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40 birds into Israel in his pants
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Except this, according to the Haaretz report on this been guilty of excessive tweeting?)
foiled international crime: He was discovered with 40 goldfinches on his person.
The bird-brained smuggler was returning to Nablus Wild goldfinches sell for up to $130 a bird.
from Jordan across the Allenby Bridge. This was the third foiled goldfinch smuggling attempt
He was pulled over for a body search after attracting this year. LARRY YUDELSON
2017s first break-out bagel

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Anarchy reigns. intrepid readers willing to trek to
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Noshes
I applaud the Orthodox Union for
their new bros before yos policy.
New. #MaharatToBeKiddingMe
Facebook post by Gavriel Bellino of Teaneck in response to the OU
statement on female clergy. He later added: All this time Ive been
calling senators, Ive forgotten to call my local mashgiach. #OUguys
DRAKES CAKE:
Singer up for eight

Grammy awards
The Grammys, for tions include album of for best jazz instrumental
excellence in the year (Views); best album (Nearness). Red-
music, are an odd rap performance (Pop man is a great sax player,
awards ceremony. Last Style); best rap/sung as is BOB MINTZER, 63.
year, only 10 of the more performance (Hotline Mintzers album (All L.A.
than 100 Grammy Bling); best rap song Band; he led the band)
awards were presented (Hotline); best rap al- is a nominee in the best
on TV, but virtually all bum (Views); and best large jazz ensemble al-
Grammy winners are r&b song (Come and bum category. Mintzer, a
made public during the See Me). Surprisingly, native New Yorker, now
telecast via a brief Drake has won only one is a professor of music
announcement or Grammy to date. Hes at USC.
through a list of winners been nominated 27 times MICHAEL SPIRO,
scrolled onscreen. Most (excluding this years Adam Levine Drake Mike Posner 60ish, who isnt Latino
of the Grammys are nine). but does have a degree
given at the Premiere Adeles Hello is in Latin American studies
Ceremony, which is competing for record and is known as a conga
live-streamed, starting at of the year. It was co- virtuoso, is nominated
3:30 p.m. on February 12, written and produced for best Latin jazz al-
at grammy.com. It stays by (co-nominee) GREG bum (Canto America).
up for months after the KURSTIN, 47. Kurstins up Over in folk, theres ARI
ceremony. for three more Grammys: HEST, 37, whose album
The main ceremony, song of the year (Hel- (Silver Skies Blue) of
hosted by James Corden, lo); album of the year duets with Judy Collins
is on CBS on Sunday, Feb- (producing Adeles 25); is up for best folk album.
ruary 12, starting at 8 p.m. and a biggie, producer of Hests father is a music
The stage performers will the year (non-classical). professor and his mother
include Adele and rocker MIKE POSNER, 28, a is a synagogue cantor.
ADAM LEVINE. The first relative newcomer, also David Draiman Michael Spiro David Cross The last musician is
part of this article lists is nominated for song the legendary HERB
Jewish nominees (in of the year (for I Took ten songs for huge acts for singing the songs of ticing, Draiman grew ALPERT, who is still tour-
caps) nominated for a a Pill in Ibiza). Posner, like Sheeran, Rihanna, GEORGE GERSHWIN. up very Orthodox. His ing at 81. Hes nominated
Grammy that is likely to whos secular, has a Jew- and Maroon 5. This year, PINK, 37, whose moth- brother, a folk rock musi- for best contemporary
be presented on TV. The ish father and a Catholic hes up for four Gram- er is Jewish, is nominated cian, lives in Israel, as instrumental album (Hu-
second part notes Jewish mother. mys, including producer for best country duo does his grandmother. man Nature). Over in
nominees in non-main- Love Yourself also is of the year (non-classi- performance (Setting Grammy nominees/ the best spoken word
ceremony categories. up for song of the year. cal) and for producing the World on Fire, with categories not on the TV album category, theres
DRAKE (aka Aubrey Sung by Justin Bieber, it Biebers Purpose, up Kenny Chesney). ceremony AMY SCHUMER, 35.
Drake Graham), 30, is was co-written by Bieber, for album of the year. A new version of The The current revival of Shes nominated for
nominated for eight BENJAMIN LEVIN, 28, BOB DYLAN, 75, is up Sound of Silence, the Fiddler on the Roof is the CD of her memoir,
awards this year, sec- and Ed Sheeran. Levin for best traditional pop PAUL SIMON classic, is nominated for best musi- The Girl with the Lower
ond only to Beyoncs chose to use his real vocal album (Fallen An- nominated for best rock cal theater album. Back Tattoo. Schumers
nine. Appropriately, one name for this songwrit- gels). He competes with performance. It was per- JOSHUA REDMAN, 47, also up for best com-
of the nominations is ing credit, but hes better BARBRA STREISAND, 74 formed by heavy metal the son of an African- edy album (Live at the
for Work, a record- known as Benny Blanco, (Encore: Movie Part- band Disturbed, and American father and a Apollo), and vies for
of-the-year nominee and under that name he ners Sing Broadway). featured its lead vocal- Jewish mother, and a that honor with DAVID
featuring Beyonc and has won a raft of awards. They both vie with Willie ist, DAVID DRAIMAN, 43. summa cum laude Har- CROSS, 52 (America..
Drake. His other nomina- Hes produced and writ- Nelson, whos nominated While no longer prac- vard grad, is nominated Great). N.B.
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Speaking the same language

Joint conference brings Reform, Conservative synagogue executives together
LOIS GOLDRICH that end, name tags didnt indicate which NAASE goes to Israel every fifth year, for NAASE but not for NATA so that
group delegates came from. We wanted Mr. Tannenbaum said. While the two everyone would feel comfortable.
In 2008, NATA the Reform movements people to have to sit down and engage in groups are not always there at the same Everyone was so open-minded and
National Association of Temple Adminis- conversation, finding similarities before time, an effort will be made to coordi- accepting, he said. No one felt that they
tration and NAASE the Conservative they saw differences. nate their trips. In addition, NAASE has had to bend or give up anything. Even
movements North American Association Temple Emanuel is Conservative; Mr. invited NATA to attend the Conservative in the distribution of aliyot at Shabbat
of Synagogue Executives held a joint Tannenbaum, a member of NAASE, is services, people were called up in pairs:
conference. Richard Tannenbaum, exec- that groups vice president for profes- for example, the presidents of both orga-
utive director of Temple Emanuel of the sional development. nizations went up together, and the four
Pascack Valley in Woodcliff Lakes, helped The task force planning the conference conference co-chairs had a joint aliyah.
organize the event. met weekly through Zoom video confer-
We formed Nashville was chosen as the conference
The conference went off smoothly, but encing. There were two co-chairs from a joint task site because we wanted to find a city
something was missing.
It was more like two conferences that
each organization, and we were from all
four corners of the U.S., Mr. Tannen-
force to look at that has collaboration, and at the open-
ing evenings musical performance, the
overlapped for a day without real integra- baum said. It met for a full year. It gave things we could three artists that performed talked about
tion, Mr. Tannenbaum said. We wanted
a truly joint conference.
us a chance to get to know each other
and understand each other, so we were
collaborate on how songwriting and collaboration go
together, Mr. Tannenbaum said.
That goal finally has been realized. Last all on the same page, he added. since so much of Conference sessions were both for-
month, the two groups came together in Not coincidentally, the conference mal and informal, addressing topics that
Nashville and it modeled true coopera- theme was Coming Together Kulanu
what we do ranged from making synagogues more
tion, Mr. Tannenbaum said. We formed bYachad. is similar. organized to enhancing security, from
a joint task force to look at things we The 270 participants, including syna- software, crisis management, dues col-
could collaborate on since so much of gogue executives from northern New lection, to moving congregations to the
what we do is similar. With each orga- Jersey, came from all over the United groups conference in Israel next year. leading edge, improving both focus and
nization bringing some 150 people, we States, Canada, London, Israel, and even It wont be a joint conference, but it will operational effectiveness.
knew we could have a great conference, Australia. Feedback has been really sen- have the flavor of camaraderie. Local participants included Vicki Farhi,
with great speakers, and create a greater sational, Mr. Tannenbaum said, and a On the whole, he added, were really the executive director of Barnert Temple
dynamic and a sense of community, since large number of people asked that such more similar than dissimilar. Any dif- in Franklin Lakes; Rochelle Rudnick, the
wed be doing sacred work together. conferences be held on a more regular ferences be o groups were ironed out in temple administrator at Teanecks Tem-
We created total equality between basis. Plans for a similar meeting are advance. For example, it was decided that ple Emeth; and Joe Slade, the executive
both organizations, he continued. To already in the works. all food would be kosher a requirement director of Temple Sinai in Tenafly.

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Ms. Farhi said that she always has

enjoyed NATA conferences because
be a continuing conversation. She also
picked up some practical tips on how
Collaboration is beneficial
they provide a chance to get together to manage both big stuff and small stuff. to everyone, it puts us in
with colleagues and friends across the
country, share best practices and learn
Like the way [UAHC president] Rabbi
Rick Jacobs and [USCJ president] Rabbi
a position for respectful
new ideas, and get a sense of where syn- Steven Wernick had a conversation, how conversation which is direly
agogues are headed. Collaboration is
beneficial to everyone, she said, adding
they framed it. It was nice modeling.
The conference, she said, was a won-
needed in the Jewish world.
that it puts us in a position for respectful derful opportunity for a synagogue pro-
conversation which is direly needed in fessional to have the time to focus on In her second session, Ms. Glass talked Attendees could see what each group
the Jewish world. professional development with other about a model of the dues/funding struc- brought to the table and benefit from
She also enjoys the workshops for syn- professionals. That benefits the work she ture that stresses relationships with con- best practices. As a synagogue director,
agogue executive directors held locally does and the synagogue she works for. gregants, offering a practical, detailed our work is so similar. We even had a
by Lisa Glass, the Jewish Federation of Ms. Glass who had been a synagogue discussion of the investor model and speaker who was a church administrator.
Northern New Jerseys chief planning executive director for some 14 years its applicability to all synagogues, irre- Its the same running the infrastructure
officer. The Nashville conference, she offered three sessions at the conference: spective of size, location, denomination, of a sacred community.
said, extended this idea. Still, she added, How to Think Like a Pro: Tools & Meth- or demographics. Her third session And then, she said, the fact that we
she knew what to expect because we odologies; Investor Model: Doing Tradi- pointed out that losing a loved one is were able to work together to achieve
have a model here in northern New Jer- tional Dues Right; and Death as a Spiri- a traumatic event, and it can become a this is the most important benefit. We
sey. Indeed, Ms. Glass was one of the tual and Philanthropic Opportunity. critical time in the relationship of a con- were providing an example of the types
speakers in Nashville. In the first session, she said, she sug- gregant with his or her synagogue. Her of collaboration that are possible. Such
While it did take a while to break gested that what often separates good presentation explored the spiritual and events are a clarion call on how we can
down some of the barriers of people professionals from great professionals is financial opportunities that go hand in be working together in many areas in the
who didnt know each other, the con- the ability to reason through a problem, hand with this life-cycle event. future, whether in multidenominational
ference was helpful, Ms. Farhi said. Not crisis, or challenge in a thoughtful and I was impressed by the level of collab- synagogues or in sharing space.
only did she enjoy most of the speakers, complete manner. Her goal was to help oration between NAASE and NATA, and Mr. Tannenbaum said he intends to
but I met an executive director from participants become effective thought how each part of the conference had two remain active in organizing joint con-
Wayland, Mass., who gave me benefi- leaders in their community. You have to leaders, one from each, Ms. Glass said. ferences. It was exciting and inspira-
cial advice on development and finan- train yourself to allow for different think- Also, being with a group of that size tional, he said. We were speaking the
cial transparency. That will probably ers at the table, she said. made it feel substantial and powerful. same language.
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Orthodox Union ruling that women rabbis are treif is defended and challenged
LARRY YUDELSON
After the Orthodox Union issued a statement last feminist for more than three decades, at times lik-
week, saying that women rabbis arent kosher, ening feminism to Christianity, Sadduceeism, and
Orthodox advocates for womens ordination other heresies.
insist that they will continue to answer to a higher The ruling therefore broke no new halachic
authority. ground. Five OU member synagogues have women
Its not going to eliminate the need or desire serving as clergy; none said they would change their
by people in our community to serve Hashem in practice. (See related story.)
the best way possible, said Pamela Scheininger of This feels as if it has added very little to the con-
Teaneck, a vice president of the Jewish Orthodox Rabbi Shmuel Rabbi Nathaniel Pamela versation, Ms. Scheininger said. To those of us
Feminist Alliance. Goldin Helfgot Scheininger who feel it personally, it was hard. It was disappoint-
But Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Ahavath Torah ing. It felt very divisive in a way that no one needs.
in Englewood said he was very comfortable with the whom teach Talmud at Yeshiva University. Three of them Theres definitely room to take a much more permis-
statement. are from northern New Jersey: Rabbi Daniel Feldman of sive attitude than the OU panel did, Rabbi Nathaniel Helf-
It is in line with the thinking that many of us have been Congregation Ohr Saadya in Teaneck, Rabbi Yaakov Neu- got said. Rabbi Helfgot leads Teanecks Netivot Shalom, an
working with, which is that every effort should be made to berger of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield, and Orthodox synagogue not affiliated with the OU, and he is
encourage and enfranchise women within the community Rabbi Benjamin Yudin of Congregation Shomrei Torah in a leader of the International Rabbinic Fellowship, which
who are interested in higher levels of learning and com- Fair Lawn. includes male and female members.
munal participation, he said. However, there is a red line The panel included two of the most prominent legal The fellowship issued a statement reiterating its previ-
when it comes to ordination of women. authorities affiliated with the Orthodox Union and the ous support for women in positions of religious leader-
The OUs statement was issued by an ad hoc panel of Rabbinical Council of America: Rabbi Hershel Schachter, ship. Saying that it did not find the OU arguments compel-
rabbis the OU set up to answer two questions: Is it accept- rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Universitys seminary, and Rabbi ling, it affirmed that women can serve as clergy within
able for a synagogue to employ a woman in a clergy func- Gedalia Dov Schwartz, head of the Rabbinical Councils our communities. The broader Orthodox community will
tion? And what is the broadest spectrum of professional beit din, or court. be similarly enriched by welcoming talented women to
roles within a synagogue that may be performed by a The Rabbinical Council announced its objections to serve as spiritual leaders and clergy in its synagogues and
woman? women as rabbis in 2015. Rabbi Schachter has been argu- communal life, including as clergy.
The panel was composed of seven male rabbis, most of ing against changes to Orthodox practice that he calls The statement concluded with a reminder of the
Facing OU directive, hold professional leader-

ship positions, and advise
Orthodox women clergy The way Im reacting is
on certain Jewish legal mat-
ters, Jewish law prohibits
say theyll keep working showing up to work and

women from filling the role
of a pulpit rabbi, however
BEN SALES The way Im reacting is show-

continuing to do my job. that might be defined.
The formal structure
RABBA RAMIE SMITH
ing up to work and continuing to do of synagogue leadership
Rabba Ramie Smith of the Hebrew Insti- my job, Rabba Smith, who received should more closely reflect
tute of Riverdale, an Orthodox congrega- ordination in 2016, said. It might make by the Orthodox Union, an umbrella the halakhic ethos, the decision read.
tion, said last week that she didnt have some people nervous, but the more we Orthodox Jewish group, barring its mem- For the reasons stated above we believe
time to protest the Orthodox Union deci- continue doing our jobs, having people ber synagogues from hiring female clergy. that a woman should not be appointed to
sion banning its synagogues from hiring see who we are and what we do, the work The decision, made by a committee of serve in a clergy position.
women clergy like her. speaks for itself. seven Orthodox rabbis, follows a 2015 deci- Five OU synagogues now employ Yeshi-
She was busy organizing a Shabbat con- Rabba Smith is one of 14 graduates sion by the Rabbinical Council of America vat Maharat graduates they all hold the
ference with Yachad, a group supporting of Yeshivat Maharat, which trains and an umbrella group of Orthodox rabbis title of rabba or maharat and the rul-
Jews with disabilities. Then she had classes ordains Orthodox women clergy mem- that also barred women clergy. The OU ing could discourage others from following
to plan, congregants to meet, and a pod- bers. The New York school was one of the decision says that while there is a place suit. But graduates of the school said they
cast to host. main targets of a decision issued Thursday for women at synagogues to teach Torah, were not surprised by the ruling, and that
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burning halachic debate a century ago: Should women Through such innovations as partnership minyans and He accused Yeshivat Maharat, which began ordaining
be allowed to vote? Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the chief womens ordination, Open Orthodox halachic rulings are women in 2013, of splitting the Orthodox community,
rabbi of Palestine, was among the many Orthodox voices dividing the community irrevocably, Rabbi Goldin said. which was moving in a very positive direction with the
opposing womens suffrage in the 1920s. The fellowship Thats unfortunate. I dont think its necessary. yoatzot and women serving as scholars on the staff of syn-
recommended instead the counsel of Rabbi Yechiel Yaa- He praised the OU for encouraging women who are agogues. This was an evolving process.
kov Weinberg, who wrote: Let us allow history to pass interested in higher levels of learning and communal The OU and the RCA have a responsibility to our con-
and make the decision. participation. stituent rabbis and synagogues to assist them in creating
The OU statement did not directly address any of the The OU statement gave a divided message on the posi- standards that are uniform and help them respond to chal-
responsa that have permitted women as rabbis. Rabbi tion of yoetzet halacha, saying that those women, who are lenges they may receive in their communities concerning
Amnon Bazak of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel is among their standards. It is very helpful if they have the backup of
the statements critics. He wrote that its approach to juris- the organization and the roshei yeshiva the YU Talmud
prudence reflects a charedi, or ultra-Orthodox, approach faculty members who are saying that this is the line.
to Jewish law, rather than a religious Zionist approach. He cautioned that envelope-pushing changes to Ortho-
Religious Zionists the Israeli equivalent of Americas Rabbi Goldin rejected dox practice, such as partnership minyans, may not be
modern Orthodox movement has, despite Rabbi Kooks
objections, long accepted women in leadership positions,
the claim that the sustainable.
Lets assume for a moment that a partnership minyan
he argued. He also accused the OU statement of misquot- OU statement enables women to lead the service at particular points
ing sources.
Rabbi Goldin rejected the claim that the OU statement
was divisive. that in their halachic estimation is acceptable, he said.
Sooner or later those women are going to turn around
was divisive. and say youre only letting me lead the parts of the service
Instead, he said, it was feminists who threatened to certified to answer halachic questions about menstrual that arent that important. Youre not going to satisfy those
divide the Orthodox community. issues and other questions about the Orthodox approach demands.
While charedi Judaism argues that modern Orthodox to sexuality, provide a valuable service, but indicating He said that the demands of Orthodox feminists have
Judaism is illegitimate, the fact is that charedi individu- that some members of the panel feel halakhic and meta- moved beyond what he and some congregants can
als come and daven at my synagogue, he said. They halakhic concerns outweigh the benefits. support.
may not agree with everything I say, but nothing I do has Rabbi Goldin said he is proud that his community was I used to be comfortable going to JOFA conferences and
crossed a line that makes them uncomfortable in my com- one of the first to employ a yoetzet. I think this is a per- speaking, he said. When I saw that they were becoming
munity. Unfortunately, individuals in the Open Orthodox fect example of where a communal need is being met in a not a forum where these issues were being discussed, but
community take positions that mean I cant go into their wonderful way and at the same time were making use of rather advocacy for a particular point of view I couldnt
services, things like partnership minyans. Partnership talented women to meet that need, he said. In a commu- agree with, I couldnt go any more. I would ask those who
minyans allow women to lead certain parts of the syna- nity like mine, there are many women who might not feel would accuse the OU statement as dividing community to
gogue service that do not require a minyan, and they comfortable coming to a rabbi with the intimate questions take a look and see who is dividing the community.
allow women to read from the Torah. Rabbi Schachter that might surround observance of taharat mishpacha, or (Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin of Teaneck, a member of the
condemned those minyans in a 2014 statement that the family purity. Having a woman has been very helpful, RCAs executive committee, has written an op ed on this
RCA published. he added. question. Its on page 42.)
it would not affect their work. They said

they have received overwhelmingly posi-
tive responses from their congregants.
Its jarring for the OU to be coming
out and condemning this when so many
communities are moving ahead with this,
said Maharat Ruth Friedman, who works
at Ohev Sholom The National Synagogue
in Washington, D.C. In our communities
we have found that womens leadership
has become accepted much more quickly
than we thought.
Rabbi Avi Weiss, rabbi emeritus of the
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, founded
Yeshivat Maharat in 2009, soon after he
ordained Sara Hurwitz, the first rabba.
After working at HIR for some time,
Rabba Hurwitz became the schools dean.
Yeshivat Maharat now has 28 students. Of
its 14 graduates, nine are employed as Leah Sarna, due to receive ordination
clergy in synagogues. Rabba Ramie Smith was ordained in 2016 and is now a clergy member at the He- in 2018, opposes the OU decision but
The school, and Rabba Hurwitz person- brew Institute of Riverdale, an Orthodox synagogue in New York. COURTESY OF SMITH appreciates the Jewish legal process
ally, have faced backlash from Orthodox that guided it. COURTESY OF SARNA
leaders. But Rabba Hurwitz says the OU women could fill a range of non-clergy I think it was an important step for the
decision hasnt led her to question her roles in the synagogue, from teaching to OU in setting standards for congregations rabbis after thousands of years of a male-
commitment to Orthodoxy. lay leadership. And it approved of women that are part of the umbrella, he said. only rabbinate. Like them, she says, she
I think that what were seeing is that serving as halachic advisers who give What you have here is a nuanced state- appreciates the weight of tradition.
Orthodox Judaism is a big tent, she said. Jewish legal advice to women on topics ment that sets certain limits but encour- Figuring out what Hashem wants from
I feel very strong and committed in my such as family purity and sexuality. ages advancement in other areas. us is heavy and difficult work, she said.
Orthodox practice, and so do my stu- Rabbi Marc Dratch, executive vice Leah Sarna, who is due to graduate from In our generation, this is our question,
dents, and they particularly want to serve president of the RCA, who supports the Yeshivat Maharat next year, said that while and this is what were trying to figure out.
in Orthodox communities and be part of decision, said it shows that the OU recog- she disagrees with the OUs decision, she On one hand, it hurts. On the other
Orthodox communities. nizes that women need to have a role in understands the wariness that some Ortho- hand, Im not sure I would want it to be
The OU decision did emphasize that the synagogue. dox Jews have toward ordaining women as any other way. JTA WIRE SERVICE

