine of federal
supremacy, but its still unclear how the administration
will react to the new laws in Colorado and Washington.
After years of looking the other way at the budding
medical marijuana industry in California, the Justice
Department last year cracked down on pot shops in the
state.
But it may not have the same incentive to repeat that
in Colorado, marijuana activists say.
Theres no need for a knee-jerk federal response,
said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug
Policy Alliance in New York and one of the countrys top
marijuana activists. There is ample time for rational dis-
cussion of how state regulatory authorities will accom-
modate federal concerns.
Besides, Nadelmann added, Colorado is an impor-
tant swing state. Why make enemies unnecessarily?
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Suspected synagogue vandal
arrested near Paris
French police reportedly arrested a 21-year-old man
suspected of scrawling death to Jews on a synagogue
near Paris.
The man is suspected of writing the message with a
black marker on Nov. 7 or Nov. 8 on the entrance to the
synagogue of Pantin in Seine-Saint-Denis near Paris, ac-
cording to the municipality.
The radio network Europe1 reported that the man
was arrested in the Paris suburb on Nov. 9 and was re-
manded. The 11-inch graffiti was discovered early on
the previous day when a group of young men wearing
hoods was seen near the synagogue, according to the
radio stations report.
In a separate incident from Nov. 4, seven unidentified
people attacked an Orthodox Jewish man in Sacrelles
near the French capital. They pelted the 55-year-old man
with eggs as he was making his way to his synagogue, ac-
cording to the French daily Le Parisien, then hit him on
his legs after he turned around and walked away from
them.
The report did not say whether the attack at Sarcelles
was anti-Semitic in nature.
Last September, members of what French police de-
scribed as a dangerous Jihadist network tossed a home-
made grenade into a supermarket in Sarcelles, home to
some 60,000 Jews. One man sustained minor injuries in
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Arizona Jewish woman shot
by Loughner responds to gunmans sentence
Sheila WilenSky
A
fter 22 months, Suzi Hileman of Tucson, Ariz.,
finally got to step into a courtroom and con-
front Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman who
killed six people and wounded her and 12 others who
had come to meet with U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a
Tucson Safeway on Jan. 8, 2011.
I have wanted to speak to him since it happened,
Hileman said. It had nothing to do with him. It had more
to do with me. Im not used to being passive. Ive been on
the receiving end of bullets, of surgeries, of such sadness
because of him.
On Nov. 8, the 24-year-old Loughner was sentenced
to seven consecutive life sentences and 140 years by U.S.
District Judge Larry Burns in the Special Proceedings
Courtroom in Tucsons federal courthouse. His guilty
plea enables the convicted killer to avoid a federal death
sentence.
State prosecutors said they would not file separate
charges, largely to spare the victims continued pain, and
given that Loughner will never see freedom again, ac-
cording to the Arizona Daily Star.
The sentence marked the end of a nearly two-year
saga in which Loughner, who has schizophrenia, was
forcibly medicated at a Missouri federal prison medi-
cal facility so he could be competent to understand the
charges against him.
Hes a seriously ill young man and he has been for a
long time, said Hileman, a retired social worker who is
Jewish. Its heartbreaking to me that a kid whos younger
than my children will spend the rest of his life in a box.
But he armed himself with a weapon and pulled the trig-
ger. He shot me three times. He killed a 9-year-old girl. He
put a bullet in Gabbys brain. He has to pay for that.
Before the Nov. 8 hearing, Giffords entered the waiting
room with her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly.
Gabby looked at me with her eyes sparkling and
her smile radiant and pumped her fist, saying, Strong,
strong, Hileman recalled. If she can do this, I can, I
thought to myself.
At the hearing, Hileman stood at a podium with her
husband, Bill, by her side, turned to Loughner, and read
her statement.
You turned a civics lesson into a nightmare, she said.
That Saturday morning was filled with sunshine and
smiles and excitement. We were gathered to participate
in the process. We had made time in our lives to tell your
congresswoman how government could better work for
you.
For you, you were part of society then. Your congress-
woman. For whom you could have voted or not. For
whom you could have campaigned or not. It was an
opportunity to witness democracy in action. We brought
our wives, our husbands, our children, our friends chil-
dren. You brought a gun.
At the hearing, Hileman said, there were things I
needed to get off my chest. I think my words hung there
between us. He has agreed to take medication. Now hes
a heavily medicated young man whos seriously ill. Its so
sad that it took such violence for him to get treatment.
The general consensus among victims who spoke at
the hearing, she said, is that were comfortable with the
resolution bypassing the death penalty. Even Hilemans
90-year-old mother, Esther Annis, told her, Dont let him
bring you down to his level.
Following the sentencing, All I care about is he cant
hurt me or anybody else. I had a plan and he hijacked my
agenda, Hileman said. Hes occupied enough space in
my soul.
Theres no appeal for seven consecutive life
sentences. This is done, fartik, she said, using the
Yiddish word for finished.
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WASHINGTON At the behest of leading U.S. Jewish
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Vanik restrictions, the Soviet-era law aimed at exerting
pressure on Russia to loosen its emigration restrictions.
But that doesnt mean the Putin administration is off
the hook for human rights abuses. Jewish groups are
championing a new measure that imposes sanctions on
Russians suspected of involvement with extrajudicial
killings and torture.
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote
Friday to graduate Russia from the 1974 law named for
the late Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.) and Rep. Charlie
Vanik (D-Ohio), which conditioned trade on freedom of
emigration. The bill also includes new provisions that
restrict travel and freeze the assets of Russians suspected
of human rights abuses.
A letter to Congress in June from eight Jewish groups
was seen as key to advancing the legislation, which is
likely to be considered by the Senate after Thanksgiving.
The bill has bipartisan support and is expected to pass
and be signed by President Obama.
Our argument was and is that the amendment was
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accomplished that 10 times over, said Mark Levin, the
executive director of NCSJ: Advocates on behalf of Jews
in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia, which
originally lobbied for Jackson-Vanik and has led the
Jewish organizational push for its removal.
Yes, it became a broad human rights symbol, but it
was passed to get Soviet Jews out. It succeeded, and now
we should find out new ways to deal with new problems,
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The timing of the new law is awkward as repressions
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calling the sanctions superfluous and predicting they
may invite retaliatory measures.
Levin said that Jewish organizations in Russia oppose
including the Magnitsky sanctions in the proposed
legislation. U.S. Jewish groups support their inclusion
as a way to make Russia accountable for human rights
abuses.
By graduating Russia, we demonstrate to the
Russians we can recognize progress when it occurs,
Levin said. Recognizing that progress doesnt alleviate
our concerns about other issues.
Signing the June letter in addition to NCSJ (formerly
known as the National Council on Soviet Jewry) were
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee; the Anti-
Defamation League; the American Jewish Committee;
the Anti-Defamation League; the Jewish Federations
of North America; Bnai Brith International; the Jewish
Council for Public Affairs; and the Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Our support for Russias graduation from Jackson-
Vanik does not vitiate our continuing concern with the
progress of human rights in Russia, their letter said. We
believe that the United States has the appropriate means
to deal with these concerns.
The ADLs national director, Abraham Foxman, said
leaving Jackson-Vanik in place would redound on the
Jews.
Im not saying there shouldnt be efforts for human
rights, but dont use this vehicle because it will forever be
tied to Jewish advocacy, he said.
The main force to graduate Russia from Jackson-Vanik
has been the business community. Levin said he has
worked closely with the Coalition for U.S.-Russia Trade.
Removing Russia from Jackson-Vanik became urgent in
August, when the country was accepted into the World
Trade Organization, enabling it to take legal steps to
retaliate against the United States for trade restrictions
mandated by Jackson-Vanik.
The key legal issue here is that Russia has joined
WTO, and if we do not repeal Jackson-Vanik, then U.S.
businesses are vulnerable to retaliation, said Leon
Aron, the director of Russian studies at the American
Enterprise Institute.
The Obama administration has long argued for
graduating Russia out of Jackson-Vanik, part of its
bid to reset relations with the country and cajole it
into cooperation, for instance in isolating Iran. On
Wednesday, the office of Management and Budget said
it strongly supported the proposed legislation while
adding that it intends to continue working with the
Congress to support those seeking a free and democratic
future for Russia.
Jackson-Vanik, though tailored to facilitate the
emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union, was written in
such broad strokes that it was eventually applied to other
countries. Among those still subject to its restrictions
are North Korea and Cuba. China and Vietnam also have
been its targets in the past.
The Magnitsky sanctions in the House version of the
proposed bill are narrowly tailored to target Russian
abuses. The Senate version is broader and would apply
the same sanctions to abusers in other countries.
A broader application would be welcome, said Ilan
Berman, the vice president of the conservative American
Foreign Policy Council.
The Senate version talks about individuals, but it also
is a jumping-off spot, he said. Its a tool box that you can
use in other situations.
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Cnaan Liphshiz
BRUSSELS With embargoes on Iranian gas and oil firm-
ly in place, the European Union seems determined to
tighten a net of sanctions around Iran, as even longtime
critics of Europes trade relations with Iran acknowledge.
In a second round of sanctions this year, the European
Union announced that it was prohibiting some transac-
tions between European companies and Iranian banks
and limit areas of trade in order to choke off revenue
that Iran is using for its nuclear program, as British
Foreign Secretary William Hague put it last month.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the EUs new pack-
age, which slapped a fresh embargo on gas to comple-
ment Julys oil embargo, an important step and strong
message.
Still, critics say that the EUs net has large holes that al-
low Iran to penetrate Europe through Turkey, China and
even Lebanon-based Hezbollah, among other entities.
Only blanket sanctions, they say, will prevent Iran from
using money from Europe to fuel its nuclear program.
In the EU process, companies suspected of being
Iranian fronts can be blacklisted only after review and
based on hard evidence. Obtaining such evidence re-
quires much time and effort by intelligence agencies.
By the time one such company is blacklisted, the
Iranians have set up 10 new ones, said Emanuele
Ottolenghi of the Foundation for the Defense of
Democracies in Washington.
Ottolenghi says that only an American-style trade
embargo on Iran can allow the EU to catch up with Irans
speedy turnarounds. The United States has had a near
ban on trade with Iran since the 1980s its trade volume
of less than $200 million with the Islamic Republic con-
sists largely of grain exports. By contrast, the EUs volume
of trade with Iran was $15 billion in 2011, which marks a
60 percent decline from 2005.
The latest EU sanctions proscribe all import of pet-
rochemical products from Iran; export and import of
weapons; nuclear and telecommunications equipment;
investment in Irans oil industry; and trade in gold with
Iran, among other measures.
Certain assets of Irans central bank have been seized,
but transactions related to foodstuffs, health care, medi-
cal equipment, agricultural or humanitarian purposes,
personal remittances and a specific trade contract are
permitted. In total, the EU has blacklisted 471 Iranian
entities.
Ottolenghi, the Italian-born former director of the
American Jewish Committees Transatlantic Institute in
Brussels, says that European companies are abiding by
the EU sanctions. He expects a third round of European
sanctions to be announced in the coming months.
But the Iranian workarounds to the European sanc-
tions are numerous and ingenious, Ottolenghi says, not-
ing a relatively simple Iranian trick: trading with Europe
through Turkey, a preferred trade partner of the EU and
a country that Iranians may enter without a travel visa.
As Irans trade with the EU plummets, its trade with
Turkey is reaching record levels: $17.52 billion in the first
eight months of 2012 compared to $15 billion in 2011.
It stood at a mere $1 billion in 2000, according to the
Turkish Statistical Institute. Iran is now Turkeys third-
largest trade partner and main country for exports.
Part of the exports may be proscribed European
goods that Iran is buying from Europe through Turkish
front companies that are set up and run by Iranians with
Turkish nationality on behalf of the Iranian government,
Ottolenghi says.
In response to EU sanctions, he says, Iran is trans-
ferring business to companies in Ukraine, Taiwan and
Japan, among other countries.
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If the U.S. and the EU are serious about sanctions,
they need to squeeze these countries about ties with
Iran, he said.
Just as European sanctions may be encouraging
Turkey-Iran trade relations, they also may drive Iran
increasingly to rely on Hezbollah for money laundering
and purchases. Hezbollah is not blacklisted anywhere in
Europe except in the Netherlands.
By sanctioning Iran and not Hezbollah, the European
Union is virtually inviting Iran to do business through
hundreds if not thousands of Hezbollah-affiliated agents
all over the continent, said Wim Kortenoeven, a former
Dutch lawmaker and ex-Middle East researcher for the
Center for Information and Documentation on Israel in
The Hague.
Claude Moniquet, a former researcher for Frances for-
eign intelligence service and co-founder of the Brussels-
based European Strategic Intelligence and Security
Center, said that Hezbollah has a very large money-
laundering operation in Europe, but added that he does
not know whether Hezbollah had the capacity to handle
any extra business for the Iranians in Europe.
France reportedly is resisting calls to blacklist
Hezbollah in order to preserve relations with its former
colony, Lebanon. Hezbollah is a powerful player in
Lebanese politics.
Selective sanctions against Iran are doomed to fail,
said Moniquet, because Iran is completely opaque and
theres no way of knowing where the money goes once it
reaches Iran.
