North Jersey Jewish Standard, February 19, 2016

REMEMBERING VERA GREENWALD page 6
THE END OF AN ERA IN WEST NEW YORK? page 10

A LUTHERAN MINISTERS JEWISH ROOTS page 12
LEARNING FOR ALL AGES AT LIMMUD page 14
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Myths and memes on the Middle East
l The backstory is
convoluted, as is often
the case in comic book
mythology. Briefly,
though, the title
character of Angela,
Queen Of Hel, meets
her long-dead grandfather, Bor, father of
Odin.
Bor turns out to be
a deeply unpleasant
individual, in the
words of BleedingCool.
coms Rich Johnston,
so rather than transcribe his dialogue, the comic book blacks out the actual words and
instead puts a summary in brackets. Such as: [A LOT OF MISOGYNIST FILTH]
And in the speech balloon of interest to this page, [UNSOLICITED OPINIONS ON
ISRAEL???]
Hmm.
Okay, were not exactly sure what to make of it.
But comic books fans with time on their hands knew what to make of it: a series of
memes in which unsolicited opinions on Israel play a key role in comic book events.
Just for the record, Professor X and Bane: Whether youre a superhero or a supervillain
or even a cranky Norse god, we want to know what you think about Israel. Consider your
Larry Yudelson
opinions hereby solicited.
NY Fashion Week
Hanging Purim-style
on the coloring book shelf
l Attempted genocide.
Binge drinking. Royal

concubines. Assassination plots. Inter-ethnic
bloodshed. Clearly, the
Book of Esther has all
the makings of a wonderful childrens holiday.
And with Purim barely
a month away, we bring
you a page from My
Giant Purim Fun Book.
It came to our attention
when it was posted
to the WTF section of
Reddit.com.
A friend from New
Jersey found it in a store
called Amazing Savings
in their Jewish holiday
aisle, explained the user
who posted it.
Her 5-ish-yearold daughter found
it actually, asking her
what was going on in
the picture. She said she
jokingly replied with Im
not sure .... Hey, whats
that glittery thing over
there?!
The best comment,
though, came from a user posting
as Nyawk: I can say for a fact, being
Jewish prayer shawl

gets moment of glam
l Has a tallit become a fashion
statement?
An unidentified mens fashion
enthusiast was recently spotted
wearing a real tallit not
one of the faux H&M ones
outside a Tommy Hilfiger event
in Manhattan, Racked reported
last week.
Vogue photographer Phil Oh
captured the New York Fashion
Week: Mens participant
wearing a black wool coat and
a black beanie to go with the
dark-striped prayer shawl.
The tallit has been an inspiration
for retail fashion for a long time.
Last month, H&M offered a neartallit scarf; later, it apologized. The
company also sold a tallit-esque
poncho back in 2011. Old Navy had a
similar cardigan last year.

But real Jewish prayer gear hitting
the fashion circuit in New York not
to mention the webpages of Vogue
seems like a new development.
Gabe Friedman/JTA
Candlelighting: Friday, February 19, 5:17 p.m.

Shabbat ends: Saturday, February 20, 6:17 p.m.
CONTENTS
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Noshes
arent the birds frozen socialists?

Arent the snowclouds blocking the airfield
Social Democratic appearances?
From a poem that Allan Ginsburg wrote in 1986 about Burlington, Vermont,
when Democratic (well, actually Independent, but whatever) presidential
candidate Bernie Sanders was the towns mayor and the poets clear inspiration.
AT THE MOVIES:
Race depicts
career of
Jesse Owens
Race is the first
dramatic film
about Jesse
Owens, the great
African-American track
star who won four gold
medals at the 1936
Olympics, which were
held in Nazi Germany.
The film covers Owens
college career, his
difficult time as a
movement to boycott
the Games grew in the
United States, his
performance at the
Games, and the benching of the Jewish
members of the U.S.
track team. I havent
seen the film, so I dont
know how it covers a
couple of big myths
about the Games first,
that Hitler snubbed
Owens after his wins
because Owens was
black (didnt happen),
and that Owens symbolically won the Games by
establishing that blacks,
who the Nazis regarded
as sub-humans, could
beat the Nazi master
race. While reasonable
people could agree with
the latter point, the Nazis
shrugged off Owens
wins. Overall, the Games
were a great propaganda
coup for the Nazis
Germany won the most
medals and the film of
the Games, Olympia,
directed by the evil
genius Leni Riefenstahl,

greatly aided the Nazis
image.
An American boycott of the Games was
headed off by Olympic
Committee head Avery Brundage, an odious anti-Semite who is
played by Jeremy Irons
(who plays odious very
well). As shown in the
film, at the last minute he
ordered the head of the
American track team to
replace two Jewish runners (MARTY GLICKMAN
and SAM STOLLER) on
a four-man relay team
with two non-Jews. The
motive was clear not
to embarrass Germany
by having its team lose
to two Jews after losing
to Owens in four events.
Of course, this motive
was denied at the time
with absurd excuses,
but the evidence was
so clear that in 1998 the
U.S. Olympic Committee awarded a special
medal to Glickman and
Stoller by way of apology. (JEREMY FERDMAN,
29, a Canadian landsman with a lot of smallish acting credits, plays
Glickman.) By the way,
Stoller and Owens, both
Ohio natives, frequently
competed in high school
and college. Owens won
every race but one, but
they were friends before
Jeremy Ferdman
James Burrows
James Mee
The fallout continues

from Gibson scandal
Lisa Kudrow
David Schwimmer
and after the Olympics.

Glickman went on to
be a famous and really
great sportscaster. As for
Stoller, I say this while
most Wikipedia entries
are uneven, his is very
well-written and sourced
so Google Stoller and
read it for much more
info on him. It contains
an excellent section on
Glickmans and Stollers
treatment at the Games.
JAMES BURROWS,
75, is often called
the best TV sitcom
director of all time; on
Sunday, February 21, at 9
p.m., NBC will broadcast
a tribute to him. Most of
the cast of Friends is

expected to appear on
the show, including LISA
KUDROW, 52, and
DAVID SCHWIMMER, 49.
Burrows is the son of the
late composer/writer
ABE BURROWS (How
to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying).
Jim Burrows, a ten-time
Emmy winner, co-created and directed
Cheers. He also
directed dozens of other
good sitcoms, including
Friends and Big Bang
Theory. Still active, he
just directed his 1000th
TV episode.
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Heres a karmic footnote to an old scandal. No

doubt you will recall that back in 2006, Mel Gibson
was arrested for drunk driving by Los Angeles County
deputy sheriff JAMES MEE and Gibson said to Officer
Mee, F-cking Jews... the Jews are responsible for all the
wars in the world. Are you a Jew? (Mee is Jewish.) Well,
Gibson was friends with Lee Baca, then head of the L.A.
County Sheriffs office, and many suspected that Mees
written report of Gibsons behavior and statements was
put into a vault at Bacas orders. The report was leaked
to TMZ, and Mee was suspected of doing the leaking
but he denied it. However, Mee was on the departments
bad list, and he was fired in 2011 for allegedly violating
department rules during the arrest of a speeding motorist. This firing was overturned in September 2015 and
he was reinstated with full back pay. Mee had hardly any
write-ups before the Gibson arrest, and his lawyer said
his firing was payback by Baca and others. As for Gibson,
his career has never recovered, and Baca, no longer a
sheriff, was sentenced to six months in jail on February 10 after pleading guilty to charges of lying to the FBI
N.B.
about county jail conditions in 2013.
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A lifes journey
Remembering Vera Greenwald of Presov, Vineland, Milford and Teaneck
JOANNE PALMER
era Greenwald of Teaneck, who

died at 78 on February 2, knew
all about making the most of
almost anything. The little girl
who hid in the woods with her parents
while the Nazis rampaged became a teenager on a chicken farm in Vineland and
then grew up to become a Jewishly observant young wife and mother in a part of
Pennsylvania where there were almost no
Jews.
Its not surprising that when she began
her career selling real estate, many years
later, in Bergen County, her ability to read
people and size up situations, learned over
the course of her eventful life combined
with a kindness that may well have been
inherent to her helped her as she helped
shape Jewish Teaneck.
Vera Goodman was born in 1937 into
a large and flourishing Jewish family in
Presov, Czechoslovakia she was her
parents first child, and until the war had
ended and theyd found a new home in
My mother ran
into the woods
with her parents,
and they
escaped, but
most of the
other people in
the bunkers were
caught and sent
to the camps.
the United States, she was their only child.
Her grandfather was a successful, charitable, and highly respected businessman
who owned a lumber and coal business;
her father worked for his father, eventually struck out on his own in the same business, and flourished.
When the war came, almost all of Veras
parents siblings were murdered; one of
her fathers sisters had gone to the United
States before the war, a fact that was to
prove vitally important later.
When the Nazis began to confiscate
Jewish-owned businesses, the Goodmans
decided that they did not want the Nazis
to benefit from theirs, Veras son, Joel
Greenwald of Englewood, said. Instead,

they gave everything away; then they
headed for the forest, which was wild and
forbidding, but safer than home.
My mother spent about 3 1/2 years
of the war hiding in the woods with her
parents, Mr. Greenwald said. Out of the
90,000 or so Jews in Slovakia, roughly
5,000 survived, and very few of them were
children.
My mother and her parents hid in a
makeshift bunker with 26 other Jews,
none of them children, but they soon had
to leave. The Nazis were on their trail, and
they burned down the bunker, he continued. They eventually came to another
bunker, which housed 46 people, and
they remained there for several months.
My mother was the youngest. This all happened from 1942 to 1945, so my mother
was about 4 1/2 to about 7 1/2. There also
were many Russian partisans who roamed
the woods. Once, they warned everybody
to run away. My mother ran into the woods
with her parents, and they escaped, but
most of the other people in the bunkers
were caught and sent to the camps.
The family suffered many close calls and
escapes. With the help of the Russians,
my mother and her parents climbed over
the frozen snow-capped mountains. My
grandmother was able to locate a couple
in a village they came to who had no children, and they took them in.
At one point, my grandfather was outside, helping his rescuer chop wood, and
a group of Germans drove by with a hostage. The hostage recognized my grandfather from the forest. They locked eyes,
and Mr. Goodman knew he was in danger.
Vera Greenwald recently, and with her younger sister, Eva, on the family chicken
farm in Vineland.
Later, the hostage denounced him, and

the Germans announced that a German
family was housing Jews and they would
be shot if they were caught. The Germans
surrounded the house, but my mother
and her parents escaped through the back
door into the woods. My mother remembered that.
Mr. Greenwald thinks that the family
who saved his mother survived, because
there no longer were any Jews in the
house. In fact he thinks that his mother
stayed in touch with that family for years,
but the nightmare collage of his mothers
Holocaust memories makes it impossible
for him to be sure. A lot of this stuff came
to me piecemeal, he said.
The Goodmans found the survivors of
other bunkers in the woods, and joined
forces, but there was no food, just scraps
of garbage. They started to starve, Mr.
Greenwald said. For a few months, they
lived off rose hips.
There are more horror stories. Once,
Mr. Greenwald said, his mother and her
parents hid behind one tree. A few feet
away, a man and his grown daughter hid
behind another tree, but they were captured. My mother remembered the sounds
of screaming and of gunfire and explosions, he said.
Ninety-five percent of Slovakian Jewry
died but she and her parents survived.
Vera Goodman had not yet turned 8 years
old.
Eventually, a Russian appeared and told
them that the war was over, gave them
bread, and told them where to meet the
Russian army.
Mr. Greenwald doesnt have a lot of
details about his mothers postwar time in
Europe he does know that for a year she
went to school in Prague but can pick up
the story in 1947, when she and her parents, sponsored by her fathers sister, took
a Swedish ship called the Gripsholm across
the Atlantic. Once in the United States, the
family settled in Vineland, where her parents, like many others in that largely Jewish town, owned a chicken farm. Veras
sister, Eva who is now Eva Nordhauser
of Del Ray, Florida, and Suffern, N.Y. was
born in Vineland, and Vera went to high
school there.
Local
After being in this country for four years, my
mother won an American Legion statewide essay
contest on what it means to be an American, Mr.
Greenwald said. She also learned English, which she
spoke entirely colloquially, without even the hint of
an accent, he added.
Ms. Goodman went to Douglass College, where she
majored in political science. She met my dad Martin Greenwald, who died in 2012 who was a pharmacist from Wortsboro, N.Y., at a Catskill resort called
the Sha-wan-ga Lodge.
She was a switchboard operator that summer, and
he parked cars. Think Dirty Dancing. They married
on March 20, 1960, in Philadelphia.
The couple soon moved to Milford, Penn., about 90
miles from New York City, and Mr. Greenwald bought
a pharmacy. There were not many Jews there. There
were six Jewish families in our county, Mr. Greenwald said. Unlike the rest of those families, the Greenwalds kept kosher, and they always wanted a more
Jewish life. There was a family there, a Jewish family,
that had a Christmas tree, and eventually, through my
mothers influence, the family became kosher. They
moved to Atlanta, and then to Israel, and now the
family we keep in close touch with them numbers
50, and they are all black hat. They owe it all to my
mother.
The Greenwald family which soon included Joel,
his sister Shari (now Shari Mendes), and his brother
Daniel moved to Teaneck in 1973, when I was 9 and
my sister was 12, Mr. Greenwald said. My mother
Martin and Vera Greenwald
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As soon as they got to Teaneck, the children were
enrolled in the Moriah School in Englewood; Martin Greenwald commuted 75 miles each way every
working day to his Pennsylvania pharmacy, and Vera
became an integral part of local life. After her children were grown, Ms. Greenwald became an interior
designer, but she craved working with people, so 25
years ago, she embarked on a real estate career, her
son said. She and her business partner, Nechama
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Civil rights and being chosen