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Second generation of YU powerhouse basketball family takes to the court
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
T
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tory on January 25, 2017, when
they played simultaneously
during the Yeshiva University Macca-
bees victorious 73-43 game against Sarah
Lawrence College on YUs home court in
Manhattan.
Jordan, Justin, and Tyler Hod (pro-
nounced Hode) were the first trio of sib-
lings ever to play in the same NCAA Divi-
sion III college basketball game. It was
only the fourth such occurrence in NCAA
history.
Jordan, a 22-year-old senior starting
point guard and team co-captain, fin-
ished the historic game with six points,
eight assists, and two rebounds. (His mid-
dle name, not coincidentally, is Michael.)
His younger siblings joined the action
in the fourth quarter. Justin, 21, a 6-foot-3
When they all

finally came
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in the same Two generations of Hod stars from left, Justin, Asaf, Jordan, Lior, Tyler, and Ayal PHOTOS COURTESY YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
game I couldnt
to 1980, when Dov and
believe it. I was Rivi Hod moved their fam-
screaming. It ily from the working-class
Israeli coastal city of Holon
was something to Atlanta, Georgia. Dov
so rare and so Hod opened a Middle East-
ern-style restaurant there;
magical. it failed within a year.
Lior and Ayal, then 15 and
shooting guard and small forward, scored 14, respectively, refused
two points. Tyler, a 6-foot-1 freshman to go back to Israel with
point guard and shooting guard, made their parents and younger
two assists and grabbed a rebound. brother and sister. The tall
And theres more. The Hod familys youths were well on their
record-breaking history at the Jewish way to basketball stardom
university made the moment even more at Cross Keys High School
remarkable. by then.
The boys father, Lior, and their uncle, For seven years, we and
Ayal, were known as the Twin Towers our parents didnt see one
or the Hod Towers when they played another, Mr. Hod said.
for the Macs in the 1980s. During that Living in their familys
decade, they each broke scoring records Atlant a apar tment and
Lior first, with 1,541 career points, and From left, Tyler, Jordan, and Justin Hod suited up for the YU basketball team. working lots of odd jobs
then Ayal, with 1,807 points. Ayals record to make ends meet while
stood until 2002. Later, their younger games since they were born, said Mr. her brothers had a distinguished high- skirting immigration authorities, the
brother, Asaf, also joined the Macs bas- Hod, who became an American citi- school basketball career at the Frisch brothers somehow got by. Lior gradu-
ketball squad. zen in May 1996. When they all finally School in Paramus. Now 25, Ms. Locke ated from high school in 1984 and was
Liors sons got their start with the came onto the court in the same game works in her fathers Teaneck-based offered a two-year scholarship to a Bap-
Macs very early, serving as water boys I couldnt believe it. I was screaming. It healthcare information technology busi- tist college.
for the team they later would join on was something so rare and so magical. ness, Ellkay. But that summer, a YU alumnus saw
their own merit. Lior and Janet Hod also have a daugh- To fully appreciate the Hod family him play ball at the local JCC and got
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Pooling tips and tzedakah

Closter couple waits tables to benefit Jewish Family and Childrens Services
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
I
ts not unusual for married cou-
ples to dine at a favorite restaurant
on their weekly date night. It is
unusual, however, for the couple
to wait tables at their favorite restaurant,
turning date night into an opportunity for
chesed an act of kindness.
This out-of-the-box idea was dreamed
up by Assaf Sibony and Einat Aviraz-
Sibony of Closter. On social media, they
urged their friends to come for dinner to
Tavlin, a Mediterranean kosher restaurant
at 7 W. Railroad Ave. in Tenafly on Janu-
ary 24. They pledged to donate all tips they
earned to Jewish Family & Childrens Ser-
vices of Northern New Jersey in Teaneck.
My wife and I have a busy schedule
and three kids, so we thought, What
can we do together? After considering a
lot of ideas we decided to do something
that other people can benefit from, Mr.
Sibony, CEO of a high-tech firm called
Uptime NYC, said.
And this is how the idea of being waiters
came up, so we could donate the money to
a good cause. JFCS, being an organization
that provides food for people who are hun-
gry, is the natural choice for what we do
here, and were happy to do it.
In addition to its many other services
including individual and group coun-
seling, support groups, aid and advocacy,
and afterschool programs JFCS runs an Assaf Sibony, left, and Einat Aviraz-Sibony of Closter raised $2,500 for JFCS by waiting tables at Tavlin, a kosher restaurant
emergency food pantry in Tenafly. Here, they are at home, in front of a drawing Ms. Aviraz-Sibony made of the couple on their wedding night.
Mr. Sibony learned of the agency
through a friend in Alpine, whose son had incredible kindness. Wouldnt it be great
requested donations to JFCS in lieu of bar if this started a trend? We like to entertain, so
mitzvah gifts. Since then, Mr. Sibony has
ridden in the 50-mile JFCS Wheels-for-
Waiting tables is no easy task, but both
Sibonys have some experience from their
serving people is natural for
Meals Ride to Fight Hunger held every native Israel. Mr. Sibony was a waiter at a us. We try to have a very open
June. Hes done it three times Last time
I even did it with a broken hand on a tan-
Jerusalem restaurant for several years, and
Ms. Aviraz-Sibony waited tables at an eat-
house for our friends, especially
dem bike, he said. ery in Tel Aviv. Its like riding a bicycle; not having family here.
The first evening at Tavlin earned the you never forget how, Mr. Sibony said.
couple $350 in tips for JFCS. The following We like to entertain, so serving peo-
Tuesday they did it again, raking in $1,250. ple is natural for us., Ms. Aviraz-Sibony It was very successful. I thought it was special Israeli dish for patrons. (With Mr.
And one of our friends, Guy Tanne, added. We try to have a very open house spectacular, Mr. Erlich added. Assaf and Erlichs permission, of course.) On the first
matched it to bring the total to $2,500 for our friends, especially not having Einat are good friends and great customers Tuesday, Maya Burshtein Yaari made beet
that we will donate to the JFCS today, Mr. family here. of mine. They are amazing people, who do kubbeh, and on January 31 she prepared
Sibony reported on February 1. The couple has lived in the Unites States a lot of things for the community. Moroccan fish. Both proved very popular.
The Sibonys act of chesed and finan- for 12 years, the last five of them in Clo- Ms. Aviraz-Sibony is the co-chair of Bere- The couple isnt sure how often they
cial contribution to JFCS speaks volumes ster. Their daughters, who are 8, 5, and 3 isheet, a local nonprofit Israeli afterschool might repeat their waiter gig.
about the type of individuals they are, years old, go to Hillside Elementary School language and culture program for children Well do it as long as it continues to
Ellen Finkelstein, JFCSs marketing direc- there. So its not surprising that when the from preschool to bar/bat mitzvah age. attract crowds and is successful, and
tor, said. They truly understand the work couple put out the word over various Were always interested in trying to bring then well find a different approach, Mr.
being done at JFCS to help those in need WhatsApp groups, a nice crowd of mostly the Israeli community together, and food Sibony said. It means every Tuesday
throughout northern New Jersey. Israeli patrons showed up at the restau- is a great way to do that while having fun, night we dont see our kids, so it wont
This was such a creative way to not only rant, which is under the kosher supervi- she said. Its a bit more than just reaching go on forever.
raise funds, but to raise awareness about sion of Chabad of Monsey. into your pocket and giving money to char- Meanwhile, he is staying in shape not
the agency. As they greeted each table at I think we had 65 or 70 people on ity. Its working and gathering the rest of only for the next Wheels for Meals but also
Tavlin, they explained what they were January 24, says Cresskill resident Eric the community to help this cause. for his sixth year of participation in the
doing, and why. One of our staff members (Arik) Erlich, Tavlins Israeli-born owner. On the nights they waited tables, the Century for the Cure 100-mile bike ride in
happened to be seated at their table in the The four-year-old restaurant can seat Sibonys invited amateur chefs in the com- the fall to benefit the Rutgers Cancer Insti-
restaurant and was blown away by their about 100 diners. munity to come to Tavlin and cook up a tute of New Jersey.

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Honoring the community

Faced with a dilemma, Emanu-El finds a creative way to celebrate
JOANNE PALMER a brainstorm. the president and CEO of
W
For its dinner dance, set for this Saturday Englewood Hospital, War-
hat do you do when you are night at the shul, the community will honor ren Geller.
faced with great sadness? the community. So what about the Jew-
First, lets start with some Its not exactly like what Time magazine ish Home Family? Well,
definitions. You, in this did in 2006, when its Person of the Year not quite a president of
case, are not a person but an institution. You famously was you. Instead, the shul will the whole organization,
are Temple Emanu-El of Closter. And the honor six local institutions Englewood but Emanu-El member
great sadness is the sudden death of a much- Hospital and Medical Center, Jewish Children Dr. Sandra Gold is on the
beloved community member a man who and Family Services of Northern New Jersey, board, and she is a past
was so genuinely beloved that he was slated the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jer- president of the Jewish
to be honored at the shuls dinner dance, its sey, the Jewish Home Family, the Kaplen JCC Home at Rockleigh (which
gala annual fund-raiser, that year. on the Palisades, and the Solomon Schech- is part of the Jewish Home
Ken Schindler of Englewood died during ter Day School of Bergen County. Family) and still sits on its
the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Were reveling in what it is that we do as board. Another member,
Kippur in 2016, just as 5777 began. He was a community, the shuls Rabbi David-Seth Wilson Aboudi, is a past
just 56. Kirshner said. And although this was not the president of another Jew-
What could the community do? It would plan, it turns out that Emanu-El has ties to ish Home Family body,
be insulting to confer the honor on some- each of those institutions. Jewish Home Assisted
one else, someone sure to feel second-best. The president of the Schechter School, Living, and still sits on its
It would be grim to honor a memory rather Adi Rabinowitz, is a member, Rabbi Kirsh- board. And Arie Freilich,
than a person. The point of the evening, ner said. So is Shira Feuerstein, the presi- who has moved to Man-
after all, is to celebrate the community, per- dent of JFS. And so is Stephanie Pittel, the hattan but is a former
sonified in the honoree. incoming president of the federation, and Emanu-El member and
Thats when the communit y had the president of the JCC, JoJo Rubach, and the son-in-law of the late
Cantor Kurt Silberman,
whose voice and good-
ness animated the shul for
decades, is a former presi- Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner
dent of the Jewish Home
Family. So yes, thats well connected too. bid (or maybe one of the winning bids,
March 2, 2017 The auction that traditionally accom- because Rabbi Kirshner loves presiding
panies the dinner will offer experiences in the kitchen far more than he cares for
as well as objects, according to Lisa turning people and their pledges away)
Lavish
Jesner of Demarest, who is working with and he will show up in your home and
Jeanine Corrubia of the synagogues prepare dinner for up to 10 people.
staff, to put it together. (She does Local business also are participating,
Lu nch es magic, Ms. Jesner said of Ms. Corrubia.)
The auction which will be online,
including the ones that have just opened
in the newly renovated Closter Plaza.
then silent, and then vocal on Satur- The range of items is by design. Yes,
day night will include such seductive of course its exciting to have big ticket
delights as eight tickets to see the Red items, but they can be intimidating for
Sox play in Fenway Park in Boston and people who cannot afford them. It is
A day of culinary adventure with guest speaker dinner that evening. The trip there and important that everyone can access the
Josh capon, nationally acclaimed-seasoned back? Taken care of! By private plane, auction and support it, Ms. Jesner said.
natch. Two tickets to next years Super I have invited some of the younger fami-
executive chef and restaurateur.
Bowl, which include a three-night stay lies, who are first-time attendees, and I
in a hotel in Minneapolis and two tickets want them to feel comfortable.
The morning begins with a light breakfast at to a Hall-of-Fame brunch, and to Game There are drawbacks as well as ben-
the home of Alissa and Zachary Epstein, followed Two of the next World Series also are up efits to not honoring someone, she said.
by a themed luncheon of your choice featuring: for bid. Much more effort has to go into bring-
Other experiences for bid are more ing in attendees and journal ads. But on
Wine tasting intimate. The cantor will come to your the flip side, it is an amazing opportu-
Reality celebrity house to sing your children a lullaby, nity, because there are no speeches.
Cupcake decorating Rabbi Kirshner said. The shuls other Thats a great opportunit y to
rabbi, Alex Friedman, lives across the appeal to a younger crowd, she said,
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street from it; another goodie to be auc- overlooking the fact that impatience
tioned off is the opportunity to park at with hours of speeches seems to be
Proceeds support vital programs and his house on the High Holy Days rather truly intergenerational.
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Friedman also will invite the highest bid- way, Ms. Jesner said. I wish there was
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for Holocaust survivor care
The Jewish Family & Childrens Ser- of trauma victims by incorporating
vices of Northern New Jersey was knowledge about the role of trauma
selected to receive a grant from the in victims lives into agency programs,
Jewish Federations of North America policies, and procedures.
through the Center for Advancing Nearly a quarter of the more than
Holocaust Survivor Care. When com- 100,000 Holocaust survivors in
bined with matching funds, this award United States are 85 or older, and
will provide $92,400 in new program- one in four lives in poverty. Many live
ming for survivors. alone and are at risk for social isola-
The Jewish Federations of North tion, depression, and other physical
America launched the Center for and mental health conditions stem-
Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care ming from periods of starvation, dis-
in 2015, using an award from the U.S. ease, and torture.
Department of Health and Human The programming JFCS now pro-
Services for up to $12 million over five vides for Holocaust survivors includes
years to advance innovations in per- a monthly luncheon, with the oppor-
son-centered trauma-informed ser- tunities to socialize that come along
vices for Holocaust survivors in the with it; kosher meals on wheels; indi-
United States. vidual and group therapy, and care
PCTI care is a holistic approach to management. The extra funding will
service provision that promotes the help secure in-home care for local
dignity, strength, and empowerment Holocaust survivors.
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Runners cross the finish line at the Yachad marathon in Miami.
Yachad marathon raises $300,000

Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Nechama Rabold of Spring Valley, N.Y.,
Disabilities, which is an agency of the and Miri and Ari Taub of Suffern, N.Y.,
Orthodox Union, raised $300,000 at its were among the participants.
8th annual marathon in Miami on Janu- The marathon drew 150 runners from
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The marathon brings together run- Canada, California, Texas, Maryland,
ners of all kinds, with and without dis- Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
abilities, as partners. and beyond. They ranged from 12 to 65
Gideon Black of Englewood; Noa Her- years old. Yachads IVDU schools, based
man of Fair Lawn; Simmi Sausen of New in Brooklyn, brought 25 students in addi-
Milford; Raizy Neugarten and Chani tion to staff to participate. The Orthodox
Rubin of Passaic; Abigail Rosenfeld, Unions Jewish Learning Initiative on
Chani, Gabriella, and Daniel Herrmann, Campus partnered with Team Yachad,
Abigail Rosenfeld, Mitchell Gronowitz, with 15 runners from three universities.
Eitan and Tzippy Hiller, and Eli Picker Saw You At Sinai, the leading Orthodox
of Teaneck; Chana Schapir of Hobo- dating website, offered singles program-
ken; Mendy Perl, Sammy Petlin, and ming over the weekend as well.