Irans bilateral trade with China, meanwhile, stands
at $45 billion, according to the Iran-China Chamber of
Commerce. Neutral Switzerland, which is resisting U.S.
and EU pressure to comply with sanctions, is exporting
about $330 millions worth of machinery and pharma-
ceuticals per year to Iran.
Like many other countries, Turkey, China and
Switzerland adhere - publicly, at least - to U.N. Security
Council resolutions on Iran, but those target only Iranian
entities directly involved in nuclear proliferation and hu-
man rights violations.
Nikzad Rahbar, an Iranian government spokes-
man, called European sanctions a mere propaganda
campaign.
Considering Irans booming trade in Asia and else-
where, the link between sanctions and Irans spiraling
inflation and rising food prices may not be as straight-
forward as presented by international media coverage,
some argue.
There is no way to break down how much of it is
caused by sanctions and how much is the effect of eco-
nomical incompetence, corruption and grafting that is
so intrinsically a part of the Iranian economical system,
Ottolenghi said.
Kortenoeven says that with Irans decades of experi-
ence of getting by as a pariah nation, its economy cannot
be neutralized by European sanctions. Though sanctions
may be compounding the troubles, the economic woes
in Iran ultimately are connected to many internal is-
sues, he said.
Moniquet cites poor management and a centralist,
government-controlled market that discourages growth
as the root of Irans recent financial woes.
The sanctions are only making it harder for Iran to
transcend its internal problems, but not to the point of
collapse, he said.
Simone Dinah Hartmann of the Vienna-based
European coalition Stop the Bomb says the current sanc-
tions make it more difficult for the Iranian regime to ob-
tain nuclear weapons.
But, she said, The goal should be making it impos-
sible for them. We are clearly not there yet.
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Ben SaleS
JERUSALEM Wearing long, colorful robes and tradi-
tional rounded hats, a group of men stood in reverent
silence as one of their leaders placed a memorial wreath
at Yad Vashem, Israels national Holocaust museum.
The group was a delegation of 19 Muslim leaders
from France. They were in Israel to learn more about
the Jews and their state. After a series of attacks against
French Jews this year, many perpetrated by Muslims,
the imams hope to improve the French Muslim com-
munitys relationship with its Jewish neighbors.
Delegation leader Hassen Chalgoumi, imam of the
Drancy Mosque near Paris, said the trip reinforced the
importance of combating Islamic fundamentalism and
Holocaust denial.
Life is more important than holy books, Chalgoumi
said in a speech outside of Yad Vashem. We say in the
name of love, of life, not to hide what happened in the
Holocaust.
Relations between the Jewish community in France,
Europes largest, and Frances more than 4 million
Muslims have long been fraught. The regular occur-
rence of anti-Semitic acts in France, including the
horrific slaying in March of a rabbi and three children
outside a Jewish day school in Toulouse, have signifi-
cantly heightened the tension and mutual suspicion.
Other incidents of anti-Semitic violence have followed,
including a bomb exploding in a Jewish grocery store.
Chalgoumi conceived of the trip after coming to
Israel in June for the French Embassys Religion and
Democracy Forum. Inspired by that visit, he wanted his
colleagues to see the country, even as it generated con-
troversy in his own community.
They are very criticized by Muslims in France
because they decided to come to Israel, said Olivier
Rubenstein, who organized the trip for the French
Embassy. To France, its very important to have mutual
respect between the communities. French Islam is not
the terrorist way.
The trip, from Sunday to Friday, had one of its most
significant moments on Tuesday morning when the
delegates visited the graves of the four victims of the
Toulouse shooting.
The majority of Muslims want peace, said
Nourdine Mlanao, president of Frances National
Council of Republican Diversity. He said the gunman,
Mohammed Merah, is not a Muslim.
In the coming days, the trip will take the delegates
to Israels Foreign Ministry, the Jerusalem Municipality,
and to meetings with Israeli businesspeople and re-
ligious leaders. The group also went to Ramallah on
Tuesday and met with Frances consul in Jerusalem.
Chalghoumi and Mlanao both said they hope to see
Israeli-Palestinian peace.
While it was unclear what impact the leaders would
have on Frances nearly 5 million Muslims, Mlanao
plans to speak in public forums about the trip, and
wants to arrange dialogue groups between French
Muslims and Jews. He added, however, that the gov-
ernment must take responsibility for preventing anti-
Semitic attacks.
Olivier also commended government efforts and
said that in order to address the root of Muslim-Jewish
tensions, leaders should organize more of this kind of
event for understanding the other.
Its very important to know the other, not to be stuck
in our ideological positions, he said. These imams are
the leaders of a lot of Muslims in France. Theyll deliver
in France a message of peace and understanding.
JTA Wire Service
Members of a delegation of French Muslim leaders
sign the guestbook at Yad Vashem, Israels Holocaust
museum. Ben SaleS
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French bulldog politician Karsenty
doubles down on al-Dura video fight
Cnaan Liphshiz
PARIS To his allies, hes a bulldog.
Enemies call him a conspiracist and a
genocide denier.
Both sides, however, agree on one
thing: You could find a more pleasant ad-
versary than French-Jewish politician and
activist Phillipe Karsenty.
Its an impression easily reached in
even a short conversation with Karsenty,
the 46-year-old known in France for his
12-year battle to prove that a Palestinian
boy, Mohammed al-Dura, was not shot
and killed by Israeli soldiers, as appears
to be the case in a now-famous video first
broadcast by a French television station.
Despite years of legal wrangling, public
recriminations and high-profile setbacks,
Karsenty remains unrepentant. He is ut-
terly convinced of his rightness and wont
stop until everybody else knows it, too.
Karsenty entered public life after
he claimed that the footage of al-Dura
crouching with his father behind a barri-
cade as bullets whiz overheard, broadcast
by the France 2 television station in 2000,
is in fact a hoax. The unsettling image
of al-Duras death emerged as an iconic
and recurrent motif of the second inti-
fada, helping to galvanize public opinion
against the Jewish state in the early days
of the uprising, and many claim that it
helped spawn terrorist attacks against
Israeli civilians and Jews elsewhere.
Karsenty claims the angle of the bullets
hitting the wall behind the boy proves they
could not have come from the Israeli side.
More than a decade into the fight,
Karsenty, a stockbroker and former busi-
nessman, acknowledges that the years of
legal battle have taken their toll and exact-
ed so high a financial cost that he refuses
to reveal it fully.
Since Karsenty became involved with
laffaire al-Dura, his life has been trans-
formed. He has launched a moderately
successful political career, winning elec-
tion as the deputy mayor of his prosperous
Paris suburb but failing in his bid for a seat
in the French parliament. He split from
his party, Nicolas Sarkozys Union for a
Popular Movement, accusing the former
French president of being soft on jihad-
ism. He has run afoul of officials of the very
country he has sought to exonerate and
been vilified in the French media. And he
has waged a protracted legal fight, filled
with suits and countersuits, to pressure
France 2 to release extended footage that
Karsenty says will prove the common as-
sumptions about al-Duras death are lies.
But through it all, Karsenty has re-
mained undaunted, saying that he has re-
cently decided to double down and devote
even more time and attention to fighting
the hoax.
When I first saw the al-Dura footage I
thought, like everyone, that Israeli troops
killed the boy, probably by accident,
Karsenty said.
Initially, Israel seemed to agree. But
an Israeli investigation later found that
the bullets likely came from Palestinian
gunmen who exchanged fire with Israel
Defense Forces soldiers on the day al-Dura
was shot. That probe, along with the work
of independent investigators, gradually
convinced Karsenty that France 2s footage
was fake and he began saying so to French
journalists.
In 2004, the France 2 reporter who first
broadcast the footage, Charles Enderlin,
sued Karsenty for defamation, and the two
have been duking it out in court ever since.
Their next court appearance is scheduled
for January.
Meanwhile, rhetoric was overheating.
Larry Derfner, writing in the Jerusalem
Post this year, called Karsenty and Richard
Landes conspiracy freaks acting out
of pure paranoia. Landes is a Boston
University historian who has researched
the al-Dura case with Karsenty and also
believes the video is fake.
The Wall Street Journal reported
that Enderlins lawyer called Karsenty
a cross between Thierry Meyssan and
Robert Faurisson, a Sept. 11 conspira-
cist and a Holocaust denier, respectively.
Hundreds of French journalists signed a
2008 petition calling Karsentys actions
hateful, and others have labeled him a
conspiracist.
The fact they call me, a French Jew, a
genocide denier demonstrates the inten-
sity of hatred that al-Dura provokes in the
other side, Karsenty said.
For his part, Karsenty was hardly keep-
ing quiet. He sued two other French media
outlets for defamation, one of which led to
a ruling in his favor in 2010. Another rul-
ing found the broadcaster Canal+ to have
committed libel against Karsenty, albeit
unintentionally.
His legal battle with Enderlin centers
on the full 27-minute video that a France
2 cameraman, Talal abu Rahma, shot in
Gaza and which the network has refused
to release. In 2008, Karsenty convinced
a French court of appeals to view the full
footage, after which the judges cleared
Karsenty of defamation charges. Al-Dura
skeptics hailed the ruling as a major break-
through, but the French Supreme Court
overturned that ruling this year on a tech-
nicality. Karsenty has appealed and will
meet Enderlin in court again in January.
Karsenty also has attacked the country
whose interests he was seemingly trying
to serve. He has lambasted Israel publicly
for its failure to press the al-Dura matter
and accused some officials of trying to
sabotage his efforts. Though Israeli of-
ficials largely agree with Karsentys view
on al-Dura, the government has distanced
itself from him.
Philippe is like a bulldog, Landes said.
He gets his teeth into something and he
does not let go.
Questions began arising about the al-
Dura video in the early 2000s, but it was
Karsenty who had the stamina to fight
in court in France and in the French me-
dia, Landes said. Landes acknowledges
Karsentys occasionally abrasive person-
ality has led to conflicts with potential
allies.
In 2006, Karsenty claims that Daniel
Shek, Israels former ambassador in Paris,
refused to shake his hand at a cocktail
reception and publicly called him a con-
spiracist. Shek denies the claim and ac-
cuses Karsenty of making multitudes of
mind-boggling and vile allegations and
accusations against him. Shek did not of-
fer examples.
Yigal Palmor, a senior spokesman for
the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
declined to comment directly on the
incident.
Maybe, just maybe, badmouthing
people in public is not the best way to be-
friend them, Palmor said.
Karsenty, speaking of the dispute with
Shek, said Im sure I havent handled
things perfectly. Im not the perfect per-
son; nobody is. Ive made mistakes, but
none to explain why Shek would make
such a public act. It shocked me.
Karsenty is not without allies, however.
He has received support in the United
States from the Zionist Organization of
America, and Roger Cukierman, former
president of the umbrella group of French
Jewish communities, CRIF, said he holds
Karsenty in high regard.
I admire Philippes devotion and
perseverance, Cukierman said. He has
conviction that hes in the right. People
like that, who are used to standing alone
for what they believe in, often have very
strong personalities that sometimes lead
to clashes.
This year, Israelis again deeply disap-
pointed Karsenty when he lost his bid to
enter the French National Assembly as the
representative of French expatriates living
in Israel and several nearby countries.
In his political career, Karsenty has
demonstrated the same firebrand activism
that appears to have alienated the Israelis.
After leaving the UMP party last year, he
accused Sarkozy of inaction and passiv-
ity on jihadism. Karsenty then ran for the
French parliament as an independent and
lost, deprived of the support and resources
of his former party.
With the election behind him, Karsenty
intends to intensify efforts to refute the al-
Dura case.
I have more time to devote to prepar-
ing for court, said Karsenty, who also lec-
tures abroad on the topic.
Karsenty speaks of the al-Dura affair as
a quest for justice and truth, but the busi-
nessman in him knows it has not been cost
effective. Karsenty says he has spent an
obscene amount of money so much
he will not quantify it. Though he earns
some money from lectures he has deliv-
ered in Europe, the United States, China,
India, and Australia, he says he has still
registered a huge loss.
He says he would let the matter drop
were it not for the fact that so many, espe-
cially Israels enemies, still believe al-Dura
died at the hands of Jewish soldiers.
The al-Dura myth lives on in the
Arab and Muslim world, he said. Postage
stamps memorializing al-Dura have ap-
peared in Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, and Jordan.
Despite the price it has paid, both in
lives lost and public image, Israel refuses
to endorse Karsentys efforts.
He has presented his work to a num-
ber of Israeli officials, including myself,
but he has carried out his work by himself
and has not garnered any official support,
Palmor said. His work is his own.
JTA Wire Service
Philippe Karsenty delivering a lecture on the al-Dura affair in France in 2011.
Courtesy PhiliPPe Karsenty
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Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri calls for peace
Ben SaleS
NABLUS, west bank Dozens of pho-
tographs line the wall of a room on the
first floor of Palestinian billionaire Munib
al-Masris west bank villa, showing a man
of global influence but also of divergent
impulses.