Moriah students learn from state legislator at Museum of Tolerance
ABIGAIL KLEIN
LEICHMAN
artin Luther King

Jr. Day was not a
school holiday for
pupils at Englewoods Moriah School.
Instead, its 250 sixth- through
eighth-graders marked Moriah
Reads Day last month with a
variety of activities culminating
their six-week interdisciplinary
unit on the American civil-rights
movement.
One of the most memorable
moments came during their tour
of the Museum of Tolerance in
Manhattan, where they met with
Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson of New Jerseys 37th District.
The district includes Englewood,
Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee, Leonia, Teaneck and Tenafly, all
home to Moriah students.
Mr. Johnson was glad that
Moriah chose to use the day for
learning about racial tolerance
and equality. He told them, If
youre the chosen people, then
you are chosen to shed light
on equality for all peoples,
said Rachel Schwartz, the chair
of the middle-school English
department.
He told the children its
important to recognize that there
are people across New Jersey
and the United States who dont
have the educational opportunities they have at Moriah, and
they should learn how to come
together with different communities to combat racism and
anti-Semitism, Ms. Schwartz
said. Assemblyman Johnson
also talked about the historical
connection between AfricanAmericans and Jews, including
the participation of many Jews in
the 1963 March on Washington,
Assemblyman Gordon Johnson talks to Moriah fifth-graders at the Museum of Tolerance.

MORIAH SCHOOL
and reminded them that we face

similar challenges as minorities
in America.
Englewood eighth-grader Jonathan Comet said he learned from
his tour of the museum that the
fight for equal rights is far from
over in many parts of the world.
In North Korea and other places,
people are dying for standing up
for what they believe in, he said.
The annual Moriah Reads Day
is designed to infuse school
spirit through academics and
to open doors that the children
have never opened before, Ms.
Schwartz said. Every year we
choose a book that challenges
them academically, spiritually,
and emotionally. The teachers of
both general and Judaic studies
also read the book, so we have a
community of readers.
The title this year was March:
Book One by John Lewis,
Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.
This graphic novel is based on
Congressman Lewis life story,

from his early years in segregated
Alabama to the March on Washington to receiving the Medal of
Freedom from President Obama
in 2011.
We have a kickoff event over
Chanukah and then the children
read the book in English class
while learning the historic perspective in history class, Ms.
Schwartz said. We end the unit
with a day of learning, which this
year was on Martin Luther King
Jr. Day.
Rabbi Daniel Alter, Moriahs
head of school, led a learning
session with the middle-schoolers exploring the question of
whether it is racist for Jews to
consider themselves as the chosen people.
Rabbi Alter talked to us about
what a chosen people really
means, Jonathan said. It sounds
like it means everyone else
doesnt matter, but weve learned
that everyone does matter. He told

us it really means that different
nations and people are chosen for
different things. We were chosen
to spread monotheism, and the
Greeks were chosen to spread philosophy, for example. Its something we are good at.
Later in the day, each middleschool student worked with one
or two fifth-grade students to create a poster about a prominent
civil-rights leader. Every computer-generated poster included
a picture and short description
of the leader as well as a related
biblical verse, and each will be
displayed in the school.
We wanted it to be about Jewish identity as much as about civil
rights, to inform our understanding of who we are as Jews in a secular world, Ms. Schwartz said.
Julia Schwartz, an Englewood eighth-grader, guided her
fifth-grade partner in making
a poster about Roy Wilkins, a
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key leader in the NAACP in the

1950s and 1960s, whom she had
researched before the trip. It
was very cool to get to talk about
him, she said. In this whole
unit I learned so much about
tolerance, and that if you dont
have tolerance youre not going
to get very far.
Julia said she took away a
strong Jewish message, too. The
civil-rights movement was only
20 years after the Holocaust, and
it shows how important it is to
accept everyone.
A short film about genocide at
the museum introduced Moriah
students to the fact that the Jews
have not been the only group to
suffer atrocities.
It opened their eyes to injustice across the globe and to the
notion that every person has
the ability to stand up and fight
for justice, to find causes they
believe in, Ms. Schwartz said.
That was our overarching question: What do you value enough
to fight for?
At school, the students
watched movies about civil-rights
issues, including Remember the
Titans, based on actual events
that happened in a newly integrated high school in Virginia in
1971, when an African-American
was brought in as head football
coach.
The children learned that
there are people over the course
of history who have been faced
with adversity and failures, but
in the midst of these challenges
showed true grit and perseverance to fight for their rights, Ms.
Schwartz said. At the same time,
there are many people who do
extraordinary things and do not
receive notoriety and fame. We
need to look up to both types of
people.
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Whats the story

with the Temple Mount?
Scholar talks about background, foreground at Teaneck shul
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
he Temple Mount (Har Habayit, in Hebrew) has

been called a tinderbox and a flashpoint, a
place where few Jewish leaders dare to tread for
fear of starting a holy war.
It is a place where Jews and Christians are forbidden to
pray and visitors often have experienced verbal abuse, and
sometimes worse, from Muslim women and youth paid to
harass them.
It is dominated visually by the golden Dome of the Rock,
a seventh-century Muslim shrine built on the spot where
two Jewish temples once stood the first commissioned by
King Solomon in 950 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians
in 586 BCE, the second (of Chanukah story fame) built over
a long period, expanded by King Herod, and destroyed by
the Romans in 70 CE.
Since the 1967 Six-Day War, when the Israel Defense
Forces liberated the Old City of Jerusalem and almost immediately handed sovereignty of the Temple Mount back to the
Muslim Waqf, the main focus of Jewish prayer has become
the Western Wall the Kotel a small segment of the Herodera western retaining wall of the Temple Mount complex.
Though carefully monitored visits are permitted, and
thousands of Israelis and tourists of all faiths have toured
the Temple Mount since 1967 including Israeli brides and
grooms on their wedding day the Waqf sees Jewish visits as provocative, while Israels ultra-Orthodox-dominated
chief rabbinate officially forbids Jews from entering its precincts out of concern that they may violate the sites permanent sanctity.
This proscription is not accepted by a growing number
of mainstream Orthodox rabbis, who maintain that while
Jews should avoid the specific areas where the Temple and
its courtyard stood, they are permitted to walk around the
rest of the Temple Mount, accompanied by a knowledgeable guide.
Among these proponents is Professor Jeffrey Woolf, associate professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and
director of Bar-Ilans Institute for the Study of Post-Talmudic
Halakhah ( Jewish law). One of his many areas of specialty
is the interaction between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
The Kotel is not the most sacred place in Judaism; Har
Habayit is, Dr. Woolf told congregants at Teanecks Keter
Torah, when he presented Whats the Story with Har
Habayit? Halacha, History and Politics as part of a scholarin-residence Shabbat program recently. (The lecture is available online at YU Torah; google YU Torah Dr. Jeffrey Woolf
and Har Habayit.)
This is the message Dr. Woolf conveys during global
speaking tours and interviews, including to media outlets
that include Time magazine, Al Jazeera, NBC Nightly News,
CBS Evening News, WABC-TV, and the BBC.
A student of the late Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, from
whom he received rabbinic ordination at Yeshiva Universitys Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1982,
Dr. Woolf also earned a doctorate in medieval Jewish history
and literature from Harvard. He is a leading advocate and
spokesman for the development of modern Orthodoxy in
the United States and Israel.
I have been on Har Habayit a number of times, and personally found it one of the most moving, and spiritually
formative, experiences of my life, he said in an interview
during his latest U.S. speaking tour. I am in favor of Jewish
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prayer rights on the Temple Mount, and I believe this could

be a paradigm for Jewish-Muslim coexistence.
Dr. Woolf said that until modern times, the Temple Mount
was the northern star of Jewish spirituality and national
awareness. Religious anthropologists emphasize there are
places in religious life that draw believers and rivet their
attention, he said. For Christians its the Holy Sepulcher
in Jerusalem, for Muslims its the Kaaba in Mecca, and for
Jews its the Temple Mount.
This finds expression in classical Jewish law and religious
culture. There is a clear sense that Har Habayit is where
everything starts and ends. You see it even in art, and not
only Jewish art. Medieval maps of the world always had Jerusalem at the center, and thats not just an artistic device. The
Temple Mount was always on the Jewish agenda.
Regarding the question of whether Jews may ascend
to the site, he explained that prevailing tradition is to
avoid the place where the Temple actually stood, given
that in post-Temple times it is not possible to cleanse
yourself of certain forms of ritual impurity that would
defile the holy site.
However, the overwhelming majority of the area we call
the Temple Mount was part of a platform built by Herod
and does not have inherent sanctity, though portions of it
do possess a lower level of sanctity according to Jewish law,
so not everybody can go and not under all conditions, Dr.
Woolf said. Jews who go must immerse in a mikvah beforehand, and they may not wear shoes made of leather.
There are Orthodox rabbis who say a Jew should not go
because it is not clear where the Temple actually stood,
Dr. Woolf said. Those who do go are absolutely convinced,
based on literary and archeological evidence, that we certainly know where the Temple was not, and there is no
problem going up if we prepare properly.
Jews went to the Temple Mount regularly throughout history, he added, and surprisingly Muslim authorities did not
restrict this practice until Saladin reconquered Jerusalem
from the Crusaders in 1187.
There is documented evidence that there was a synagogue and house of study on the Temple Mount until the
Crusader conquest in 1099, Dr. Woolf said. Maimonides
reported in 1166 that he went and prayed on the Temple
Mount, but not where the Temple itself once was, because
he believed you couldnt go there.
So how is it that the Muslim world has come to see any
Jewish presence on the Temple Mount as provocative?
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The sanctuary at Shaare Zedek.
Has time run out for West New York shul?

Barely a minyan, Shaare Zedek faces price of maintenance deferred
LARRY YUDELSON
t has been a long time since the town

of West New York boasted three
kosher poultry shops each with its
own shochet to butcher the chickens
it sold.
West New York once was a center of the
embroidery industry. It was said that 90
percent of the insignia on the uniforms
worn by the millions of American G.I.s
during World War II were embroidered
in West New York. Back then, most of the
embroiderers were Jewish, and the citys
enormous Shaare Zedek Synagogue was
filled with more than a thousand people
on the High Holidays.
In the years that followed the war, the
Jews who lived in the one-square-mile
town were replaced by other demographic
groups; in the 1960s West New York
became known as Little Havana. Six miles
south of Fort Lee and the George Washington Bridge, two miles north of Weehawken and the Lincoln Tunnel, bypassed
by the New Jersey Turnpike, West New
York and its Jewish history was mostly
forgotten.
Yet until late last year, a minyan continued to meet on Shabbat mornings at
Shaare Zedek, pictured in a Google Streetview image taken during Sukkot.
Shaare Zedek. It was a minyan that brought

together old-timers who never left West
New York; Cuban Jews who had settled in
West New York to be with fellow Cubans
but were grateful to have found a synagogue they could walk to, and descendants
of the founders who commuted from the

suburban diaspora in Bergen County to
help make the minyan.
Dan Kaminsky, who lives in Oradell,
is one such commuter. His great grandfather was one of the congregations
founders, back in 1912. His great uncle

