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Shooting Jews
Or maybe they should sell

a Judah Macca-bean blend?
Its hard to tell whether
Joshua Feuerstein was

serious.
Feuerstein is the selfdescribed evangelical
Christian who started the
social media outcry over red
Starbucks holiday cups.
Starbucks REMOVED
CHRISTMAS from their cups
because they hate Jesus, he
wrote on his Facebook page last
week.
We might view the Starbucks
packaging change with more
theological seriousness had previous
designs featured the Madonna, or
even a manger scene, rather than
snowflakes and reindeer. On the
other hand, the Southern Baptist
Convention, which is a legitimate
and significant evangelical
Its hard not to sym-
organization, once did pass

a resolution condemning the
use of C.E. and B.C.E. because
it removed Jesus from the
calendar. So maybe Feuerstein is
sincerely outraged.
One possible solution to the
Christmas cup wars is pictured
here; we discovered it on the San
Diego Jewish federations website
and arent sure who to credit for it.
Its charming and makes a point.
But were worried about what
would happen if Starbucks
actually adopts this suggestion.
Might this be the beginning of
a slippery slope leading to the
over-commercialization of Asarah
BeTevet? Asarah BeTevet, the most
minor of all the fast days on the
Jewish calendar, falls on December
LARRY YUDELSON
22 this year.
Standing
together
Much as we admire the
Spread Hummus Not Hate

campaign organized by
Jews and Muslims working
through the New York-based
Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and the Greater Washington Muslim-Jewish Forum, we find
the deepest kernels of our Zionist
upbringing in open rebellion.
Werent we taught that hummus is
a dip, not a spread?
That quibble aside, the activists
in the campaign will share hummus
and pita with people they meet
during the day and invite members
of the public to sign a Stand Up for
the Other Pledge created by Dr. Ali
Chaudry, president of the Islamic
Society of Basking Ridge, New
Jersey.
The pledge states: While
interacting with members of my own
faith or ethnic community, or with
others, if I hear hateful comments
from anyone about members of
any other community, I pledge to
stand up for the other and challenge
bigotry in any form..
Thats a pledge we can get behind.
Of course, that concern for others
makes us cautious about a good will
gesture out of Belgium, which next
year will issue a stamp featuring
Rabbi Albert Guigui alongisde Imam
Khalid Benhaddou and Bishop
Johan Bonny. The stamp, which will

bear the slogan, Everybody equal,
everybody different, is aimed at
promoting unity and tolerance.
But once these diverse religious
leaders are being used as postage,
doesnt that mean that everybody
will be cancelled?
Still, Rabbi Guigui is optimistic.
A stamp, which is something
used in such a widespread manner,
can get the message out to all
people, he said. What is needed is
to bring the interfaith cooperation
and dialogue down from the level of
the religious leaders to that of the
everyday people.
A worthy goal even if it takes
spreading hummus to make it
happen.
LARRY YUDELSON
Candlelighting: Friday, November 13, 4:22 p.m.

Shabbat ends: Saturday, November 14, 5:22 p.m.
pathize with the photo

editors at the JTA Wire
Service.
How, after all, would
you illustrate an article
whose headline is Pew
survey: 57 percent of
U.S. Jews eat pork and
Torah study rises in
popularity?
We probably would
try to put together an
image of a pig more
than half but less than
two-thirds filled with
Jewish stars which
probably is why no
one is trying to hire us to be their photo
editor. Because who has time to put
together a barnyard graph on deadline?
Still, the stock photo from
Shutterstock that JTA actually did send
raises more questions than it answers.
This would not be an unreasonable
photo, perhaps, to illustrate the generic
concept of Jews. But we like to think
that JTA subscribers, like our Jewish
Standard readers, no matter how
deep or how loose their connection to
religious practice and organized Jewish
communal life, already know what
Jews look like. We venture to guess
that far more than 57 percent of them
recognize a Jew whenever they look in
the mirror.
So lets look at these specific
Jews. Or maybe Jews. Because this
picture gives off the aura of stock
photo desperation. That is to say, a
photograph taken with the hope that
once it is uploaded to a stock photo
site, it would be found and bought by
someone searching for a keyword (in
this case, Jewish), putting a few bucks
into the photographers pocket.
Lets look at the photo in the context
of JTAs caption: The percentage of
Jews who said religion is important to
them rose from 31 to 35 percent since
2007, the Pew Research Center found.
It seems to us that 33 percent of the
people in this picture actually werent
born in 2007. And why is the child
looking so pensive while the candle is
being lit? Is he contemplating the deep
unfairness of life? Because really, is it
fair that even though sometimes the
few overpower the many, as they do in
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the Chanukah story, at other times even

the most earnest pleadings cant prevail
upon the grownups to let a big boy
light candles all by himself?
And speaking of grownups: Are the
two men illustrating a statistic about
the acceptance of gay marriage, as
we thought in our office? Or does
this reflect three generations, as a
JTA editor maintained, which raises
the question of what happened to
all the women? Is Pew predicting a
demographic future without women?
Or at least without pictures of women
distributed by Jewish news agencies
appealing to a growing Orthodox
demographic?
And whats with the challah? Is it
Friday night? Then the picture is from
2009 the last time the eighth night of
Chanukah coincided with Shabbat. The
story is strangely silent about 2009.
But why isnt the challah covered with
a cloth? Where is the second challah?
Where is wine for the kiddush? Why,
for that matter, is one man but not
the other wearing a tallit? At night?
While lighting candles? While weve
never heard of someone wearing a tallit
during a home ritual at night, doesnt
Chanukah raise the added issue of fire
hazard?
Then again, maybe the picture does
serve its intended purpose. Like when
we see a burning candle in a room with
a child, like when were confronted with
a detailed demographic statistic with
a slightly alarming headline, we just
cant pull our eyes away. Isnt that the
definition of a great illustration?
LARRY YUDELSON
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The Holy Spirit is speaking to each one

of us, to be faithful in the Kingdom and to help
bring in as many as we can even among the
Jews share Jesus Christ with everyone that we
possibly can because, again, Hes coming soon.
Former Minnesota representative and Republican presidential candidate
Michelle Bachmann, sharing the lesson she learned on a recent trip to Israel
sponsored by the Family Research Council.
AT THE MOVIES:
By the Sea hits

home for Angelina
By the Sea is a
modestly budgeted, very personal
film, directed and
written by Angelina
Jolie-Pitt. It was somewhat inspired by her
own mothers difficult
life and early death.
Sea follows Roland, an
American writer (Brad
Pitt), and his wife,
Vanessa (Jolie-Pitt), as
they vacation at a
beautiful French seaside
resort in the 1970s. They
try to come to terms
with the crisis in their
marriage as they spend
time with other travelers,
including young newlyweds Francois and Lea
(played by MLANIE
LAURENT, 33, a very
talented French actress
who co-starred in
Inglorious Basterds
and Beginners).
Jolie-Pitt, I will note,
spends a lot of time in
the south of France, including several months
before the cesarean
birth of her twins in
2008. She wanted to be
near Dr. MICHEL SUSSMAN, now 63, a top Riviera-based ob/gyn who
brought her through
her difficult pregnancy
and delivered the twins.
Michels son, ARNAUD
SUSSMAN, 31, is a New
York-based top-flight
concert violinist.
What is a Hollywood
Christmas movie without
a lot of Jewish participation? Almost doesnt
exist. So, even though

most of you will wait for
the DVD/cable release of
this seasons biggest comedic Christmas movie,
Love the Coopers,
heres the Jewish take
on this Christmas package, whose main stars
are Olivia Wilde, Diane
Keaton, and John Goodman.
The pic is about a holiday reunion of four generations of the Cooper
family. JON TENNEY, 53
(whose late mother was
Jewish) and TIMOTHEE
CHALAMET, 19, play
younger Coopers. JUNE
SQUIBB, 85 (Oscar
nominee for Nebraska)
and ALAN ARKIN, 81
(four-time Oscar nominee; won for Little Miss
Sunshine) represent the
oldest generation.
By the way, this isnt
the first time two octogenarian Jewish Oscar
nominees appeared
together in a film. TONY
CURTIS, then 83, costarred with MARTIN
LANDAU, then 80, in
David and Fatima
(2008), a well-meaning
but pretty bad flick
about the romance of an
Israeli Jew and a Palestinian. Curtis got a best
actor nomination for
The Defiant Ones and
Landau won best supporting honors for Ed
Wood.
Breakthrough, a
National Geographic station
Mlanie Laurent
Jon Tenney
Briefly noted
Peter Berg
James Lapine
show, started on November 1, but its easy to

catch up via encore
showings and on-demand. (New shows in the
six-episode series air
Sundays at 9 p.m.) Ron
Howard recruited six Hollywood biggies to direct
the stories behind the
worlds cutting-edge
scientific innovations.
PETER BERG, 51, directed the premiere episode
(Fighting Pandemics).
BRETT RATNER, 46,
directed Decoding the
Brain, which airs first on
November 15, and AKIVA
GOLDSMAN, 53, directed

Energy from the Edge,
which airs December 6.
JAMES FRANCOs bar
mitzvah got mucho publicity, but another sort
of bar mitzvah was held
on October 19 in New
York. Three-time Tony
award winning director
and playwright JAMES
LAPINE, 66, was given
the ultra-prestigious
Mr. Abbott award for
his contributions to the
theater. The theme of the
event was a Broadway
bar mitzvah and pics
of the ceremony include
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There have been several network news reports about

a Vermont-based company thats selling mens briefs
with a silkscreen drawing of BERNIE SANDERS on the
front. Underneath his pic, it says: Feel the Bern. The
company says its a tribute to Sanders and 10 percent
of the revenues will go to a charity that helps veterans.
Of course, the underwear sales are a nod to LARRY
DAVIDs hilarious Sanders impression on SNL, in
which he said that he, a regular guy, only has one pair of
underwear but billionaires have three or four.
Feel the Bern isnt unique to this company. The official Sanders site has long sold Feel the Bern coffee cups.
A web search reveals that many vendors are now hocking
Feel the Bern clothes, including womens underwear
N.B.
(which seems awkward to me).
one of a small Torah-like

scroll whose wrapping
had Lapines name in Hebrew style letters.
Lapine wrote the script
for several SONDHEIM
classics, including Into

the Woods. Hes directed a few films and a new
film he directed, Custody, starring Viola Davis,
will open next year. N.B.
California-based Nate Bloom can be reached at

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To tell the truth?
Rabbi Daniel Feldman remembers his father, Rabbi David Feldman, with his new book
JOANNE PALMER
For the last few years, Rabbi Daniel Feldman of Teaneck has been working on a
book.
It is on a subject close to his heart
lashon hara, literally evil speech, one of
the worst pitfalls against which Jews are
warned. Still, the book has not been on
the top of his to-do list.
The author of three books in Hebrew
and three others in English; a rosh yeshiva
at RIETS, Yeshiva Universitys rabbinical school; a teacher at YUs business
and social work schools, and an editor at
RIETS Press, the spiritual leader of a small
synagogue, Ohr Saadya and also, and far
from least importantly, a husband and the
father of five children Rabbi Feldman
clearly has many calls on his attention.
But last November 28, Rabbi Feldmans
father, David Feldman, the rabbi emeritus
of the Teaneck Jewish Center, died. David
Feldman, Daniel Feldman said, did so
much good with his speech, in so many
different ways he brought so much value
through his words.
But, he added, words are not always
Three generations of Feldmans

Rabbi David,
Rabbi Daniel,
and Daniels son
Yaakov.
necessary, another lesson his father taught

him.
He had the capacity to uplift others,
even without words, through his constant
smile and ready laughter, Rabbi Feldman
said. David Feldman learned from Rabbi
Yisrael Salanter that a persons face is
inherently in the public domain, he continued, so he made sure to arrange his features accordingly. His good humor always
had an effect on those around him, Daniel
Feldman said.
I had discussed the book with my

father, and I had made some progress on
it, he added. More recently, I focused on
associating it with a memorial to him. It is
dedicated in his memory, and I hope that it
will be a valuable memorial to him.
The book will be launched on Tuesday,
November 17. That date is not coincidental, Rabbi Feldman said. It was timed for
my fathers yarzheit.
The book, False Facts and True
Rumors: Lashon HaRa in Contemporary
Culture, looks at some of the paradoxes

inherent in the injunction against not only
gossip and slander but in some instances
harsh truths as well. It examines the
nature of the prohibition against speaking badly about others, Rabbi Feldman
said. On the one hand, much of that is
understandable; its clear why its bad to
speak negatively, but a detail that often
surprises people is that the prohibition is
also against true information.
There are many reasons for that. It
often is the case that things that we think
are true actually arent true, dont paint a
full picture, or are somehow misleading,
he said. I tried to go through the Torah
literature, and also to look at the psychology and other social sciences. We all have
cognitive biases; there are other reasons
why things that we think we understand
can be misleading.
Also, whatever we say has an impact
on someone else. Thats why we have to
be extra careful that everything we say is
both accurate and necessary. Understanding that value is a challenge, and I try to
help people understand it.
On the other hand, he continued, there
Teaching tolerance
Englewood councilman heads Wiesenthal Centers eastern office
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
The name Simon Wiesenthal brings the
celebrated Nazi hunter to mind. But the
multinational Holocaust-education center
that bears his name with offices in New
York, Toronto, Miami, Chicago, Paris, Buenos Aires, and Jerusalem is dedicated to
the larger mission of promoting tolerance
and human rights, confronting anti-Semitism and hatred, standing with Israel and
defending the safety of Jews worldwide.
Englewood City Councilman Michael D.
Cohen recently took on the title of eastern
director for the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance in New
York, following three years as its principal
lobbyist.
During those three years, he was instrumental in securing significant funding for
the centers Tools for Tolerance diversity training for the New York City Police
Department and the New York City Corrections Department. Through this program,
some 200,000 New York law-enforcement
officers so far have received training in
6 JEWISH STANDARD NOVEMBER 13, 2015
culture sensitivity and tolerance. Tools for

Tolerance also works with judges, lawyers,
managers, scientists, nurses, librarians,
teachers, doctors, executives, and other
professionals.
The Wiesenthal Center has a constituency of 400,000 households in the United
States, and over 150,000 in the tristate
area, Mr. Cohen said. There is a lot of
work we have to do to unify communities
and confront hate and terrorism. We never
were meant to be a center of artifacts but
of action.
Since taking office just after Rosh Hashanah, he has started offering Tools for Tolerance to New Jersey police chiefs and
mayors. We see how law enforcement
is on the front lines in dealing with tolerance. Officers are taught how to hold a
gun but not how to speak to a person, to
understand what to say in different situations and communities, how to lower tensions and have successful interactions.
Among other programs under the purview of Mr. Cohen and his fulltime regional
staff of 10 are anti-bullying training for
some 20,000 schoolchildren per year,

and advocacy training for college students
and young professionals about Israel, antiSemitism, and racial stereotypes.
The Wiesenthal Centers emphasis on
understanding and celebrating diversity,
bringing people together, and building
communal alliances has resonated deeply
with this Second Ward councilman in a
city that has struggled with racial and economic diversity.
In 2012, Superstorm Sandy significantly
damaged the Mackay Park ice rink, which
is in Englewoods least privileged section,
the Fourth Ward, but used mainly by figure skaters and hockey players from more
affluent parts of Englewood and surrounding municipalities. After the storm, Fourth
Warders lobbied to have the space rebuilt
as a local community center. Mr. Cohen
saw an opportunity for making Mackay
more inclusive without sacrificing the rink.
Helping to save the Englewood public
ice rink dovetails with my work here at
the Wiesenthal Center, he said. I worked
with folks in our community to build a
Michael D. Cohen works to bring

diverse groups together.
nonprofit to serve all the communities

in Englewood so the rink could also be a
point for community gathering, and thats
what has happened in the past two years.
The city of Englewood did not have a place
everyone felt comfortable coming to and
interacting together, and now theyre coming to holiday parties and playing hockey
and ice-skating together. These are populations who were not previously meeting
one another, and its been a great unifier.
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are times when people must make hard
truths public. It often is necessary to say
negative things to protect yourself or others, or to protect society. Finding that balance is a great challenge. Knowing what to
say and what not to say, what to believe
and what not to believe it can take a lifetime of refining your sensitivity.
Maybe that is why in Jewish life, particularly in the last century, there has
been such an emphasis on it on lashon
harah because its not just a matter of
knowing a few laws. Its a matter of having a refined sensibility. It both comes with
age and requires a lot of work to create this
kind of sensitivity and awareness.
David Feldman was a longtime pulpit
rabbi, but he also was an academic who
specialized in medical ethics, particularly
as it intersected with Jewish law. So when
Daniel Feldman talks about his book as
he marks his fathers first yarzheit, he
plans on concentrating on how lashon
hara and Jewish medical ethics come
together. How do we know what information should or should not be released
in the context of a potential marriage?
How much can be revealed before meeting someone? Before marrying someone?
How much is public? How much is private?
And what can a third party be asked? What
can a third party say? About the person?