Al-Masri is seen posing with the likes
of Pope John Paul II and Nelson Mandela,
but also with Egypts Gamal Abdel Nasser
and Khaled Meshal, the Damascus-based
head of Hamas. Dwarfing them all is a huge
portrait of the late Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat, whom al-Masri, 78, refers to as his
great friend and a martyr.
The photos give some indication of the
contradictions that swirl around al-Masri,
the worlds richest Palestinian. A passion-
ate opponent of Israeli settlement in the
west bank, al-Masri claims not to be both-
ered by the fact that his sprawling Italian
villa on the outskirts of Nablus shares a
hill with Har Bracha, whose residents are
among the most hawkish of Israeli settlers.
(They know me. Were destined to live to-
gether, he said.)
Al-Masri claims to spend hours each
day working to further the cause of peace,
though he declines to do business with
Israelis in its pursuit. He blames only Israel
for the political impasse and believes
Meshal is very sincere about wanting
peace. And while he speaks of his desire
for coexistence, he accuses Israel of killing
Arafat and the Jewish lobby of buying off
Congress.
Congress is dependent on the Jewish
lobby, al-Masri said. Bravo for the Jewish
lobby. But you must believe it is unjust.
This initiative is running away from us
because the government of [Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is beat-
ing around the bush without achieving
anything.
Al-Masris strategy for helping make
peace is unclear. He claims to spend 12
hours a day working on it, though he is
light on the specifics of how he spends
those hours, saying only that he meets with
and writes to Israelis and Palestinians in-
terested in reaching an agreement. He has
endorsed the 2002 Arab initiative first pro-
posed by Saudi Arabia, but its references
to the 1967 borders and a just solution to
the Palestinian refugee issue have made it
a non-starter for Israeli officials. Al-Masri
has little to say about how he would square
that circle.
This is where the Palestinian state
should be recognized, he said, referring
to the 1967 borders that many Israelis con-
sider indefensible. Weve been working
hard to educate the Israelis.
Some Israeli peace activists say the ef-
fect of al-Masris efforts is limited at best.
Gershon Baskin, founder of the
Israel-Palestine Center for Research and
Information, says that al-Masris theories
on Arafats death and American Jewish
influence are commonly held Palestinian
views. Even so, Baskin says, al-Masris
work hasnt significantly furthered the
peace process.
Im not sure I would describe him as a
peace activist, Baskin said. First and fore-
most hes interested in making money and
advancing the private sector in Palestine.
You dont find him coming to very many
peace activities.
Though he talks peace as an adult, as a
child al-Masri was intent on a more con-
frontational approach to dealing with his
Jewish neighbors. Growing up in Nablus,
he saw Arab-Jewish skirmishes erupt into
Israels War of Independence when he was
14. One morning he woke up to Israeli
bombs exploding 30 yards away. Four years
later he decided to go to Texas to become a
pilot and fight the Israelis.
When I boarded the plane I became
so scared, al-Masri said. I said this is not
for me, I belong on the ground. Ill study
geology.
He cultivated a sense for business while
in the United States, moving from one
summer job in Texas to another in Chicago
that paid 60 cents more per hour in 1953.
On Shabbat, al Masri said, he patronized
Chicagos Palladium Ballroom, named for
the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea
Palladio, whose designs inspired the build-
ing. Awed by its rotunda, he vowed to have
something like it for his own.
In 1956, al-Masri returned to the west
bank with two degrees and a wife, Angela,
who had eloped with him to New Mexico.
Since then he has amassed a fortune first
by working in the Jordanian and Algerian
oil industries, and then by providing
equipment and services to oil companies
and investing in a growing Palestinian
economy.
It was more than enough to realize his
Chicago dream. Now al-Masri, a mop of
gray hair fringing his balding head, lives in
a sprawling 75-acre property crowned by a
10,000-square-foot replica of a 16th-cen-
tury Italian villa designed by Palladio. The
house has imported French furniture, vast
murals, antique dishes and chandeliers. A
huge dome tops the villas center, while a
fountain gushes outside, leading to tiered
gardens and panoramic views of the west
bank, Israel, and Jordan.
Al-Masri began building the mansion in
1998, at the height of the Israeli-Palestinian
peace process, and finished it in 2002, at
the height of the second intifada.
I wanted to have something to show
the Israelis that even with high stress,
Palestinians can do things, he said.
These days, al-Masri is less involved
in business. He begins his days with an
hours walk on his treadmill, then spends
his 12 hours working on his peace initia-
tive, promoting Palestinian unity and his
philanthropic projects, including building
a university focused on agriculture and
information technology.
He calls himself a happy person by na-
ture and says he no longer has hatred in
his heart. But though he portrays himself
as the optimistic peacemaker, at times the
conflict still pushes him to despair.
I was very angry, he said. Now the an-
ger has gone, but sadness has come.
For a time this year, al-Masri launched a
joint effort with Israeli supermarket mogul
Rami Levy to promote peace. But al-Masri
ended the initiative because although Levy
wants peace in his heart, he owns stores
in Israeli settlements.
Al-Masri also adamantly rejects the
idea, touted by Netanyahu and others,
that increased business ties between
Israelis and Palestinians can build mutual
trust and help pave the way for a political
settlement.
Its very difficult to do business before
peace, al-Masri said. You have to build a
state. JTA Wire Service
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The top 10 ways Israel hopes to beat diabetes
israel is a powerhouse in diabetes research. in honor of world diabetes day, nov. 14,
here are the top developments emerging from the country.
AbigAil Klein leichmAn
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he latest numbers from the World Health
Organization indicate that one in 10 people has
diabetes more than 346 million people world-
wide. Diabetes means the pancreas doesnt produce or
release the hormone insulin as it should, so the body
cant metabolize sugars properly. Diabetes is the seventh
leading cause of death in the United States.
Type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, is characterized by
a lack of insulin production. Type 2 diabetes is caused by
the bodys ineffective use of insulin, often resulting from
excess body weight and physical inactivity.
Left untreated, either form of diabetes can lead to
cardiovascular disease, blindness and kidney failure.
Currently, it can be treated by injections of insulin, but
there is no cure.
Despite its small size, Israel is a major player in diabetes
research, with scientists searching for ways to provide bet-
ter prevention, treatment, and ultimately a cure for this
globally rampant disease. Here are the top 10 projects in
the field.
1. Artificial pancreas
People who have diabetes must check their blood-sugar
level every few hours throughout the day and night, to
determine when and how much insulin is needed to bal-
ance it. A new artificial pancreas developed at Schneider
Childrens Medical Center in Tel Aviv could make this task
automatic.
The first diabetes system of its kind for home use, the
MD-Logic combines an off-the-shelf glucose sensor and
an insulin pump, connected to a computer that programs
the information and stipulates the amount of insulin that
should be released. It also conveys an alert if theres a prob-
lem. So far, the software-driven device was successfully
tested on children in Israel, Slovenia and Germany.
2. DiaPep 277
The largest and most advanced study ever involving Type
1 diabetes patients, encompassing trials in Israel, Canada,
the United States and a dozen European countries, is cen-
tered around an insulin alternative developed at Israels
Andromeda Biotech.
The synthetic peptide DiaPep277 seems to halt the
progression of this form of the disease, in which a haywire
immune response actually kills the insulin-producing beta
cells in the pancreas.
If the peptide successfully modulates the immune sys-
tem, it could be given to patients at an early stage of the
disease in order to preserve still-functioning beta cells.
Final clinical results are expected in 2014.
3. Gastric stimulator
DIAMOND, made by the Israeli medical device company
MetaCure, is an implantable gastric stimulator with elec-
trodes attached to the outer stomach muscles. Its origi-
nal purpose was to treat obesity by enhancing stomach
muscle contractions for a greater feeling of fullness, and
to stimulate the release of hormones influencing hunger,
satiety, and the absorption and metabolism of nutrients.
see BeAt DiABetes page 44
Andromeda CeO Dr. shlomo Dagan, right, with
DiaPep 277 inventor Prof. irun Cohen.
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Emergency Services at Jersey Shore
Jacqueline Kates, Community Relations Coordinator - Holy Name Medical Center
At the same time that staff of the
Holy Name Medical Center ER were
treating twice as many patients as
normally seen, members of the Holy
Name Medical Center EMS Special
Operations, a founding agency member
of the statewide New Jersey EMS Task
Force, were deployed to Ocean County
to treat patients from overwhelmed
hospitals in that area devastated by
Hurricane Sandy.
Holy Name Paramedic Sean Reilly
was one of six members of Holy Names
Emergency Services who set up the
Logistics Unit Field Hospital and, along
with statewide emergency personnel,
staffed the unit used as an overfow
facility for four Ocean County hospitals,
for two weeks. Assigned to triage,
Reilly saw more than 100 patients in
14 hours, at least 50% of whom were
treated for infections of their hands,
feet and eyes as a result of wading
through waist-deep contaminated
water inside and outside their homes.
He treated people with strained backs
from carrying their children, their
furniture or the few possessions they
could salvage from their fooded homes.
He treated people with lacerations,
cuts and scrapes from attempting to
maneuver around debris, and he treated
people injured from falling debris.
He provided prescription
medications to refugees who ran for
their lives without their meds from
fooded homes, including diabetic
patients without insulin and children
with colds and fever. Drugstores were
closed and without power, but Reilly
was able to provide patients with
essential medications from the feld
hospitals fully-stocked pharmacy.
According to Reilly - who in 26 years
as an EMT has responded to disaster
scenes caused by hurricanes, blizzards
and wild fres - the aftermath of
Hurricane Sandy was an apocalypse; it
was September 11 - but not in an urban
setting.
Sean and his colleagues exemplify
the dedication of the frst responders
and other staff at Holy Name Medical
Center, who came to work the morning
before the storm with garment bags
over their shoulders ready to stay
as long as needed to care for their
patients. The EMS Special Operations
Unit serves residents of Bergen County
everyday and remains ready to serve
whenever and wherever needed
throughout the State of New Jersey.
Visit holyname.org to watch Sean Reilly describe his experiences in Ocean County.
But its developers discovered that in
the hundreds of people implanted with
DIAMOND worldwide, the device also ef-
fectively controls blood glucose levels as
well as, or better than, synthetic insulin
and other diabetes medications. It also
helped improve diabetes-associated con-
ditions such as high blood pressure, cho-
lesterol, and triglycerides.
4. Medical smartphone
LifeWatch V, the worlds first medical
smartphone, is an Android-based phone
with embedded sensors to analyze every-
thing from blood glucose levels to body fat
percentage. Blood-glucose test strips can
be inserted into a portal on the phones
stainless-steel frame, and results are au-
tomatically and securely sent to a remote
server for analysis by the companys pro-
prietary algorithms. Results and trend data
are quickly shared with the user and/or a
parent or healthcare provider via email or
text message.
Now in the process of regulatory ap-
provals in Israel, Europe and the United
States, LifeWatch V was designed by
LifeWatch Technologies to be user-friendly
for anyone from children to seniors. Young
diabetes patients are a core target group
because the device will help parents moni-
tor their childrens daily testing and treat-
ment while they are at school.
5. transplanting
insulin-producing cells
One of the promising approaches in
treating Type 1 diabetes is to transplant
healthy insulin-producing beta cells into
the pancreas. A new technique devel-
oped by Ben-Gurion University Professor
Smadar Cohen increases the survival and
effectiveness of these transplanted cells.
Her breakthrough approach, currently
being tested on diabetic mice, involves
surrounding the transplanted cells with a
three-dimensional latticework of nurturing
blood vessels. The biologically engineered
tissue secretes growth hormones and helps
cells communicate with one another.
6. Glucose-sensing
enzyme
Researchers at the Hebrew University and
Hadassah University Medical Center of
Jerusalem have identified the bodys glu-
cose-sensing enzyme that prompts pro-
duction of insulin-producing beta cells
in the pancreas as blood sugars increase.
The groundbreaking multi-year study,
funded with the support of the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation and re-
ported in the journal Cell Metabolism,
could lead to ways of restoring or increas-
ing beta cell function in people with Type
1 diabetes.
7. Predicting risk to
prevent diabetes
A study involving 37,000 Israeli teenag-
ers over a 17-year period found that an
elevated body mass index (BMI), even
in normal range, at adolescence and at
adulthood are independently associated
with the risk of diabetes and heart dis-
ease. During the study period, 1,173 new
cases of Type 2 diabetes were diagnosed
among the test group.
Another Israeli study involving 677
mostly male middle-aged Israeli work-
ers showed that people who suffer from
job-related or other kinds of emotional
burnout may be prone to developing
Type 2 diabetes as a result of stress-caused
emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue,
and cognitive weariness.
A third study, involving 185,000 preg-
nant women, statistically proved for the
first time that the common test used to
detect temporary gestational diabetes in
women and their children also accurately
predicts adult-onset Type 2 diabetes later
in life.
The take-home message from all three
of these studies is that early intervention
in the form of lifestyle and diet counsel-
ing could prevent many cases of Type 2
diabetes.
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Allendale Community plans Alzheimers fundraiser
The Allendale Community for Mature
Living has announced an array of spon-
sorship opportunities for individual
donors, area businesses, and health-
related organizations to support its
45th Anniversary Gala and Fundraiser,
to benefit the Alzheimers Association
Greater New Jersey Chapter. The mile-
stone celebration, which will include a
Silent Auction, is being held Wed., Dec.