recruited him to join the minyan, and for
a time it looked like the synagogue might
hold out long enough to benefit from gentrification bleeding in from increasingly
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Time may have run out.
With the old-timers not getting any younger, last fall
Shabbat attendance began to dip below the required
ten men. (Shaare Zedek is Orthodox.) And when a
building inspector came by to approve a minor plumbing repair, he closed down the whole building.
Sometimes, it turns out, maintenance deferred
finally explodes.
Its ready to collapse, Mr. Kaminsky quoted the
building inspector as saying. The womens balcony is
loose. The electricity was never updated when building codes changed. There are no fire extinguishers or
sprinklers.
Its not easy or cheap retrofitting an early 20th century building for the 21st century.
Generally, the Shabbat minyan had been meeting
in a small side building. (The congregation did use the
main sanctuary to celebrate the 70th anniversary of
Mr. Kaminskys fathers bar mitzvah.) Nobody was
saying that the womens balcony actually was safe.
Now, though, the side building is off limits until the
whole complex is repaired and that requires money
and resources that the 13 or so local synagogue members dont have.
The easiest course of action would be to sell the
property to a developer who would tear down the
building.
Destroying the synagogue, however, is everyones
least favorite choice. My great grand parents started it
so Im emotionally attached to it, Mr. Kaminsky said.
But can they find an institution a yeshiva, a public
school, a homeless shelter that would be willing to
keep the building and repair it?
Can they find a deep-pocketed donor who could
help them make repairs while they keep waiting for a
new generation of Jews to come to town to re-inhabit
the gorgeous old building?
Morris Herzig, 86, remembers when the building was full. He first came to Shaare Zedek when he
was six years old. That was in 1935, when his father
moved his family from the Lower East Side to work as
a shochet at one of the chicken stores. The elder Mr.
Herzig and his wife had come to America from Galicia
in 1927, two years before Morris was born.
He remembers when Bergenline Avenue, the towns
main shopping strip, was filled with Jewish-owned
clothing stores and kosher delicatessens. It was a very
thriving Jewish environment, he said. It was a typical immigrants world. They were not shomer shabbos.
They were shul oriented they came to shul in the
morning and kosher.
Post World War Two, children left West New York
when they got married because it was basically a bluecollar town. The housing stock was very old and they
wanted to get out of there, he said.
Jews have moved into the new upscale buildings
that have gone up in West New York. But not Jews who
want to join Shaare Zedek.
When they see whats there, with a mechitza and
everything, they dont want to get involved with that
kind of environment. Every time a high rise building
went up, the consensus was to go canvas for Jews. In
my building, something like 45 apartments are Jewish.
Theyre not interested.
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discovering her German Jewish family
JOANNE PALMER
First, a warning about what this story
about a Lutheran pastor who discovered that her apparently solidly German
Lutheran father actually was a German
Jew whose parents died in the Holocaust
is not.
It is not a conversion story.
It does not end with the Reverend Heidi
Neumark throwing over her deeply held
Protestant theology to become Jewish.
It is a far more complicated, far more
real, far less sentimental story than that
imaginary one would have been.
So, with that out of the way, here is the
Rev. Neumarks story. It is a story that she
has told in a new book, Hidden Inheritance: Family Secrets, Memory, and Faith,
and will tell in person at the Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades this week. (See box for
details.)
Growing up in Summit, a deeply loved
only child, Ms. Neumark knew that her
father, who was 20 years older than her
mother, was born in Germany. But thats
all she knew of his family history. True, as
a young child Heidi had gone to Switzerland a few times to meet her grandmother;
and her aunt, her fathers sister, lived in
Queens. Heidi knew her. But her grandmother had been very old, she died when
Heidi was 12, and the two had no language
in common; and Aunt Lore never said a
word about the past.
So when her father implied that he was
not only baptized as Lutheran when he
was a child, the son of parents who also
had been baptized as Lutherans which
was true his daughter inferred that the
family was Lutheran all the way back. That
inference was not true.
Late one night, years after her father
died, Rev. Neumark was reading in bed
when she got a text. It was from her
daughter, Ana, who was downstairs,
Reverend Heidi Neumark
gobsmacked by something she had found

while googling family names.
Mom, do you know that you are from a
prominent Jewish family, and your grandfather died in a concentration camp? Ana
asked her mother.
I said, Ana, thats not true, Rev. Neumark said. But of course it was.
Rev. Neumarks father, Hans, came from
a large, close-knit family of active Jews,
who had been leaders of their synagogue,
in a German town called Wittmund, for
generations. They were industrialists,
wealthy people whose businesses supported many workers.
His parents, Moritz and Ida, left Wittmund soon after they married, and to
some extent shed their Jewishness, which
apparently seemed a hindrance. They
were baptized, but it seems to have been a
legal fiction, and they did not pretend not
to have Jewish ancestry.
Their three children knew that they had
been born to Jewish parents, but seemed
to have identified as Protestant. Their
parents managed to get all of them out of
A young Heidi with her grandmother in Switzerland.
Rev. Neumarks grandfather,

above, and both grandparents. Both pictures were
taken before the war.
Who: The Reverend Heidi Neumark

What: Will tell her story, Hidden Inheritance, at the JCC U
When: On Thursday, February 25, from 12:45 to 2 p.m.
Where: At the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly
What Else: In another session that day; from 10:45 to noon, Dr. Betty Boyd Caroli will
talk about Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President. Also, coffee starting at 10:30, and a lunch break (supply your own) between
sessions
How Much: $32 for members; $40 for nonmembers
Information or registration: (201) 408-1454
Germany. Hans, Rev. Neumarks father,

was a chemical engineer; he came to the
United States in 1938 with the connections that got him a good job and a solid
life here.
His parents, on the other hand, went
through a long period of degradation, and
finally were deported to Theresienstadt
a deportation that they were told was to
some sort of retirement village, and for

which they had to pay where Moritz soon
died.
Ida, on the other hand, survived two
years in Theresienstadt, a statistical unlikelihood for anyone, but even more astonishing for someone who was 70 when she
arrived in that monstrous place.
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Reflections on Limmud NY
LARRY YUDELSON
agical bowls. Yiddish lullabies.

The three ways by which a
persons character is measured, as per Rabbi Ilai in the
Babylonian Talmud.
Those are just a couple of moments at the
weekend extravaganza of Jewish learning at
Limmud NY last weekend. Yes, New York is
in its name, but Limmud took place in Connecticut, and New Jersey was well represented. It brought together 700 people from
the tristate area (and beyond) for four days of
study, conversation, camaraderie, and Jewish
geography.
Limmud NY is an independent group
inspired by the original Limmud conference,
which meets during Christmas week in England. There are dozens of Limmud conferences across America and worldwide, including in Russia and Israel. Most of the American
conferences pale besides Limmud NY, which
stretches over the Presidents Day weekend.
Limmud stands out from the other conferences and retreats that fill the Jewish communal calendar in three ways.
First, it is run primarily by volunteers. Limmud NY has one staff member, but the bulk
of the planning, organizing, and even on-site
running is handled by people committed to
the idea of Limmud and its underlying ethic
of hey, kids, lets put on a show!
Secondly, it is proudly ideologically
diverse. On Shabbat, you could choose from
a two varieties of Orthodox services (one traditional, one a partnership minyan with
expanded roles for women), a traditional
egalitarian service, a Reform service with a
dash of Indian customs, a Jewish Renewal service, or even just prayer-free morning yoga.
Limmud is a rare space where Jews come
together across the lines that divide them.
Name tags highlight first names, and leave off
institutional affiliations entirely. If you dont
know the name Arnie Eisen, youd have no
way of knowing that the person youre speaking to in the cholent line is the chancellor of
the Conservative movements Jewish Theological Seminary.
Thirdly, and no less importantly, Limmud
is age diverse. Mine was not the only family with three generations represented. (My
children have been going for years; this year
I convinced my father to join us. He plans on
returning next year.) There are babies and
toddlers, and middle school students and
teens, and college students and seminary
students and twentysomethings and beyond.
And while there are programs organized
for children by Camp Ramah and a teen
lounge and teenagers playing games in the
lobby on Shabbat afternoon, all Limmud sessions are welcoming to children interested in
learning.
Its not all learning at Limmud.

Above, a concert featuring SoulFarm.
Left, the dinner buffet.
LIMMUD NY
Which is how I ended up being challenged

by Eliana, a third grader from Glen Ridge.
She was one of a group of about seven people discussing the Torah portion on Shabbat
afternoon; the rest of us were adults. One
woman I think was a rabbi, and at least three
denominations were represented. When the
conversation turned to the idea that the Temples altar symbolized peace after all, the
Torah says it could not be made of stones cut
by metal Eliana asked, penetratingly, how
could it be peaceful if it was a place of blood
and slaughtered animals?
Unexpectedly new ways of looking at old
texts was one of the threads that ran through

my Limmud experience. I heard Maggie
Anton, the author of the Rashis Daughters
series, talk about the talmudic magic that
became the background for her latest books,
Rav Hisdas Daughter and Enchantment.
The Talmud talks of magic and takes it seriously, but this, she said, is only a hint at an
entire world of magical practice that archaeologists have uncovered. In recent years,
thousands of pottery bowls inscribed with
magical prayers to angels in Aramaic, the
language of the Talmud, have been discovered in Iraq. They were buried at the corners
of houses to protect babies and pregnant

women.
This might all seem very esoteric except,
Ms. Anton said, that the formula used in these
magical inscriptions are in several cases the
prayers for healing and welfare that later
made their way to our prayer books.
Magic appeared in another class I attended,
this one taught by Dr. Jeffrey Rubenstein of
Englewood, a professor at New York University. His work, in books like The Culture of
the Babylonian Talmud, has looked at how
talmudic stories changed between their
appearance in the Jerusalem Talmud and
their reappearance in the somewhat later
Babylonian Talmud. In one of the texts Dr.
Rubinstein taught on Saturday night, the Jerusalem Talmud tells of two students who were
saved from death by snakebite because they
had shared their bread with a starving man.
They foiled the prediction of a gentile soothsayer. The storys moral: The Jewish God can
be satisfied with half a loaf of bread.
As retold in the Babylonian Talmud, the
story loses a bit of its artistic symmetry but
it gains a new focus on saving a man not
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Challah Madness:
a how-to, hands-on challah maKing class
We know youve always wanted to learn to bake challah,

but think its too hard, takes too long, makes too much of
a mess, right? Well, come join us in the teaching kitchen
to see how all those reasons can be easily overcome.
Experience the joys of easy homemade challah and take a
fresh one home.
Thu, Feb 25, 7:30-9 pm, $18/$22
A Sunday of Strong Women

authors, lunch, inspiration
Join us for a day of inspiration (lunch included) as four

women authors teach us how to empower ourselves.
Their work will entertain, entice, inspire, inform and
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occasion for a girls day out!
Authors include lisa green On Your Case; chef rossi
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Visit jccotp.org/ssw for details
Sun, Mar 13, 10am-2pm, $36/$44
More Songs That She Loved

the 4th annual tribute concert in memory
of stephanie prezant
A joyous evening to celebrate the life of Stephanie

Prezant zl featuring guest artists Jeffrey Prezant,
Jonathan Prezant, Liat Tretin, Diane Honig, Keren
Makleff, Daphne Amir, Sharon Amir & Ronen Mikay, with
Musical Director, Victor Lesser, Manhattan City Music.
Funds raised will support the Stephanie I. Prezant
Maccabi Fund at the JCC.
Sat, Feb 27, Doors open 7:45 pm, Concert 8:15 pm
Adults $30/Students $15
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Join us as we explore film noirHollywood crime

dramas from the years immediately following
World War II.
Connect with fellow movie lovers and top film
studies expert, Philip Harwood, as he leads a
discussion on three film noir features: Mar 23,
Crossfire (1947); Apr 6, Kiss of Death (1947);
& Apr 20, The Naked City (1948).
a day of culinary adventures
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Join us for a light breakfast at the home of

Stephanie & Daniel Cohn and enjoy this years
guest speaker, Award-winning New York Chef,
Seamus Mullen, followed by your choice of a
delectable themed luncheon at a local venue
or home of your choice. Proceeds support vital
programs and services for seniors at the JCC.
Traveling to Israel for a study abroad program

or a summer experience? We have scholarships
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Polak, founded Vera & Nechama Realty.