About the family? About anything else that
might be relevant?
And what if the relationship doesnt
work out? What can or cant be discussed?
What if a doctor is asked? What is a
doctor allowed to reveal? What about professional ethics?
When he was asked whether his books
title, set as a paradox, was any kind of conscious homage to Rabbi Abraham Joshua
Heschel, Rabbi Feldman paused and
smiled. It was not, he said, but My father
was close to Heschel. He might have liked
the overtone.
Who: Rabbi Daniel Feldman

What: Talks about his new book, False
Facts and True Rumors: Lashon HaRa
in Contemporary Culture
When: On Tuesday, November 17, at
8:30 p.m.
Where: At Rabbi Feldmans shul, Ohr
Saadya, 554 Teaneck Road, in Teaneck
Why: To mark the first yarzheit of his
father, Rabbi David Feldman.
Who is invited: It is open to the entire
community.
Tolerance
FROM PAGE 6
Bringing together diverse groups has

been Mr. Cohens priority since his days
as a Brooklyn College political science
student. He commuted to Washington
to serve on the staff of Rep. Ed Towns,
who was an African-American Democrat
from New York, from 1983 to 2013, and
a senior member of the Congressional
Black Caucus.
In 1989, Ehud Barak came from Israel
to meet with the Congressional leadership, and Ed Towns was going to be in
some of those meetings. Jewish groups
wanted to lobby him, so he called me
in, Mr. Cohen said. I was 20 at the time
and the only Jewish member of his staff,
so he asked me for a briefing on these
groups and their missions. I had an
epiphany in the middle of the night that
there must be an information gap with
other members of the Black Caucus as
well. I proposed a conference between
Jewish groups and the caucus. It came
to pass, and presidents of all the major
Jewish organizations flew in for it. A lot
of those relationships persist to this day.
Rabbi Meyer May, executive director
of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, pointed
to this bridge-building background in his
praise of Mr. Cohen when he began his

new job.
Michael Cohen has a long record
of passion and dedication to the issues
most critical to the mission of the Simon
Wiesenthal Center and the Museum
of Tolerance, Rabbi May said. From
his communal work in bringing people
together to his ability to provide innovative strategies for organizational development, I am confident that Michael will
help bring about a new level of achievement to our Eastern Region.
Before joining the Wiesenthal Center,
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of political and strategic affairs at government relations firm Pitta, Bishop,
Del Giorno & Giblin. He holds a masters
degree in political science and was chief
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among others.
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Rutgers in joint venture with Tel-Hai College
MICHELE ALPERIN
Food innovation is the next course in the
storied U.S.-Israel partnership.
Rutgers Universitys Food Innovation Center and Tel-Hai College in Israels northern Galilee region recently
announced the New Jersey-Israel Healthy,
Functional, and Medical Food Alliance, a
venture that will create synergies between
start-ups and more established food businesses in Americas so-called Garden
State and the Jewish state.
The key players are Member of Knesset
Erel Margalit (Labor), founder of the Jerusalem Venture Partners venture capital
firm, and Lou Cooperhouse, director of
the Rutgers Food Innovation Center and
president of the New Jersey Business Incubation Network.
When the two men sat next to each
other at a food technology conference
this past June at Tel-Hai College, they realized how much their professional interests overlapped. Margalit had developed
two technology incubators Cyber Labs
in Beer Sheva and the Media Quarter near
the old train station in Jerusalem and
he now chairs the Knesset Task Force for
Economic Development in the North and
South.
In his quest to transform Israels Galilee
into a business and innovation hub, Margalit says he has worked to put together a
plan that gives a new dimension to Israeli
high-tech combined with Israeli agriculture, food development, life sciences, and
research, and putting it in a technology
start-up environment. Similarly, in New
Jersey, Cooperhouses Food Innovation
Center is a business incubation and economic development accelerator program
whose clients include 100 start-ups.
For students and faculty, a memo of
understanding signed by Rutgers and
Tel-Hai on Sept. 18 supports research collaboration, entrepreneurship education,
exchange programs, and experiential
Erel Margalit announcing the New Jersey-Israel Healthy, Functional and Medical Foods Alliance at a signing ceremony at
Rutgers University.
RON SACH
learning. Israeli businesses will get access

to incubation opportunities at the Rutgers
Food Innovation Center and assistance in
finding partners for joint ventures.
Cooperhouse is impressed with Israels
robust start-up incubator network, attributing it in part to government investment.
The Office of the Chief Scientist of the
State of Israel is arguably why Israel has
developed so much technology and is
called the start-up nation, something
that neither U.S. state governments nor
the American federal government do to
the same degree, Cooperhouse says.
Both Margalits Galilee initiative and
Cooperhouses Food Innovation Center

got the ball rolling on the partnership by
bringing together important stakeholders
in the food industry. To jumpstart technological development in Israels north, Margalit invited leaders of area cities, towns,
and kibbutzim to participate in the revitalization effort he is spearheading in that
region.
On their own, [the individual Israeli
municipalities] were too small to matter
for the country in a big way, Margalit says.
But by working together, he believes, they
can become a creative force to transform
the Galilee, a region that today has more
poverty and a lower life expectancy than

anywhere else in Israel.
Cooperhouse says the Food Innovation
Centers success derives from an economic
cluster model, in which the center united
diverse groups in the food industry from
academic research organizations, to trade
associations, to state and federal agencies.
Our success [comes] because we have
aggregated these resources, have an advisory board of all the major stakeholders in the food industry, and service the
entire state, he says. We looked at all the
resources around the food industryand
got us all working toward a common goal.
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The alliance between Rutgers and

Tel-Hai will jointly support this cluster
model in New Jersey and Israel around
the subcategories of healthy, functional,
and medical foods. Healthy foods provide basic nutrients that promote general health and wellness; these may be
foods like milk substitutes from plants
or coconut milk ice cream, which are
alternatives to animal-based products
that are unsustainable over the long
term or to foods that have too much
The creative
class needs to
rise in the
Galilee. We
cant keep
calling the north
the periphery.
EREL MARGALIT
sugar. Functional foods provide a benefit toward a particular goal, like caffeinated beverages that can increase alertness, probiotics in yogurt that can help
with digestion, or gluten-free foods for
those with celiac disease. Medical foods
are those clinically proven to prevent,
alleviate, or mitigate a medical condition, such as Pedialyte, which is used for
rehydration in kids. Medical foods are
regulated by Americas Food and Drug
Administration.
The new alliance will also explore
personalizing food based on individuals metabolic makeup and will examine
public policy regarding food.
These areas are at the intersection
between food and pharma, between the
amazing life sciences industry and the
food industry, Cooperhouse says. The
goal is hopefully [that] someday we will
all be taking fewer pills, eating better,
and maybe eating foods that have some
clinical efficacy that can mitigate disease
or be proactive for health and wellness.
Since costs for developing a medical
food fall in the $30-$40 million range,
far less then the billion-dollar price tag
for creating a new drug, these products
can work well in a start-up environment. Some medical food products that
are currently being researched in Israel
include a potent antioxidant pill from
a seaweed extract and pomegranate
extracts for kidney problems. Products
may also be derived from ancient plants

used by Arabs and Druze for medical
and therapeutic purposes, for example, a plant said to grow on the slopes
of Mount Hermon that improves sexual
potency more than Viagra.
As Israel is such a small country in
fact, its size is often likened to that of
New Jersey creating global connections
is critical for its economy. Cooperhouse
notes that in many cases, Israeli businesses feel like they are on an island
because they cant export to their neighbors, so they need international partners
to really grow their businesses.
With the help of the new alliance, Margalit will be working to deepen Israels
food-related business community in the
Galilee. One such effort involves helping Israeli food companies establish U.S.
operations. Margalit says he sees the
Rutgers Food Innovation Center as a
very natural partner if Israel is going to
partner with the U.S. in a big way. Particularly important will be the centers
soft landings program, which educates international companies in market
research, government regulation, distribution systems, product development,
and engineering issues.
Also important to Margalit is attracting
international companies to set up operations in Israel.
What we want is for major food companies from around the worldto set up
a research center here for either developing new food products which are
healthier or getting into the therapeutic
dimension as well, Margalit says.
What drives Margalit is more than
economics. He sees the cluster concept
as the basis of a social process that can
create dynamic communities in Israels
north that attract young Israelis to settle and raise families there. He explains,
My daughter just graduated from TelHai College; shes in love with her boyfriend, and they are dying to stay in the
north, but they will only stay if they find
high-quality jobs.
As much as they love the north, this
educated and talented generation will
stay in the Galilee only if there are
knowledge-based jobs that they are
intrigued by, or at least a path to one,
Margalit says. To draw young adults to
places other than the Tel Aviv area, he
suggests, northern Israel will also need
more culture and live music at present,
there is no movie theater north of Haifa.
The creative class needs to rise in the
Galilee, Margalit says. We cant keep
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Hayden, Rosenthal, Maron, and Paulen
families get presents. On the other four
nights of the holiday, they give presents
of items or time to others. Each family
takes responsibility for coordinating one
of the four Give nights.
Some of the diverse Give night activities theyve undertaken in the past few
years include donating money toward
buying bees and livestock for needy
farm families through Heifer Interna-
When we first
brought this
idea to our kids
they thought it
was super, and
now its just
part of what
theyve come
to expect.
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tional, playing Wii and Scrabble with

residents of Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale, sending holiday greetings to soldiers from Hillsdale stationed
abroad, contributing pajamas and books
to needy children through the Pajama
Project (http://pajamaprogram.org), and
providing new, handmade blankets to ill
or traumatized children through Project Linus (http://www.projectlinus.org/
chapter.php).
There would not be gift exchanging
on those evenings because the children
would spend time together and they
knew the gifts that night were for others, Jill Hayden said. It is much easier
to give up gifts when your friends are
doing it as well.
Other families in Congregation Bnai
Israel had the chance to experience
Give/Get the last two years, when Meryl
Rosenthal opened the Pajama Project
activity to any member who wanted to
contribute.
We received over 100 donations of
pajamas and books, so we know people
thought this was a great cooperative
effort, Ms. Rosenthal said. This year,
we decided rather than having one

project, we will help other families own
the Give/Get concept and choose the
charity or charities they want to rally
around.
To preserve the small-communities
model that has served them well, the
four mothers are offering to group families who sign up into units of four and
share the guidelines that have worked
well for them.
Well give them a list of resources
about projects and ideas weve used in
the past, Ms. Hayden said. We want to
take the core program and pass it on so
its not just about dropping off things at
the temple.
In addition, the congregations religious school will participate in Give/Get
on Tuesday, December 8, which is during Chanukah this year.
Passing the theme along will be very
positive in helping children learn that
the holiday is a time to give and get no
matter how you celebrate, and the CBI
community is a great place to make
these connections, Ms. Rosenthal said.
The original four families happen to it
well together. The children are friends,
and theyre all around the same age,
now between 10 and 14 years old.
When we irst brought this idea to
our kids they thought it was super, and
now its just part of what theyve come
to expect, Jodi Paulen said. For those
of our kids who were just recently bar
or bat mitzvah, tying Give/Get into
their mitzvah project gave them a bigger sense of tikkun olam, making the
world a better place. It was a natural
progression.
Ms. Rosenthal says Give/Get has
become a point of Jewish pride for
their children. This ritual teaches
them that Chanukah is not about getting a lot of stuff but giving them an
opportunity to see what others need,
and to do good.
Ms. Hayden stresses that the commitment is for one night of giving per family.
It is manageable, which is important in
our very busy lives. Even doing one night
with your family is a mitzvah. Thats how
it all began for us.
For a fact sheet and resource guide to
charities, email givegetCBI@gmail.com.
For the night of giving at the Hebrew
school, Tuesday December 8, email
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Where you might see an old
drawer pull, Elon Rov and
Rebecca Marcyes see the beginnings of a menorah. A rusty
spring? It could be painted over
and turned into a mezuzah. A pair
that met through the Urban Adamah fellowship in Berkeley, California, they have begun Shmutz
and Bolts (shmutzandbolts.com),
making Judaica from stuff usually
relegated to the junk drawer.
Marcyes, 28, is originally from
Ridgewood, New Jersey. Growing
up, somehow she picked up the
sentiment that you shouldnt do
art unless youre really good at it
and its going to be in a museum,
A pile of old keys come together as a
otherwise leave it to the experts.
hamsa.
Though shes also a musician,
moving to Berkeley and specifically into a cooperative household
the beginning of it.
she realized that one could create art
Marcyes first came to Berkeley in September 2011 as an Urban Adamah fellow.
just for the sake of doing it, or maybe
After the program, she returned home,
not even because you liked it, she said,
ready to get serious about finding a job.
but because it could be therapeutic or
But she heard about an opening to be
calming.
program manager of the Jewish farms
In addition, she always loved scavenging in second-hand stores, and found
fellowship. She stayed there for 2 1/2
Berkeleys Urban Ore, which carries
years, and during that time had close
everything from clothing to household
contact with the newer classes of fellows.
appliances and leftovers usually tossed
One day, she showed fellow Elon Rov
during home remodels, to be an espewhat she was up to. Independently, he
cially magical place.
had been working on menorahs, also
One day while browsing in the hardfrom reclaimed materials. He had
ware section, she found herself musing
created these super-cool menorahs,
about industry and technology and
including one thats made from part of
what were phasing out of, and I saw this
a garden shovel that has a line of little
spring. I dont know why, but I thought,
nuts that are the candle holders, which
This could be a mezuzah, and that was
he gave to Adam [Berman, founder of
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Urban Adamah] as a gift, Marcyes said.

His ability to experiment and see the
potential in materials was immediately
evident.
Recognizing kindred spirits who
appreciate the beauty in old junk, they
decided to make it official and launched
a website earlier this year.
Originally from Irvine, Rov, 22, graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 2014, and did
the Urban Adamah fellowship that fall.
He is now working at the Natan Fund
We put things
together that
attract each
other, and let
the materials
speak for
themselves.
ELON ROV
from Chaim Maghal, owner of Afikomen,

which amounted to: There are certain
areas where people will branch out and
go the funky route, and others where
the traditional look reminds you of your
grandmother in a good way.
Our reclaimed hardware bolt candlesticks were maybe a miss, Marcyes said,
so they stopped making them.
Since theyre not living close by one
another, Marcyes has most of the inventory and keeps up the website, while Rov
does most of the sculpting. Were taking
it day by day and order by order, now
that were on separate sides of the country, said Marcyes. We decided early on
that we have a variety of interests and
this is one among them. We want this to
feel like a fun, inspiring project and not a
source of major stress in our lives, so for
that reason, well stay pretty small and
just make pieces as needed or as we feel
inspired.
Both Marcyes and Rov say this practice has them thinking a lot about waste,
and Jewish ritual, in interesting ways.
Speaking of the drawers of objects
at Urban Ore that might otherwise be
thrown away, Marcyes asked, Whos
coming for these things? Maybe nobody.
I definitely think there has to be Jewish
anxieties weve inherited about being
left behind or scarcity.
Said Rov, A lot of people experience
Jewish ritual as not exciting, or boring or
alienating. You wouldnt kiss your mezuzah because you learned you had to, or
because your grandma is watching, or
whatever, but theres a lot of beauty to
be found in putting Jewish ritual literally
at the forefront of your experience in
your home. We wanted to make something so beautiful that you would want
to kiss it.
in New York and is part of a group of

friends he met through Habonim Dror
summer camp setting up a socialist commune in Brooklyn.
Art had always been my hobby, and
in hindsight, maybe I should have taken
it more seriously, he said. My free time
was often spent drawing and painting,
but the sculptural element of this was
completely new to me.
Rov said he often doesnt know what
the finished object will be until hes making it. We pick up things were attracted
to, that have a lot of history, things we
dont understand what theyre used for,
or cant recognize them as anything in
particular, he said. Were attracted to
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things that look shmutzy and that have a
the Jewish news weekly of Northern
story to tell. We put things together that
California.
attract each other, and let the materials
speak for themselves. We layer
pieces that have interesting color
and texture contrasts.
Among the more recognizable
items they use: bolts, keys, nails.
Ultimately, he said, If I can
create a mezuzah that I want
to put on the door to my room,
thats how we know weve made
something cool.
While they began selling by
word of mouth, they soon got
Berkeleys Afikomen Judaica to
carry a few items and San Franciscos Dayenu soon followed
suit. Urban Adamah has also
bought pieces.
They are concentrating on
menorahs, mezuzot, and hamsas, as they got some good advice
An old spring transformed into a mezuzah.
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Although J-ADD and JFS of North Jersey have offered services to families
of children with special needs for a
long time, their recent collaboration
takes a decidedly new approach to
the issue.
Planning For Your Special Needs
Child: A Life Care Plan a series
of programs targeted to families of
Leah Kaufman
children with cognitive, physical, Jon Winer
emotional, or psychiatric impairments recognizes that a childs life is
be able to create a Life Care Plan for their
multifaceted, embracing not only medical
children.
issues but the issue, say, of how children
As part of the program, J-ADD/JFS presentations, led by a panel of experts, will
customarily celebrate their birthdays.
focus on such issues as advocating and
With this in mind and to ensure that
navigating through the maze of services;
people with special needs will remain well
funding a supplemental needs trust;
served even when their parents no longer
guardianship; power of attorney; coping
are able to monitor their care the two
with the emotional impact on the family;
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The free programs will take place in several communities. While the Fair Lawn
segment of Part I will have taken place
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program will be offered at the Wayne Y on
November 18. Part II will take place at the
Paramus Jewish Center on December 16.
Leah Kaufman, the executive director
of JFS of North Jersey, who was involved
with a similar program in another community, said, theres a great need for families with special needs children whether
with developmental or physical disabilities
or chronic mental illness to lay down
in great detail what parents hope for the
future of their child. When parents are
no longer around or able to do hands-on
caregiving, someone can step in and do
what the parents wanted, to try to maintain normalcy.
Because a prime question is how parents will be able to fund the type of
care they envision, the first educational
program will deal with legal aspects of the