12 at the senior campus.
Proceeds from the Gala Fundraiser
and Silent Auction will support local pro-
grams and services and fund research for
the causes, treatments and prevention of
Alzheimers disease.
This is a truly momentous celebra-
tion for the Allendale Community, which
has successfully kept pace with and
established new benchmarks within
the ever-evolving field of eldercare
during the past 45 years, said Jolanta
Giancarlo, vice president of the Allendale
Community and chairwoman of the
Alzheimers Gala Fundraiser event. In
keeping with our commitment to
contribute our experience, skills and
knowledge to the greater good of the
community, we are partnering with the
Alzheimers Association to support their
efforts to combat dementia-related
illnesses.
All donations are tax-deductible and
sponsorship opportunities are avail-
able. Contact Mary Stampleman at (201)
818-7979.
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researchers look for
a cure
Five Israeli immunologists, cell biologists
and beta cell experts have won grants of
up to $130,000 per year for up to three
years toward researching cures for Type 1
diabetes, thanks to a joint program of the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
and the Israeli government-funded Israel
Science Foundation (ISF).
The funded projects include Dr.
Benjamin Glasers work method of in-
ducing insulin-producing beta cells to
replicate; Michael Walker and Yoav Soens
development of therapeutic tools to create
functional beta cells; Yehiel Zicks research
to better understand the mechanisms be-
hind a gene that protects pancreatic beta
cells from destruction; Ofer Mandelboim
and Angel Porgadors development of an
antibody to block a receptor used by im-
mune system killer cells to destroy beta
cells in the pancreas; and Yoram Reiters
establishment of the foundation for a nov-
el antibody-based immunotherapeutic
approach to prevent and treat the disease.
9. the Dead sea
The mineral-rich Dead Sea has long
been known as a natural treatment for
skin, rheumatic and respiratory diseases.
According to a study by health sciences
researchers at Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev and Soroka Medical Center
in Beersheva, the salty waters also help
lower blood glucose levels and could
improve the medical conditions of
diabetics.
The study described in Israel Medical
Association Journal last summer involved
14 people between the ages of 18 and 65
who have suffered from Type 2 diabetes for
less than 20 years. After soaking in a pool
filled with Dead Sea water for 20 minutes,
there was a considerable decrease up to
13 percent in some cases in the blood
glucose levels. Its still a bit early to draw
conclusions, but further testing will deter-
mine if one day a Dead Sea dunk could be
prescribed as a way to lessen the dose of
insulin needed.
10. Citrus supplement to
neutralize sugar
A Hebrew University-Harvard University
team is working on extracting narin-
genin, a compound from grapefruit, and
using nanotechnology to make it into a
product that could be sprinkled on food
to change how the body processes fatty
and sugary fare.
The dietary supplement could have
significant implications for the drug mar-
ket, particularly in relation to diabetes
and obesity. Ordinarily, the absorption
of the fat- and sugar-busting molecule
naringenin is quite low, so to improve
absorption capabilities, the researchers
engineered a form of naringenin that in-
cludes an extra ring of sugar attached to
the molecule.
Harvard University and Yissum, the
technology transfer arm of the Hebrew
University, are working toward commer-
cializing the substance.
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kept residents safe and happy during Sandy
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arbecues and candlelight meals. Special charg-
ing and warming areas. Dormitory-like sleep-
ing arrangements. A full slate of movies and
speakers.
And a little help from their friends.
This all helped keep residents at the Lester Senior
Housing Community safe, warm, and content during
Hurricane Sandy, which knocked out power from the
Whippany senior living community for eight days.
For the most part, these are people in their 80s, 90s,
and beyond, which is why we needed to be prepared for
worst case scenarios, said Harold Colton-Max, Chief
Executive Officer of the Jewish Community Housing
Corporation (JCHC) of Metropolitan New Jersey, which
owns and manages Lester Senior Housing and four
other senior living communities in northern New Jersey.
This was certainly an unusual situation, but under very
difficult conditions it all worked out very well.
The loss of power cost the community, which is com-
prised of the Heller Independent Living Apartments
and the Weston Assisted Living Residence, its heat,
lights, and refrigeration. However, the buildings gen-
erator enabled the elevators to work and kept the lights
on in the lobby.
Most of all, the spirit of the community never
wavered.
Staff set up stations for charging electrical applianc-
es, and for serving coffee, tea, and hot water for instant
soups on an ongoing basis. Other staff stayed overnight,
attending to the needs of residents or just providing
some hand-holding. While the kitchen could not be
used, the food service team under Mitchell Goldberg,
chef and regional director of dining for the JCHC, bar-
becued throughout the ordeal. Rather than serve meals
in the dining room, which had no heat or lights, candle-
light dinners were prepared in the multi-purpose room.
The residents loved this, said Alex Gross, the ad-
ministrator at Lester. They wanted to know if we could
continue to do this once the power came back on.
Many residents stayed in the warmer lobby, enjoy-
ing such diversion as the piano playing of 97-year-old
Lottie Mandel or Dynamics with Dolly with 86-year-
old Dolly Moser, as well as watching movies, play-
ing games and listening to various speakers. Some
residents chose to sleep at night on single beds placed
in the multi-purpose room, rather than retreat to cold
and dark apartments.
Volunteers from the Jewish Federation of Greater
MetroWest NJ sent in soup, bagels, and cream cheese,
while members of congregation Oheb Shalom in South
Orange cooked and delivered lunch and dessert to the
Heller residents. Elizabeth and Liat Cohen, a mother
and daughter team from Short Hills, heard about the
communitys loss of power on Facebook and came to
Lester armed with hot chocolate, cookies, tissues, toilet
paper and other goods.
Some residents chose to leave Lester during this
time, although virtually all have adult children and
other family members who live nearby. In fact, in many
cases, children and grandchildren, also without power,
opted to move into Lester during the storm.
Residents remained stoic under the adverse
conditions.
You have to take what comes. Other people had it
far worse. We had food and hot water. We made the best
of it day by day, and they took very good care of us, said
resident Bea Freiheither. I grew up in Long Branch, and
Ive lived through storms before, but never like this.
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Allendale community focuses
on heart health for seniors
To help older adults recognize the importance of im-
proved cardiovascular health, the Allendale Community
for Mature Living has launched a heart-healthy aware-
ness campaign.
The community offers older adults from the sur-
rounding area an opportunity to identify potential
medical risks and undiagnosed medical conditions at its
annual Senior-Fit Health Fair. The senior living campus
also hosts free health education and exercise programs
open to the public each month.
Dr. Stephen Sherer, the senior campus medical direc-
tor at the community, advocates regular check-ups with
a personal physician as well as periodic blood work and
blood pressure checks as part of vigilant health mainte-
nance efforts.
Although these seem quite simple, youd be surprised
by the number of people who fail to make an annual
physical exam appointment and, as a result, are at risk
for stroke, heart failure, heart attack, kidney failure or
diabetes, said Sherer, a board-certified cardiologist and
internist, who is also a clinical assistant professor of
medicine at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey. While heart disease is the leading cause of death
among people age 50 and older, it may be avoided or
delayed by managing a persons glucose, blood pressure
and cholesterol.
In addition to regular screenings, Sherer stresses the
importance of exercise. The exercise (if approved by
ones doctor) should be gradually increased to a half an
hour up to four to five times a week.
For more information about The Allendale
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here are thieves that prowl our American cities
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prey. They are cunning, ugly and beastly; they
are unforgiving and unemotional; they are cannibalis-
tic and devour all in their path. They are not satisfied
to steal things or property. They steal lives; they steal
families; they steal love!
These thieves are called disease and specifically they
are christened Alzheimers and Parkinsons diseases.
During our lives most of us, one way or another, will
know these villains. When a common thief steals, it nor-
mally will affect its immediate victim or cause a ripple to
lap other shores. But when these diseases steal, they are
ambitious and voracious in their appetites. Alzheimers
steals a persons brain; Parkinsons steals a persons
body. Not satisfied with mundane worldly things, they
seek the very soul of victims and their families.
There are other terrible diseases that wreak havoc
with peoples lives and visit untimely suffering and
death. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, strokes all con-
tribute to untold heartbreak. But both Alzheimers and
Parkinsons have no definitive causes or cures. These
are thieves that you cannot guard against; their stealing
goes unpunished.
Yet these thieves of movement and memory are also
unintentional purveyors of hope, humor, and determi-
nation. I have witnessed victims and their families fight
to maintain their dignity and continue to evolve even
with these thieves in their very mist. This is not an easy
battle.
Those who suffer these afflictions endure a constant
battle. Their families or significant others become the
guardians of new and alternative coping methods. They
become their own support groups and advocates. Their
enemy is progressive and they are forced into alternat-
ing dramas of anger, frustration, and ultimately, accep-
tance and hope.
The end stages of these diseases are heartbreaking
and I have witnessed families and support groups tread
this path with heroic stoicism.
There are no answers for this most vulnerable of hu-
man conditions. To witness the evaporation of a body or
a mind is simply a hard road to travel. But one of my cli-
ents, at a time when the enemy was making determined
inroads, said, You can steal my body; you can steal my
mind; but you cannot steal my hope, my love, my re-
solve. You cannot steal my place on this earth!
She is a brave lady with a brave family. Alzheimers,
Parkinsons and other thieves in our mist can be suc-
cessfully met in battle. Those with the determination
to live their lives in spite of these diseases are heroic in
the extreme. Families and health care providers who do
battle on a daily basis give the gift of hope and support.
And those professionals who conduct research to defeat
these diseases deserve the highest accolades.
As with all bullies, when confronted directly, they
eventually wither under the spotlight of determined
hope, support and unabashed courage! Someday
these thieves will be punished; someday they will be
vanquished; and someday they will be forced into
submission. Although that day is not today, it may be
tomorrow!
Richard Portugal is the founder and owner of Fitness Senior
Style, which exercises seniors for balance, strength, and cog-
nitive fitness in their own homes. He has been certified as a
senior trainer by the American Senior Fitness Association. For
further information, call (201) 937-4722.
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During the assessment phase, clinicians listen carefully
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from patients, parents, schools, and other professionals.
Then, a complete clinical examination is conducted to
uncover any neurological abnormalities and to determine
each individuals strengths, talents, and weaknesses. The
center uses the latest and most-comprehensive tools and
technologies available for testing, including advanced
computerized testing instruments, sensitive detectors of
electrical brain activity, and analytical behavioral analyses.
Using the results of CNNHs comprehensive assessment
and diagnostic testing, the professional team draws on a
wide range of clinical expertise and treatment options to
provide an accurate diagnosis and develop optimal man-
agement strategies. CNNH works with patients and their
families to reinforce treatment plans at home and help
build supports for continued success. CNNH offers prag-
matic treatment and therapy services in a safe and nur-
turing environment focusing on kindness, patience, and
respect. Treatment programs include individual and family
therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, cognitive rehabilita-
tion therapies, and treatment with medications.
Social development therapies based on kid-friendly
Legos, creative arts, dance and movement are also offered.
CNNH has locations in Rochelle Park and Gibbsboro in
New Jersey, as well as King of Prussia, Penn. For more in-
formation, visit www.TheCNNH.org or call (855) 852-8150.
Holy Name rates 5 stars
for maternity care and more
H
oly Name Medical Center was named a Five-Star
recipient for 2012-2013 by Healthgrades, the lead-
ing provider of physician and hospital informa-
tion for consumers, for its performance in spine surgery,
and in back and neck surgery (spinal fusion). This is the
second consecutive year that HNMC has received praise
for both spine surgery and back/neck surgery (spinal
fusion). The Medical Center also received 5 Stars for its
critical care of persons with respiratory failure.
The orthopedic and critical care accolades complement
current Healthgrades 5-Star ratings, including those for
maternity care, which Holy Name has achieved seven years
in a row (2007-2012).
Performance grades are based on data from the report,
American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades
Report to the Nation, which evaluates Medicare hospital-
ization records to obtain risk-adjusted mortality and com-
plication rates from 2009 through 2011.
Current Healthgrades
awards to Holy Name include:
Orthopedic
Ranked #7 in NJ for Overall Orthopedic Services in 2013
Ranked Among the Top 10 in NJ for Overall Orthopedic
Services in 2013 (Ranked 7 in 2013)
Five-Start Recipient for Spine Surgery for 2 Years in a
Row (2012-2013)
Five-Star Recipient for Back and Neck Surgery (Spinal
Fusion) for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Critical Care
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Respiratory Failure
in 2013
Maternity Care
Recipient of the HealthGrades Maternity Care
Excellence Award for 3 Years in a Row (2010/2011 &
2011-2012)
Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Maternity
Care for 3 Years in a Row (2010/2011 & 2011-2012)
Five-Star Recipient for Maternity Care for 7 Years in a
Row (2006/2007-2012)
According to Healthgrades analyses, patients treated
in hospitals receiving five stars have, on average, 61%
lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the
hospital than if they were treated by hospitals receiving
one star. Healthgrades findings also indicate that a total
of 183,534 in-hospital complications could have been
avoided if all hospitals performed at the 5-star level.