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Jacob Adler and his Sinai classmates

sit together in a classroom at the
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy.
Jacobs Footprints
Sinai Schools dinner looks at a student
who faces many challenges with realism and joy
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JOANNE PALMER emotional and character-testing issues, there are logisti- are real; they inspire but they do not sugar coat.
cal and financial ones as well. But without trying to gloss Jacob Adler has a host of medical issues that he, his fam-
ou have a baby whos born prematurely. away any of those issues without turning this into a ily, and his school have to negotiate. He has some cog-
You worry and you worry and then you fairy tale, which it is not there is love and hope and nitive problems. His muscles are weak; he cannot walk
worry some more; you know that out- growth and possibility and community and friendship or move easily; he does, however, have a sophisticated,
comes vary widely, and you dont know and life in the story of Jacob Adler, and in his relation- high-tech wheelchair that allows him to get around rapidly
what to expect. ship with Sinai Schools. and independently. He cannot use his hands very effec-
By six months, you know that what- On Sunday, February 26, at Sinais annual dinner, the tively, and because the muscles in his throat and mouth
ever the percentages are, you havent beaten them. Your school will present a film created by its managing director, that produce sound also are weak, he has had problems
child say your son, lets say his name is Jacob has Sam Fishman, and Abigail Hepner Gross, its communica- making himself understood. After many years of work, he
cerebral palsy. tions director. As it does most years, the film will showcase is much better at speaking, though, and his many friends
You already know that you love this child as deeply, as the schools accomplishments by focusing on one student; can understand him now.
thoroughly, as fiercely, as you love your older son, who this year, Jacobs Footprints will focus on 18-year-old Many friends? Thats because one of the things about
does not face Jacobs challenges, and as much as you later Jacob Adler and his parents, Debbie and Hillel. As it does Jacob is that he has so many of them. His smile is con-
love your two younger sons. You know that you have to do every year, this years film will evoke strong emotion tagious, his father said. And thats what everyone says
everything possible to protect him, prepare him for the often you can hear sniffles over the soundtrack but it about him. When he smiles, he radiates, and he almost
world, and integrate him into the community. is unlikely to be sad, or at least only or even mainly sad. always smiles.
To understate, its not easy. Not only are there Instead, the films are moving because the stories they tell Its one of those on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand

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Jacob at occupational therapy with Darbie Rabinowitz. Jacob is helped onto the school bus that takes him to Livingston.
things. It would be unrealistic to downplay the hur- but he can go upstairs, his father said. It didnt seem
dles Jacob and his family have faced and continue appropriate to have any of the house off limits to him.
to face; it also would be unrealistic not to marvel at Wheelchair technology keeps evolving; in Jacobs
how far hes come, at how his familys determination first year in Sinai, he got a wheelchair that could be
propelled him forward, and at how the Sinai Schools lowered all the way down to the floor, Hillel said.
worked with him, and with them, to get him to where They are specifically for little kids, for when there
he is today. is circle time, and everyone is sitting on the floor.
Hillel and Debbie Adler always pushed for Jacob Jacob was able to sit on the floor too.
s to have everything he could have that would help Jacob gets a new wheelchair every five years or so.
him be whatever he could be. That included a wheel- Ask Hillel Adler if thats because he outgrew the ear-
chair. He got his first wheelchair when he was 6 or lier one each time, and Hillel very politely will set
7, Hillel said. He was really little. Until then, he you straight. Its nowhere near that simple. They are
very customized, he said. Its not just the size of
the chair. Every child is different. Some need more
support for their trunk, or their arms, or other parts
of their body. Every part is separate. Jacob recently
His wheelchair has got a new chair; the list of parts his parents received Jacob holds a sefer Torah at TABC; the friend at the left is
a USB port, so he had more than 100 entries. His wheelchair has a USB
port, so he can charge his phone; it has a light, so he
Yitzi Rothschild.
can charge his phone; can be seen at night, and a horn, for when hes in
it has a light, so he traffic. Its made to go both inside and outside, and
Jacob drives it all over.
can be seen at night, Of course, paying for it always is an issue; the
and a horn, for when Adlers constantly have to fight with their insurance
company. What the company defines as a luxury
hes in traffic. and therefore something for which it does not have
to pay the Adlers know to be a necessity.
was just crawling on the floor. It was a power wheel- Having a child with special needs is stressful, Hil-
chair, and he drove it to the window, and sat there, lel Adler said. It adds a layer that most people dont
staring out. He was seeing the world from that new have to deal with. But they, like Sinai, are guided by
perspective for the first time, and he drank it in. I the goal of helping Jacob to live as ordinary a life as
remember him sitting for hours, staring out the win- possible, shaped by a realistic understanding of his
dow, his father said. The window that most drew abilities, desires, and limitations. We try to let him
him looked out on the front yard, the street, and cars lead as normal a life as we can, he said. We try to
and people going by. let him test the waters, to see what he can and cant
There was another wonderful thing about the view do. We never say no to anything he wants to do, even
from the window. He could get to it by himself, Hil- though at first it might look like he doesnt belong.
lel said. Once you get to know him, you see that he can be
The Adlers had to remodel their house, to accom- like anybody else.
modate both Jacob and his wheelchair. Halls and door- As a young child, Jacob bounced around from
ways had to be widened, and a room on the ground school to school until the Adlers discovered Sinai,
floor became Jacobs bedroom, with a wheelchair- Hillel said. He never had a sense of community,
accessible bathroom. The Adlers also added an eleva- of having friends, of having things in common with
tor to the staircase; Jacob doesnt go upstairs often, other people. That changed at Sinai. The Adler brothers Zach, Elie, Sam, and Jacob.

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Not only was it able to meet his educational needs, it

met his social needs, Hillel said. Of course, every child
for that matter, every human being has social needs, but
they are almost even more important for a child like Jacob.
When you are different, when you are used to having
people look at you like an outsider and thats natural,
when you see someone in a wheelchair you shy away but
now everybody knows Jacob, gives him a high five. He has
lunch with his typically developing peers at Sinai. And now
that goes beyond Sinai, to the weekends and the evenings,
and for someone like Jacob thats tremendously important.
The self-confidence he gets from Sinai allows him to
extend himself.
When Jacob first started at Sinai, he went to the pro-
gram in Livingston. I have known Jacob this entire time,
from when he was 8, Sam Fishman said. I have learned
so much from his family and from Jacob. What I learn from
Jacob what I think the whole world learns from Jacob
is that each of us has challenges and each of us also has
gifts. With Jacob, his challenges are immediately and obvi-
ously visible. So are some of his gifts.
Jacob has a beautiful, magnetic smile, sparkling eyes,
and a sweet, pleasing disposition. He has a radiance, the
ability to make you fall in love with him. And we saw that.
Sinai accepts each student it feels it can help; its pro-
fessionals study each child, assess strengths and weak-
nesses, and figure out what the school can do before it
offers admission. We have to be sure we can tailor a pro-
gram to give the child what he or she needs in order to
progress and develop, Mr. Fishman said. We thought
Jacob and his TABC friends are together for tefillot at school. that if we put together a program with the right teachers
and the right therapies and the right aides, we could bring
out what we hope is the best of Jacob.
He did not overlook the scope of Jacobs physical and
mental problems, a combination that made him among
the most challenging of Sinais students.
It took a tremendous amount of vision on the part of
our educators, he added. And because I have known him
all this time, it is remarkable for me to see how right the
educators were.
He told a story. When he started, the elementary
school we were at then was a wonderful, nurturing envi-
ronment, but the building was not accessible. Jacob was
getting bigger, and he was getting around in a motorized
chair, which also was bigger. The job of carrying Jacob
and the wheelchair grew harder.
But that wasnt the real problem.
Jacob and his brother Elie celebrate at Jacobs bar Our dean at the time, our founding dean, Laurette
mitzvah party. Rothwachs, said to me, We really need to move Jacob to
the other elementary school, at Kushner, in Livingston.
Its a supermodern building, with wide hallways. But
he still worried about finding people to get Jacob up and
down stairs.
Laurette said, Its not about that at all. There always
will be educators with strong backs and big hearts, who
will feel privileged to carry Jacob up and down the stairs.
Thats not what this is about.
Its about what Jacob needs the ability to be inde-
pendent, to get around like any other child, to get the
independence he needs in his life.
So Jacob went to Sinai Elementary at the Joseph Kush-
ner Hebrew Academy in Livingston. His parents, natu-
rally, were concerned about how to get him there, Mr.
Fishman said. His mother, Debbie, said to me, How are
you going to get him to Livingston? The school might as
well be in China.
But the other remarkable thing about Jacob and com-
munity was the philanthropy he has inspired, Mr. Fish-
man continued. It has been breathtaking. When we
decided that Jacob would do best in our elementary school
Jacob, right, and another Sinai student benefit from Jacobs parents, Hillel and Debbie, beam as he in Livingston, we decided that sending him there wasnt
music therapy. graduates from Shalem at TABC. just about getting him there. We wanted him to have a

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normal inclusive experience getting there. We decided

that what we needed was a wheelchair-accessible school
bus, so he and his friends could go together.
Remarkably, there was a donor an anonymous donor
who stepped up. The bus cost $100,000.
It was a beautiful new bus. We have pictures of Jacob
surrounded by his friends. This kid was so happy. This
smile I was telling you about it radiated.
I remember saying to Debbie that in Kushner, with
those wide hallways, Jacob was going to be the coolest,
most popular kid in school, in his motorized chair. Every-
one is going to want to play with him. And it turned out to
be true, and the positive social experience, the feeling of Fearless Jacobs many activities include horseback
being surrounded by all these people, encouraged him. It riding.
helped bring out his strengths.
After elementary school, Jacob went to Karasick Shalem
High School one of Sinais four high school programs
at the Torah Academy of Bergen County in Teaneck.
Esther Klavan directs Shalem at TABC.
Many of the situations Jacob faced in high school were
similar to those faced by typically developing students
its easy for adults to forget how intimidating the world
is when you are a freshman in high school although
the challenges were deepened by his disabilities, she
explained. His limitations involve the physical, academic,
and social realms the social area is his strength, but even
there he also requires help, she said. Some were chal-
lenges shared by typically developing high school students
as they move to high school, in terms of navigating a new Early on, Jacob learned to use a walker.
building, a new schedule, new expectations, and others
were unique to him.
What is similar to other high school students but even
more typical of our population are the challenges asso-
ciated with advocating for oneself, developing effective
problem solving and communications skills in order to Jacob at the Kotel.
get your meaning across. Everyone has those challenges
but the difference between the Sinai students experi- going up and down the streets, to the places where kids
ence and others experience is that we teach them the hang out. Part of what we meant by calling the film
soft and interpersonal skills to empower them to become Jacobs Footprints is that Jacob really has taught the
more capable adults. community that this is normal. This is the way it should
Other kids have to pick those skills up on their own. My be. You see Jacob surrounded by his friends, doing what
experience with my own teenagers, and with TABC stu- the other kids are doing. It wasnt always this way. Jacob
dents, is that they can do that, she said. They dont have has taught us a lot.
to sit in a class where they are taught things like street Because his older brother was at TABC for a year, when
safety. Our kids are vulnerable in the world around them. Jacob started at Shalem, and because there were a host of
All students share these challenges, but our kids need local community kids who Jacob grew up with in shul and
them directly addressed. around town there, the whole experience was like com-
Because TABC is in Teaneck, and because its head, ing home, Ms. Klavan said. That created the feeling of Jacob learns with a friend at TABC.
Rabbi Yosef Adler (who is distantly and coincidentally belonging in him, but there were challenges that came
related to Jacob and his family), also leads Congregation along with it. Here I am but where am I? His friends we work hard on with our students; to help to find their
Rinat Yisrael, the Adler familys shul, Jacob was entirely at were in other classrooms. Socially he belonged with them, inner strength. They learn to advocate for themselves, to
home at Shalem. but academically he did not. We were able to craft the learn coping tools and frustration-tolerating strategies.
Jacobs bar mitzvah was remarkable, Mr. Fishman right delicate balance for him. Jacob developed strong friendships at TABC. Yitzi Roth-
said. This is part of what Sinai does for all of our boys and For example, our students all are matched up with the schild, who graduated from TABC in the spring and now is
girls as they approach bar and bat mitzvah age. We work TABC students as lunch buddies, in the school and out- spending his gap year in Israel, was among them.
with them to make that experience meaningful and mem- side. We set Jacob up with lunch buddies, and he went out Id known Jacob my entire life, from around town
orable, to help them get the experience that you want any with them for lunch many times a week. and in shul and because our mothers went to school
child approaching that milestone to get. Any experience going on at TABC, whether it was dur- together, but Id never been in school with him until
Because Jacobs physical challenges make it difficult to ing the school day or after school, was open to him if it ninth grade, Yitzi said. Soon, Jacob became part of Yit-
understand him, we worked for two years to get him to was not academic Shabbatons and sports events. Jacob zis group of friends.
the point where he could not only learn the material he was successful on his own in part because he already had Its not that the differences between them werent real,
read a little from the Torah, and led the service but also the relationships he had built long before coming here. and its not that they never got in the way, but its that in
to get him to the point where he had the confidence and Part of the high school program at Sinai is vocational many ways that didnt matter.
the ability to articulate. training; students need transportation to get to their jobs. Friendships would start slowly. Part of it is that TABC
In the film, Rabbi Adler talks about Jacob going up the Because Jacob travels with his wheelchair, once again he kids take seriously what theyre taught, and so there are
ramp and holding the Torah and leading, and when he needed a specialized van, and once again the community so many kids who always wanted an opportunity to work
said the Shema Yisrael, you could hear a pin drop. He stepped up to the challenge of providing him one. Anony- with kids with special needs but didnt have the oppor-
talks about how the shul stood in awe and reverence. mous donors bought a van a significant financial com- tunity before, so when they had the opportunity, they
It was a very moving thing, and something that people mitment so Jacob could get wherever he had to go. jumped on it, Yitzi said. That meant, for example, that
never forget. Part of Sinais art is to balance promoting indepen- they would be glad to buddy up, as he put it, with Sinai
Jacob became part of the fabric of life in Teaneck. If dence within a world where students forever will need to students at lunch. Its not always easy, he said. But you
you hang around town, it is hard to avoid seeing Jacob be dependent, Ms. Klavan said. The balance is something ask them questions, and you figure it out.

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who in general can benefit from Menashe Shershow, in blue, learned to wrestle at Rae Kushner
more rigorous academics; often Meor Yeshiva High School in Livingston.
students take Kushner classes. As in
all Sinai programs, each students program is tai- Sinai and the coach I began sort of turning my life
lored to his or her own highly specific needs. around, Menashe said. I learned discipline, and
Menashes middle school education was at a pri- started taking an interest in academia.
vate school but his learning disabilities made his I applied to college and got into all the schools I
career there rocky and unpleasant. He went to Meor applied to, he said. I am now in the honors pro-
because my parents were concerned that I would gram at the University of Hartford, studying psychol-
be jumping around from school to school, he said. ogy and doing research with Dr. Matthew Costello,
It was the right decision. assisting him in research about embodiment, aging,
Because of his very individualized program, I was and what happens as we age. It is really intriguing.
able to have teachers teach me skills, including study I hope one day to get a Ph.D. in psychology and
skills, writing skills, academic skills, that helped me practice psychotherapy.
More than 405,000 likes. succeed, he said. They taught me how to study, as He is struck by an irony about Sinai. Instead of
opposed to what to study. I learned how to study for the way it is with regular schools, with one teacher
Like us on Facebook. hours on end, taking short 10-minute breaks, and I and a bunch of students, it is the opposite. You have
learned other exercises to retain attention and focus. a bunch of teachers whose collective efforts are to
Menashe also started to wrestle, and that, as allow one student to achieve.
much as the academics, changed his life. The wres- I often have thought of what a better world it
tling team includes both Sinai and Kushner students. would be if every student got that opportunity the
facebook.com/jewishstandard Dave Celio is the wrestling coach, and because of opportunity that I got, he concluded.

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Once again, Jacob inspired philan- Jacob personifies that ideal. Fishman all mention that one of Jacobs students school experiences, tailoring it
thropy, Mr. Fishman said. Just as an anon- For his entire life, he has been affected chief frustrations is that he cannot drive a for the ways each learns best, setting high
ymous donor spent $100,000 on the bus by his limitations, by what he can and cant car, although by now most of his friends but realistic standards, and doing all of it
that took him and his friends to Livingston do. But I am in awe of how much joy he can. He feels that he can drive his wheel- with care and love works so well for stu-
that bus remained on the Bergen-to-Liv- has; how much excitement and laughter chair so well, why not a car? his father dents with special needs that it is hard for
ingston run and another donor bought and fun he exudes, even though under the said. But as Mr. Silvestri points out, with parents of typically developing students
a van that took him and his peers to their surface there is a feeling of deep loss, deep the advent of self-driving cars, he will have not to look at it with some envy. We have
jobs from TABC that bus still plies that emotional feelings. He deals with that on a a vastly different life. Sinai parents who have children in other
route now we needed a vehicle to take daily basis, seeing his peers do things that Jacob has worked in a nursing home, schools, and they say to us, Why cant
him around, and once again the commu- he cant do and thinking Why not me? a food pantry, and a pizza store so far, you teach this to the other schools? Ms.
nity stepped up, he continued. The van We cannot sugarcoat the fact that his father said; he is trying to figure out Gross reported.
at Heichal came from a donor who is new people have real lives and real disabili- where his skills are best met. I think that Sinais administrators and staff, though,
to us, and wrote us a $47,000 check. ties that they deal with. But then every- we all are figuring it out. He now works in keep their eyes on their goals. One of our
These are good people we live among. one has disabilities they just dont nec- the cafeteria at Yeshiva University, where missions is to change hearts and minds
Jordan Silvestri directs Sinai at Heichal essarily see them as disabilities. If I have Elie is a student. It always has been a goal and attitudes, and work on dispelling the
Hatorah. an anger problem, if I dont have the abil- of his to follow in his brothers footsteps stigma, Mr. Fishman said. There are peo-
Jacob is a very lovable guy, Mr. Silves- ity to lose weight they are real flaws, and go to YU, Hillel said. For now, at any ple who over the years might have looked
tri said. Students like Jacob, in fact, are disabilities that affect our ability to be rate, he cannot, and working there helps at Jacob and said Why bother with him?
the reason that he chose to work in the more complete, more able, more accom- him feel that hes living at least part of his But now you look at Jacob, and you
world of individuals with disabilities, 10- plished human beings. Jacobs struggle dream. In the future, who knows? see who he is; you hear his friends talk
plus years ago, he said. One of the things can be my struggle, although the details In general, the question of Jacobs future about him as a friend, as someone who
that pushed me most is that I wanted to will be different. is a big question mark. We dont know, is not at all judgmental, who can listen to
do something that was important on a per- That is not to say that Mr. Silvestri is his father said. But we are starting to look his friends talk about their problems with
sonal level, not to do something for money downplaying the extent of his students into it now. He has great social skills, and a girls, or about social issues, and always
but to change lives. I want to be able to challenges. But I never look at myself as great desire to do things, so if he could fit knows what to say.
instill in my kids that people come in all being more able or more capable than my into something vocationally that would be They are genuine, deep friendships.
shapes and sizes; they look different and students, he said. I was gifted with a dif- great. If he will live at home or in a group So yes, Sinai can change the world, one
sound different. That doesnt mean that ferent story than they were, and they have home we dont know that yet. person, one student, one amazing wired
they dont have the same quality, the same to deal with far more than the rest of us. But we do know that Sinai will help. mechanized wheelchair, one wheelchair-
dignity, the same ability to accomplish. Hillel Adler, Jordan Silvestri, and Sam Sinais approach personalizing a accessible school bus at a time.
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Theyve marched in the streets by the thou- Reform movement, which founded the RAC in 1959 and In the days following Trumps refugee ban, Jacobs
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were arrested in front of a Trump hotel in Manhattan. in liberal activism that has accompanied Trumps election, was among several rabbis who arrived at the airport
If there are areas where this new administration actu- the movement senses a chance to become the leading Jew- and walked directly to a protest there. One week ear-
ally advocates and enacts policies that are reflective of our ish voice resisting what it sees as his administrations dis- lier, the movement drew more than 1,000 people to a
enduring Jewish values and our policy positions, then well criminatory or unjust policies. Shabbat prayer service before the Womens March on
work with them, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the The urgency of what we care deeply about has become Washington. Am Shalom, a Chicago-area Reform syna-
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ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
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once referred to the American Jewish commu-
nity as enablers of Islamist jihad revived accusa-
tions that the former Breitbart News publisher
is an anti-Semite. President Donald
On its face, the accusation, like the oft-repeated charge Trump and Stephen
that Breitbart itself is an anti-Semitic news site, is weak. Ban- Bannon huddle at the
nons point about jihads enablers is not that Jews share swearing-in of senior
an ideology with the jihadists, but the opposite: As a largely staff at the White
liberal community, American Jews support civil liberties and House on January 22.
immigrants rights. That creates a climate, according to the MANDEL NGAN/
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Breitbart is a reliably pro-Israel site, well to the right of
most American Jewish publications. In the rare instance
where one of its correspondents has slipped into explicit
anti-Jewish territory as when an article declared about
a Washington Post reporter that hell hath no fury like a
Polish, Jewish, American elitist scorned Jewish is syn-
onymous with liberal. Spend some time on Breitbart and distinction if we are to understand the ways public dis- Jews into two irreconcilable communities blues and
what emerges is contempt for the Secular American Jew- course is changing in the age of Trump. Anti-Semitism is reds, Republicans and Democrats, doves and hawks,
ish Liberal and admiration for the Religious Nationalist Jew- alive and well on the fringes of the movements that helped Hillary supporters and Trump voters.
ish Conservative. elect Trump, but it remains taboo the closer you get to the The White House tapes revealed Richard Nixon as
I dont know if that makes the average Jew feel any bet- inner circle, which includes Trumps Orthodox daughter an unrepentant anti-Semite who whispered with aide
ter that if youre the right (and I do mean right) kind of and son-in-law. Where Jews might have cause to worry, how- Bob Haldeman about the Jewish bastards who cant
Jew, then youre OK. But its essential to acknowledge the ever, is in the tendency of Trumps insiders to cleave the be trusted and turn on you. But his apologists long
have argued that his animus wasnt aroused by Jews
per se but by their politics. They point to the Jews in
his inner circle Henry Kissinger, William Safire, and
Leonard Garment, to name a few (although theres a
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a support that says If youre with me, Im with you.
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FROM PAGE 31 last month the U.S. ambassador to Israel.
Syria Assad has talked about retaking all
Where they agree: Trump sees Syria as a of Syria, he said. Anywhere that hap-
theater to crush the Islamic State. Israel pens, you have to believe that Hezbol-
is all for crushing the Islamic State. lah and Iran gain some kind of strategic
Where they may disagree: This advantage.
could be the knottiest problem afflict-
ing Trump-Netanyahu comity. Trump The Holocaust
wants to work with Russia in crush- Where they agree: Um.
ing the Islamic State. Russia is formally Where they may disagree: Trumps
allied with the Assad regime in Syria, International Holocaust Remembrance
which means it is informally allied with Day statement omitted the salient fact
Israels deadliest enemy, Iran, and with that the victims of the Holocaust were
Irans Lebanese proxy. The last thing Jewish. Netanyahu is all about protect-
Israel wants is Iran and Hezbollah loom- ing Jews. He told Tal Shalev, a journalist
ing over its northern border. for Walla who was accompanying him to
Where they could compromise: London, I think that question will be
Netanyahu will likely make the case to addressed fully during the visit [to Wash-
Trump that any lasting deal in Syrias ington] and will be answered fully.
southwest bordering the Golan Heights Where they may compromise: Theres
needs to keep Iran and Hezbollah far no compromise on who the victims of
away. That could mean an arrangement the Holocaust were and Trumps
in which moderate opposition forces, team, if anything, is doubling down
backed by the United States and Jordan, on its claim that the statement was
maintain control although that would appropriate and its critics misguided
be a hard sell to the Russians, who have (or pathetic and asinine, as Trump
been pounding moderates. aides variously said).
The other compromise and less to A way out, though, may be Netanyahu
Israels liking would be to have Assad not lecturing Trump on history, as he
forces, and only Assad forces, move into did six years ago with Obama, but gently
the region. explaining why getting the history right
Israel once favored the Assads as the is in the U.S. interest, Bryen said.
best of the worst: a dangerous enemy, If you say, Donald you screwed it
but at least able to keep the northern up, what have you accomplished?
border quiet. The civil war, and Bashar she asked. If you share some thoughts
Assad becoming beholden to Iran and about how [omitting Jews from mentions
Hezbollah, have shattered that outlook. of the Holocaust] impacts American
Now those three actors Assad, Iran and Jews, how it impacts Israel you have a
Hezbollah are inextricably intertwined reason for raising it. JTA WIRE SERVICE
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U.S. mum on retroactive outpost bill

