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Going green
In the future, we were told, we would
eat algae dispensed by computerized
electronic machines.
That future is arriving with an
invented-in-Israel label.
Khai-nam is a name for a fast-growing
aquatic vegetable little known in the
Western world. It has a nutritional
profile thats hard to beat comparable
to combining kale, broccoli and spinach.
The worlds smallest flowering plant,
Khai-nam is better, if less appetizingly,
known as duckweed.
And thanks to research biologist
Tsipi Shoham, this mild-tasting Asian
superfood may be coming to your
kitchen.
Dr. Shoham founded a startup
company, GreenOnyx, that plans to
offer a unique home system sort of
a 3D printer for food to grow and
process Khai-nam for smoothies, soups,
stews, and salads. Khai-nam has been
likened to caviar, for its small size and
round shape, if not its flavor or price.
In effect, GreenOnyx does for
vegetables what SodaStream does for
soda: It moves the means of production
onto your kitchen counter.
GreenOnyx has won U.S. Food and
Drug Administration approval, and is
forging collaborations in the United
States and Europe. After another
year of development, the patented
countertop machine is expected to be
available for sale.
This is a real high-tech system
integrated with agriculture in a way
nobody has done before, says Dr.
Shohams husband, CEO Benny
Shoham, a Technion-trained electronic
engineer who has been chief executive,
vice president of business development,
and product director for several Fortune
500 and startup companies.
Mr. Shoham explains that his
wife, who has a Ph.D. from the
Weizmann Institute of Science and
did postdoctoral research at Stanford
University, began seeking exceptionally
nutritious fresh produce for the familys
table about three years ago.
We have two girls and wanted
to help protect them from chronic
disease, he said. Based on her
research into algae and cancer, she
understands that preventive steps like
proper diet are most important, and
thats why so many people are turning
vegan and vegetarian.
After screening many types of biosources, we came across Khai-nam. In
1970, Nature had an article about it. So
its not a secret vegetable it existed
for hundreds of years in Indochina
but it is complicated to grow and is
consumed only in Thailand, Myanmar,
and Laos these days. We wanted to find
a way to develop it.
Their at-home experiments with

the vegetable also called wolffia or

watermeal proved successful, and
friends were eager to learn more. The
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unless it was extremely convenient to
buy and prepare.
At some point we reached out to
Ron Guttmann, who used to be the
CEO of Unilever Israel, and he invested
immediately and joined us as our third
partner in early 2013, Mr. Shoham said.
GreenOnyx, based in Tel Aviv, has a
team of 10 employees with expertise
in optics, algorithms, software, and
physics. The scientific advisory team
includes professors from Ben-Gurion
and Rutgers universities, as well as
international food safety and regulatory
expert Catherine Adams Hutt.
The Shohams have sourced several
champion strains of Khai-nam, all
compliant with FDA regulations. The
antioxidant-rich vegetable, whose name
means water eggs in Thai, is high in
protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
All the system needs is a connection
to tap water and electricity, Mr.
Shoham said. As long as you continue
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you once a month, the system will run
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of fresh produce.
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of Khai-nam: fresh for salads; liquefied
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Noshes

Met him once at the Bayou. We played Jewish

Geography. His cousin was my fathers cardiologist.
Rabbi Charles Arian, discussing the late rock singer songwriter Warren Zevon,
composer of Werewolves of London.

PROUD PAPA:

Mike Nichols and

his Jewish kids
Director MIKE NICHOLS, the Berlin-born
son of German Jewish refugees, died on
November 19 at 83. It is
easy to find print and
online biographies about
him. What is harder to
find is material about his
relationship to his Jewish
background after his early days as a child refugee
in New York. In 2006,
he was interviewed by
ABIGAIL POGREBIN
for her book Stars of
David, in which famous
Jews talked about being
Jewish. Here is a little
first-person information
about his family life, as
he related it to Pogrebin.
It requires a brief preface: Nichols was married
four times, and none of
his wives, including his
widow, journalist Diane
Sawyer, were Jewish. He
had one child, DAISY,
now about 44, with
his first wife, and two
children, JENNY, now
around 36, and MAX,
now about 39, with his
third wife.
Nichols told Pogrebin
that his parents were
not religiously observant
at all. He said he was
connected to his Jewish heritage, but did not
practice Judaism or any
other religion. His three
children were not raised
in any faith, he told her.
But despite their secular
upbringing, Nichols said,
all three of his children
ultimately came to identify as Jewish. Nichols

told Pogrebin that his

daughter Jenny once
said to him, In the end
you pick Jewish because
it is harder.
When asked what
he thought about his
daughters statement,
Nichols replied that he
was proud of her. Impressed. I think it was
also accurate. If you get
a choice, you do pick it
because its harder. You
dont like yourself if you
pick the other one and
always feel like youre full
of sht.
Max Nichols is a leading music business executive. In 2001, he married
Jewish journalist RACHEL ALEXANDER, now
40, in a Jewish ceremony
in Venice. Alexander was
then a sportswriter for
the Washington Post.
She took her husbands
name and now is a prominent ESPN/CNN TV
sportscaster under the
name Rachel Nichols.
The hit sci-fi film,
Interstellar, is still
playing in theaters.
Casey Affleck co-stars as
Tom, the son of Cooper,
the movies star character. TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, 18, plays Tom as
a 15-year-old. He also
played Finn Walden in
the second season of
Homeland and may
co-star in an upcoming
X Men movie. Raised in
the States, his father is
French and his mother is
an American Jew. Shes
the sister of RODMAN

Mike Nichols

Timothee Chalamet

Rodman Flender

Yael Grobglas

FLENDER, 52, a big-time

TV director. Last year,
Chalamet briefly dated
Madonnas 17-year-old
daughter, Lourdes.
The series Jane, the
Virgin has an implausible premise, but the
charming title character,
played by the charming Gina Rodriguez,
makes the show work.
Its emerged as a critical
and popular hit since its
mid-October premiere.
The premise: Jane, a
virg, gets impregnated
at her doctors office
with sperm that Rafael,
her boss, had left there;
he had stored it before
cancer treatments made
him infertile. The sperm
was meant for Petra, Rafaels evil wife, who married him for his money,
is serially unfaithful to
him, and wanted to have

his baby only when she

realized that he might
leave her. Israeli actress
YAEL GROBGLAS, who
is around 26, plays Petra.
Described often as a
blonde bombshell, she
starred in several Israeli
TV shows. She told the
New York Times: Its
been a blast playing such
a mischievous character,
because shes so unlike me. Rodriguez, by
the way, had a Jewish
grandfather, and her parents, she told a reporter,
exposed her to many religions. She hasnt really
picked one, but added
that my oldest sister is
Jewish.
If you get AT&T cable
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Five Jewish talents

and one Peter Pan
On Thursday, December. 4, at 8 p.m., NBC will present
a live version of the classic musical Peter Pan. It stars
Allison Williams as Peter, with Christopher Walken as
Captain Hook. The musical was written by five Jewish
theater legends, all deceased: Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN, ADOLPH GREENE, and CAROLYN LEIGH, with
N.B.
music by MARK CHARLAP and JULE STYNE.

nels, from November 27

to November 30. During
this preview (or on Netflix, etc.), you can bingewatch series like HBOs
Boardwalk Empire. The
next-to-last season of
Boardwalk (2013-14)
featured the handsome
BEN ROSENFIELD, 22,

as Willie Thompson,
the smart but troubled
nephew of star character Nucky Thompson.
More recently, he filmed
a large supporting role
in a yet-untitled WOODY
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released in 2015.
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LOIS GOLDRICH

resident Obamas recent speech on immigration

and his decision not to deport some 5 million
people most likely was driven, at least in part, by
the advocacy efforts of groups such as the National
Council of Jewish Women.
The Bergen County section, which held a forum on immigration reform last Tuesday, was in the process of sending a
letter to the president when his formal statement was issued.
It was a packed house, Bea Podorefsky of Teaneck said of
the forum, which drew 300 attendees. She and fellow NCJW
member Joyce Kalman chaired the event.
We prepared a letter for attendees to sign urging the president to take some action, she said, joking that one of the
programs panelists, Rabbi Greg Litcovsky, said she must have
had a connection to a higher power, given the presidents
subsequent action.
Ms. Podorefsky said that the forums goals were to educate
ourselves, to educate the community at large, and to work
together with our coalition partners. The coalition, created
around last years NCJW forum on human trafficking, consists
of 24 organizations, ranging from Project Sarah to the Palisades Park Senior Center.

Because this can only

be addressed on the
federal level, New
Jersey has taken steps
to help bring
undocumented
immigrants out of the
shadows.
VALERIE HUTTLE

The panel for this years program included Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Michael Wildes, Rabbi
Litcovsky, and Vidalia Acevedo. Each was chosen to represent
a different aspect of what panelists called the broken immigration system.
After the program, The Jewish Standard asked panelists to
summarize their positions. These are their responses.
Good for the state
Assemblywoman Huttle of Englewood (D-37 Dist.) noted
that while each legislator approaches immigration issues
differently, depending on their personal and family experiences, as well as who they represent in their districts, the general sentiment in New Jersey is supportive of immigrants who
live, work, and go to school in our state.
She said that while some states have taken a very antiimmigration position New Jersey has instead focused on
protecting and enhancing opportunities for immigrants in our
state, recognizing that they are members of our communities,
critical participants in our workforce, and talented students in
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our education system.

She said that the most significant issue under discussion
is the status of undocumented immigrants who are living in
communities without the protection of legal recognition.
Because this can only be addressed on the federal level,
New Jersey has taken steps to help bring undocumented
immigrants out of the shadows, she said. This includes
allowing undocumented students who graduated from New
Jersey high schools to attend college at an in-state rate under
a law she co-sponsored, known as the Dream Act.
In addition, legislative proposals are pending that would
extend the Dream Act to cover tuition assistance for undocumented students and to create a type of drivers license for
undocumented residents.
Ms. Huttle said that documented immigrants also confront
challenges, including learning English and becoming members of their larger communities. For this group, there is also
a lot we can do to make their transition easier and opportunities here more accessible, she said. The Korean Medical Program at Holy Name Medical Center is an example of a health
care provider making sure immigrants are aware of screenings
and information that is vital to cancer prevention and early
detention.
Ms. Huttle is sponsoring a bill that would require forms and
materials for people with developmental disabilities to be
printed in other languages.
It is difficult enough for individuals with disabilities and
their families to navigate the housing, health care, and educational programs available to them, she said. Doing this with
a language barrier is nearly impossible. It is measures like this
that go a long way to ease the immigrant experience in our
state and make a real difference in the quality of life.
The most significant issue I see is emerging immigrant
communities working to become part of our larger Bergen
County and New Jersey community, she continued. I work
with members of immigrant groups that are not well represented in government and community organizations. That
representation is so critical to having a voice for their ethnic
community, but also to bringing that group into our larger
county and state framework.
Ms. Huttle said that in Bergen County, election ballots are
printed in three languages English, Spanish, and Korean. In
light of recent findings that a large number of new immigrants
are attracted to the state, she suggested that it is because New
Jersey is already a very diverse state, offering new immigrants
communities of residents who speak their language, know
their culture, and will help them become acclimated and comfortable in their new country.

Rabbi Greg Litcovsky

Vidalia Acevdo

This, she said, is good for New Jersey.

Being a state that attracts new immigrants is beneficial for
New Jersey. It means that we are bringing in more talent and
fresh ideas. This is all important for our society to grow and
thrive, culturally and economically. New Jersey is such a great
state because of how much we have to offer, and our diversity is partially responsible for that. BergenPAC, for instance,
has showcased every kind of performance group from an
acclaimed Korean singer to Matisyahu. Those shows come to
our state, and North Jersey in particular, because we have the
communities to attend and support the events.
She said that New Jerseys economic well-being is enhanced
by a strong immigrant presence. We have seen, generation
after generation, that immigrants bring energy and are willing to work hard to achieve their own American dream, she
said. At the same time, I support making sure immigrants,
just like all New Jersey residents, have access to education,
health care, and employment opportunities that will allow
them to have their American dream.
She said that while we still need President Obama and
Congress to work together to create a long-term plan to
address immigration in the United States, I support the presidents recent executive action. His plan will allow families to
stay together, require undocumented immigrants to pay their
taxes without fear of deportation, and shift the focus of deportation officials from hard-working immigrants to individuals
who have committed crimes while in our country. Millions of
undocumented residents with U.S. citizen children and families will be able to come out of the shadows and begin to really
live their American dream.

Looking at the law

Immigration attorney Michael Wildes of the Manhattan
law firm Wildes and Weinberg said that the immigration
issue is a personal journey for my firm and I. My father
represented John Lennon in the 1970s in the successful
suit disputing his deportation. The very authority the
president is using to take [his executive] action emanates
from the scholarship of that case.
Mr. Wildes, a former federal prosecutor as well as a former mayor of Englewood, said that with millions of undocumented aliens in the country, there are not enough detention
centers, handcuffs, beds, or the inclination to remove them.
As a former mayor, he said, he would rather work to develop
the trust of the immigrant community.
Mr. Wildes pointed out that New Jersey has more than
550,000 undocumented aliens, the sixth highest number
in the nation. He noted that the state receives some 50,000

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immigrants annually. Yet despite this, New
Jersey has not set up an office within the state
government devoted to immigrant issues, as
many other states have done.
State leadership on crucial issues such as
drivers licenses and police/community relations has been absent, he said. Its important to get this right. Its unsafe to have no
intelligence as to who is here and not protect
our nation properly.
He cited the old argument that we must
lock down the border first, and then deal
with the people who are here.
Our homeland is unsafe and our economy
is in jeopardy, he said. We must confront
both. Each has its own challenges.
Calling for a partnership between municipal and community leaders, charitable institutions, local companies, and media, Mr. Wildes said that as a result of globalization, many
sectors of the American economy are suffering major job losses.
Its a broken system, he said, decrying
the large number of foreign students who
cant integrate into our economic system.
Mr. Wildes, who teaches business immigration law at Cardozo Law School, suggested
that we need a start-up visa for entrepreneurs, with greater access for STEM students
to get professional work visas. Attracting
such highly talented people, he said, would

More students graduate from Bergen than

any other NJ two-year school.
Bergen is home to the No.1 tutoring center
in the U.S.

be a huge feather in our cap.

(STEM is an acronym referring to the academic disciplines of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics. The acronym
has been widely used in the immigration
debate about access to United States work
visas for immigrants who are skilled in these
fields.)
Mr. Wildes said that Congress has to step
up and create a meaningful platform for
American businesses and families to profit
from this extraordinary tool of immigration.
The greatest risk-takers and entrepreneurs
come from the immigrant community,
he said, adding that luminaries such as Bill
Gates have publicly affirmed the talent of this
group. Indeed, he said, they are responsible
for scores of patents and end up employing
Americans, too.
No doubt our safety and security were
shattered 13 years ago but we cant cripple
ourselves in reconstituting [the country]
without realizing that our nation was built on
the backs of immigrants, Mr. Wildes said.
Remembering that legacy and creating a
system thats smart, lawful, and safe is what
everybody wants.
He suggested that we take actions such as
creating visas for low-skilled workers, focusing more on dangerous criminals and terrorists than on minor violators, and helping

employers in the area of compliance with

immigration laws.
Mr. Wildes noted also that one implication
of keeping people in the shadows is that they
will tend to avoid law enforcement authorities. That means that witnesses to crimes will
not speak up, and that victims themselves
may fail to cooperate with law enforcement.
He said that he is sorely disappointed in
the media, which is allowing the dialogue on
immigration to deteriorate. He stressed that
we must not allow the media to feed into the
myth that immigrants bring to our shores
only Ebola or ISIS.
Calling Jews the biblical people of the
passport, Mr. Wildes said that we of all people should appreciate immigration, and that
as Americans, we must prize our legacy of
hospitality.
He is glad that President Obama finally
stepped up and did the right thing, he said.
Eleven presidents in the last half-century
exercised the same discretion.

Humanitarian concerns
Vidalia Acevedo, director of the multicultural outreach program for the Center for
Hope and Safety (which until recently was
called Save our Sisters), said that when
she works with victims of domestic violence, many of the clients that I see are

immigrant women from various backgrounds. These women face a number of

issues, challenges, and barriers that keep
them from seeking help.
For example, she said, their abusers constant threat of deportation and their fear of
being separated from their children keep
immigrant women from leaving or reporting abuse. In addition, language barriers
limit their ability to inquire about and obtain
information and resources, and economics
plays a major role in these women remaining
in abusive relationships, since they are unable
to work and have no support from family or
friends in this country, Ms. Acevedo said.
They are usually isolated and the husband
is the only means of support.
However, notwithstanding these challenges, immigrant women who are victims
of domestic violence and [are] married to a
citizen or legal permanent resident can get
help by self-petitioning for residency under
the Violence Against Women Act. They can
obtain permanent resident status without
the knowledge, cooperation, or participation of their abusive partner. Further, an
undocumented immigrant victim of domestic violence can qualify for a U-visa when they
can demonstrate that they suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of
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Israeli from Tenafly

makes storybooks
with sign language
ABIGAIL KLEIN
LEICHMAN

yal Rosenthal of Tel

Aviv doesnt expect
to make a mint from
his new eMotion Stories digital books in English and
American Sign Language. The
worlds first interactive bilingual
e-library for parents of children
with hearing impairment was
created as a labor of love, though
the market is quite limited.
Mr. Rosenthal, who moved
to Israel from Tenafly in 2008,
expects only to reap the satisfaction of bringing a new dimension
into the lives of children who otherwise would miss out on reading classics with their parents
such as Goldilocks, Cinderella, The Ugly Duckling, Little Red Riding Hood, and Three
Little Pigs.
Each of the interactive fairy
tales features pictures by worldclass Israeli illustrators and is
narrated in American Sign Language, in synch with the text, by
deaf actress Alexandria Wailes.
Soft-launched last May, eMotion Stories offers a free download of its iPad app along with the
first book; consumers can buy
more e-books at $3.99 apiece.
There have been 2,000 to
3,000 free downloads and several hundred downloads of paid
books, Mr. Rosenthal said last
month. Our total revenues are
less than $1,000, but this wasnt
done for the money.
His idea was born in September 2012, when he was having
coffee with a friend who has a
deaf niece. Mr. Rosenthal had
just read his own nephew a bedtime story, and asked his friend if
she could do that with her niece.

The response was that there

are no good solutions, Mr.
Rosenthal said. Her sister signs
her niece a bedtime story or
might put on a YouTube video,
but there was nothing available
for them that comes close to the
experience of a parent reading a
story to a child.
And so I set out to change
that.
Armed with his vision, Mr.
Rosenthal who does business
development and product management at Leumi Tech got
hooked up with the developers at Tel Avivs Go UFO web
and mobile creative application
agency. Without them it could
not have occurred, he said.
Go UFO creative partner Eddie
Goldenberg said that his team
had a lot of experience in pro
bono work, and its close to our
heart to do things more social
and environmental.
Mr. Rosenthals concept struck
a chord with him. So-called
normal children can hear bedtime stories about princesses and
dragons, but a hearing-impaired
child misses out on that, Mr.
Goldenberg said.
I found it so inspiring that
Eyal wanted to enrich the vocabulary and allow for a storytime
experience. So we started thinking together how to do it. We
wanted to combine an interactive
story, like those on tablets that
are so popular, with the option to
let the child or parent also read it
using sign language.
They thought immediately
about TV news shows that feature a circle at the bottom of the
screen. That circle holds a translator simultaneously turning the
words into sign language. We
were certain someone else may

have done it, but we saw nothing

close, so we decided to do it, he
said.
Believing that the most important aspect of a childrens book
is the illustrations and hampered by a shoestring budget
Mr. Goldenberg approached
his father, illustrator Mirel Goldenberg. His father drew the pictures for the Ugly Duckling. He
also brought Israeli colleagues
Noa Liberman and Shiraz Fuman
to the project. Both are topflight
illustrators, who agreed to work
for little money.
Mr. Rosenthal next got in touch
with a friend from college who
now works as a videographer for
News 12 New Jersey. His friend
agreed to film Ms. Wailes doing
the American Sign Language
translations.
From there it was a matter of
producing the books and making
the sign language fit the text, Mr.
Goldenberg said. We had a lot of
quality-assurance and feedback
sessions with special educators
and other people from the field.
Because every country has its

own sign language, the creators

of eMotion are offering their
white-label platform to other
developers for free.
The biggest potential market
is the United States, and thats
why we decided to launch there
first, but other countries can take
the platform we built and create
their own stories and add the
sign language, Mr. Goldenberg
said. In our hopes and dreams,
every country will have its own

app for children with hearing

impairment.
Mr. Rosenthal hopes to find
some time to launch an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to
finance an Israeli version of eMotion Stories and to produce additional storybooks in response to
enthusiastic feedback from parents using the app.
It was definitely a challenge,
but its been an amazing experience, he said. 
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Surviving the Holocaust, living to 102

Family, friends remember the indomitable Helen Fellowes
Her son, her daughter, and Rabbi Fine
all report that Ms. Fellowes said that when
she had to keep going, she imagined her
children walking in front of her, as Rabbi
Fine said. Thats what kept her going.
When the Russians finally caught up
with the women, they were worse than
the Germans, he continued. They went
to rape everyone, but she was down to 60
pounds, and she was older than everyone
else, so they said yuck and passed her by.
When Helen rejoined her family in
Nagyvarad, she and Donald decided that
they had to leave. Only three Jewish children from the town had survived the war,

JOANNE PALMER

o one survived the Shoah without a story.

No one survived the Shoah
without some luck.
No one lives to be 102 years old without
both luck and a story.
Helen Fellowes of Ridgewood, who died
on November 3 at 102, took advantage of
some lucky breaks, and she had very many
stories.
Heres one:
Ms. Fellowes husband, Donald, was
reunited with their two children, Martha
and George, after the war, but he could
not find his wife. He had no idea if she had
survived. We waited in Budapest for my
mother to return, but she did not, so we
went back to Nagyvarad, the small Hungarian town where they had lived together
long ago, before their part of the world
went crazy, George Fellowes said.
It was her sixth birthday, said Ms. Fellowes daughter, now Martha Tiktin. My
dad bought me a bouquet of red roses. And
then he put me down for a nap, and he
said, The only thing I wish for your birthday is that your mother would come back.
And then somebody woke me from
my nap. I didnt recognize her. It was my
mother.
Thats the fairy tale part. Some reality
The story is that my mother weighed 59
pounds then, George Fellowes said. That
might be an exaggeration. She might have
weighed as much as 80 pounds. Maybe.
But no more than that.
And not only did Martha not recognize
her mother, but at first she was frightened
by her.
This is from the middle of Helen Fellowes story. To start at the beginning,
Helen Grosz was born in Budapest in 1912.
Her father was a boot maker and he also
was a war veteran. He fought with the Hussars the cavalry, who by definition rode
horses to war in World War I, on the side
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She married Donald Freiberger, and they moved
to Nagyvarad. The town is in Transylvania, and it was exchanged between Hungary and Romania where it is known as
Oradea many times. She was a milliner,
he was a tailor; their family, which eventually included Martha and George, lived
there in peace until well after the start of
World War II.
Because Hungary was a collaborationist state, Germany did not go after its Jews
until late in the war. When the Nazis began
their roundups, they started at the edges
of the country. They came to Nagyvarad,
and sent Donald Freiberger to a forced
labor camp on the Russian front. My
mother decided that instead of staying in

When we
were kids, the
subject of the
Holocaust was
never mentioned.
It was an
extraordinary
void.
GEORGE FELLOWES

Above, Helen Fellowes and her children as she celebrated turning 100;
inset, at 36.

Nagyvarad, she would move us to Budapest, which is at the center of Hungary.