Healthgrades independently measures data that
hospitals submit to the federal government. No hospital
can opt in or out of the analysis, and no hospital pays
to be measured. Healthgrades risk adjusts for patient
demographic characteristics and clinical risk factors,
thereby taking into account how sick patients are upon
admission.
Information about whooping cough
Holy Name Medical Center invites women to discuss
how the whooping cough vaccine can protect them and
their children with Dr. Henry Fernandez-Cos, an expert
in the field.
The Teaneck hospital is making Fernandez-Cos
available based on a recent vote by the Advisory
Committee for Immunization Practice for the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention that unanimously
recommended that all pregnant women be immunized
for whooping cough.
To speak with Fernandez-Cos, who works in
Obstetrics and Gynecology at Holy Name, call (201)
833-7063.
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After care is so important to a patients recovery once a patient is released from the
hospital the real challenges often begin the challenges they now have to face as they
try and regain their strength and independence.

Here at The Chateau we combine the very same sophisticated technologies and
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Englewood Hospital rated
among best in nation
A
report released recently by
Healthgrades, the leading pro-
vider of information to help
consumers make an informed decision
about a physician or hospital, recognizes
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
and its neurosciences, orthopedic, gastro-
intestinal, and general surgery programs
as among the best in the nation. The find-
ings are part of American Hospital Quality
Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to
the Nation, which evaluates the perfor-
mance of approximately 4,500 hospitals
nationwide across nearly 30 of the most
common conditions and procedures.
Patient outcomes are important to con-
sumers making choices today about hospi-
tals. According to new research conducted
by Harris Interactive for Healthgrades, 86
percent of Americans in 27 top designated
market areas agree they would be more
likely to choose or not choose a hos-
pital if they could learn ahead of time the
mortality rates for a certain procedure.
Englewood Hospitals notable
Healthgrades recognitions include:
Americas Best 100 Hospitals
One of Healthgrades Americas 100 Best
Hospitals for Spine Surgeryin 2013
Neurosciences
Among the Top 5% in the Nation for
Neurosurgery (2012-2013)
Neurosciences (2012-2013)
Treatment of Stroke in 2013
Ranked #2 in NJ for Neurosciences in
2013
Ranked #2 in NJ for Neurosurgery in 2013
Ranked #8 in NJ for Treatment of Stroke
in 2013
Orthopedic
Spine Surgery in 2013
#1 in NJ for Spine Surgery in 2013
#3 in NJ for Overall Orthopedic Services
in 2013
Five-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture
Treatment in 2013
Pulmonary
Overall Pulmonary Services in 2013
#4 in NJ for Overall Pulmonary Services
in 2013
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
in 2013
Pneumonia for 11 Years in a Row
(2003-2013)
Gastrointestinal
Overall GI Services in 2013
General Surgery in 2013
Ranked #4 in NJ for GI Services in 2013
Ranked #4 in NJ for General Surgery in
2013
Pancreatitis (2012-2013)
Five-Star Recipient for Cholecystectomy
in 2013
Critical Care
Ranked #6 in NJ for Critical Care in 2013
Sepsis for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Cardiac
#5 in NJ for Cardiac Surgery in 2013
#8 in NJ for Overall Cardiac Services in
2013
#8 in NJ for Cardiology Services in 2013
Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass
Surgery (2010-2013)
Heart Attack in 2013
Maternity Care
Maternity Care for 9 Years in a Row
(2004-2012)
Five-Star Recipient for Maternity Care for
10 Years in a Row (2003-2012)
We are honored and proud to be
recognized by Healthgrades with these
prestigious national awards, said Douglas
Duchak, president and CEO of Englewood
Hospital and Medical Center. These acco-
lades are important because they provide
relevant third-party acknowledgement
of our superior quality of care and the
extraordinary contributions and efforts of
our entire hospital staff in making the des-
ignation possible.
More information on the American
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Medication compliance is the center of healthcare
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He says that health-monitoring devices are like indica-
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inappropriate times.
In one clinical study in Israel, compliance among
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cent to more than 95 percent when SmartMed was intro-
duced. Margalit is waiting to hear how this improvement
contributed to the overall health outcomes of the patients.
Founded in 2007 with several million dollars in private
capital, Tel Aviv-based Vaica is now seeking about $5 mil-
lion to ramp up marketing and sales of its devices around
the globe. The seven-person company currently has its first
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Each market in each country will be handled differently,
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HMOs in the United States that have a direct interest in re-
ducing healthcare costs resulting from hospital visits.
This is a major threat to the healthcare system, he
explains. About 125,000 people die every year from medi-
cation non-compliance. Thats three times as many people
who die in auto accidents, but see how many billions are
put into auto safety ads?
With 19 percent of patients admitted to the hospital
returning within 30 days, medicine compliance is a di-
rect way that costs could be slashed in a meaningful way,
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T
he time to prepare for the future is TODAY.
Preparing for the future is a major theme of
this weeks Torah portion as it was for last weeks
portion and last weeks Haftarah. Our tradition reminds
us again and again that it is the role of one generation
to help secure the destiny of the following generations.
In this weeks portion, we read that when Isaac was
old and his eyes too dim to see he realizes that it is
time to reach out in order to insure that the blessing
with which Isaac was entrusted would pass on to his
deserving son. As we all know, perhaps he waited too
long to be able to see clearly and was ready to pass on
the blessing to the wrong son. Luckily for Jacob, and for
all of us, Mother Rebekah comes to the rescue and en-
sures that Jacob and not Esau is the rightful heir who is
blessed to carry on the unique role of the Jewish people
in world history.
Our sages remind us that it is good practice to keep
our wishes and affairs in order and not wait until our
eyes become dim. We have a tradition of writing ethi-
cal wills to communicate our basic beliefs and wishes.
We are reminded to share this will and testament with
our loved ones so there are no surprises in the end.
Rather, it is recommended that there is an ongoing
dialogue of our dreams and hopes for the future of our
loved ones, a clear understanding of who we really are,
and what we believe that we stand for.
In modern times, we are urged to complete a Jewish
medical directive and a durable power of attorney. I
urge you to discuss any of the above suggestions with
your rabbi or any knowledgeable authority. As for our
everyday life, the recent storm has brought home the
importance of heeding warnings of approaching disas-
ter and checking on our long-standing preparations for
calamity.
It is difficult to find enough words to thank all those
who came to the aid of those in need and to recognize
the many deeds, large and small, that people offered
neighbors and strangers. It is impossible to offer
enough words of consolation to those who lost loved
ones, homes, memories and possessions and to the
many of us who lived without electric power. Yet it is
time to begin once again to prepare and build for the
future. Decisions will have to be made as to our hier-
archy of values that help us decide on how and why to
invest our time, energy, and wealth, as individuals, a
community, state, and region.
One thing is certain. We will all begin to modify our
lifestyles; spend the time and effort to make sure that
we have the proper tools to deal with problems that
may come in the future, gather all our important pa-
pers, and be ready when we need to respond.
For all of us let us remember to keep a flash-
light handy not only for when the electricity is out,
not only when our eyes begin to dim, but to always
remind us that we need to focus on what is truly
important.
Parshat Toldot: Plan for the future
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AJCs Rosen receives interfaith award
with top Anglican cleric, imam
WASHINGTON Rabbi David Rosen of the American
Jewish Committee received the interfaith award from
Search for Common Ground, which promotes reconcili-
ation and conflict resolution.
Rosen, the AJCs international director of interreli-
gious affairs, was one of three clergymen to receive the
award with Lord George Carey of Clifton, the former
archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican
Church; and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the chairman of
the Cordoba Initiative, which is behind the controversial
initiative to commemorate the 9/11 attacks with an inter-
faith center near the World Trade Center in Manhattan.
Among other honorees at the Nov. 8 event in
Washington was the late Ambassador Christopher
Stevens, killed Sept. 11 in an attack on the U.S. consulate
in Benghazi, Libya.
Previous recipients of the Common Ground Award
include Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; former
U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
a leader in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa;
boxer Muhammad Ali; and Sesame Workshop, the chil-
drens programmer.
Adelson, Raisman in top 5 on Forward
50 list of influential Jewish Americans
The Jewish Daily Forwards annual list of the 50 most
influential Jewish Americans featured Republican Party
megadonor Sheldon Adelson and Olympic gymnast Aly
Raisman in the top five.
Joining Adelson and the gold-medal winning Raisman
in the top five of the Forward 50 were composer Philip
Glass, TV star Lena Dunham and Agudath Israel of
Americas executive vice president, Rabbi David Zweibel.
The top five had video profiles rolled out daily beginning
last week.
The full list was published online Monday. It included
Jewish heavyweights in politics and the entertainment
industry, but also some more unusual choices.
The most read profile, according to Forward editor
Jane Eisner, was of Hindy Poupko Galena, a New York
mother who blogged about her baby daughters struggle
against a fatal disease, prompting an outpouring of sup-
port through cyberspace.
The other most popular profiles included Bessie
Shemtov, founder of the Friendship Circle, which
links volunteers with disabled children and has grown
from a single chapter in Detroit to a nationwide move-
ment; Michael Uram, the Hillel rabbi at the University
of Pennsylvania who led a successful response to the
first-ever campus conference advocating the contro-
versial BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) move-
ment against Israel; and Andy Bachman, the rabbi of a
Reform congregation in Brooklyn who has led a religious
revitalization.
Others featured in the Forward 50 included Open
Zion website editor Peter Beinart; scientist Maria
Chudnovsky; U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the majority
leader in the House of Representatives; New York Times
Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren; and singer Barbra
Streisand.
Eisner noted with pride the increased number of
women and girls featured on the list.
JTA Wire Service
One song follows another as talented cast takes the stage at Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Arts & culture
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The Golden Land
The Folksbiene showcases Jewish life in America
MIRIAM RINN
T
he National Yiddish Theatre Folksbienes
revival of The Golden Land got knocked about
by Hurricane Sandy, just as the turn-of-the-
twentieth-century Jewish immigrants it celebrates were
tossed on the ships that brought them to the goldeneh
medineh they were so eager to reach. The production at
the Baruch Performing Arts Center had to be postponed
until the college was open and safe for audiences, but
the performance on Nov. 8 played to a full appreciative
house. The show, which is the major production of the
Folksbienes 98th consecutive season, runs through Dec.
2.
Zalman Mlotek, who lives in Teaneck, and Moishe
Rosenfeld were commissioned to create The Golden
Land as a special program honoring the Jewish
Daily Forward on its eighty-fifth anniversary. Initially
performed in 1982, The Golden Land went on tour
and then came to off-Broadway as a full theatrical
presentation. This revival keeps the book and score from
the 1985 production to present a musical history of the
great Jewish immigration to the United States from the
1880s through the World War II era.
The numbers may begin with a line or two of Yiddish,
but the majority of the show is in English and what
isnt is translated immediately. Even the supertitles that
the Folksbiene usually deploys are not needed here.
Trolling through a wealth of Yiddish songs from the
theater and popular music of the day, the attractive
young cast of three men and three women sets off with
Mir Forn Kayn Amerike. Soon enough, they reach
Ellis Island and then the Lower East Side, highlighted
by the lively number Watch Your Step. One song
quickly follows another, without much variety in tone
or pacing, and that robs the show of a certain emotional
complexity. Before we can absorb the depth of Give Me
Your Tired, Your Poor, we rush off to Amerike, Hurrah
for Onkel Sem. A lot of time is devoted to the growth
of the labor movement the Workmens Circle was the
original patron, after all and to the immigrants desire
to Americanize themselves as quickly as possible. In this
time of growing income disparity between the rich and
everyone else, these songs seem especially timely.
Veterans Bob Ader and Sandy Rosenberg, Cooper
Grodin (who was so good in this summers Shakespeare
in the Park production Into the Woods), Folksbiene
regular Daniella Rabbani, Stacey Harris, and Andrew
Keltz are all talented and appealing performers, and
Grodin has an especially good voice. Their timing
seemed a bit off in the performance I saw, but no doubt
they will settle into the roles.
Mayn Shtayteleh Belz, a song that usually aches with
loss, was undermined by being immediately followed by
a Menashe Skulnick bit, It Shouldnt Happen to a Dog,
and Papirosen, the Yiddish version of The Little Match
Girl, would have benefited from a bit of irony. That song
is so ridiculously over the top it needs a little acidity.
In general, interspersing news of the Holocaust with
vaudeville numbers seemed a strange choice, but the
show ends triumphantly with a declaration of the vitality
of the Jewish people.
The Folksbienes drive to broaden its appeal to a more
diverse audience seems to be working the theater
was filled with people representing a variety of ages and
ethnicities. Mlotek conducts the very good live band that
accompanies the show.
For more information, go to http://folksbiene.org/
goldenland.html
Storm delay didnt dim audiences appreciation of The Golden Land
JEWISH STANDARD NOVEMBER 16, 2012 55
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Arts & culture
The Law in These Parts
An Israeli filmmaker struggles with the question of the rule of law in conquered territory
ERIC A. GOLDMAN
I
n 2003, Raanan Alexandrowicz narrative feature film,
James Journey to Jerusalem, was being screened
at a local film festival, and the Israeli cultural atta-
ch there led the discussion that followed. An audience
member asked the attach how he could allow such a
film, which shows the plight of migrant workers in Israel,
to be shown. After all, it presented a negative picture of
Israel, and it showed Israelis taking advantage of these
foreign workers.