as international community condemns it
The United States has remained silent relevant court ruling, AFP reported.
on the controversial passage of an The international community and
Israeli bill that retroactively legalizes Arab leaders slammed the legislation
settlement outposts in the West Bank. on outposts.
Rather than issuing a new state- This is an escalation that would
ment, the White House referred to only lead to more instability and
its statement from last week, which chaos. It is unacceptable. It is
said we dont believe the existence denounced and the international com-
of settlements is an impediment to munity should act immediately, said
peace but that construction of new Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for
settlements may not be helpful in Palestinian Authority President Mah-
the peace process. moud Abbas.
Late Monday, the Knesset passed The Arab League said the law is
the bill 60-52, retroactively legaliz- only cover for stealing the land.
ing 4,000 settlement outposts that Just a day after Israeli Prime Min-
sit on private Palestinian land, while ister Benjamin Netanyahu met with
providing compensation to the land- U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, Brit-
owners. The State Department said ish Minister for the Middle East Tobias
that at this point, indications are that Ellwood said the bill damages Israels
this legislation is likely to be reviewed standing with international partners.
by the relevant Israeli courts, and the French Foreign Minister Jean Marc
Trump administration will withhold Ayrault said the measure constitutes a
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Dramatic upsets in French elections from outside one of the countrys main parties has
ever been elected president there.
change top choice for many Jews But fears over growing radicalization in society and
recent upsets within the political establishment have
made Macron the best bet among centrists, including
Cnaan Liphshiz Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old independent politician many Jews.
and surprising front-runner. Macron is becoming a very strong candidate with
With old favorites knocked out of Frances presidential A banker who is 18 years younger than the average age of the potential of occupying a very large electorate, and
race and the far-right National Front party making worry- past presidents in France, Macrons candidacy was widely his popularity is considerable among French Jews,
ing gains, many Jews are joining fellow voters in supporting regarded as doomed only two weeks ago. No one coming said Richard Prasquier, chairman of the France branch
of a Zionist group, Keren Hayesod, and a former leader
of the CRIF umbrella of French Jewish communities.
Its astounding.
From fourth and fifth place in the polls, Macron
has swept past former Prime Minister Francois Fillon
of the center-right Republicans party, as well as Ben-
oit Hamon of the ruling Socialists. Macron never has
held elected office, but he served as a Cabinet minis-
ter under Francois Hollande, a Socialist. He also was
a senior finance official under the conservative Nico-
las Sarkozy.
Macrons good looks, profound understanding
of the economy, social media skills, and unassum-
ing style have not hurt his campaign. He has won
over many voters who worry about radical Islam
by vowing to act tough whenever radical Islam con-
flicts with French laws but he has courted liberals
by promising not to harass Muslims who abide by
those laws.
His bipartisan agenda against polarization really has
struck a chord.
Left wing, right wing it no longer means any-
thing, Macron declared in a campaign speech on Sat-
urday in Lyon.
Do you need to be left wing to be moved by Fran-
cois Mitterrands great speeches on Europe? Do you
need to be right wing to feel pride at Jacques Chiracs
speech at Vel DHiv? a reference to a famous 1995
address in which the then-president accepted the
French states responsibility for the fate of thousands
of Jews during World War II.
Pundits attribute Macrons meteoric rise in no small
part to his rivals problems, including the radical poli-
cies of Hamon and the alleged corruption of Fillon.
On the left, the Socialists chose Hamon, who objects
to suggestions that radical Islam poses a problem in
France. He has also promised to pay each citizen a
basic salary of $800 without explaining how to pay
for it and not increase the countrys approximately $2
trillion debt.
A former mayor of the predominantly Muslim Paris
suburb of Trappes, Hamon handily defeated Prime
Minister Manuel Valls in the primaries, which ended
last month.
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Valls, a hard-liner whose passionate defense of Jews to Le Pens efforts to soften her partys image by expelling number are willing to go along. A 2015 survey showed that
and French secular values endeared him to some vot- anti-Semites including her father last year and refocus- since she took over the National Front in 2011, support for
ers, was detested by many others for supporting a ban ing its opposition messaging on the effects of immigration, the party among Jewish voters went from being negligible
on the full-body burkini bathing suit favored by devout especially from Muslim countries. to reaching 13.5 percent. Some believe it has since risen
Muslim women, as well as for his association with Hol- She repeatedly has called for banning both Muslim garb even further.
landes deeply unpopular presidency. and the Jewish kippah from certain public spaces, explain- To Michael Amsellem, a 35-year-old French Jewish entre-
Valls appealed to the Jewish electorate in a way no ing that while only Muslim garb represents a threat to preneur who will vote for Macron, both Le Pens popularity
other candidate did, Gilbert Werndorfer, a French- Frances values, Jews must be ready to make a sacrifice and Hamons primaries victory are signs of despair, he said.
Jewish writer and editor from Paris, said. in the interest of equality. She has called for Jews to vote This is why Macron gives me and so many others what
Valls is married to a Jewish woman and is the only for her, promising to be their shield against radical Islam. we most need now: hope, he added.
French prime minister known to have publicly called Many Jews find her ideas outrageous, but a growing JTA Wire Service
anti-Zionism a form of Jew-hatred. I wouldve voted

Valls, but I will most certainly not vote for the Social-
ists now because I cannot vote for Hamon, Werndor-
fer said.
In addition to many centrists concerns about Ham-
ons economic policies and his ambiguity on jihad,
as Valls termed it, Jewish voters specifically were
shocked when Hamon said the Socialist Party should
criticize Israel and make pro-Palestinian gestures to
appeal to Muslim votes.
Supporting a unilateral declaration of statehood by
the Palestinians was the Socialist Partys best way to
recoup our electorate in the suburbs and the neigh-
borhoods code for Muslim voters who did not
support the pro-Israeli position taken by President
Francois Hollande, Hamon told Le Parisien in 2014.
No candidate is expected to obtain a majority in the
first round of balloting. In the February 4 compilation
of major polls by BFM TV, Hamon was seen as win-
ning 16.5 percent of the vote. He is not expected to
make the second and final round on May 8. Much like
the leader of Labour in Britain, Hamon is practically
unelectable, Prasquier said.
Hamons rival on the right, Fillon of the Republi-
cans, is doing only slightly better with 19.5 percent,
trailing Macron by 3 points. But Fillons candidacy
is in jeopardy amid reports that his wife drew a
salary for a no-show job as a parliamentary aide.
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While his vows to act tough on radical Islam have children across Israel. Lift them
earned Fillon a certain following, he antagonized Mus-
lims and Jews when he said in November that Muslims
from the deepest of despair
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were, suggesting that Jews were disloyal to the state productive future.
after gaining their emancipation in the 18th century.
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synagogues for the well-being of the republic.
Even before Fillons controversial remark on Jews
and Muslims, he was unpopular among many French
liberal Jews. Whereas Sarkozy appealed to many
French Jews with a pro-Israel agenda, most still feel
at home left of the Republicans, Werndorfer said. I
dont think anyone from my family votes for the right,
he added.
But a growing number of French citizens, includ-
ing Jews, nonetheless are voting right wing including
for Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front party
founded by her father, the Holocaust denier and anti-
Semite Jean-Marie Le Pen. National Front is ahead in most
polls with more than 25 percent, and for the first time
under Marine Le Pen may make it to the second round.
Still, Marine Le Pens presidential prospects appear
slim, as left- and right-wing voters likely will put aside
their differences and vote en masse for whomever is
running against her in a pattern known in France as a Lighting the way.
Republican front.
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KEEPING THE FAITH
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ext Tuesday, February 14, is Val- As for the saints day becoming Lovers Day,
his is not a particularly secure many local police departments, Bergen entines Day Saint Valentines credit that to a belief prevalent in England and
time for any of us. County institutions, including its Office Day, to be completely accurate. France in medieval times that birds begin to
The world seems to be a of Emergency Management, sheriff s Tomorrow Shabbat on the mate on February 14. As Geoffrey Chaucer, a
threatening place for many of office, and prosecutors office, and by other hand, is Tu bShvat, the New Year for poor speller but otherwise excellent source for
us just now for us as Americans, for a representative of the Secure Commu- Trees, Judaisms millennia-old annual Earth such things, noted, on Seynt Valentynes day
us as Jews, for us as sentient beings. nity Alert Network. (SCN is the national Day. every foul comethto choose his mate. (See
As American Jews, we have been homeland security initiative of the Jew- It is a safe and sad bet that more Jews his 1382 poem, Parlement of Foules.)
safe for many decades; in fact, one of ish Federations of North America and will celebrate the former than the latter. As Clearly, Valentines Day is as much an
the biggest threats we face comes from the Conference of Presidents of Major one person pointedly explained to me some American day as Yorkshire pudding or bub-
interfaith marriages that produce non- American Jewish Organizations, as its years ago, Valentines Day is an American ble and squeak are American dishes. It also is
Jewish children, as well as from the lack website, www.scnus.org, tells us.) holiday that celebrates love. The inference, no longer an official saints day; it was stricken
of interest that keeps many Jews not There are very specific things that of course, is that Judaism has no such glorious from the Catholic calendar in 1969.
only unaffiliated formally but also emo- institutions and organizations can do day of love on its calendar. Tu bShvat, on the other hand, not only is
tionally. And the fact that so many Jews to keep themselves safe, Debbie Got- Well, Judaism does have Tu not American, if the powers that
marry non-Jews is testament to how tlieb, who directs the Kehillah Coop- bShvat, which celebrates our be in Washington right now
welcome or at least part of the land- erative, said. And the meeting offered love for the world around us (a understood what it stands for, it
scape we have become. a chance to learn about them. Anyone love we observe in the breach would be labeled un-American
But recently there were bomb scares who represents a local Jewish organiza- including the one in the ozone and subversive.
phoned in to JCCs around the country, tion and wants to find out more should layer). It has Shabbat as well, That is because the 15th day
as well as to centers in England. There email her at debbieg@jfnnj.org. But the which comes once a week, not of Shevat (15 is what the Tu
were three waves of calls, all more or most basic things are the most obvious. once a year, and which very stands for) epitomizes how
less spontaneous; the Kaplen JCC on the Remember See something, say much is about celebrating love ancient, arcane, and irrelevant
Palisades in Tenafly received threats on something? That was the mantra of our spouses and our children to modernity Judaism is not,
two of those three days. There thank- we all heard in the aftermath of 9/11. specifically, and all of creation Rabbi and specifically in this case in
fully has been no damage and no harm It remains true. See something? Say generally. These, alas, are Jew- Shammai environmental and ecological
there were no bombs, just scares. something. ish observances of love, and so Engelmayer areas.
We cannot be sure that this will con- And Jewish leaders should reach out are dismissed because Jewish For the record, anyone who
tinue to be the case, but certainly it is far to the local law enforcement agencies, all too often is interpreted as ancient, arcane, takes time to study the Torah, both the written
easier to call to say that there is a bomb Ms. Gottlieb said. Do it pre-emptively. and irrelevant to modernity. and oral versions, will discover that Jewish law
in a building than actually to make a Dont wait until something happens. Please. is not outdated; it has enduring relevance to
bomb, transport it, and deposit it. You should have a security contact Let us first address the American holiday our lives today in virtually every area.
We cannot afford to be complacent. person, and that person should get in that falls every February 14. It was established I know that I am repeating myself, but what
We have to realize that one day one touch with the police, so that if there by Pope Gelasius back in 496 C.E. to celebrate could be more ecologically sound, for exam-
threat will turn out to be real. On the is an incident, God forbid, its not Hey, the martyrdom of three people, each named ple, than letting the land lie fallow for one
other hand, we cannot afford to live our who are you? Where are you? And how Valentinus, about whom precious little to year out of every seven? What could be more
lives in constant fear, or even constantly do I get into the building? almost nothing is known. humane than giving beasts of burden one day
on edge. We have to find the right bal- Be vigilant. If you see something, say For equally unclear reasons, the three were off each week? What could be more personally
ance between vigilance and paranoia. something. But do not be afraid. Pre- conjoined into the patron saint(s) of engaged consequent than spending one-seventh of our
Because the Jewish Federation of paring for the worst does not mean that couples, happy marriages, love, and lovers. lives taking a rest from the mundane? What
Northern New Jersey has been receiving the worst will happen; it just means They also were jointly designated as patron could be more socially, morally, and ethically
more and more calls from Jewish insti- that should something bad happen, you saint for plague, epilepsy, fainting, bee keep- consequent than giving everyone else that
tutions looking for advice on protecting might be able to keep it as just bad, not ers, travelers, and young people, although same day of rest?
themselves, it decided to hold a confer- worse. these seem quite unrelated to love. Valentine Shabbat does not belong to another era,
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and other Jewish institutions came else, say so. If you see a beautiful color the bank. what is really important.
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about what they can do to help them- Keep an eye out for the bad, but Congregation Beth Israel of the Palisades all we control, Shabbat makes conservation a
selves. They were joined by members of always also look for the light. JP in Cliffside Park. part of our lives in the most profound ways.
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Opinion
Tu bShvat and the fruit

So seriously does of the Tree of Life
T
Judaism take its u bShvat, which
environmental begins this year on
y,
d
concerns that there Saturday, Febru-
ary 10, and ends at
is even a blessing to nightfall on Sunday, appears
r
be recited when you in a mishnah in Tractate Rosh
Hashanah (2a) as one of the
see the rst trees bud four new years in the Jewish
and the rst owers calendar. Over the centuries,
this holiday has engendered Rabbi Ilan
n blossom in the spring. many customs and traditions. Acoca
- In the 17th century, Rabbi
Based on a verse in Deuteronomy prohibiting the Yitzchak Luria (1534-1572) of
destruction of the fruit-bearing trees of an enemy in Safed and his disciples created a Tu bShvat seder that
wartime, a principle of law was established. Its bal celebrated the Tree of Life.
tashchit. As readers of this column know well, the The earliest published version of this seder is the
t phrase literally means, you may not destroy. Peri Etz Hadar , meaning The Fruit of the Beautiful
w In the Babylonian Talmud tractate Shabbat 67b, a sage Tree. The seder evokes kabbalistic themes of restor-
t named Rav Zutra uses this verse to prohibit the waste- ing cosmic blessings by repairing and strengthening
ful use of fossil fuels or their derivatives. He who cov- the Tree of Life, and elucidates the Four Worlds of
ers an oil lamp or uncovers a kerosene [lamp] infringes Emanation metaphorically as a tree with roots, trunk,
y the prohibition of wanton destruction, he said, because branches, and leaves.
these are techniques used to speed up the burning of During the seder, many Sephardim eat etrogim.
w those fossil fuels. Thats because many commentators say that the Tree
t There are laws that protect air quality and water quality. of Life was an etrog. The traditional Tu bShvat seder
, Thus, for example, in BT Bava Batra 18a, we are told: A ended with a prayer that says, in part, May all the
man may not open a bakery or a dyers workshop under sparks, scattered by our hands, or by the hands of our
another persons storehouse [because of the smoke], nor ancestors, or by the sin of the first human regarding
make a cowshed there [because of the smell].... the fruit of the tree, be returned and included in the
Further on (24b), a mishnah tells us: A fixed thresh- majestic might of the Tree of Life. While the kabbalis-
ing-floor must be kept 50 cubits from a town [because tic interpretation of this Tree thus is quite specific, the
w of the harm from airborne pollutants, in this case fly- image of the Tree of Life has proven amenable to new
ing chaff. For the same reason, a man should not fix a interpretation.
threshing-floor on his own estate unless there is a clear Kabballah teaches us that the fruits we eat can be
t space all round of 50 cubits, and he must keep it at a suf- divided progressively from lower to higher; that is, from
- ficient distance away from the plantation of his neigh- material to spiritual. Fruits and nuts with inedible exte-
borso as to prevent damage being caused.
And on the very next page (25a), another mishnah
y adds: Carrion, graves, and tanyards must be kept 50
y cubits from a town because of odor pollution. by the completely edible fruits but by a fourth level,
r There are laws that protect against noise pollution, as Considering the which may be likened to smell.
t
y
well. (See BT Bava Batra 21a.)
These are not laws created today. They are laws cre-
deliberate journey that Considering the deliberate journey that the seder
represents, we come to understand that through the
t ated 2,000 and 3,000 years ago. the seder represents, we seder we are not just fortifying our physical bodies.
,
So seriously does Judaism take its environmental con-
cerns that there is even a blessing to be recited when
come to understand that Instead, we are transforming our material beings into
spiritual ones in the service of God.
you see the first trees bud and the first flowers blos- through the seder we are Thinking about these concepts brings to mind a
som in the spring: Blessed are You, O Lord our God,
who omitted nothing from His world, but Who created
not just fortifying our story of the first Karliner rebbe (1736-1772) and a chas-
sid. The chassid asked the rebbe, You have an apple,
within it good creatures and beautiful trees for people physical bodies. Instead, and I have an apple. You make a bracha and eat a slice,
r to enjoy.
It is something for us to consider tonight and tomor-
we are transforming and I make a bracha and eat a slice. After you eat a
bit, your chassidim come running to eat the remains of
row, Tu bShvat, the New Year for Trees, and specifi- our material beings into your apple a chassidic custom known as shirayim
cally fruit trees, the very trees that gave us the laws of
bal tashchit in the first place.
spiritual ones in the but no one is interested in the remnants of my apple!
Whats the difference?
service of God. The rebbe smiled warmly and replied, You make a
bracha in order to eat, whereas I eat in order to make
riors and edible insides, such as bananas, walnuts, and a bracha!
pistachios; fruits and nuts with edible exteriors but with As we celebrate Tu BShevat, a time of special energy
The opinions expressed in this section are those of a pit inside, such as dates, apricots, and olives; and fruit in our calendar year, let us resolve to cultivate within
the authors, not necessarily those that is eaten whole, such as figs and berries. ourselves a greater appreciation of the world God has
Kabalistic tradition teaches that eating fruits in this created, as well as our responsibilities for that world.
of the newspapers editors, publishers, or other
order creates a connection with the Tree of Life that
staffers. We welcome letters to the editor.
God placed in the Garden of Eden. In effect, we are Ilan Acoca is the rabbi of the Sephardic Congregation
Send them to jstandardletters@gmail.com.
traveling from the most external, manifest dimension of Fort Lee, rav mechanech rabbi in residence of Ben
of reality, symbolized by the fruits with a shell, to the Porat Yosef in Paramus, and the author of the recently
most inner, spiritual dimension, symbolized not even released The Sephardic Book of Why.