issue how to make sure that all the legal
papers are in order and examining issues
surrounding guardianship, power of attorney, and setting up a supplemental needs
trust. Part II will focus more specifically on
ways to fund the care.
We felt no one was filling the gap in our
community, Ms. Kaufman said. Families
are struggling, especially those with adult
children. They worry what will happen.
The child will need services, someone to
monitor their care, make sure doctors
appointments are kept, down to how they
spend their birthdays. She said that she
had worked with a family whose special
needs child always spent birthdays at a
baseball game. Life plans, she said, go into
great detail: What kinds of vacations do
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our Bergen community.
Meet with faculty from programs such as health professions, information technology and
business.
Discuss financial aid and scholarship opportunities.
Discover resources such as the Cerullo Learning Assistance Center (tutoring) and the Judith K.
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Disabilities) can provide emotional support, case management services, and
help with filling out the detailed life care
plan they have created, Ms. Kaufman
said. The program has received a oneyear grant from the Federation of Northern New Jersey. She noted that she and
Jon Winer, J-ADDs executive director,
worked through the Berrie professional
track together.
The Berrie Fellowship Leaders Program nourishes and trains up-and-coming leaders throughout its catchment
area; it primarily works with volunteers
but recently added a track for professionals as well.
I approached him when the program
was over and said lets submit a joint
grant proposal to federation, she continued. Happily, the request bore fruit.
Ms. Kaufman hopes the classes will
start families thinking about the issues
involved in the future care of their children. Then, when they have had some
time to digest the issues involved, they
will reach out to our individual agencies for help in putting the life care plan
together. They will need assistance. Our
social workers can guide them and help
them focus.
Dr. Winer said that a lot of what the
agency is doing has been prompted
by a change in funding to families and
agencies, moving from contract-based
[services] to fee for service. Rather than
agencies receiving a lump-sum grant in
the beginning of the year, families or
individuals receive a service and the
organization bills Medicaid for it.
Some families are frantic about what
is going to happen, wondering who will
take care of my child when I cant? he
said. Will agencies have the money?
The other piece is that the role of the
professional is changing greatly in terms
of working with an individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The change, he said, is that professionals
are working alongside their clients not
necessarily curing them but living
with them in the community.
The people we serve are no longer
so separate from the community, Dr.
Winer said, noting recent statements
holding that since all Jews got the
Torah at Sinai, not just those Jews without disabilities, we really need to work
toward having people integrated into the
community.
While were great at providing institutional types of service, weve been
less successful at the communal level,
he said. After a conversation with Ms.
Kaufman, we realized that if we shared
our resources, we could help families
develop additional resources. Under
this new arrangement, both J-ADD and
JFS provide social workers who will
work together as a team to develop an
educational program for families and
find resources in the community to
share with those families.
After they have gone to the educational sessions the agencies offer, Dr.
Winer said, the parents will be better
able to develop a plan of care, creating
a blueprint for how to keep looking
after the individual in the community
today, tomorrow, and in the more distant future.
What kind of trust do they need to set
up for a family member with a disability?
How do they do it? Do they understand
the implications of future financial planning for their child?
The idea, he said, is to educate families on why its important for their children to live in community rather than in
a more institutional setting.
Im not arguing about care, he said.
If you dont have a good plan, an institution may be as good or better, but
quality of life is dependent on feeling
like you belong, that youre part of a
larger whole. Acknowledging his personal soap box, Dr. Winer said that
as Jews, we have no right to advocate
for any form of segregation. By putting
individuals in institutions, we segregate
them.
His goal, he said, it to move the concept from the medical model to the
social model of disability. All people
share the same types of issues, aside
from specific disorders, he said. The
organization has been working to create non-traditional housing arrangements for people with special needs,
such as two-person apartments, in
addition to the more common group
homes, he continued. He hopes families will be encouraged to look at various alternatives available in the community to find the best possible care.
If these do not exist, he said, They will
have to be developed.
Response to their initial publicity has
gotten a good response, Ms. Kaufman
said, and some two dozen people have
signed up for the first program. And
I suspect we will have walk-ins, she
added. Theres a need for it. It gives
parents peace of mind.
Another benefit of publicizing the
upcoming programs is that professionals have stepped forward, offering to
provide pro bono services in helping
families set up special needs trusts. Ms.
Kaufman and Dr. Winer are hopeful that
more volunteer professionals will come
forward to join then.
Were both very excited about this,
Ms. Kaufman said. We think it can help
a lot.
For more information and to register
for the classes, contact :
Jewish Family Service of North Jersey,
One Pike Drive, Wayne (973-595-0111) or
17-10 River Road, Fair Lawn (201-7965151), info@jfsnorthjersey.org or The
Jewish Association for Developmental
Disabilities, 190 Moore St, Suite 272,
Hackensack (201-457-0058),www.j-add.
org, sshapiro@j-add.org.
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Temple Emanu-El
celebrates the
next generation
IDF/JNF program discussed

As part of the Ben Porat Yosef junior high
speaker series, Yossi Kahana and Lt. Colonel Tiran Attia told students there about
a program called Special in Uniform.
Developed and run jointly by the Israel
Defense Forces and the Jewish National

Fund, Special in Uniforms enables
young adults with special needs to serve in
the IDF. The presentation was conducted
entirely in Hebrew.
Temple Emanu-El of Closter celebrated

the culmination of its five-year Campaign for the Next Generation with a
special donor dedication followed by
a celebratory breakfast last week. The
campaign raised $5 million to beautify
the synagogues daily chapel and construct a new space in order to meet the
needs of its growing membership.
Grandparents, their children, and
grandchildren celebrated together in
the chapel to learn about the stained
One of the new stained glass windows
glass windows and to celebrate the
at Temple Emanu-El.
past, present, and future of our synagogue, said Andi Wolfer, campaign cochair and the shuls first vice president.
and pay off its mortgage. The Promenade was renovated into a technologiFunds raised allowed the synagogue to
cally integrated, state-of-the art facility
buy new stained glass windows, remodel
that will be used for High Holy Day seran unfinished basement into a multipurpose space now known as the Promevices, special occasions, and adult and
nade, reconfigure existing office space,
youth educational programs.
Chouake and Wilf among YU honorees

Dr. Ben Chouake of Englewood is among
the honorees at Yeshiva Universitys 91st
annual Hannukah Convocation and Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan
on Sunday, December 13, at 5:30 p.m.
New York State Governor Andrew M.
Cuomo, the keynote speaker, will receive
an honorary degree. YU President Richard M. Joel will confer honorary degrees
on Norman Sternthal of Montreal, and
Mark Wilf of Livingston, as well as on Dr.
Chouake. Rabbi Dr. Herbert Dobrinsky of
Riverdale, N.Y., will receive the Presidential Medallion.
Dr. Chouake, national president of Norpac, the nations largest pro-Israel political
action committee, first became involved
with Yeshiva University when his son Jason
attended Yeshiva College. He is a board
member of both Yeshiva College and the
Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish
Studies, both at YU. He and his wife, Esther,
established the Esther and Ben Chouake
Scholarship at Yeshiva College in 2003. Dr.
Chai Lifeline gala is Nov. 23

Chai Lifeline will hold its annual gala on
Monday, November 23, at the Marriott
Marquis in Manhattan. The reception
starts at 6 p.m.; dinner is at 7:30. Kami
and Dina Kalaty will receive the Chai
Heritage award; Cross River Bank will
receive the Community Service award;
Dr. Ben Chouake
Mark Wilf
Chouake also is on the boards of Touro College, New York Medical College, the Orthodox Union, the Frisch School in Paramus,
and the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey
in River Edge, is the vice president of the
Zionist Organization of America, and is the
secretary of the American Jewish Congress.
Mark Wilf of Livingston, co-owner of the
Minnesota Vikings, serves on the YU board
and is a member of the YU Institutional
Advancement Committee.
For information, go to www.yu.edu/
hanukkah.
NCJW-Bergen woman is emerging leader

The National Council of Jewish Women Bergen County Section awarded its prestigious Emerging Leader award to Elizabeth Halverstam of Tenafly at its annual membership luncheon
last month. The award is given to a member who has potential
for assuming future leadership, understands and supports the
NCJW purpose and programs, demonstrates commitment, is on
the board, and has served less than five years or is chairing a
committee or serving as an officer.
Ms. Halverstam grew up in London, where her mother was
the chair of a chapter of the Womens International Zionist
Organization.
For information on NCJW BCS, go to www.ncjwbcs.org.
Kevin McGeachy is the Maimonides

Medical Achievement award-winner, and
Dani and Nini Ross and Yehuda and Mati
Alcabes are honored with the Camp Simcha Appreciation award.
For information, call (212) 699-6658 or
go to www.chaidinner.org.
Harvey Kaylie at Camp Kaylie
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benefactors of Camp Kaylie at Ohel, will
be honored at Ohels 46th annual gala
on November 22 at the New York Marriott Marquis at 5 p.m. Harvey Kaylie will
also be a guest speaker. At Camp Kaylie,
campers with developmental disabilities
integrate with their peers, and together,
enjoy an exhilarating summer.

Ohel will also honor Mr. Kaylies longtime friend and colleague, Moishe Hellman, Ohels co-president.
To make reservations or place a journal ad, visit www.ohelfamily.org/gala,
call (718) 972-9328, or e-mail gala@ohelfamily.org.
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The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship
Fund is now accepting online applications for the 2016-2017 academic year
at www.alisafund.org. The fund gives
scholarships toward full time study in
a yeshiva, seminary, or other approved
program. Students can apply for a scholarship before they are accepted to a
school. The application deadline is February 16.

Six competitively awarded $4,000
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Information, application forms, and
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Saluting Israels lone soldiers

Friends of the IDFs New Jersey chapter
will honor lone soldiers at its 11th annual
IDF tribute dinner on Monday, November
23, at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel. Call

(646) 274-9646 or go to www.fidf.org/
NJDinner.
The fun run begins.
Yavneh race funds scholarships
Keter Torah honors class participants

The two oldest participants in the
Torah In the A.M. program sponsored
by Teanecks Congregation Keter Torah
were honored on November 5. Morris
Zimmerman, who turned 90 that day,
and Aharon Safier, 93, were feted at a
brunch with other program participants,
and relatives of the honorees, including
some who came in from Israel to share in
the celebration.
Torah in the A.M., a free program that
has been running for 9 years, meets
Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the
synagogue. It is centered on a Talmud
class taught by Rabbi Menachem Meier
and includes classes in Tanach and Jewish thought.
Representative
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Representative
Eliot Engel
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Norpac events
in Englewood and Teaneck
On Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m., Dr. Daniel and Naomi Feuer, and Drs. David
Wisotsky and Lynn Sugarman, will host
Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) at
an Englewood Norpac event.
On Sunday, Nov. 22 at 10 a.m., Miriam
and Allen Pfeiffer will host Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) at a Teaneck Norpac event.
For information on either event email
Avi@norpac.net or call (201) 788-5133.
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Mile Fun Run on Sunday, November 8, at
organized by Joanne
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Buchsbayew, both of
people attended the
Teaneck, culminated
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with the presentation
brother of Yavneh parof medals to the top
ent Mendy Schwartz, and
runners in the various age categories.
raised nearly $45,000
Anthony Fatuzzo,
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pre-race workout. There was also a buffet
Halter worn by American Pharoah

highlights online Frisch auction
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of the year. All funds raised
fundraising auction will
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urday, November 14, at 8
at Frisch. FPA purchases
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ebrations for holidays and
and future Hall of Famer
special events.
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to local restaurants and salons, services
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from local party planners and personal
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Editorial
Ways, means,
and meaning
his is, as Jeremy Fingerman notes on

these pages, the time of our convening, when our Jewish organizations
gather and bring us together. In this
issue, we bring you our report from the General
Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North
America, which met in Washington this week,
and JTAs report from the Biennial of the Union
of Reform Judaism, which met in Orlando last
week.
Last month, of course, was the season of our
festivals when the month of Tishrei brought
us the bittersweet joy of another season gone
around, a time of regrets and renewal, a feeling
perhaps by the end that wasnt this whole holiday thing just a little too much? And, for those
of us who put out your newspaper each week,
that funny question: What can we say thats new
and fresh about a 3,000-year-old Jewish holiday?
Our Jewish organizations arent 3,000 years
old, but theyre older than we are, and from
some perspectives thats the same thing. (Last
week, one of my children referred to a book published the year before I was born as from a million years ago.) Like our holidays, our organizations need to be kept new and fresh for a new
generation.
When you read our reporting from those
events, youll see thats something the organizers are well aware of, with their respective
calls to think forward and offer audacious
hospitality.
Along those lines, wed like to pass on a
thought from one of the younger generation
of Jewish organizational leaders, Dr. Yehuda
Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.
It is a thought about the nature of organizations; specifically, membership-based and
other representational organizations.
He says that such groups can really serve three
functions.
First, they can provide for their members.
Second, they can work on behalf of their
members.
Finally, they can operate in the name of their
members.
Providing for the members means offering
them services, tools, and resources.
Working on behalf of their members means
advocating for their immediate interests.
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How AIPAC
lost the Iran fight
Acting in the name of their members means

taking political stances that reflect their members beliefs but do not benefit them directly.
And he notes: These are obviously totally
different activities, requiring different skill sets
and resources, and providing totally different
returns. They invariably will serve different
populations within the organization and alienate
others. Those who want to be provided for but
do not want to be spoken for will suffer when
the various goals are conflated.
He warns: In the current climate with an
open marketplace, the decline of belonging in
general as an inherent inevitability, the rise of
idiosyncratic identity this mission-confusion
seems to be the core challenge for all membership-based institutions (be they rabbinic guilds,
federations, or the like). I suppose it is possible
for an organization to provide for all three functions, though with limited resources it will be
difficult to be really good at all of them; moreover, success in one domain could limit success in another, or at least implicate the work in
another with all sorts of limitations and liabilities. And yet I think many of these organizations
are panicking around their need to compete by
blurring between these goals, to the detriment
of their value.
As an example of that conflict between competing goals, Dr. Kurtzer points to the Rabbinical
Council of Americas resolution against ordaining women that we reported on last week and
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin discusses this week. In reiterating its policy, the RCA may have clarified a
position in the name of its members but it did
not necessarily directly benefit its member rabbis and in fact might have hurt them by directing attention toward an issue theyd just as soon
have lie dormant.
Of course, what is true for one organization
is true for the Jewish community as a whole. To
what extent should we fight for clarity of purpose at the expense of civility or hospitality?
How much should we advocate for our own
direct benefit rather than the broader goals in
which we believe?
How each convention of Jews addresses these
general questions is what will keep Jewish organizational life worth paying attention to for a
million years to come.

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he American Israel Public Affairs Committee is one of the most

important and powerful organizations in the Jewish and proIsrael community. It plays a vital role in preserving and enhancing the U.S.-Israel alliance. However, on the most important
issue affecting Israels future in a generation the Iran nuclear deal
AIPAC failed to deliver. Why was AIPAC unable to prevent this catastrophic
agreement from leaving Israel facing another genocidal threat?
AIPAC has taken fire from multiple directions over its opposition to the
nuclear agreement. Anti-Semites who for years have speciously claimed
the Jewish lobby is omnipotent are, paradoxically, gloating over its
defeat. Many AIPAC supporters, especially Democrats, are furious that
AIPAC challenged the president on what they believe is his legacy foreign
policy achievement.
I believe it was impossible for AIPAC to sit on the sidelines when the
government and opposition in Israel agreed that Irans nuclear ambitions pose an existential threat to the Jewish
State. I, like many supporters of AIPAC, am
less angry than disappointed that the lobby
was not more effective. We knew that this was
an uphill battle; after all, the president is the
most powerful lobbyist and, given the tradition
that politics stop at the waters edge, Congress
rarely challenges policies relating to national
security. Still, I believe AIPAC could have been
more effective in defeating this disastrous
Rabbi
deal. According to a close friend on AIPACs
Shmuley
national board, even AIPAC is doing its own
Boteach
soul-searching through an internal review.
AIPAC can save a lot of time and money on
consultants if its leaders acknowledge they failed to exert enough pressure on members of Congress because of their reluctance to publicly target them. I recognize that AIPAC faces a Catch-22: On one hand, it must
have access to decision-makers to influence policy, and to demonstrate
to its donors that it has clout; on the other hand, the fear of losing that
access sometimes leads AIPAC to hold its fire. The risk of losing access to
the White House, for example, is one of the main reasons AIPAC has very
rarely publicly opposed the presidents policies. Once AIPAC decided to
take on the president, however, it needed to go to the mat to win. Instead,
it pulled its punches.
AIPAC supposedly spent $40 million on the campaign to stop the
nuclear deal. What did it achieve with all that money? It may have helped
win a total of one vote, that of Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who
courageously defied his party. The other three opposing Democrats were
probably unaffected by the campaign. Robert Menendez of New Jersey,
arguably Israels greatest friend in the Senate, came out strongly and early
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against the deal. New Yorks Charles
Schumer was under great pressure from
his supporters and the White House and,
ultimately, angered both by opposing the
deal but refusing to lobby his colleagues
to join him. Ben Cardin came out against
the agreement late, after it was clear the
president had won.
The weakness of AIPACs campaign
was that it focused on the general message that Congress should insist on a better deal with Iran. Ads asked the public to
call their lawmakers to oppose the deal.
This was the wrong approach. Instead,
the ads should have targeted members
by name. They should have documented
the promises each member made to the
community related to Israels security
and say that the voters who put them
in office will hold them accountable for
reneging on those commitments.
Politicians do listen to reasoned arguments and they of course try and make
moral judgments. But they largely make
decisions based less on the persuasiveness of lobbyists than on how they
will be perceived by their constituents
and how much they risk provoking a
challenge in the next election. Unlike
President Obama, AIPAC failed to put
elected leaders on notice by sending an
unequivocal message that there would
be political and electoral consequences
if they did not vote against an agreement that legitimized a genocidal government. Worse, almost immediately
after the vote, AIPAC began to have kiss
and make up meetings with members
to put the nastiness behind them and
return to the status quo ante. There is
no better way to demonstrate ineffectiveness than to communicate the message that the lobby can be defied with
impunity.
It is not too late for AIPAC to stand up
for American values. Rather than forgive
and forget the failure of members of Congress to vote against the catastrophic Iran
deal, AIPAC should demand that they
atone for their misjudgment. Instead of
inviting members to their events or supporting their reelection, they should first
insist they vote to strengthen Israels
qualitative edge, impose sanctions for
violations of UN resolutions related to
ballistic missiles, and delay the lifting of
any sanctions by a minimum of 60 days
every time Iran repeats its genocidal
threats against Israel. If elected officials
do not oppose public calls to genocide,
can they be trusted on any other matter?
The impact of AIPACs defeat is devastating. It created the impression that the
pro-Israel community, and the special
relationship between the United States
and Israel, has been weakened. President Obama accomplished what the
Arab lobby could not; namely, driving
a wedge between the United States and
Israel.
In the short run the Iran debacle has
emboldened the Palestinians whose
intransigence has been consistently
rewarded by this administration. Mahmoud Abbas continues to make threats
about going to the United Nations to seek
recognition of Palestine, condemnation of settlements, and a demand that
the international community force Israel
to capitulate to their demands. Individual Palestinians feel emboldened to
attack Israelis in the street, incited by
blood libels, fabricated claims of threats
to the Temple Mount, religious exhortations, and the Palestinian medias glorification of violence against Jews.
Meanwhile, Israelis feel less inclined
to take risks for peace because they do
not believe they can count on the Obama
Administration to have their back. Thus,
as he did during his first term, Obama
has succeeded in undermining his own
policy objective of solving the Palestinian issue by creating false hopes among
the Palestinians and real fears among the
Israelis.
The long-run damage from AIPACs
failure to defeat the Iran deal is more
ominous. Iran has now been recognized
as a threshold nuclear state. Even under
the rosiest scenario, in which Iran is constrained from building nuclear weapons
during the life of the agreement, there is
no assurance that Iran will not develop a
nuclear weapon after restraints are lifted
in 15 years, a blink of an eye in the timeline of Middle East history.
This may be AIPACs most consequential defeat, but it is not the first time it
has lost and probably will not be the
last. AIPAC remains a bulwark against
the efforts of J Street and others who
wish to paternalistically substitute their
judgment for that of the people of Israel,
and lobby the government to pressure Israel to give in to the demands of
J Streets members sitting comfortably
6,000 miles away where they do not
have to live with the consequences of
their dangerous and ill-informed policy
prescriptions.
AIPAC must regain its stature as the
most powerful foreign policy lobby. It
cannot do so, however, by shying away
from fights that may buck the odds and
the political winds, but still need to be
fought on principal. AIPAC also must
prove that it is too influential to ignore
and that officials who put political considerations before preventing genocide and electoral consideration before
morality will rue the day. The future of
Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship,
and the preservation of American and
democratic values in the Middle East is
too important to play political softball.
Debate over
women and
Orthodoxy
shouldnt have
to end in schism
advanced learning and leadership opportunities for women.