The consul paused for a moment and then he said,
Israel is a democracy. We do allow for free speech and
freedom of expression. He went on to say that he was
proud of the fact that this Israeli filmmaker could bring
a situation so desperately in need of repair to the screen.
Now, once again, nearly a decade later, Raanan
Alexandrowicz is pushing buttons by asking hard
questions in his documentary, Shilton Hachok,
released here as The Law in These Parts. The film is
garnering many awards, including a grand jury prize at
the Sundance Film Festival and the best documentary
award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Fully aware of the
fact that documentary filmmaking can be manipulated
easily, throughout the film the filmmaker alerts us to
the various quandaries that he has had to tackle. Should
certain people be interviewed? How should he assemble
the interviews? What impact would including one person
and excluding another have on the thrust of the film?
He does this to make clear that no matter how he
crafts his work, the film still will have his imprimatur and
surely will be influenced by his politics.
Alexandrowicz begins the film by building a set a
chair and a desk. He does that literally, with wood, a
hammer, and nails. It is there that the people who are
interviewed are to sit.
Behind the set, footage is screened to provide us, the
viewers, with a fuller picture of events, though often the
film is obstructed by the desk and chair. At first we are
annoyed that we cannot watch the full picture, but the
documentarian wants us to be keenly aware that a case
is being presented. The military legal authorities being
interviewed are the witnesses, and in a way we are left to
judge.
Just what is it that Alexandrowicz wants us to know?
What was the legal framework and labyrinth of laws
created and enforced when Israel took control of the
west bank after its victory in the Six Day War? How have
those laws changed over the last 45 years? What impact
does it have on the Palestinians living under Israeli
administration? The real question, which is never really
posed, is who is the defendant? Is it the State of Israel?
When Israel was victorious in 1967, a set of laws were
put into place that carefully drew on international law
and convention. The Israeli government wanted to be
sure to handle its moral and judicial imperatives in an
appropriate fashion. It is quite impressive to hear from
some of the people who crafted these laws as they talk
about the care that was taken to make sure that they were
doing the right thing. Among the people interviewed in
this film are some of Israels legal giants, like Dov Shefi,
Jair Rabinovich, Jonathan Livny, and Meir Shamgar.
Shamgar was Military Advocate General when Israel first
took control of the west bank and later became a judge
and then president of Israels Supreme Court. How are
the laws that were created for the territories different
from the laws that govern Israel proper? Are not laws of
occupation inherently different? We know that a trial in
a military court cannot be the same as a trial in a civilian
court. That certainly is the case in the United States and
throughout the western world. Israel is no different. So
what is the filmmaker looking at?
Some nine years ago, Alexandrowicz found himself
in a military courtroom. He was shocked by the
mechanisms that were in place to administer justice
to Palestinian residents in the west bank. Though he
supported the effort to bring criminals to trial, he was
appalled by what he perceived as a different justice
system than the one to which he was subject. With this
in mind, he asks the various military advocates general,
prosecutors, and judges to help shed light on the
situation.
What we learn from them is that the Israeli military
legal system strongly desired to do what was appropriate,
to follow international law, and to tackle the mechanisms
of justice in a fair and appropriate way.
One of the things we learn is that west bank cases
frequently are sent to Israels Supreme Court on appeal.
As one of the judges points out, he cannot think of too
many democracies that so often allow the process to
go forward from military courts to the civilian supreme
court of the land.
In the end, this film is an effort to try to clarify
and understand what the filmmaker terms the law
of occupation. In the course of Alexandrowiczs
investigation, he delves into how various laws, military
orders, questions about torture, and appeals since
1967 helped shape the system, and how looking at
this evolution provides a unique perspective on the
Palestinian-Israel conflict.
To his credit, Alexandrowicz tries to remain outside
of the discussion, though he does remind us throughout
that in the end it is his choice of material that will
constitute the final film.
In the aftermath of 9/11, all of us have struggled with
questions about rights, laws, and justice in this country
and abroad. In a democracy these questions require an
ongoing examination, and again Raanan Alexandrowicz
is asking the questions through his medium, cinema.
Though there may be no clear answers, we are
challenged to consider the case placed before us. We
need not be lawyers to comprehend that many of these
issues lay at the heart of the conflict.
The filmmaker does a masterful job in putting
everything on the table. The film ends as the set is about
to be dismantled. We hope that justice, the rule of law,
and an enduring peace might be a fitting conclusion.
Eric Goldman reviews films for The Jewish Standard.
The Law In These Parts director Raanan
Alexandrowicz. COURTESY OF CINEMA GUILD
Archival footage being projected behind the inter-
view desk, as seen in The Law In These Parts,
directed by Raanan Alexandrowicz.
COURTESY OF CINEMA GUILD
Calendar
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friday [nov. 16]
Shabbat in Closter Temple Beth El holds its
monthly informal tot Shabbat led by Rabbi
David S. Widzer and Cantor Rica Timman,
5:15 p.m., with a Thanksgiving theme.
Dinner, 5:45; family-friendly service, 6:45.
221 Schraalenburgh Road. (201) 768-5112.
Shabbat in Wayne The Chabad Center of
Passaic County hosts Shabbat dinner with
a Greek-themed meal and entertainment
by Hebrew school students, 6 p.m.
194 Ratzer Road. (973) 964-6274 or
www.jewishwayne.com.
Shabbat in Emerson Congregation Bnai
Israel holds its monthly intergenerational
drumming circle, 7 p.m. Drums provided;
attendees can bring a percussion
instrument. 53 Palisade Ave. (201) 265-2272
or www.bisrael.com.
Shabbat in Teaneck Temple Emeth offers a
musical service, 8 p.m. 1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.emeth.org.
Shabbat in Wayne Rabbi Sheldon
Zimmerman discusses Love Your
Neighbor, Love the Stranger: Is there a
Difference? for the Rabbi Shai Shacknai
memorial lecture at Temple Beth Tikvah,
8 p.m. Zimmerman, of the Jewish
Congregation of the Hamptons, is past
president of the Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion and of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Shacknai was Beth Tikvahs first fulltime
rabbi. 950 Preakness Ave. (973) 595-6565
or www.templebethtikvahnj.org.
Shabbat in Maywood Reconstructionist
Temple Beth Israel holds an open house
service led by student rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill,
Carolyn Enger
Piano music Concert pianist Carolyn Enger
performs at the Englewood Public Library,
6 p.m. Program includes works by Franz
Schubert. Enger has performed in many
places including Israels Bet Yad Lebanim
in Nahariya and at the Wayne Y for the
Backstage at the Y Concert Series. 31
Engle St. (201) 568-2215.
monday [nov. 19]
Yoga in Emerson The sisterhood
of Congregation Bnai Israel offers
yoga, 6:45 p.m. Bring a mat or a large
towel. Refreshments. 53 Palisade Ave.
(201) 265-2272 or www.bisrael.com.
Joanne Carras
Cookbook author The Upper Saddle River
Library, in conjunction with Valley Chabads
Womens Circle, offers a program with
Joanne Carras, author of The Holocaust
Survivor Cookbook, at the library,
7:30 p.m. 245 Lake St. (201) 476-0157
hindy@valleychabad.org.
Hadassah meeting Fair Lawn Hadassah
offers the Salute to Membership
at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
CBI, 7:45 p.m. Dessert served. 10-10
Norma Ave. Wolina, (201) 797-4612 or
Vardagrinspan@yahoo.com.
tuesday [nov. 20]
Discussing Israel in Woodcliff Lake As
part of an adult education series, Lets
Talk About Israel, hosted by synagogues
in the Pascack Valley area, Rabbi Benjamin
Shull discusses Religion and Peoplehood
at Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley,
7 p.m. 87 Overlook Drive. (201) 391-0801 or
events@tepv.org.
Interfaith Thanksgiving service in
Wanaque The Lakeland Hills Jewish
Center holds an interfaith Thanksgiving
service organized by Catholic, Jewish, and
Protestant clergy at the shul, 7:30 p.m.
Bring nonperishable food or checks for the
Center For Food Action. 71 Conklintown
Road. Jason, (973) 728-9056.
Film in Paramus The JCC of Paramus
screens The Human Resources Manager,
8:15 p.m., as part of its Jewish film festival.
Discussion with Cantor Sam Weiss
follows. Series continues through Nov. 27.
(201) 262-7691.
collaborative Hebrew school joining Temple
Israel and JCC, Ridgewood; Congregation
Beth Sholom, Teaneck; Kol Haneshama,
Englewood; Temple Beth Sholom, Fair
Lawn; and Temple Emanuel of North
Jersey, Franklin Lakes, offers a free monthly
pre-K program at Temple Israel, 9:30 a.m.
Rabbi Sharon Litwin, (201) 444-9320 or
slitwin@synagogue.org.
Bazaar in Teaneck Temple Emeth holds its
annual bazaar and vendor gift boutique,
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., including a full-service
food court for breakfast, lunch, snacks,
dinner, and desserts. 1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.emeth.org.
Toddler program Temple Emanuel of the
Pascack Valley in Woodcliff Lake hosts Club
Katan, focusing on Jewish observances
with storytelling, crafts, and songs, for
children entering kindergarten in September,
10:15 a.m. Free. (201) 391-0801.
Perimenopause and womens issues
Psychologist and womens mental health
expert Dr. Deborah Wagner Grundleger
sheds light on the often-unknown
psychological and emotional changes
preceding menopause, as she discusses
her new book, The Fifth Decade: Is It
Just My Life or Is It Perimenopause?
at the Jewish Community Center of
Paramus, 11 a.m. East 304 Midland
Ave. Refreshments. (201) 262-7691 or
www.jccparamus.org.
Israel culture festival in Maywood
Reconstructionist Temple Beth Israel
hosts a celebration of Israeli culture with
music, art, food, and demonstrations,
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 34 West Magnolia
Ave. (201) 845-7550.
Tricky tray auction in Fair Lawn The
sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom holds
its annual tricky tray. Doors open at
1 p.m.; auction at 2. 40-25 Fair Lawn Ave.
(201) 797-9321.
Movie in Hackensack Temple Beth El offers
American Movies with Jewish Content
with a screening of Hester Street, 2 p.m.
280 Summit Ave. (201) 342-2045.
Film in Franklin Lakes Temple Emanuel
screens movies about pre-World War II
Jewish life in Poland, portraying Jewish
life in Warsaw, Lodz, Bialystok, Krakow,
Vilna, Lvov, and four small towns, 2 p.m.
Refreshments. 558 High Mountain Road.
(201) 560-0200 or www.tenjfl.org.
Film in Paramus The JCC of Paramus
screens Invincible, 2 p.m., as part of its
Jewish film festival. Discussion with Cantor
Sam Weiss follows. Series continues
through Nov. 27. (201) 262-7691.
8 p.m.; an oneg follows. 34 West Magnolia
Ave. (201) 845-7550 or www.rtbi-online.org.
saturday [nov. 17]
Shabbat in Wyckoff Rabbi Ziona Zelazo
leads an alternative meditative prayer
service in Temple Beth Rishons library,
10 a.m. 585 Russell Ave. (201) 891-4466 or
Milo613@aol.com.
Shabbat in Paramus The JCC of Paramus
offers Club Shabbat, with prayer, songs,
Torah experiences, games, playtime,
and refreshments, for 2- to 6-year-olds
with a parent, grandparent, or caregiver,
10:30 a.m. Judy Fox, (201) 967-1334 or
eccdirector@jccparamus.org.
Shabbat in Emerson Congregation Bnai
Israel offers its monthly family Shabbat for
families with children 7 and under, Saying
Thank You, 10:45 a.m. Pizza and ice cream
lunch. 53 Palisade Ave. (201) 265-2272 or
www.bisrael.com.
sunday [nov. 18]
Holiday boutique in Franklin Lakes The
sisterhood of Barnert Temple holds a
boutique, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 747 Route 208
South. (201) 848-1027.
Cash for gold Congregation Bnai Israel
in Emerson hosts a Cash for Gold
program, 9:30 a.m.-noon, for items
including unwanted or broken gold or silver
jewelry, sterling silver flatware, and serving
trays. 53 Palisade Ave. (201) 265-2272 or
www.bisrael.com.
Pre-K program in Ridgewood The
Northern New Jersey Jewish Academy, a
Slippery When
Wet, a Bon Jovi
tribute band, will
perform in the
Rosen Theater at
the Wayne YMCA
on Saturday, Nov.
17 at 8 p.m. The
Metro YMCAs
of the Oranges
is a partner of
The YM-YWHA
of North Jersey.
1 Pike Drive.
(973) 595-
0100, ext. 250,
or mbudnick@
metroymcas.org.