Opinion
A good Arab.
A
highly nuanced that community has been
and provocative fraught with serious vio-
d o c u m e n t a r y, lence on both the Jewish
What I Saw in and Palestinian sides so
Hebron tells the story of much so that a huge num-
the 1829 Hevron massacre, ber of IDF soldiers patrol
the story of the survivors, this city of 200,000 Pal-
and the less known story estinians and 800 Jews,
of how 435 out of the 700 trying to keep the peace
Jewish residents of Hevron Rabbi Dr. bet ween these volatile
survived the pogrom. The Michael populations. And yet the
documentarys backstory Chernick descendants of the Arab
is important because the rescuers would welcome
phrase that begins a good Arab. has the return of the descendants of the
many possible endings. Some are posi- Hebron Jews they knew.
tive, many are negative. No Israeli has been allowed to for-
The documentary will be shown get what happened in Hevron in 1929.
under the auspices of Shaarei OrahThe The only part of the story that is never
Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, allowed to enter the Israeli narrative is
and Teanecks mayor, Mohammed the role of the good Arabs in it.
Hameeduddin, will respond to the film
and do a Q&A about it after the show- Israeli anti-Arab incitement
ing. For more information, see the box Willfully forgetful that there are and
below have been good Arabs, incendiary state-
ments by Knesset and cabinet members.
Non-recognition of the good nationalist rabbis, some school teachers
Arab: The untold story of the and university professors, prominent
1929 Hebron massacre thought leaders, and the Israeli street
In 1929, mobs of Hebron Arabs and their often qualify as outright incitement.
supporters from nearby villages ran a There is a plethora of Hebrew graffiti in
pogrom in Hebron. On August 24 of that Israel that reads Death to the Arabs or
year 67 Jews were killed, and scores were Kahane was right! No doubt there are
maimed for life. Jewish homes, syna- some readers of this article who agree
gogues, and yeshivot were ransacked, and with these statements.
sacred books and other holy items were I, for one, do not. But as I have writ-
desecrated, all over a false rumor that the ten before, I think I understand why
Jews had taken over the Temple Mount. some Israeli and American Jews feel that
Out of approximately 700 Jews who way. Truthfully, sometimes, when some
made up the Jewish community of particularly violent and gruesome act is
Hebron, 435 were saved by Arab fami- perpetrated against one of mine, even
lies. Those were the good Arabs, who I feel that way.
knew that their neighbors and friends I empathize with Jews born in Arab
needed to be rescued, even at the risk countries where they were regularly The interior of a ransacked synagogue after the 1929 Hebron massacre.
of losing their own lives for protecting mistreated, both before and after the
them. State of Israel came into existence. They other peoples negative experiences as parking on the sidewalk. Unfortunately
Despite their efforts, the 1929 Hebron finally were thrust out of their historic if they were your own. Morally unjustifi- for me, one of these blocks was not
massacre put an end to the historical homes with little more than the clothes able; sadly human. near the curb, but rather in the middle
Jewish community of Hebron. Then on their backs. So why should they feel Such people tend to tell you without of the sidewalk. Not noticing the stum-
in 1967 Hebron, better known today kindly toward Arabs in general, and shame, A good Arab is a dead Arab. bling block at my feet, I tripped over it,
as Hevron, came under Israels con- toward Palestinians who threaten their went flying into the street, landed on
trol, and a Jewish community was re- existence in particular? Two Jerusalem Arabs my chin, which started gushing (lets
established there. The presence of I empathize even more with Holo- I had one trip to Israel that did not start not talk about what), and then spat out
caust survivors who see in the Arab out very well. My wife and I had rented four teeth.
What: The documentary What I Saw rejection of Israels right to exist and a quaint apartment in a lovely Jeru- Who came running with a pail of cold
In Hebron will be screened, through in Palestinian terrorism the continu- salem neighborhood called Musrara. water and towels? Two Arab workers,
the auspices of Shaarei OrahThe ation of Hitlers attempt to extermi- The neighborhood lay on the borders East Jerusalemites, who stanched the
Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck nate them. How can we say that their between Jewish West Jerusalem and Pal- bleeding, cleaned me up, and helped
Where: At Congregation Beth Sholom, animus toward those who would carry estinian Arab East Jerusalem. me get to my feet.
354 Maitland Ave. in Teaneck, on Hitlers unfinished business is not We arrived to an empty refrigerator, I wear a kippah, although when I
When: On Saturday night, February 25, understandable? so we asked our landlady where the fell it flew a few feet away. These men
at 8 p.m. What is disheartening is that there nearest minimarket was so we could could have dealt with me as the ulti-
What else: Teanecks mayor, are Israelis, many of them new olim or stock up on the basics. She kindly gave mate other, the Jew, the enemy.
Mohammed Hameeduddin, will members of the younger generation of us directions. But they did not. To them I simply was
respond to the film and do a Q&A sabras, who have virtually no relation- Since we were unfamiliar with the a severely injured human being, in pain,
about it after the showing. ship with Palestinians or Israeli Arabs neighborhood we had to watch the who needed someones help, and they
For information or to buy but hate them anyway. street signs closely. Now, in Israel many helped. I was in such shock I didnt ask
tickets: Email Rabbi Chernick at That is simple xenophobia, which sidewalks have cement blocks placed their names or say thanks. So today, I
michaelchernick4@gmail.com. usually is the product of a mixture of at intervals near the curb to prevent say to those good Palestinian workers,
fear, prejudice, and the internalizing of Israelis from doing a very Israeli thing: Shukran lakum. Salla Allah yuetikum

Opinion
assihta. Thank you, and may God

grant you health. For you were strangers
A Bedouins sacrifice
As a kibbutz volunteer I had interac-
This Arab, caught in the land of Egypt
between the rock
I
tions with the Bedouins who grazed
their sheep and goats in the kibbutzs and the hard n the national debate After all, memory can
date palm grove. The animals weeded over immigration, it is lead to vengeance. It can
the grove and the Bedouins got free place, willingly worthwhile to remem- le ad to the oppre ssed
food for them. The Bedouins often ate chose not only ber that the status of b e c o m i n g t h e o pp re s -
in the kibbutz communal dining room, immigrant residents is not sors. That is a very natu-
and the kibbutznikim frequently were not to sacrifice peripheral to the Torah, but ral tendency, and history
invited for Bedouin tea and a taste of his son, but also central to it. is replete with such exam-
Bedouin culture. Eventually ties of In his just published book, ples. The Torah goes out of
friendship developed. not to harm Justice for All: How the its way to argue the oppo-
One of these Bedouins, a man his kibbutznik Jewish Bible Revolutionized Rabbi Barry
L. Schwartz
site. Our historical expe-
named Yousef, whose home was in Ethics, biblical scholar Jer- rience should make us
the Sinai, was being threatened by friends. emiah Unterman writes that more empathic, not less,
Hamas. They wanted him to perpe- it is startling that the legal portions of to the refugees who seek asylum on our
trate a massacre in the kibbutz and us the Jewish ideological descendants the Torah contain more than fifty refer- shores.
threatened to kill his oldest son if he of those who perpetrated the massa- ences to the resident stranger. Unter- Perhaps this is why so many Jews
did not. In response, he asked the cres of Arabs at Deir Yassin and Kafr man examines the multitude of general have felt so aggrieved and outraged at
IDF to destroy his home and farm, Qassem, too. These Jews are respon- admonitions not to harm the stranger, the recent presidential executive order
and the IDF willingly agreed. He did sible for the recent torching of the along with the positive exhortations to halting the admission of some refugees
this so that Hamass men would know Arab-Israeli binational school, Yad provide the stranger with basic food and to our country. We know so well what it
beyond a doubt that the Israeli army bYad, in Jerusalem, and worse, the clothing, with prompt payment of wages, is like to flee oppression and persecu-
knew that they were in the area. They torture and burning of Mohammed and with legal justice. He points out that tion. We know what it is like when the
also would think that the IDF blew Abu Khdeir by one adult and two quite a few of these verses about the gates close. We know that our heritage
up Yousef s house because they sus- teenage Jewish nationalists in the treatment of the stranger are juxtaposed demands that we act otherwise.
pected him of being a Hamas opera- Jerusalem Forest. What is good or with statements about God. The Torah We were strangers in the land of Egypt.
tive. That ensured that Yousef would Jewish about Amiram Uliel, a young understands the care of the stranger as We know that applies to a time and place
not be viewed as a collaborator, which man in his early twenties, and his col- imitatio dei, the imitation of God through in the formative period of our history, but
could lead to his death. laborator, an unnamed minor, torch- the observance of the commandments.
This Arab, caught between the rock ing the Darwabshe familys home in Unterman see this as part of the ethical
and the hard place, willingly chose not Duma, wiping out the entire family revolution of the Bible and notes that
only not to sacrifice his son, but also minus one orphaned toddler? nowhere in the ancient world is such a
not to harm his kibbutznik friends. Yet even as the Palestinian-Israeli divine concern for the alien evinced. He We are part
Rather, he sacrificed his farm and home conflict rages on, there are a surprising concludes with a most timely reminder
to save both. He refused to accept the number of people-to-people initiatives that these laws should serve to eliminate of a people
kibbutznikims sympathy, saying, My taking place that put a human face on any shred of xenophobia. that refuses to
home was made of some tin siding the Israeli and Palestinian others, A striking phrase courses through the
and camel hair blankets. It can easily transforming one-time adversaries laws of the stranger that provides another forget. What
be rebuilt, and my basic living comes into partners working toward a hoped powerful motivation for fulfilling these is more, we are
from my sheep and goats. I can always for, even if distant, peace. If you want commandments one that appeals to
replant the farm when Hamas finds a surprise, go to Wikipedia and look believers and unbelievers alike: bidden to
someone else to harass. I thank Allah under Arab-Israeli peace projects to You shall not wrong a stranger or create a moral
for sparing my son and you. find out how many good Jewish Israe- oppress him, for you were strangers in
So, sometimes the phrase a good lis and good Palestinian and Israeli the land of Egypt(Ex.22:20). memory.
Arab should be completed with the Arabs have found each other, and are You shall not oppress a stranger, for
phrase is my protector and friend. working toward a future that does not you know the soul of the stranger, for
mirror their blood-soaked past. you were strangers in the land of Egypt that it also applies to so many times and
Good and bad Arabs and I, for one, pray that we all may see (Ex.23:9). places throughout our history. That this
Jews and people-to-people the day when Arabs and Jews will The stranger who resides with you executive order was handed down on
initiatives proclaim together, Good Arabs and shall be to you as one of your citizens; International Holocaust Remembrance
Perhaps I am being nave. After all, his- good Jews are those who recognize you shall love him as yourself, for you Day is a painful irony.
torically, how many times did Arabs and respect each others humanity. were strangers in the land of Egypt As of this writing, the presidential
in the Holy Land and elsewhere, who May there only be shalom and salaam (Lev.19:34). executive order has been halted tempo-
ostensibly were the friends of Jews and between us. You too must befriend the stranger, rarily by a federal judge. Whatever its
whose friendship was reciprocated by And if this sounds like its reserved for you were strangers in the land of ultimate verdict in the court of public
their Jewish compatriots, climb through for the time of the Messiah, dont we Egypt (Deut.10:19). law, this order should be struck down
their neighbors windows with scimitars await his coming daily? You shall not hate an Egyptian, for you in the court of public opinion. As Jews,
and knives, killing them in their beds? were strangers in his land (Deut.23:8). we are responsible for the Judeo in
Those Arabs are still with us, and there Professor Michael Chernick of Teaneck Always remember that you were a the Judeo-Christian values we herald
is no denying that. After two intifadas, holds the Deutsch Family Chair in slave in the land of Egypt; therefore do in guiding our country. Our history and
regular celebrations of Naqba Day, when Jewish Jurisprudence and Social Justice I enjoin you to observe this command- our heritage summon us to lead the way.
Israelis celebrate Yom Haatzmaut and at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish ment (Deut. 24:22).
some Arabs celebrate the Gaza wars, Institute of Religion in New York; I call this the argument from histori- Barry L. Schwartz, the director
car-rammings, stabbings, and drive-by his area of expertise is the Talmud. cal empathy. Time and again, the Torah of the Jewish Publication Society
shootings by martyrs, reminding your- He received his doctorate from the reminds us to remember. We are part of in Philadelphia and the rabbi of
self that there are good Arabs is not easy. Bernard Revel Graduate School and a people that refuses to forget. What is Congregation Adas Emuno in Leonia, is
Unfortunately, we also need to rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi more, we are bidden to create a moral the author, most recently, of Judaisms
remind ourselves that we have among Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. memory. Great Debates.

Opinion
Justice justice shall you pursue
J ared Kushner is under

the media microscope
these days, but last
week the criticism
went beyond taking him to
those in need and our need
for security is well-founded.
However, in his far-reaching
criticism of Kushner and
the Jewish community, he
invitation to dinner? Perhaps debating
the issue and determining that such seri-
ous errors were made might be consid-
ered an alternative approach? Must we
rush to criticize Kushner for not cancel-
actually promulgated the world view
Beinart opposes. It is simply Kushners
actions that prompt a priori assumption
of guilt on the part of these institutions.
Should everyone at Harvard be criticized
task as an individual for one appeared to be selective in ing dinner before we really know the because some students and graduates
action hosting members of which principles require answers to these questions? occasionally have committed crimes or
the Trump administration strict adherence. become racists? Should no one read the
for Shabbat dinner. Instead, In discussing Kushners Each man will die New York Times because some of its writ-
the entire modern Orthodox Dr. Alan delicate and complicated from his own sins. ers have fabricated stories?
community was rebuked for Kadish role, I believe it is necessary Beinart attached guilt to Kushners
having raised Kushner. to re-introduce some cardi- schools, synagogues, and community You shall judge the large
In a column in the Forward, Peter Bein- nal principles of Jewish justice. for his actions. Even if you agree that and the small the same.
art asserted that Jared Kushners failure And you will search and investigate Kushner acted improperly, no evidence It is hard to know how Jared Kushner
to speak out against President Trumps carefully before rushing to judgment. was provided showing that these groups should best approach the excesses of
immigration ban is a failure of the com- Kushner was not accused
munity as a whole. Beinart goes so far as
to say, Every synagogue where Kush-
p r e v i o u s l y f o r h av i n g
drafted or supported the
It is hard to know how Jared Kushner
ner prayed regularly should ask itself immigration rules. Indeed, should best approach the excesses of
whether it bears some of the blame for
having failed to instill in him the obliga-
it is not clear who within
the Trump administration
his father-in-laws administration.
tions of Jewish memory. knew or approved of these Would resigning be the best
While being silent on the role of Jew-
ish ritual, Beinart clearly embraced prin-
rules, and at what points
in time. Should Kushner,
approach? Public criticism? Or working
ciples of Jewish justice. His contention on little notice, and with- within the system to do the best he
that Trumps policy announcement on
immigration lacked the proper balance
out a chance to investigate
the answer to these ques-
can behind the scenes to moderate
between our moral imperative to support tions, have withdrawn the those policies that seem ill advised?
Closing the door on open Orthodoxy

Why the OU and the RAC rightly exclude women from the pulpit
T
he Orthodox Union question remained: Would Jews of the land of Israel and eastern Jews bred religious practices, including those of
just did something Orthodox Union synagogues over the calendar. All Jews agreed to follow the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman
extraordinary. tolerate divisions on this one uniform calendar, so that they all would world, as well as Zoroastrianism and Christi-
Modern Ortho- issue? After all, Jewish history observe Jewish holidays together. anity. Adopting female clergy, an institution
dox organizations seldom is replete with disagreements In modern times, the OU and the RCA pointedly excluded by Judaism despite its
establish binding policies on over legal and theological played important roles in requiring that prevalence in other religions from ancient
their members. Yet last week, issues. Could the question of Orthodox synagogues maintain a mechitzah to modern times, runs counter to the bib-
the OU, the umbrella body for women rabbis be just another and separate seating for men and women in lical prohibition of following the religious
Modern Orthodox synagogues one of these common disputes their sanctuaries. Then, as with last weeks paths of other nations.
in the United States and Can- Rabbi within our camp? OU decision, Orthodoxys leading rabbis We do indeed change our practices over
ada, formally banned its mem- Mitchell The OU responded in the established a standard that all observant time, as the Talmud itself notes. But with-
ber synagogues from employ- Rocklin negative. There is, after all, a Jews are required to meet, regardless of out a respect for the Jewish legal tradi-
ing women rabbis. type of dissent that Jews his- whatever theoretical debates might take tion, which includes everything from laws
In its statement, the OU pointed out that torically have not tolerated: arguments that place on the matter. concerning what we eat to laws concern-
it turned to a panel of respected rabbis from would irreparably divide our community. Modern Orthodox Jews who are cogni- ing how we pray, it is impossible to live as
Yeshiva University, the flagship institution of Small groups of Jews are not free to adopt reli- zant of our history should realize that dis- a confident Jew. This is why we ought to
modern Orthodoxy. These rabbis affirmed gious practices that disrupt the communitys allowing female clergy is not the vestige of embrace change only when it is based on
what every respected Orthodox religious ability to function. an ancient patriarchal code that continues, internal considerations that respond to new
authority has made clear: That Orthodox One historical example is the canon- based on inertia. On the contrary, Jews did challenges or realizations, and not when it
Judaism, unlike other streams of Judaism, ization of scripture. The Talmud records not copy separate synagogue seating or results from external ideological pressures
does not allow for female clergy. The Rabbini- debates about which books should be con- the institution of exclusively male clergy that seek to undermine our fundamental
cal Council of America, the umbrella organi- sidered part of the Bible. Yet while there from other religions. The synagogue par- principles. Traditional change sometimes
zation of American Orthodox rabbis, already was debate and discussion about the mat- tition was a Jewish innovation. The insis- happens organically, with Jews gradually
had clarified that American modern Ortho- ter, the rabbis and the Jewish people agreed tence on male clergy also was unique, and adjusting their customs in ways that are
dox rabbis are prohibited from supporting upon a resolution. carried over to the synagogue, which the not significantly controversial. At other
the hiring of women rabbis. Similarly, the rabbis of the Mishnah prophet Ezekiel and the Rabbis understood times Jews change inorganically, turning to
Yet this was not enough. Some rabbis from refused to allow a dissenting rabbi to fol- as constituting a small temple. Judaism, acclaimed religious leaders who approve
the open Orthodox movement, which low his view concerning the dates of the like other religions, had prophetesses. In changes that are necessary in order to pre-
promotes and trains women rabbis at Yeshi- Hebrew calendar. The same was true in the opposing female clergy, however, Judaism serve first principles in the face of new chal-
vat Maharat, quit the RCA in protest. The Middle Ages, during a dispute between the stood in opposition to foreign and locally lenges. The adoption of womens education