The GPATS (Graduate Program
for Women in Advanced Talmudic Study) track at Yeshiva
University has produced, and
continues to produce, an exemately, as I watch
plary cadre of women scholars
events unfold
who already have made proRabbi Shmuel
found contributions to the
In the modern
Goldin
Jewish world at large; NishOrthodox community, I feel like I am
mats Yoetzet Halacha program
trapped in a bad dream,
actively trains women experts
watching a familiar tragic drama unfold.
in the laws of marriage and family purity,
I already know the ending. I also know,
and many of them now serve as halachic
however, that it does not have to be this
advisors in communities such as my own,
way. That, after all, is what makes it a
and numerous other mainstream Modern
tragedy.
Orthodox congregations have appointed
Modern Orthodoxy is standing on the
women scholars to their staffs in various
brink of an irrevocable split. Sides are
capacities.
being ever-more-clearly drawn over a
Quietly and without fanfare, quality
series of critical issues, including womens
leadership tracks for women not identical but parallel to the rabbinical track for
role in Judaism, the acceptance of LGBT
men have been created. Following the
individuals into the Orthodox community,
model that has unfolded time and again
conversion, changes in prayer ritual, and
in Jewish history, evolutionary change has
more. On one side of the divide stand the
occurred within the confines of the halaopen Orthodox, advocating immediate,
cha, not supported by all, but not ripping
radical change. On the other side stand
the community apart. And that change
the centrists, self-appointed protectors
was poised to continue and grow.
of the status quo. At the extremes, both
This peaceful process ended, however,
sides are becoming increasingly strident
with the unilateral public move to ordain
and militant. An example of this troubling
women on the part of the open Orthophenomenon is evidenced in a recent
dox establishment. Suddenly, we were
series of events surrounding the question
no longer dealing with parallel tracks for
of womens leadership within the Orthodox community.
men and women, but with the proposal
In response to the continuing ordination
of identical tracks. The buzzwords ordination and rabbi were now called into
of women and the appointment of these
play, raising a hue and cry on the part of
women to rabbinical positions in the open
halachic authorities across the Orthodox
Orthodox community, a recent resolution was put forward by members of the
community. The blurring of the traditional
Rabbinical Council of America, reiterating
lines between the roles of men and women
that organizations long-standing opposiin Judaism became at issue, causing the
tion to womens ordination. Many within
unfolding path of women toward leadership to become publicly charged and
the RCA, including me, opposed this resolution, feeling the repetition of the RCAs
controversial. The right wing of the centrist community coalesced in opposition
already stated position to be unnecessary.
to any changes or advancements on this
Nonetheless, the resolution passed.
front, questioning even those steps that,
The reaction from the other side was
until then, had been tacitly approved. The
swift and harsh. Critical statements aimed
left wing of open Orthodoxy responded by
at the RCA were immediately issued by
accusing those unwilling to accept their
JOFA (the Jewish Orthodox Feminists Association) and other open Orthodox instituautonomous steps as intransigent and
tions, articles appeared in the press accusobstructionist.
ing the RCA of being confrontational.
The peaceful path towards womens
An original song mocking the RCA even
leadership, like similar paths in other controversial areas, became the subject of a
appeared on YouTube. The extremists on
bitter divide.
both side of the fence again held sway, and
Perhaps, and I deeply hope this to be
the modern Orthodox community was
true, its not too late to roll back the clock,
pulled even further apart.
to save the modern Orthodox community
A review of overall trends over these
from itself.
past years, however, reveals that the divisive path evidenced by this interchange
In a recent extraordinary panel discussion at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale,
was not inevitable. For years, many centrist modern Orthodox rabbis and instituI framed the critical issues before us by
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tions have worked diligently to increase
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin leads Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood and is a former
president of the Rabbinical Council of America.
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noting the two covenants that God

contracts with the Israelite nation at
the dawn of its history: the covenant
at Sinai and the covenant on the last
day of Moshes life. Rabbi Joseph
Soloveitchik identifies both of these
agreements as clear and distinct.
The contract at Sinai represents a
national covenant, in which all Jews
are included simply by being Jews, by
birth or by choice. The second agreement, in contrast, is a direct personal
contract between God and each individual Jew, across time. This agreement, unlike the first, is not automatic.
It must be carefully and personally
maintained, through thought and
through action.
Why, I asked, are these two covenants necessary? Why doesnt one
suffice? Because, I answered, both
of these covenants must be mutually
respected. The maintenance of that
mutual respect, in fact, sums up the
challenge of each Jewish generation.
In every era, the community must
respect the covenant of the individual. It is the task of the community
to enfranchise as many individuals as
possible; to create and present a Judaism that is warm, relevant, engaging,
and welcoming; to provide opportunities for fulfillment for those who knock
on its door. At the same time, however,
individuals must respect the national
covenant. The overarching worth of
the halachic process, the process that
has maintained Jewish identity across
the ages, must be recognized. Values
such as tradition and continuity, so
essential to the unfolding of Jewish
law, must be appreciated. The Judaism shaped in our day must be recognizable to the author of the Shulchan
Aruch (the Code of Jewish Law), even
as we respond to the unique challenges of our time. Only if both the
national covenant and the covenant of
the individual are mutually respected
will our generation succeed in meeting
its historical mandate.
Can modern Orthodoxy pull back
from the divide? Can sober leaders
across the communitys spectrum find
a way to talk to each other about our
mutual goals without rancor? Can we
set aside our own egos? Can we fashion a Judaism that is relevant and
traditional at the same time? Can we
rediscover ways to move forward, yet
remain loyal to the call of the ages? Can
we avert the tragedy of our own division before its too late?
I pray to God that we can.
Personally, I look forward to waking
up from this bad dream.
The time of our convening
he end of the Jewish holiday season

opportunity to push our constituencies out of their
has brought a new season to the Jewish
comfort zones as we collectively explore new ideas
communal calendar: the time of our
and approaches. Breakout sessions address the
convening.
most current topics and opportunities confronting
Dad, where are you going this week? has become
our community today with learning to bring back
the common question in my household. Similarly, I
locally.
imagine my team at work also wonders when I will
The efficiency of gathering together, generally
be back in the office.
with a cross-section of lay and professional leaders
We are in the midst of enough organizational confrom foundations, federations, and other commuventions, conferences, and gatherings to keep your
Jeremy J.
nal institutions advances our collective thinking.
Fingerman
head spinning. This week, the news has been about
Hallway conversations always provide helpful feedback, perspectives, and insights. You cant replace
the Jewish Federations of North Americas General
the face-to-face interactions. Relationships are
Assembly in Washington, D.C. and the International
made and reinforced just by being
Kinus of Chabad Schluchim in New
there and being part of the conYork. Last week, the Union for
versations. As I think about my
Reform Judaism brought together
calendar, I know this is time well
its members in Orlando. Next week,
spent.
it is the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaisms turn with its
At a recent Schusterman Foundation Convergence, a number
biennial outside of Chicago.
of national platform organizaAnd this is not just a domestic
tions explored a range of possiexercise. Besides these conferences
ble collaborations; we agreed on
in the U.S., worldwide organizations
the importance of emerging Jewsuch as the World Zionist Congress
ish leadership development and
and World Conference of Jewish
enhancement efforts, and we disCommunity Centers have convened
cussed the use of big data in our
in Jerusalem. These are only a few
work. By coming together, and
examples of our communal gatherings taking place during this season.
carving out time to generate new
My own field of Jewish campideas, seek feedback, and sharpen
ing has also been actively attending
thinking, these gatherings break
other convenings, such as the inaudown silos, advance projects, and
gural Ruderman Inclusion Summit
produce results.
in Boston and the Harold Grinspoon
I should also comment as a
Foundations annual camp conferconvener. When our Foundation
ence in Springfield, MA. I confess
produces such a gathering, we
that Foundation for Jewish Camp has
spend significant time preparing all aspects of the event, from
contributed to some of the calendar
content and facilitation to logispressure, hosting a Funders Summit on Jewish Camp recently in Los
tics (and of course, food!) The
Angeles.
intentionality is well-appreciated
Whats going on?
by the attendees. We know those
I dont recall hearing of other
little details add up to create an
groups or religions gathering
environment which is worthwhile
together so frequently. Comparing to my own previous experifor the attendees and the conveners alike.
ence in the corporate world, while others may gather for a global
In Los Angeles at our recent Funders Summit on Jewish Camp,
leadership summit here or a regional team meeting there, the frephilanthropists and professionals came together in person to
quency pales in comparison to our Jewish world.
build and deepen relationships and to dream about what Jewish
Why so much communal time and resources spent on getting
camp can be for our communal future. We generated new ideas
together in so many different configurations?
and approaches for engaging families with young children, attracting and retaining teens, and developing college-aged counselors
The most compelling theory I can devise is this: It is just who
into emerging Jewish leaders at camp, on campus, and beyond.
we are from our very beginnings. The Jewish people were commanded to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem three times a year
We are now busy planning Leaders Assembly, March 6-8, 2016,
for holy convocations. Our three festivals were celebrations
our biennial gathering of more than 700 day and overnight camp
of different harvest periods in which we all came together as
professionals, lay leaders, educators, and philanthropists. We
one. Somehow, miraculously, we all united together to pray as
are working hard to make sure the topics are fresh, relevant, and
one nation. (I cant imagine how important the event planners
responsive to the needs of our attendees, and that together we will
must have been back then to make sure everyone had what they
help capture the future.
needed without hotels and convention centers!)
For our Jewish community, there is magic in coming together
At one level, attending and participating in these events can be
and engaging with one another. We are far stronger together than
exhausting. Plenary sessions, workshops, and breakouts fill the
when we operate exclusively in silos.
schedule. Add tefillot, meals, and late night receptions and you
Just as we made the pilgrimage three times a year to Jerusalem,
can imagine the days and nights are very long.
I gladly make the pilgrimage to Newark Airport to participate in
However, on another level, these events provide a glimpse of
our Jewish communal conversation.
the glorious future we have as a people. I find the agendas relevant
Jeremy J. Fingerman is the CEO of the Foundation for Jewish
and stimulating. The keynote speakers often provide thought-provoking challenges, such as Charles Bronfman at the URJ last week
Camp. He lives in Englewood with his family; he is vice president
regarding Birthright trips or David Gregorys call this week at the
of Congregation Ahavath Torah there. Write to him at Jeremy@
GA to renew and deepen our faith. These gatherings give us the
jewishcamp.org.
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A slight correction is in order to your

article on responses to the recent resolution adopted by the RCA on the topic
of womens spiritual leadership in the
Orthodox community (November 6).
The International Rabbinic Fellowship
(IRF) does not represent the branch
of modern Orthodoxy often called
open Orthodoxy.
The men and women of the IRF are
graduates of a wide range of yeshivot
and learning programs from across the
spectrum of modern Orthodoxy and
religious Zionism. Its more than 200
members include rabbis, clery, communal scholars, and educators, some
of whom would categorize themselves
as dati leumi, some as modern Orthodox, some as open Orthodox, and
some as just plain Orthodox.
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot
Teaneck
states as soon as Israel was officially a

nation. I was naive about Zionism, the
return of Jews to their biblical homeland. They told me that equipment
ranging from rifles to airplanes were
being made available to them, but they
were short on training in the use of
American small arms. They explained
they had a secret training base at a
farm on the outskirts of Regensburg
and asked if I would spare a day or
two to help them out.
I said Id try and I did.
Hayman served in the United
States Air Force in World War II,
helped in the creation of the Israeli
Air Force, and served as its deputy
commander in chief during the
War of Independence. In 1951, he
left the air force to become director of operations and maintenance
for El Al.
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The article Above and Beyond (October 23) took me back some 70 years,
when I was a young lieutenant on leave
from the U.S. Army, visiting my mother.
An old family friend, Hayman Shamir,
was monopolizing the hall phone. He
was a frequent visitor, so that was no
surprise. The surprise was his mission,
which he confided to me. He was using
our phone in his negotiations for the
purchase and transport of decommissioned planes; the planes were to be
the nucleus of a future Israeli Air Force.
I believe that he was also involved in
recruiting Irish pilots to ferry the planes
to Israel through diverse imaginative
routes, as you say in your piece.
While stationed in Germany, I was
approached by men I assumed to be British officers because of their mustaches,
manners, and accents. I soon learned
they were former British officers preparing for the defense of future Israel in
the war that would be launched by Arab
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Opinion
Anti-Zionism is Racism
his week marks the 40th anniversary of one of

the worst instances of anti-Semitism since the
end of the Second World War. On Nov. 10, 1975,
the United Nations a body created out of the
ashes of the Holocaust passed General Assembly Resolution 3379, which equated Zionism, the Jewish national liberation movement, with racism and racial discrimination.
That resolution was the culmination of a lengthy campaign by the Soviet Union to turn Israel into the only
state within the U.N. system to have its legitimacy questioned. Soviet Jews had been persecuted in the name of
anti-Zionism since the days of Josef Stalins dictatorship,

and Resolution 3379 represented the globalization of that
campaign. To that end, the Soviets enlisted the support of
Arab states and developing nations, all of whom, in promoting the slander that Zionism is racism, were engaging in the
oldest form of racism themselves.
Only a handful of people at the General Assembly grasped
this fundamental fact back in 1975. One of them was
Chaim Herzog, the Israeli ambassador to the world body.
In his magnificent speech commemorated at a special
event hosted by Israels U.N. mission this week Herzog
reminded the delegates of

another anniversary, also
on Nov. 10: Kristallnacht,
that dreadful winters night
in 1938 when Nazi stormtroopers attacked defenseless Jewish targets across
Germany. The pogrom
resulted in the incarceraBen Cohen
tion of 30,000 Jews, the
murder of around 100, and
the burning of thousands of
synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses.
It is indeed befitting, began Herzog, as he proceeded to eviscerate the assembled delegates, that
this debate, conceived in the desire to deflect the
Middle East from its moves towards peace, and born
of a deep pervading feeling of anti-Semitism, should
take place on the anniversary of this day. It is indeed
befitting, Mr. President, that the United Nations,
which began its life as an anti-Nazi alliance, should
thirty years later find itself on its way to becoming
the world center of anti-Semitism. Hitler would have
felt at home on a number of occasions during the
past year, listening to the proceedings in this forum,
and above all to the proceedings during the debate
on Zionism.
A similarly eloquent appeal to conscience was
expressed by the American ambassador to the U.N.,
Daniel Patrick Moynihan. From the same rostrum as
Herzog, Moynihan announced, The United States
rises to declare before the General Assembly of the
United Nations, and before the world, that it does not
acknowledge, it will not abide by, it will never acquiesce in this infamous act. The joint outrage displayed
by Herzog and Moynihan was a moving testament to
the values that bind the U.S. and Israel.
Predictably, the resolution passed. Less predictably,
it was rescinded in 1991 appropriately on the eve of
the Soviet Unions collapse after a U.S.-led campaign
that saw President George H.W. Bush personally introduce the resolution of revocation. Zionism is not a
policy; it is the idea that led to the creation of a home
for the Jewish people, to the State of Israel, Bush said.
And to equate Zionism with the intolerable sin of racism is to twist history and forget the terrible plight of
Jews in World War II and, indeed, throughout history.
To equate Zionism with racism is to reject Israel itself,
a member of good standing of the United Nations.
But as we know only too well, the slander that Zionism is racism survived that revocation, in much the
same way that Holocaust denial has persisted even
though its illegal in many states. In essence, nothing
has really changed: in the name of fighting racism, the
same lies and deceits are advanced in order to encourage anti-Semitism.
The U.N. remains the foremost forum for the expression of these odious views. Its not just that the U.N.
Human Rights Council continues to focus on Israels
alleged misdeeds with a disproportionality that is
laughable. Arguably worse is the fact that, on the same
day that Resolution 3379 was passed, a separate resolution authorized the creation of an entire Palestinian
propaganda department at the U.N., an entity that
eventually became the Division for Palestinian Rights.
That division, with an annual budget of several million
dollars, still exists.
A few years ago, while writing a piece about Israel
Opinion
and the U.N., I asked a European diplomat in New York about the likelihood
of abolishing the Division for Palestinian Rights, assuming that the political
will could be summoned by the worlds
democracies. Once something exists at
the U.N., he guardedly responded, its
quite hard to abolish it.
This was another way of saying that
without the support of the Arab and
Islamic states and their allies, nothing can
be created or dismantled at the U.N. And
why, the reasoning would logically proceed, bother picking a fight over a body
that 99 percent of the worlds population,
including the vast majority of Palestinians,
have never even heard of?
As a statement of pragmatism, there is
a good deal of merit in this argument. But
as is the case when pragmatism is the only
consideration in politics, there is very little
moral imagination in evidence. The continued existence of the Division of Palestinian Rights tells us that the Zionism equals
Racism resolution was never properly
rescinded.
Indeed, when you read the text of the
resolution that created one of the committees operated by the division Resolution 3376 of November 10, 1975 you
understand why the U.N. feels licensed

to discriminate against Israel. That resolution, which never mentions Israel by
name, is by the same token committed to
the Jewish states elimination through its
endorsement of the right of return for
the descendants of Palestinian refugees.
And its still on the books.
Forty years after the passage of Resolution 3379, I dare to hope that a diplomat
with sufficient courage and vision will
launch a campaign to complete the task
of its rescinding, by abolishing these propaganda bodies and replacing them with
competent agencies dedicated to fostering
cooperation between Israel and the Arab
world. That would be both a real contribution to the cause of peace and confirmation of a deeper truth that anti-Zionism
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o very many Jews.