Had she stayed, we all would have been
taken.
Eventually the Nazis took Helen from
her fathers house, but they did not take
her father because he was an ex-Hussar,
and they did not take her children either.
Her father, Mikhael Grosz, took Martha
and George to one of Raoul Wallenbergs
safe houses, where they lived out the rest
of the war.
Helen, meanwhile, went through a
series of concentration camps, and eventually ended up on a forced march, her
son said.
That was a death march; the Germans,
who knew by that point that the war was
ending and that they were losing, wanted
all the women to die as soon as possible, so that they could make their own
escape. The Germans had been making
them carry huge boulders, to tire them

10 JEWISH STANDARD NOVEMBER 28, 2014

out, Rabbi David Fine of Temple Israel in

Ridgewood, Ms. Fellowes shul, said. But
the women somehow were able to keep
going. They talked about recipes, he said;
in fact, she still had a book of recipes, in
very small handwriting, he said. They
would sing songs as they walked, and it
once made the female German guards cry.
She saw them crying.

and the townspeople made it clear that

Jews were not welcome there. It was a
terrible time, George Fellowes said.
His mothers brother Dan, an engineer,
had emigrated to New York before the
war, and established himself there. He
tried to get us into the United States, but
he was unable to get us a visa, Mr. Fellowes said. The Statue of Liberty says
Give us your tired, your poor, but it didnt
seem to apply to Jews in those days. Still
the family finally got a visa to the Dominican Republic, which was accepting Jews in
those immediate postwar years.
On their way to the Dominican Republic, the Freibergers stopped in New York
to visit Dan Grosz. I was ill I had contracted tuberculosis of the spine in the
Wallenberg camp so I went immediately
to St. Lukes Hospital, Mr. Fellowes said.
That illness, which was serious, had the
paradoxical effect of smoothing out their
lives in the United States. The family got
extension after extension to their tourist
visas while George remained in the hospital. Eventually, they were served with
a deportation notice. About two weeks
before we were to be deported, Truman
signed an order allowing aliens in the
country right now to stay and to apply for
green cards, so we ended up being able to
stay in the States, he said.
The family became American citizens

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Helen Grosz as a child; Helen and Donald Freiberger on their wedding day.

in 1952, and Donald and Helen Freiberger decided that theyd like to fit in.
They wanted an American name. So
my father literally went to a Manhattan
phone book, and looked under F for a
name that sounded American to him.
The fact that Fellowes sounds more British than American that was lost on
him, because of the intensity of their
desire to assimilate.
Still, Helen and Donald Fellowes were
deeply interested in Israel, and their connection with Judaism was strong enough
for them to join a small Orthodox shul
The family moved to the Bronx. We
came over with literally nothing, George
Fellowes said. But Donald, who had
been apprenticed to a tailor when he
was 10 years old, had no problem finding work. He was all thumbs except
when it came to handling a needle, his
son said. He was outstanding. When he
picked up a needle and thread, he was
extraordinary.
He produced clothing for Saks Fifth
Avenue and other high-end places. He
could literally look at a picture of clothing in the Sunday Times magazine section and reproduce it.
Helen tried to run a clothing store,
but she suffered from severe migraines
and was unable to work steadily enough.
Instead, she focused on her children.
When we were kids, the subject of
the Holocaust was never mentioned,
George Fellowes said. It was an extraordinary void. Based on my experience,
the people who survived wanted so
much to assimilate, to forget what they
had gone through in Europe, that it was
never mentioned.
George and Martha Fellowes grew up
in the Bronx. Martha married and lived
in Rio de Janeiro for 10 years, but George
and his wife moved to Ridgewood, and

then to Saddle River. The neighborhood where the elder Fellowes lived
was becoming increasingly unsafe. One
night, George Fellowes said, a calm
phone conversation with his father eventually brought out the fact that the night
before, an intruder had climbed into the
apartment. My father, all 5 foot 4 inches
of him, starting yelling at him, and he
went back out the window.
And then I sort of freaked, and said
O.K. Guess what? Youre moving to New
Jersey. His parents werent sure and
they were on their way to Rio to see their
new grandchild so I said, I dont care.
You dont have to move to New Jersey if
you dont want to, but your furniture is
moving.
That week, Helen and Donald Fellowes
found an apartment in Ridgewood. They
lived together in Ridgewood until Mr.
Fellowes died in 1992. He was almost 85.
Ms. Fellowes stayed there until she died.
My mother was an extraordinarily
strong woman, and she was very direct,
Mr. Fellowes said. I guess it comes with
age as well. She had no filters. If she
thought something, she said it.
She had gone through such incredible things, but she never complained
about them afterward. The only thing
she ever complained about is when we
didnt call often enough. It was a standard Jewish mother joke, but it is literally true. Whats the matter, shed say,
in her Hungarian accent. Is your finger
broken?
After Donald Fellowes died, Helen and
her children were interviewed by the
Shoah Foundation. For many years,
I couldnt listen to my mothers tape,
George said. My wife finally prevailed
on me to sit with her and listen to her
tape, and she was able to provide us with

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Love and
hate in
Teaneck
Rabbi Pruzanskys
blog post stirs
worldwide reaction
JOANNE PALMER

riting a blog post in

response to the bloody,
brutal, and unprecedented
murder of four Jews at
prayer in Jerusalem and the Druze police
officer who tried to protect them on November 18, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck has set off a
firestorm.
Rabbi Pruzansky is a lawyer and a vivid
writer whose political views are out of the
mainstream. In Dealing With Savages,
the post he put up last Friday and had
taken down by Sunday, he urged collective
punishment.
Rabbi Pruzanskys blog is at rabbipruzansky.com. Although this post has been
removed it has been cached. The post was
removed, he told the wire service JTA, in
response to unspecified threats, not because
he regretted anything he had written. I
dont think Im saying anything outlandish,
JTA reported Rabbi Pruzansky as saying.
How does a human being (or two) walk
into a synagogue and begin hacking at worshippers who are immersed in prayer, leaving behind a trail of blood, victims, grief and
horror? he wrote. The question is misplaced because no human being could do
such a thing. It would have to be a beast in
human form, a relic from primitive times
before true humans became civilized. The
Arab-Muslim animals that span the globe
chopping, hacking and merrily decapitating
from Iraq to Jerusalem to New York to Oklahoma, and places in between and beyond
are a discredit even to the term animal.
Most animals are not that brutal.
Israel must act to change this dynamic,
he continued. At a certain point, the
unrestrained behavior of unruly animals
becomes the fault of the zookeeper, not
the animals.
The way to deal with that, Rabbi Pruzansky said, must be based on the fact that the
Arabs who deal in the land of Israel are the
enemy in that war and must be vanquished.
There can be no two-state solution, he
says. Israel should make clear that a Palestinian state will never be created between
the river and the sea. There will be no nonJewish national entity tolerated. To that
end, terrorists dead bodies will not be
returned to their families but will be cremated, and perhaps the ashes buried with
deceased pigs. The houses of all relatives

Thousands of Muslim men pray at the Al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount at the end of the holy month of Ramadan,
which fell this year on July 28. Rabbi Steven Pruzanskys deleted blog post suggested relocating the mosque.

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up to and including first cousins should

be destroyed, and the people should be
deported. If more than one terrorist comes
from any one village, the village itself should
be destroyed.
Rioters should be shot, and the media
barred from scenes of violence, cell service
canceled and cameras confiscated, like in
most war zones.
Muslims should not be allowed on the
Temple Mount, he wrote, and if possible,
the mosque and the dome can be uplifted
intact and reset in Saudi Arabia, Syria or
wherever it is wanted.
Israeli Arabs on the whole would have
to go If Israeli Arabs persist in their support of terror now at a low level, but who
can predict the future? they should forfeit
their citizenship and be returned to military
rule as it was before 1966. But, he continues, Of course those who wish to stay and
be peaceful, acknowledging the sovereignty
of the Jewish people in the land of Israel,
are welcome to stay. But an enemy is an
enemy
These actions indeed would be draconian, Rabbi Pruzansky acknowledges, and
the world, quick to judge Jews and slow to
protect them, would react with disgust and
rage. And, in fact, the short-term repercussions would be necessary. Still, Israelis must
realize that their enemies and all the murderous attacks come from the same larger
enemy rides our buses, shops in our
malls, drives on our roads and lives just two
miles from us. The same enemy.
(Rabbi Pruzansky lives in Teaneck, many

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commentators have pointed out, so his pronoun use here is perhaps less than entirely
accurate.)
Change the dynamic, he concludes.
Change the terms of the debate. Change the
rules of war. And change the outcome that
the enemy now anticipates. Such will save
Jewish lives, and even bring redemption.
Reaction to the blog post was swift and
strong; much of it was negative although
some responses cheered Rabbi Pruzansky
on.
On Monday night, in a new post he called
Clarification! Rabbi Pruzansky tried to
clear up what he called distortions. Let
me be absolutely clear, he began. The
savages referred to in Dealing with Savages were terrorists such as those who perpetrated the horrific massacre in Har Nof
last week. But, he continued, to extrapolate from that sentiment and apply it to all
Arabs or all Muslims is repugnant to me,
and a complete distortion of what I wrote
and intended to write. To the extent that my
words could be misinterpreted, I take full
responsibility and regret the lack of clarity.
Rabbi Pruzansky has been in the news frequently during these last few weeks. Three
of his blog posts have attacked Gary Rosenblatt, the publisher of the Jewish Week, as
resembling Julius Streicher, the publisher
of the notorious Nazi propaganda rag Die
Sturmer. Debate between his defenders
and his detractors has been vocal and had
barely died down when this one erupted.
Strikingly, Rabbi Pruzanskys proposed
solution to the situation goes far beyond

what Israelis are proposing. As Uriel Heilman wrote in JTA, Meanwhile, in Israel,
officials across the political spectrum from
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni of the centrist
Hatnua party to Economy Minister Naftali
Bennett of the far-right Jewish Home party
have spoken out forcefully in recent days
against the kind of collective punishment
that Pruzansky seems to advocate. And
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last
week weighed in with a statement saying,
There can be no discrimination against
Israeli-Arabs. We must not generalize about
an entire public due to a small and violent
minority. The vast majority of Israels Arab
citizens are law abiding and whoever breaks
the law, we will take determined and vigorous action against him.
Shmuel Goldin is the rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood. Although
he is a former president of the Rabbinical
Council of America, he spoke not as its representative but simply for himself when
he said, While I understand and share
the deep frustration with the events in the
Middle East that moved Rabbi Pruzansky to
write his words, his conclusion and recommendations do not represent my position.
Nor, I believe, do they represent the position of most Orthodox rabbis, or of most
people within the Orthodox community.
Rabbi Pruzansky had been set to be one
of the speakers at the Orthodox Unions
convention, set for December 26 through
December 28 in Tarrytown, N.Y. In fact, his
picture appeared on the ad that ran in last
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an Shlufman of Tenafly and

Jon Mangot of Haworth are
looking for a few good men.
Actually, more than a few.
They want at least enough of them to fill
a bus.
The two are organizing a trip to Israel
for the Jewish Federation of Northern
New Jersey a mission for men only, to
take place in April.
We gear the trip a little bit more
toward physical activities, Mr. Shlufman
explained.
Its an incredible opportunity to do
and see things that you would never
experience other than on a Federation
mission, and other than with fellow
men, Mr. Shlufman said.
The two traveled together to Israel in
2008 the last time the federation had a
mission just for men. They had met and
became friends a couple years earlier on
another such mission that Mr. Shlufman,
50, just went on on a whim. (Mr. Mangot is 52.)
I knew nobody. I did not know a person on the trip. From that time, Jon has
become one of my closest friends, he
said.
It was a life-changing experience, he
said.
On Monday night, the pair hosted the
first informational meeting to promote
the mission. The speaker was Shlomi
Avni, a former officer with the Israeli
SEALs and the founder of a social service
agency in the federations Israeli sister
city of Nahariya.
The Mens Mission will take advantage
of both of Mr. Avnis roles, soldier and
social worker.

As a federation trip, it will see some of

the social service projects the federation
funds in Nahariya and elsewhere around
the country.
But it will also have a gung-ho element.
Trip members will take part in the SEAL
training alongside the high school students with whom Mr. Avni works. Then
theyll travel up to but not across the
Lebanese border in torpedo boats.
Theyll tour an underground bullet
factory, where before the State of Israel
was created Jewish militias manufactured
ammunition to fight the British.
On Yom Haatzmaut, theyll visit an air
force base to see planes take off from the
tarmac for their Independence Day air
shows.
Well mix in touristy things with charitable things and fun things, Mr. Shlufman
said. Well be meeting with the CEO of
Google Israel, the CEOs of other startups.
We want to emotionally connect men
in our community both to Israel and to
Federation.
Were targeting any man between 35
and 75. The average age is between 40 and
55. We have one guy who is coming with
his son, who is in his 20s. We have people
who have never been to Israel and one
guy who has been a number of times.
And thats just from the first dozen people to sign up.
Mr. Shlufman emphasizes that the trip
is designed to fit into a busy schedule.
Youre only missing one weekend with
your family and one week from work, he
said. The recommended flight is Sunday
night out of JFK; well start the mission at
4 p.m. Monday at the Knesset. It will end
the following Saturday night.
Basically youll be back by Sunday at
4 or 5 a.m.
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Putting the give into Thanksgiving
Area agencies prep for Giving Tuesday
Larry Yudelson

n the beginning was Robert Browne, an Anglican

priest who in 1581 was the first to secede from the
47-year-old Church of England. (This at the time
when those who skipped weekly services were fined
by the state.) And Brownism begot the Mayflower colonists, and the colonists begot Plymouth Colony, and the
Colony begot, two or three centuries later, Thanksgiving
and Americas sole four-day yontiff.
And in the late 20th century, Thanksgiving begot Black
Friday, when the Christmas shopping season was heralded with amazing discounts that were in-store only,
leading some pilgrims to camp out overnight and others
to trample their fellow pilgrims to death.
And lo, in 2005 Scott Silverman of Shop.org said: Let
there be Cyber Monday, and Mr. Silverman sent out a
press release, and the New York Times duly reported that
millions of otherwise productive working Americans,
fresh off a Thanksgiving weekend of window shopping,
were returning to high-speed Internet connections at
work Monday and buying what they liked.
And the shoppers saw Cyber Monday, and it was good.
And in 2006 online spending on Cyber Monday jumped 25
percent to $608 million, and by 2011, notwithstanding the
spread of high speed Internet at home, and the fact 7 percent of human resource managers had reported firing an
employee for holiday shopping, that figure had doubled.
So it was that in 2012 the 92nd Street Y and the United
Nations Foundation decided to combine Thanksgiving
spirit of gratitude with Cyber Mondays spirit of online
credit card use to draw attention to philanthropy.
Thus was born Giving Tuesday, a day in which Americans are encouraged to give back to their community and
to highlight their philanthropic sides in their online interactions, and of course to give generously.
And in 2013, online gifts on Giving Tuesday rose 90 percent over 2012, and according to one credit card processor, the average gift rose from $101 to $142, and the Chronicle of Philanthropies saw that it was good.
So it was that in 2014 the Jewish Federation of Northern
New Jersey came aboard and promoted the idea of Giving
Tuesday to the organizations of Northern New Jersey, both
as a Jewish coalition and as part of a broader, nonsectarian
Northern New Jersey Giving Tuesday program.
In keeping with the principles of Reverend Browne,
who was the founder of decentralized Congregationalism,
different organizations have been participating in Giving
Tuesday in different ways.
At the federation itself, Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for a classic display of the organizations mixture
of hands-on community involvement and leadership
philanthropy.
Starting early, on Monday Federation staff packed
frozen turkeys and large chickens for a food pantry in
Paterson.
Hunger is still a huge factor in northern New Jersey,
said Miriam Allenson of the federation.
On noon on Giving Tuesday, volunteers from Flames of
Giving will gather at the federations Paramus offices to
prepare gifts for residents of the Federation Apartments in
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Paterson, a senior independent living facility. Volunteers

are invited to bring two mugs, candy to pack in the mugs,
and holiday cards. The federation will supply cellophane
and wrapping paper.
That evening, the organization is hosting Laura Silver,
author of Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food as
part of its Leadership Leads program. Leaders of the
federation and its affiliated agencies are invited to learn
about the knish a food that to Ms. Allenson represents
the past, present, and future of the Jewish community
and to make their pledges for the federations annual
campaign.
The Jewish Home Family is involving its residents, clients, and outside volunteers that could be you in sorting medical supplies. No longer needed but still usable
medical supplies have been collected; now people have
to sort them so they can be shipped overseas where they
are needed. Please call Charlene Vannucci at 201-784-1414,
ext. 4237, if you are interested.
The Bergen County YJCC in Washington Township has
jumped into the social media nature of the Giving Tuesday event. (Giving Tuesday organizers boast that last year,

there were 320,000 posts to Twitter with the tag #GivingTuesday.) From early in November, Rhonda Roth of
the YJCC has been posting to the centers Facebook page,
highlighting spreading awareness of both Giving Tuesday
and the work the YJCC does for the community. Modeled
on the popular Humans of New York Facebook posts,
these posts feature a member of the YJCC community and
comments.
The center also has set up a special dedicated online
giving site.
And on Tuesday, the word will go forth via an email
to members that Giving Tuesday is here, and a donation
would be appropriate.
Across Bergen County in Tenafly, the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades is preparing for its own Giving Tuesday appeal.
It will highlight the work it does for children with special
needs, for children with cancer, and in feeding seniors.
When you make donations and support your community, youre also helping yourself, said Jeff Nadler, the
JCCs chief development officer. Youre helping your family, helping your neighbors, and youre helping the place
where you live. You strengthen us as a whole.

A global day
dedicated to
giving back.

On December 2nd,
we invite you to
participate in
#GivingTuesday
by making a gift to
the Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades.

the Jcc is proud to provide extensive social services

to our community, and with the generous help of
people liKe you, the Jcc:

The JCC is a
welcoming home
away from home
for all who pass
through its doors.
Deeply rooted
in shared Jewish
values and tradition,
the JCC offers
cultural, recreational
and educational
programming for
people at every age
and stage of life.

Gives children with cancer and other blood disorders, together with their
siblings, a week of summer fun at Camp Dream Street

Kaplen

Assists 600 children with special needs reach their potential

Offers more than 70 programs a month for people with special challenges
Supports preschoolers with developmental difficulties at its award-winning
Therapeutic Nursery, which draws people from around the country and around
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Teaches developmentally challenged teens and young adults valuable life

skills and vocational training that improve their daily lives
Serves more than 13,000 meals to seniors yearly
Provides a safe, caring environment and programming for frail elders,
including those suffering from Alzheimers and other forms of dementia
Donates hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to families facing
financial difficulties, and more.

Give where you live and support your JCC!

www.jccotp.org/givingtuesday
To make a donation, find out how to start an endowment or to learn more about how
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As you give thanks this Holiday Season, please take a moment

to reflect upon others who are less fortunate.
Think of your neighbor who lost his job and cannot afford the
simple things others take for granted.

Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities

(J-ADD) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that has
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We create warm memories of happy times.
At Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute,
through our skilled nursing facility, subacute care,
dementia care pavilion, and senior apartments,
we provide care for seniors who may not
have their own families or whose families
cannot give them the level of care they need.
On December 2 join us for Giving Tuesday
and participate in a national day of generosity.
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As we start our next 100, can we count on you?

The Jewish Home Family is celebrating our 100th anniversary.
But as soon as we cut the cake, were setting course
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Editorial
TruTh regardless of consequences

Ignorance of Israel
is bliss on campus

Thanksgiving

ver the river,

and through the
wood,
trot fast, my

dapple-gray!
Spring over the ground like a
hunting-hound!
For tis Thanksgiving Day.
These are hard times that we are
living through now. Monsters use prehistoric technology to behead their
victims, and then use high tech to
show off their sick handiwork all over
the Internet. (Sort of like deranged,
bizarro-world kindergarteners coming home with finger paintings only,
you know, different.)
Monsters invade sanctuaries to kill
men deep in prayer. Monsters drive
cars into small children. Monsters
shoot missiles at innocents. Monsters invade elementary schools with
guns and shoot children. Monsters in
human form seem to be all around us.
But we cannot give in to monsters.
Sometimes it seems as if the only
way to maintain hope is through a
willed naivet, a resolute refusal to
believe that only bad things are possible. And if occasional willed naivet
were the only way to let in any light,
then we should go right ahead, and
do as Alices White Queen did
believe at least six impossible things
before breakfast.

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This week, we can look to the

example of Helen Fellowes, who died
two weeks ago her story is on page
10. She was 102 years old, and she survived the Holocaust; in fact she was
one of its oldest remaining survivors.
She already had been well into adulthood when her life was interrupted,
made into hell, and almost ended.
But she did not give in to despair. We
do not know what allowed her to live
such a long and full life certainly
some of it is the luck of the genetic
draw, despite the malevolence of history but we can assume that some
of it was the sheer stubborn refusal to
give up. Ever.
So now Thanksgiving is coming.
Summer is long gone, the leaves are
almost all down and the few that are
left are brown and clinging to their
trees in what we know is a futile effort
to stay above ground.
But.
But Thanksgiving is a festival
that celebrates the romance of the
American adventure, of the American dream if only we could still use
those words without the heavyhanded irony that attaches to them
now. Yes, we can get all cynical
about it, go on about the oppression of the natives, and we probably would be right. But we also can
give in to the beauty of the Currier

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and Ives-ness of it, to the vision of

neat fields and pastures and white
glistening snow.
We Jews, just like all other Americans, are extraordinarily lucky to be
living in this country. It is imperfect,
yes it is after all a human institution but it is very good. It offers
us democracy, freedom of speech,
freedom of religion, and the opportunity to pursue happiness, both collectively and individually.
This Thanksgiving, let us all take
a day or two off from fear and anger
to glory in what we have. Lets allow
our imaginary dapple-gray (whatever that might be yes, a horse,
but beyond that who knows?) to
trot freely. Lets allow our spirits to spring over the ground like
hunting-hounds.
And while were at it, lets remember Giving Tuesday, a project, spearheaded locally for the Jewish community by the Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey and joined
enthusiastically by many other agencies. It asks us to give thanks for
what we have on the Tuesday after
Thanksgiving painlessly, on line. (Or
you can show up with fellow volunteers to give back in person.)
Lets give thanks for life and light
and love, and for the country that
JP
allows us to pursue them.

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ecently my organization, This World: The Values

Network, and I have dramatically revved up our
efforts on campus to defend Israel. The Jewish state
is being slaughtered on campus. Most major American universities today have a very active Students for Justice For
Palestine, an Israel Apartheid Week, a strong BDS movement,
and phenomenal protests against any substantial pro-Israel
speaker.
The Jewish campus response, as I noted in my last column, is
milquetoast-like and inadequate, leading to Israels name being
mightily and perhaps irreversibly impugned.
Lets look at the most important charge.
Israel is an apartheid state committed to disenfranchising the
Palestinians as evidenced by their
expansion of settlements. Israel is
pre-Mandela South Africa.
You can believe this only by omitting the fact that all the land ceded
by Israel to the Palestinians in
peace deals has been transformed
every time into terrorist enclaves;
by omitting that Hamas is a genocidal organization committed in
Rabbi
its charter to Israels destruction
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and the murder of Jews worldwide;
Boteach
by omitting that the Palestinian
Authority is now a dictatorship run
by Mahmoud Abbas, who has not
gone to elections in more than a decade; by omitting that Abbas
runs a kleptocracy enriching his sons Tarik and Yasser, who illegally control the construction and cigarette trade, among other
lucrative industries; by omitting that Nelson Mandela was a true
apostle of peace, who languished in jail for 27 years, while Yasser Arafat is the father of international terrorism, who made his
name by blowing up children; by omitting that Arab citizens
of Israel enjoy more rights than Arabs anywhere in the Middle
East; by omitting that Arabs serve at the highest levels of Israeli
officialdom, including the Supreme Court, something unthinkable in an apartheid regime; by omitting that Israeli hospitals
treated Abbas wife and the daughter of the current Hamas
leader; by omitting that the single greatest threat to world civilization today is not the Jews and the puny state of Israel but
radical Islamic terrorism that is producing monsters like ISIS,
Hamas, and Boko Haram; and by distorting the record of the
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of Englewood is the author of 30
books, winner of the London Times Preacher of the Year
Competition, and recipient of the American Jewish Press
Associations highest award for excellence in Commentary.
He has just published Kosher Lust: Love is Not the Answer.
Follow him on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.