Opinion /Letter
his father-in-laws administration. Would resign-

ing be the best approach? Public criticism? Or
working within the system to do the best he can
behind the scenes to moderate those policies
that seem ill advised? Jewish Democrats, when
disagreeing with the Obama administrations
policy on Israel, often were faced with a similar
dilemma. In most cases, prominent Democrats,
such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,
chose not to disagree publicly with the Obama
administration but rather to work behind the
scenes to influence policy. Perhaps that was
Kushners legitimate choice.
I firmly disagree with Mr. Trumps immigra-
tion policy. I also find his style uncomfortable.
However, there are other aspects of his policies
with which I do agree. Supporting or opposing
a politician in the United States is a complicated
issue. We never agree with every position that
a party or individual takes. However, rushing
to judgment in the absence of all relevant facts,
condemning hundreds of thousands of individ-
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uals for the actions of one, failing to consider
what might be a justifiable reason for actions,
violates two of the most essential principles of
Jewish justice: Judge your brother with the ben-
efit of the doubt and do not judge your friend
until you are standing in his place.
Dr. Alan Kadish of Teaneck is the president of the

Touro College and University System. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner leave the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on January 20.
and the birth of religious Zionism are who have no qualms with altering Ortho- of those in steep demographic decline.
good examples of these changes, which
involve new practical steps but no new
doxy from the outside, paying enormous
fellowships to male and female rabbinical
We certainly ought to be sympathetic
with those who do not feel comfortable
Letter
religious principles. students in order to subsidize a product for in the Orthodox tradition. I have proudly
The adoption of women rabbis is not a which there is almost no organic demand. served and worked with Reform, Conser-
traditional change. It is highly controver- Yeshivat Maharat, which produces vative, and Reconstructionist Jewish clergy Rabbi Boteach
sial and has not gained the adherence of open Orthodox women rabbis, does a dis- for over 10 years in the pulpit rabbinate and the Muslim ban
any posek ( Jewish legal authority). Appar- service to its own graduates by bestowing and military chaplaincy. I have made great In your February 3 issue Rabbi Boteach
ently aware of this conundrum, Yeshivat a title manufactured from whole cloth on friends, whom I deeply respect. But we attempts to put a Moral light on Trumps tem-
Chovevei Torah, which ordains male its heavily subsidized graduates, most of have profound differences of opinion, and porary immigration ban. In the op ed, the
open Orthodox rabbis from its rooms whom cannot find work in Orthodox con- just as I do not expect them to adopt my rabbi blames certain countries and policies for
in the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, gregations. If the school had offered doc- views, I know that they do not expect me the number of refugees as justification for the
announced that it has Jewish authorities torates instead, it might have produced to adopt theirs. Similarly, open Orthodox executive order.
who support the ordination of female proud leaders who could pursue serious advocates cannot expect Orthodox Jews to Unfortunately, he omits mentioning the key
clergy. Only it failed to name any of these scholarship and enjoy broad respect, all call them Orthodox if they do not wish reasons that millions of people here in the U.S.
supposed authorities, except of course without violating traditional and uniquely to follow Orthodox guidelines. As the Pew and around the world are so angered by the
for its own leader. Jewish understandings of ritual leader- Report demonstrated, the other Jewish order. The rabbi misses the point that section
In splitting from the Orthodox com- ship obligations. denominations could use reinforcements. 5 paragraph (e) of the order allows exceptions
munity on religious matters, open Ortho- All the OU and RCA are looking to do Supporters of women rabbis can help their to minority religions in the seven Muslim coun-
doxy has displayed its aloofness to the is to preserve Orthodoxy. As the Pew egalitarian co-religionists in other denomi- tries. Thus, it is really a Muslim ban.
actual problems that modern Orthodoxy Report recently demonstrated, Ortho- nations, but they cannot alter Orthodoxy. He also neglects to point out that none of the
faces. The modern Orthodox community doxy is the only growing Jewish denomi- seven countries had any individuals involved in
has been struggling with tuition costs, nation, and the more traditional elements Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin of Teaneck is a any terrorist activity in the U.S. These are the
the atmospheres of secular colleges, high of Orthodoxy are growing at much faster resident research fellow at the Tikvah key moral points that make the order un-Amer-
costs of living, helicopter parenting, and rates than the more modern elements, Fund, a chaplain with the rank of captain ican and most likely unconstitutional.
lack of knowledge when it comes to spo- which actually may be stagnating when in the New Jersey Army National Guard, One can speculate that Rabbi Boteach has
ken Hebrew, biblical scriptures, and Jew- we consider that modern Orthodox day a doctoral candidate in U.S. history at left out the key points in his anxiety to defend
ish history. Open Orthodoxys greatest school enrollments essentially are frozen. the City University of New York, and a the action of his friend Steve Bannon, the chief
mission has been to spend millions of non- We should not try to fix a relatively suc- member of the Executive Committee of the architect of the order.
Orthodox dollars, given to it by people cessful denomination with the failed tools Rabbinical Council of America. Gabe Schlisser, Tenafly

Opinion
An Iranian ballistic missile is tested in October 2015. MOHAMMAD AGAH VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
At last, a real threat

I
will admit that this sounds per- deal Iran signed with the Obama administra-
verse, but Irans recent ballistic tion and other Western governments, which
missile test was welcome in one urges Iran not to develop ballistic missiles until
important sense. the eighth year of the deal. That firing was fol- If we needed a salutary
Let me explain.
Just more than a fortnight into Presi-
lowed quickly by reports that Iran had test-fired
a cruise missile, the Sumar, which is capable of
reminder that some
dent Donald J. Trumps administration, carrying a nuclear warhead and has a potential threats should be
America and the world have been bom-
barded with all sorts of crises, to the
range of 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles. That
means that it is well within reach of Israel and
ranked above others,
extent that it feels as if two years of his- Ben Cohen the European continent. then the Islamist
tory has been packed into two weeks.
Relations with Mexico are at their
If we needed a salutary reminder that some
threats should be ranked above others, then
regime in Tehran
lowest ebb in more than a century. The administra- the Islamist regime in Tehran provided one. Dismiss- provided one.
tion most likely intentionally continues to exasper- ing American concerns with a cheap swipe at Trumps
ate European heads of state with its on-again, off-again Muslim travel banwhatever else it may be, it is not 2015 test of the very same Sumar cruise missile, that the
comments about the long-term health of the European thatIran deployed Defense Minister Hossein Deghan, regimes goal is to boost the precision and destructive
Union and NATO. Trump even boasted of yelling at who also holds the rank of brigadier-general in the ter- power of these weapons, it is reasonable to conclude
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, leader of the stalwart rorist Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, to present that defense of Irans interests means having the ability
U.S. ally Australia, over an agreement Australia reached the missile activities as a routine defensive measure. to annihilate Irans neighbors.
with the Obama administration about the fate of a hand- We have no other aim but to defend our interests and Away from the fervid rhetoric and intellectually insult-
ful of refugees. in this path we will neither seek permission nor allow ing spin on all sides that has accompanied Trumps
And then along came Iran, firing a ballistic missile on anyone to interfere, Deghan declared. Given that this is first steps into the world of governing, Iran represents
January 29. That was in open defiance of the nuclear the very same Deghan who revealed, following a March a marked contrast when it comes to the clarity of the

Opinion
Whereas Obama would Hospice care: what and when
F
have done his utmost to undamental to Juda- is also the recognition that life
play down its significance, ism is the belief in may become unbearably diffi-
Trumps advisers the infinite value of
human life and the
cult and painful. There are cir-
cumstances, therefore, under
accurately portrayed the obligation of each person to which the withholding of life-
test as a statement of protect and preserve it. Life is
viewed as a gift from God to be
sustaining or aggressive medi-
cal treatment is permissible,
Irans true intentions. safeguarded and maintained. and palliative or comfort care
There is an obligation, as well, is appropriate. Since each per-
to alleviate pain and suffer- Rabbi sons circumstance is unique,
challenge it poses. By any standard, Representative Eliot Engel of New ing. At the same time, Judaism Joseph Siev each situation has to be judged
Irans regime stands out as a clear York, asserted that in our deal- recognizes the inevitability of on its own merits. But hospice
and present threat to the Western ings with the Iranians, we should death. Thus, end-of-life care is presents an alternative to con-
world. And even as we agonize over never, never trust them, adding a reality with which most families eventu- tinued intense suffering and an opportunity
what is to become of that world, we that designations against human ally will have to deal . for a person to live out his or her remaining
need to recognize that the primary rights abusers and sanctions target- Hospice care is an approach to end-of-life days in peace, and perhaps even to prepare
goal is to save it. Israel and the con- ing the IRGC should be stepped up. care about which many people are unaware. spiritually for what is to come.
servative Sunni-Arab states may be Trump himself also indicated that It is an alternative to acute hospital care, The decision to elect hospice care is a
first in Irans firing line, but only a he understands the nature of Irans which may not always be the best choice. very difficult and painful one for both the
fool would conclude that they are grand strategy, remarking on Twit- There are times when the care that a hospital patient and the family, and should be made
last as well. ter that Tehran wields increasing can provide is of limited or no benefit, and in close consultation with medical experts
In that sense, the Trump admin- control over neighboring Iraq. All may do little to alleviate a patients suffering and the patients rabbi or religious/spiritual
istrations response to the missile of this supports the conclusion that while holding out no hope for improvement. guide. Life and health being as precious
test was heartening in one very the rose-tinted spectacles have been What is hospice care? Hospice care is as they are, the decision naturally should
simple sense: It noticed. removed and that the gloves are off. comfort care. It is not curative. It is not be made with great care and with the best
Whereas Obama would have The Iranians can glean more designed to cure any underlying medical information and advice available.
done his utmost to play down its clues to the changing atmosphere condition, such as heart failure or chronic My experience as a hospice chaplain at
significance, Trumps advisers in Washington in the current dis- obstructive pulmonary disease. The goal Villa Marie Claire, Holy Name Medical Cen-
accurately portrayed the test as cussion of the equally pressing of the hospice program is to keep the per- ters residential hospice center in Saddle
a statement of Irans true inten- security threat posed by North son who is reaching the end of his or her
tions. If there really is an influen- Korea. Speaking to a Senate com- life as comfortable and pain-free as pos-
tial moderate wing of the regime, mittee hearing on North Korea sible, while preserving his or her dignity,
as Obama and his administrations last week, two leading experts, as the terminal illness progresses and fol-
secretary of state, John Kerry, Nicholas Eberstadt of the Ameri- lows its natural course to conclusion. This The goal of the
always insisted was the case, then
it now faces a different kind of test,
can Enterprise Institute and Scott
Snyder of the Council on For-
is accomplished by providing all medical
interventions necessary to effectively man-
hospice program
political and not military in nature: eign Relations, gave a sobering age whatever symptoms exist, be they pain, is to keep the
Will it, or can it, restrain future
missile firings?
account of what happens when a
rogue regime successfully acquires
respiratory distress, agitation, nausea and
vomiting, and so on. Hospice care provides
person who is
Does it grasp that the Trump nuclear weapons. support to the family and the patients reaching the end
administrations lack of detail over
the method of its coming response
Eberstadt explained that Ameri-
cans now have to recognize two
caregiver(s) as well. A multidisciplinary hos-
pice team, which includes medical person-
of his or her life
(all we know is that Tehran is on highly unpleasant truths about nel, home health aides, social workers, and as comfortable
notice) actually makes its coun-
try less secure, since in theory all
North Korea. First, that it will
never voluntarily give up its nuclear
spiritual counselors, manage the care. Hos-
pice professionals function as partners with
and pain-free as
options are on the table at a time option. Second, that engagement patients, their loved ones, and caregivers. possible, while
when escalation could turn out to
be very rapid? If there is a mod-
can never produce a denuclear-
ization of the real existing North
Hospice care can be provided at home,
in a nursing or assisted living setting, or in
preserving his or
erate leader in Iran who can turn Korea. Kim Jong Un has decided, an inpatient hospice facility. In the inpa- her dignity.
the tide, then he trust me on based on lessons from Iraq, Iran tient environment, families are welcomed
this, its invariably a he should and Libya, that North Korea must and encouraged to keep their loved ones
act quickly, or else confirm what be too nuclear to fail, Snyder company and even adorn their rooms in a River, and in the community has taught me
weve known all along. Namely, added. manner that will make them feel as much that hospice care providers are exception-
that the IRGC, whose main pur- Irans leaders want to be able to at home as possible. Whatever the venue, ally compassionate and caring, and hence
pose is to export the Islamic Rev- make the same determination. After care is managed by the same interdisciplin- very successful at providing incomparable
olution, is the real power broker four years of denying this reality, the ary team. end-of-life care to patients and their fami-
behind Irans leaders. American public again is in a posi- When is hospice care appropriate under lies. Families regularly offer thanks and
Indeed, if I were that moderate tion to understand its potency. That Jewish law? As in all areas of halacha, there is praise to hospice staff for the excellent care
Iranian leader, I would find very is the best place to start. JNS.ORG more than one opinion. In general, I believe provided their loved one. And we often
little of comfort in what is being it can be said that when a persons condi- hear We wish we had known about this
said in Washington these days. Ben Cohen, senior editor of tion is terminal and irreversible, when there place sooner at the Villa.
The chairman of the House For- TheTower.org and the Tower is no hope for recovery and further treat-
eign Affairs Committee, Repre- magazine, writes a weekly column ment is futile, when there is severe pain Rabbi Joseph Siev is a full-time hospice
sentative Ed Royce (R-Calif.), said on Jewish affairs and Middle and suffering, then hospice care may be chaplain/spiritual counselor for Holy Name
this week that global banks should Eastern politics. His work has been an appropriate halachic alternative. While Medical Center in the community and at
be prevented from conducting published in Commentary, the there is an obligation to prolong life, there Villa Marie Claire in Saddle River.
U.S. dollar transactions with their New York Post, Haaretz, the Wall
Iranian counterparts. The rank- Street Journal, and many other
ing Democrat on that committee, publications. www.thejewishstandard.com
Gallery
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3 4
n 1 Children from Congregation Shomrei

Torahs Parent-Child Learning program
and the Leah Sokoloff Nursery School in
Fair Lawn joined for a musical Havdalah
pajama party. The program included
dinner making havdalah candles and
silly besamim (spice) holders, dancing,
story time, and the bedtime Shema.
The Cowbells, pictured, Shomrei Torah
members, entertained. COURTESY LSNS
n 2 Members of Glen Rock Jewish Center

served dinner at the Family Promise of
Bergen Countys walk-in dinner program
in Hackensack last month. Members, in-
cluding teens, worked behind the scenes
with food purchase and prep and addi-
tional volunteers helped serve the food.
More than 125 people were served.
5
n 3 Seniors at the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades were treated to a lunar new
year celebration when the Palisades Park
Senior Center Dance Troupe visited them
to perform traditional Korean fan dances by Rabbi Dov Drizin. Children made spice packs,
and choral pieces. COURTESY JCCOTP havdalah candles, and art projects, had photos
taken in a photo booth, and ate hot pretzels
n 4 Third graders at Temple Eman- and ice cream while learning about this Jewish
uel of the Pascack Valleys religious ritual. Eric and Jen Reimer and their son Andrew
school received their siddurim. Ri- of Woodcliff Lake are pictured. VALLEY CHABAD
ley Ceslowitz, shown with her siddur,
is surrounded, from left, by Cantor n 6 The Friendship Circle recently held a series
Alan Sokoloff, Sean Charnow, Rabbi of sports events for children with special needs
Shelley Kniaz, Charlie Loskant, and at the Chabad Center of Passaic County. The
Steve Shamash. COURTESY TEPV children, helped by volunteers and two trained
coaches, had four days of fun. The focus was
n 5 Families and children of all ages cel- on balance, team playing, ball sports, yoga, and
ebrated with Valley Chabad in Woodcliff making new friends. COURTESY FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
Lake at a family Havdalah ceremony led 6

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The case for financial education

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz still a believer. And in the face of contrar- relevant way, a certain percentage of peo- interest and provide valuable tools for
I
ian commentary, Im ready to once again ple will learn and take steps to improve success in real life.
m a champion of financial literacy. get on my financial literacy soapbox. their financial lives. To me, thats worth As an employer, explore ways to bring
And as I look at some of the recent the effort. financial education into the workplace,
research from FINRA, it only rein- How it can change lives Financial education is most effective especially around retirement saving deci-
forces my commitment. According Few people argue with the tremendous when you have some skin in the game. So sions. As an employee, go to your HR
to their findings, fewer than 50 percent need for financial education. But to those since we all deal with money, I encourage department and make sure you know what
of Americans have tried to figure out how who doubt the effectiveness of financial everyone to help create financial educa- your retirement plan options are. Dont
much they need for retirement, have an education programs, Id like to point to a tion opportunities in their own lives and be intimidated by what you dont under-
emergency fund, or are saving for their couple that show just how life-changing to take advantage of the ones that already stand; ask questions.
kids education. And according to econo- financial education can be: exist. Look to your community. Many banks
mist Olivia S. Mitchell, a professor at The A recent study of more than 1,600 As a parent, give your kids financial and other financial institutions have finan-
Wharton School, and Annamaria Lusardi, teens that completed the Money Matters: responsibilities early on. Whether its cial education programs. And dont hesi-
director of the Global Financial Literacy Make It Count program created by Schwab through an allowance or a part-time job, tate to be your own advocate. There are
Center at the George Washington School and the Boys and Girls Club of America make sure they have some money of their a number of online tools and calculators
of Business, only 34 percent of partici- showed an 82 percent improvement in own to manage and are accountable for that can help you. Before you make a
pants in a financial knowledge study they saving, a 33 percent improvement in bud- certain spending and saving decisions. financial decision or enter into a contract
conducted could correctly answer three geting, and a 46 percent improvement in Also reach out to your kids schools to see like a mortgage, do your research. Get the
simple questions about interest, inflation, managing credit and debt. how you can get financial literacy classes facts. Again, ask questions lots of them.
and investment risk. Key findings from the Finances 50+ added to the curriculum. Formal financial education programs
Certain studies have noted that taking a program co-founded by Schwab and the As a teacher, even if its not part of your are important, but I believe financial edu-
financial literacy course doesnt necessar- AARP Foundation showed that partici- formal curriculum, incorporate financial cation can also be organic and we can all
ily change behaviors, that exposing kids to pants had a 25 percent increase in financial ideas into your lessons as a way to bring be part of the process. Whether with your
financial concepts early on doesnt mean confidence. Results included an overall math to life. Young kids often have a natu- family, your employer or your community,
theyll remember them when they need improvement in savings and debt manage- ral interest in learning to save and spend if you help plant the seeds of financial edu-
them later in life. OK, I can understand ment, with 33 percent fewer participants so the numbers fit in naturally. You can cation awareness, youll reap the benefits.
that. But then taking one Spanish course spending more than their income, and 47 talk to middle schoolers about wants ver- And ultimately, so will everyone else.
doesnt make you fluent. A year of piano percent of participants reducing debt. sus needs, and demonstrate the power Creators.com
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Anything important or complex has to be to have dramatic results. But my point is sions about credit cards and the basics of Carrie Schwab-Pomerantzs column, Ask
learned over time and practiced. So Im that when the information is provided in a investing will pique a high school students Carrie, can be found at creators.com.