They helped build and grow the Jewish
community in Teaneck, New Milford, Bergenfield, and Englewood in a big way, Mr.
Greenwald said. About 700 people came to
her funeral, and so many came to pay shiva
calls, and they all said that the first person
they met in Teaneck was her, a wonderful,
welcoming spirit and that was whether or
not they had bought through her.
She was a people person, her son said.
She read people very well, very comfortably
and very quickly. She knew how to interact
with people because she was comfortable
meeting them and understanding them. And
Temple Mount
FROM PAGE 9
When Jerusalem was conquered by Saladin, it acquired a degree of religious significance that it had not previously possessed,
Dr. Woolf said. In line with the Islamic view
that there is no other religion than Islam, it
laid exclusive claim to any number of sacred
places to which it claimed a connection. That
is the reason why Muslims assert that the
Temple Mount and the Cave of the Patriarchs
in Hebron are exclusively theirs.
More recently, Rachels Tomb in Bethlehem, to which they never laid claim, has also
been included. The same thing happened to
churches.
So, from the late 12th century on, Jews
stopped going not because they didnt want
to but because they werent allowed to. Their
presence, certainly their worship there, was
viewed as a blatant contradiction of Muslim
hegemony.
Now that more Jews are visiting the Temple
Mount again, the Islamic Movement in Israel
has fomented an organized campaign of
intimidation to stop them, using hired groups
of harassers who only recently were barred
Shaare Zedek
FROM PAGE 11
obviously theres no shul now in West New

York. It has gone the way of all flesh. Its
over, he said.
Emmanuel de Miranda wouldnt be the
Jew he is were it not for Shaare Zedek.
De Miranda, 73, came to America from
Cuba in 1985. His parents already were here.
His father was from an old Sephardic Jewish
family that had lived in Cuba for three generations. His mother was Catholic.
He settled into West New York, two blocks
away from the shul. One day, he noticed a
sign: This Passover, learn how to read from
right to left.
He joined the beginners Hebrew class,
studying with the congregations rabbi,
Leon Mozeson. That led to his converting to
Judaism, with all the Orthodox procedures.
she had a tremendous amount of warmth

and confidence.
Nechama Polak was struck by her partners compassion. She listened when people
spoke, Ms. Polak said. In our line of business, we sometimes encounter people who
are in the depths of despair they have just
lost somebody, or have financial difficulties.
This is not always a happy business, and she
was always very compassionate.
She was very beautiful physically, she
added. She had beautiful blue eyes, and carried herself regally.
She also had fun. In later years, the Greenwalds owned a farm in Pennsylvania, and
sometimes the owners of Vera & Nechama
would retire there on Sundays. We would
each get into a tube and have an executive
meeting in the middle of the lake, Ms. Polak

said. She was larger than life.
I am crying a lot, she added. I am grieving a lot. But as devastating as this has been
emotionally, it is the greatest tribute to her
that everyone here at Vera and Nechama
is carrying on as a group.
Betty Kay lived down the street from Ms.
Greenwald in Teaneck. Since her husband
passed away, she joined us frequently for Sabbath meals, Ms. Kay said. She would share
her stories with us, and we would listen to
them with great excitement and at times
deep thought.
Ms. Greenwald often would speak publicly
about the Holocaust. She did not like that
task, but she thought it was incumbent upon
her to do it, Ms. Kay said. She knew that
this might be some of these childrens only

chance to see a survivor, and she felt the burden of keeping the Holocaust from happening again, a very real and very personal one.
Vera was someone who enriched my life
in every way, Ms. Kay said. She was bright,
interesting, exciting, effervescent, intelligent,
and experienced, and she had street smarts.
She had so many connections to people
in this community that since her husband
passed on, I dont think there was one time
that she ate by herself on Friday night or Saturday afternoon.
She was just one of those people
Ms. Greenwalds survivors include her
three children, her sister, her two daughters-in-law and her son-in-law, and nine
grandchildren.
from the site by the Israeli government. In

addition, the Islamic Movement has revived
the claim that Jews intend to blow up the AlAqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount complex
and build a third Temple in its place.
This libel that the Jews are planning on
blowing up Al Aqsa was first fomented by Hitlers ally, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj
Amin al-Husseini, in 1920, Dr. Woolf said.
Every single major wave of anti-Jewish violence in Israel since then has been carried out
under the same banner. Ironically, Al-Aqsa is
not even on the Temple Mount proper. Its on
the Herodian platform extension.
Jews who even look as if they might be
praying on the Temple Mount are subject to
arrest or banishment by the Israeli police,
in deference to Muslim sensibilities and the
specter of violence. Thats a violation of the
basic human right of a person to pray anywhere, Dr. Woolf said.
There are all kinds of people, but I can
say without hesitation that the overwhelming
majority of Jews who go there do not wish to
be provocative, he continued. They simply
wish to be in a place where according to our
tradition Gods presence never leaves. As far
as building the third Temple is concerned, I
believe that to be in Gods hands.

Dr. Woolf is among Jewish historians who
see the issue of control of the Temple Mount
as profoundly theological and emblematic
of the entire conflict between Muslims and
Jews.
Traditionally, Islam takes the position that
land once ruled by Muslims can never legitimately be ruled by non-Muslims, he said.
Theres no such thing as shared sovereignty.
From a Jewish point of view, however, there is
nothing wrong with having both a synagogue
and a mosque there. The prophet Isaiah said:
My house will be called a house of prayer for
all nations, and Allah is the same God whom
we worship, said Prof. Woolf.
Dr. Woolfs talk in Teaneck did not address
the issue of pluralistic prayer at the Kotel.
When asked about the recently agreedupon compromise that would maintain the
Orthodox status quo for worshippers at the
Western Wall Plaza while establishing a new
space for Jewish prayer in other forms at the
southern section of the Western Wall, he
commented: I am happy they found a solution and I hope and trust they will set up the
new area in a way that will provide for meaningful prayer while not impacting upon the
priceless archeological finds there.

He said he is deeply bothered by todays
ultra-Orthodox hegemony over the Kotel,
pointing out that when the Western Wall
Plaza was built after the reunification of
Jerusalem in 1967, the divider between men
and women was mobile (it has since been
nailed down) and the womens section was
30 percent larger than it is now. In addition,
following a 2004 earthquake that caused a
mudslide and damage on the womens side,
there is no shelter from inclement weather
for female worshipers.
The other religious streams have gotten a
new place to daven but Orthodox women are
disadvantaged, Dr. Woolf said. Thats a very
upsetting downside of the deal. The shortchanging of the women there is indefensible
and inexcusable.
A native of Boston, Dr. Woolf first came
to Israel in 1983 for a year at the Hebrew
University as a Lady Davis Graduate Fellow.
He has been a visiting professor at Yale,
Yeshiva, and New York universities, and
he has written 40 scholarly monographs,
and written or edited four books. Among
them is the most recent translation of Rabbi
Soloveitchiks Kol Dodi Dofeq.
I had my bar mitzvah after I was a grown up

man.
For 28 years, all my life has been around
this shul, he said. Ive attended every
Shabbos.
Before coming to America, the situation in Cuba was not very good, with communism and so forth. People tried not to
show their religiousness. He had studied
international law and languages in Russia,
but he never joined the Cuban Communist Party so he couldnt work as a lawyer.
Instead, he became a language teacher and
translator. In America, he found work at a
school teaching adult ed, and later became
its director.
Back in the late 80s, when he first came
to the synagogue, We had a membership of
almost 200. We had minyans every morning
and 50 to 60 people attended regularly on
Shabbos. We had members that had already
retired or moved to other towns nearby but

couldnt attend on Saturdays. We had a
sisterhood and regular monthly meetings
of the board of directors. We had a lot of
activities.
Now, We dont know how were going to
save the building, a landmark that nobody
seems to care about, he said.
David Babani was also a member of the
shul for just more than a quarter of a century. He came to America from Cuba when
he was 19. His parents were Sephardic Jews
from Turkey. He lived in Union City for
three years before he moved to West New
York. After Rabbi Mozeson retired, and the
rabbi who followed also retired, he took on
the role of assistant gabbai, helping to organize the services.
He recalls the hardships of growing up in
Havana but being Jewish there wasnt one
of them.
Castro took everybodys businesses but

the shuls he didnt bother, Mr. Babani said.
Canadian Jews helped the Jewish community in Cuba. They managed to get us the
matzah for Pesach, the wine, kosher meat
every week. In Havana we had a shochet
and everything, he said.
America was a big, big change, he said.
The first thing is freedom. You have food to
buy and clothes to buy. In Cuba everything
is restricted, unfortunately.
Right now we need a big pocket to open
his heart and to help us out, to do at least
the basics of what the town expects, to get
the roof properly fixed and solve some of
the electrical problems we have. We need
somebody to help us with fundraising, or
pointing us in the right direction, he said.
This is a beautiful building thats a hundred years old. Lets hope people will open
their hearts.
Local
Cantor Romalis to be
honored during services
Ria and Tim Levart
Rabbi Mark and Chumi Gottlieb
On Shabbat, February 20, at 10 a.m., the Renaissance Club of

Temple Beth Tikvah in Wayne will lead services, assisted by
the shuls Hebrew school students. Cantor Charles Romalis
will be honored for the work he has done for the Renaissance Club. A kiddush luncheon will follow.
The special Shabbat service is among the jubilee celebrations in Cantor Romalis honor. He is the only Reform cantor
Cantor Charles
in North America to have served in one congregation for 50
Romalis
years.
The Renaissance Club is a product of the Reform movement. Its purpose is to provide meaningful and fun activities to adult members of the
congregation. Cantor Romalis was instrumental in bringing the club to the shul. For
information, call (973) 595-6565.
Dining to benefit
underprivileged in Israel
Shera and Doug Dubitsky
Dr. Julie Goldstein
Maayanot celebrating 20 years

Maayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls
invites the community to mark the
schools 20th anniversary at its annual
dinner on Saturday, March 5, at 8:30
p.m. at Congregation Keter Torah in
Teaneck.
This years dinner is dedicated to the
memory of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein,
Maayanots posek (rabbinic authority)
from the schools inception. Honorees
include Ria and Tim Levart, who are
the Keter Shem Tov awardees; Chumi
and Rabbi Mark Gottlieb, the Amudei
Maayanot honorees; Shera and Doug
Dubitsky, Parents of the Year; and Dr.
Julie Goldstein, Teacher of the Year.
The Levarts are being honored for
their commitment to Maayanots mission, growth, and success, including a
recently established legacy gift. In addition, Mrs. Levart has been a member of
the schools executive board, board of
trustees, and education committee,
and she is a founding chair of its adult
education committee. She also was on
the assistant principal search and board
nominating committees.
The Gottliebs are being honored for
the many significant ways they have
contributed to life at Maayanot. Ms.
Gottlieb has been on the board of directors and many parent committees,
including the schools recruitment and
open house committees. Rabbi Gottlieb
has worked closely with the administration, first as a member and then as chair
of the education committee.
The Dubitskys are being honored for
their devotion to enhancing Maayanots
academic community. In addition to
working on school recruitment events,
Ms. Dubitsky has consulted on curriculum development for teenage issues.
Mr. Dubitsky has been on committees
including the schools dinner fundraising committee.
Dr. Julie Goldstein is the schools
Jewish history chair and senior grade
encounter coordinator.
For information, call Pam Ennis at
(201) 833-4307, ext. 265, or email her at
ennisp@maayanot.org.
If you eat in a local kosher restaurant

on March 6, you might participate in
Eat4Israel, a WIZO NJ program. Participating restaurants will send 10 percent
of their gross profits that day to WIZO
NJ, earmarked for hot meals for Israels
underprivileged children.
WIZO, The Womens International
Zionist Organization, is a worldwide
non-profit organization that operates

more than 800 social welfare projects
in Israel. Next to the Israeli government,
WIZO is one of the largest providers of
social welfare services that improve the
lives of women, children and the elderly
living in Israel.
For information, go to www.wizonj.
org.
YU establishes Athletics Hall of Fame

Yeshiva University has announced the
establishment of the Maccabees Hall of
Fame, which honors Yeshiva University alumni and others who have distinguished themselves in NCAA competition and who best exemplify the
universitys highest ideals and mission.
The Hall of Fame is a testament to the
contributions Yeshiva University athletes, coaches, and others have made
to the world of sport over more than a
century.
The Hall of Fame is accepting nominations of former Yeshiva athletes and
coaches for consideration for induction.
Nominations can be submitted through
May 31, at www.yumacs.com/halloffame.
The selection committee will begin its
work in June and announce the inductees in July 2016. The inaugural class
induction ceremony will be held in May
2017.
Yeshiva University will confer an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Robert K. Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots,
at its 85th commencement on May 25. Mr. Kraft, also the founder,
chairman, and CEO of the Kraft Group, will deliver the commencement address to the undergraduate and graduate students receiving their degrees.
YUs president, Richard M. Joel, noted that Mr. Kraft is well
regarded for his dedication to Israel. The Patriots observed a
moment of silence after the murder of Ezra Schwartz, a Sharon,
Mass., native studying in Israel, at a Monday Night Football game
in November.
COURTESY AREYVUT
Philanthropist/Patriots owner
to keynote YU graduation
Agencies represented at chessed fair
Robert K. Kraft

COURTESY YU
Last week, Areyvut and Yeshivat Noam

hosted a Chessed Fair for students and
their parents. Participants met with
representatives from a variety of organizations, including American Friends
of Leket, AMIT, the Hebrew Free Burial

Association, Ohel, and the Hackensack
Riverkeeper, pictured, to learn about
volunteering and getting involved in the
community.
Editorial
Conceived in liberty
thought Id be moved by Rabbi