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brave black population of South Africa, who are models of reconciliation and forgiveness.
The Jews are the indigenous people of Israel. It is not I who says it
but the Christian Bible. Read the New Testament and try to find mention of a single Arab resident of ancient Israel. The Jews were the lands
inhabitants, and they were displaced by a European colonial occupier named Rome. They were forcibly removed from their land and
displaced for 2,000 years, while a small remnant always remained.
The Jews prayed thrice daily to return to their land. And when finally
granted the political opportunity, they came and drained the swamps,
irrigated the sands, and made the land so much more inhabitable for
Arab brethren that had migrated in the interim.
The Jews were happy to share the land, but it was a sentiment that
was rejected by the Arabs. They rejected the 1936 Peel Commission
Partition. They rejected the 1947 U.N. partition plan. They rejected
Israels offers to return all conquered 1967 lands with their famous
three Nos in Khartoum: No peace, No recognition, No negotiation.
And they turned the Oslo peace accords which granted Arafat political autonomy over 95 percent of the Palestinian population into
a blood fest by launching a never-ending terror war against Israels
buses, schools, and cafes.
Rather than Western universities demanding that the Palestinians
stop the never-ending incitement against the Jews and the promises to
push them into the sea, rather than calling out Mahmoud Abbas for his
monstrous lies about an Israeli genocide in Gaza, rather than objecting to the rampant assassination of Palestinian gay men by Hamas
and the honor killings of innocent women, todays academics would
defend this barbarity by pointing the finger at the Middle Easts only
democracy.
Apartheid state? Watch the proceedings of the Israeli Knesset,
where you will be shocked and amazed at how some Arab MKs
deliver speeches that assail Israel in the most horrible way. No one
stops them. Arabs serve in the civil service and every other area of
Israeli life. Indeed, the judge who sentenced Israeli President Moshe
Katsav to prison was an Arab, something utterly unthinkable in an
apartheid state.
Could campuses hate Israel because it has not settled the status of
the West Bank?
But surely they know that Israel has seen thousands of its citizens
slaughtered in gruesome terror attacks ever since it granted autonomy
to the Palestinian authority in the Oslo peace accords. Should it create
another Hamas rocket launching pad in the West Bank? Academics
are highly educated. They know that after Israel withdrew fully from
Gaza dismantling its communities and forcibly removing its settlers
that lead to tens of thousands of rockets being fired at Israeli hospitals and schools.
Perhaps Western academics ought to think to themselves that its
not Western university support that is critical to the Palestinians but
rather that the Palestinians create universities of their own to promote
and foster Palestinian opportunity. Hamas, as the worlds largest percapita recipient of international foreign aid, could easily channel that
funding into building universities rather than buying bombs, or educating women rather than tacitly allowing the honor killings of young
Palestinian women whose only crime is to have a boyfriend.
Instead, we see modern campuses choosing instead to condemn
the country whose scholars have won ten Nobel prizes, from a population of six million, while the entire Arab world, numbering in
the hundreds of millions, have won two, outside the peace prize
(another four).
The Middle East is in a downward death spiral. The withdrawal
of American troops from Iraq has led to thousands of civilians murdered by ISIS. Pakistans second largest airport, in Karachi, recently
was overrun by terrorists. In Libya, civilians are also being blown
sky-high, and an American ambassador already has been murdered.
Afghanistan is a vipers nest of Taliban butchery, and in Syria weve
seen 150,000 killed in the civil war. Gaza, from which Israel withdrew
in 2005, is home to the Hamas death-cult.
University academics have little to say about all this. Nearly blissful
silence is the order of the day. No, universities instead are punishing
the one country in the Middle East that demonstrates the harmony
and full human rights of post-apartheid South Africa for both its Jewish and its Arab citizens.

Opinion
Shopping for a shop class

lmost two months ago, as the sun sank

didnt exist: shop class.
toward the horizon, and the Jewish world
Some teens in my grade were academically gifted.
prepared for Sukkot, my sons tested out
They would go on to become doctors and lawyers
their new wiffleball cannon.
and rabbis and physicists and politicians. There were
For weeks, my fourth-grader and my husband
teens with talent, who went on to become artists and
planned their father-son project. On Sundays throughmusicians and writers and photographers. But there
out the summer, they shopped at Sears and Home
were also kids who excelled at working with their
Depot for PVC pipes of various shapes and diameters
hands. So, along with their Gemara and Jewish philosophy and Ivrit classes, they learned
until they had collected all the right
how to create things out of wood and
pieces and connectors, consulting the
metal and wiring and circuits. Maybe
Do-It-Yourself instructions in Popular
they werent at the top of their class in
Mechanics. The eleventh-grader sawed
calculus or chemistry, but in shop, they
everything down to the right length. The
were kings.
high school freshman determined the
I can say with feeling and honesty
optimal distance that the batter should
that I am madly in love with my chilstand from the barrel. It was left to the
drens high school. Walking through the
fourth-grader to duct-tape the contraption to the leaf blower, wrestle it onto
halls, I am overwhelmed by the sensaHelen
tion of Jewish belonging that it kindles,
the picnic table on the lawn, plug it in,
Maryles
and switch it on.
and energized by the atmosphere of
Shankman
learning and scholarship and kinship
The cannon works. As long as someone stands at the feeder pipe and drops
and enthusiasm that surge through
wiffleballs into the top, it fires fastballs.
the air. The kids, as they did at my high
As I stood in the kitchen mixing honey cake and skimschool, come from all walks of Jewish life. The teachers are dynamic, experts in their fields. We have a tolming chicken soup, the boys took turns at bat, enjoyerant and fair-minded principal. The building is enoring the machine they had built with their own hands.
mous and spectacular. The many sports teams win
Which got me to thinking. I was blessed to attend
a remarkable Jewish high school, Ida Crown Jewish
championships. They offer a terrific new arts track.
They offer a thrilling new engineering track. They
Academy, in Chicago. What made it remarkable? Small
offer every activity and club under the sun.
classes. Teachers who cared. A pretty, airy new buildExcept for shop.
ing with a great layout. A real gym, with basketball
Theyre not alone in this omission. None of the
nets, rings, a pommel horse, bleachers. A crazy mix of
teens from all walks of Jewish life. I made friends with
other Jewish high schools offer it, either. Someone
kids from public schools whose families didnt keep
solve this mystery for me. Is it an insurance issue? A
kosher, kids who had been frum from birth, the chilsafety issue? All those computers that are outdated
within five years and have to be replaced, did they
take over the space that used to be allotted to lathes,
clamps, sanders, and jigsaws?
I cannot think of a better and more useful addition
to our high schools. In our society, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and people who repair cars are
just as necessary as doctors and hedge fund managers. There are great numbers of Orthodox Jewish
kids who would shine in these fields, who could happily shape a successful and satisfying career out of
them if they only had access to the tools and an
experienced and knowledgeable teacher.
So, if anyone reading my column today has influence in this matter, please consider this; perhaps
we already have enough awesome options for
high school kids striving to get into Ivy League colleges. Perhaps what our community really needs
dren of Holocaust survivors and children who grew up
are more classes where Orthodox boys and girls
under Communism, privileged kids, poor kids. There
were kids from Russia and Israel and Egypt and Iran,
can learn the joy and satisfaction of building something with their own hands, out of wood and wiras well as Omaha, Minneapolis, and Peoria. We had
ing, sheet metal and pipes.
sports teams and cheerleaders. A drama club, an art
club. There were classes for the average student and
Helen Maryles Shankmans short fiction has appeared
classes for the academically advanced. We were forin many publications, including The Kenyon Review
tunate to have a tolerant and fair-minded principal.
and JewishFiction.net. Her debut novel, The Color of
Also this, which I never realized was special and
Light, is available on Amazon. She lives in Teaneck.
unique until I grew up and moved to a place where it

Along with their

Gemara and Jewish
philosophy and
Ivrit classes, they
learned how to
create things out of
wood and metal and
wiring and circuits.

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Opinion

Media and the Jews

Bias will lead to even more tragedy, local lawyer warns

n Tuesday, November 18, I

arrived in Israel at 9:30 a.m.
When I landed, I didnt know
that one hour before, two Palestinian terrorists had hacked and shot to death
four rabbis and a policeman and had injured
more than a dozen worshippers at the morning services inside their synagogue.
Later in the day I started to receive some
emails from colleagues back in the States who
had woken to the news on TV and told me
that I should be careful.
Of course, they were warning me about
my personal safety. While I appreciated their
concern, I knew that my personal safety in
Israel was not the issue. The issue to me was
and is the safety of the Jewish people in the
climate of growing anti-Semitism, disguised
as criticism of Israels conduct of negotiations with the Palestinians or criticism of its
conduct of the military operation in Gaza.
The murder of four people at prayer in their
house of worship and a policeman who came
to their rescue is a horrific event. It is a violation of the rules of decent human conduct,
even among those who disagree about the

vexing issues that face Israelis and Palestinians. However, the thought that the Jewish
people could return to circumstances of preHolocaust Germany in my lifetime is startling,
frightening, and wholly unacceptable but it
is not impossible. The reporting of the murders in Jerusalem by two of the worlds most
important news outlets provides insight into
how the trend toward blatant anti-Semitism
is facilitated by their coverage.
We live in an age of instant, uncensored,
raw information, courtesy of breaking
news on TV, the internet, and social media.
Although it is true that the print media do not
strive for enough accuracy in reporting on
the Middle East, journalistic professionalism
and editorial review would sift out the bad
from accurate reporting. Despite the different delivery methods, when it comes to the
treatment of Israel and by extension the Jewish people, news reporting often is quick to
characterize Jewish conduct, civilian and military, in ways that facilitate anti-Semitism and
make lethal action against Jews more likely.
Much was made of the asymmetry of the
conflict during the Israeli military operations

in Gaza. Israel, with its highly

Palestinian spokesman who
regarded military, caused civilclaimed that Jews were murian losses that were not prodering Palestinians in Jeruportional to the losses sufsalem. Mr. Bennett held up
fered by Israelis, we were told.
a photograph of a murdered
Jew, wearing a tallit, lying on
Coverage of the conflict was
filled with sad images of Palesthe floor of the synagogue. The
tinian children lying dead after
BBC interviewer directed him
explosions attributed to Israeli
to lower the photograph. We
Robert S.
strikes. That Israels actions
dont actually want to see that
Peckar
were in response to thousands
picture, he said.
of rockets fired at its civilian
As everyone knows, CNN
population, that its actions included previbetrayed its tendency to show Palestinians as
ously unheard of efforts to warn the civilian
victims by reporting 4 Israelis, 2 Palestinians
population of Gaza to get out of harms way,
dead in Jerusalem on its news tickers. It did
and that Israel has offered the world proof
not mention that the 2 Palestinians were
that Hamas used its civilian population as
the murderers. In a small text, the words terror attack were in quotation marks. Then it
pawns are truths that cannot be challenged
attributed the Israeli deaths to Israeli police
reasonably. But day after day the world was
action! In another incident, CNN superimfed a steady stream of sad images of dead
posed a ticker reading Deadly attack on
Gazan children. Those images provided antiJerusalem mosque, over an interview with
Semites reason to attack the Jewish state and
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.
the Jewish people with hateful words, and in
When global news services cannot report
some countries to attack them physically.
the truth accurately and fairly, why is it surI travel the world for business regularly;
prising that anti-Semites who report gross
I have visited more than 20 countries so far
lies and distortions on social media are able
this year. There are two news channels that
to do so with impunity?
provide 24-hour reporting to the EnglishHow did this happen? Bad judgment? Bad
speaking world; CNN and BBC. On the day
reporting? I think not. I think that the perof the murders in Jerusalem, Israels Naftali
vasive anti-Israeli feeling in the media that
Bennett was interviewed on BBC, after a

Reacting to the murders in Jerusalem last week

uesday, November 18, 2014

8:38 AM
I rarely write about events
occurring in the Middle East.
This morning is different. This isnt
political.
When I was little, my mother bought
me a two-book series by Lillian S. Freehof
(who, incidentally, was the wife of the eminent Reform scholar, Dr. Rabbi Solomon
B. Freehof of Pittsburgh). In that series,
Freehof took biblical passages, talmudic
tales, and rabbinic exegetical texts, and
wove them together to create fascinating
childrens books telling the stories of Kings
David and Solomon.
According to a talmudic legend that she
described in her book, King David knew
in advance that he was to die when he
was 70 years old, and that his life would
end on Shabbat. Rabbinic thought teaches
that the Angel of Death has no power over
someone who is studying Torah, and so,
after he turned 70, David would spend the
entirety of the Sabbath learning Torah,
starting well before Shabbat began and
finishing after its conclusion.
(Of course, he could not stall death forever, and the Angel of Death had to get
rather crafty to distract him. How that happened is for another space.)
This morning, four people were

A man walks next to a bullet hole

inside Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in
the Orthodox neighborhood of Har
Nof, Jerusalem.

Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90

murdered during morning services at

a synagogue in Jerusalem. Many others
were injured. Two men came into the synagogue, and armed with a pistol, knives,
and an ax, desecrated the universe.
Ive seen the pictures. Ive looked at the

22 Jewish Standard NOVEMBER 28, 2014

conversation with God, we

blood splattered on the synagogue walls and splashed
are safe. We trust Him, speak
on prayer books. Ive read
to Him, argue with Him, confide in Him, fear Him, love
quotes from medics detailing
Him.
how these worshippers were
Perhaps the message of the
murdered, wearing phylacteries and prayer shawls.
story is not that man physically cant die when learning
I wear phylacteries and a
or praying. It is a message
prayer shawl.
Gabriel
that we would hope goes
I go to synagogue.
Slamovits
without saying:
And as I think of this tragedy, as I mourn for the dead,
Man shouldnt die during
as I lament the state of the
learning, during prayer.
world, as I become frustrated by some of
What I believe the Talmud is telling us
the initial reactions and make no misis that even the Angel of Death has respect
take here, whatever your politics, murfor the opportunity that man has to converse with God. It is an opportunity in
dering civilians during prayer services
which, maybe, just maybe, man can find
simply cannot be justified, only unequivocally condemned as I pray that such acts
some peace with God.
never happen again yet fear that they will,
This, then, is a key aspect of the tragedy. Today, people died in conversation
I suddenly realize that I have the privilege
with God.
to pray today. These people didnt. Now
Since this piece was written, a fifth perpeople will be scared to pray. Today peoson, Druze Israeli police officer Sergeantple are scared to go to synagogue. Theyre
Major Zidan Saif, died of injuries sustained
terrified. Its called terror for a reason.
And I keep coming back to that childin his heroic efforts to stop the attackers.
hood story that I read, teaching me that
EDITORS NOTE: This column began as a
man cannot die when he is studying or
Facebook entry.
reciting verses of Torah. And there is a
Gabriel Slamovits of Englewood is a
link, an important link between learning
medical student at the Icahn School of
Torah and prayer. In prayer, we speak
Medicine at Mount Sinai.
to God. In learning, God speaks to us. In

Opinion/Letters
caused writers and reporters to assume that the Jews
were the perpetrators and the Palestinians the victims. It
is a narrative that the media finds appealing. However, in
finding every opportunity to cast Jews as the victimizers
of Palestinians, the media ignores the facts and instead
dehumanizes Jews.
To those BBC and CNN reporters, of course if people
were killed in a house of worship in Jerusalem it had to
be in a mosque, not a synagogue. To those reporters, of
course if people were killed in Jerusalem it had to be at
the hands of the Israeli police, not Palestinian terrorists.
And of course if there was a tragedy that demanded sympathy, it only would be appropriate if the sympathy went
to Palestinians.
To report this terrible crime accurately would require
that the reporter, readers, and viewers see the Jews as
human victims of a vicious crime, not its perpetrators.
Such accurate and fair reporting would not fit into the
story line that the media want to tell.
The results of such reporting do far more harm to the
Jewish world than a media correction and apology can
possibly repair.
It is time for the media to recognize the impact of its
words and images upon the growth of anti-Semitism, and
to change this course before it is too late.
Robert S. Peckar, an attorney, lives in Alpine and is active in
Jewish life in northern New Jersey. Among other things, he
is a vice chair of the Jewish Home Family and just finished
a term as the national chair of Project Interchange, the
educational institute of the American Jewish Committee.

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From Assyria to Iberia
Even in prophetic period, Israelites were part of
the larger world, local Assyriologist says
Joanne Palmer

e Jews are used to thinking of the ancient land of

Israel as set in the middle
of vast stretches of desert,
and of the Israelites as living more or less
alone there, relatively unaffected by their
neighbors.
Yes, there were skirmishes with neighbors, occasional raids down from the hill
country, some fights over borders, but on
the whole Israel was separate, the undisputed center of its world.
Well, thats not really true, according to
Dr. Ira Spar of Suffern, N.Y. Dr. Spar, who
is a professor of ancient studies at Ramapo
College of New Jersey in Mahwah, is also
the Metropolitan Museum of Arts research
Assyriologist. (Isnt that the most wonderful job title?) In that capacity, he is part of a
team that put together Assyria to Iberia at
the Dawn of the Classical Age, an exhibit

on display at the Met until January 4.

Dr. Spar is also an active member of
Temple Israel and Jewish Community Center in Ridgewood, where he will talk about
the exhibit on December 3. (See box, page
28.) Although he is a student of the entire
Middle East and all its peoples, his most
intense focus is on the Israelites and their
land; his section of the exhibit catalogue is
Bible and Babylon.
A striking man six and a half feet tall
and thin, white-haired and white-bearded
Dr. Spar describes many of the objects in
the display cases to a visitor, casually reading the cuneiform inscriptions on some of
the tablets as if they had been written in
English.
The exhibit shows ancient Israel as part
of an intricate cats cradle of relationships;
trading, borrowing ideas, lending ideas, a
nation among many others. Idiosyncratic,
yes, but not isolated.
The show basically tries to use art to

24 Jewish Standard NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Dr. Ira Spar

illustrate the effects that major powers

have when they trade and export to areas
theyve conquered, or where they travel,

Dr. Spar said. In this case, the major

power was Assyria, which expanded from
its small core around the Tigris River to
reach from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean around the seventh century BCE.
Assyria was threatened by the Phoenicians, a seafaring nation that blocked the
Mediterranean. They were the big gorilla
in the neighborhood, Dr. Spar said. With
their ships, they established an empire,
from Lebanon all the way across the Mediterranean to Spain.
Around the end of the second millennium BCE, there was a sudden catastrophe, Dr. Spar said. It overwhelmed
the whole Fertile Crescent area and the
Aegean with the collapse of civilization a
political, social, and cultural collapse.
It was so overwhelming that the
Greeks the Greeks! The civilization that
refined poetry and art, and that wrote
everything down actually lost the ability to write. Ninety-five percent of their

knowledge was wiped out.

It was sudden climate change that did it,
he said. There was a long period of dryness about 20 years and then wetness.
There was famine during the dry period,
and fungus-ridden disease during the second one. That was the period of the Israelites exodus from Egypt, Dr. Spar said.
They were able to leave because there
was no one there to stop them.
When the climate change stopped and
normal life resumed after the tremendous destruction, people still kept the
symbols of second-millennium cultural
identity, Dr. Spar said. Depictions of
animals, scenes that represent power and
sovereignty, and the icons of kingship,
even though kingship itself had totally
changed. People understood the meaning
of the symbols. They kept them as heirlooms. They copied them.
And we find them in Israel.
We have similar impulses today, he
added. Look at our dollar bill. Why do
we have Roman symbols? Why do we
have Latin on it? Its because our founding fathers knew the Roman symbols by
heart. Those words and symbols represented the greatness of empire to the

When you come

into contact with
another culture,
that has a
significant
effect on you.
Dr. Ira Spar

founders of our republic, and to us as well.

If you are a nascent society, as the 13
colonies were, you look back to greatness, Dr. Spar continued. You dont look
back to failure. The past inspires you, and
you want to emulate the past.
The difference between modern and
ancient societies is that ancient societies
always looked back. There was no concept of progress until the scientific revolution. Thats why ancient founding figures
are believed to have lived such long lives,
and essentially to be something other
than human. The stories accrue and the
legends grow, so you dont view them as

Tiered stand; ceramic. Taanach; Iron Age IIA, 10th century B.C. Israel Antiquities
Authority, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem/Israel Antiquities Authority. Photograph by Avraham Hay.

people, with the same sorts of needs that

you have, he said.
Another theme of the exhibit, the one
that I emphasize, the one that is subtly
behind everything else, is that when you
come into contact with another culture,
that has a significant effect on you, he
continued.

The example I like to use is the

Philistines.
The Philistines arrived from the Aegean
Islands during this period of catastrophe.
They are not Semites they are also not
Greeks, but they are part of that culture
so when they come and settle along the
coast, they transfer their main god, who is

Far left, relief of a striding lion; glazed and molded brick. Babylon, Processional Way. Neo-Babylonian, 604562 B.C. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches
Museum. Berlin/Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/ Art Resource, NY. Photograph by Olaf M. Tessmer. Above, from left, Statuette of a griffin; bronze with traces of
gold foil. Toprakkale, Urartian, 8th7th century B.C. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin/Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/ Art
Resource, NY. Photograph by Jurgen Liepe. Male protome; ceramic. Cadiz, Punta del Nao, beach of La Caleta Phoenician, 6th5th century B.C. Museo de Cadiz Bruce White
Helmet; bronze. Karmir Blur; Urartian, 8th century B.C. History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan. Photograph by Armen Ghazaryan Statue of a
seated couple; basalt. Tell Halaf, Lower City, cult area. Syro-Hittite, early 9th century B.C. Max Freiherr von Oppenheim-Stiftung, Cologne Berlin/Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/ Art Resource, NY. Photograph by Olaf M. Tessmer.