Financial lessons for 20-somethings done. Obviously, we dont have all the answers. But in a
world filled with uncertainty and questions about every-
thing, here are some heartfelt recommendations based
Carrie Schwab Pomerantz and our careers. Were single and married, parents and on real life experiences that we would want our young
grandparents, from different ethnic backgrounds and with friends, children, grandchildren anyone to consider
Today I thought Id ask my team to share some financial les- different professional expertise. But what we do have in as they begin their financial journey.
sons theyve learned along the way. I asked them particularly common is a shared understanding of how important it is When youre first starting out, get some reliable
what insights they would want to share with 20yearolds. to be on top of your finances from an early age. roommates who you can trust to share household
Were a diverse group of people, ranging in age from the Wed like to share that understanding with you. Some of its expenses. Youll not only save on rent, but also on util-
mid 30s to late 60s, and are at different points in our lives based on what we did; some based on what we wished wed ities and food, which can leave you with more money
to start building a savings cushion. I lived with room-
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as a result. Kristine
Be relentless about learning to live within your
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At 20, I lived for the day and spent every last dollar
on fun. I just wish I had saved some, too. There are
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When I migrated to the U.S. at 19, I quickly realized
that credit is a critical part of ones financial life in the
U.S. As a result, I worked diligently to establish a good
credit rating, which allowed me to purchase my first
car and home at lower interest rates in my 20s and 30s.
Where I grew up, cash is king and use of credit is foreign,
so I definitely had a steep learning curve. Elinore
Dont rely on credit cards to finance a lifestyle you
really cant afford. Never, ever charge more than you
can pay off in full when the bill comes due! Judith
Over the years, I adjusted my career and some-
times my salary to try something new. Keeping over-
head well below your income will allow flexibility in
career decisions if you want to do something differ-
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Its better to make allowances

Teaching children financial responsibility begins early, advances creatively
DiAnne Crown To begin to address these, start by honestly evaluating Is your goal to live freely, comfortably, or debt-free? Is
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ow and when to teach children how to handle here. Its simply important to acknowledge the values you or budgeting for meaningful work?
money is a perplexing parenting challenge. It are already modeling for your children. Consider whether Once youve decided how and why you spend your
boils down to three questions: What are your you are training your child in a household of plenty or one own money, you can teach your child how to do the
values about money? Should children have of need. Do you faithfully use a detailed budget? How is your same. This brings up the question of an allowance. Its
their own money? How will you deal with these issues as overall money management in regard to impulse buying for easy to find multiple sources that reject allowances,
your children mature? specific seasons, special occasions, bargains and emotions? writing them off as entitlements. However, there are
situations in which an allowance works extremely well
including my own family for the past 20 years.
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Dvar Torah
Beshalach: Learning lifts up our past
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t is hours before the Exo- Egypt. We take this Talmu- and discussions. We even read ourselves congregations across the area will offer ses-
dus. People are hurriedly dic text literally each year, into the tradition, taking the teachings of sions on a variety of topics. Drawing on
preparing to flee from as we re-enact the Exodus our past and applying them conceptually the portion this week, and its overlap with
Egypt. Can you imagine at our seder meals. And in to contemporary circumstances. Tu bShvat on Saturday, sessions include
the commotion? reading parashat Beshal- This is what Josephs bones represent: classes about Jewish music and poetry,
And where in all of the hub- ach this week, I want to put lifting up our past through study, learning, ecology and the environment, the symbol-
bub is Moses? According to myself back into that time and engaging our ancestors teachings in ism of trees and the experience of cross-
midrash, Moses is running all and place and imagine application to our lives today. ing the sea. All of them honor our past by
around looking for a coffin. A why carrying the bones of Learning is a fundamental Jewish activ- drawing upon Biblical and Rabbinic texts,
coffin. And not just any coffin, Rabbi David Joseph was so important. ity. We know this for the younger genera- while inviting us to apply their teachings to
but the coffin of Joseph, son of S. Widzer While there are many tion, as we are commanded vshinantam the world today. The evening begins when
Jacob, ancestor of the Israelites. Temple Beth El of answers to that question, lvanech teach [Torah] diligently to the doors open at 6:30 p.m., followed by
Northern Valley,
As Joseph was dying, he made Closter, Reform
the meaning that has res- your children (Deuteronomy 6:7). But a community Havdalah service, two peri-
the Israelites swear an oath that onated for me this year study isnt just for the young. Adult edu- ods of classes at 7:30 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.,
when God finally brought them is the notion of learning cation is a vital part of the Jewish commu- and a delicious, festive Tu bShvat-themed
out of Egypt, they would take his bones from our past. We carried Josephs bones nity, whether thats a weekly Torah study reception. It is northern New Jerseys pre-
with them (Genesis 50:25). So now, centu- out of respect for him, surely, and in ful- group, an adult education speaker, a panel eminent evening of adult Jewish learning
ries later, the Exodus is at hand, the peo- fillment of our promise to him. But theres discussion, or some other format. We are and study and I invite you to be a part of it.
ple are preparing, and Moses frantically is more to it than that. We Jews have always all learners, engaged in the sacred task of For more details, including a list of sponsor-
searching for this coffin. honored our ancestors, but not through study, perpetuating our peoples values ing congregations, participating rabbis, and
There are several different versions of worship. Instead, we have honored them through learning its lessons. course offerings, check out the website at
how Moses finds Josephs coffin (see Deu- by learning what they have taught us. There is an outstanding opportunity to www.sweettastesoftorah.weebly.com.
teronomy Rabbah 11:7, Exodus Rabbah Through study, we perpetuate their teach- do this on Saturday night, February 11, at When we gather in learning, we lift up
20:19, and Mekhilta, Vayehi Beshalach 2), ings. We quote their lessons bshem Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff. For the our past as surely as the Israelites lifted
but at last he does. And so, as promised, omro, in the name of the one who taught eighth year in a row, the North Jersey Board up Josephs coffin. They carried his bones
Josephs bones are carried out of Egypt by it, even including the pedagogic legacy of Rabbis is sponsoring Sweet Tastes of throughout their time in the wilderness.
the Israelites as they are freed from slavery. through the centuries: Rabbi X said in Torah, an evening of exceptional learning We carry on the tradition of study and
Ive often wondered about this. Were the name of Rabbi Y, who learned from and community. (I have the honor this year learning, honoring our ancestors, their
taught, In every generation, you must Rabbi Z We engage in sacred study, of co-chairing the event, along with Rabbi teachings, and values. May they always
see yourself as if you, yourself, went out of honoring the past through our debates Ziona Zelazo.) Twenty different rabbis from have meaning in our lives today.
BRIEFS
Netanyahu seeks united IDF strikes Hamas targets Iranian leader Khamenei
front with U.K. and U.S. in Gaza after rocket hits vows demonstration
against Iranian threat south of Ashkelon against Trumps threats
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday Israel mounted a series of strikes on terrorist targets Mon- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed
with United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May in Lon- day in the Gaza Strip after a rocket fired from northern to hold an upcoming demonstration against threats by
don, where he pushed for a U.S.-U.K.-Israel united front Gaza exploded in an open area south of Ashkelon. A siren President Donald Trump.
against Iranian aggression. sounded across the area seconds before the explosion, Trump says fear me! No. The Iranian nation will
Iran, Netanyahu told May, seeks to conquer the Middle which caused no harm. respond to your comments with a demonstration on the
East, it threatens Europe, it threatens the West, it threat- The Israel Defense Forces canvassed the area for the 10th of February, Khamenei said in a speech Tuesday to
ens the world. And it offers provocation after provocation. projectile, and shortly afterward IDF tanks fired artillery military officers in Tehran, AFP reported. They will show
Thats why I welcome President Trumps insistence on shells at a Hamas post in the northern Gaza neighborhood others what kind of stance the nation of Iran takes when
new sanctions against Iran. I think other nations should of Beit Lahiya. The Israeli Air Force carried out a second threatened.
follow suit, certainly responsible nations, and Id like to strike against Hamas infrastructure in the enclaves north Khameneis rhetoric follows an escalation in tension
talk to you about how we can ensure Irans aggression and south Monday evening. between the U.S. and Iran after the Islamic Republic
does not go unanswered, Netanyahu added. The IDF holds the Hamas terrorist group responsible tested a ballistic missile in late January, purportedly in
A spokesman for May said the U.K. shares American and for what transpires in Gaza, the IDF Spokespersons Unit violation of United Nations resolutions. In response, the
Israeli concerns about Irans recent ballistic missile test, said. Trump administration put Iran on notice and declared
which purportedly violated a United Nations resolution One defense official said the targets struck Monday were that nothing is off the table, then proceeded to levy new
and led to new sanctions from the Trump administration. very significant to Hamas. The official said that while the sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
It was discussed at the U.N. and we made clear our scope of the strike was unusual, considering Israels pru- Khamenei also said he is thankful that Trump has
position, the spokesman said. With regard to the spe- dent policy, an opportunity had presented itself to destroy shown the real face of America.
cific agreement relating to the nuclear weapons...its these significant targets. What we have said for more than 30 years that
important that it is very carefully and rigorously policed. Another defense official said it was highly unlikely there is political, economic, moral and social corruption
We should also be clear that it has neutralized the pos- that Hamas would pursue a security escalation at this in the ruling system of the U.S. this gentleman came
sibility of the Iranians acquiring nuclear weapons for time, and that Mondays fire was most likely the work of and brought it out into the open in the election and after
more than a decade. JNS.ORG a rogue terrorist group. JNS.ORG the election, he said. JNS.ORG

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ROMAN CINEMA BY YONI GLATT
KOSHERCROSSWORDS@GMAIL.COM
Proud SodaStream to feature DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MANAGEABLE
an Israeli flag on all its products
The Israel-based beverage carbonation com- closure forced SodaStream to lay off most of
pany SodaStream has decided to feature an its 500 Palestinian employees. SodaStream
Israeli flag on all its products, which are sold relocated to the Negev region.
in 45 countries. SodaStreams CEO, Daniel Birnbaum, said
The Israeli flag is accompanied by an Eng- that as a proud Israeli company, we have
lish message that says This product is made always taken care to keep our Israeli pro-
by Arabs and Jews working side by side in file highIn recent years, we Israelis have
peace and harmony. SodaStream has been found ourselves under attack, apologizing
a target of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest- and boycotted all over the world. We may
ment and Sanctions movement over its for- not be perfect, but we have a lot to be proud
mer headquarters in the West Bank indus- of, and we decided to show that to ourselves
trial park of Mishor Adumim. That facilitys and to the world. JNS.ORG
U.N. envoys Haley and Danon discuss

strategies to change bias against Israel
Israeli Ambassador to the United policy. Danon and Haley also discussed
Nations Danny Danon met with his reforms that Israel is interested in imple-
counterpart, U.S. Ambassador Nikki menting to root out anti-Israel bias among
Haley, for the first time last week to bodies within the U.N. as well as to end dis-
discuss strategies to combat the world proportionate pressure on Israel.
bodys bias against Israel. We are looking forward to leading toward
In their meeting, Danon thanked Haley a new era in which we will implement signif-
for her unequivocal support for Israel icant change at the U.N., put an end to the
and proposed ways to mitigate the damage obsessive focus on Israel and instead work on
of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334, portraying the true face of Israel to the inter-
which condemned Israels settlement national community, Danon said. JNS.ORG Across Down
1. Something for a rabbi to talk about 1. Judd Hirsch sitcom
6. Streisand and others, for short 2. Hollywoods Ken or Lena
11. Make a (rabbinic) prohibition 3. ...sin shall have great ___ (Ezek.

GO SEE THIS SHOW. 14. Ben-Gurion rental option
15. Fear of Flying author Jong
30:16)
4. Israeli mom
Bring the whole mispucha! Rosie ODonnell 16. First mate? 5. Sentence (as a beis din might do)
17. 1957 Sidney Lumet directed hit 6. First woman to host Michaels
19. Yom ___ Saturday Night Live
Tradition is a funny thing... 20. Wayside spot ran by Rahab 7. A Stark on Benioffs Game
21. Anti-Semitic artist Edward of Thrones
22. Modern option for finding a mate 8. Hanging spot for some Maccabi play-
24. Natalie (Portman)s female Thor ers?
co-star Russo 9. Period for the first Temple, and most
25. Date that a bris might be sched- of the second
uled around 10. Home of Shaare Zedeck in
26. 1987 Leonard Nimoy hit Puerto Rico
33. Crime that swept through Israel 11. Former format to watch E.T.
in 2016 12. Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov
34. Cholent staple 13. Yaakov or Tzedeck
35. Rage (Goliaths emotion 18. Israeli bassist Simmons
towards David) 23. Messing or Winger, for short
36. Covering of Mount Sinai, at times 24. Mel Brooks or The Marx Brothers
37. Like Raimis Evil Dead movies 25. WWII turning point
39. Mr. Hollands ___ 26. Like Daniel Day-Lewis
40. Alma Mater of Roy Lichtenstein: 27. Jacobs thirteen children, e.g.
Abbr. 28. Great Babylonian rabbi of the
41. Haman had one for getting rid of fourth century
the Jews 29. Shabbat light
A New Comedy 42. Bit of Torah 30. D.C. Israel lobbyist
Written by & Starring 43. 1955 Billy Wilder hit 31. Larry David has minimal use for one
Monica
47. What Adam Sandler did in 58-Across 32. With 54-Down, Yair Lapids party
48. Assi and Ashi 33. Torah measurement
49. Had a few on Purim 37. A tznius skirt might not have one
Piper 52. Abrams genre, generally
54. The Simpsons storekeeper voiced
38. Like Blanche at times, but not Rose
39. Seder scraps
by Hank Azaria 41. Kosher deli staples
Directed by 57. Menorah filler 42. Mechitza
Photo by Patrick Conde
58. 2004 Peter Segal hit 44. Sherut, e.g.

Mark Waldrop 61. Stereotypical Jewish deg. 45. Gets up (to pray vatikin)
62. Many a tale by King and Stine 46. Moses basket, essentially
63. Candy company 49. Ramban and Rambam, for short
Reminiscent of Billy Crystals 700 Sundays with 64. Abbr. for Sanders or Schumer 50. Pluckable (on the kibbutz)
a peppering of Neil Simons Lost In Yonkers, 65. Cleans (shmutz out of an ear) 51. Israel activist Dershowitz
66. Israeli tourist on a camel, e.g. 52. Ben ___ (Hellenistic Jewish scribe)
NOT THAT JEWISH is 90 lightning 53. Locale for one healing from a bris
fast minutes of funny, moving, The solution to last weeks puzzle 54. See 32-Down
intimate and inspirational theater. is on page 67. 55. Snow in August writer Hamill
56. One on Kveller.com
TELECHARGE.COM 212.239.6200 NEW WORLD STAGES 340 W. 50th St. 59. A ___ Good Men (Reiner film)
60. ___ G (Sacha Baron Cohen)
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Arts & Culture
Come to the Original Cabaret:
Lavender Songs
L
MIRIAM RINN
ooking for something totally

different to do on a Satur-
day night? Take a trip to the
East Village to Pangea to see
a cabaret show called Lav-
ender Songs.
Performed by Jeremy Lawrence in full
drag, the show is based on a program cre-
ated by Alan Lareau for the U.S. Holocaust
Museum in Washington, in conjunction
with an exhibition on the Nazi persecu-
tion of homosexuals. Lavender Songs
includes the work of a variety of prewar
underground German composers and lyri-
cists, many of them Jews.
Wearing a chic little black dress and
an extraordinary amount of makeup,
Lawrence appears as his flaming alter
ego, Tante Fritzy, a charm-
ingly naughty relative who
promises to give no advice.
Between amusing patter,
Fritzy goes on to sing songs
such as Can Love Really Be
a Sin? Special Girlfriend,
and Masculinum-Femini-
num. No one would accuse
Lawrence of having a beau-
tiful voice, but he hits his
notes and he knows how to
perform a song. The mate-
rial varies from the almost-
crude and very funny double Jeremy Lawrence performs as Tante Fritzy in Lavender Songs at Pangea in
entendre to the genuinely the East Village. BJORN BOLINDER
moving and melancholy.

L awrences interac tion with Paul Robeson, of all people. as regionally, and in film and television.
with the audience is always Lawrences first work about Weimar cab- The remount of this program won a
respectful and kind. aret was Cabaret Verboten in 1991. That 2008 Bistro Award for Lawrence and
As we know from the clas- piece was produced across the country, as his director Jason Jacobs, and it seems
sic musical Cabaret, night- well as in London and Sweden. A transla- even more timely now. Lawrence does
club artists in the Weimar tor, lyricist, and performer, Lawrence is not speak extensively about the admin-
era attempted to respond the official English translator of songs by istration in Washington, but he certainly
to the rise of the Nazis with Friedrich Hollaender and Franz Waxman, doesnt ignore it. A sense of imminent
satire and wink-wink humor. another German Jewish composer; Wax- danger hangs over the show, just as it
The majority of the material man escaped Germany after being beaten must have in 1930s Berlin. Not that there
in Lavender Songs was by Nazi thugs. Lawrence also created the is any direct comparison, just a sense that
written by two Jewish composers, Fried- a theatrical family, gained great success English lyrics on Ute Lempers record- the good times may be coming to an end.
rich Hollaender and Mischa Spoliansky. in 1930 by writing the film score for The ing, Berlin Cabaret Songs. (Lemper cre- The music director is Ariela Bohrod, who
Fortunately, both escaped Germany, Hol- Blue Angel with Marlene Dietrich, also ated the role of Sally Bowles in Europe.) accompanies on piano.
laender to work in Hollywood and Spo- a star on the cabaret scene. Dietrich con- Lawrence has translated all the original Lavender Songs will be at Pangea for
liansky in England. Several of the other tinued to sing his songs after both came German songs for Lavender Songs into two more Saturdays, March 11 and April
musical artists represented in the show to Hollywood. Spoliansky moved to Lon- witty, idiomatic English, as well as writing 8. The March show falls just before Purim,
were not so lucky. Some committed sui- don, where he worked in the film industry, the spoken material. As an actor, he has a perfect time for this kind of entertain-
cide and a few were killed in concentra- writing music for Alfred Hitchcock and worked with the Manhattan Theatre Club ment. Pangea serves food, and there also
tion camps. Hollaender, who came from establishing a fertile working relationship and the Mint Theater in New York, as well is a wealth of restaurants in the area.