Joseph Prousers reading of the
Gettysburg Address, which he
translated into Hebrew and set
to a haftarah trope on Monday Presidents Day but I hadnt imagined that
it might make me cry.
First, there was the setting. Rabbi
Prousers shul, Temple Emanuel of
North Jersey, is set back on a low hill in
Franklin Lakes, way up in Bergen Countys outer limits, a warm old brick building, once a Dutch Reformed Church,
overlooking a lake, partially frozen on
that gray, blustery, nasty day. The sanctuary, a long, narrow, white-painted
room with dark wood beams, showcased the ark, bimah, and furnishings
that had come from the congregations
earlier home in Paterson. Its straightlined and vertical, all dark wood, red
velvet, and discreet brass; very urban,
very Deco, very early 20th century.
So look at that! Already there are
potentially discordant notes a shul
in an old church, an urban interior in a
nearly exurban setting. But it all works
together harmoniously, and it escapes
the curse that can entrap the unwary
suburbanite blandness.
The haftarah was part of Shacharit.
Many local dignitaries were there. Rabbi
Prouser welcomed them graciously and
offered many of them parts in the service. The Jews were given aliyot, asked
to raise the Torah, or open the ark; the
non-Jews were given the few Englishlanguage readings, all prayers for the
United States or Israel. But he did not
cut the service short lest the guests be
off-put by the Hebrew or bored by the
length.
The visiting politicians represented
both parties, and Rabbi Prouser made
a point of the nonpartisan nature of the
day and the service.
He prefaced the Gettysburg Address
with one of the morning blessings from
the Conservative liturgy. Thank you,
God, he sang in Hebrew, for having
made me free. And then he moved on to
the story of how, four score and seven
years ago, our fathers brought forth on
this continent a new nation, conceived
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in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
It was impossible for me to sit there,
listen to those great, clear, hard, real
words roll over me in Hebrew, to read
them in English, and not be moved to
(yes, quiet, discrete) tears by them.
It also was impossible not to think of
how far from them we have gone, and
how wrong our recent direction seems
to be.
Lincoln wrote the Address, according
to mythology, on the back of an envelope, on a train taking him from Washington to Gettysburg. That might not be
true, but his skill as a writer, as a politician, and as a human being are undeniable. He was a backwoodsman and
a Victorian, a melancholic, a romantic, and a great, thunderous political
thinker.
He was also a Republican.
It is hard to think of the candidates
running for the Republican nomination for president at the same time that
we think of Lincoln, who grew up in a
log cabin but was not a vulgarian, who
was self-educated but intellectually
agile, who came from poverty but neither bullied nor allowed himself to be
bullied as he rose, who endured great
personal tragedy but did not let it define
him. It is not fair to expect anyone to be
another Lincoln, of course but maybe
they could try? Just a little?
Rabbi Prouser ended Shacharit that
morning with a jaunty Adon Olam, set
but of course! to Yankee Doodle.
If only we all could hold onto the
spirit in that room that morning reverence for the past, hope for the future,
and a great deal of cleverness, resourcefulness, an understanding of what can
be played with and what cannot be, and
plain old hard work put into bridging
what otherwise would have been a huge
gap maybe we could look forward to
the coming election with something
other than dread.
That this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom and that
the government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish
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Were Jews gassed

because they rejected Jesus?
ecently Senator Ted Cruz came

under fire for accepting an endorsement from evangelical Pastor Mike
Bickle of Kansas City, who said that
Jews were punished by the Holocaust for failing
to embrace Jesus. Hitler had become the hunter
promised by the prophet Isaiah.
Well destroy Bickles repulsive arguments in
a moment.
But the attack against Cruz is absurd for the
simplest of reasons. Ted Cruz has shown time
and again that he will not only
support but be hated for his
attachment to Israel.
At a 2014 gala held by a nonpartisan Christian organization,
Cruz addressed the crowd on the
topic of Christian persecution.
The speech started well. But then
the topic turned to Israel. ISIS,
Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and
their state sponsors like Syria and
Rabbi
Iran, are all engaged in a vicious
Shmuley
genocidal campaign to destroy
Boteach
religious minorities in the Middle
East In 1948 Jews throughout
the Middle East faced murder and extermination and fled to the nation of Israel. And today
Christians have no better ally than the Jewish
state.
On hearing this unflinching support of
Israel, Cruz was loudly booed. But he continued, Christians have no greater ally than Israel.
Those who hate Israel hate America.
The boos grew louder.
Unfazed by the show of animosity, Cruz continued. The very same people who persecute
and murder Christians right now, who crucify
Christians, who behead children, are the very
same people who target Jews for their faith, for
the same reason.
Then he shocked the crowd by cutting his
speech short, ending with, If you will not
stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not
stand with you. Good night, and God bless.
And he walked off the stage.
This column is not a political endorsement.
It need not be. I will defend any candidate who
shows sacrifice in support of Israel. And I will

defend any candidate who is prepared to lose
the support of a core constituency to stand
with the Jewish State. Cruz is among the greatest friends the Jewish people have ever had in
the history of the United States Senate.
Compare his actions to those of senators
who took millions of dollars from the Jewish
community over the past few years, only to
play politics with Israels survival and fund the
government of Iran, which promises the next
holocaust.
Still, Cruz had a responsibility
to repudiate Bickles statements
and did so. His office released a
statement categorically rejecting
Bickles comments about Jews
and the Holocaust. The statements from Pastor Bickle concerning Adoph [sic] Hitler are
not statements with which Senator Cruz agrees. It is indisputable that Adoph [sic] Hitler was
the embodiment of evil; he was
a grotesque murderer who committed one of the gravest acts of
depravity in the history of mankind. God did
not intend anything in Hitlers evil, and it is
wrong to suggest otherwise.
Now to Bickle.
Those who claim to understand Gods intentions, especially when it comes to genocide, are
fools, fakers, and fundamentalists.
Fools because they could never know the
mind of God. Fakers because, in the name of
religion, they blame the victims for the atrocities perpetrated against them. And fundamentalists because, in their embarrassing ignorance,
they take verses from the Bible and interpret
them shallowly and without any context.
Hey, Pastor Bickle? When it says that God
stretched forth his hand over the Egyptians, do
you think he was wearing a Rolex?
Bickle, in the ultimate spiritual abomination,
makes Hitler and the SS the agents of God while
faithful Jews are turned into ash and lampshades. That is not God but the devil.
Bickle is not offensive to Jews but to
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Christians. He has turned Jesus into a mass executioner.
If that isnt blasphemy then the word has no meaning.
Would a pastor in the name of Christian love consign
1.5 million children to death by poison gas? Would a reverend, in the name of his faith, claim that Nazi officers
slept comfortably on pillows made of murdered Jewish
womens hair because it was the will of Jesus?
It would actually be much worse if Bickle were right.
Then we would have to share the cosmos with a God
who views gas chambers as cathedrals of doctrinal
enforcement.
Anyone feel like praying?
I dont know why God allowed the Holocaust. Nor
do I care. No explanation would minimize the horror of it. Nor would it bring back my six million murdered Jewish brothers and sisters. Indeed, asking for
an answer is itself immoral insofar as it attempts to reconcile ourselves to the irreconcilable and to accept the
unacceptable.
Bickle himself has now written an op-ed titled What
Hitler Did Was an Utter Atrocity, in which he clarified
that When Ted Cruz thanked me for my support, he
did not endorse everything I have said during my lifetime, and I do not expect him to. For those times when I
have communicated my beliefs poorly, I apologize.
Bickle continued, To be clear: Scripture is clear that
the friends of God are friends of Israel. It is the enemies
of HaShem who oppose Israel. I pray that I may always
be counted among the former.
Thank you, Pastor. Your friendship is much appreciated. Now, you must repudiate utterly any previous
mentions of the Holocaust as punishment. We Jews have
suffered enough without you inflicting upon us the final
indignity of saying that we actually deserved it.
Critics were right in asking Ted Cruz to repudiate
Bickles ugly comments. The senator did so and rose to
the occasion.
Now it is the turn of Hillary Clinton.
As I wrote in a previous column, Hillarys emails
reveal her admiration for one of the worlds most passionate Israel haters, Max Blumenthal, who compares
the IDF to the SS, calls Israel a Nazi state, and demands
that Israel be disbanded and all the land returned to the
Arabs.
We have emails that Hillary penned personally praising and extolling Maxs disgusting anti-Israel screeds
that were sent to her by his father, Clinton confidante
Sidney Blumenthal. We have access to the dozens of
anti-Israel op-eds and advice that he forwarded from
his son.
Here are some examples of Hillarys responses regarding Maxs opinion pieces on Israel.
7/6/2010 Pls print 5 copies but w/out heading from Sid.
8/17/2010 Pls congratulate Max for another impressive
piece. Hes so good.
11/18/2010 A very smart piece as usual.
4/7/2011 Will Maxs piece be published anywhere else? It
is powerful and touching.
12/23/2011 Max strikes again!
1/21/2012 Interesting reading.
9/13/2012 Your Max is a mitzvah!
12/7/2012 Good stuff. Where is he now?
Madam Secretary, a Jew who compares the IDF to the
SS is no mitzvah. But publicly repudiating his hate-filled
drivel most certainly is.
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This is not a column

about religion and politics
ell, Ive been forewarned.

bubble in which Ive resided all my life. Some topics do come
Ive been forewarned by Mark Twain, by
of interest from time to time (such as women dancing with the
Linus from the Peanuts cartoon, and by a
Torah on Simchat Torah, for one), but for the most part, my
quote going around since the mid-19th cenfriends and relatives do what they do across the Jewish spectury. And by Miss Manners. And by family members. And by
trum (and some beyond), and thats all well and good to me
friends.
because theyre all kind and wonderful people.
The warning has been crystal clear:
These two topics of which Thou Shalt Not Speak religion
Stay Away!
and politics have been overlapping a lot as of late. Given
Do Not Go Near With A 10-foot Pole!
that our country was founded on both the idea of one nation
Do Not Talk Publicly About Religion and Politics!
under God as well as the principle of separation of church
Its not generally in my wheelhouse to talk about religion
and state, I find the coinciding nature of these topics to be
and politics anyway. My last (and first, and only) foray on
particularly interesting. Here we have one non-practicing Jew
the political landscape was in 1988, when our grade had our
among Christian candidates of various denominations balancing their varying degrees of religiousness with their political
own presidential debates, and my friend and I got to reenact
agendas, using calculated efforts to expand on (or compress)
a Skippy commercial during intermission. You know, back
their religious beliefs as said beliefs relate to
when peanut butter was allowed in schools.
public policy and audience, all while much of
My friend went on to work in film; I did not
the country is in the throes of Islamophobia
jump-start my acting or political career, nor did
because of radical Islamists like ISIS and other
I become a spokesperson for allergy-inducing
terrorist groups and all this while the Jewdeliciousness. I must say, though, that the lyrics we fudged for the commercial, loosely based
ish State is under attack via physical violence,
on a real commercial, were solidly entertaining.
media bias, destructive rhetoric, and the BDS
But I digress.
movement.
When it comes to religion and politics, I let
In the current global environment, I wonder
people believe in what they want to believe,
how it is possible to NOT talk about religion and
Dena Croog
practice or not practice what they so desire,
politics. There are so many questions to ponder: What will such and such candidate mean
and stand behind the issues they view as most
for the future of religious freedom? If this is
importantprovided theyre not hurting anyone, of course. When I have my own questions, I dont argue
what they believe about other religions or countries or races,
so much as seek out the reasoning behind other peoples opinhow will that translate to me? Who is advising this candidate
ions and motives. Im not in it for the confrontationI want
about policy in Israel? How much importance should be put
clarity and truth. Sometimes, I look at it from a journalistic
on their views on abortion, and how much does it matter that
perspective, or a sociological one, gathering information from
the reasoning behind those views is not necessarily based on
others and then privately or mostly privately coming to
their concept of law but on their own religious beliefs? What
my own conclusions.
are the benefits or consequences of a candidate who is Jewish
One of my pet peeves is the divisiveness that these topics
or who has Jewish relatives? Does it matter to me if a candidate
often generate. Add a good dose of social media to the mix
for president of the United States believes in a God?
and the result is particularly unamusing, with nasty, biased,
This last question, by the way, I posed to multiple people,
trolling comments on any online article about religion or poliand the overwhelming response was, in a nutshell, that a cantics; Top 10 lists about why Republicans are stupid, why Demdidates belief in God isnt of concern its the human moralocrats are stupid, why [insert your religious affiliation here]
ity that the candidate possesses and the candidates understanding of other peoples rights to religion that are of utmost
is stupid; and countless heated arguments about why What I
importance.
Believe Is Right and What You Believe Is Wrong.
These are all important questions to ask ourselves and
In 2012s Radical Distortion: How Emotions Warp What
theyre important topics to discuss with each other without
We Hear an insightful analysis of the psychosocial factors
fearing that voicing an honest opinion will result in getting
involved in civil discourse John W. Reich, emeritus professor of psychology at Arizona State University, noted that when
your head bitten off.
people are fired up emotionally, as a result of polarizing, radiSo, no need to worry, Samuel Clemens, Charles Schulz, Miss
cal speech, they cannot really hear moderate views, or those
Manners, and the person who lovingly tried to persuade me to
opposite to their own. Reich dubbed this radical hearing,
write instead about driving down to Disney World for yeshiva
explaining how high emotional involvement can distort and
break when our flight was cancelled due to that annoying
bias a persons judgment, leading to the type of black-andsnowstorm. This column isnt so much about religion and
white, us versus them thinking that we so often witness
politics as it is about the act of publicly talking about religion
with religion and politics. Radical hearing can, in turn, result
and politics. Or not talking about them, as the case may be.
in radical behavior.
I really hope that one day we can come to a point where
Dont get me wrong. Im all for people being passionate
its possible to talk about religion and politics in a responsible
about that in which they believe, and voicing those beliefs
way, in an environment devoid of black-and-white thinking,
until their hearts content. It irks me, though, when people
hearing, or speaking. Thats kind of like wishing for World
are so adamant about what they believe that anyone who has
Peace, isnt it? Still, Ill hold onto my nave dreams, because I
a different view is automatically disqualified from having a
think we can do better.
valid opinion. That My-Way-Or-the-Highway attitude is probably part of why I never spent much time on politics in the
Dena Croog is a writer and editor in Teaneck and the founder
first place (aside from creating fake media spots during a mock
of Refaenu, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mood
elementary school debate, of course). Its too controversial an
disorder awareness and support. More information about the
arena for my comfort.
organization and its support groups can be found at www.
As for religion, although I have similar concerns, truth be
refaenu.org. You can also email dena@refaenu.org with any
told, it doesnt come up as often inside the modern Orthodox
questions or comments.
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It is all about location?