Jewish Standard NOVEMBER 28, 2014 25

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a sea god, to a land-based god.
So they adopt a new chief god, Dagon, who is the
father of Baal, the chief god of the Canaanite pantheon. To the ancient mind, you can never have too
many gods. Gods are capricious, unstable, and they
dont travel with you, so when you move, you adopt
the gods who are there already.
They wanted to be like the Canaanites. Its just
like people who move to America and want to be like
Americans.
It is the same thing in Israel.
When Israel comes into the land, they settle into
the hill country. There were very few settlements. It
was sparsely inhabited at the time of the catastrophe,
but then suddenly the hill country became the refuge.
People were fleeing there.
So who were the early Israelites? They were the refugees from Canaanite cities, as well as the people who
worshipped Yahweh. It is a pluralistic society, because
you the Israelites are the small guy, and the new
people have moved in, to escape the civil war in the
Canaanite cities, the catastrophe there, the invasions
that followed. You are a center for refugees. That has a
huge impact on biblical thought, because you are concerned with poor people who are escaping disaster.
The ethics of Israel probably emerged from this
period.
This period, Dr. Spar said, was the time of the biblical books of Joshua and Judges.
So when you build the Temple during Solomons

Clockwise from top left, Openwork plaque with a striding sphinx; ivory. Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu),
Fort Shalmaneser, Room NW 21 Neo-Assyrian period, South Syrian style, 9th8th century B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1964 (64.37.1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Plaque with lioness
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Room NN. Neo-Assyrian period, Phoenician style, 9th8th century B.C. The Trustees of the British Museum,
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Just as Ira Spar is the consummate Assyriologist when he is at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art and at Ramapo College of New Jersey,
he is also and always a curious and deeply
connected Jew.
He and his wife, Rebecca, have collected
hats including many kippot from Central
Asia, and they are on display at Ramapo
from now until December 12.
In their shapes and bright or subtle colors,
the kippot are different from the more sober headcoverings that mark the Ashkenazi
world, although their function to cover
mens heads and at times womens hair are
the same.
Some of these kippot are in styles that
look vaguely familiar to many of us they
have come into vogue in the Jewish world in
the last few decades. But the elaborate work
that has gone into the kippot in the Spars
collection, along with the variations in shape
and color, are new to us.
The exhibit, Woven Treasures Selections from the Collections of Ira and Rebecca Spar,include other textiles that have
caught the Spars eyes as they traveled in
Europe and Central Asia. The show features
costumes from Provence, in France; some
of them have been put on dolls created for
that purpose by an artist skilled in that highly
specific craft.
The show also includes a large number of
hats. The kippot, in riots of color and texture,
are predominant among them.
Woven Treasures is on exhibit in Ramapo
Colleges Pascal Gallery at the Berrie Center
for Performing and Visual Arts. It is open on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 1 to
5 p.m., and on Wednesdays from 1 to 7 p.m.
The college is at 505 Ramapo Valley Road in
Mahwah.
For more information, call the gallerys
director, Sydney Jenkins, at (201) 684-7147,
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reign, as told in the Book of Kings,

written not much later what
images are you going to use?
You are going to use the
Canaanite images, the ones that
say power and kingship. Images
of bulls and lions, and of cherubim. These are images that have
come down from the Canaanites
and you see them throughout
the show.
The underlying theme here for
Jews is that it offers a much more
realistic understanding of the
ancient Israelites, acting with all
the forces around them. Instead
of looking only at the acts of God,
we also are looking at the acts of
people, as they create their community using symbols of the past.
I call this the fluidity of culture.
We view the Bible from the perspective that Israel exists alone.
That view, he said, is encouraged
by the way we read the Prophets, the biblical books written at
the time. We read the haftarah
those prophetic writings piecemeal, to accompany the Torah
reading on Shabbat and holidays.
We read bits chosen to point out
something in the Torah text, and
so we rarely get a feeling for the
Prophets as a flowing narrative in itself. Because of that,
Dr. Spar said, We dont understand that Israel is a small
nation, caught in a web of larger powers, and we dont
understand the effect that those powers had on Israel.
Really, it is all about economics, Dr. Spar said. Economics and power. The Temple in Jerusalem, for example, is not about religion but about power, in this reading. It is the private chapel of the king.
The chapel is tiny, the size of a three-car garage. Its
not as big as your house. And the king uses the Temple
as a storage house. When Israel is attacked, the king
goes to the Temple. The priests dont control it. The
king does. Its right there in the text. The king has the

Handle; ivory. praeneste, Colombella necropolis, Barberini Tomb. Orientalizing,

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right to hire and fire priests. He is coronated

in front of the Temple, where you have those
big pillars.
It is about domination and strength. It is
all about power.
Dr. Spar came by his worldview logically.
He was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., but after
earning his undergraduate degree its in
international relations at American University in Washington, D.C., he went to Michigan State University to work toward a Ph.D.
in economics. That field once had leaned
more heavily toward the social sciences, but
by the time he got there, in the late 1960s,
it relied heavily on statistical models. I was
terrible at it, he said. I couldnt do the
mathematics.
He had three choices, he said. One was
to get a job. No way! Id have to work! Forget
about it. (Yes, he was joking. Earning a doctorate is hard work. Its just largely unpaid.)
The second was to join the Peace Corps. My
cousin had; I got an application and it was sitting on my desk. I was considering it.
The last one was to stay in school forever.
That, more or less, is the option he took. Dr. Spar,
who always had been a reader, realized that the books
he most loved to read were about the ancient world,
archeology, and biblical-related stuff. His depth of
knowledge impressed the heads of the department in
Michigan, and he not only was offered admission, but
a fellowship to fund it. Because the best scholar in his
field was at the University of Minnesota, after two years
he transferred there.
Dr. Spar was very lucky although men of his generation were being drafted and sent off to Vietnam, he was
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until finally I got an induction notice to show up in
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And then, just two or three days before I was
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was new, and it seemed like it would have a future,
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musings from the editor

About

f a picture worth is a thousand

words, then our Chanukahs fill
volumes.
Little did I ever imagine that I
would be sending picture holiday
cards, but for nearly a decade, our
December ritual was to pose the
family before the menorah and
craft these images into Chanukah
cards.
Our photographer, my longtime BFF Tina, would come for the
session in which wed dress and
pose and get the menorah dusted off and filled
with colorful candles. The sessions would last
as long as our patience it was a race to see
whether the kids would hold up or the candles
would and then we would have our choice of
wonderful images to use.
I remember our first picture. Yehuda was a
few months old and I was holding him. It was Jeff
and I. We smiled, the three of us, the menorah in
the background. The next year, Yehuda, nearly a
year and half, sat on our laps looking at a Chanukah book. Shaina was in my belly. The following
year, Shaina and Yehuda, me and Jeff in another

pose in our apartment with the illumination of the candles.

There were images of us playing with dreidels, standing near
the menorah, interacting with
each other. Laughing, smiling,
looking at each other. We used
other Chanukah props, crafts and
drawings that the children made.
And each year, after we chose
the right image, it was my challenge to figure out a new and interesting way to make the card.
Sepia, black and white, color, postcards, pre-written, hand-written. I, too, wanted to make them different each year with a message that played on
the theme of love and light.
These photographs were a yearly marker and
a document of our familys growth. Not only were
the images beautiful, but to watch the passing of
time was beautiful as well. Tinas pictures were so
lovely, many friends remarked how they put the
cards on their refrigerators and looked forward
to the following years.
Then came a December that was the coldest
ever.

My father, of blessed memory, was very sick,

and my days and nights were spent at the hospital. I was so consumed with his deteriorating
health, and so saddened by what was coming, to
have a happy, fun-filled photo shoot to create the
Chanukah picture card felt incredibly wrong.
That year there was no picture. There was no
card.
Its been a few years since, and in that time,
photographs have changed. Selfies have become
part of the lexicon and suddenly, everyone is a
photographer. In fact, over the nearly decade that
we took pictures, Tinas mode changed from film
to digital.
Im not sure whether we will pick up the
thread and again take the Chanukah picture.
But what I do know is that everyday I can now
see the bounty and blessings in my life and that
the light of Chanukah shines bright.
Wishing all a happy and healthy holiday.
Cheers,

About Our Children, January issue, published on December 19, 2014.

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GENERATION G
The Family
Chanukah Party
as Traditional as Latkes
E D S I L B E R FA R B

t began innocently enough, 40 years ago, lighting

the Chanukah candles with Jake, 5, and Joe, 3, trying
to grab the flame. Thats a sign, I thought. After all,
didnt baby Moses start his career by seizing a red-hot
coal?
Sharon decided this magic moment had to be
shared, and her mind raced ahead. Sunday is the eighth
night. Well invite and she recited half a dozen of the
kids friends and their parents. We need latkes, donuts,
cookies, some salads, tuna fish, maybe deviled eggs, a
loaf of rye or pumpernickel
Whoa there, Dobbin. Youre talking party.
Of course. We need a supply of dreidels, a batch of
those chocolate coins, and lets find some song sheets.
And so the annual Silberfarb Chanukah party was
inaugurated with a guest list that later grew to more
than 50. We put together sheets with the Chanukah
blessings and songs that ranged from the traditional
Rock of Ages to the insipid I Had a Little Dreidel (the
kids favorite) to the Hebraic version of Handels majestic Hail the Conquering Hero (Judah Maccabee).
The song sheets, now thoroughly food-stained, are
still in use, and each year our old friend, Chaim, a composer and music professor, brings the songs to life at
the piano.
We made our own latkes with one guest or another
standing hours over the frying pan while the apartment smelled of cooking oil. A newcomer thought we
had hired a professional latke chef. Three years later
we gave up and bought frozen latkes. The children liked
them better than the homemade.
In some Judaica stores closeout, we found a set
of Chanukah cookie cutters in the shape of a dreidel, a
Star of David, a menorah and a lion. So began the laborintensive task of rolling out dough and baking butter
cookies in four different shapes.
Donuts were another challenge. We rejected the
mushy, pillow-like jelly donuts, and searched for the
genuine, fried sufganyot. One year we found them on
the Lower East Side. Then that store went out of business, so did the little bake shop on the Upper West Side.
Another year we imported them from Teaneck, and recently again from the Upper West Side.
Chocolate coins are the currency of Chanukah,
and the dreidel game is the holidays roulette. In the
early years each kids stake was a dozen or so chocolate coins, but they grasped them so desperately during the game that the chocolate melted in their hands,
so we switched to pennies. The chocolate coins went
into each kids gift bag along with a dreidel, a chocolate
Maccabee, and some bit of ephemera from Job Lot or
Amazing Savings.
Ah, the menorahs! We began with the basic ninecandle Chanukiah, with a traditional elaborate design in
brass or silver plate, but then we added the ones made
by the children in Hebrew school, and a generation later added the creations of the grandchildren. One was
clay with nine ancient oil cups. Another was balsam
wood decorated with bits of raw spaghetti and bottle

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caps to hold the oil. We found a cast iron

beauty on sale at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a copper one that had been in
the family for years, another, homemade
and impressionistic that we rescued
from a neighbors trash. The most popular, the one the kids most want to light, is
a replica of a family sitting around a dinner table. We found it in the now defunct
Filenes Basement.
Over the years we amassed some 20
Chanukah menorahs, and the problem
was which to display. There were enough
for each child to light a few candles. One
year, with a dozen menorahs on the window sills, all lit on the eighth night, some
with oil wicks, some wax candles, we were
startled by a raucous, screeching sound. It
was the apartments smoke alarm.
Inevitably, when the kids reached
the teenage iconoclastic years, the Chanukah party lost its appeal. Its lame,
was one of he more polite comments.
But when we decided to discontinue the
event, we began hearing from the adults,
When is the Chanukah party? So we
continued it. And then the grandchildren
came aboard.
Last year, Jake, father of five-year-old
granddaughter Alina, responded to our
invitation, I cant make it. I have to rearrange my sock drawer.
No problem, I said. Just drop off
Alina in time for the party, and Ill bring
her home when its over.

The Latke Song, singing amplifies the

holiday spirit whether it is a capella
voices or singing round a piano at a Chanukah party. Remember the Maccabeats
2010 Chanukah sensation Candlelight?
Create traditions for your children with
music and song.

Craft, Oh Craft
One of the most central symbols of your
Chanukah celebration is the menorah
(also called chanukiah). This hands-on
arts-and-crafts project will show how to
make a new menorah with your children.
Theyll have even more fun lighting it or
watching you light it each night when
theyve helped to create it.

Eat, Oh Eat
The miracle of the oil is what Chanukah
is all about. Delicious latkes in potato
and vegetable varieties with applesauce
or sour cream or just plain, and jelly donuts dusted with white confection sugar
and embalmed with the sugar-sweet
jelly are culinary staples of the holiday.
You can also bake up a storm and make
cookies and cakes in an assortment of
shapes, such as dreidels or menorahs to
sweeten the holiday. Bake with the children and then eat and enjoy.
Heidi Mae Bratt is the editor of
About Our Children

They did come, and throughout the

dreidel game was Alinas triumphant, I
got a gimmel.
Dreidel competition was fierce
among grandchildren, their cousins and
friends. Naftali and Yehudah tried to
weight the dreidel so after their spin it
would fall on a winning side, but it was
Devorahs coin pile that rose inexorably.
Over the years, guests included two
museum curators, a sculptor, a Broadway
lyricist, a Hollywood script writer, an opera composer, a deputy City Parks Commissioner, an insurance executive, four
lawyers, a physician, a dentist, a house
painter, a book publisher, a newspaper
reporter, an accountant, a marine and
assorted other Chanukah enthusiasts,
but children were the special guests. The
youngest were two infant cousins who
lolled side-by-side on a blanket. The oldest was Sharons mother who came for
years into her 90s.
Last year, for the first time in over
100 years, Chanukah coincided with
Thanksgiving, and, according to the stargazers, this may never happen again. Yet
the Silberfarb Chanukah party continues
with a life of its own.
Ed Silberfarb was a reporter for the Bergen
Record in New Jersey, then the New York
Herald Tribune where he was City Hall
bureau chief. Later, he was a public information officer for the New York City Transit
Authority and editor of one of its employee
publications.

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A Toy, a Book and the Story of Chanukah

Move over Elf on the Shelf and
make room for the holiday
companion that is over 5,000
years in the making. Its Maccabee on the Mantel, an adorable
plush doll and accompanying
storybook that teaches
children about the origins
of Chanukah and celebrate
one of the cultures most
prominent but often misunderstood traditions.
Conceived of by mother of two and
pre-school temple instructor Abra Liberman-Garrett, Maccabee on the Mantel is
a huggable stuffed Maccabeean soldier
whose personal story in the book illustrates the escape of the chosen people
from the brutal King Antiochus. Raised
with sometimes lackluster Jewish holiday traditions, she became more passionate about teaching the origins of
Chanukah while raising her children in
Dallas. With the aid of her friends at Fort
Worths legendary improvisation and

comedy troupe Four Day Weekend

a group whose business savvy
earned them last years Small
Business of the Year Award
from the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Liberman-Garrett invented a
holiday product that is kidtested and rabbi-approved.
Unlike other recent attempts to cash in on the holiday buddy phenomenon that seems
to cross across cultures, Maccabee on
the Mantel is based in real Jewish history, and presented with materials that
have been developed with the utmost
educational value in mind. More than
anything, Maccabee on the Mantel reminds human companions young and
old and Jewish or otherwise about
the origins of the Festival of Lights.
Chanukah is a really cool holiday, says
Liberman-Garrett. The story is about
facing insurmountable odds, fighting for
your rights, and believing in yourself.

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chanukiahs that weve amassed over the years help us

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This chalk art menorah lets you

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Safe, ecological and colorful. This acrylic menorah uses glow

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Flexible Menorah
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Designed by a father-daughter
team, the glass Flexus Menorah
brings a contemporary dimension
to traditional Judaica and allows
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Enjoying a Sole-ful Holiday

Heres a great menorah for your tween or teen daughter. All of

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The Hanuka 21
menorah from
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dynamic octahedron,
a polyhedron with
eight faces. With each
new day the menorah
must be turned to a
new side where there
are a corresponding
number candleholders for each night.
www.thejewishmuseum.org.

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A Chanukah One Never
Forgets

Designer Jonathan Adler has

taken the menorah and married it with a playful creature,
the elephant. See where the
elephant ends and the menorah
begins. www.moderntribe.com

This menorah began as a bicycle

chain and was repurposed by
artisans from Noahs Ark, a group
in India. Its a menorah that does
good, good for the environment
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Having fun at Bloom Yoga in Fair Lawn.

The Many Benefits

of Yoga for Youngsters
H E I D I M A E B RAT T

or many years now, the benefit of

yoga for children has helped it become a legitimate form of exercise and recreation.
Yoga, which means union or yoke,
is meant through its practice, to help
integrate body, mind and spirit, and is
good for anyone. It is especially good
for children, who might encounter emotional, social and physical challenges or
conflicts, yoga, which includes breathing and stretching, can have myriad
benefits.
The Therapy Gym in Teaneck, which
is owned by Ellie Fuchs, has folded yoga
into its menu of classes and programs
and offers it to different age groups.
Fuchs, who holds a doctorate in physical
therapy, has also helped to bring yoga
into a local school, Yeshivat HeAtid,
which has included it into its curriculum. School administrators say they see
the benefit to students who practice the
yoga during the day in between their
other classes.
Several studies have shown that
yoga helps develop focus and concentration in youngsters. The act of practicing poses encourages children to clear
their mind and focus on the effort. As
a result of this single focus to achieve a
particular pose or stay balanced, yoga
helps children to focus and concentrate
in school and get better grades.
A new studio in Fair Lawn, Bloom
Yoga, offers a wide range of childrens
services from mommy and me yoga
classes to childrens music classes and

themed birthday parties, says owner Evelyn Brigandi.

Brigandi says yoga is a discipline
that puts children on the path towards
a calm and balanced mind while helping
them build a strong and flexible body,
both tools that are essential for their
growth. Bloom Yoga, she says, encourages children to be creative and explore
their body in a fun-filled way where certified childrens instructors use a fun,
imaginative approach incorporating
animal imitations and nature, and using expression games, music, art, and
storytelling.
Yoga enhances physical flexibility
and promotes strength because youngsters learn how to use all of their muscles in new ways. Whether a pose is
done standing or sitting or lying down,
each one can challenge various muscle
groups while helping the child become
aware of his body and how it efficiently
functions.
Yoga also refines balance and coordination, which is key in the practice.
Even if a child has difficulty standing on
one foot, she can learn mental and physical balance if she can stay calm.
Yoga also helps boost self-esteem
and confidence and strengthens the
mind-body connection. Yoga teaches
children to persevere, be patient, and
work toward their goals. A yoga teacher
can only offer guidance, but it is the child
who has to work to succeed. Therefore,
when a child masters a pose, it gives him
confidence and self-esteem.
Heidi Mae Bratt is the editor of About Our
Children.

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How to Deal With the Flu Season

H E I D I M A E B RAT T

lu season is upon us. Seems that something is

going around is the refrain that parents are saying as the germs make their way round-robin in
schools and in homes.
About Our Children reached out to Dr. Jeffrey Bienstock, of PediatriCare Associates, with three locations:
Fair Lawn, Mahwah and Pompton Plains and the director of pediatrics at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for
some guidance on how to navigate the season.
About Our Children: How can you tell the difference between a cold and a flu?
Dr. Jeffrey Bienstock: The flu and the common
cold are both respiratory illnesses but they are caused
by different viruses. Because these two types of illnesses have similar flu-like symptoms, it can be difficult to
tell the difference between them based on symptoms
alone. In general, the flu is worse than the common
cold, and symptoms such as fever, body aches, extreme tiredness, and dry cough are more common and
intense. Colds are usually milder than the flu. People
with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy
nose. Colds generally do not result in serious health
problems, such as pneumonia, bacterial infections, or
hospitalizations. Flu symptoms usually come on quickly, within 3 to 6 hours.

About Our Children: Is this season any worse or

better than in the past?
Dr. Jeffrey Bienstock: It is too soon to judge if this
season will be mild or severe. So far there has been
limited flu activity throughout the United States. I follow this weekly via the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report.
About Our Children: When should a parent see the
doctor right away, when could a parent wait it out a bit?
Dr. Jeffrey Bienstock: Children are considered
high risk for complications if they have any of the following conditions lung disease (such as asthma); heart
disease (such as a congenital heart disease); cancer
or weak immune system conditions; neuromuscular
disease (such as muscular dystrophy); diabetes, sickle
cell disease, kidney disease or liver disease; diseases

How to Prevent the Flu

1. Avoid close contact with people who are
sick. When you are sick, keep your distance
from others to protect them from getting
sick, too.
2. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue
or the bend in your elbow when coughing
or sneezing. It may prevent spread of disease to those around you.
3. Washing your hands often will help
protect you from germs. Wash your hands
with soap and warm water for 20 seconds

or clean them with an alcohol-based hand

cleaner.
4. Germs are often spread when a person
touches something that is contaminated
with germs and then touches his or her
eyes, nose, or mouth.
5. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active,
manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids
and eat nutritious food.

Source: Dr. Jeffrey Bienstock

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requiring long-term aspirin therapy; or healthy children

under 2 years old. You need to call 911 if your child has
severe difficulty breathing (struggling for each breath,
making grunting noises with each breath, unable to
speak or cry because of difficulty breathing) or your
childs lips or face are bluish when not coughing.
About Our Children: What is the best way to prevent colds and the flu?
Dr. Jeffrey Bienstock: Everyone should get the flu
vaccine each year to update their protection. It is the
best way to prevent getting the flu. Safe vaccines are
made each year and the best time to get the flu vaccine is the late summer/early fall or as soon as it is
available in your community. Vaccination is especially
important for all children, including infants born preterm, who are 6 months of age and older, especially
those with conditions that increase the risk of complications from the flu.
Children of American Indian/Alaskan Native heritage. All contacts and care providers of children with
high-risk conditions and children younger than 5 years,
especially children younger than six months. All healthcare personnel. All women who are pregnant, are considering pregnancy, have recently delivered, or are
breastfeeding during the flu season. Hand washing is
the best means to prevent colds and the flu; we learned
this all over again in 2009 with the H1N1 Flu.

When to Call the Doctor

Call Your Doctor Now
(night or day) If:

Call Your Doctor Within 24 Hours If:

Your child looks or acts very sick

HIGH-RISK for complications of flu

(children with other chronic diseases OR
healthy under 2 years old)

Difficulty breathing (under 1 year old)

not relieved by cleaning the nose

You think your child needs to be seen

Difficulty breathing (over 1 year old)

present when not coughing

Continuous (nonstop) coughing

Lips or face have turned bluish during

coughing

Earache or ear discharge also present

Age under 3 months old with any cough

Wheezing occurs

Sinus pain (not just congestion) is also

present

Stridor (harsh sound breathing in) occurs

Fever present for more than 3 days

Ribs are pulling in with each breath

(retractions)

Fever returns after gone for more than

24 hours

Chest pain and cant take a deep breath

Call Your Doctor During Weekday

Office Hours If:

Dehydration suspected (no urine in more

than 12 hours AND very dry mouth, no
tears, ill-appearing, etc.)

You have other questions or concerns

Weak immune system (sickle cell disease,

HIV, chemotherapy, organ transplant,
chronic steroids, etc.)

Age over 6 months and needs flu shot

SEVERE HIGH-RISK patient such as

chronic lung disease (exception: mild
asthma), heart disease, bedridden, etc.

Nasal discharge lasts over 2 weeks

Age under 12 weeks with fever above

100.4 F (38.0 C) rectally (Caution: Do
NOT give your baby any fever medicine
before being seen)

Influenza lasts over 3 weeks

Fever over 104 F (40 C) and not

improved 2 hours after fever medicine

Coughing has kept home from school for 3

or more days
Cough has been present over 3 weeks

Source: Dr. Jeffrey Bienstock

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SPECIAL NEEDS

Helping Learning Disabled Children Deal with School

A D I N A S O C LO F

es. This can help us in all areas of life. It is even more

important for a child who struggles in school to verbalize and recognize what they are good at.
Most children with learning disabilities are told
what their deficits are and what areas they need to

hildren who have learning disabilities may become discouraged about school because they
carry a double burden: they must manage all the
regular trials of childhood along with the strength and
spirit needed to overcome their disability.
Today, more children are having evaluations and
getting their learning disabilities identified. New strategies and modifications are put into place that can help
children learn. For example, children with dyslexia can
take oral tests instead of written ones. A child with
social issues maybe given extra help and supervision
during recess time. But classroom learning, homework
and/or social situations can still be stressful for them.
It is difficult to watch our children struggle and
as parents we often dont know what to do. We know
theyre experiencing trouble at school but at the same
time we want to help children take responsibility for
their learning. We want them to develop a love for
learning despite their difficulties.
We want to jump in and help or let them off the
hook, but the best thing we can do for children is to
offer them support in ways that do not undermine their
ability to work hard. We want to them know we are
here for them, but we also have faith in their ability to
put in the effort they need to overcome their very real
challenges.
Here are four ways that we can do that:

1. Use empathy:
When a child is struggling at school, they may complain
using very unspecific, global terms:
I hate school!
I am not doing any homework!
My teacher hates me!
My friends are so mean!
In each of these cases we want to avoid taking these
complaints at face value. Our children are essentially
telling us one thing: I am struggling with school and
making friends and I need your help to let me know that
Im going to be okay.
We want to give reassurance and support but still
let children know that we have faith that they can overcome and manage their learning disability. To help us

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do that we can start with an empathetic word and then

ask gently, What are you going to do? or What can
you do?
This is tough. The assignment is to read this paragraph and you dont want to. What are you going to
do?
This is rough. Homework is overwhelming you
right now. What can you do?
You sound so upset about this project you were
assigned. What can you do?
Its rough to be teased, what can you do when you
feel hurt like that?
When we empathize we show our children that we
care and we understand. Gently asking the question
What can you do? not only guides children to think of
ways to resolve their issues, it also gives a soft message
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1. Students at Bergen
County High School of
Jewish Studies recently
participated with
communities across the
world in the Global
Day of Jewish Learning.
Students studied the
theme of the day during
their regular class periods
and participated in special
activity during the break.

2. The JCC Thurnauer

School of Music recently
presented its first family
concert this season,
Dear Grandma. Offered
as part of the schools
chamber music series,
the audience was led
on a musical journey
by Professor Wolfgang
Amadeus Schmutzinberry,
played by musician/actor
Rami Vamos. The storyline
centers on Schmutzinberry,
who is struggling to write
a letter to his grandmother.
Pictured, from left, David
Kaplan, piano; Sharon
Roffman, violin and
artistic director; Nurit
Monacelli, narrator; Rami
Vamos (seated), Professor
Wolfgang Amadeus
Schmutzinberry; Meena
Bhasin, viola; and Clancy
Newman, cello.

3. Sixth graders from the

Academies at Gerrard
Berman Day School
(GBDS) in Oakland
developed a greater
sense of responsibility,
independence, selfesteem and environmental
awareness during a
four-day trip to TEVA at
the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village,
Connecticut. Academies at GBDS students posed with their
teacher Mrs. Kelly in front of the centers bus, which, they
learned, runs on refined cooking oils.