Calendar emeritus of English and
comparative literature,
Fairleigh Dickinson
University, 1:30 p.m.
Books include Wilkie
Collins The Moonstone,
James Salters Light
Years, Jonathan
Franzens Purity, and
Thomas Jefferson Voltaires Candide.
Course runs through
Election consequences: May 17. 411 E. Clinton Ave.
The JCC of Fort Lee/ (201) 408-1457 or jccotp.
Congregation Gesher org.
Shalom hosts visiting
scholar Janet DiNardo Paramus Yiddish club:
White who will offer a Khaverim Far Yidish
series, Elections Have (Friends for Yiddish)
Consequences, a CSI meets at the JCC of
Scholar Fund program, Paramus/Congregation
1 p.m.; refreshments at Beth Tikvah for readings
12:30. The series opens of fun Yiddish stories,
with a discussion on 2 p.m. Group meets the
Thomas Jefferson, and third Wednesday of the
continues February 21 month. $10 yearly dues.
with a talk on Andrew East 304 Midland Ave.
Jackson and February Varda, (201) 791-0327.
28 on James Polk. 1449
FEB. IAC Cinematec, a series of Israeli films at the Kaplen JCC on Anderson Ave. (201)
947-1735.
the Palisades in Tenafly, continues with Magic Man, about a
19 78-year-old Greek man and his chasidic rapper son, who have
been estranged for many years, Sunday February 19, 7 p.m.
Hot topics in Bayonne:
Temple Beth Am
continues its Point/
Director Guy Nattiv and Amir Bogen, head of the film section in Ynet, will be Counterpoint series,
there to answer questions. 411 E. Clinton Ave. (201) 569-7900 or jccotp.org. looking at todays
burning issues from
Dr. Jeremy Benstein
a Jewish angle, led
Month. He will discuss Bar, 4 p.m. Enjoy indoor by Rabbi Cathy Felix, Sustainability in Israel:
Yiddish music in
Friday Strengthening The Ties
Between The Orthodox Teaneck: Musicians
cycling to raise breast-
cancer awareness.
1:30 p.m. 111 Avenue B.
(201) 858-2020.
Dr. Jeremy Benstein,
co-founder and deputy
FEBRUARY 10 Jewish and African Susan Levitan and 720 Monroe St., C300. director of the Heschel
Adrian Banner offer Talking about Israel in
American Communities. (201) 820-3936 or Center for Sustainability
Shabbat in Wyckoff: an Evening of Yiddish Wayne: Rabbi Meeka
70 Sterling Place. kimberlys@jfnnj.org. in Tel Aviv, is the guest
Shabbat Shira, a Song and Folklore Simerly talks about her
(201) 833-0515 or speaker at a Jewish
service in song led by at Congregation Beth recent trip to Israel,
Cantors Ilan Mamber
jcot.org.
Sholom, 7:30 p.m. Monday including a slideshow,
Federation of Northern
NJ One Book One
Refreshments. 354 at Temple Beth Tikvah,
and Summer Greenald- Community Torah FEBRUARY 13 1 p.m. Also Friday after
Community meeting
Gonella, is at Temple learning in Wyckoff: Maitland Ave. at Congregation Beth
Beth Rishon, 7:30 p.m. Sweet Tastes of Torah, (201) 833-2620 or services. 950 Preakness
Jewish learning in Sholom in Teaneck,
The service also marks Tu concentrating this www.cbsteaneck.org. Ave. (973) 595-6565.
Teaneck: Lamdeinu, 8:15 p.m. He will discuss
bShvat. The Kol Rishon year on Shabbat Shira a center for Jewish Mayim Chayim: The
Choir with soloist Jo-Ann
Skiena Garey will perform
and Tu bShvat, is a
community night of
Sunday learning that meets Quest for Sustainability in
at Congregation Beth Israel. This years JFNNJ
with pianist Itay Goren, study focusing on music, FEBRUARY 12 Aaron, continues a spring book selection is Let
guitarists Ilan Mamber the environment, and series, Megillat Esther There Be Water by Seth
and Mark Kantrowitz, more. Desserts and Tu bShvat in Teaneck: and Haggadat Pesach M. Siegel. 354 Maitland
and percussionist socializing. Presented by The Jewish Center taught by Rabbi Hayyim Ave. (201) 833-2620,
Jimmy Cohen. Dessert the North Jersey Board of Teaneck hosts a Angel, 1 p.m. 950 Queen (201) 819-0458 or www.
and coffee. 585 Russell of Rabbis with support community youth party to Anne Road. Register at cbsteaneck.org.
Ave. (201) 891-4466 or from local synagogues. celebrate the holiday, with lamdeinu.org.
bethrishon.org. At Temple Beth Rishon, music, arts and crafts, and
6:30 p.m. 585 Russell healthy snacks, 10 a.m. Blood drive in Teaneck: Rabbi Mordechai Shain Thursday
Saturday Ave. (201) 652-1687, Families and friends Holy Name Medical FEBRUARY 16
sweettastesoftorah@ welcome. 70 Sterling Center holds a blood Modern brain-twisters:
FEBRUARY 11 gmail.com, or Place. (201) 833-0515, ext. drive with New Jersey Rabbi Mordechai Shain
Parkinsons support:
sweettastesoftorah. 1, or jcot.org. Blood Services, a of Lubavitch on the
The Jewish Home Family
Shabbat in Cliffside weebly.com. division of New York Palisades begins a new
continues a monthly
Park: Congregation Beth Live game show: Temple Blood Center, 2-8 p.m. six-session course from
support group for
Israel of the Palisades Shabbat in Ridgewood: Beth Tikvah in Wayne 718 Teaneck Road. the Rohr Jewish Learning
people diagnosed with
marks Shabbat Shira Temple Israel & JCC and hosts Game Show (800) 933-2566. Institute, The Dilemma:
Parkinsons Disease, their
and Tu bShvat during the Academies at Gerrard Mania! from Hollyrock Modern Conundrums
families, and caregivers,
Berman Day School Entertainment, 3 p.m. Talmudic Debates
services that begin
at 9:30 a.m., and are offer PJ Havdalah for Admission includes Tuesday Your Solutions, 8 p.m.
which includes chair
yoga, at the Jewish
followed by a kiddush Tots at Temple Israel. snack, drink, prizes, FEBRUARY 14 Accredited for continuing
Home at Rockleigh,
lunch. 207 Edgewater Crafts, singing, candle and game show. legal education in most
10 a.m. At 10:30, Karen
Road. (201) 945-7310 or lighting, and pizza, for 950 Preakness Ave. states. 11 Harold St.,
War veterans meet in McElroy, occupational
cbiotp.org. children 5 and younger, (973) 595-6565. Tenafly. (201) 871-1152 or
Hackensack: Jewish therapist and clinical
6 p.m., followed by War Veterans Post 651 chabadlubavitch.org.
Cycle for Sharsheret operations specialist at
Shabbat in Teaneck: The Havdalah services. Wear of Fair Lawn meets Functional Pathways,
in Hoboken: Jewish
Jewish Center of Teaneck
welcomes Deacon
pajamas. 475 Grove St.
(201) 444-9320, or Federation of Northern to celebrate its 71st Wednesday, will discuss Adaptive
anniversary at the Stony Equipment Possibilities.
Kenneth Harris Jr. of www.synagogue.org. New Jersey, with Bnai
Hill Inn, 11 a.m.. Wives
FEBRUARY 15
Jacob Jersey City, Refreshments. 10 Link
the New Hope Baptist and guests welcome. Drive. (201) 750-4246
Church in Hackensack Hudson Jewish, United Book club in Tenafly:
Synagogue of Hoboken, The post is celebrating or email parkinsons@
for a community lunch its 70th anniversary. The Kaplen JCC on the
and Moishe House jewishhomefamily.org.
at 11:30 a.m., following Edward Rosenblatt, Palisades continues a
services at 9 a.m., to Hoboken, holds Spin monthly book club with
for Sharsheret at Cycle (201) 797-3190.
mark Black History Ben Nelson, professor

Calendar
Friday Monday Singles Cabaret night

FEBRUARY 17 FEBRUARY 20 in Englewood
Music in Englewood: Senior program in
Sunday Congregation Kol HaNeshamah hosts
Englewood Hospital Wayne: The Chabad FEBRUARY 12 a cabaret night with a raffle and auc-
and Medical Center Center of Passaic County tion on Saturday, February 11, 8 p.m.,
hosts its Heart & continues its Smile on Line dancing/brunch:
on the campus of St. Pauls, 113 Engle
Soul Music Festival, Seniors program with North Jersey Jewish
5:30 p.m. Guests will lunch and a baking Singles 50+ at the Clifton St., in Englewood.
learn about heart health class, at the center, Jewish Center offers Off-Broadway performers Andrew
and have one-on-one 11:30 a.m. 194 Ratzer bagels and conversation, Keltz and Tyler Beattie will sing show Andrew Keltz Tyler Beattie
conversations with EHMC Road. (973) 694-6274 or 11 a.m., followed by line
dancing with instructor
tunes, jazz, and folk favorites; the
physicians, nurses, and Chanig@optonline.net.
staff, followed by a buffet Terri Defelice, 1 p.m. cover charge includes wine and hors doeuvres. There also will be a raffle and auc-
and live music. 350 Lunch and learn: Rabbi (973) 772-3131 or join tion prizes. For information, email RSVP@Khnj.org.
Engle St., Ferolie Gallery Aaron Katz leads a North Jersey Jewish
and Chiang Auditorium. discussion over lunch Singles at www.meetup.
(201) 608-2550 or at Congregation Bnai com.
RSVP to community@ Jacob in Jersey City, Kaplen JCC hosts Lavish Lunches
ehmchealth.org. noon. 176 West Side Ave.
(201) 435-5725 or www. Thursday to support services for seniors
Shabbat in Washington bnaijacobjc.com. FEBRUARY 16
Township: Temple Beth Lavish Lunches, an Fishbar, a seafood
Or holds Shabbat Hallelu, Widows and widowers annual event that sup- and sushi restau-
a family musical service,
7:30 p.m. 56 Ridgewood In New York meet in Glen Rock:
Movin On, a monthly
ports a broad range
of programs and ser-
rant, then partnered
with the owners to
Road. (201) 664-7422 or luncheon group for
www.templebethornj.org. Sunday widows and widowers, vices for seniors in the launch the B&B Wine-
meets at the Glen Rock community, is spon- pub in SoHo and El
Shabbat in Wayne: FEBRUARY 12 Jewish Center, 12:30 p.m. sored by the Kaplen Toro Blanco in the
Rabbi Meeka Simerly 682 Harristown Road.
talks about her recent Seforim sale: Yeshiva JCC on the Palisades West Village.
Next date, March 16.
trip to Israel, including University students (201) 652-6624 or email in Tenafly. Mr. Capon i s a
a slideshow, at Temple continue the 30th annual Binny, arbgr@aol.com. This year, it is set six-time winner of
Beth Tikvah, after Seforim Sale, North
services that begin at Americas largest Jewish for Thursday, March the Peoples Choice
7:30 p.m. Oneg Shabbat book sale, through Sunday 2, at 10:15 a.m. Funds award at the NYC
follows. 950 Preakness February 26 in Belfer FEBRUARY 26 raised through the Josh Capon Wine & Food Festi-
Ave. (973) 595-6565. Hall, 2495 Amsterdam program help seniors vals Burger Bash,
Ave., on YUs Wilf
Shabbat in Teaneck: Seniors meet in Suffern: age in place and remain socially, men- has appeared on Rachael Ray, Live
Campus in Manhattan.
Singles 65+ from the JCC
Temple Emeth offers www.theseforimsale.com. tally, and physically connected to the with Regis and Kelly, CBS Early Show,
musical services with Rockland meets for lunch
at Sutters Mill, noon. 214 world around them. Today, and Food Network, and has
the Temple Emeth Band,
Cantor Ellen Tilem, and Route 59, Suffern, N.Y. The morning will begin with a light been featured in the New York Times,
Rabbi Steven Sirbu, Individual checks. Gene, breakfast at the home of Alissa and New York Magazine, and Time Out
(845) 356-5525.
8 p.m. 1666 Windsor Zachary Epstein of Tenafly. It will fea- New York.
Road. (201) 833-1322 or ture a culinary presentation by sea- After his presentation, participants
www.Emeth.org.
soned executive chef Josh Capon. After will attend their choice of lunch, served
he graduated from culinary school, Mr. in local homes and other venues, where
Capon was discovered by legendary chef hosts and hostesses will provide a mem-
Tuvia Tenenbom in Teaneck on Sunday Charlie Palmer, worked as an extern at
Mr. Palmers famous, upscale restaurant,
orable dining experience, each with a
unique theme.
On Sunday, February 12, at 8 p.m., Congregation Rinat Yisrael of Aureole, and later assisted Mr. Palmer in Lorin Cook and Brandi Rubin are the
Teaneck welcomes Tuvia Tenenbom, author, social commentator, opening the Lenox Room. co-chairs. Their committee includes
and subject of the Jewish Standards cover story on January 20. Mr. Capon went on to work for David special events chair Marci Ginzburg.
His talk is Catching the Jew Here Too: Anti-Semitism and Anti- Burke at the Park Avenue Caf and then Sponsors include Artistic Tile, Gillys
Zionism in Israel and the U.S. spent a year in Europe fine-tuning his Organics, Goldstein Jewelers, M. Ross
The Israeli-born Mr. Tenenbom, who has lived in Germany, culinary skills. He became sous chef at & Associates LLC, Myron, Orly Chen,
is the author of three Der Spiegel best sellers, I Sleep in Hit- the St. Regis Hotels Astor Court, recon- SeeSaw, ShopRite, and Treeco, The
lers Room, Catch the Jew!, and The Lies They Tell. He nected with Mr. Palmer, and became Real Estate Equity Company. For more
also is a journalist, dramatist, and the founder of the Jew- Tuvia Tenenbom executive chef of Alva, Mr. Palmers information, call Michal Kleiman at
ish Theater of New York. He will read excerpts from his new- American bistro. Mr. Capon later took (201) 408-1412 or go to www.jccotp.org/
est book, The Lies They Tell; a question-and-answer session will follow. Refresh- the reins as executive chef of Lure lavishlunches.
ments will be served. Mr. Tenenbons books will be available for sale. Register at
www.rinat.org.
bergenPAC features Perlman
with Morrow school orchestra
Join the party at Best Glatt reopening The Elisabeth Morrow School Orchestra will perform a
On Thursday, February 16, Best Glatt, 543 Cedar Lane in prelude concert to open the Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp
Teaneck, will host a grand reopening party from 4 to 8 Concert Series on Saturday, October 21, at 8 p.m., at the
p.m. It is a chance to meet the new owners, Michelle and Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood.
Alex Berger. Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and pianist Rohan
The party will include a full buffet from the takeout DeSilva are the principal performers. The students have
and catering departments, including homemade pareve opened for many performers, including Itzhak Perlman,
desserts. There will also be coloring books and crayons Joshua Bell, Andre Watts with the New Jersey Symphony,
for children. and Midori, and they have been featured on many televi-
For more information, call (201) 801-0444 or go to Best- sion stations and programs.
glattkosher.com. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com or through Itzhak Perlman
Michelle and Alex Berger the box office, (201) 227-1030, or at www.bergenpac.org. LISA-MARIE-MAZZUCCO

Jewish World
Sefaria unveils full Talmud translation

thats free, digitized, and in English
BEN SALES that the structure of Jewish learn-
F
ing had this network-type expe-
or centuries, studying rience. This sense of intercon-
a page of the Talmud nectedness was already there
has come with a bevy and just needed to be brought
of barriers to entry. out. (The other co-founder is the
Written mostly in Aramaic, in author Joshua Foer.)
its most commonly printed form The project is the biggest step
the Talmud lacks punctuation or forward in Sefarias larger goal
vowels, let alone translation. Its of democratizing Jewish reli-
premier explanatory commen- gious scholarship by making it
tary, composed by the medieval digitized, free, and intelligible to
sage Rashi, usually is printed everyone. The site also has a tool
in an obscure Hebrew typeface for Jewish educators to create
read almost exclusively by reli- source sheets, or short study aids
gious, learned Jews. Even then, with quotations from a range of
scholars can still spend hours Jewish books. Users already have
figuring out what the text means. created 50,000 such sheets.
And thats not to mention the We have no idea what kind
Talmuds size and cost: 37 full vol- of devices people are going to
umes, called tractates, that can be learning Torah on in 10 years,
take up an entire shelf of a library. but we know those devices will
Helping students and read- be chomping on digital data,
ers crack these barriers and gain Septimus said. So having a data-
access to what amounts to a The interface of the Steinsaltz Talmud on Sefaria includes line-by-line translation, along with base of these texts thats open,
library of Jewish law, ritual, folk- links to commentaries and references to a range of Jewish sources, which appear in a separate flexible, free for use and reuse is
lore, and moral guidance has been vertical. COURTESY OF SEFARIA
a good thing.
an ongoing endeavor. Milestones Another site which shares that
include the first (unfinished) is in Aramaic. It will now be goal, the Open Siddur Project,
attempt at an English translation online in Hebrew and English. provides Jewish prayer text for
by American publisher Michael From an accessibility point of free so people can put together
Levi Rodkinson at the turn of the view, its a game changer. their own prayer books. Its
20th century, an abridged version (Septimus formerly was the founder, Aharon Varady, said the
by Rabbi Chaim Tchernowitz in CEO of MyJewishLearning, one modern-day emphasis on intel-
the 1920s, and The Soncino Tal- of JTAs partner sites, and sits lectual property clashes with the
mud on CD-ROM from 1995. on the board of 70 Faces Media, Jewish tradition of sharing knowl-
Now, a website hopes to build JTAs parent company.) edge openly and freely.
on these earlier breakthroughs Sefaria rolled out 22 tractates Its the idea that Torah should
and break all the barriers at once. of the Steinsaltz English edition be transferred without limita-
Sefaria, a website founded in on Tuesday, and will publish the tions, Varady said. Copyright is
2013 that aims to put the seem- entire Hebrew translation over an innovation with fairly different
ingly infinite Jewish canon the course of 2017. The rest of interests than that of a living cul-
online for free, has published the English edition, which still ture that is growing by educators
an acclaimed translation of the is unfinished, will be published sharing material, by teachers mak-
Talmud in English. The transla- online as it is completed. The From left, Sefaria executive director Daniel Septimus with ing source sheets with others.
tion, which includes explanatory translations publication was co-founders Brett Lockspeiser and Joshua Foer. COURTESY OF SEFARIA The site already offers thou-
notes in relatively plain language, made possible by a multimillion- sands of books in open-source
was started by Rabbi Adin Stein- dollar deal with the Steinsaltz edi- Not only is its edition free, Sefaria to link between the Tal- code, so anyone can use them,
saltz in 1965 and is considered by tions publishers, Milta and Koren Sefarias founders say its version muds text and the myriad Jew- and hopes to add thousands
many to be the best in its class. Publishers Jerusalem, and it was of the Steinsaltz Talmud is better ish sources it references, from more the entirety of Judaic lit-
The Steinsaltz edition of the financed by a family charity, the than competitors because it is the Bible to rabbinic literature. erature. Lockspeiser, a former
Talmud has been in print for William Davidson Foundation. untethered to the Talmuds clas- Click on a line of Aramaic, and Google software engineer, said
decades, in both modern Hebrew The edition will be known as the sic printed form. Since the mid- a string of commentaries, verses, that compared to indexing bil-
and English translation, and William Davidson Talmud. 15th century, the Talmud has or parallel rabbinic sources will lions of web pages, the Jewish
parts of it already exist on the Translations and explanations of been published with unpunctu- pop up. An algorithm Sefaria canon is no tall order.
internet. But this is the first time the Talmud already exist online. A ated text in a column in the mid- uses, which just added 50,000 People cant get into the Tal-
its being put online in its entirety range of apps promising free trans- dle of the page, its commentaries such links to the Talmud, also is mud because they dont know
for free. The online edition also lations can be unreliable. ArtScroll, wrapping around it. reverse engineered: Click on a its there, Lockspeiser said. If
opens up the copyright license, the Orthodox Jewish publishing Like all of Sefarias texts, which verse in the Bible and you will see its not in English and you type
meaning that anyone is allowed giant, offers a digital version of range from the Bible to chasidic where its quoted in the Talmud in English words in the [online
to repurpose it for teaching, lit- its own complete English Talmud texts and works of Jewish law, or other books. search] query, its not going to
erature, or anything else. translation for $600. A comprehen- the Steinsaltz translation is pub- This entire web of connec- come up. Were opening this up
Ninety percent of the worlds sive digital Jewish library published lished sentence by sentence in a tions opens up to you just by just in the sense that people will
Jews speak Hebrew and English, for decades by Israels Bar-Ilan Uni- mobile-friendly format, with the clicking and touching, said find it that didnt even know they
said Daniel Septimus, Sefarias versity also is available for sale, but translation appearing below the Sefarias co-founder and CTO, were looking for it.
executive director. The Talmud not with English translation. original. The format also allows Brett Lockspeiser. Its so clear JTA WIRE SERVICE

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that identifies a smartphone thief or touch pattern sequence, Ben Kimon says. actions. On average, a user touches the of education and research in the Israeli
intruder in under 14 seconds. For example, smartphone users interact screen 35 times in 13.8 seconds. desert, nurturing the Negev community
While most people are confident that with their device while using Google differ- A thief will almost certainly touch the and sharing the universitys expertise
password protecting a phone is suffi- ently than they might type a message, and screen more than 35 times to steal infor- locally and around the globe.
cient, they tend to choose familiar pass- we can detect that. mation because he is not familiar with an As Ben-Gurion University of the
words that are easy to guess, says BGU Her verification model extracts infor- owners phone settings and apps, Ms. Ben Negev (BGU) looks ahead to turning 50
researcher Liron Ben Kimon. With our mation from a phones sensors to identify Kimon says. The phone can learn the typ- in 2020, AABGU imagines a future that
approach, even if someone has the pass- frequency, pressure, and speed of touch ical touch and sequence pattern, and lock goes beyond the walls of academia. It
word, they cant replicate a smartphone combined with the application being out an unauthorized user to prevent data is a future where BGU invents a new
users unique behavior. used. The program also computes 30 theft, or someone you dont want peeking world and inspires a vision for a stronger
Ms. Ben Kimon recently completed her seconds of recent history, such as which at your messages. Israel and its next generation of leaders.
masters in data mining and business intel- screens a user touched, which buttons Three million phones were stolen in Together with supporters, AABGU will
ligence in the BGU Department of Soft- were pressed and how much electricity the United States, and another three mil- help the university foster excellence in
ware and Information Systems Engineer- was used. lion were lost in 2013, according to Con- teaching, research and outreach to the
ing. She is now a data scientist at PayPal in The researchers culled information sumer Reports. communities of the Negev for the next
Beer-Shevas Advanced Technologies Park from 20 users over a two-week period to American Associates, Ben-Gurion Uni- 50 years and beyond. Visit vision.aabgu.
adjacent to the university. develop their model, which shows that versity of the Negev (AABGU) plays a vital org to learn more.
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