The rules of Jewish communal life are changing
ts been said that the three most

important words in real estate are
location, location, location.
According to language expert
William Safire, this phrase dates back to
mid-1920s Chicago. For nearly a century
in the United States, it either felt or actually was true. We built or bought houses,
synagogues, and office buildings based on
location, and demographic trends seemed
to track to it.
But today, there are signs all around us
that the rules of work and life and yes, real
estate, are changing. From the congregant
who telecommutes or occasionally travels
to a satellite office in a residential building
outside the city, to the rabbinic colleague
who is building a growing and vibrant Jewish community in an area with a small
local economy, Im hearing stories that
suggest the landscape of work and home
and community are changing quickly.
These examples point to the emergence of
location independence both at work and
in communities.
Are we, as a Jewish community, tracking these changes and planning around
their impact on our future? Are we aligning our communal institutions and structures with the profound 21st century
demographic, economic, and lifestyle

shifts that are taking greater hold around
us every day? I propose that we set a
time, at least once a year in this era of
rapid change, to conduct an inventory of
our buildings and evaluate our creation
and use of sacred and communal space.
Now is a great time to do just that.
We are at a place in our Torah reading
cycle when our parshiyot (Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tisa, and Pekudei) to a greater
or lesser extent train our attention on
the creation of sacred space. In parashat
Terumah, which we read last week, God
gives Moses instructions for building the
Mishkan, a portable sanctuary, and all of
its components. The most important holy
object to be built is listed first, the ark,
made of acacia wood and overlaid inside
and out with pure gold and with a pure gold
molding around it. It was to be built with
four rings attached to its four corners or
feet, through which poles of acacia wood
overlaid with gold would be inserted. The
poles are for carrying the ark, God tells
Moses, adding: The poles shall remain
in the rings of the ark: they shall not be
removed from it (Exodus 25:14-15). And
following this detailed instruction proves
meaningful and important.
Our sorry state of debate
he bedrock of a flourishing
democracy is the informed consent of the governed.
If Sy Syms slogan that an
educated consumer is our best customer
is true for business, then an educated
civilian is our best citizen is true for
politics.
If the Talmud famously teaches: Every
debate that is for the sake of heaven
machloket lshem shamayim will make
a lasting contribution, it also warns that
Every debate that is not for the sake of
heaven will not make a lasting contribution. Our sages understood that debate
for the right reasons enhances the community. Debate for the wrong reasons diminishes us.
That is why I so lament the sorry state of
debate in our nation. It seems like things
have gone from bad to worse. Ive watched
every debate, and my sinking feeling at the
beginning of each televised travesty generally ends in depression. Millions of Americans are tuning in hungry for elevated
conversation, only to walk away sated by
a meal of junk food.
As Fergus Bordewich writes in Americas Great Debate, his book on the lofty
abolition arguments of the mid-19th century, The pool-tested, spin-doctored,
shoddily argued and grammatically
challenged messaging that today passes

for political communication is pathetic
and often incoherent by comparison. And
that was before the spectacle that passes
for debate this election cycle.
The media is complicit in the farce. Candidates are given 90 seconds to make their
case. In the Lincoln-Douglas debates each
man spoke for 90 minutes! The moderators often pose inane questions that goad
the debaters to attack each other rather
than speak affirmatively about their platforms. When the candidates regurgitate
their talking points rather than answering
their questions, the response is mostly:
moving on.
At their first debate, more than 10,000
people stood listening to Lincoln and
Douglas for the entire three hours there
were no seats or bleachers. Similar crowds
showed up for the next six debates, which
were of such national interest that they
were broadcast live by stenographers,
who raced from the debates at set intervals
with transcripts made in shorthand, which
were then written out and conveyed by
telegraph. Douglas began by acknowledging how significant debate was for addressing the leading political topics which
now agitate the public mind. Abraham
Lincoln opened his reply in feisty style:
When a man hears himself somewhat
with motion in mind. PerWe read in 1 Kings chapter 8 about the auspicious
haps the most famous verse
moment when the Mishkan
from parashat Terumah
and all the holy vessels are
is Exodus 25:8: And let
brought up into the Holy of
them make Me a sanctuary (mikdash) that I may
Holies in Solomons Temple
dwell (vshachanti) among
in Jerusalem, and the long
them. It was Sarnas claripoles were still there, poking
fication that the Mishkan
out!
Rabbi Jacob
was constructed as a cenWe know the ark is the
Lieberman
tral, mobile sanctuary to
most important part of the
serve as the symbol of Gods
Mishkan not only because the
continued Presence [but]
instructions for it come first,
not designed, as are modern places of
but also because of what Moses should put
worship, for communal use that got
in it: the two tablets with the Ten Commandments. In the JPS Torah Commenme thinking about our modern designs.
tary series, Nahum Sarna explains the
Synagogues today are modeled on the
widespread ancient Near Eastern practice
Mishkan; among other elements, we have
of depositing legal documents in a sacred
an ark with the 10 Commandments (the
place. This added importance to them,
Torah) inside. In all my life, however, Ive
and implied that the deity would guard
never seen poles, not even poking out
and enforce the covenants. In references
back behind some curtain. Im beginning to wonder if, along with those poles,
to the practice, documents were said to
weve lost some mobility. The Mishkan
be placed before or beneath the feet
was designed to move with us, facilitatof the deity. This helps to some extent to
ing religious practice wherever we went.
clarify the role of the kapporet, the solid
Another way of saying that is that it too
gold lid that covers the ark and is flanked
was location independent.
with cherubim on either end. If, symbolically, the ark is Gods footstool, the kapIm advocating that we make the study
poret holds up Gods invisible throne. The
and discussion of demographic, real
cherubim symbolize Gods sovereignty;
estate, and design trends a central part of
their outstretched wings represent flight
our Jewish communal discussions. With
and mobility.
the exception of a select few, most of us
From rings to outstretched wings, the
arent trained as architects, city planners,
SEE LOCATION PAGE 23
ark and its kapporet were constructed
misrepresented it provokes
words of the other school
him, but when misrepresenwith great respect and humiltation becomes very gross
ity before their own.
and palpable, its more apt to
Likewise, as Bordewich
amuse him. Then, though,
avers on abolition: Something else intrigued me, too,
he got down to the serious
the more I read the records
business of educating the
of the debate itself: never did
electorate about the ethical
American politicians speak
ills of perpetuating slavery.
Rabbi Barry
to the nation more honestly,
Wael Ghonim, whose
L. Schwartz
more persuasively, more
Facebook posts helped spark
provocatively and more pasthe Tahrir Square uprising
sionately, in language that
that toppled a president but
was often so splendid it nearly reached
ultimately failed to bring democracy to
the level of poetry men who believed in
Egypt, recently acknowledged that the
slavery said so, as did those who hated it,
Arab spring was aborted when true debate
no matter how much odium their words
failed to materialize. Instead, he laments,
attracted. By listening in on the debate, we
social media only amplified [the polarization] by facilitating the spread of misinforcan learn not only about the profound
mation, rumors, echo chambers and hate
ways in which slavery warped our political system, and about the creative craft of
speech. He concludes that Today, our
compromise, but also about how to talk
social media experiences are designed in a
politics to each other so that we actually
way that favors broadcasting over engagements, posts over discussions, shallow
listen.
comments over deep conversations. Its
The lost art of debate is not lost entirely.
as if we agreed that we are here to talk at
An impressive organization called Intelligence Squared, begun in England, now
each other instead of talking with each
hosts high-level debates on national issues
other.
in New York. Its mission statement proContrast that with the Talmuds description of Beit Hillel, who is said to prevail
claims: From Socrates to the First Amendment, progressive democracy has relied
in its ongoing debates with Beit Shammai because the followers of Hillel were
upon civility, respect and understanding
gentle and modest, and studied both their
in public discourse. Debate is the cornerstone of American progress, the vehicle for
own opinions and the opinions of the
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Who cares if Bernie