So very many words.
So very little time.
This year, about 3,000
Jews mainly the lay leaders whose energy and philanthropy fuel North Americas wellnetworked federation system and the
high-level staffers who support them, as
well as a large cohort of college students
whose subsidized presence at the threeday combined conference/festival give
it energy came to Washington D.C. for
the Jewish Federations of North Americas
annual General Assembly.
The crowd included about 25 representatives of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, headed by its president,
Jayne Petak, its immediate past president, Dr. Tzvi Marans, its executive director, Jason Shames, its managing director
for financial resource development, Jodi
Heimler, and its managing director for
community planning and impact, Lisa
Harris Glass.
There were far too many plenaries and
breakout sessions and informal meetings
over coffee or flavored water or Scotch

to detail and no reader would have the
stamina to read all of them, even if any
writer would have the internal fortitude to
write them so here instead, and perhaps
in a spirit more reflective of the event, are
some scattered impressions.
The first plenary, on Sunday afternoon,
was held in the vast ballroom of the hotel
that housed both the representatives and
the conference. Its stage, like all the conferences promotional materials, was
decorated in bright pastels, all soft-edged,
with lots of thought-bubble shapes, meant
to signify youth and energy. Think forward, the GAs catchphrase urged us.
Rosalie Abella, the first Jewish woman to
sit on Canadas Supreme Court, eloquent
and moving, was the first speaker. She is
the daughter of Holocaust survivors who
lost everything, including their first child,
but who determined never to let that stop
them, and taught their children both perseverance and the possibility of joy. As
she stood dwarfed on the huge bare stage
but in close-up on the two screens that
flanked her, she cried as she remembered
her parents and their lessons. Her parents
had been leaders wherever they were,
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born. Somehow, they flourished. There
was no anger, no bitterness, no fear, she
said. Only hope.
Next, the news-anchor-turned memoirist David Gregory took the stage. Hes tall,
lanky, and used to being told that he doesnt
look Jewish. Hes a charming and funny
speaker. He talked about his Jewish journey
(a phrase that occurred more frequently
than perhaps it should have, because it
does tend to lose potency with repetition,
although its nature eludes me.)

Jewish law is wise in dictating that we
bury our dead immediately, and mourn
for them in company for a week. Mr. Gregory, I thought (and it is necessary to speak
in the first person here, because Mr. Gregorys presentation was so intensely personal), would have been far better served
had he been able to talk about his father
when he was surrounded by family and
friends, who could comfort him and share
stories of his father, rather than being
Think forward, each of us,

individually and locally, and think
forward as one huge sprawling
brawling ultimately accepting
bound-together community.
but maybe thats just an editor speaking);
neither his mother nor his wife are Jewish
but both he and his son are. He talked about
faith he was brought up without it, discovered it recently, and now is open about
his heartfelt and ongoing search for God, a
search he undertakes as a Jew.
He also was perhaps more personal
and unguarded a speaker than most of us
would have anticipated. His father, who
loomed massively in his life, had died just
two days ago, he said. He had canceled
most of his engagements, and planned to
fly to California for the funeral once this
one was over, but he felt his connection to
the Jewish community, and his obligation
to it, was far too strong for him to back out
of this one.
Mr. Gregory talked about his father with
raw feeling. He cried. (It was striking that he
was the second of the first two speakers, in
a room fluffed with candy-colored clouds, at
a conference about Thinking Forward, to
cry about his parents. There is a truth there,
alone on a huge stage, dwarfed by it, sending his grief out to 3,000 strangers.
Next, the actress Debra Messing, in a
beautiful red dress, looking a bit like Judy
Garland, talked about how lonely it was
to grow up in Rhode Island, where there
were almost no Jews and she learned how
to pretend not to care. She found her first
freedom as a Jew at Brandeis, she said,
but Hollywood is a hard place for religious
observance. Unless youre at the very top,
sure, you can take off for the holidays
but youll have no job to return to. Its a
very 1 percent problem, to be sure very
few of us have to worry about our jobs on
a hit television show but she was moving
as she discussed its adverse affects on her.
Next, a panel moderated by David Horovitz, the founder and editor of the Times of
Israel, the website with which we are partnered and whose blog platform we share,
took on the problem of the Middle East
or at least as much of the problem as could
be crammed into the time it had. It was a
Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro, United States ambassador to the State of Israel,

right, being interviewed by Jacob Kamaras of JNS.org, left.
Canadian Supreme Court justice Rosalie Abella shed a tear for her parents,
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The GA delegation from the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
distinguished group American diplomat Dennis Ross,

Canadian former minister of justice and attorney general
Irwin Cotler, and former Washington Post Jerusalem correspondent Janine Zacharia. Theyre all Jewish, all smart,
all committed to Israel. They were all clear-eyed, their
disagreements with each other were apparent but muted.
Mr. Cotler, who is a political liberal and a member of Canadas Liberal party and always has been a vocal Zionist,
got the strongest response, when he said that BDS is dangerous. When people support it, he said, They are giving
real human rights violators a free pass. By focusing on
Israel, shifting attention away from countries that countenance or impose horrors on their citizens, we provide
exculpatory immunity to those countries. State-sponsored terrorism, state-sanctioned toxicity, generates hate.
It ends up as state-sponsored hate.
Ms. Zacharia, who now teaches at Stanford, added
that the effect of BDS is not having more than a symbolic impact on Israels economy, but it has a big
impact on Jewish students on campus. They are really
struggling.
That evening, the GA went to the National Gallery
of Art for drinks, dessert, and the chance to wander
around the museum.
It was spectacular. It was built in the classical style, all
elegant and inviting open spaces. We walked through
the entry and into an enclosed courtyard with lights in
little clusters way up in the wavy white ceiling its hard
to explain in words but it works. Then we roamed the
halls, focusing on the presidents gallery, where we had
a chance to study the portraits of each of our presidents,
from many versions of George Washington, including
the iconic ones by Gilbert Stuart, to the huge, fascinating-to-look-at-and-symbolically-accurate Chuck Close
rendering of Bill Clinton.
Theres something magical about being in a museum
at night. We felt it.
The next morning brought more breakout sessions
including one, introduced by Ms. Petak and structured
like speed-dating, with participants moving from one of

five tables to the next and leaders giving each presentation five times that featured Ms. Glass. She talked
about how our federation restructured afternoon religious schools; she also gave an object lesson in how to
handle people who want to wrench the discussion from,
say, how to restructure afternoon religious schools to
how Israel treats Palestinians on the west bank. (You say,
in a kind but firm tone, that you are there to discuss how
to restructure afternoon religious schools; you allow
both your words and your own charisma to sink in. It
works or, at least, I can testify that it worked.)
I met many college students at that session; all of
them were enthusiastic about the chance to continue
their involvement in Jewish life. They would never have
considered going had they not been subsidized, but it
seems likely that once they are out in the work world,
they will think seriously about being involved with their
local federations.
Next, a long pre-lunch plenum showed the pitfalls
of too many speakers in too little time. A series of very
good speakers with very good ideas including Natan
Sharansky, Leslie Wexner, Jeremy Heimans, Dan Pallotta, and Rabbi Michael Uram ended up almost canceling each other out, as listeners, packed around cutleried-but-foodless lunch tables, started to wilt.
Mr. Heimans, a young philanthropic Australian entrepreneur, still managed to stand out. He played a video of
himself as a preternaturally grown-up 11-year-old being
interviewed by a wide-eyed reporter; he must have been
insufferable but he was also both adorable and amazingly impressive. He also showed a video of an Arabicspeaking young Syrian man who rescues Syrians from
bombings. The video included scenes of the rescue of
a two-week-old baby from rubble produced by a Syrian
bomb. Maybe there were people in the room who were
not crying, but I couldnt see them. My own eyes were
far too wet.
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meeting was folded into the GA. One of
the AJPAs events, on Monday afternoon,
featured Atlantic writer Peter Beinart,
whose writing on Israel has been controversial, in conversation with Haaretzs
Chemi Shalev. He talked about Israel,
but he also said that the real divide is
between Jews who are part of the established Jewish community and Jews who
are not.
Compare a day-school kid in Teaneck
to a child of a mixed marriage in Denver, he said. In order to include those
Jews who are outside our tent right now,
we have to enlarge it in ways that might
seem subversive, he said. We have to
listen to many ideas that might seem
dangerous.
Next, there was a special field trip for
AJPA members. We went to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for
a meeting with Dan Shapiro, the U.S.
ambassador to Israel, as well as two
other administration representatives.
The process of getting into the building is eye-opening. We all had filled out
forms that included our social security numbers last week; our IDs were
checked against that information at the
gate and then we were allowed, one at a
time, through a door and up to another
security kiosk. There everything was
checked again, we were given passes,
the guards did some legerdemain, and
we passed, one at a time, into a little
room where a guard and a dog stood
behind a short wall. Then more security, and then, finally, we were inside
the building where we were given
no directions and basically headed off
toward the sound of voices.
The room in which we eventually
found ourselves is gorgeous. Spectacular. Its formal, with a huge brass chandelier hanging over a long polished
wooden table. The colors were muted
reds and golds. Its the diplomatic reception room, next to the suite of offices
where the congressman and secretary of
state Cordell Hull once worked and that
now carry his name.
In contrast to the splendor, the speakers carried nameplates that might have
been thin plastic but looked like cardboard, which they plopped on the table
in front of them.
Mr. Shapiro said nothing that we had
not heard before, but he said it both
carefully and well. Yes, the administration is very much in favor of a two-state
solution, and it is concerned that the
lack of progress toward that solution,
and the feelings of disillusionment that
accompany it, make it harder to attain,
but it is still the goal. And yes, the Iran
deal is the best answer to the problem
of Iran not only for the United States
but for Israel as well. And yes, President
Obama is deeply committed to Israel.
The other two speakers Roy Austin,
who is on the domestic policy council,
and Matt Nosanchuk, of the office of public engagement were off the record,
they said. They both spoke with passion and commitment; neither said anything that would have shocked anyone
had we been able to write about it. Mr.
Austin described some of the presidents
domestic goals in his last 400-some-odd
days in office, and Mr. Nosanchuk talked
about his path to the job he now holds,
and his deep belief in the soundness and
wisdom of the Iran deal.
On Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the
GAs final plenary. We were told to leave
our bags behind, to ease the crunch at
security, so most of us showed up toting
fewer belongings than usual many of
us felt nearly naked as a result.
The security line opened at 9:30; the
talk was scheduled for 11:30 and happened on time. The presence of many
security guards whose numbers were
augmented soon before Bibi and his wife,
Sarah, arrived added to the sense of
occasion, and the long wait led to many
long, good personal conversations.
By the time the Netanyahus arrived,
they got a standing ovation. When
he spoke, though, the prime minister seemed subdued, his charisma not
particularly apparent. His talk seemed

aimed at telling people what they wanted to
hear a paean to Israel as the worlds prime
start-up nation, an attack on anti-Semitism,
a request that we all support Israel as much
and as vocally as possible.
Mr. Netanyahu stressed Israels position
as a bastion of liberal values, the only such
fortress in the Middle East. He talked about
the country as a haven for Christians and
the LGBT community. He also said that he is
sitting at a round table with representatives
of all religious streams, including the liberal
ones, and that he is making progress on an
agreement that will settle some of the issues
at the Kotel, where struggles over womens
ability to pray publicly often have boiled
over. He did not, however, offer any details.
He did not say much about the Iran deal,
but he did say that it is important to work
with the United States to ensure that Iran
lives up to its commitments, and to be vigilant against terror coming from the Islamic
Republic. He also stressed the depth and
importance of the relationship between
the United States and Israel, and President
Obamas commitment to keeping Israel safe.
The GA is an enormous undertaking.
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role models. Like all such huge meetings, it
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old friends, form new relationships, both for
business and for genuine friendship, and feel
a part of something much bigger. All this is
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At Reform biennial, a focus on social justice and tradition

URIEL HEILMAN
ORLANDO, FLA. Growing up in a traditional Jewish household, Joan Cubell
didnt really know much about Reform
Judaism.
But after obtaining ordination a few
years ago from a little-known rabbinical
institute in suburban New York, Cubell
decided to make her home in the Reform
movement. First she got a job as the
leader of the Reform Temple Beth Shira
in Boca Raton, Florida, and more recently
she launched her own start-up congregation in Boca, Beit Kulam, Hebrew for
House of Everyone.
Reforms the way to go because I
believe in pluralism, Cubell said in an
interview at the biennial conference of
the Union for Reform Judaism, which
took place here Nov. 4-8.
I like what the movement has to offer.
Theyre more welcoming, and I think you
should be welcoming. I think the Conservative movement is too stuck on rituals,
Cubell said. You should just be Jewish
and practice the way you want.
Cubell was among the 5,000 or so participants at the Reform conference, which
was as much a pep rally and celebration
of Reform Judaism as it was a place for
Jews to learn, network, and strategize
about improving their congregations and
Reform Jewish life.
Highlights included a Saturday evening
address by Vice President Joe Biden and
the passage of a groundbreaking resolution embracing transgender rights.
Among the steps the movement endorsed
were transgender cultural training for
religious school staff, gender-neutral
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the Union for Reform Judaism president, speaking at the movements biennial conference in Orlando,
Fla., Nov. 7, 2015.
restrooms where possible, and sermons

on transgender issues.
We can create a 21st-century Reform
Judaism that is inclusive, adaptable and
thriving, said Daryl Messinger of Palo
Alto, California, the new chair of the
unions board of trustees and the first
woman ever to hold Reform Judaisms
Left to right, Beth Schafer, Julie Silver, Peri Smilow and Michelle Citrin singing
If I Had a Hammer at the Union for Reform Judaism biennial conference in
Orlando, Fla., Nov. 6, 2015.
PHOTOS COURTESY URJ
top lay post.

For many participants, however, the
real highlight came not from the wellproduced onstage presentations, many of
which focused on social justice issues, but
from the excitement of being with thousands of other Reform Jews, connecting
with old friends, and choosing from a rich
tapestry of sessions and religious services.
This is a big, liberal Jewish conference
with tons of amazing things; its great,
raved one attendee, Lee Epstein, a firstyear student at the Conservative movements Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
in Los Angeles, who had been to two previous Reform biennials..
Just because the conference is based
in another denomination is not a reason
not to come, Epstein said. As someone
studying to become a rabbi in America,
being here allows me not only to build
relationships with people out there but
also to learn. Only good can come of it.
Epstein, who is saying the Kaddish
memorial prayer for his late father, organized an impromptu afternoon service in
a hallway at the biennial, drawing some
curious onlookers. While such a service
might have been unthinkable at a Reform
conference a generation ago, these days
many Reform Jews are embracing elements of tradition.
Today, we Reform Jews are no longer
allergic to everything in traditional Judaism, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the
Union for Reform Judaism, said in his keynote address, which was devoted largely
to bolstering tikkun olam, or repairing the world, as a gateway to Reform
Judaism.
We can and should reinterpret what
prayer, kashrut, and Shabbat are, how
Jewish study and practice can be the
underpinning to a life of tikkun olam,
Jacobs said. They can give us the balance
and strength to labor daily to do justice in
our time.
Some attendees at the biennial wore
tzitzit ritual fringes under their shirts, and
many men and women sported yarmulkes. When it came to worship, the conference offered a wide variety of choices.
On the second day of the conference,
the options for the evening prayer service included an experimental contemporary service led by Rabbi Judy Schindler,
daughter of the late Reform leader Alexander Schindler; a choir-led Classical
Reform service; and a theater-style service with song, poetry and a dramatic
reading by actors from the 1997 bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch
Albom. As is common in the Reform
movement, music was a centerpiece of
all three services.
While a few moments generated headlines the transgender resolution, the
applause for Biden when he criticized
Israeli settlements, Jacobs call on diaspora Jews not to support the misguided
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policies of Israeli leaders, philanthropist Charles