4. The sixth and seventh grade families at Shomrei Torah Wayne

Conservative Congregation made their own personal tallitot or
prayer shawls. It was a wonderful process that was both creative
and spiritual.
5. The students of Temple Emanuel Pascack Valley Religious
School participated in Mitzvah Day by collecting craft supplies
and packaging them for those in need. Under the guidance

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of Lauren Levant and volunteers, JoAnne Siegel and Susan

Liebeskind, the kindergarten through 2nd graders decorated
55 pencil boxes and the 3-5th graders filled them with all the
supplies collected. Pictured are students from Upper Saddle
River, Woodcliff Lake, Ramsey, Hillsdale and other communities
in northern Bergen County.
6. Yeshivat Noam second grade scientists created and
investigated catapult launchers, learning about the scientific
meaning of work. They built a big lever in class and used it to
lift up their friends and teachers without touching them. The
students also constructed their own lever-catapult launcher
and investigated the best angle of launch between the catapult
arm and the fulcrum (base) by competing in a marshmallow

launching competition.
7. Students at Rockland Jewish Academy learn doing good, by
doing good. They packed bags at the Rhoda Bloom Kosher Food
Pantry and made pumpkin breads with cookbook author Rachel
Harkham to distribute to area synagogues.
8. More than 200 people gathered at the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades in Tenafly recently for a special ceremony to mark
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day and the 19 years that have passed
since the Prime Ministers assassination. The program was led
by the Tzofim (Israeli Scouts), a program for the local Israeli
community ages 8 to 18, who meet to share experiences and
cultivate leadership skills.

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Chanukah Treats
Made with Finds from Kosherfest 2014
RAC H E L H A R K H A M

verheard while waiting

in line for Kosherfest 14:
Lady 1: Kosherfest is
like the shmorg at the worlds
best bar mitzvah or wedding
Lady 2: So you think
therell be sushi?
The shmorg analogy was
fresh in my mind when I walked through
the Meadowlands Convention Center
doors and was immediately greeted by
venerable old-time brands like Streits
Matzoh, Golds Horseradish and Empire
Chicken, all eagerly pressing samples
into my hand. Manischewitz, a brand so
honored that it only needs one name, is
clearly looking to update their image and
style by offering gluten-free products,
and really, their gluten-free brownie mix
is quite good. Their gluten-free matzah
ball mix won the Best New Rice, Pasta,
and Grain.
After milling about and kibbitzing
with the old-timers, I turned the corner
and was drawn to Burning Bush Hot
Sauce. Recognizing a new and intriguing
product by its swirling logo of a burning
bush affixed to elixir bottles, I moved in
for an introduction and taste test. I samCauliflower Latkes
1 head of cauliflower, rinsed
and cut into florets
3 eggs, lightly beaten
cup matzah meal or
crushed saltine crackers
(about 12 to 15)
teaspoon salt
teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon Burning Bush
hot sauce
cup olive oil or safflower oil
hummus, for dipping (optional)
Boil water in a large pot.
Depending on your preferred
cooking method, either boil
or steam cauliflower. Cook for
approximately 20 minutes.
Drain cauliflower in a colander, let it cool slightly and
then mash with a fork or a
potato masher, keeping some
of the cauliflowers texture.
Fold in eggs, matzah meal or
crackers, salt, garlic powder,
Burning Bush Hot sauce.

pled the hot sauce and was

impressed by how clean its
taste, unlike other hot sauces that blanket the mouth
with searing heat that feels
more like a punishment than
a condiment. Burning Bush
Hot Sauce actually brings out
the flavor of the food it is enhancing. The hummus tasted
earthy and rich in contrast to
the bright, spicy and well-calibrated hot
sauce. At the end of the taste experience
I was left with a pleasant tingling on my
lips and at the back of the throat. Neil
Wernick the companys president and
chief saucer is trained as an engineer.
His precision and scientific experimentation has resulted in a great product that
works on everything from scrambled
eggs to grapefruit tequila cocktails to
cauliflower latkes. Burning Bush is available at various kosher markets and at
www.burningbushhotsauce.com.
I continued on, glad to see that the
kosher world is reflecting current healthful eating trends, most evident by the
profusion of gluten-free, low-fat, organic
products on display.
And then, be still my beating heart,
there stood Heather Johnston of Veruca

Heat oil in skillet over

medium high heat. When oil
begins to shimmer, drop cauliflower batter by the heaping
spoonfuls into pan. With a
spatula flatter the latkes so
that they are not too thick
and puffy. Fry approximately
2 minutes on each side or
until crispy golden brown and
firm. Drain on paper towels.
Serve with hummus kicked
up with a splash of Burning
Bush Hot Sauce.
Recipe yield 12 to 14 latkes

Chocolates behind her gorgeous chocolate specimens. Veruca Chocolate offers

Gelt for Grown-ups. A new product that
has already garnered high praise and
discerning fans, it was named by Food
& Wine as one of the best chocolates in
the U.S. Johnston, a pediatrician turner
chocolatier, clued into the idea that chocolate gelt is not just for children. Veruca
Chocolate is rich, deep and elegant. The
chocolate is shaped like ancient Judean
coins and is dusted with edible gold and
silver. It is available at Dean and Deluca
or www.verucachocolate.com.
I was blissed out after my chocolate
course, but when I saw that Dufour Puff
Pastry had a table I had to restrain myself
from pulling everyone around me into a
hora circle. Dufour Puff Pastry is the finest puff pastry available. It is handmade
and uses lots of real butter. It received
a hechsher just in time for Kosherfest
and Chanukah. Available in pareve and
in chocolate, the possibilities are limitless, not to mention light, airy, and crisp.
Dufour can presently be found at Whole
Foods, Fairway, and soon at your local
kosher market.
I cannot neglect to mention my stops
at La Rustichella, an Italian company that
makes a heavenly black and white truffle

Hanukk-urros with Orange Caramel

Dipping Sauce
A take on Mexican churros, baked
instead of fried and exotically spiced
with cardamom and cinnamon.
1 package of Dufour puff pastry,
chocolate or plain
Flour, for dusting
2 to 3 tablespoons butter, melted
cup of sugar
1 teaspoon on cardamom
teaspoon cinnamon
Orange Caramel Dipping Sauce
1 cup sugar
cup water
cup heavy whipping cream
Juice of half an orange ( cup)
1 tablespoon butter
teaspoon salt
Pinch of cayenne, optional
Preheat oven to 400F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Thaw the puff pastry at room temperature, for about 45 minutes.
Sprinkle pastry lightly with flour and
stretch it out slightly with a rolling pin.
Cut dough in half width-wise and cut
each piece into 12 strips (pizza cut-

pate, the winner of Kosherfest 14 best

new dip or spread. There are truffles of
the chocolate variety and then there
are truffles of the expensive and exotic
mushroom variety. This truffle pate is of
the latter. The only Italian word I know is
delicioso. My third visit to the La Rusticella table for another sample may have
been a bit much, but I had to have another shmear of this saporous spread
on a saltine cracker or in the creamy
sauce clinging to pasta. Its as flavorful
and savory as chopped liver, but pareve.
I am anticipating its availability in March
2015. www.larustichella.com
After my culinary exploration, I was
well stuffed with tasty tidbits, my bag
was stocked with take-home treats and
promotional literature and knick-knacks.
I needed water and time to unwind from
the excitement that comes with access
to a surfeit of free kosher food. The
shmorg was over for me, but not before
a visit to the sushi table, sponsored by
Mikee Sriracha Sauce, for a freshly made
sushi roll crafted by a couple of on-site
sushi chefs.
Rachel Harkham is a cookbook author,
recipe developer and chocolatier. She lives
in Rockland County with her family. Visit her
at www.reciperachel.com.

ters are good for cutting puff pastry

dough). You should have approximately 24 strips of dough.
Working with one at a time take
the ends of each strip and twist in
opposite directions to form a spiral.
Transfer spirals to the prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden brown
12 to 14 minutes.
In the meantime, make the sugar
coating. In a small bowl combine the
sugar, cardamom, and cinnamon.
Remove Hanukk-urros from the oven,
and when they are cool enough to
handle brush evenly with melted butter. Dredge each Hanukk-urro with
sugar-spice mixture. Serve warm or
at room temperature.
Orange Caramel Dipping Sauce
1 cup sugar
cup water
cup heavy whipping cream
Juice of half an orange (1/4 cup)
1 tablespoon butter
teaspoon salt
Pinch of cayenne, optional

In a small heavy saucepan stir

together water and sugar. Bring to
a boil over medium high heat and
cook undisturbed for approximately
4 minutes or until the sugar solution
starts to color and deepen around
the edges. Gently swirl the pot to distribute the color and continue to cook
for approximately a 1 to 2 minutes
more until the mixture turns a medium amber color. Remove from pan.
Holding pan at arms length slowly stir
in the heavy cream. It will bubble and
froth. Stir until it calms down a bit and
then add orange juice, butter, salt and
cayenne if using.
Makes approximately 1 cup caramel
sauce
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Simchas
Birth

EMILY PHOTOGRAPHY IN HAWTHORNE NJ

KYLIE FRANCES CHANANIE

Kylie Frances Chananie was born October 8, 2014 at
Hackensack University Medical Center to Arlene and Joshua
and Chananie of Clifton. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces.
Her grandparents are Beth and Robert Chananie of Paramus
and Suzanne Kullman of Staten Island, N.Y. Kylies great-grandparents are Frances and the late Richard Chananie of West
Palm Beach, Fla., formerly of Englewood Cliffs, the late Wilbur
F. Kullman of Staten Island, and the late Ruth and Morris Janoff
of Teaneck, formerly of Jersey City.
Proud aunts, uncles, and cousin are Rachel, Adam, and
Rebecca Shara Jay of Springfield; and Michael Chananie of
Paramus and his fianc, Alyson Angstreich of North Brunswick.

Bnai mitzvah
RACHEL BELL
Rachel Bell, daughter of
Stacie Bell and Daniel
Counterman of Paramus and
sister of Daniel, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
November 1 at Temple Beth
Or in Washington Township.

SOFIA BERGQVIST
Sofia Bergqvist daughter of
Lisa and Olof Bergqvist and
sister of Annika, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
November 22 at Temple
Sinai of Bergen County in
Tenafly.

EMILY CHAR
Emily Char, daughter of
Felice and Dr. Daniel Char of
Woodcliff Lake and sister of
Ilana and Alexa, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
November 15 at Temple
Beth Or in Washington
Township.

CARLY ERANI
Carly Erani, daughter
of Sheryl Erani of Glen
Rock and sister of Alison
and Danielle, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
November 15 at Temple
Beth Rishon in Wyckoff.

AMELIA FEINER

ABIGAIL KATZ

Amelia Feiner, daughter of

Drs. Shoshana and Leonard
Feiner of Ridgewood and sister of Ella and Kate, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah
on November 22 at Temple
Beth Rishon in Wyckoff.

Abigail Rachel Katz, daughter

of Stacey and Adam Katz of
Franklin Lakes and sister of
Jordyn, celebrated becoming
a bat mitzvah on November
1 at Temple Beth Rishon in
Wyckoff.

JULIA FRUCHTMAN

SARAH KUSHNER

Julia Fruchtman, daughter of

Beth and William Fruchtman
of Upper Saddle River and
sister of Jacob and Jonah,
celebrated becoming bnai
mitzvah on November 23 at
Congregation Beth Sholom in
Teaneck

Sarah Kushner, daughter of

Michelle and Yisrael Kushner
of Closter, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
November 15 at Temple
Beth El of Northern Valley in
Closter.

AMANDA GRAF
Amanda Graf, daughter of
Jennifer and David Graf and
sister of Caroline, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
November 15 at Temple
Sinai of Bergen County in
Tenafly. As a mitzvah project,
she is starting a local chapter
of I Am That Girl, an organization that helps girls have
more self-confidence.

NEAL GURLAND
Neal Scott Gurland, son of
Fran and Mark Gurland and
brother of Joshua, celebrated
becoming a bar mitzvah on
November 1 at Temple Sinai
of Bergen County in Tenafly.
For his mitzvah project, he
performed in the annual
Temple Sinai musical concert at the Jewish Home at
Rockleigh.

KAYLIE HABER
Kaylie Haber, daughter of
Staci and Adam Haber of
Montvale and sister of Justin,
celebrated becoming a
bat mitzvah on November
8 at Temple Beth Or in
Washington Township.

Sidney Birnberg, daughter

of Talie and Jeffrey Birnberg
of Franklin Lakes and sister
of Jessica, 15, and Max, 10,
celebrated becoming a bat
mitzvah on October 25 at
Barnert Temple in Franklin
Lakes.

JULIA FEDER
Julia Feder, daughter of
Faith and Darren Feder of
Woodcliff Lake and sister of
Ryan and Jake, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on
November 22 at Temple
Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley in Woodcliff Lake.

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MITCHELL TESSER

Noah Randman, son of Elyssa

and Gary Randman of Fair
Lawn and brother of Joshua,
celebrated becoming a bar
mitzvah on October 25 at
the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel.
As a mitzvah project, he will
be donating to Nechama, a
Jewish relief organization for
victims of flooding and other
natural disasters.

Mitchell Tesser, son of Amy

and Lee Tesser of Wyckoff
and brother of Sara, celebrated becoming a bar
mitzvah on November 15
at Temple Beth Rishon in
Wyckoff.

LOGAN ROGALSKI
ZACHARY ROGALSKI

SAMANTHA
MEYERSON
Samantha Meyerson, daughter of Debbie and Steven
Meyerson of Woodcliff Lake
and sister of Haley, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah
on November 1 at Temple
Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley in Woodcliff Lake.

Logan and Zachary Rogalski,

twin sons of Sharon
Steinhardt of Paramus,
celebrated becoming bnai
mitzvah on November
22 at Temple Beth Or in
Washington Township.

AYLA WEISS
Ayla Robin Weiss, daughter of
Drs. Kim and Jeffrey Weiss of
Wyckoff and sister of Jessica,
Aaron, and Jordan, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah
on October 25 at Temple
Beth Rishon in Wyckoff.

AMANDA WELISH
Amanda Welish, daughter of
Melissa Davidson and Steven
Welish of Haworth, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah
on November 1 at Temple
Beth El of Northern Valley in
Closter.

MAXWELL MODELL
Matthew and Maxwell Modell,
twin sons of Robin and
Mitchell Modell and brothers of Ashley, celebrated
becoming bnai mitzvah on
November 8 at Temple Sinai
of Bergen County in Tenafly.
For their mitzvah project, the
boys raised money for an animal shelter in the Hamptons.

HANNAH HASSOUNI

SIDNEY BIRNBERG

NOAH RANDMAN

Hannah Hassouni, daughter

of Meri and Zeki Hassouni
and sister of Benjamin,
celebrated becoming a bat
mitzvah on November 1
at Temple Sinai of Bergen
County in Tenafly.

JAYME SILVER
Jayme Ilana Silver, daughter
of Leslie and Michael Silver of
Woodcliff Lake and sister of
Jack, 10, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on October
18 at Temple Emanuel of the
Pascack Valley in Woodcliff
Lake. Her grandparents are
Dr. Richard and Fran Winters
of Paramus, and Dr. Scott
and Cathy Silver of Naples,
Fla. Her great-grandparents
are Dr. Selma and the late
Stanley Mitchel of Paramus.

CONOR STRAUSS
VIOLETTE NIDDS
Violette Nidds, daughter
of Heidi and Gary Nidds of
Ridgewood and sister of
Cooper, 19, Lochlan, 18,
and Oliver, 15, celebrated
becoming bnai mitzvah
on October 25 at Barnert
Temple in Franklin Lakes.

Conor Strauss, son of Diana

and Marc Strauss of Closter,
celebrated becoming a bar
mitzvah on November 22 at
Temple Beth El of Northern
Valley in Closter.

HARRY WINICK
Harry Sasha Winick, son of
Philip and Cindy Winick and
brother of Maggie, celebrated
becoming a bar mitzvah on
November 1 at Temple Beth
Sholom of Fair Lawn. He is
the grandson of Ed Winick.

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D E C E M B E R 2 0 14

En Garde! Fencing
at Cresskill Performing Arts
Swordfighting, anyone? Cresskill
Performing Arts, which turns out dancers, singers and actors, also trains
youngsters in the art of fencing. Fencing
masters teach private and semi-private
lessons in foil, epee, sabre, rapier and
dagger and more. Both competitive
and theatrical styles are available. So
should you need to handle swordplay
in Hamlet or just sharpen your fitness
and focus, or just impress your friends,
you can check out a free trial of fencing
at Cresskill. There are no membership
fees. Fencing has not only proved to
be helpful in developing mental agility,
physical coordination and mind-body
integration, it is also the number two
college scholarship activity. For more
information and a free trial, Cresskill Performing Arts, 300 Knickerbocker Road,
Cresskill. 201-390-7513, www.cresskillperformingarts.com.

Chanukah Concert
at Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley will hold a Chanukah concert on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 10:15
a.m. with performer Matty Roxx
and a special guest appearance
by Cantor Mark Biddelman for
children ages pre-school through
3rd grade. Light refreshments will
be served. The concert is free and
open to all interested members
of the community with advance
reservations. Please RSVP to
Margie@tepv.org. All non-religious
school children must be accompanied by an adult. This program
is sponsored by Sisterhood and
Mens Club of Temple Emanuel.
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley, 87 Overlook Drive,
Woodcliff Lake 201- 391-0801.
www.tepv.org.

Make a Trip to Israel

at Family Day YJCC

Fun-Filled Chanukah
Family Day
at Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum will present its annual Chanukah Family Day, a fun-filled
day of activities, on Sunday, Dec. 14 from noon to 4 p.m. Children can construct a sculptural menorah with funky found objects, dance to the music of
Shirlala, see the story of the holiday brought to life through a drawing performance with Jeff Hopkins, and explore the museums world-famous collection
of Chanukah lamps. This event, free with museum admission, is appropriate
for children ages 3 and up. Adults are asked to accompany their children. The
Jewish Museum,1109 Fifth Ave. at E. 92 St., Manhattan, 212-423-3000,
www.thejewishmuseum.org.

The Bergen County YJCC invites the

entire community to visit Israel from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
Stop at the front desk and pick up your
passport beginning at 9 a.m. for a journey that will save a few bucks on airfare.
Each area of the YJCC will transform
into a place in Israel. Go for a climb on
Masada, shake it with Israeli dance, float
in the Kineret (aka the pool), feast on
falafel and more. There also will be an
opportunity to write a prayer for the
Kotel, participate in a Maccabi-style
track run and screening the awardwinning Israeli film, Life in Stills. A PJ
Library-sponsored presentation of an
Israel-themed book for children 3 to
6 years old and much more. Bergen
County YJCC, 605 Pascack Road,
Washington Township. 201-666-6610,
www.yjcc.org.

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The Good Life With Kids

JANUARY

To Our Readers: To Our Readers: This calendar is a day-by-day schedule of events. Although all information is as timely as we can make it, its a
good idea to call to verify details before you go.

DaybyDay
Monday, December 1
Babyccino/Mommy and Me: The Chabad Center
of Passaic County hosts babyccino sessions from
10 to 10:45 a.m. For babies newborn to 30
months old. Classes at the lower level of The
Chabad Center, 194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. 973694-6274.
Chanukah Wonderland Store Opens: The
Chabad Center of Passaic County will hold grand
re-opening of the store in the Wedgwood Plaza,
1055 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne. 973-6946274. www.barnerttem.org.

Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck. 201-8331322or www.emeth.org.

Shabbat Tikvah: Temple Emanuel of the
Pascack Valley will present Shabbat Tikvah a
service of inspiration and renewal at 8 p.m. 87
Overlook Drive in Woodcliff Lake. 201-391-0801,
www.tepv.org.

Saturday, December 6

Peter Yarrow: Famed member of Peter, Paul and

Mary, Peter Yarrow will be performing and signing
the groups new book, Peter, Paul & Mary: Fifty
Years in Music and Life. 6 p.m. Bookends, 211 E.
Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood. 201-445-0726.

Kaplen JCC Big Night Out: The Kaplen JCC on

the Palisades will hold its second annual Big
Night Out gala 7:30 p.m. honoring three couples
Merle and Fred Fish, Amy and Mark Shirvan and
Danielle and Doug Kaplan. To place an online gift
www.jccotp.org/bignightout. To place a journal ad
or make reservations, contact Sharon Potolsky at
201-408-1405 or spotolsky@jccotp.org
Tween Scene at the Bergen County YJCC:
Tweens, 10, 11 and 12 are invited to come to the
YJCC from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for activities, use
of pool and gym, a movie and more. The YJCC
is located at 605 Pascack Road, Township of
Washington. Wendy Fox 201-666-6610, ext.
5820, wfox@yjcc.org.

Wednesday, December 3

Sunday, December 7

A Season of Miracles: The Pushcart Players

present A Season of Miracles, a collection of
stories that celebrate Christmas, Chanukah and
Kwanzaa at 10 a.m. at the Paper Mill Playhouse,
22 Brookside Drive, Millburn. 943-315-1680.

Lox N Learning Chanukah Party: Congregation

Bnai Jacob holds party for the whole family.
Entertainment, sign-alongs and Hebrew bingo.
Congregation Bnai Jacob, 176 West Side Ave.,
Jersey City. 201-435-5725, www.bnaijacobjc.org.
Holiday Boutique at Barnert Temple: Shop
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from more than 40 booths
with top merchandise. Caf on site and free
parking. Barnert Temple, 747 Route 208 South,
Franklin Lakes. For information, Vicky Farhi at
vfarhi@barnerttemple.org.
Josh & The Jamtones in Concert: Come hear
the kids indie rock band Josh & The Jamtones at
11:30 a.m. The sound blends roots, reggae, ska
stylings, feel-good pop, folk punk, country ballards, and kid-friendly improv. Great for children
3 to 8 years old. The Jewish Museum, 1109
Fifth Ave., Manhattan. 212-423-3200, www.
thejewishmuseum.org.
Dancing For Hope: Cresskill Performing Arts will
join others in a performance benefit for A Slice

Tuesday, December 2

Thursday, December 4
Baby Sing Class: Music with a Jewish twist
for children 3 to 9 months old. The Hoboken
Synagogue, 115 Park Ave., Hoboken. 201-6594000, www.hobokensynagogue.org.

Friday, December 5
Potluck Shabbat Dinner: Join Temple BethEl, the Reform synagogue of Jersey City for a
potluck at 6:30 p.m. and First Friday all-ages
Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. Temple Beth-El of
Jersey City, 2419 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City.
office@betheljc.org, 201-333-4229.
Temple Emeth Family Services: Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. for the whole family. Temple

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of Hope. 3 p.m. Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, New

York University Kimmel Center, 60 Washington
Square South, Manhattan. For tickets, http//dancingforhope.brownpapertickets.com.
Womens Book Club Meeting: Jewish-themed
books include Smileys by Sarah Smiley. A light
dinner will be served beginning at 7 p.m. The
Chabad Center of Passaic County, 194 Ratzer
Road, Wayne. 973-694-6274 or chanig@
jewishwayne.com.
Temple Emeth Bazaar 2014: Looking for the
perfect holiday gift. Come to the annual bazaar
from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Temple Emeth, 1666
Windsor Road, Teaneck. 201-833-1322, www.
emeth.org.
92nd Street Y KidCentral Open House: Classes,
performances and more in the world of art, music,
dance, fitness to name some from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. 1395 Lexington Ave., Manhattan. www.92y.
org.

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Robots at MoMath, see December 13

Monday, December 15

Chanukah Festival in Wayne: The Wayne YMCA

hosts a festival from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. with
face painting, menorah and dreidel making, food,
crafts, Scholastic Book Fair, magic show and more.
Free. Sponsored by Jewish Federation of Northern
New Jersey. The Y is at 1 Pike Drive, Wayne. 973595-0100.

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Sunday, December 14

Hot Peas N Butter, See December 21

Broadway Intersections: The Museum of Math

presents Broadway Intersections: The Math
Behind The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Nighttime at 6:30 p.m. The session shows
how the hit show brings math to the stage with
actor Alex Sharp and MoMath founder Glen
Whitney. Registration required. The Museum of
Mathematics, 11 E. 26 St., Manhattan. 212-5420566, www.momath.org.
Under the Sea: Nursery school-age children
and their parents can meet favorite friends
from cartoons, movies and television at Bergen
County YJCC Character Breakfast at 9:30 or
11:30 a.m. Meet the Little Mermaid, Sponge Bob
Square Pants and others. Children can come in
costume. YJCC, 605 Pascack Road, Township of
Washington. 201-666-6610.
Babyccino/Mommy and Me: The Chabad Center
of Passaic County hosts babyccino sessions from
10 to 10:45 a.m. For babies newborn to 30
months old. Classes at the lower level of The
Chabad Center, 194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. 973694-6274.