Sanders is Jewish?
t would be churlish to deny the

origins, was my first thought. My secremarkable achievement of Sen.
ond thought essentially was frustration at
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in decisively
Sanderss apparent ignorance of the sociwinning the recent New Hampshire
ety that his forebears came from. Poland
primary.
in the early 20th century indubitably was
For months, Sanders has been depicted
not America, something Sanderss father,
as an eccentric whose limited appeal will
Eli, would have been painfully aware of.
be crushed by the ruthless Hillary ClinThe notion of a Pole of the Jewish faith
ton political machine. But there he was
was hardly a widespread one. The nature
at the podium in Manchesof Poland at that time deterter, laying out an agenda
mined that when Eli Sand an increased minimum
ers came to America, he did
wage, breaking up the
so as a Jew, not as a Pole.
big banks, a gutting of the
Since that speech, there
criminal justice system
have been several reports
that sounded, in places,
in the Jewish and general
akin to what the followers
media that have highlighted
of the Bolshevik revolutiontwo factors. Firstly, that
ary Leon Trotsky called
Sanders is largely indifferBen Cohen
transitional demands. (By
ent note well, indifferent,
which they meant a strategy
not hostile to Judaism and
to expose the democratic
Jewish identity. Secondly,
limitations of capitalism through leveling
that most Americans dont care that hes
demands that cannot be met without a
Jewish, and most American Jews now
socialist revolution.)
arent preparing to break out the streamIt was stirring stuff, enhanced by Sanders in case he becomes this countrys first
erss strong Brooklyn accent and his facial
Jewish president.
expression, which betrays that hes spent
In the cold light of day, theres nothmuch of his life going from one left-wing
ing objectionable about either of those
meeting to another. In particular, he
points. Identity politics already exercises
reminded me of another leading Jewish
too great a hold on the political imaginasocialist whom I knew when I was growtion of todays America, so in that sense
ing up in Englandthe late Ian Mikardo,
we should find Sanderss insistence that
a Labour Party parliamentarian who repwe speak only about the issues rather
resented a working-class east London
refreshing. Apart from anything else, it
constituency.
means we can dispense with the arguI met Mik, as he was known, through
ment that Sanders cant possibly be inimiPoale Zion, a socialist Zionist organizacal to Israels interests because hes a Jew.
tion affiliated with the Labour Party. The
Were supposed to focus on the issues,
son of Jewish immigrants from western
remember?
Ukraine, Mikardo embraced both the
Jewish or not, the foreign policy of a
Labour Party and Zionism as a young
Sanders administration would make the
man. For him, there was no contradiction
eight years of Barack Obamas presidency
between these two commitments; you
seem like a halcyon period by comparimight even say that for Mikardo, socialson. To begin with, Sanders really isnt
ism and Zionism were joined at the hip.
interested in the rest of the world. Like
What resulted was a strong, proud
most leftists these days, he has abanJewish identity that stayed with him for
doned the principle of internationalism.
his entire life. Declaring yourself a Jew,
Working conditions at Walmart animate
a socialist, and a Zionist always was a
him. Syrian children murdered by poison
brave thing to do, especially during the
gas are someone elses problem.
Cold War, when the Soviets and their offiThink back to his New Hampshire
cial doctrine of anti-Zionism exercised
speech. Interestingly, the only time Sandundue influence on much of the left.
ers didnt get a loud cheer was when he
Which brings me back to Sanders. Most
said that the Islamic State terrorist group
Americans would not have been struck by
had to be destroyed, which speaks volhis description of himself as the son of a
umes about his supporters. But he folPolish immigrant. But some Jews were
lowed that up by saying that the nations of
and not necessarily only those on the
the Middle East bear the prime responsiright. Seconds after that remark, Chemi
bility for achieving that outcome because
Shalev of the leftist daily Haaretz tweeted,
pace Obama we cannot be the worlds
Is it parochial to be irked a bit by Sanders
policeman. And actually, in his case thats
describing himself as the son of a Polish
true if you conceive of the nations of the
immigrant?
Middle East as a cohesive bloc, not only
I suppose it is parochial, but Ill admit
can you not be the worlds policeman, you
that I too was irked. Ian Mikardo would
shouldnt be either.
never have played down his Jewish
On top of that, the milieu that is
Opinion
influencing Sanderss thoughts on foreign
policy when he can be bothered to think
about it at all, that is is one that is nakedly
hostile to Israel. On the Middle East, he listens to J Street, a Jewish anti-Israel group
that strangely masquerades as pro-Israel,
and its ally the National Iranian American
Council, which is the closest thing the Iranian regime has to a lobby in Washington.
So it hardly takes a soothsayer to figure
out that a Sanders foreign policy would be
grounded in isolationism, together with a
willingness to let Russia, China, and Iran run
amok in the name of reining in American
imperialism.
The Sanders phenomenon speaks to a
wider problem the growth of extremism
in American politics. And because extremists of different stripes have more in common than they are prepared to acknowledge, seeming polar opposites can end up
being very similar. I cant perceive a significant amount of light between Sanders and
Donald Trump on foreign policy; both are
isolationists, and both regard the world outside America as another galaxy.
If theres anything to be said here in
Sanderss favor, its that hes less giddy than
Trump is at the prospect of meeting Vladimir Putin. But when it comes to substance,
both candidates one declaring that we
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need a socialist America, the other declaring that we need to make America great
again will preside over the continuing loss
in global credibility that has become so stark
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under Obama.
Ben Cohen, senior editor of theTower.org and
the Tower magazine, writes a weekly column
for JNS.org on Jewish affairs and Middle
Eastern politics. His work been published in
Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz,
the Wall Street Journal, and many other
publications.
or real estate tycoons. As novices, well

have to start somewhere. I searched
on Rav Google (as my rabbinic colleagues sometimes call it) for profound changes in the real estate market. I read the first result, PwCs
40-page report Real Estate 2020:
Building the Future. Its written for
the real estate investment industry, not
for Jewish communal professionals,
but nonetheless some of the reports
predictions, in my opinion, are relevant to our communities, including the
overarching anticipation that technology will disrupt the economics of real
estate as we know it.
Here are some gems gleaned from
the report: The 21st century is witnessing the Great Urban Migration, in both
developing and developed countries.
The need for physical space is already
shrinking across most subsectors. Cities
will be in tense competition, and not all
will prosper. There will be decreased
demand for family homes, deflation in house prices, and rising rental
costs. Building valuation will be driven
significantly by energy efficiencies,
environmental certifications, and

principles of sustainability, including
whether people actually enjoy living
and working there. Finally, aging and
other populations will increasingly
demand specialist types of real estate,
and our social networks will help determine where and how people will want
to work and live.
Im tempted to call my proposal for
such an undertaking the Jewish Communal Space Review, but Im worried
that it will be confused with rocket
science. It isnt rocket science but
that doesnt mean its easy. We need
to count cubits and compare our communal resources against present and
future communal needs, anticipating
and researching trends to stay current
and relevant.
So lets dust off those rings and go
find some poles. Its time to carry our
Jewish sacred space forward with us,
wherever we go.
Rabbi Jacob M. Lieberman is the rabbi
of Reconstructionist Congregation Beth
Israel and assistant rabbi of Temple
Israel and Jewish Community Center in
Ridgewood.
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Learning
through drumming
Sinai Schools music, art therapy programs help special-needs students
JOANNE PALMER
very person is different, with

different skills, interests, talents, and needs.
Every student is a person.
Therefore, every student is different,
and if life were ideal were there world
enough, and time every student would
have a program tailored to his or her
strengths and weaknesses, and emerge
from school as ready as possible to take
up the challenges of adult life.
Most schools cannot give that kind of
individualized attention to each student,
and to be fair most students flourish without it. But for students with special needs,
specialized and loving attention is not a
luxury but a necessity.
The Sinai Schools, with its unique model,
not only provides that kind of attention,
but nestles it inside the Jewish world.
Sinais students go to programs housed
in day schools five of them, two elementary and three high schools, three in Bergen County and two in Livingston. Each
student has an individualized program;
Sinai students generally have their own
classes but are mainstreamed when it is
appropriate. Although most often Sinai
students and students at the schools
where Sinai is housed do not come
together for academics, they spend time
together on school buses, at lunch, and at
other social occasions. Both groups the
Sinai students and the neurotypical ones
benefit.
Sinai provides its students with a wide
range of therapies speech, occupational, physical, and art. Now, it also
offers music therapy, further expanding
its students lives.
Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Rothwachs is Sinais
dean. Each one of our therapies is provided as needed, both one-on-one or in
groups. All are provided both as a pull-out
model thats when kids are called out of
class and more and more of a push-in
model. Typically, in most schools, if a kid
has, say occupational therapy on his plan,
then the teacher comes and pulls him out
of class, and they focus on the skills they
Music teacher Erika Svolos, right, with a group of students.
need, and then the kid goes back. Most of

the time it is hard for those skills to be generalized to the rest of the week.
Its certainly not the therapists or the
teachers fault. They work really hard to
collaborate, but its hard if its not something youre immersed in. In our model,
all of our therapists are in the classrooms,
and not only there but doing group work.
So the speech therapist might pull out
some kids, but also spends time, particularly in our younger classrooms, doing
conversational skills with them. And the
teachers are witnessing the strategies
and techniques the teacher is working
with, and they can use them the rest of
the week.
This way, were getting more bang for
the buck. We can maximize the impact
of the therapy throughout the rest of the
week. Pulling kids out is just not as impactful as our model.

On the other hand, given the schools
dedication to each students specific
needs, we do pull them out when their
needs are individualized, he said.
Sometimes people ask me what makes
us so unique. I dont know of other schools
that offer a collaborative therapeutic
approach to the degree that we do. Not only
other Jewish schools special ed schools.
When Steve and Laura Paley offered
to fund art therapy some four years ago,
he wasnt exactly sure what it was, but
within a few months I was converted, he
said. To watch Sarah Tarzik, our art therapist, in action is to see that there are children who arent able to or dont express
themselves in deep ways in typical talk
therapy or with their teachers or their
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SINAI SCHOOLS
parents. Here, through this media, they

are opening up, and sometimes they dont
even realize that they are doing it, because
they are so comfortable with Sarah, and so
enthralled and engrossed with what they
are doing. You have children who express
some very deep concerns or worries or
insight or love it is an incredible way of
allowing them to express themselves.
Sinai offers art therapy in both elementary schools, and in the Livingston high
school.
Because the art therapy program convinced Rabbi Rothwachs of how potent
visual art can be in reaching children, the
music program, funded for its first two
years by AJ and Leah Schreiber in memory of AJs father, Bayrish, was an easy
sell. Just as the art therapy program does
not teach students to be artists although
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certainly if they are gifted in art it will

allow that talent to breathe and flourish
the music program does not prepare students to become musicians. Instead, for
some of our younger students certainly,
it is focusing on skills that are the foundation of basic communication, Rabbi
Rothwachs said. Erika Svolos, our music
therapist, will give everyone instruments,
Occupational therapist Darbie

Rabinowitz works with a student.
Erika Svolos talks to a child at Sinai.
There is so
much involved
in making it a
success for
students who
are not tuned
in socially.
RABBI YISRAEL ROTHWACHS
for example, and give instruction, and

they will have to take turns. There is so
much involved in making it a success for
students who are not tuned in socially. She
is teaching them strategies for making eye
contact, and for tolerating frustration. She
is having them understand the cadence
of a group discussion; there is give and
take, time to be active, time to be quiet. It
is really powerful. Because the therapists
and the teachers work together, they can
share techniques. It is integrative and collaborative, Rabbi Rothwachs said.
On another level, Erika is helping the
kids regulate their emotions. She will do
some really high-energy music, beating on
drums and dancing, and then instruct them
to calm down. It is hard for many of them
to go from a high to a low; she uses breathing techniques to help them. The teachers
now use some of those techniques too.
And then, for some of our high school
students, who maybe are too cool to do
that, she does things like lyric analysis.
Students will choose lyrics that speak
to them, and through that analysis
they express their frustrations and their
Art teacher Sarah Tarzik with students and their work.
anxieties. You could appreciate that being

able to reach kids successfully through all
these different media and techniques takes
a huge talent. We are so lucky.
All of Sinais students have some kind of
therapy; none of them have every single
one the school offers. How do administrators decide which therapy is right for each
student? Its all about getting to know the
kids, Rabbi Rothwachs said.
Both Ms. Tarzik and Ms. Svolos are
enthusiastic, even bubbly, as they discuss
their work at Sinai.
Most of the children are unaware of
what theyre capable of, Ms. Tarzik said.
I use art to show them that they are capable of doing more than they thought they
could, and that expands to other areas.

Art gives children a voice. Things that they
could not express verbally come out in the
artwork. It is an extremely powerful way
to help children express themselves both
concretely and symbolically.
What does that mean? Concretely, they
can draw representations of what they
see, and of how they feel inside, she said.
They can draw messages to their friends
that might be difficult to say. And symbolically, they can share their hopes, their
journey, their love in their artwork.
Students are asked to say something
positive about everyone elses artwork
in each art therapy session. It teaches
them not only to look for the good in each
others artwork, but in each other too,

Ms. Tarzik said. There is always something good, something positive, and I
train them to look for it in their artwork.
A color, a design, a stripe, something that
they can relate to and enjoy.
The children beam with pride when
they hear their friends say something complimentary about their work. I work on
children having pride in their own work,
in getting the self-esteem to say something nice about their own work, because
I believe that their work is an extension
of themselves. If they can see the good
in their own art, that is seeing the good
in themselves, and that empowers them
beyond the art.
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Children beam as they display their artwork.
Erika Svolos shows how to make music with a guitar.
I am amazed again and again by the

power of art. I think that it has to do with
the creative process, creating a safe space
for them to access this creative part of themselves that they dont usually get to touch.
Ms. Svolos defines music therapy as
interventions that work on emotional,
social, academic, motor, and communications skills. We use music sometimes as
therapy, sometimes in therapy.
What does that mean? When music is
used in therapy, there is usually other stuff
going on too. We might listen to a song
and then talk about it, so it is verbal techniques. The music is not used as an avenue to connect. Words are. When we are
using it as therapy, then we are connecting through the music, which might be
improvised through instruments or singing together. When it is used as therapy,
participants make music.
I try to use music as therapy more,
because especially for children with disabilities, the more talking that happens,
the less connected and engaged they are,
and the easier it is to become disorganized
able to be in a group and work with others. You need the ability to control your
impulses and attend to what is going on in
the group, so I have created experiences
to help the children work on those skills
through music.
They dont necessarily know that they
are working on those things. They think
they are just participating in creating interesting things with their voices and instruments, and all the while they really are
practicing the skills they need to control
their impulses. Music is such a wonderful avenue for that, because to play music
you have to have control over yourself
and your instrument. To make music with
other people you have to be aware of what
your part in the group is; when it is time
for you to play and when it is time for you
not to play.
Music is an inherent biological thing.
Our bodies are music; the pace of our
heartbeats, our blood moving. The human
makeup is very musical. There are very
few people who dont enjoy music I have
come across a few of them, but it is very
and confused. Thats especially true if the

language being used is wrong for their
thinking process. I find that music really
helps get to them more directly.
Also, it is so engaging. The children
really love music. They love to play instruments and sing. Our little ones love to
move to music. It is much more effective
and less threatening than talking.
Music is so potent that it also carries
risks, she added. Music can hurt too. It
can happen with any children, but particularly with adolescents. You may trigger hidden trauma without realizing it. As
therapists, we are trained to recognize it.
There are times when working with it is
appropriate, but in school I try not to go
too deep. You have to send them back to
class. I dont want to open a Pandoras box.
It is a delicate balance making sure that
you are keeping them at the right level.
At Sinai, I see children who have developmental disabilities like autism and
Downs Syndrome and cerebral palsy.
Right now, I am really focused on working
on some of the basic skills you need to be
Holy Name Medical Center in