Bronfmans call for Reform to outdo Chabad when it
comes to organizing Birthright Israel trips much of
the conference was devoted to the four subject areas
prioritized by URJ organizers: strengthening congregations, audacious hospitality, tikkun olam, and
Jewish study.
At one of many sessions devoted to audacious
hospitality a Jacobs buzzword that he has made
a centerpiece of his presidency conference goers
enacted and then deconstructed different ways to
greet entrants to the synagogue. Among the takeaways from the session, which was led by a professional actress and Jewish educator, Cantor Rebecca
Joy Fletcher: Dont make in jokes during synagogue
announcements, devise ways to steer clear of being
cliquey at Shabbat oneg events, ask newcomers if
they would like to be seated with someone, and dont
overdo it if a newcomer wants to be left alone.
Think about the principles of how Abraham welcomed his guests, Fletcher said. The first thing
For us, being religious

is not about being
dogmatic, intolerant, or
unchanging. Its about
living a life of depth
and commitment.
RABBI RICK JACOBS
Abraham does is look, see, and discern. If you ask

them a question, wait for their answer.
In a well-attended session on the unions new
model for congregational dues, Reform leaders
earned mostly high praise for simplifying and reducing the fees that congregations must pay to be URJ
members. The new model 4 percent of a congregations adjusted operating revenue, with a few
exclusions and readjustments every two years will
reduce the URJs congregational revenue by $1.5 million. Under the old model, which was based on a congregations expenses and membership, the URJ took
in $22 million from congregations last year, down
from $35 million in 2008, before the financial crisis
hit. At present, more than 40 percent of the URJs
860 or so member congregations receive some form
of dues assistance.
In his keynote speech, Jacobs said the movement
isnt interested in just keeping the lights on, but in
doing something of ultimate significance.
We believe that we were put on this earth not to
take up space or punch the time clock of our years,
but rather to move our people and our world closer
to the redeemed world envisioned by our prophets
a world of justice, compassion, and wholeness,
Jacobs said. For us, being religious is not about being
dogmatic, intolerant, or unchanging. Its about living
a life of depth and commitment. It shapes who we are
and leads us to build just communities, which in turn
shape a more just, compassionate, and whole world.
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Pew analysis
For Reform Jews, some good news on engagement
STEVEN M. COHEN
hile the 2013 Pew survey

uncovered some disturbing evidence of lower levels of Jewish engagement
among young people, the same survey
contains several pieces of good news for
Reform Jews 5,000 of whom gathered
last week in Orlando for the movements
biennial conference organized by the
Union for Reform Judaism.
Since 1990, Reform synagogue members not only grew in number, but they
held steady on several measures of Jewish
engagement, even as their rate of intermarriage soared and the number with predominantly Jewish friends declined. The
positive indicators point to the movement
having the human assets it will need as it
confronts a variety of challenges ahead.
These inferences, which must be
regarded with caution, derive from comparisons I drew between the 1990 National
Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) and the
Pew survey. While both studies are highly
regarded by survey professionals, such

comparisons are tricky, in part owing to
the vastly different survey methodologies.
(As Pew surveyed individuals in 2013 and
NJPS surveyed households in 1990, I converted the 1990 respondents to stand for
individual adult Jews rather than the entire
household.)
That said, it appears that the numbers
of Reform synagogue members rose from
about 623,000 in 1990 to approximately
756,000 in 2013, commensurate with the
expanding number of adult Jews overall,
which grew from 4.3 million to 5.3 million
during the same time period. In addition,
with intermarriage four times higher in
2013 than in 1990 (31 percent of married
Jews vs. less than 8 percent in 1990 among
Reform temple members), far more nonJews were affiliated with Reform temples
in 2013 than their rather paltry numbers
in 1990 when intermarriage was far more
rare.
Along with the increase in intermarriage
came a decrease in the number of Reform
temple members with mostly Jewish close
friends. Standing at 36 percent in 2013,

the comparable number had been 49 percent in 1990. Obviously, Jewish spouses
and Jewish friends go hand in hand, both
empirically and metaphorically.
Despite the increased intermarriage
and diminished Jewish social networks
(aka Jewish friends and family), the 1990
to 2013 period saw hardly any change in
the proportions who celebrate Jewish
holidays, to take one telling domain of
Jewish engagement. For Reform temple
members, seder attendance reached 94
percent in 2013, just above the 91 percent
reported in 1990. It looks like Yom Kippur
fasting also grew, to 75 percent, from the
70 percent 23 years earlier. Attending High
Holiday services (at least at some point)
reached 95 percent among temple members, jumping markedly from 81 percent in
1990. In another domain, the proportion
that said they gave something to Jewish
charities also ticked upward to 85 percent
from 80 percent.
To be sure, not all indicators of Jewish
engagement moved upward. The survey
comparisons show slight declines in some

other indicators. Comparing 2013 with
1990, we find drops in monthly service
attendance (34 percent in 2013 vs. 40 percent in 1990), in usually lighting Shabbat
candles (21 percent now vs. 27 percent
then), in belonging to a Jewish organization (46 percent vs. 49 percent in 1990),
and in feeling that being Jewish is very
important (a slight decline to 60 percent
from 63 percent in 1990).
But given the surveys differences in
sampling, in how respondents understood
the questions, in the way they were interviewed and in whom they represent, we
cant take the small differences in either
direction too seriously.
The overall conclusion: Not only did
Reform temples affiliate more adult Jews in
2013, but the Jews who joined them were
as active in Jewish life if not more so as
their counterparts in 1990.
Now, any discussion of Reform temple
members immediately provokes curiosity
about Reform-identified non-members.
From 1990 to 2013, how did they change?
5 questions for the first woman

to chair the Union for Reform Judaism
AMI EDEN
ORLANDO Last week was a big one for
Daryl Messinger. A resident of Palo Alto,
California, and an active board member
of several organizations, Messinger was
installed as chair of the Union for Reform
Judaism, becoming the first woman to
hold that post. And she chanted Torah for
the first time in front of 5,000 worshippers at Shabbat morning services. Following the movements biennial here, Messinger answered a few questions via email.
JTA: What are your thoughts on becoming the first woman to chair the Union
for Reform Judaism? Why do you think it
took more than 40 years after the Reform
movement ordained the first woman rabbi
in America?
Messinger: Our past chairs have served
with distinction and brought substantial
experience and commitment to the URJ
and the Reform movement. The URJ has
always stood for egalitarian, democratic
and pluralistic values, and advocated for
the full participation of women and men in
all aspects of leadership and involvement.
Women have trail-blazed from the very
beginning in the Reform movement. The
Women of Reform Judaism, for instance,
started our youth movement the North
Daryl Messinger, humbled and proud, speaks about her pioneering role.
American Federation of Temple Youth, or
NFTY and helped to build the original
HUC-JIR campus in Cincinnati and URJ
headquarters in New York. There are, and
have been, women in every lay leadership
post and now also the chair. Im very humbled and proud to be the chair of the URJ.
Q: What goes through your mind when
you make your debut chanting from the

Torah in front of 5,000 people?
A: I never chanted Torah before at all
and never read Torah before so many
people. I wanted to demonstrate that anyone can do this. I have limited musical ability or musical memory I think that was
evident. Yet, it was important for me to
demonstrate that you do not need to be an

opera star or the winner of The Voice to
chant Torah. Its not about being perfect or
about being particularly courageous. None
of us are. The Torah is there for anyone to
read as long as they prepare.
Q: You looked visibly moved when Rabbi
Rick Jacobs, the president of the URJ, was
giving you a blessing following your Torah
reading. What were you thinking?
A: The power of being blessed in front of
the open scroll, in front of 5,000 people,
blessed in front of the Torah that was carried on Americas Journey for Justice was
overwhelming, inspiring and daunting.
(The Journey for Justice was an historic
860-mile march for voting rights that went
from Selma, Alabama, to Washington, D.C.
led by NAACP President and CEO Cornell
William Brooks and joined by 200 Reform
rabbis.) It was an incredible moment for
me to realize the responsibility, trust, and
love that I have received.
Q: Any major takeaways from your first
biennial as chair?
A: There were many things I knew
already about our movement, but that
were on full display at this biennial. We
are not just the largest and strongest Jewish movement; we are evolving, inclusive,
Jewish World
For the most part they experienced the

same sorts of changes as were recorded
among Reform temple members. They
grew in number (though not as much),
rising from 912,000 to 1,154,000. Their
intermarriage rates jumped significantly,
almost doubling from 34 percent to 66
percent (of those who were married at the
time of each survey). And the numbers of
those with mostly Jewish friends declined
from 30 percent in 1990 to 23 percent
in 2013.
Notwithstanding the weakening of Jewish social networks, among adult Jews
who identify as Reform yet belong to
no congregation, the 2013 vs. 1990 comparisons show generally small changes
in both directions on those measures of
Jewish identity that were found in both
studies.
The increased numbers of Reform congregants and their steady levels of Jewish
engagement should certainly hearten both
clergy and lay leaders of Reform congregations and the continental movement.
At the same time, serious challenges are
not only on the horizon, but have arrived.

Among them are the sharply declining
numbers of younger adult congregants,
illustrated by the rise of average age from
46 in 1990 to 52 in 2013, as well as the very
small number of Reform-identified congregants 35-44 (73,000) as compared with
the far larger number just 20 years older
(224,000).
Another issue is the very high rate of
intermarriage roughly 80 percent among
married Reform-raised Jews during 2013.
Yet the over-time patterns do suggest
that collectively, the Reform population
can contend with high and rising rates of
intermarriage, with two provisos: That
intermarried couples affiliate with congregations, and that they undertake several other acts of Jewish engagement and
commitment.
Steven M. Cohen is research professor at
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, the Reform movements flagship
seminary.

and unorthodox. Our leadership bench is incredibly

deep and wide. We lead whether it is about equality
for people who are transgender or marching for voting
rights. We are outspoken about our love of Israel and
our belief in a two-state solution.
We hold up our youngest leaders as examples for
the entire community. Our NFTY president, Jeremy
Cronig, had the courage to give the Kabbalat Shabbat dvar Torah at his very first biennial, enjoining the
participants to fight gun violence. The more than 130
workshops inspired more and more people from
children to seniors to explore what it means to be
Jewish, pursue justice around the world, and forge
stronger ties to Israel.
Q: What makes you most proud to be a Reform Jew
and the chair of URJ? What do you feel most needs to
change/be improved?
A: The Reform movement believes that everyone
can feel at home in Jewish experiences, that Judaism
must meet people where they are today to thrive for
tomorrow. We stand for a Judaism that is inclusive and
open.
There is much to be done to inspire the next generation; to make our congregations the best that they can
be; and to make the world more just. We must act as
one movement so that our congregations leaders see
that the URJ, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and all our affiliates are integral and
can help to make their communities successful.

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New Jersey; Charles Costello, general manager Gutterman and Musicant; Alan
Musicant, manager Gutterman and Musicant/Wien and Wien; Lt. Col. Rabbi
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A memorial service for our veterans

Gutterman and Musicant Jewish Funeral
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Chapel conducted its 10th annual Veterans Memorial Service Nov. 8. It honored
104 veterans who died this past year,
joining 853 veterans whose names are
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when the We Honor Veterans program
was established. There is a plaque on the
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the Free Because of the Brave.
Rabbi Simon Feld officiated and JWV
Commanders Larry S. Rosenthal and
Mel Kaplan were the keynote speakers.
Gutterman and Musicant and Wien and
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for American flags to be placed for every
interment that allows a medallion.

In his remarks, Alan Musicant said Jewish war veterans have a remarkably proud
history of service to our country. In WWII,
550,000 Jews served in the U.S. military,
receiving more than 52,000 decorations,
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Army Distinguished Service Medals, Navy
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and about 1,600 recipients of the Silver Star.
A special plaque was also in the chapel honoring 14 distinguished rabbis who
served as chaplains and were killed in
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How the worlds longest-running

Chabad house survives in Morocco
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CASABLANCA, MOROCCO Raizel Raskins office feels like a cluttered
museum of Moroccan Jewish heritage. A
photo from an old Jewish summer camp
lays on the table. Another, of a rabbi meeting Moroccan dignitaries, hangs on the
wall. Outside the door is a bookshelf filled
with chasidic tracts translated into Arabic.
But the rest of Chabads multistory
complex here looks almost abandoned.
Once a school bustling with hundreds
of Jewish children, the facility today is
largely an empty shell, with dust collecting on unused sports equipment
and desks sitting disorganized in unused
classrooms. Even the portrait of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the movements late leader whose bearded face
typically occupies a place of honored
prominence in Chabad homes, is peeling
off the wall of the foyer.
Crossing the buildings courtyard,
Raskin notices a dead bird.
Every emissary has their own problems, said Raskin, who moved to Morocco
from France with her husband, Yehuda, in 1960. Pointing at the bird, she added,
This is also part of the
Morocco experience.
At 65 years old, the Chabad
in Casablanca is the chasidic
movements oldest outpost
in the world, and one of only
two in the Arab world (the
other is in Tunis). Chabads
first emissaries arrived there
in 1950, the beta test for what
would grow into a global
movement of thousands
of Chabad rabbis and their
wives scattered across six continents.
In its early years, Moroccos Jewish population numbered 250,000 and Chabad
served 5,000 students in schools across
the country. But following the establishment of Israel in 1948 and Moroccos independence from France in 1956, the vast
majority emigrated.
Today, Chabad runs classes, weekend
programs, and a summer camp for the
2,500 Jews who remain. The week before
Rosh Hashanah, raw chickens sat on crates
ready to be cooked.
Chabad has survived here by keeping a
low profile and maintaining good relations
with the government. Like other Jewish
institutions in Morocco, Chabads activities
take place mostly behind closed doors. Its
main building in Casablanca is unmarked,
and a second facility is accessible through
a winding alley removed from the street,
with little outward identification.
Local rabbis also avoid talking about
Rabbi Shalom Edelman

has served as a Chabad
emissary in Morocco
since 1958.
BEN SALES
At left, volumes of
an Arabic translation
of a chasidic text at
the Chabad outpost in Casablanca.
Right, photos of
King Hassan II and
Rabbi Menachem
Mendel Schneerson
adorn the wall of the
Chabad facility in
Casablanca. BEN SALES
the Jewish state. Rabbi Levi Banon, who

was born in Morocco and returned to run
the operation in 2009, says Casablancans
are mostly indifferent or even friendly
toward Jews, though tension does flare
during Israels frequent military operations. Raskin said that during Israels earlier wars, Moroccans would throw stones
at Jews.
Moroccan people are good people,
Banon said. To them, the most important is the human touch and the human
instinct. Thats more important than
politics.
The first Chabad rabbi in Morocco,
Michael Lipsker, was dispatched by Schneerson at the behest of his predecessor, Yosef
Yitzchak Schneersohn, who wanted Chabad
to help ensure the countrys long rabbinic
tradition wouldnt be lost.
The tradition is very strong here
everyone has his own customs, his familys customs, said Raskin, whose husband
served as the Morocco emissary for more

than four decades until his death in 2004.
The previous rebbe said that the Jews of
Morocco have a lot to do.
Chabad has persisted through the years
by staying in the good graces of Moroccos
rulers. A photo of King Mohammed VI
hangs next to Schneersons portrait near
the buildings entrance, and Banon says
Schneerson kept a correspondence with
Mohammeds father, Hassan II.
Hassans United Nations ambassador
even visited Schneerson in Brooklyn in
1988.
You have done much good for the Jews
there, Schneerson told him, before giving him two dollar bills for charity one
for himself, one for the king a tradition
Schneerson maintained with many of his
visitors for years.
There were a few problems, but not
from the government, said Rabbi Shalom
Edelman, who has served as a Chabad
emissary in Morocco since 1958. The government was always good to Jews.
In recent years, Morocco has experienced what the Chabad emissaries
describe as a newfound openness to the
world. The standard of living has risen
and, though Morocco and Israel dont
have formal diplomatic relations, Chabad
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two countries, an impossibility in the
1960s.
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resurgence of Jewish life in the country.
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many emigres have moved to Israel, they
feel like caretakers for the vestiges of what
was once an illustrious community.
I know they went to Israel, to a safe
place I cant worry about, to a good place
for fearing God, Edelman said. But for
us, its harder. We need to fill a space. We
educated them and they left, so what we
accomplished left.
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You down with RBG?
Highlights from the new biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
ERICA BRODY
COLLECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
ver wonder what the perfect

pop-culture storm looks like?
Hurricane Ruth as in Bader
Ginsburg was brewing among
millennials, feminists, and across social
media platforms before it made landfall
in Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhniks new
biography about the Meme Supreme:
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Dey Street Books/
Harper Collins).
Just in time for Chanukkah wish lists, the
new biography explores what Carmon in
a recent New York Times Op-Ed calls the
cautious radicalism of the formidable
Brooklyn-raised justice, the first Jewish
woman to wear a Supreme Court robe and
the second woman overall.
For readers its a rare pleasure when
serious fun and serious history come
together between two covers. Notorious
RBG is chatty and candid, erudite and
expansive.
The Notorious RBG phenomenon grew
out of a blog started in 2013 by Knizhnik,
a lawyer, when she was a law student at
New York University. Knizhnik was devastated by Shelby County v. Holder and its
evisceration of the Voting Rights Act. The
bright spot for Knizhnik, however, was
Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a Cornell

senior
the unfettered rage of Justice Ginsburg.