Robots at MoMath: Robot Swarm, the new

blockbuster exhibit of robots, unlike any other,
opens at The Museum of Mathematics, 11 E. 26
St., Manhattan. 212-542-0566, www.momath.org.
Chanukah Family Fun: Join Morah Marla Levine
and Cantor Ellen Tilem for a morning of music,
stories, dance and crafts. 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.
Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck. For
children 3 to 7 with parents, and grandparents.
201-833-8466.
Chanukah Tot Shabbat: Temple Beth-El, the
Reform Congregation of Jersey City, has a service
for children ages 5 and under, grownups, siblings
and grandparents. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Temple
Beth-El of Jersey City, 2419 Kennedy Boulevard,
Jersey City. 201-333-4229, office@betheljc.org.

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Pre-Chanukah Family Pet Show: The

Friendship Circle of Passaic County presents a
pre-Chanukah family fun afternoon with outragehisss...pets from 1 to 2:15 p.m. There will be an
animal show, pizza lunch and arts and crafts. 482
Brook Ave., Passaic, $10 per family. RSVP Rykal at
fcpassaiccounty@yahoo.com or 763-228-8570.
Chanukah Festival at 92nd Street Y: Fun starts
at 11 a.m. Menorah making, winter crafts, music,
make-your-own sufganiyot and more. 1395
Lexington Ave., Manhattan. www.92y.org.
Hanukkah Family Day at Jewish Museum: Funfilled day from noon to 4 p.m. Children can make
a sculptural menorah with found objects, dance to
the tunes of Shirlala, watch the story of Chanukah
brought to life through a drawing performance
with Jeff Hopkins and more. The Jewish Museum,
1109 Fifth Ave., Manhattan. 212-423-3000. www.
thejewishmusuem.org.
Character Breakfast: Nursery school-age children and their parents can meet favorite friends
from cartoons, movies and television at Bergen
County YJCC. Seatings at 9:30 or 11:30 a.m. 605
Pascack Road, Township of Washington. 201666-6610.

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10 to 10:45 a.m. For babies newborn to 30
months old. Classes at the lower level of The
Chabad Center, 194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. 973694-6274.

Tuesday, December 16
Chanukah on Ice: A night of ice skating, Jewish
music, kosher food and kosher fun at the from 6
to 9 p.m. at the Trump Wollman ice skating rink
in Central Park, Manhattan. Sponsored by several
Chabads of New York. www.chanukahonicenyc.
212-854-5010.

Thursday, December 18
Pajama Party at Monster Mini Golf: Monster
Mini Golf in Nanuet hosts a Pajama Party from 6
to 9 p.m. for the Hudson Valley Chapter of The
Pajama Program, which provides new pajamas
and books to children in need. Show up in your
pajamas and bring along a pair of pajamas and
book to donate. Monster Mini Golf, 33 Route 304
in Nanuet, 845-624-6464.

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Celebrate Chanukah with the Deaf Community:
Complete a 9-foot high deaf-themed menorah,
enjoy treats and a childrens program at this
event sponsored by The Jewish Deaf Foundation.
Everyone welcome. Voice interpretation provided.
6 to 9 p.m. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36
Battery Place, Manhattan. 646-437-4202. www.
jewishdeaffoundation.org/nycchanukah.

Monday, December 22

Friday, December 19

Monday, December 23

Babyccino/Mommy and Me: The Chabad Center

of Passaic County hosts babyccino sessions from
10 to 10:45 a.m. For babies newborn to 30
months old. Classes at the lower level of The
Chabad Center, 194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. 973694-6274.

Tot Shabbat in Franklin Lakes: Tot Shabbat and

pizza dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. Barnert Temple,
747 Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes. To sign up,
201-848-1800.
Family Chanukah Service: Temple Emanuel of
the Pascack Valley is holding a family Chanukah
service and concert starting at 7 p.m. Open to
all. 87 Overlook Drive, Woodcliff Lake. 201-3910801, www.tepv.org.

YJCC Vacation Camp: Youngsters from kindergarten through eight grade can come to the
YJCC from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting with a pancake breakfast, a trip to Bounce Trampoline in
Valley Cottage then back to the Y for lunch and
afternoon activities. The YJCC is located at 605
Pascack Road, Township of Washington. Wendy
Fox 201-666-6610, ext. 5820, wfox@yjcc.org .

Saturday, December 20

Family Day at YJCC: The Bergen County YJCC

invites the entire community to visit Israel from
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stop by the front desk at the
YJCC and pick up your passport beginning at
9 a.m. Each area of the YJCC will represent a
place in Israel, climb Masada, do Israeli dance,
float in the Kineret and more.
Oran Etkin at the Jewish Museum: From
the music of Africa to klezmer and jazz, Oran
Etkins performances thrill audiences. Shows at
11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Jewish Museum, 1109
Fifth Ave., Manhattan. 212-434-3200. www.thejewishmuseum.org.

Chanukah in Leonia: Congregation Adas Emuno

will light an outdoor community menorah at
7 p.m. followed by a havdallah service. Latkes,
donuts and other treats will follow. 254 Broad
Ave., Leonia. 201-592-1712, www.adasemuno.org.

Sunday, December 21
Hot Peas N Butter Concert: Shake and sizzle to
the multicultural music and contagious rhythms of
Hot Peas N Butter. The bands wonderful mix of
Puerto Rican folk music to American blues will get
everyone moving. 11:30 a.m. The Jewish Museum,
1109 Fifth Ave., Manhattan. 212-434-3200. www.
thejewishmuseum.org.
Chanukah Concert at Temple Emanuel of the
Pascack Valley: Performance starts at 10:15 a.m.
with Matty Roxx and a special guest appearance
by Cantor Biddelman for ages pre-school through
3rd grade. Light refreshments served. Free. 87
Overlook Drive, Woodcliff Lake. 201-391-0801.
www.tepv.org.

Wednesday, December 25

Thursday, December 26
YJCC Vacation Camp: Youngsters from kindergarten through eighth grade can come to the
YJCC from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting with a pancake breakfast, a trip to Bounce Trampoline in
Valley Cottage then back to the Y for lunch and
afternoon activities. The YJCC is located at 605
Pascack Road, Township of Washington. Wendy
Fox 201-666-6610, ext. 5820, wfox@yjcc.org.

FYI
Horror Movies and Judaism
for Teens and Parents
As part of the Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jerseys One Book, One
Community Program, The Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies will offer parents and teens a program that examines the supernatural in film and its
relationship to Judaism. The program,
Horror Flicks & The Supernatural In the
Movies Whats Jewish about that?
will feature film critic and scholar Eric

Goldman, Ph.D., who will show scenes

from several movies and discuss the
connection between the supernatural
and Judaism.
This free event, open to parents
and teens in NNJ community at no cost,
will take place 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 a.m.
at the BCHSJS Sunday campus at the
Maayanot School, 1650 Palisade Ave.,
Teaneck.

work on. Few are told what their

strengths are. Brooks and Goldstein in
their book, Raising Resilient Children,
write: We recommend that for every
hour of additional work that children in
need spend, they spend an hour engaging in activities that are strengths. These
activities help them feel good, experience success, and develop a resilient
mindset.
The Life Success Parent Guide interviews adults who overcame their
learning disabilities. One interviewee
observed the following:
Everybody comes with a package.
And yeah, there are things that I am
good at and things that I am not so good
at. Some of my limitations are reading
and writing. But boy, when it comes to
putting things together, reading plans,
and chasing down problems, those are
some talents, some skills that I was born
withI carved a different path and my
whole life has been that way.
This person understood very clearly
what he was good at and used it to forge
a life for himself despite his learning
difficulties.

4. Praise children for their effort and

persistence:
Carol Dweck, the author of Growth
Mindset, suggests that instead of telling
children that they are smart, we should
praise children for their effort, for working hard, persevering at a difficult task

and figuring out solutions to problems.

Children who are praised in this way
are motivated to learn and will challenge
themselves academically. They feel that
they have control over their intelligence
and they only have to increase their effort
to succeed at school.
This can be especially encouraging to children with learning disabilities
because they usually do work hard, but
often they still dont do well. When that
does happen we want to further support
them by saying:
I liked the effort you put in, lets work
together some more and figure out what it
is you dont understand.
We all have different learning curves.
It make take more time for you to catch on
to this and be comfortable with this material, but if you keep at it like this you will.
Everyone learns in a different way.
Lets keep trying to find the way that
works for you.
Children with learning disabilities
need our compassion but they also need
to know that they can overcome their
academic challenges. Being empathetic,
taking the pressure off, helping children
understand their strengths and praising
them for their hard work can give them
the support they need to overcome their
challenges.
Adina Soclof is the director of Parent Outreach
for A+ Solutions, facilitating How to Talk so
Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk
workshops as well as workshops based on
Siblings Without Rivalry. You can reach her
at parentingsimply.com.

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Happy Chanukah!
Beth Janoff Chananie
This year, Chanukah begins at
sundown on Tuesday, December
16. Remember last year, it fell the
same time as Thanksgiving and we
celebrated what became known as
Thanksgivukkah!
The Festival of Lights celebrates
the miracle of the Maccabees fighting to save the Jewish people from
the Syrians and the miracle of the oil
in the temple lasting for eight days.
So, just take a few minutes
while looking through this special
Chanukah Gift Guide and think

about what you might like to receive as a gift and use that as an
idea for what others might like.
Buying a menorah is a gift that
lasts a lifetime and truly brings
light to ones home. Over the years
my family has amassed quite a
collection from traditional, to golfthemed, to ornate. I display them in
several places in our home.
Donations are the gifts that keep
on giving --- consider making one to
someones favorite charity locally
and/or Israel. Also, when buying a gift
for a child, remember to buy an extra
to donate to one the many community

Putting Chanukah
in Jeopardy!
By Shammai Engelmayer
Its time to play Jeopardy!
Because of technical difficulties, theres only one category on the
board today, Lights. Actually, its all
about a Jewish religious holiday, but
we couldnt get any of our judges to
agree on how to spell itChanukah,
Chanukkah, Hanukkah, Hannukah,
Hanukah; its enough to drive a person to drink (but not enough so that
person couldnt tell the difference between Haman and Mordecai, or is that
Mordechai?).
Besides, the festival was originally
known as Lights, so its okay.
Here goes. Lights for 10 points, 2
equals 8. Remember, you have to form
your answers in the form of questions.
No one? The question is: How
many miracles does Lights celebrate?
Youre shaking your head no. Whats
that? You say Lights celebrates one miraclethe cruse of oil enough for one
day that burned for eight days? Thats
not whats written here, so lets ask the
judges. (Brief pause.)

Well, heres what the judges have to

say: If the only miracle celebrated on
the Festival of Lightsokay, for conveniences sake well call it Chanukah, as
long as we dont have to spell itIf the
only miracle celebrated on Chanukah
was that cruse of oil, Chanukah would
only be seven days long, because
theres nothing miraculous about a
one-day supply of oil burning for one
day. Finding that cruse of oil in the first
place is the second miracle, or was that
the first miracle?
We continue. Lights, err Chanukah,
for 20: Not if anyones asleep.
Again, no one? Are the buzzers
working?
Heres the question: In a household
in which one person lights the lights for
everyone, can that person still do so if
he or she comes home late?
The answer: Not if anyones
asleep. If anyones asleep, that person
wouldnt be covered by the lighting. I
guess thats why so many people prefer
lighting their own lights.

toy drives for a less privileged child.

This years Chanukah Gift Guide
features some beautiful jewelry, childrens gift items, accessories, cookbooks, (fill in as we get more stuff),
and gift ideas, including massages
and spa indulgences, all from local
merchants.
So heres to Chanukah.. and
think about the words from the song
Chanukah Oh Chanukah --- And
while we are playing, the candles are
burning bright, one for each night,
they shed a sweet light, to remind us of
days long agoAnd heres to making
new memories too!

Chanukah for 30: One, and another one if its dark.

No one? Gosh, and they tell me
these are the easy ones. The question
is, How many candles actually have
to be lit each night?
Now, as I understand itI come
from Canada, so I dont understand
much about anything anywayas I
understand it, theres a dispute about
that between two rabbis named
Shammai and Hillel, but we go with
Hillel because Shammai almost never
gets it right. And Hillel says you add
a candle every night, so that theres
one on the first day and eight on the
eighth say. Shammai had it the other
way around, but both have multiple
candles.
And thats what people do on
Chanukahexcept that, technically,
just lighting one candle each night is
sufficient.
But theres a catch (and I hope Im
getting this right, judges): You cant
use that candle to see by, or read by,
or anything, so if its the only light in a
dark room, youve got a problem. So
you light a second candle, separated
from the first in some way, and that
one you can use to see by.
Im beginning to understand why
no one is hitting the buzzer. Why dont
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we just skip to the Daily Double? Heres

the answer: Theyre the reason for the
half-hour burning time.
Well, that really stumped you. The
correct question is: Who were the people of Tadmor?
The rule is that the Chanukah lights
have to burn for at least a half-hour,
until the marketplace is empty. It
usually took a half-hour after sunset
for the marketplace to empty out
because the people of Tadmor sold
kindling, so they stayed open an extra
half-hour in case someone got home
and found they were out of kindling
for a fire.
Well, no one won any money today.
But we do have some Chanukah gelt,
made out of chocolate.
If you people at home want to check
our questions and answers, the judges
tell me you can find it all in something
called the Babylonian Talmud tractate
Shabbat 21b.
Now I have a question of my own: If
Chanukah celebrates a light that burned

continuously for eight days, why not

just get one candle that burns for eight
days and light it just the one time?

Anyway, thats all the time we have

for tonight. Good night, and good
light! Uh, Lights!

Check local Judaica, specialty shops, and local book stores for
Chanukah gear and books for infants and young children. Here
Kylie Frances Chananie, 6 weeks, left, and Rebecca Shara Jay, 14
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who collaborate with anti-Semites, many observers

will conclude that the PFLP didnt kill Jews this week
because they are Jews. And once thats established, the
door is open to the moral equivalency and rationalization that has stained so much of the media coverage of
the Har Nof attack.
We saw Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett
rudely chastised by a BBC presenter for showing a
photo of the bloody devastation in the synagogue; this
from a broadcaster that went to town with the graphic
images generated by this summers conflict between
Israel and Hamas in Gaza. We saw Alan Dershowitz
admirably counter Ashleigh Banfield, the asinine CNN
anchor who ventured, When you have mandatory
conscription and service in Israel, effectively the Palestinians will say, its war against everyone, because
everyone is a soldier the kind of logic that justifies
the murder of children and the elderly. And there were
similar examples that I dont have to go into, because
they were geared to making the same point: Palestinian terrorists arent motivated by hatred of Jews or the

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desire to destroy the Jewish state, but are instead following an understandable, if misguided, path that is
born of frustration.
What happened in Har Nof is a reminder that the
Palestinian goal of genocide most of the time prettified as the one-state solution predates the emergence of Hamas and is subscribed to with similar
fervor by ostensibly secular organizations. It is this
wretched ambition that has prevented a two-state
solution from being achieved, and there are no signs
of that changing any time soon.
Hence the challenge for Jews in America and elsewhere in the diaspora. We dont have to live with the
daily fear of terrorist attacks, unlike the Israelis, but
we are obliged to set the record straight. What happened last week in Jerusalem was, as the U.N. Security
Council deemed it, a despicable terrorist attack as
despicable as the terror wrought by Islamic State in
Syria and northern Iraq.
JNS.org
And that is the only fact that matters.

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TELAVIV On Sunday, Israels Cabinet

advanced a bill in a 14-6 vote that would
enshrine Israels status as a Jewish state
into law if it is passed by the Knesset.
The nation-state law, as the controversial measure is being called, has sparked
a crisis in Israels coalition, with centerleft parties voting against it and threatening to break up the government if it
passes.
Following the threats, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu postponed a full
Knesset vote on the bill for one week.
With Arab-Jewish tensions running
high in Israel, supporters of the bill say
it will reinforce Israels Jewish character.
Opponents fear the bill will undermine
the status of Israels Arab minority and
stoke the flames of the conflict.
Here is what you need to know about
the bill and its prospects:
What is the nation-state law?
The bill makes clear that Israel is the
state of the Jews, or, in the words of the
bill, defines the State of Israels identity
as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Among other things, it means that Jewish
law should inspire its legal system and
that Israels national holidays will be the
Jewish holidays plus Independence and
Memorial Days. The bill affirms that the
countrys national anthem is Hatikvah
and that its flag is the blue-and-white
star-and-stripes. For good measure, the
bill also affirms the Law of Return, which
gives automatic citizenship to any Jew
who wants it.
Some of the bills sections already
are law. But the nation-state law would
become one of the so-called Basic Laws,
which like a constitution guide Israels
legal system and are more difficult to
repeal than regular laws.

Two drafts of the nation-state law have

been proposed recently by right-wing
lawmakers. The one advanced by the
cabinet on Sunday is a version formulated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office. It is aimed at compromise.
The earlier version also would have
defined Hebrew as Israels sole national
language, giving Arabic a secondary status, and affirmed the importance of settlement throughout Israels borders a
term that was not defined.
Everyone knows Israel is a Jewish state. Why is the nation-state law
necessary?
Supporters say its because Israels
Jewishness never really has been made
into law.
Judaism is mentioned throughout the
countrys laws, and religious authorities
control some ceremonies, like marriage.
But the 11 existing Basic Laws deal mostly
with state institutions like the Knesset, the courts, or the presidency, and
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
defines Israels democratic character.
The nation-state law, proponents say,
will place Jewish values and democratic
values on equal footing.
Although there is wide agreement in
the Israeli public regarding the State of
Israels definition as a Jewish state, the
characteristics of Israel as the nationstate of the Jewish people were never
anchored in the states foundational
laws, Likud Knesset member Zeev Elkin
wrote in the earlier version, which he
drafted.
Netanyahu long has demanded that
the Palestinian leadership recognize
Israel as a Jewish state, something it has
refused to do. Elkin wrote that the law
is doubly important especially in times
when some seek to negate the right of
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the Jewish people to a national home in its land.

Why is the bill so controversial?
Opponents of the bill worry that it will prioritize Israels
Jewish character over its democracy.
Israels Declaration of Independence defines it as a Jewish and democratic state, a dual mandate that sometimes
has been a tough balancing act. Opponents worry that the
bill will further alienate Israeli Arabs, who make up about a
fifth of the population, fomenting discord in Israel and giving ammunition to Israels detractors.
In particular, some Israeli legal scholars oppose sections
of the bill that say legislation should be inspired by Jewish
law and that courts should look to Jewish law in cases where
civil law provides no clear answer.
Israel is a nation-state whose vision has three essential

ingredients: Jewishness, democracy, and human rights,

Hebrew University law professor Ruth Gavison wrote in
a government-commissioned report on the bill that was
released last week. The nation-state law is likely to upset
the essential balance of safeguarding the entire vision.
If the bill becomes law, what concrete changes would
follow?
None, really.
The bill aims to set out general principles and safeguard
existing legislation, so it doesnt create any new laws. But
because it would be a Basic Law, its principles would guide
the rest of Israels legal system.
Amir Fuchs, the head of the Defending Democratic Values project at the Israel Democracy Institute think tank in
Jerusalem, says the law will make it easier for discriminatory
laws to pass Knesset and stand up in court.
The goal here is to change the balance from where we

have too much democracy, too much liberty and not

enough Judaism, he said, explaining supporters
views. If you want to pass a law that discriminates
against Arabs, now you can claim that the [ArabIsraeli] demographic threat [to a Jewish majority] justifies the law.
How has the government addressed the concerns?
Will the bill pass?
Supporters of the bill say opponents are mischaracterizing it. They note that the measure explicitly refers
to Israels democratic character and affirms the personal rights of all its citizens according to law.
Unlike the Elkin version, which Justice Minister
Tzipi Livni came out against last week, the Netanyahu
version has stronger language protecting democracy,
and removes the portions on Jewish settlement and
the primacy of Hebrew. But despite the changes,
Netanyahus center-left partners say the bill still will
hurt Israels democratic character.
We are not too opposed to a National Law because
this is a Jewish state and it should remain a Jewish
state, Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who heads the
centrist Yesh Atid party, said in a statement Sunday.
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Jewish students at Wellesley College, a Boston-area

school for women, fear that anti-Semitism is growing on campus following what they call the school
administrations lax response to the anti-Israel activities of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) as well as
its decision fire the schools Hillel director and Jewish
chaplain.
I firmly believe this college is becoming increasingly anti-Semitic, Jordan Hannink, a junior at
Wellesley, told Haaretz.
Several posters have appeared on walls around
the campus with images of Palestinian children
who were killed or wounded during the Gaza war.
Another poster in the student center asks, What
does Zionism mean to you? Responses to that question that were subsequently written on the poster
include genocide, apartheid, and murder,
according to Haaretz.
Jewish students said they had turned to the
schools Hillel branch for support in their fight
against campus anti-Zionism, but that those efforts
were undermined by the schools decision to fire
Hillel director Patti Scheinman and Jewish chaplain
David Bernat. School officials cited restructuring
as the reason for the firings.
Wellesley Jewish students said the abrupt firings
made them feel like we just lost our support system
and are on our own, one student told Haaretz. Additionally, efforts by Jewish students to have dialogue
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WASHINGTON President Obama did not mention

Jews once in his November 20 speech announcing
immigration reforms, but he ended with a flourish that
would be immediately recognizable to anyone who has
sat through a Passover seder.
Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger,
for we know the heart of a stranger we were strangers once, too, Obama said in a live address from the
White House in which he announced changes aimed
at addressing the plight of millions of undocumented
immigrants.
My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a
nation of immigrants, Obama said. We were strangers
once, too.
Obamas biblical invocation resonated with many of
the Jewish organizations that have praised his initiative in the face of sharp criticisms from congressional
Republicans, who have accused the president of executive overreach.
The president pointed to one of the core biblical
basics, to welcome the stranger, said Barbara Weinstein, the associate director of the Reform movements
Religious Action Center here. The precept, she said, is
mentioned more than any other in the Torah.
Obama took a relatively narrow action last week,
delaying the deportation of parents of legal U.S. residents for at least five years and extending an earlier
order granting legal status to illegal immigrants who
arrived in the United States as children to those who
arrived prior to Jan. 1, 2010. Additionally, undocumented immigrants who have been recognized as being
exempt from deportation will be able to travel out of the
United States and return unhindered.
The actions, which are believed to affect some 4
million to 5 million undocumented immigrants out of
a total undocumented population estimated at 12 million, do not directly address the immigration issues that
have traditionally exercised Jewish groups, among them
refugees from religious persecution. Still, there was a
sense of relief after years of deadlock on the immigration issue.
Its obviously something that so many of us have
been fighting for for so long, said Melanie Nezer, the
vice president of HIAS, the immigrant rights group that
dates to the late 1800s. Were excited that for some
people there is hope and relief and that it will make a
difference.
Under the new rules, children who were sent to the
United States to escape violence in Central America will
be able to travel to see their parents, sometimes after
years apart. Hadar Susskind, the Washington director
of the liberal advocacy group Bend the Arc, likened the
situation to parents who handed their children over to
non-Jews during the Nazi period.
What this is really about is keeping families together,
and thats one of the most Jewish things out there, said
Susskind, who attended a White House briefing on the

President Obama speaks about his executive action

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issue on the day of Obamas announcement.