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sunday [nov. 25]
Cantorial concert in Tenafly The Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades offers its annual
cantorial concert, The Great American
Jewish Songbook, featuring many local
cantors, 2 p.m. Sponsored in part by
the Weinflash Family Cantorial Concert
Endowment Fund. (201) 408-1429 or
www.jccotp.org.
i n new york
sunday [nov. 18]
YU open house for men Yeshiva University
holds an open house for men. 500 West
185th St. (212) 960-5277 or www.yu.edu/
jstandard.
Soviet film The Museum of Jewish Heritage
A Living Memorial to the Holocaust hosts
a screening/discussion of Mikhail Kaliks
Soviet 1964 film, Goodbye, Boys! The
film, in Russian with English subtitles, is
shown in conjunction with the exhibition
Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography,
War, and the Holocaust, 2:30 p.m. Film
scholar Olga Gershenson, a professor at
the University of Massachusetts Amherst,
discusses the film. (646) 437-4202 or
www.mjhnyc.org.
tuesday [nov. 20]
Alan M. Dershowitz Courtesy yu
Genesis and justice Yeshiva Universitys
Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for
Torah and Western Thought offers From
Sodom to Nuremberg: A Conversation
about Genesis, Justice and Law with
Professor Alan M. Dershowitz and
Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik in Weissberg
Commons on YUs Wilf campus, 7 p.m.
2495 Amsterdam Ave. (646) 592-4022 or
strauscenter@yu.edu.
si ngles
sunday [nov. 18]
Singles meet New Jersey Jewish Singles
45+ meet and schmooze at Cong. Agudath
Israel in Caldwell, 11:30 a.m. Entertainment
by guitarist Barry Ottenstein. Refreshments.
20 Academy Road. Sue Grossbard,
singles@agudath.org.
Music in Teaneck
Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck
offers Coming Home: Journeys of
the Jewish Spirit, for its annual Curtis
Hereld Memorial Concert on Sunday,
Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. Mezzo-soprano
Cantor Ronit Wolff Hanan, pianist
Joyce Rosenzweig, and local members
of HaZamir: The International Jewish
High School Choir, will perform Israeli,
liturgical, and secular songs. 354
Maitland Ave. Call (201) 833-2620.
Jacob and the Angel by Herb Stern.
Blue Matter by Harriet Sobie
Goldstein. Photos Provided
Cantor Ronit
Wolff Hanan
Joyce Rosenzweig
Teaneck artists
exhibit at Bergen PAC
Teaneck artists Sol Zaretsky, Harriet
Sobie Goldstein, and Paula Schiller
exhibit their work in a group show of the
Painting Affiliates of the Art Center of
Northern New Jersey in the Intermezzo
Gallery of the Bergen Performing Arts
Center in Englewood. Art will be on
display through Nov. 25, on weekdays
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and to ticket
holders at the time of performances.
The Painting Affiliates are a group of
professional artists working in a variety
of media and styles. The group exhibits
regularly in the NY/NJ metropolitan
area. The Art Center of Northern New
Jersey in New Milford offers art classes
in all media. Call (201) 227-1030 or go to
www.bergenpac.org .
Photos Courtesy CBs
Klezmer meets Gospel
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Celebrate the Holidays with Songwriter
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Musical Salon Series-
Beethoven Birthday Bash-Featuring Piano, Cello and Clarinet
Decem
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Chloe Altschul
Chloe Altschul, daughter of
Audrey and Mark Altschul, sister
of Benjamin, Liam, and Noah,
celebrated becoming a bat mitz-
vah on Nov. 3 at Congregation
Gesher Shalom in Fort Lee. She
is the granddaughter of Laura
Aronson of Boynton Beach, Fla.,
Robert and Catherine Schur of
Coral Gables, Fla., and Naomi
and the late Leonard Altschul of
Englewood Cliffs.
Jonah Maas Bern
Jonah Maas Bern, son of Karen
Maas and Douglas Bern of
Englewood, brother of Emilia, 9,
and Philip, 11, and grandson of
the late Ann and Herbert Maas
and the late Bea and Phil Bern,
celebrated becoming a bar mitz-
vah on Oct. 27 at Congregation
Kol HaNeshamah in Englewood.
He is an eighth-grader at the
Cresskill Middle School.
Ben Costa
Ben Costa, son of Tara and
Saverio Mandel of Wyckoff and
brother of Samuel and Daniel,
vah on Nov. 3 at Temple Beth
Rishon in Wyckoff.
Dina Gelsey
Dina Gelsey, daughter of Sue
and James Gelsey of Haworth,
vah on Nov. 10 at Temple Beth El
of Northern Valley in Closter.
Hannah Haas
Hannah Haas, daughter of
Sandra and Christopher Haas
of Ridgewood and sister of
Andrew, celebrated becoming a
bat mitzvah on Nov. 3 at Temple
Beth Rishon in Wyckoff.
Amanda
Hirschberg
Amanda Hirschberg, daughter
of Mindy and Alan Hirschberg
of River Vale and sister of Jessica
and Alyssa, celebrated becom-
ing a bat mitzvah on Nov. 3 at
Temple Beth Or in Washington
Township.
Jonathan
Pasternak
Jonathan Pasternak, son of
Donna and Ronald Pasternak of
Fair Lawn and brother of Joshua,
vah on Nov. 3 at the Fair Lawn
Jewish Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel.
Lindsey Seroka
Lindsey Seroka, daughter of
Shari and Richard Seroka of
Ridgewood and sister of Brett,
vah on Nov. 3 at Temple Beth Or
in Washington Township.
Noah Sidoti
Noah Sidoti, son of Robin and
Anthony Sidoti of Englewood
Cliffs, celebrated becoming a
bar mitzvah on Nov. 3 at Temple
Beth El of Northern Valley in
Closter.
Elana Smith
Elana Smith of Allendale,
daughter of Lisa Smith and
Chip Smith and sister of Perry,
vah on Nov. 10 at Temple Beth
Rishon in Wyckoff.
Aaron Weiss
Aaron Weiss, son of Drs. Kim
and Jeffrey Weiss of Wyckoff
and brother of Ayla, Jessica,
and Jordan, celebrated becom-
ing a bar mitzvah on Nov. 10 at
Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff.
Obituaries
Louis Appleman
Louis Appleman, 92, of Fair
Lawn, formerly of Paramus and
Manchester, died Nov. 13 at
Valley Hospital, Ridgewood.
Predeceased by his wife of 56
years, Roz, ne Horowitz, a sis-
ter, Rita Brandman, and a great-
grandson, Noah Heisler; he is
survived by daughters, Susan
Pickens (Larry) of Ida, Mich.,
and Bonnie Farber (Matt) of Fair
Lawn; five grandchildren; and
six great-grandchildren.
Born in New York City, he
worked as a letter carrier at
the Audubon Post Office in
Washington Heights. He was
a World War ll Army veteran
serving in the First Calvary and
was part of the Army War Show
touring the U.S. He served in
Australia and the Philippines.
He was a radio operator with
the rank of Technician 5th grade
and was discharged in 1946.
He was a former member of
the JCC of Paramus and Temple
Beth Sholom in Fair Lawn. He
was a member of the James
I. Platt Jewish War Veterans
Post #651 of Fair Lawn and the
National Association of Letter
Carriers. Donations can be sent
to the U.S.O. Arrangements were
by Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair
Lawn.
George Goldman
George E. Goldman, 91, of
Teaneck died Nov. 8 in Teaneck.
He was a Merchant Marine
veteran of World War II. Before
retiring, he worked as a busi-
nessman for Roberts Loan in
Jersey City. He was a member
of the U.S. Merchant Marine
Veterans Association.
Predeceased by his wife,
Enid; a daughter, Suzanne
Norah Frazier; a sister, Lila
Lieberman; and a brother,
Robert; he is survived by 16
nieces and nephews.
Contributions can be sent
to the United Seamens Service,
Brooklyn. Arrangements were by
Gutterman and Musicant Jewish
Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
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Sari Abolafia
Sari Abolafia, daughter of Carol
and Mark Abolafia of Harrington
Park, celebrated becoming a
bat mitzvah on Nov. 3 at Temple
Beth El of Northern Valley in
Closter.
Benjamin
Altschul
Benjamin Altschul, son of
Audrey and Mark Altschul,
brother of Chloe, Liam, and
Noah, celebrated becoming a
bar mitzvah on Nov. 3 at
Congregation Gesher Shalom in
Fort Lee. He is the grandson of
Laura Aronson of Boynton
Beach, Fla., Robert and
Catherine Schur of Coral Gables,
Fla., and Naomi and the late
Leonard Altschul of Englewood
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Wilfred Goldstick
Wilfred Goldstick, 89, of Englewood Cliffs, died Nov. 11
at home.
Born in Toronto, before retiring he was a self-em-
ployed engineer in New York City.
He is survived by his wife, Marianne, ne Lourie;
daughters Toba Goldstick of Manhattan and Naomi
Goldstick-Rosner of Baltimore; a son, Jonathan of White
Plains, N.Y.; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
Fort Lee.
Esther Insley
Esther Insley, 95, of Fair Lawn, died Nov. 5 at home.
Born in Paterson, she earned an RN degree from the
School of Nursing at Paterson General Hospital and
worked as a hospital, private duty, and industrial nurse.
Later, with her husband, she founded Insley Caterers,
Ltd., where she was executive chef and director.
Predeceased by her husband, Abraham, and grand-
son, Douglas, she is survived by her children, Joyce
Fogg (James), Richard (Ann Rea), Larry (Kathy), Steven
(Lorraine), and Laura Insley (Bob Guy); eight grandchil-
dren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Donations can be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation
of America or American Red Cross. Arrangements were
by Robert Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Richard Fuld Kessler
Richard Fuld Kessler, 90, died Nov. 10 in Horsham, Pa.
He was born in Newark and lived in Maplewood
and then South Orange before moving to Pennsylvania,
where he lived at the Abramson Center for Jewish Life in
Horsham.
He attended Cornell University before joining the
Army. He participated in the D-Day landing in France on
June 6, 1944, and later served with military intelligence
in France and Germany.
Mr. Kessler graduated in 1948 from Rutgers Law
School and practiced law in Newark. He was owner/
manager /president of King Solomon Memorial Park,
Cresthaven Cemetary Association and West Ridge Lawn
Cemetery. He was a former member of the board of di-
rectors and executive committee of the Trust Company
of New Jersey, a past member of the board of trustees of
the Jewish Community Federation of Metropolitan New
Jersey, and a past president of the board of trustees of
The Jewish News.
Predeceased by his wives, Natalie Finkelstein in 1984
and Joanne Glaubach in 2002, he is survived by chil-
dren Jane Kessler (Anthony Clark) of Solebury, Pa., and
Patricia Kessler (David Carta) of Hillsborough; three
grandchildren; four great- grandchildren; two step-chil-
dren, Marjorie OMalley and Michael Glaubach; and one
step-grandchild.
Donations may be made to the Abramson Center
for Jewish Life. Arrangements were by Eden Memorial
Chapels, Fort Lee.
Irving Luks
Irving Luks, 88, of Cliffside Park, died Nov. 4.
A World War II veteran, he was an infantryman in the
Third Army and was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze
Star.
Predeceased by his wife, Elaine, ne Rosenbaum, he is
survived by a son, Gary (Nancy); grandchildren, Wendy
and Daniel; a sister-in-law, Miriam Luks; and nieces and
nephews.
Donations can be made to the Jewish National
Fund or the Jewish Community Center of Paramus.
Arrangements were by Robert Schoems Menorah
Chapel, Paramus.
David Miller
David Miller, 84, of Fair Lawn, died Nov. 7 at Hospice
House of Hackensack.
Born in Salem, Mass., he was a Navy veteran and
served on the light cruiser U.S.S. Dayton. He earned
degrees from Boston University, Boston College, and
Harvard University. He taught math and history and
then was named the youngest secondary school princi-
pal in Massachusetts. After moving to Fair Lawn he was
principal of Thomas Jefferson and Memorial junior high
schools.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Florence, ne
Sudnovsky; children Jim (Christine) and Debbie Breslow
(Jay); a brother, Lawrence; and six grandchildren.
Donations can be made to the Fair Lawn chapter
of Hadassah, Fair Lawn Jewish Center-CBI, or Hospice
House of Hackensack. Arrangements were by Robert
Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Louis Miller
Louis S. Miller, 98, of Paramus, formerly of Paterson, died
Nov. 12.
Predeceased by his wife, Mildred, he is survived by
children, Rona McNabola of Glen Rock, and Stuart (Terry
Dill) of Brooklyn; and two grandchildren.
An Army World War II veteran, before retiring he was a
certified public accountant with Schotz, Simon & Miller
and Company in Paterson, now known as R.D. Hunter in
Fair Lawn.
Contributions can be sent to the Glen Rock Jewish
Center. Arrangements were by Louis Suburban Chapel,
Fair Lawn.
Barbara Rose
Barbara Rose, 75, of Woodmere, N.Y., died Nov. 9 at Atria
MJHS Hospice in Riverdale, N.Y.
Born in New York City, she is survived by her husband,
Robert, a daughter, Wendy Corbin of Westchester; a son,
Lawrence of Rye Brook, N.Y.; brothers Herber Klapper
and Myron Norris; and six grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
Fort Lee.