When a friend made a Facebook comment about the Notorious RBG, Knizhnik
had her a-ha moment, creating her Tumblr, a blog where the stylistic trappings of
a very different Brooklyn-born celebrity
the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. would
follow other RBG memes with abandon,
from Fear the Frill to Theres No Ruth
Without Truth.
In this new biography reported and
researched with Carmon, a journalist those who relish the story behind the
story will find in Notorious RBG journalistic heft, historical weight and judicial
context, but its made super accessible
with colorful cartoons, memes and tattoos.
The book might as well be subtitled
biography of a bad-ass, says The New
Yorkers Jeffrey Toobin (author of The
Nine) in a teaser for a conversation he
will moderate in New York, part of a
heavy-hitting book tour that includes

the National Press Club Book Fair.
With RBG love at an all-time high,
this biography is a fun must-read that
provides a cultural history of the pop
culture surrounding an unlikely icon
plus an insidery look at how RBG handled her own work-life balance, all while
helping bring greater equality to more
Americans (hint: she doesnt sleep).
Until you get your own copy, read on
for the seven top takeaways from the
book.
1) Notorious RBG isnt her first
nickname.
First, she was Kiki, a childhood nickname Ginsburg acquired from her big
sister. Later, at Camp Che-Na-Wah in
the Adirondacks, she acquired the title
of camp rabbi, according to the book.
NPRs Nina Totenberg has called her
the architect of the legal strategy of the
womens movement but Kiki more easily rolls off the tongue.
2) She didnt just succeed in law, she succeeded in love.
Ginsburg married her bashert. She has
referred to her husband, Marty Ginsburg,
as her life partner and best friend.
Their union lasted from their wedding in
1954 to his death from metastatic cancer
in 2010. Their union took place just days
A younger generation joins the struggle

The living legacies of Bernie Sanders, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Rabbi Avi Weiss
AVRAHAM BRONSTEIN
Left-wing activist Jewish grandparents are
having a moment.
Appointed to the Supreme Court in
1993, 82-year-old Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is no stranger to the
public eye. Neither is 74-year-old Bernie
Sanders, first elected to Congress in 1991.
Seemingly out of the blue, though, raucous five-figure audiences now pack rallies for Sanders presidential campaign,
and the soft-spoken, reserved Ginsburg
is celebrated on everything from t-shirts
and coffee mugs to Halloween costumes
and internet memes. The #NotoriousRBG
and #FeelTheBern hashtags continue to
trend, reflecting public excitement and
enthusiasm, especially among younger
Americans, for these long-standing liberal
warriors, who have emerged as totemic
generational icons.
The rise of Sanders and Ginsburg
parallels the growing conflict over womens rabbinic ordination and communal
religious authority, most recently triggered by an RCA resolution that explicitly
excluded both womens ordination and a
new look at communal authority from its
constituent community which is most
of American modern Orthodoxy. Interestingly, the leaders the resolution implicitly targeted for ordaining women and
placing them as synagogue clergy are not
young radicals. They are, instead, longestablished, respected figures who are in
the same demographic cohort as Ginsburg and Sanders. For example, Rabbi Avi
Weiss, founding president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat, is 71,
and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, founding chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone and its Institute
for Womens Halachic Leadership, is 75.
Like Ginsburg and Sanders, both had longstanding reputations as liberal activists,
but neither was widely seen as truly revolutionary until fairly recently.
In her N.Y. Times bestseller, Notorious
RBG: The Life And Times of Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, Irin Carmon notes that Ginsburgs career is a master class in the incrementalist struggle for womens rights. In
many ways, she said, Ginsburgs most
radical act was simply being herself a
woman who beat the odds to make her
mark in the upper echelons of a world
that had no place for her. As the Supreme
Court tilted towards a new conservative
majority, however, she raised her profile, pointedly defending the social progress she spent her life and career carefully
modeling and shepherding. Since 2007,
she has made history with an unprecedented series of blistering dissents, often
read from the bench for maximum public
effect, protesting decisions limiting voting rights, abortion access, and workplace
discrimination laws, among others.

The incredible resonance of #NotoriousRGB and Ginsburgs ascendance as a liberal icon demonstrated that this time she
was not fighting alone. Perhaps the greatest success of her generation was raising a
younger generation to enjoy the benefits
of her victories, and then a generation that
takes them as givens. It is those grandchildren who today are most passionately
resisting conservative efforts to roll them
back, and who are most inspired by Ginsburgs increasingly energetic resistance.
Perhaps rallying around Ginsburg is their
way of tapping into the history of a struggle they feel called to join.
This dynamic also partially explains the
popularity of Bernie Sanders among millennials. The generation of Sanders children reaped the immediate benefits of his
activism for social and economic justice,
but their own children cannot imagine life
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after Kikis graduation first in her class
from Cornell: There were 18 people present, because in Judaism that number symbolizes life, Carmon writes.
3) Her trainer calls her TAN thats
shorthand for tough as nails.
A lot of people throw around the word
unstoppable when they talk about RBG.
But they should know that it is literally
true, Carmon writes. Like the time the
justice had a cracked rib, which wasnt
about to stop her from keeping her twiceweekly personal training session. According to her trainer of nearly two decades,
she works just as hard in the gym as she
does on the bench.
4) Is there anyone else in the universe
whos as bold and demure?
During the 2012-13 term, RBG read five
dissents from the bench, breaking a halfcentury-long record among all justices.
Her dissent in the voting rights case was
the last and most furious. Reading a dissent from the bench is rare its a way to
shout the fact (with decorum) that you
find a ruling utterly reprehensible. Like
pulling a fire alarm, Carmon writes. Ginsburgs extremely well-worded outspokenness, paired with her steadfast commitment to civil rights, is one of the reasons
she has inspired her own iconography and
become a viral sensation.
5) Clothes may make the man, but RBGs
accessories make precedent.
Look around her neck. When the jabot
with the scalloped glass beads glitters
flat against the top of RBGs black robe,
its bad news for liberals. Thats her dissent collar, Carmon writes. (Yes, RBGs
without them. Faced with conservative

pressure on protections they otherwise
may have taken for granted, they have
rallied around Sanders, whose strident
presidential campaign may represent a
way for them to connect to the generations of struggle to which they now feel
connected.
In a similar way, Rabbis Weiss and
Riskin, among other pioneers in Orthodox womens Torah education and communal leadership, such as Rabbi Yitz
and Dr. Blu Greenberg, Rabbanit Chana
Henkin, Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, and
so many others, are reaping the generational benefits of their success. A generation of young women is growing up with
the expectation of the same Torah education, and opportunity to use it, as their
male peers. In addition, they have the
added benefit of a generation of women
who came before them to serve as role
models.
As the grandparents of their own
movement respond to the latest conservative salvo against them, these young
choices in neckwear provide a visual clue

to the courts opinions.) Overall, Carmon
describes her aesthetic as precise, elegant, and at times, unexpectedly audacious. Just like her opinions.
6) Justice, justice, thou shalt pursue.
This biblical injunction is inscribed on
the wall of her chambers, and since her
teens, RBG has noticed when the law
Jewish or constitutional excluded
women. When her mother died of cancer (the day before her daughters high
school graduation), at the house on East
Ninth Street filled with mourning women,
Kiki watched dully, because no woman
counted for a minyan ... Kiki herself did
not count. While it was Jewish law, Carmon writes, the experience taught Kiki
about a commitment to justice after her
mother died, it took a long time to see herself in the faith.
7) She may be growing old, but shes
very much in the game.
A survivor of pancreatic and colon cancer, RBG remains relentless in all things,
including her commitment to the job.
This particular bench has seniority seating: Justice Ginsburg sits third from right.
Thats not a position shes ready to give
up, despite the near-constant conjecture.
So far, shes never missed a day. RBG has
her own metric for when its time to go.
When I forget the names of cases that I
once could recite at the drop of a hat, she
said, I will know.
Erica Brody is a writer, editor and strategist
based in Brooklyn.
JTA WIRE SERVICE
people may respond by rallying around

their heroes just like their peers in the
national political arena. They are fighting not for their own victories, but to
preserve the achievements of those who
preceded them from those who would
take them away.
The liberal advances of the past
decades may yet be rolled back, as rightwing modern Orthodox rabbis such as
Yeshiva Universitys Rabbi Mordechai
Willig already have called for reconsidering the value of Talmud study in
womens high school curricula. That
will not happen, though, without a war
waged not only against the liberal stalwarts, but the entirely new generation
they have come to represent.
Avraham Bronstein writes frequently on
topics of Jewish thought, contemporary
issues, and their intersection. A
former assistant rabbi of the Hampton
Synagogue and program director of Great
Neck Synagogue, he lives with his family
in Scranton, PA.
Across
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15. Wash (before bread)
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17. Half of a classic duo
19. Priests got them when the Temple
stood
20. Sarah or Leah, e.g.
21. Internal organ of a Potok character?
22. Amora whose real name was
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23. He knows how to shlock
25. Josephs prison-mates did this
28. Kind of tree in Israel
29. Middle East dessert
30. Husband of Ruth
33. Word in many a (kosher) Chinese
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53. For (Israel)
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35. She often starred with Brooks
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composition dedicated to Cantor
Romalis. (973) 694-1616 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org.
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Friday
NOVEMBER 13
Shabbat in Wayne:
Shomrei Torah salutes
its Jewish war veterans
at an oneg Shabbat,
5:30 p.m., followed by
services at 6. A montage
of congregants and their
relatives who served in
the Armed Forces will be
displayed. 30 Hinchman
Ave. (973) 696-2500.
Cantors Ilan Mamber

and Summer GreenwaldGonella and Rabbis
Ken Emert and Lois
Ruderman. 585 Russell
Ave. Refreshments.
(201) 891-4466 or
bethrishon.org.
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Beth El offers
services led by Rabbi
David S. Widzer and
Cantor Rica Timman with
the Shabbat Unplugged
Band, 7:30 p.m. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112 or www.
tbenv.org.
Shabbat in Wyckoff:
Temple Beth Rishon
offers a music-filled
Carlebach Shabbat
in commemoration
of his 21st yahrzeit,
7:30 p.m. Led by
Evie Litwok
Shabbat in River Edge:
Evie Litwok, a consultant,
writer, social activist,
and former convict, talks
about prison reform
during services at
Temple Avodat Shalom,
8 p.m. She is a 2015
Just Leadership USA
Leading with Conviction
leader, an active member
of NYC Jail Action
Committee, and is on
the Federal Criminal
Wayne YMCA holds

its gala Broadway
Jukebox, performed
by top Broadway and
cabaret artists, 7:30 p.m.
Produced, written,
and narrated by Scott
Siegel. Opening act, the
Paper Mill Playhouse
Broadway Show Choir.
Also featuring the Wayne
Valley High School
Chamber Choir. The
Metro YMCAs of the
Oranges is a partner of
the YM-YWHA of North
Jersey. 1 Pike Drive.
(973) 595-0100, ext. 259.
Comedy in Fair Lawn:

The Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel holds
Comedy Tonight 2015!
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Show features Record
writer and satirist Bill
Ervolino and comics
Marla Schultz and Scott
Blakeman. BYO kosher
beverages. 10-10 Norma
Ave. (201) 796-5040 or
email ComedyTonight@
fljc.com.
Cantorial concert
in Teaneck: Cantors
Yanky Lemmer and
Yaakov Motzen will
be accompanied by
Cantor Daniel Gildar
at a cantorial concert
at Congregation Rinat
Yisrael, 8 p.m. Performing
cantorial classics of
Yossele Rosenblatt,
Moshe Koussevitzky,
Pierre Pinchik, Leibele
Waldman, Mordechai
Hershman, and Zavel
Kwartin. 389 West
Englewood Ave.
(201) 837-2795, www.
rinat.org/concert, or
e-mail concert@rinat.org.
Judaica craft show in

White Plains: Bet Am
Shalom Synagogue
in White Plains, N.Y.,
holds its 22nd annual
Judaica craft show with
50 vendors, including
23 from Israel, 8-11 p.m.;

and again on Sunday,
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 295
Soundview Ave. $1
off admission with
Jewish Standard ad.
Sunday re-entry free
if paid Saturday night.
(914) 946-8851 or www.
betamshalom.org/
judaicacraftshow.
Sunday
NOVEMBER 15
Fall boutique in Tenafly:
The Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades offers
a vendor boutique
including jewelry,
womens fashions,
stationery, sunglasses,
childrens clothing, and
tabletop accessories,
10 a.m.-5 p.m., and on
Monday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Proceeds benefit the early
childhood department.
411 E. Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1435 or email
fpopper@jccotp.org.
Book sale: The JCC of

Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah sells its
librarys inventory of
books, movies, and CDs.
Today, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.;
Monday, noon-4 p.m.;
Tuesday, 2:30-6 p.m.;
and Wednesday, 2-6 p.m.
Donations accepted.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691.
1666 Windsor Road.

Breakfast reservations,
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Former Muslim speaks

to families: Join teens
and parents at Bergen
County High School
of Jewish Studies to
hear Hussein Aboubakr,
a speaker from
StandWithUs, at the
Moriah School, 11 a.m.
Mr. Aboubakr shares
his connection to Israel
as a former Muslim,
imprisoned in Egypt
for studying Hebrew.
BCHSJS@Moriah
School, 53 S. Woodland
St., Englewood.
(201) 488-0834 or
studentactivities@bchsjs.
org subject line RSVP
Nov. 15.
Film in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah shows No Place
on Earth, as part of a
Jewish Film Festival,
hosted by Cantor Sam
Weiss, 1 p.m. Snacks.
Series continues Nov. 23.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691.
Film in Franklin Lakes:
Play group in Emerson:

Shalom Baby of Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jersey offers a
Mommy-and-Me-style
class for family members
and other caregivers
with children, newborns
to 3-year-olds, at
Congregation Bnai Israel,
10 a.m., followed by an
Israeli music concert
with Mama Doni. 53
Palisade Ave. www.
jfnnj.org/shalombaby or
JessicaK@jfnnj.org.
Holiday boutique in
Teaneck: The sisterhood
of Congregation
Beth Sholom holds a
boutique with vendors,
10 a.m.-3 p.m. 354 Maitland
Ave. (201) 833-2620.
Holocaust music in
Teaneck: Dr. Tamara
Freeman presents
a Holocaust music
lecture/recital at Temple
Emeths Byachad
breakfast, 10:30 a.m.
Temple Emanuel of North

Jersey shows Tevye,
a film that inspired the
Broadway play and
movie Fiddler on the
Roof, 1:30 p.m. Popcorn
and ice cream. 558
High Mountain Road.
(201) 560-0200 or www.
tenjfl.org.
Israeli Film in River

Edge: Temple Avodat
Shalom will show Gett:
The Trial of Viviane
Amsalem at 2 p.m.
Debbie Lev, who teaches
film and media courses
at Centenary College,
will lead a discussion
afterward. 385 Howland
Ave., (201)489-2463.
Monday
NOVEMBER 16
Lecture/museum
trip: Dor LDor at
Congregation Ahavath
Torah in Englewood
offers a talk on Pablo
Picasso by art historian
Sheryl Intrator Urman
and brunch, followed by
a trip to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art to see
Picasso Sculpture,
10:30 a.m. 240 Broad
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 568-1315.
Borscht Belt: Marty

Schneit, a licensed New
York City tour guide,
gives an illustrated
lecture about the Lower
East Side at Heritage
Pointe in Teaneck,
4 p.m. 600 Frank
W. Burr Boulevard,
Teaneck. Joel or Janice,
(201) 836-9260 or
HeritagePointeofTeaneck.
com.
Israel update in
Teaneck: Erez Geller,
chief paramedic
supervisor of Magen
David Adom, Northern
Carmeli region of Israel,
discusses Israel Today:
Update and Briefing of
the Current Situation
and Threats in Israel, at
Dougies BBQ, 184 West
Englewood Ave., 7:15 p.m.
Hosted by Mohammed
Hameeduddin, former
Teaneck mayor, with
participation by lawyer
Jan Meyer and former
Teaneck mayor Elie Y.
Katz. Light dinner. Free.
Reservations required,
Katz07666@gmail.com.
Tuesday
NOVEMBER 17
Teen idol contest: The
Teaneck Community
Chorus holds auditions
for its Teaneck Teen
Idol Contest today and
tomorrow, 4-7:30 p.m.,
at Teaneck High School,
chorus room #244.
Open to all teens who
live or go to school in
Teaneck. Auditioners
should bring proof of
age, residency or school
attendance, and a $5
application fee, and will
sing a 2-minute song, a
cappella, of their choice.
Contest is Saturday,
Jan. 16. (201) 390-8683,
email jaaker@mac.
com, or www.Teaneck
CommunityChorus.org.
Book club in Glen Rock:

The Glen Rock Jewish
Center sisterhoods book
club discusses Sue Monk
Kidds The Invention
Calendar
of Wings at a Glen
Rock location, 7:30 p.m.
(201) 493-7151 or email
randiasher@hotmail.com.
Wednesday
NOVEMBER 18
a film critic for the

Jewish Standard, with
a screening of The
Lives of Others, 10 a.m.
Course runs through Dec.
17. 411 East Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1493.
Cantor Tuvia Zimber

Caf Europa in Teaneck:
The speakers son, an

IDF soldier
PHOTO PROVIDED
Lone soldiers mom in

Teaneck: Dr. Michelle
Weber-Hadad talks
about what its like
to be the mother of
a lone soldier in the
Israel Defense Forces
for the sisterhood of
Temple Beth Sholom
in Fair Lawn, 8 p.m.
A psychologist, she
teaches at Fordham and
Columbia universities
and has a line of Israeli
jewelry. 40-25 Fair Lawn
Ave. (201) 797-9321.
Caf Europa, a social

program sponsored by
Jewish Family Service
of Bergen and North
Hudson for Holocaust
survivors, funded in part
by the Claims Conference
on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany and
the Jewish Federation
of North Jersey, meets
at Congregation Beth
Sholom, 11:30 a.m. Kosher
lunch and music by Tuvia
Zimber. 354 Maitland
Ave. Shari Brodsky,
(201) 837-9090, ext. 237
or sharib@jfsbergen.org.
Sisterhood in Fort Lee:

Congregation Gesher
Shalom/JCC of Fort Lees
sisterhood meets for a
paid-up membership
party with music by
Mike Luipersbeck and
his group, 8:15 p.m.
Refreshments. 1449
Anderson Ave.
(201) 947-1735.
Friday
Movie in Tenafly:
The Jewish Home
Family continues its
centennial celebration
with a screening of the
documentary Florys
Flame, the story of Flory
Jagoda, the 90-year-old
Sephardic musician, at
the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades, 7 p.m. 411 E.
Clinton Ave. (201) 7841414, ext. 5538 or www.
jhalnj.org.
Thursday
NOVEMBER 19
NOVEMBER 20
Womens study group
in Closter: Rabbi DavidSeth Kirshner leads a
study group at Temple
Emanu-El of Closter,
10:30 am. 180 Piermont
Ave. (201) 750-9997.
Shabbat in Wayne:
The Chabad Center of
Passaic County hosts a
Middle Eastern Shabbat
dinner, in solidarity with
Israel, including songs by
Hebrew school students,
6 p.m. Free for Passaic
County residents. 194
Ratzer Road. Chani,
(973) 694-6274 or www.
jewishwayne.com.
Interfaith Thanksgiving
online: Rabbi Steven
Blane and Reverend
Robert Brashear conduct
an interfaith online music
service, 7 p.m. www.
simshalom.com.
Film in Tenafly: The

Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades begins a
daytime film school
series with Dr. Eric
Goldman, author and
Shabbat in Closter: New