Much remains to be done, said Nancy Kaufman, the
CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, noting for
instance that the actions do not address what has long
been a focus of Jewish immigration advocacy: expanding access for those seeking asylum from persecution.
We need to do for others what was not done for us
when we needed an outreached hand during the Holocaust, Kaufman said.
The Republican Jewish Coalition notably did not criticize the substance of Obamas actions, focusing instead
on the way Obama carried it out, through administrative order.
We are united in strong concern that President
Obama has exceeded his legitimate authority by making
such far-reaching changes unilaterally and in defiance
of the constitutionally designated law-making organ
of our government the Congress, the RJC said in a
statement.
The American Jewish Committee said in a statement
that concerns about executive action may be beside the
point.
At this critical juncture, we underscore, as we have
in the past, the urgent moral and practical need to
bring undocumented immigrants out of the shadows,
the AJC said. No matter where one stands on administrative action, the administration and the Congress
should make it the utmost priority to work together in
fashioning comprehensive bipartisan legislation that will
provide for a permanent fix to our broken immigration
system.
The Religious Action Centers Weinstein said Jewish
groups were ready to return to Congress to press for
more sweeping reforms.
Noting that Obama quoted Torah, she turned to the
Ethics of the Fathers, or the Pirkei Avot.
We are not required to finish the task, she said, but
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Weekend program to address
modern Orthodox challenges
Congregation Netivot Shaafternoon she will dislom of Teaneck will host
cuss Choosing to be
Rivka Press Schwartz
Obligated: The Paraas scholar-in-residence
dox of Observance
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December 5 and 6. Dr.
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Before coming to
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On Friday at 7:45 p.m., Dr. Schwartz
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will talk about possible responses to
The program is made possible by
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a grant from the Abraham and Sheila
caused by his reported mikvah voyeurSchlussel Learning Institute. Congregaism. On Saturday, she will talk about
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Project Ezrah celebrates 13 years

of helping families in need
Project Ezrah, a local organization that
focuses on helping community members with job searches and financial
assistance, will celebrate 13 years of
neighbors helping neighbors in need
at its December 13 dinner. It will begin
at 8 p.m. at Congregation Keter Torah in
Teaneck.
In lieu of traditional dinner honorees,
the group will mark its bar mitzvah year
by celebrating everyone who has helped
create, support, and grow the organization, which has assisted more than

3,000 area families.

Project Ezrahs founder and longtime
executive director, Rabbi Yossie Stern,
who died in February, will be acknowledged. The communitys rabbis will be
thanked for their guidance and leadership. In addition, unsung heroes, including neighbors who have extended their
hands to help, will be recognized. The
dinner also will welcome and introduce
Robert Hoenig, Project Ezrahs new
executive director.
For reservations, call (201) 569-9047.

Area JNF dinner names honorees

For the past 50 years,
Jewish National Fund has
been honoring area residents with its prestigious
Circle of Excellence
awards. Starting with the
late New Jersey State Senator Matthew Feldman, JNF
has selected people from
Teaneck who have worked
for Israel and for the local
Richard and David
Harold and Beryl
Jewish communit y. In
Heisler.
Steinbach
1901, JNF began collecting
coins in blue boxes all over
the world, using the funds to buy land in
honors Butterflakes baking and the comIsrael. In its 112 years, JNF has evolved into
munity food donations the business gives
a global and environmental leader and has
to local organizations and schools every
become a central address for the land and
day.
people of Israel.
The dinner is Monday, December 8, at
Beryl and Harold Steinbach from Con7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Sholom, 354
gregation Beth Sholom will receive a Circle
Maitland Ave., Teaneck. Ben Gutmann,
of Excellence award. Passi Rosen Bayewitz,
past president of the Northern New JerJanet and Ken Hoffman, Eric Kessler, Murseys JNF board, also will be honored.
ray Leben, Nathan and Shari Lindenbaum,
Maadan of Teaneck will cater the buffet
Chanan Vogel, and Sheryl Schainker will
and dessert reception.
be recognized as Congregation Rinat YisYedidya Harush, the Israeli shaliach
rael Sderot supporters. The award will be
(emissary) from the Halutza, established
accepted by Rinats president, Dov Wieseven years ago by the evacuees from
ner, and his son, Netanel, on behalf of the
Gush Katif, is the guest speaker. Proceeds
11 members of Congregation Rinat Yisrael
will benefit the maintenance of the Sderot
who joined Congregation Ahavath Torah in
indoor playground and the building of a
Englewoods mission to Israel last summer.
dental clinic for the residents of Halutza
The group will receive a tulip sculpture for
and its surrounding settlements in the
the shul, fashioned from the shrapnel of a
Negev area.
rocket fired over Sderot.
For information, call Jocelyn Inglis at
The Community Service award will be
(973) 593-0095, ext. 823, or email her at
given to David and Richard Heisler, owners
jinglis@jnf.org.
of Butterflake Bakery Catering. This tribute

Sharsheret appoints
new outreach director
Melissa K. Rosen of East Brunswick is Sharsherets new
national outreach director. She will manage outreach
and education initiatives, cultivate community partners, and work to amplify the impact of Sharsherets
mission throughout the country.
Sharsheret is a New Jersey-based national not-forprofit organization supporting young women and
their families, of all Jewish backgrounds, facing breast
Melissa Rosen
cancer.
Ms. Rosen, a graduate of the Hornstein Program at
Brandeis University, joins Sharsheret with a masters
degree in Jewish communal service and more than 25 years in the nonprofit sector.

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Seymour Adelmans
association with Daughtors of Miriam dates
from the time he was an
orphan at 13 to living at
the center today with
his wife, Rhoda.

DMC marks circle of life for resident

Life takes us to new and unfamiliar places
and can also go full circle. With that in
mind, Seymour Adelman of Bloomfield
decided to move to Daughters of Miriam
Center/The Gallen Institute, a long-term
and subacute care facility in Clifton. At
13, he moved to the center, then called
Daughters of Miriam Home for Aged and

Orphans, and lived with 15 teens. After

graduating high school, he joined the
Navy, serving in World War II, married,
and returned to Bloomfield and Passaic.
Today, he and his wife, Rhoda, share a
room at the Daughters of Miriam Center,
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Dvar Torah
Vayeitzei: Does God care about me?
Then you will go your way safely
And not injure your feet.
When you lie down you will be unafraid;
You will lie down and your sleep will
be sweet.
You will not fear sudden terror
Or the disaster that comes upon the
wicked,
For the LORD will be your trust;
He will keep your feet from being caught.

(Proverbs3:23-26)

acob awoke from his sleep and

said, Surely the LORD is present
in this place, and I did not know
it! (Genesis 28:16)
The Midrash cites Proverbs 3 as proof
assuring Jacobs safety when [he] left
Beersheba and set out for Haran by
also emphasizing You will go your way
safely. And not injure your feet, and
continues with When you lie down you
will be unafraid [of Esau and Laban].
Further You will lie down and your
sleep will be sweet meaning when
[ Jacob] came upon a certain place
and stopped there for the night [he] lay
down in that place.
Last weeks Torah portion is so
assuring that Jacob will follow faultlessly
and successfully Mother Rebekahs
script to steal away Esaus birthright.
While complicit, Jacob does not seem to
own the script nor his deceptions of his
father Isaac. While older brother Esau is
skillful in the field, Rebekah trains Jacob
in the art of power, particularly mental
legerdemain. Rebekah is sure to reshape
Jacobs conscience by her accepting
responsibility for the ruse. So it is that
Jacob does not yet own his intentions
in his dealings with brother Esau or in
dishonoring his father Isaac.
Jacobs actions are his. Still, it is a
nervous read as we wonder about
Jacobs response to his moral breach;
only momentarily does Jacob protest his
mothers design. Jacob does deceive his
father; and he does cheat his brother.
Yet, Jacob has yet to find his own voice.
Domineering yet dutiful to Gods designs,
Rebekah leads her son for the right
purposes by tempting Jacobs youthful
greed and lust for the power that the
birthright gives him. It is not until Jacob
experiences his life away from his parents
and depends on his own character does
Jacob mature. To be sure, we do observe
Jacobs tottering until he has a night in
which he rights himself. For Jacob, an
encounter with God was enough. For us,
perhaps not so much.
We live with uncertainty. Most of us
do not right ourselves or achieve any
measurable equanimity like Jacob at the

personalities of Torah for

end of his night to remember.
I address the deceased at their funerals,
us like the Nephilim were
Some people barely cope with
assuring the living that their loved ones are
for early biblical people
change while others enjoy it. Not
protected in death. (Clearly, not the intended
that is, are they legend
sure of what paths they will travel
purpose of the passage.) I am comforted by
whose existence remains
or how they should be traversed,
its words also but I dont believe them. I
a wisp from history and
the fearful want to find ways to
assure you that I have a strong relationship
irrelevant to their lives?
make their trek easier. It would
with God; its just that God does not know
Does God care about me
be better if they had a destination
it. I dont look for reciprocity or a response
the way God cared about
in mind, but many do not. Jacob
from God that I recognize by a divine
Rabbi
the Ancestors?
knew his destination better
imprimatur. I am fine with that. My prayers
Jonathan S.
I do not argue about
after the Night. For us, similar
do not beckon God although I have cried
Woll
G o d . Ye t , t h i s p a s t
occurrences are rare.
out on occasion just comforted that I could.
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have believed for a long
Charge of the Light Brigade by
adjourned before he thunderously
time that God does
Lord Tennyson, and yes, Psalm
addressed me: God loves you!
not care particularly about me that I am
23 by David. Each has served me well
Yeah, maybe, but not as much as God
not bothered that God is not my personal
along the way. Of course, these were
loved Jacob. And I dont have a problem
guardian, as he was our Ancestors. I do
the early standouts that still have gravity
with that. I guess I have not experienced
not mind offering the comforting words
so many years later. Combined, they
my night to remember. I dont need to in
of Proverbs 3 assuring safe passage when
provide a foundation on which to build
order to love God.
personal equanimity, an admixture of
courage and calm in the midst of fright
that plagues a young person before
entering a work life. The once oftenquoted Israeli expression Ein breira,
there is no choice, also salted my life
wisdoms. Each poem contains powerful
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Tennyson and Davids the Valley of
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within us by turning a verse in Psalm 24
into a suggestion that humility before
God is O.K., but self-confidence is better:
Yours is the Earth and everything thats
in it. I guess that Kipling did not think
we are capable of both.
Jacob is on the run away from his
past because he is afraid of being
pursued by a mad brother and in
pursuit of his future, seeking a wife
among his mothers people, the only
noble purpose about his flight. Yet
with the
Jacob is courageous because he is
Dr. Harry Brandeis
flying solo for the first time in his
pampered life. But not much longer.
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heritage and his progeny. He is quick to
commemorate the moment by setting
at Seasons Restaurant
up and anointing a pillar made from
Washington
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of God. A younger Jacob, unsure of the
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FLEEING
EUROPES
DARKNESS,

filmmakers took refuge

in California sun
ANTHONY WEISS
LOS ANGELES Henry Koster had a
long and successful career in Hollywood,
directing a string of hits from the 1930s
through the 1960s, including Harvey, the
comedy classic that paired Jimmy Stewart
with a 6-foot invisible rabbit. But perhaps
the most important film Koster ever made
was also his least famous.
Kosters From Europe to Hollywood I,
a home movie he shot in 1936, followed

his journey from Hegyeshalom, Hungary,

to Los Angeles. For Koster the trip across
Europe, the Atlantic, and America alongside his wife and several friends was the
difference between life and death.
Displayed near the entrance to a new
exhibit, Light and Noir: Exiles and Emigres in Hollywood, 1933-1950, at the Skirball Cultural Center here, Kosters filmed
travelogue serves as a pattern for the
display.
The show follows a cohort of European

filmmakers, many Jewish, who fled the

rise of Nazis and made their way to safety
and in some cases fame and prosperity
in Hollywood. Indeed, along with compatriots who had made the journey before
them, these filmmakers helped to redefine
Hollywood movies. And the exhibition
filled with posters, movie clips, and costumes bears testament to the fruits of
their wildly successful labors.
Ernst Lubitsch, a German Jew whose
departure from Europe predated the

Nazis, became famous for comedies that

displayed the Lubitsch touch a blend
of humor, sophistication, and witty sexual
innuendo that managed to skirt the Hays
Codes stringent limits on prurience. Fritz
Lang (of Jewish heritage, though raised
Catholic), molded urban crime movies
that combined psychological darkness
with a play of light and shadow that helped
give birth to the name of a new genre: film
noir.
Yet in the films, and to be sure the lives
of the emigres, darkness and light layered
and intermingled in complex, even paradoxical ways. As the exhibition text by
curator Doris Berger notes, Comedies
of that era tend to have serious sides to
them, while the dark thrillers often have
comedic touches. Using similar motifs
such as people with troubled identities or
deceptions that create misunderstandings
comedy and film noir are two sides of
the same coin.
The virtuoso of marbling dark and light
was the writer-director Billy Wilder, an
Austrian Jew who fled Berlin for Hollywood, where he became a Lubitsch protege and then a master filmmaker in his
own right. Thus Wilder could set the 1947
comedy Foreign Affair in the ruins of
postwar Berlin (incorporating actual footage of the bombed-out city) while opening the Gothic Hollywood drama Sunset
Boulevard with the wry voice-over coming from a dead man floating face down in
a pool.
By the same token, when Lubitsch made
the anti-Nazi film To Be or Not To Be, he
made it a comedy about a troupe of actors
in Poland who dress as Nazis to escape.
When the father of lead actor Jack Benny
saw his son, an American Jew, dressed
onscreen as a Gestapo officer, he left the
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William Holden and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard made by the writer-director Billy Wilder, an Austrian Jew who
fled Berlin for Hollywood.

Peter Lorre played a child rapist in

Fritz Langs M.
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10-10 Norma Ave. (201)
796-5040.

Friday
NOVEMBER 28
Blood drive in Teaneck:

Sunday

Holy Name Medical

Center holds a blood
drive with New Jersey
Blood Services, a division
of New York Blood
Center, in the hospital
parking lot, 1-7 p.m. 718
Teaneck Road. (800)
933-2566 or www.
nybloodcenter.org.

DECEMBER 7
Jim Gold
Folk dancing in Leonia:
Congregation Adas
Emuno welcomes folk
guitarist/dance leader
Jim Gold, 7:30 p.m.
$10. 254 Broad Ave.
(201) 592-1712 or www.
adasemuno.org.

Sunday
NOVEMBER 30

Friday

Vintage jewelry and

small-stuff sale in
New City: The West

DECEMBER 5

Clarkstown Jewish
Center invites the
community to pick up
a little something for the
holidays, noon. 195 W.
Clarkstown Road. (845)
352-0017.

Monday
DECEMBER 1

Shabbat in River Edge:

Pushcart Players presents Alice in

Wonderland The Musical for the
Palisades Professional Childrens Theater
series at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades,
Sunday, December 2, at 2 p.m. Group rates; birthday
parties arranged. 411 East Clinton Ave. (201) 408-1493
or www.jccotp.org.

DEC.

Wednesday
Book discussion: The
Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel
holds its Book and
Lunch program as Dr.
Rita Jacobs discusses
Art Speigelmans Maus,
noon. Lunch served. 1010 Norma Ave. (201) 7965040.

Tuesday
DECEMBER 2
Piano music in Tenafly:
Pianist Nina Deutsch
performs classic
Broadway music and Bob
Dylan songs for REAP
(Retired Executives and
Active Professionals) at
the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades, 11 a.m. 411 East
Clinton Ave. (201) 5697900, ext. 235, or www.
jccotp.org.

Blood drive in
Englewood: Englewood
Hospital and Medical
Center holds a blood
drive in cooperation
with Community Blood
Services, 4-8 p.m. 350
Engle St. Enter in the
dialysis center driveway.
Bloodmobile is parked
by dialysis center near
the old emergency room.
Appointments, (201)
251-3703.

DECEMBER 3
Caregiver support in
Rockleigh: A support

Robert Berman
Halachic organ
donation: Robert
Berman of the Halachic
Organ Donor Society,
discusses Halachic
Organ Donation: Is
it Permissible? at
Care One of Teaneck.
Registration, 7 p.m.;
lecture at 7:30. Valet
parking at the facility.
544 Teaneck Road.
Laurie Kleid, (973) 9083420 or lkleid@care.com.

Intro to Judaism in
Emerson: Congregation
Bnai Israel continues its
Introduction to Judaism
class, 7-9:30 p.m. Cotaught by Rabbi Akiba
Lubow, the Rabbinical
Assemblys local
Introduction to Judaism
specialist, and CBIs
Rabbi Debra Orenstein.
Also December 9. 53
Palisade Ave. (201) 2652272 or www.bisrael.com.

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group for those caring

for the physically
frail or suffering from
Alzheimers disease
meets at the Gallen Adult
Day Health Care Center
at the Jewish Home at
Rockleigh, 10-11:30 a.m.
Topics include long term
care options, financial
planning, legal concerns
and the personal toll
of caregiving. Shelley
Steiner, (201) 784-1414,
ext. 5340.

Scholarly lecture/slide
show in Ridgewood:
Temple Israel & JCC and
the Glen Rock Jewish
Center offer a lecture
with Dr. Ira Spar, How
the Biblical Period
Comes Alive in Assyria
to Iberia at the Dawn
of the Classical Age,
in conjunction with the
special exhibit at the
Metropolitan Museum
of Art, at Temple Israel,
7:30 p.m. 475 Grove
St. (201) 444-9320 or
office@synagogue.org.

Coping with the blues in

Washington Township:
Susan Breithaupt, a
social worker with

Valley Hospice, offers

information to help with
the grieving process, at
the Bergen County YJCC,
7 p.m. 605 Pascack
Road. (201) 666-6610,
(800) Valley1, or www.
valleyhealth.com/events.

Thursday
DECEMBER 4
JFNNJ survey results in
Washington Township:
A results presentation
of Survey Says, Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys Jewish
community market
survey, is at the Bergen
YJCC, 7 p.m. 605 Pascack
Road. (201) 820-3918 or
elisah@jfnnj.org.

Hebrew reading in
Teaneck: The Jewish
Learning Experience
continues a Level II
Hebrew reading course
led by Dr. Richard
Gertler, 7:15 p.m., at
Congregation Beth
Aaron. 950 Queen Anne
Road. Rabbi David
Pietruszka, (201) 9664498, rabbip@jle.org,
www.jle.org.

Temple Avodat Shalom

holds a camp/rock
Shabbat. Tot Shabbat
at 5:30 p.m., camp-style
service at 6, dinner,
and a song session.
385 Howland Ave.
Reservations, (201) 4892463.

Shabbat in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai Israel
hosts its casual Billy
Joel Shabbat service,
with traditional prayers
set to the melodies of
Billy Joel songs, as part
of the shuls monthly
special Shabbat services,
7:30 p.m. 53 Palisade
Ave. (201) 265-2272 or
www.bisrael.com.

Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Beth El offers
Ruach Shabbat services
led by Rabbi David S.
Widzer and Cantor Rica
Timman, 7:30 p.m. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112.

Shabbat in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
offers Shabbat Tikvah,
a service of inspiration
and renewal, 8 p.m. 87
Overlook Drive. (201)
391-0801 or www.tepv.
org.

Saturday
DECEMBER 6
Concert in Fort Lee:
Joshua Nelson, the Prince
of Kosher Gospel, is in
concert at the JCC of
Fort Lee/Congregation
Gesher Shalom, 7:30 p.m.
1449 Anderson Ave.
(201) 947-1735 or
geshershalom.org.

Klezmer in Fair Lawn:

Isle of Klezbos performs
at the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel. Doors open
at 7:30 p.m.; Havdalah
at 7:45, concert at 8.

Holiday boutique in
Franklin Lakes: The
sisterhood of Barnert
Temple holds a boutique
with over 40 booths
and an on-site cafe,
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mastercard
and Visa accepted. 747
Route 208 South. (201)
848-1027 or vfarhi@
barnerttemple.org.

War veterans meet

in Hackensack: The
Teaneck/New Milford
Post #498 Jewish War
Veterans meets for
breakfast at the Coach
House Diner, 9 a.m.
Prospective members
welcome. Route 4 East.
Past Commander Stan
Hoffman, (201) 836-0814.

Childrens program:
The Jewish Community
Center of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah continues its
Sunday Specials series
for 4- to 7-year-olds,
9:30-11 a.m. Monthly
activities include songs,
crafts, bouncy castle,
science, and cooking.
Nut-free snacks. East 304
Midland Ave. (201) 2627733 or edudirector@
jccparamus.org.

Bazaar in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth holds
its annual bazaar,
with a food court,
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 1666
Windsor Road. (201) 8331322 or www.emeth.org.

Chanukah in Jersey
City: Congregation Bnai
Jacob continues its Lox
n Learning series with a
Chanukah party featuring
singer/accordionist
Ben Laden. Games,
prizes, latkes, 10 a.m. $5
donation requested. 176
West Side Ave. (201)
435-5725 or bnaijacobjc.
org.

Preschool program in
Woodcliff Lake: Temple
Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley holds Club Katan
for children who will
begin kindergarten
in September 2015,
10:15 a.m. 87 Overlook
Drive. (201) 391-0801.

Movie talk in Teaneck:

Eric Goldman, film critic
for the Jewish Standard,
discusses Horror Flicks
and the Supernatural
in the MoviesWhats
Jewish About That?
for parents and teens.
Hosted by the Bergen

Calendar
County High School of
Jewish Studies as part
of the Jewish Federation
of Northern New
Jerseys One Book, One
Community program,
at Maayanot Yeshiva
High School for Girls,
11:45 a.m. Co-sponsored
by Temple Beth Or,
Temple Israel & JCC,
Temple Emanuel of the
Pascack Valley, the Glen
Rock Jewish Center,
Temple Emeth, JCC of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah, and the
JCC of Fort Lee/
Congregation Gesher
Shalom. 1650 Palisade
Ave. (201) 488-0834.

Film in Emerson: As
part of the One Book
One Community
project, sponsored
by the JFNNJ,
Congregation Bnai
Israel screens Snow
in August, 1:30 p.m.,
followed by a discussion
with Rabbi Debra
Orenstein on Helene
Weckers book, The
Golem and the Jinni. 53
Palisade Ave. (201) 2652272.

of Jewish History,
Literature, and Law
at Yeshiva University,
discusses The Aliyah
of 300 Rabbis to Israel
in 1210: Motives and
Messages. Light lunch.
1610 Parker Ave. (201)
592-1518 or yiftlee.org.

Feature film: The Kaplen

JCC on the Palisades
in Tenafly screens
Barbara, 7:30 p.m., as
part of a series, Top
Films You May Have
Missed (or want to see
again). Harold Chapler
introduces the film and
leads the discussion
afterward. 411 E. Clinton
Ave. (201) 408-1493.

Womens book
club in Wayne: The
Chabad Center of
Passaic County offers
a discussion on Sarah
Smileys book, Dinner
with the Smileys,
at the center, 7 p.m.
Refreshments. 194
Ratzer Road. Chani,
(973) 694-6274 or
chanig@jewishwayne.
com.

Wednesday
DECEMBER 3

COURTESY ADAM ZUCKER

Film screening with

director: The Museum
of Jewish Heritage A
Living Memorial to the
Holocaust welcomes
director Adam Zucker
for a screening and
discussion of his new
film, The Return,
7 p.m. about Jewish
Life in Poland. He
will be joined by Shiri
Sandler, U.S. director of
the Auschwitz Jewish
Center. 36 Battery Place.
(646) 437-4202 or www.
mjhnyc.org.

Mah jongg at museum:

The Museum of Jewish
Heritage A Living
Memorial to the
Holocaust holds the
fourth annual Mah Jongg
Marathon, noon-5 p.m.
Proceeds will benefit
the museum. 36 Battery
Place. (646) 437-4202 or
www.mjhnyc.org.

Thursday
DECEMBER 4
Temple Israel & Jewish
Community Center
in Ridgewood holds
a party, with wine,
whiskey, and hors
doeuvres, for Jewish
singles 40+, 7 p.m. $36.
475 Grove St. (201) 6526624 or office@grjc.org.

Sunday
DECEMBER 7
Square dance: To
celebrate Chanukah,
the North Jersey Jewish
Singles Meetup Group,
45-60+, at the Clifton
Jewish Center hosts
a square dance with
professional caller Dan
Tapper, noon. Brunch
served. $20. 18 Delaware
St. (973) 772-3131 or
www.meetup.com (use
group name).

Sunday
DECEMBER 14
Senior singles meet in
West Nyack: Singles

DECEMBER 8
Ephraim Kanarfogel is
the guest lecturer for a
lunch and learn at Young
Israel of Fort Lee, noon.
Rabbi Kanarfogel, the
E. Billi Ivri Professor

DECEMBER 7

Wine & whiskey:

Monday
Jews of Spain: Rabbi

Sunday

In New York Singles

Film in Glen Rock: The

Glen Rock Jewish Center
Film Series presents
Under the Same Sun
and a discussion with
Isaac Zablocki, director
of the Israel Film Center,
at the shul, 4 p.m. Light
refreshments. 682
Harristown Road. (201)
652-6624.