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Syril Rubin
It is with deep sadness that the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades mourns the loss of Syril Rubin
zl
,
a kind and generous Woman of Valor, who will be remembered for her vibrancy, compassion and wisdom.
She was a true matriarch of our community, and an unassuming mentor, who had a smile and a good word for everyone she met.
Syril and her husband, Leonard
zl
loving partners and ardent supporters of culture and global community
were founding members of our JCC. Dedicated to scholarship and Jewish culture, Syril took personal pride in launching
innovative and meaningful programs at our Center. A voracious reader, she founded the JCC Forum Lecture series,
which brought renowned speakers to our Center such as Bruno Bettleheim, George McGovern and Arthur Schlesinger.
Devoted to the elderly, she secured handicapped accessible transportation to bring seniors to the JCC so they could remain
socially engaged. She established the Ruth and Pete Nelkin Endowment for Horticulture Terapy, named for her parents,
to allow seniors to participate in gardening projects. She ofered her ongoing, compassionate support for our
JCC Adult Reach Center, which cares for people with Alzheimers and related forms of dementia.
And, as a consummate hostess, she opened her home to her community, hosting elegant dinners and luncheons for
countless Jewish and cultural causes, including gatherings for homebound seniors, just to get them out of the house.
Central to Syrils life was her large and loving family. She was cherished as a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother,
who had a gif for making each and every loved one feel special. Always thinking of others, Syril demonstrated her
compassionate nature with a lifetime commitment to children. She generously supported a JCC scholarship fund for children
with special needs, as well as the JCC Nursery School, which nurtures hundreds of children each year and bears the Rubin name.
Deeply dedicated community builders, Syril and Lenny were lifelong supporters of Israel and Jewish life
around the globe. Together, in the spirit of tzedakah, they traveled the world connecting with other families
in other communities to help where they could. Preserving Jewish continuity was a personal mission,
and they established numerous JCC endowments to provide vital programming for future generations, including
Youth Leadership, Professional Development, Maccabi Scholarship and a special scholarship fund for
the March of the Living and Education in Israel. Te JCC annual Rubin Run, which has been supporting
healthy lifestyle programs at the JCC for more than 30 years, is also named for the Rubin family.
Syrils legacy as a caring and passionate community leader will continue to inspire future generations and
her extraordinary commitment to her family, her community, and our Center will never be forgotten.
We send our sincerest condolences to her children, Daniel, Eileen, Robert, Toby, Leslie and Mark, her 12 grandchildren,
10 great grandchildren, and her sister, Helene Nelkin. She was deeply loved and will be sorely missed.
She lef the world a better place because she lived.
May her memory be for a blessing.
Pearl Seiden
President
Avi A. Lewinson
Chief Executive Ofcer
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Syril rubin
The offcers and members of the Board of Directors of
the Jewish Home Family note with profound sorrow the
passing of our Jewish Home Assisted Living board member,
devoted supporter and very dear friend, Syril Rubin.
Syril and her beloved late husband Lenny were critical
driving forces in the development of the Jewish Home.
Their foresight, counsel, and ability to involve others in
our mission of providing for elders in our community
resulted in the creation of our Home. An extraordinary
woman who exhibited a profound commitment to
countless organizations and causes in the local, national
and international Jewish communities, she will be missed
by many. We extend our deepest sympathy to her children,
Daniel and Eileen himself a member of our board,
Robert and Toby, Leslie and Mark, her grandchildren,
great grandchildren and her entire family. Syril and Lenny
leave behind an astounding philanthropic legacy that
includes many fne institutions they help conceived,
found and steward. May her memory be for a blessing.
Eli Ungar, Chairman of the Board
Charles P. Berkowitz, President and CEO
Dr. Stanley Rosen
Dr. Stanley M. Rosen, 83, of Boca Raton,
Fla., formerly of New Milford, died on
Nov. 9.
A graduate of Ohio College of Podiatry,
before retiring he was a podiatrist in
Teaneck.
Predeceased by his wife, Serita, ne
Gottlieb, he is survived by his wife, Joy;
children, Dr. Craig (Jodi), Bruce (Colleen),
and Alicia Walter (John); a sister, Irene
Verner; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Donations can may be made to the
Greater Boca Raton Cancer Corps, Boca
Raton, Fla. Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Gloria Rosenfeld
Gloria Rosenfeld, 93, of Mission Viejo,
Calif., formerly of Teaneck, died Nov. 7 in
California.
Born in New York City, she is survived
by nieces and nephews
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial
Chapels, Fort Lee.
Philip Rothman
Philip Rothman, 90, of Boca Raton, Fla.,
father of Congressman Steve Rothman of
Englewood, died Nov. 12 in Fort Lee.
Born in New York City, his career
was in real estate development and
philanthropy.
After making deliveries for his fathers
Astoria, Queens, tailor shop from a very
early age, Mr. Rothman graduated high
school and became a silversmith. He be-
came a tool and die maker and later su-
pervised an aircraft parts plant in Detroit.
During World War II, Mr. Rothman and
his brother invented a fuse for Americas
version of the Robot Bomb and were
awarded the E for Excellence Award by
the Air Corps.
After the war he became a builder,
constructing single-family homes
throughout Englewood, and then office-
warehouses in Englewood and through-
out southern Bergen County.
He was active in charity work, volun-
teering to help build and supervise the
construction of the Jewish Community
Center on Tenafly Road in Englewood
and serving on its board of trustees. He
was a fundraiser and donor for Israel
Bonds, the United Jewish Appeal, and
many other groups. He was a lifetime
member of Temple Sinai of Tenafly.
Mr. Rothman is survived by his wife
of 67 years, Muriel Fischer Rothman; his
daughter, Susan Bogatin of New York
City; his sons, Dr. Arthur Rothman of
Tenafly and Congressman Steve Rothman
of Englewood; seven grandchildren,
two great grandchildren; a sister, Ann
Lefkowitz of Franklin Lakes; a brother-
in-law, Lawrence Fischer of Monroe
Township; a son-in law Jeffrey Bogatin;
a daughter-in-law; Marybeth Farrell
Rothman, and many nieces, nephews
The family has requested that do-
nations be made in honor of Philips
grandson, Jack Rothman, to Aging With
Autism, Inc., 726 Route 202 South, Suite
320-361, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807.
Lillian Sachs
Lillian Victoria Sachs, ne Breslow, 93, of
River Vale, died Nov. 3 at home.
Predeceased by her brothers, Ira and
Leonard, she is survived by her husband,
Seymour; and family, Barbara, Mark,
and Amanda LeFelt of River Vale, Myra
and Herb Silander and Alexis and Bryan
Rounds, Jordan, Ben, and Annika, all of
Woodstock, N.Y.
Arrangements were by Robert
Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Orin Shemin
Orin Louis Shemin, 55, of Teaneck, died
Oct. 30.
He is survived by his wife, Martha,
ne Zitomer; his mother, Shirley Glass
Shemin; a brother, Craig Shemin
(Stephanie DAbruzzo), and friend, Vida
Elette Story.
He was a member of Congregation
Gesher Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee and the
Society of American Magicians.
Donations can be sent to the shul or
Paramus-Bat Sheva chapter of Hadassah.
Arrangements were by Robert Schoems
Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Ramona Simon
Ramona Simon, 68, of Roselle, died
Oct. 27. Arrangements were by Louis
Robert Stollman
Robert I. Stollman, 83, of Norwood, died
on Nov. 9 at CareOne in Westwood. Born
in Brooklyn, he was an Army Korean
conflict veteran and a self employed belt
manufacturer.
He is survived by his wife, Alice,
ne Fritsch; a son, Theodore of
California; a daughter, Elizabeth Carter
of Connecticut; a brother, Richard of
Florida; a sister, Louise Finkelstein of
Ridgewood; and a grandchild, Petra.
Chapels, Fort Lee.
Larry Tannenbaum
Larry Tannenbaum, 88, of Fort Lee, died
Nov. 7 at Prospect Heights Hospice in
Hackensack.
Born in New York City, he was a World
War II Army veteran. Before retiring, he
worked for a consumer electronics mar-
keting company.
Surviving are his wife, Barbara, ne
Murgo; a daughter, Joan; a son, Scott; and
grandson, Matthew.
Chapels, Fort Lee.
Gertrude Weiss
Gertrude Weiss, 93, of Maywood, died
Oct. 31. Arrangements were by Louis
Ezra Zaritt
Ezra Zaritt , 93, of Hackensack, formerly
of Fair Lawn, died Nov. 12.
A World War II veteran, he worked as a
tool and die maker at Sandvik Steel.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel;
a daughter, Mona Hahn (Ariel);
two granddaughters; and three
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Louis
Morris Zysblat
Morris Zysblat, 99, of Teaneck, formerly of
Paterson, died Nov. 12.
Born in Germany, he was educated
in Hanover before immigrating to the
United States in 1938. Along with his
father, he started a business tearing
used clothing into rags for gas stations.
Later, he ran Paterson Clothing Export
Company and was the exclusive dis-
tributor of Levi Strauss products in West
Germany and France.
He was a member of the New Jewish
Life Club in Paterson and Congregation
Bnai Israel in Fair Lawn. Retiring over 40
years ago, he became a stock day-trader
working at home.
Predeceased in 1995 by his wife of 49
years, Joan, ne Stern, he is survived by
his children, Claire Beslow (Edward), and
Bill (Laura); a sister, Anna Mannes; and
four grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Louis
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Syril Rubin
It is with deep sadness that the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades mourns the loss of Syril Rubin
zl
,
a kind and generous Woman of Valor, who will be remembered for her vibrancy, compassion and wisdom.
She was a true matriarch of our community, and an unassuming mentor, who had a smile and a good word for everyone she met.
Syril and her husband, Leonard
zl
loving partners and ardent supporters of culture and global community
were founding members of our JCC. Dedicated to scholarship and Jewish culture, Syril took personal pride in launching
innovative and meaningful programs at our Center. A voracious reader, she founded the JCC Forum Lecture series,
which brought renowned speakers to our Center such as Bruno Bettleheim, George McGovern and Arthur Schlesinger.
Devoted to the elderly, she secured handicapped accessible transportation to bring seniors to the JCC so they could remain
socially engaged. She established the Ruth and Pete Nelkin Endowment for Horticulture Terapy, named for her parents,
to allow seniors to participate in gardening projects. She ofered her ongoing, compassionate support for our
JCC Adult Reach Center, which cares for people with Alzheimers and related forms of dementia.
And, as a consummate hostess, she opened her home to her community, hosting elegant dinners and luncheons for
countless Jewish and cultural causes, including gatherings for homebound seniors, just to get them out of the house.
Central to Syrils life was her large and loving family. She was cherished as a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother,
who had a gif for making each and every loved one feel special. Always thinking of others, Syril demonstrated her
compassionate nature with a lifetime commitment to children. She generously supported a JCC scholarship fund for children
with special needs, as well as the JCC Nursery School, which nurtures hundreds of children each year and bears the Rubin name.
Deeply dedicated community builders, Syril and Lenny were lifelong supporters of Israel and Jewish life
around the globe. Together, in the spirit of tzedakah, they traveled the world connecting with other families
in other communities to help where they could. Preserving Jewish continuity was a personal mission,
and they established numerous JCC endowments to provide vital programming for future generations, including
Youth Leadership, Professional Development, Maccabi Scholarship and a special scholarship fund for
the March of the Living and Education in Israel. Te JCC annual Rubin Run, which has been supporting
healthy lifestyle programs at the JCC for more than 30 years, is also named for the Rubin family.
Syrils legacy as a caring and passionate community leader will continue to inspire future generations and
her extraordinary commitment to her family, her community, and our Center will never be forgotten.
We send our sincerest condolences to her children, Daniel, Eileen, Robert, Toby, Leslie and Mark, her 12 grandchildren,
10 great grandchildren, and her sister, Helene Nelkin. She was deeply loved and will be sorely missed.
She lef the world a better place because she lived.
May her memory be for a blessing.
Pearl Seiden
President
Avi A. Lewinson
Chief Executive Ofcer
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Jewish Federation
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Syril Rubin was a devoted friend and longtime
supporter of the Jewish people, the State of Israel and Jewish
Federation of Northern New Jersey. The wife of Leonard
Rubin zl and the mother of past president of Federation
Daniel Rubin, Syril was a warm, loving, and compassionate
Woman of Valor. She was a fervent supporter of Jewish
culture and education and ensured her Jewish legacy by
endowing her Lion of Judah gift. She made countless trips
to Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people, where she
maintained a home and developed a strong commitment to
many organizations, including the Neve Yosef Community
Center in Haifa, a Federation beneciary. She and Leonard
Syril Rubin
David J. Goodman
President
Jason M. Shames
Chief Executive O cer
were founding members of Federation and active
participants at many of Federations beneciary agencies,
including the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades and the Jewish
Home at Rockleigh. Together, the Rubins had a profound
and highly positive impact on our community.
We extend our deepest condolences to Syrils three children,
Daniel (and wife, Eileen), Robert (and wife, Toby), Leslie
Weinberg (and husband, Mark), her twelve grandchildren,
and ten great-grandchildren.
May they be comforted among the mourners of Zion and
Jerusalem. May her memory be for a blessing forever.
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