York Times best-selling
author Ayelet Waldman,
Temple Emanu-Els
scholar-in-residence,
discusses her novel Love
and Treasure during
services, 7 p.m., and

on Shabbat at 9 a.m.
180 Piermont Road.
(201) 750-9997 or www.
templeemanu-el.com.
Shabbat in Wayne: The

Rabbi Shai Shacknai
Memorial lecture at
Temple Beth Tikvah will
be presented in song by
Naomi Miller, 7:30 p.m.
She will give a musical
review in honor of
Cantor Charles Romalis
50 years at the temple.
Rabbi Shacknai was Beth
Tikvahs first full-time
rabbi. 950 Preakness
Ave. (973) 595-6565 or
www.templebethtikvahnj.
org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers a
musical Shabbat service
led by Rabbi Steven
Sirbu and Cantor Ellen
Tilem with the Temple
Emeth band, 8 p.m.
1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Saturday
NOVEMBER 21
Art in Wayne: Shomrei
Torah has a gala art
exhibit and auction.
Preview at 7:30 p.m.;
auction at 8:30, hosted
by Marlin Fine Art of
Long Island, with pieces
in all media and prices.
Raffles, door prizes,

wine & cheese, hors
doeuvres, and desserts.
30 Hinchman Ave.
(973) 696-2500.
Sunday
NOVEMBER 22
Childrens program:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah continues a
Sunday Special series
for 4- to 7-year-olds with
a Chanukah program,
9:30 a.m. Arts and crafts
and kosher, nut-free
snacks. East 304 Midland
Ave. (201) 262-7733 or
www.jccparamus.org.
Boutique in Fair
Lawn: The Sisterhood
of the Fair Lawn JC/
Congregation Bnai Israel
holds a holiday boutique,
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Vendors
include Pampered Chef
and Tupperware, with
Judaica, soaps, and
handmade jewelry.
10-10 Norma Ave.
(201) 796-5040.
Tricky tray in Fair Lawn:

The sisterhood of Temple
Beth Sholom holds its
annual tricky tray. Doors
open at 1 p.m.; calling
starts at 2. Refreshments.
40-25 Fair Lawn Ave.
(201) 797-9321.
Cookie decorating in
New Milford: Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys Womens
Philanthropy sponsors
Chanukah Cookie
Decorating at Solomon
Schechter Day School
of Bergen County,
1:30 p.m. 275 McKinley
Ave. (201) 820-3900, or
www.ssdsbergen.org.
Thanksgiving in Closter:
Temple Beth El has
an interfaith service
of Thanksgiving led
by clergy from many
houses of worship in the
Northern Valley, 7:30 p.m.
221 Schraalenburgh
Road. (201) 768-5112.
In New York
Saturday
NOVEMBER 14
Big Night Out
fundraiser: The Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades
in Tenafly celebrates
Strong Women, Strong
Community at its
annual Big Night Out
fundraiser at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage A
Living Memorial to the
Holocaust, 7:30 p.m. Dr.
Jennifer Ashton, Gayle
Gerstein, and Eva Rubach
are the honorees, and
Jen Maxfield, weeknight

reporter for NBC 4
New York, is master of
ceremonies. Grammy
Award-winning Israeliborn violinist Miri Ben-Ari
will perform. www.jccotp.
org/bignightout, or (201)
408.1405.
Singles
Sunday
NOVEMBER 15
Dance party in Clifton:
North Jersey Jewish
Singles Meetup, a group
sponsored by the Clifton
Jewish Center, hosts a
Jewish singles brunch
and dance, noon. Music
with DJ Allan Bolles.
$20. 18 Delaware St.
(973) 772-3131 or www.
meetup.com.
Wednesday
NOVEMBER 18
Seniors meet in
Orangeburg: Singles
65+ of the JCC
Rockland meet for
dinner at Hogans Diner
in Orangeburg, N.Y.,
6 p.m. Individual checks.
Reservations by Nov.
15, Seymour Chenkin
(845) 848-2038 or
salcssc@optimum.net.
Nursery open houses in Tenafly

The Leonard and Syril Rubin Nursery School at the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly is holding open
houses on Fridays, Nov. 20, Dec. 11, and Jan. 15, from
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Families are welcome to visit the school, which aims
to nurture children to become confident and successful learners. The curriculum includes cognitive learning and enrichment; fine and gross motor skills; reading
readiness skills; sensory experiences; Judaic programming; art, music, dramatic play and cooking; gym
and swimming; and preparation for kindergarten and
beyond. A state licensed, accredited program, it provides activities for those 16 months to 5-years-old. Halfday, three-quarter-day, and full day options for two,
three, or five days a week according to age, are offered.
Among the options are full-day kindergarten for 5-yearolds and optional extended morning (7:30 to 9 a.m.),
and afternoon (until 6 p.m. with Fridays, 5 and 4 p.m.).
The school features sunny, modern, well-equipped
classrooms, a playroom and extensive outdoor facilities;
two gymnasiums with professional athletic coaches;
junior swimming pools and experienced aquatic staff;
teaching kitchen; a lending library; enriching after
school programs; athletics and aquatics departments;
and schools of dance, dramatic arts, and the JCC Thurnauer School of Music.
The early childhood staff has more than 70 experienced and caring early childhood professionals, including a full time nurse. The school is fully licensed and
accredited by the New Jersey Department of Youth and
Family Services and the State Department of Education. All staff is certified in infant/child CPR and first
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aid. All teachers are required to continue their professional education by attending classes, workshops and
conferences. They also participate in inter-school visitation, specialized in-service training, and JCC Association
sponsored programs. Consultant services are provided
by a licensed social worker, child psychologist, speech
language professionals, and consulting pediatricians.
Seminars and discussion groups are offered to parents
throughout the year. The school is affiliated with the
New York Board of Jewish Education and the Jewish
Federation of Northern New Jersey Jewish educational
services.
For information, call (201) 408-1436 or email
eyurowitz@jccotp.org.
Jewish World/Local
Obituaries
Disagreements behind
them, Obama and
Netanyahu get down
to business
Sol Dauman
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON It took agreeing to set aside differences on Iran
and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for President Barack
Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get down
to business on other issues afflicting the region, including the threat
of Islamist extremism and the rise of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Appearing pleased and relaxed if hoarse after meeting with
Obama for more than two hours on Monday, Netanyahu told reporters that the two had a pragmatic discussion that lacked the contentiousness of their previous encounters.
The conversation was substantive, practical, Netanyahu told
reporters after the meeting. We have a common interest in keeping Iran from violating the agreement.
Two major burrs that have irritated the U.S.-Israel relationship
for months were removed in the lead-up to the meeting, with each
leader scoring a win. Netanyahu acknowledged that the nuclear deal
between Iran and six major powers is on its way to implementation, despite his vehement objections. And Obama administration
officials said the president no longer held out hope for a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before the end of his term in
January 2017.
Not that we are agreed on the agreement, Netanyahu said, referring to the Iran deal. But we must look forward at what needs to
be done.
In remarks before their meeting in the Oval Office, each man signaled an understanding of what the other wanted. Netanyahu, free
from the pressure of having to reach a final-status agreement with
the Palestinians in the short term, recommitted to a two-state solution in the long run. Obama was furious when Netanyahu declared,
on the eve of his re-election in March, that a Palestinian state would
not rise on his watch.
I want to make it clear that we have not given up our hope for
peace, Netanyahu said, looking Obama in the eyes itself a change
from previous tension-wracked meetings, when the leaders barely
looked at each other.
Well never give up the hope for peace. And I remain committed
to a vision of peace of two states for two peoples, a demilitarized
Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.
For his part, Obama said the two would discuss how we can
blunt the activities of ISIL, Hezbollah, and other organizations in the
region that carry out terrorist attacks. And he reiterated his defense
of Israels right to defend itself against Palestinian terrorism.
I want to be very clear that we condemn in the strongest terms
Palestinian violence against innocent Israeli citizens, Obama said.
And I want to repeat once again, it is my strong belief that Israel has
Tolerance
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representation were critical at the time,

and I was approached by quite a number
of folks to use my experience to help the
community, he said. I believe its your
obligation to be active in whatever community you live in.
He won election in November 2010, on
his 33rd birthday. Now nearing the end of
his second term, Mr. Cohen is president
pro tem of the council for the third time
and serves on the Englewood Traffic Advisory Committee.
Mr. Cohen and his family are members of
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack

Obama meeting at the White House Monday.

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not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.

Following the meeting, Netanyahu described an encounter more
conversational than contentious.
I did not sense any broad tension, Netanyahu told Israeli reporters at a briefing after the meeting. It was not a symposium for
debate, it was not a debating society and there have been such
meetings. But this, for sure, was not.
Instead, Netanyahu and his team, including national security
adviser Yossi Cohen, outlined the technological challenges facing Israel in dealing with the rise of the Islamic State and an Iran
emboldened by the nuclear deal.
In addition to Obama, American officials in the meeting included
Secretary of State John Kerry, National Security Adviser Susan Rice,
and Vice President Joe Biden.
One focus of the discussion was renewing the 10-year defense
assistance memorandum of understanding between Israel and the
United States. Under its current terms, due to expire in 2018, Israel
receives an average of $3 billion a year.
Netanyahu would not address the particulars of the Israeli
request, but Israeli officials have said that Israel wants a comprehensive package that would amount to as much as $50 billion over
10 years, or $5 billion a year. It would include missile defense cooperation, which is now considered separately from the $3 billion in
annual defense assistance and amounts to about an additional $700
million in U.S. contributions.
He said Israel was eager to avoid inflaming the recent violence,
which has focused on the Temple Mount, also known as Haram alSharif, the Jerusalem site holy to both Muslims and Jews.
Netanyahu said he brought Obama proposals that his Cabinet had
unanimously endorsed. The Israeli leader did not describe the proposals except to say that they included easing movement and the
transfer of goods to Palestinians.
Another key issue was Syria. Netanyahu said it was critical that
whatever the outcome of the civil war in that country, Iran should
not be able to open a front against Israel on the Syrian border. Iran
is actively assisting the Assad regime.

the Orthodox Congregation Ahavath Torah.

Growing up in Brooklyn, he witnessed
the progress made by Orthodox Jews in
America.
I remember my uncle had to hide the
fact that he was Orthodox if he didnt want
to get fired, he said. Today were on the
cusp of a new generation of leadership that
needs to realize what has to be done to
maintain the strides that have been made.
Our numbers are not growing in the
same way that other communities numbers are. The Jewish community has
challenges we need to prepare for down
the road, and we cant get too complacent standing on the shoulders of
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prior generations that cut their teeth on

the Soviet Jewry movement and other
achievements. We must maintain a high
level of visibility and advocacy to remain
effective.
Mr. Cohen said that the Simon Wiesenthal
Center, at 226 East 42nd Street in Manhattan, plays a key role in understanding the
complex pluralistic nature of our society,
and bridging the gaps necessary to protect
the future of both the Jewish community
and our partners in building a more tolerant tomorrow. I have built my career around
those same valued objectives, and greatly
appreciate the chance to forward the centers critical mission.
Sol Dauman, 89, of Fort Lee died Nov. 5.

Born in Paris, he was a Holocaust
survivor and a retired banker for BNP
Paribas in Manhattan.
He is survived by his wife, Hannie,
ne Birnberg; children, Miriam Flynn,
Joel, and Stewart, all of New York; stepchildren, Audrey Furfaro of New York
and Scott Rogers of Minnesota; five
grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
four step-grandchildren; and one
step-great-grandchild.
Donations can be sent to the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum in
Washington. Arrangements were by Eden
Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.
Rhoda Feigelis
Rhoda Feigelis, ne Marowitz, 81, of New

York City, died Nov. 10.
She was a member of Valley Chabad of
Woodcliff Lake.
Predeceased by her husband,
Joseph, last year, she is survived by her
children, Robin of Park Ridge and Paul
of Bridgewater, and four grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial
Chapels, Fort Lee.
Dorine Finnin
Dorine Finnin, ne Braunschweiger, of

Teaneck, died Nov. 4.
She is survived by her husband,
Edward; daughter, Valerie Murray-Taitel
(Scott); a sister, Louise DeCicco; and a
grandson, Jared.
Donations can be made to
the American Liver Foundation.
Arrangements were by Gutterman and
Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors,
Hackensack.
Esther Frimet
Esther Frimet of West New York died

Nov. 3.
Predeceaed by her husband, Philip,
she is survived by her children, Marsha
(Fred), Martin (Ita), and Jeffrey; a sister,
Ruth Silber; four grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to charities
benefitting children, including St.
Jude Childrens Research Hospital.
Arrangements were by Gutterman and
Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors,
Hackensack.
Stanley Lampert
Stanley Lampert, 86,

died Nov. 8.
He attended NYU, competed in the
Maccabiah games, and set a world
record in the shot put in 1954. After his
athletic career, he was one of the leading
life insurance and financial planning
practitioners in the industry.
He is survived by his wife, Roslyn;
children, Charles (Robin), Shari, Michael
(Nancy), and Jonathan (Debbie); and five
grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to the
Obituaries
Selma ZiSk
Selma Zisk, ne Spencer, passed away on October

24. Selma and her beloved husband Sammy lived
in Jersey City, Fair Lawn, and Pompano Beach, Fl.,
and were the owners of Busy Bee Liquor and Deli
and Spencers Liquor and Deli in Jersey City, and
Bagel Boys Restaurant in Coconut Creek, Fl.
After living for 20 years in Florida, Selma
returned to NJ in 2003 where she made many
new friends as she participated in the knitting
and writing groups at the Rodda Center in
Teaneck, attended shul and the Yiddish club at
the Jewish Center of Teaneck, and acted and
taught Rummikub to anyone who wanted to
learn at the Daughters of Miriam in Clifton.
Predeceased by Sammy (1988), she is survived
by her children Mark, Lori Rosner (Robert), David
(Linda), and Tara. Selmas greatest joy was
watching her family grow. She had 10
grandchildren: Ali, Lindsay, Marisa, Lane,
Samara, Taryn, Samantha, Justin, Courtney, and
Garrett. She had 11 great-grandchildren: Kayla,
Liam, Avery, Yoav, Azarya, Hiyya, Hazel, Ezra,
Sarah, Jeremy, and Willow.
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Obituaries are prepared with information

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The Christopher Family

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since 1900
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800-525-3834
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Richard Louis - Manager
George Louis - Founder
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Association for the

Visually Impaired in
Spring Valley, N.Y., or the
Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Arrangements were by
Gutterman and Musicant
Jewish Funeral Directors,
Hackensack.
Mel Parness
Mel Parness of Cliffside

Park died Nov. 6.
He was the executive
vice president emeritus of
Bnai Zion where he served
over 50 years. He was also
active in organizations
including the AmericaIsrael Friendship League,
Conference of Presidents
of Major American
Jewish Organizations,
the American Zionist
Movement, the American
Red Magen David, the
Israel Dance Institute, and
Israel Bonds. He was a
board member of Jewish
National Fund.
He is survived by his
wife, Arlyne; children,
Bari Shaffran (Alan), and
Caryn Evans (Keith);
and five grandchildren.
Arrangements were by
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Fort Lee.
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n 1 Yeshiva University students hosted a kumsitz last week in support of Israel on the Red Steps in Times Square. The group was led
by YU student/guitarist Aryeh Tiefenbrunn, with the Y-Studs, YUs
student a cappella group, and were joined by more than 1,000 fellow Jews, students, friends, and passersby. SHIMON LINDENBLATT
n 2 To commemorate the 50h yahrzeit of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, the mother of the Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, women gathered at Shterney Kanelskys house for a farbrengen. Mrs. Kanelsky,
center, the associate director of Bris Avrohom, sponsored the event in
memory of her mother, Rebbetzin Chaya Esther Zaltzman. COURTESY BA
Norpac held three local events:

n 3 Kevin and Lori Lemmer flank Senator Mike
Crapo at an Englewood Norpac meeting.
n 4 House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (RLA), seated right, at the home of Rabbi Steven and Yael Weil during a Norpac meeting.
n 5 Lucy Rayna Sherman, with her father, Congressman Brad Sherman, and Elliot and Nomi Press at a Bergenfield Norpac meeting. PHOTOS COURTESY NORPAC
n 6 Students at the pre-K class at the Academies

at Gerrard Berman Day School, who were
studying the creation of the world, showcase their interpretive starry night VanGogh-inspired pictures. COURTESY GBDS
n 7 Kami Kalaty, left, with fellow Team Lifeline
runner, Dovi Hochbaum, participated in the TCS
New York City Marathon for Chai Lifeline. Kalaty
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FountainView at College Road, a premiere retirement

community in Rockland county, will receive a Torah
scroll from the Sperling family to commemorate the
memory of Paul and Helen Sperling, who were residents of the community. The ceremony will be held
on Sunday at FountainView beginning at 11 a.m., and
the public is invited.
Rochelle Graubard, the Sperlings daughter,
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basis and were truly impressed with the service, the
well-kept grounds and the pool. But more importantly, she said, the personnel at the community were
exceptional in how they accommodated everyones
needs and treated them with dignity and respect. In
particular, her father was ecstatic that there is a shul
on the premises and enjoyed daily prayer services.
Paul and Helen Sperling were married for 72 years and
Paul lived until 100 years old.
Ms. Graubard noted that the family felt a sefer
Torah seemed the most fitting way to immortalize the
memory of their mother and father. Neither of them
was ostentatious and they always valued what was
truly important, she said.
The ceremony comes the day after Paul Sperlings
Hebrew birthday and honors the couple for the love
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Glenpointe Spa
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Glenpointe Spa and Fitness in Teaneck is collecting
packaged food items for the New Jersey Food Bank
through November 24. Typical food items to donate
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instant potatoes, and drink boxes.
The Food Bank distributes more than 30 million
pounds of food and groceries a year, ultimately serving more than 1,600 non-profit programs assisting
900,000 low-income people in 18 of New Jerseys 21
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Glenpointe Spa and Fitness members will receive
one free day of membership for each food item they
contribute. Non-members will receive a free day guest
pass for each food item that they donate.
The club will be accepting food donations from 9
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weekends.
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