Pianist Rohan De Silva,

Perlmans longtime
recital partner, joins him.
(212) 721-6500, or www.
tickets.lincolncenter.org.

Itzhak Perlman
LISA MARIE MAZZUCO

Violin recital: Itzhak

65+ meets for a bagel

and lox brunch at the
JCC Rockland, 11 a.m.
450 West Nyack Road.
$8. Gene Arkin, (845)
356-5525.

Perlman performs at
Lincoln Centers Avery
Fisher Hall, 7:30 p.m.

bergenPAC presents Norma Wellingtons

annual jewelry show
bergenPAC at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood
holds the annual Norma Wellington One Woman Holiday
Jewelry Show on Friday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The holiday show and sale benefits the bergenPAC Performing Arts School Scholarship program. Live models
will be on site to showcase Ms. Wellingtons designs for
optimum visual effect. Her designs are perfect for holiday
gifts, birthdays, just because, anniversaries, confirmations, and bat mitzvahs. The show
will take place the same day as Neil Sedakas bergenPAC 8 p.m. show.

Red Tent to premier on Lifetime

Lifetime will air a two-hour special, The
Women of The Bible by Roma Downey
and Mark Burnett, on Sunday, December 7, at 7 p.m. Narrated by Downey,
the show, which retells Bible stories,
features interviews with high-profile
women in the faith community.
This show will lead into the world
premiere of a Lifetime miniseries, The
Red Tent which premieres that night
and continues on December 8. Based on
the best-selling novel by Anita Diamant,
The Red Tent tells the story of Dinah,
the daughter of Leah and Jacob, who
was mentioned only in small glimpses in
the Old Testament.
Airing over two nights, the all-star
cast includes Academy Award, Golden
Globe, and Emmy Award- nominee Minnie Driver, Emmy nominee Morena Baccarin, Golden Globe nominee Rebecca
Ferguson, Academy Award nominee
and Golden Globe winner Iain Glen, Will
Tudor, and Academy Award, Golden

Globe, and Emmy nominee Debra

Winger.
Millions of copies of The Red Tent
have sold worldwide, and it has been
translated in 28 languages. The novel is
a New York Times, Los Angeles Times,
Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and Entertainment
Weekly Top Ten bestseller.

Special art show at Kaplen JCC

Art for All: Special Talents Art
Show will be on display in December at the Waltuch Gallery at the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. There
will be an opening reception on
Sunday, December 7, from 1 to 3
p.m.
Held every December, the
exhibit features the accomplishments of community children,
teens, and adults with special
A painting by a student with special
needs. This years show includes
needs. 
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framed artwork, as well as ceramic
and sculptural pieces.
For information, call Mindy Liebowitz at (201) 408-1490.

Rabbi to deliver lecture series

Rabbi Larry Rothwachs
Matters of the Mind:
of Congregation Beth
What Everyone Needs
Aaron in Teaneck offers
to Know about Mental
a lecture series, ServIllness is on December
ing Our Creator with a
15, and Torah Living for
Healthy Body, Mind, and
the OCD, Anxiety Disordered or Struggling
Soul, at the synagogue.
Addict is on December
All sessions will begin at
29. The January 5 topic
8:30 p.m. The series is
is Eating Disorders
sponsored by Linda and
in the Jewish CommuRabbi Jay Goldmintz and
Rabbi Larry Rothwachs
nity: Prevention, DetecLinda and Rabbi Mark
tion, and Treatment.
Karasick in honor of
Genetic Testing and Preventive Meditheir children and grandchildren and by
cal Intervention in Halacha and HashCathy and Dr. Steve Schuss in memory of
kafa is set for January 12. The series
their parents, Naftali Herz ben Yizchok,
ends on February 2 with Shemirat
Miriam bat Avraham, and Shalom Tzvi
Shabbat vs. Shemirat ha-Nefesh: Health
ben Aharon.
On December 1, Rabbi Rothwachs
Management and Medical Treatment
will address Five Unhealthy Habits
on Shabbat.
The shul is at 950 Queen Anne Road.
of Orthodox Jews; followed on the
For information, call (201) 836-6210 or
December 8 with To Vaccinate or Not
email office@bethaaron.org.
to Vaccinate?: A Halachic Perspective
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Immigration
FROM PAGE 7

domestic violence or other crimes and are

helpful in the investigation and prosecution of the incident/crime.
Ms. Acevedo said that even after they leave
a violent environment and obtaining legal
status, immigrant victims still face many challenges and hardships. [They] frequently have
to work very long hours for very low hourly
wages and thus remain living in poverty. As a
result, they are unable to gain access to safe,
affordable housing and child care.
They must rely on public transportation, travel long distances, and walk through
deserted areas, putting them at a higher
risk of becoming victims of crime, she said.
These women also frequently suffer from
poor health because they cannot afford
proper health care. This impoverished existence makes it very difficult to become selfsufficient, especially when they have minor
children, and places them at risk of returning
to the abusers or potentially making other
survival decisions that may not necessarily
be in their best interest.
Ms. Acevedo who helps these women
create a safety plan, including strategies for
leaving an abusive environment for a safe,
protective one also provides case management, domestic violence counseling, advocacy with police and courts, distribution of
information about their legal options, and

Pruzansky
FROM PAGE 12

weeks Jewish Standard. But he now no

longer will be at that convention, as this
weeks ad shows. But we should not read
anything into his absence, Rabbi Pruzansky said. I backed out because I will be in
Israel in December celebrating the birth of
a grandchild and I didnt want to go away,
he wrote. It was completely my decision.
Unilateral. No one at the OU or otherwise
said a word to me.
As striking as Rabbi Pruzanskys words are,
so too is the open letter sent last week by the
widows and families of the four butchered
rabbis.
This is what they wrote (as translated by
Rabbi Pini Dunner):
From the depth of our broken hearts
and with tears over the murder of the holy
victims, the heads of our families, we turn to
our brothers and sisters, every Jew, wherever
you are, and request that we all join together
as one, to bring heavenly mercy upon us.
Therefore, let us accept upon ourselves to
increase our love and brotherhood with each
other, between each of us, between different
groups, and between different communities.
We request that each person endeavors
this Friday afternoon before Shabbat Parshat
Toldot to sanctify this Shabbat (Erev Rosh
Chodesh Kislev) as a day of causeless love,
a day on which we all refrain from talking
about our differences and grievances against
others, and refrain from any slander or evil
gossip.

resource and community referrals.

The spiritual side

It was a blessing to be part of it, said
Rabbi Greg Litcovsky of the program, adding that each of the panelists is doing
Gods work.
Rabbi Litcovsky, the spiritual leader of
Temple Emanu-El of Essex in Livingston,
noted Jews obligation to bring justice into
the world and do our best. He cited the
teaching of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who said
that being Jewish means not being in awe of
the world but recognizing that it is not as it
should be and doing our best to improve it.
With millions of undocumented immigrants in the shadows, Rabbi Litcovsky said,
we must remember the biblical teaching to
care for the poor, the orphan, the widow, and
the stranger.
We of all people know what it means to
live in the shadows, he said. The immigrant
story is the Jewish story. This is a moral obligation, to work together with other communities of faith and the immigrant community
to make sure a very broken immigration system is fixed.
As part of the Reform movements Rabbis
Organizing Rabbis initiative, Rabbi Litcovsky
worked with other Reform rabbis this summer to help 57-year-old immigrant Catalino
Guerrero fight deportation. He said that
when Mr. Guerrero, who has lived in the

Through this may there be a great

merit for the souls of the fathers of our
families who were slaughtered for the
sanctity of God.
May God look down from above, and see
our grief, and wipe away our tears, and proclaim enough with the suffering!, and may
we merit to see the arrival of the Messiah,
may it happen speedily in our days, Amen.

Hollywood
FROM PAGE 41

theater in disgust.
Theres a naughtiness to it, a wry sensibility that gives it more richness, said the
exhibits assistant curator, Linde Lehtinen.
The way that To Be or Not To Be is
structured, with layers of identity switching and actors playing Nazis, pulling your
feelings both ways, so that you dont know
whether to laugh or to cry so satirical
and sharp it almost feels wrong at first,
but its so clever.
The same masquerade quality was
reflected in other movies, too.
Casablanca, a film of exile, was made
with a cast of real-life exiles whose accents
lent the movie authenticity and texture.
The movies lead villain, the Nazi Major
Strasser, was played by Conrad Veidt, a
staunch Nazi critic who had fled Germany
with his Jewish wife. Martin Kosleck,
another anti-Nazi actor, played propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels five times,

44 JEWISH STANDARD NOVEMBER 28, 2014

United States with his wife and four children since 1991, applied to the United States
for asylum in 2009, his application exposed
him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Despite ill health and having no family
in Mexico, he was taken from his New Jersey
home and detained.
According to a statement from the Religious Action Center, he was only allowed to
return to his family because he signed a document which he couldnt read saying he
would voluntarily self-deport within a matter
of months.
Learning of his plight, the Reform rabbis
made calls to ICE and co-signed a letter to the
agency. Meeting with Mr. Catalino and his
wife, as well as with other interested members of the community, the rabbis managed
to win a year-long stay of removal for the
immigrant.
The immigrant story is the story of
families being separated who want to stay
together, he said. My great grandparents
were no different than Catalino. They came
for the same reason.
He said that not only does the Reform
movement fight for legislation, it also shifted
our strategy to help individuals across the
country. Sixty of us made calls on behalf of
immigrants on the deportation list. Its the
audacity to hope but not just sit around and
wait for miracles but make the change in the
world, go after systemic injustices.

The rabbi said that one problem is the

mythology we tell ourselves, that we came
legally and worked our way up. That, he
said, is not entirely true.
Rabbi Litcovsky said he applauds the president for his recent executive action in light
of Congress not acting on our broken immigration system. Still, he said, he recognizes
the need for Congress to move on this.
Its a big win, but Congress needs to
act to bring justice into our system, Rabbi
Litcovsky said. Echoing the presidents
words, he said the focus should be on felons, not families.

including in Hollywoods first anti-Nazi

film, Confessions of a Nazi Spy.
The emigres influence was more obvious in the creation of film noir, the name
subsequently given to the sinister tales of
urban crime and corruption that became a
hallmark of the 1940s and early 50s. (Serendipitously, you can explore these roots
across town at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Arts simultaneous exhibit,
Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the
1920s.)
In the 1920s, German Expressionist
filmmakers such as Lang used visually distorted sets, unusual camera angles, and
dramatic contrasts of light and dark to convey the mental turmoil of their characters.
This focus on psychological torment and
the stark, angular play of light and shadow
later became key elements of noir.
But while the Expressionists made Berlin an international center for cinematic
creativity, the rise of the Nazis in the early
1930s led many pioneering filmmakers to
flee. Lang, despite his Jewish roots, was
offered a top position in the German film
industry by Goebbels but chose to flee
instead. Others, including Wilder, Koster,
actor Peter Lorre, composer Kurt Weill,
and many more followed suit. In the wake
of their departure, other German filmmakers, such as Leni Riefenstahl, focused
their talents on creating Nazi propaganda
movies.
Hollywood, of course, already was a
Jewish town by the early 1930s. Studio

titans such as MGMs Louis B. Mayer, Paramounts Adolph Zukor, and the Warner
brothers were Jewish (a fact that they were
famously reluctant to advertise for fear of
anti-Semitic backlash). And as Hollywood
grew, its riches and opportunities lured
European filmmakers as well. When the
Nazis came to power, some of the established Hollywood players worked to bring
over their fellow countrymen. Universals
Carl Laemmle, in particular, devoted himself to helping hundreds of Jewish refugees secure immigration visas and work
stateside.
But many who came to Los Angeles
remained outsiders. Jewish emigres would
gather for salons at the homes of hostesses
like Salka Viertel the exhibit contains
recordings of songs sung at one such gathering and found solace there with others
who shared their culture and knew firsthand what the Nazis were destroying.
Yet even this temporary respite didnt
last, as the American fight turned from
fascism abroad to communism at home.
The exhibit ends in 1950 at a time when
a number of the emigres were being singled out by the House Un-American Activities Committee for allegedly having communist ties. Some were blacklisted; a few,
like film composer Hanss Eisler, were
deported. Others left on their own accord.
For them, Californias light of hope and
possibility had gone out, and they were
cast back into the darkness.

Follow-up
Ms. Podorefsky said there was a very long
Q & A session, with very good questions.
She added that in the aftermath of President Obamas planned executive action,
NCJW will move forward on the issue,
looking for a place where we can teach
young immigrants English and where we
can help them work on their papers. They
have to do a lot of paperwork, and they
cant afford lawyers.
She said NCJW supports reforms that will
provide opportunities for hard-working
undocumented immigrants who have been
paying taxes to earn legal status and citizenship, and expedite family reunification by
reducing waiting periods that keep immigrant families apart.

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Obituaries
Bernard Carlin

Bernard Benjamin Carlin, 94,

of Monroe Township died on
November 19.
A World War II Army veteran, he
owned a liquor store.
Arrangements were by Gutterman
and Musicant Jewish Funeral
Directors, Hackensack.

Helen Cohen

Helen W. Cohen, 99, of Fort Lee died

on November 19.
Before retiring, she was an administrative assistant in the casino
industry with her husband.
Predeceased by her husband,
Bernard, she is survived by her son,
Edward Sedloff; two grandchildren,
and three great-grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to the
Bergen County chapter of Meals
on Wheels. Arrangements were by
Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.

Samuel Corn

Samuel Corn, 96, of Harrisburg, Pa.,

formerly of Hackensack, died on
November 18.
Before retiring, he worked for Milton Bodner Shoes in Passaic for over
40 years.
Predeceased by his wife of 65
years, Beatrice, ne Goldblatt, he
is survived by daughters, Judith
Siegelbaum (Steven) of Hilton Head,
S.C., and Adele Selik of Great Neck,
N.Y.; siblings, Hilda Grabiner of
Flushing, N.Y., and Morris of Florida;
three grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to Beth
El Temple or the Jewish Home of
Greater Harrisburg, both in Harrisburg. Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.

Adam Don

Adam Don of Fort Lee, 90,

formerly of North Bergen, died on
November 20.
Born in Poland, he owned Noradam
Fashions in Fort Lee before retiring. He
was a member of the New Synagogue
of Fort Lee and Talmud Torah West
New York.
Predeceased by his wife, Nora, ne
Retlesky, in 2013, he is survived by
sons, Elliott of Aventura, Fla., and
Berek of Cliffside Park; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.

Andrew Leshaw

Andrew Michael Leshaw, 45, of Wayne

died on November 19.
He was an active participant at
the Adult Center of North Jersey Elks
Developmental Disabilities Agency in
Clifton, and attended Camps Sunshine
and Snowflake.
His parents, Gail and Stan Leshaw,
a brother, Gary, relatives, and friends,
survive him.
Donations can be sent to Camp
Sunshine, Wayne. Arrangements were
by Robert Schoems Menorah Chapel,
Paramus.

Jules Lazar

Jules Louis Lazar, 87, of Park Ridge

died on November 15.
A World War II Navy veteran, he
was a manufacturer and salesman of
womens shoes and handbags.
He is survived by his wife, Gloria
Cherry; children, Robert, Barbara
Kinzel (Robert), and Benjamin;
stepchildren, Sabrina Cherry (Mark
Gourevitch), Dana Greci (Paul),
Pamela Fischer (Michael), and Cara
Cherry Lisco ( Jonathan), and eight
grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Gutterman
and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors,
Hackensack.

Riwa Wunder

Riwa Wunder, ne Sieradzka, 97,

a Holocaust survivor, of Oakland
Gardens, N.Y., and West Orange,
died November 23. Born in Poland,
she and came to America with her
husband in 1947.
They owned several businesses
on the Lower East Side. She was a
member of the sisterhoods of several
Queens synagogues and was honored
as the 1996 Woman of Achievement at
Ahavat Torah of Fresh Meadows, N.Y.
Predeceased by her husband,
Salomon, and a child, Chaya, she is
survived by her children, Karl (Sharon)
and Anne Spring (Al); seven grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Jewish
Memorial Chapel, Clifton.

Rabbi Abraham I. Zigelman

Rabbi Abraham I. Zigelman of

Fort Lee, formerly of North Bergen,
died on November 19.
Born in Jerusalem, he served as a
U.S. Army chaplain and was the rabbi
at Temple Beth Abraham in North
Bergen.
Predeceased by a son, Dr. David
(Shaindy) on November 7, he is
survived by his wife, Beatrice, ne
Naiman; daughters Aviva Zigelman
Horowitz and Reena Zigelman Leider;
and grandchildren, Michelle and
Moshe Zigelman, Oriana, Gabrielle,
Aidan and Dotan Horowitz, and Arielle
and Alana Leider
Contributions can be sent to Migdal
Ohr; American Committee for Shaare
Zedek Medical Center, or Mesivtha
Tifereth Jerusalem, all with offices in
New York City.
Arrangements were by Gutterman
and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors, Hackensack.

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With cooler weather on the way, youre
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Fellowes
FROM PAGE 11

color commentary.
Christine Dobkins is a former president of Temple Israel. She first met
Helen Fellowes in the late 1970s, when
her own children were young. She was
a lovely older woman, who had such an
incredible spirit, Ms. Dobkins said. Her
name for me, whenever shed talk to me,
was sweetpie.
Thats the way she approached life,
and it was amazing after all that she had
been through, but she had an amazing
spirit. She was a Shabbat regular. Her
husband would come earlier, and hed
daven for us. Shed come later. And she
was very active in our sisterhood. She
was the handicraft chairperson she
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especially if your thermostat is set to

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eliminating the need to raise your thermostat to dramatically high levels each
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Eco-friendly portable space heater.
The experts at the eco-living website
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360-degree heat radius to quickly warm
an entire room, space-age oval designs
and portable space heaters with a preheat timer that allow you to wake up to
an already warmed room.
Towel warmer. Electric towel warmers ensure that you can immediately
wrap yourself in a cozy, warmed towel
when you step out of the shower or bath.
They come in rack form in chrome or
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An automatic shut-off feature in some
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Solar heat. For a pricier fix, consider
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The U.S. Energy Department suggests
getting an expert energy audit for your
home, and then working with building
professionals experienced in energy-efficient house design.
Whenever using heat-producing
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to prevent fires and electrical issues,
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initiated a project of needlepoint about

the 12 tribes.
She had a real zest for life. She was a
happy, outgoing person; if you met her,
you had to love her.
She was a tough mother, her daughter remembered. She wasnt a wishywashy kind of person. She wasnt a
mushy grandmother. She taught all
three of my children two boys and a
girl to do needlepoint. They all loved
her. They knew she was tough, and they
loved her.
So how does a person survive all the
horrors that Helen Grosz Freiberger Fellowes survived and still end up living to
102? One thing that Ms. Fellowes life
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Electric fireplaces
Is this safer, cheaper,
greener alternative for you?
ERIC CHRISTENSEN
For homeowners who experience cold
winters, the warmth and crackle of a
fireplace can be a wonderful addition to
a home. But when a typical homeowner
pictures a fireplace, they will usually
imagine a wood-burning or natural
gas-burning fireplace. However, there
is a third option: an electronic fireplace. Although less common, electric
fireplaces are often safer, greener, less
expensive to operate and more stylish
than other options.
Unlike a wood or natural gas fireplace, an electric fireplace does not
actually produce a flame. The illusory
flames are simply light refracted in a
random, three-dimensional pattern. As
for the heat, think of it like a toaster.
It has a coil that heats up. The heat
simply radiates out, or it can have a
blower attached to it like a fan behind
a toaster, says Bobby Renner, chief
building scientist for Americas Best
Energy Team. Wilfred Weihe, a contributor to ElectricFireplaceHeater.org,
says an electric fireplace doesnt give off
enough heat to warm an entire house,
but it generates enough heat to warm a
400 square-foot room.
Because nothing burns, electric fireplaces are considered safer than wood
or gas fireplaces. The lack of a flame
also means that there are no flying
embers. There are no exposed hot surfaces to cause accidental burns. Materials are usually cool to the touch.
There are no chimneys that need to be
cleaned or regular maintenance of any
kind, Weihe says. And Renner adds,
Without combustion, theres no worry
about carbon monoxide or anything
like that.
And because there are no gases or
toxins released, electric fireplaces are
greener than wood or gas options.
Weihe notes, There is no buildup of
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fireplaces are also the most energy
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or blowers distributing the warmth, all
energy is fully used. None is wasted.
That energy efficiency leads to
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are inexpensive to buy, install, and use,

Renner says. Weihe adds, You can find
an electric fireplace to fit just about any
budget. Some cost as little as $200.
An electronic model will be the easiest and cheapest to install, because all
it requires is a power source. A wood
fireplace will require a chimney, and
a gas fireplace will require a gas line.
Renner compares the operating costs of
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cost about five to ten cents an hour to
operate, whereas a natural gas fireplace
costs about twenty cents an hour, and a
wood fireplace will require wood, time
to chop and so on. Regarding maintenance costs, Weihe says, Replacement
parts are also less expensive for an electric fireplace, and repairs are easy.
Finally, electric fireplaces can also
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They come in various sizes, materials, styles, colors, and wattage. They
are versatile and can fit any area of any
room in any style or size home. Renner
echoes this sentiment, saying, I think
people will be surprised by the different
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However, electric fireplaces do have
their drawbacks. For some people, the
lack of a real flame is a deal breaker.
Others do not like electric fireplaces
smaller size because they tend not
to give off as much heat as a wood or
gas fireplace. Similarly, unlike a wood
or gas fireplace, electric fireplaces
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out the power, Weihe notes. Another
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although an electric fireplace does not
get as hot as other types of fireplace,
some electric models have a firebox
or blower low to the ground, requiring
installation away from carpet, drapes,
or other flammable materials. Renner
also notes, When wood or gas burn, it
releases moisture, but straight electrical heat is just heat. It wont create any
moisture, so an electric fireplace can
dry out a room.
Like most interior design decisions, it
often comes down to a balance of cost,
style, and personal preferences. For
homeowners who are looking for a safe,
low-cost, energy-efficient alternative to
a wood or gas fireplace, odds are they
can find an electric model that strikes
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Chulent
Fluff Popped Corn
Mix
ChuLeNT
Mix

$ 99

Chicken Cutlets

Lb

64 oz

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Seasons
Baby
Corn

99

2/$

5.68-5.96 oz.

organic

Golden
Apples

Butterflied

2/$

4 LB.

46-48
oz.

pkgs

10

Fresh

Family
Pack

Natures own
100% Apple
Juice

2/$

$ 99

2/$

Lb

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Domino
Sugar

BBQ & original only

Motts
Apple
Sauce

Grape
tomatoes

Loyalty
Program

Boneless
Lamb roast

$ 99

$ 99

Natural &original
only

organic

Fresh

Chicken
Wings

Lb

top of the
rib roast

American Black Angus Beef

5 LB.

2 lb. bags

Fresh

$ 29

2/$

Loyalty
Program

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TERMS & CONDITIONS: This card is the property of Cedar Market, Inc. and is intended for exclusive
use of the recipient and their household members. Card is not transferable. We reserve the right to
change or rescind the terms and conditions of the Cedar Market loyalty program at any time, and
without notice. By using this card, the cardholder signifies his/her agreement to the terms &
conditions for use. Not to be combined with any other Discount/Store Coupon/Offer. *Loyalty Card
must be presented at time of purchase along
with ID for verification. Purchase cannot be
reversed once sale is completed.

Cedar Markets Meat Dept. Prides Itself On Quality, Freshness And Affordability. We Carry the Finest Cuts Of Meat And
the Freshest Poultry... Our Dedicated Butchers Will Custom Cut Anything For You... Just Ask!

Whole
Chickens
Cut in 1/4s or 1/8s

Heckers
All Purpose
Flour

3/$

red
onions

5 lb. bags

Cello
Carrots

Hachiya
Persimmons

4/$

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ORGANIC ORGANIC ORGANIC

CEDAR MARKET

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Gala
Apples

Hass
Avocadoes

Two
in a
Pack

Fine Foods
Great Savings

CEDAR MARKET

PRODUCE

4/$

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In Store

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tHurS: 7AM - 11PM
FrI: 7AM - 2 HourS

$ 99

18 oz

$ 49

12 oz.

PROVISIONS
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Solomons Sliced

Corned Beef
& Pastrami

499

6 oz

Wide only!

Abeles Beef
Salami

1399

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32 oz