Teaneck is a longtime supporter
of the Sinai Schools, providing
not only jobs and training for
students but also funds for
scholarships and many other
kinds of financial, organizational,
and educational help.
The pride Holy Name takes in
its work with Sinai is reflected
in the billboards that loom over
Route 4 in both directions; many
of the larger-than-life photographs are of Sinai students.
This one is of Moshe Rosenberg
of Edison, who was in last years
graduating class and now works
in Barnes & Noble. A man of few
words, Mr. Rosenberg was glad to
share his reaction to seeing himself in the billboard: Very good. I
like it a lot. And his feelings about
Sinai: I loved being at Sinai.
Holy Names president and
CEO, Michael Maron, spearheaded the medical centers deepening involvement with Sinai.
Seeing the picture of Moshe
smiling, confident, and proud in
front of his billboard reaffirms the
missions of Holy Name Medical
Center and Sinai School, he said.
This young man has his own set
of challenges in life. The fact is
we all do its just that our challenges manifest themselves differently. His poignant look of dignity,
honor, and self-esteem should
remind us that what really matters
in life is the feelings we can generate with our hearts when our
mind is open, our attitude humble,
and our resolve actionable.
We hope the light of this moment forever enhances Moshes
purpose for being, and we are
privileged for our part in making
this possible.
rare. Most people enjoy music on some

level, whether participating in making it or
listening to it. Its evolutionary; back when
we were cavemen we used to groom each
other to it. We have always used music to
mark births and deaths and holidays. It
is part of the human experience. Music
therapy capitalizes on the love that people
have for music and builds on it.
Ms. Svolos remembers a middle-school
drum circle. We do improvisation
through drum circles; everyone has the
chance to come in. It is organic; it flows.
Every time we have done it, it has been
the most beautiful sounding music you
could imagine. You would think it was a
group of professionals.
Although she reveled in the sounds, still,
the point isnt to sound good, she said.
Here was a group of students with problems connecting and listening and communicating with each other, connecting
and listening and communicating without
words, but with rhythm and music. The
teachers just looked at me, and their jaws
dropped. I said, Did you all hear that?
What: The Sinai Schools annual dinner,
which will honor
Who: Rena and Jerry Barta of Teaneck,
Eve and Heshy Feldman of Englewood,
Karen and Rabbi Steven Finkelstein
of Bergenfield, Rosalyn and Stephen
Flatow of West Orange, and Annette
and Jerry Kranson of Fair Lawn. Alfred
Sanzari Enterprises will receive Sinais
Community Partnership award, celebrating 30 years of Sinai dinners at
Glenpointe.
When: Sunday, February 28, at 4:45
Where: At the Marriott Glenpointe
Hotel, 100 Frank W. Burr Boulevard,
Teaneck
Why: To benefit the Sinai Schools
How much: $250
More information: Email Aggie at
asiletski@sinaischools.org, call
(201) 833-1134, ext. 105, or go to www.
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And they said, We did.
Moreover, it happened over and over.
It isnt a fluke, Ms. Svolos said. The psychologist said that it was a cognitively low
group, and I said that its a group thats
really high in making music. Its organic.
They found a way to be together in that
space, in that moment. They could just be
themselves. It was really awesome.
Ms. Svolos isnt Jewish. She loves the
chance Sinai provides her to learn about
Jewish culture. Its a wonderful experience for me, being able to come in and
learn from the kids, she said.
She also is able to compare Sinai to
programs in the non-Jewish world. Sinai
really understands the childrens needs at
a very deep level, she said. I have been
in the field for over 15 years, working in a
number of environments in public and
private schools, in hospitals, in clinics
and Sinai is just really unique. There is
individualization. Every child has a unique
need. They have a really well-trained staff,
and they collaborate.
Because Sinai is so unusual, it has
attracted activists, donors, and board
members who do not have children,
grandchildren, or other family members
with special needs, but who are attracted
to its mission and its effectiveness.
Daniel Federbush of Englewood is
among that group. When he first heard
about Sinai, some 20 years ago, I was
very impressed that there was a program
that could deal with children who had special needs on a more serious level than the
yeshivot could. I know of secular programs
that people were forced to send their children to because the Jewish day schools
couldnt give them what they needed. And
I was very impressed with the schools philosophy. Being part of another school gives
the kids an opportunity to mainstream,
whether its on a social level, for lunch or
recess or davening, and also gives them
the opportunity to work on whatever skills
they needed.
Mr. Federbush, a businessman, allowed
himself, somewhat reluctantly, to be honored at a Sinai dinner, and that was that. I
started to learn more and more, and I was
really awestruck by the individualized program, he said. Over time, I have helped
out in whatever ways I could, fundraising,
helping with the dinner, trying to get honorees, he said.
In fact, Mr. Federbush has donated huge
amounts of time to Sinai, and with his wife,
Thalia, has given a fully equipped therapy
room and a computer room to the school,
and has equipped the school with technology. He has raised more than $20 million
for the school. (He did not mention any of
this, it is important to note; the information is straight from Sinai.)
What he does talk about is the schools
mission, its success, and the effect it has on
the community. I have been on the executive board for 10 years or so, and I know
that the school has evolved into something
incredibly impressive, Mr. Federbush said.
Art teacher Sarah Tarzik helps students who are engrossed in their art work.
I see kids at the school year after year, and

the change in them is unbelievable.
You see kids mainstream, and then
mainstream more, and then mainstream
more, and sometimes become professionals. One has become a rabbi. Without
Sinai that might not have been possible,
and even if it had been possible in another
program, they wouldnt be part of the Jewish community. These kids remain part
of the Jewish community. They are not
isolated; they are very much part of the
community.
The only downside, he said, is the space
limitation. The five schools the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey in River
Edge, Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy
in Livingston, the Torah Academy of Bergen County and Maayanot Yeshiva High
School, both in Teaneck, and the Rae
Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston can house only so many Sinai students, along with their own mainstream
kids. We have to figure out what will be
the next big step.
Because Sinais student-teacher (and
student-therapist) ratio is so high, and
the education it supplies is so specialized
and cutting-edge, costs can be prohibitive. In fact, most families cannot afford
the full tuition. Thats why fund-raising
is so important to Sinai, which does not
turn away children it can help. It is tremendously rewarding to see families go
from a place of despair, with a tremendous weight on their shoulders, to see
their children come around and make
changes and grow and reach their full
potential, Mr. Federbush said. It is tremendously rewarding.
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in December, Israel and Turkey began negotiating a
full restoration of ties after nearly six years of downgraded
relations. Heres what happened between the former allies,
why things are improving now and why some Israeli
analysts are still skeptical about whether the Turkey-Israel
impasse will be resolved.
Turkey used to be Israels closest ally in the Middle East.
Turkey recognized Israel shortly after its founding in 1948,
and over the course of the 1990s the countries built strong
defense ties. Both relatively secular, pro-Western democracies and minorities in an Arab-dominated Middle East, the
two countries established regular dialogue between their
defense ministries, conducted joint military training exercises, and signed weapons deals. Israel sent assistance to
Turkey after a massive earthquake in 1999.
Things deteriorated after Erdogans election and a crisis
followed Israels killing of nine Turks who were trying to
break the Gaza blockade.
Relations started souring in 2002, when Erdogans
Islamic AKP party won national elections and aligned Turkeys foreign policy in favor of the Palestinians while cooling
ties with Israel. Diplomatic relations broke down completely
after the May 2010 flotilla incident, when the Mavi Marmara,
a ship manned by Turkish activists, tried to break Israels
blockade of Gaza. Israeli forces landed on the ship and killed
nine activists in the ensuing melee.
Turkey demanded that Israel apologize for the incident,
but Israel declined. Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador,
withdrew its envoy to Israel, suspended military cooperation with Israel, and excluded Israel from NATO exercises.
Now Turkey needs a friend in a disintegrating region.
Netanyahu apologized to Erdogan in a 2013 phone call
brokered by President Barack Obama, who was wrapping
up a visit to Israel at the time. In December 2015, both sides
entered talks aimed at restoring full diplomatic relations,
and last week a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations met with
Erdogan.
The negotiations followed a bad year for Turkey. Syrias
civil war has thrown the country into crisis, exacerbating its
conflict with Kurds at home and leading some to accuse Turkey of supporting the ISIS terror organization, which is fighting Kurdish forces in Iraq. Turkey also has taken in some 2
million Syrian refugees fleeing the war in Syria.
Turkey also is facing tensions with Egypt over Turkish support for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, now
outlawed in Egypt, and tensions with Russia after Turkeys
downing of a Russian plane in November. Restoring ties with
Israel could give Erdogan a rare regional win.
The regional challenges Turkey has with Russia, from
An offshore rig in the Tamar natural gas field off

the Israeli coast in June 2014.
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Egypt, with the Kurds, said Alon Liel, Israels charge

daffaires in Turkey in the 1980s, is giving Turkey second
thoughts about the Israel issue.
Israel wants someone to buy its natural gas.
Israel wouldnt mind strengthening ties with one of its
few Middle Eastern trading partners. Patching the Turkey
relationship also would reopen the door to military exercises with NATO.
But Israels main motivation isnt about war and peace,
experts say; its economic. For months, Netanyahu has
been pushing to enact a controversial program that would
allow drilling in Israels giant offshore gas fields, which the
prime minister says is essential for the national security of
Israel. A deal with Turkey could both restore it as an ally
and make it a large buyer of Israeli natural gas. That would
be a boon for Netanyahu and a potential bonanza for the
gas companies.
But Gaza could be the obstacle to a renewed alliance
again.
Relations between Turkey and Israel collapsed over
Gaza, and Gaza could keep them apart natural gas or not.
Turkey hosts part of the leadership of Hamas, the militant
group that governs Gaza, and has harshly criticized Israel for
its blockade of the coastal strip.
As part of the deal, Turkey has demanded that Israel
lift or ease the blockade. Israel, in turn, has demanded
that Turkey expel Hamas leaders. Israeli Defense Minister
Moshe Yaalon, who has voiced pessimism about the deal,
also demanded that Turkey convince Hamas to return the
remains of two Israeli soldiers.
Speaking in Greece in January, Yaalon also accused
Turkey of buying oil from ISIS terrorists and said Ankara
enables jihadists to move backwards and forwards between
Europe and Syria and Iraq and to be part of the ISIS terror
infrastructure in Europe.
A Turkey detente also could backfire for Israel. In recent
years, Israel has bolstered ties with Egypt led by Abdel Fatah
el-Sisi, who met with a Presidents Conference delegation in
Cairo last week, as well as Greece and Cyprus all rivals of
Turkey. Retaining Greek and Cypriot support is especially
important, Liel said, because they act as Israeli allies in the
European Union.
It may not be worthwhile, he said, to risk those ties for a
detente with a Turkish government that has spent the past
seven years denouncing Israel. Erdogan is an unpredictable player, Liel said. Theres a concern that if they sign
with him today, and theres a war in Gaza in four to five
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[they] shed new light on the issue under debate, and
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be remembered as advancing the cause of the genuine knowledge of truth. Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
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tzimtzum, making space for the creation of something
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ties with many Arab states,
Netanyahu says
Major Arab countries are changing their view of Israel,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a visiting Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations leadership delegation in Jerusalem on Sunday.
They dont see Israel anymore as their enemy, but
they see Israel as their ally, especially in the battle
against militant Islam with its two fountainheads: the
militant Islamists led by Iran, and the militant Islamists
led by Daesh (Islamic State), Netanyahu said, adding,
This is something that is forging new ties, many of them
discreet, some of them open.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon
said at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, We
have channels to talk with our Arab neighbors, the Sunni
states...not just Jordan and Egypt, with which we have
peace, the Gulf states and North African states too. The
situation is sensitive. We cannot even shake hands in
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Oscars $55,000 Israel trip

slammed by BDS activists
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert entered prison

on Monday to begin serving his two sentences, becoming
the first former Israeli premier to spend time behind bars.
Olmert, who began his career as an anti-corruption crusader, was undone by the very behavior he sought to eradicate as a young Knesset member and lawyer. Olmert will
serve 18 months over his bribery conviction and another
month due to an obstruction of justice case, which ended
in a plea bargain. He may be released on good behavior
before serving the entire sentence.
Olmert voluntarily entered the Maasiyahu Prison in
Ramla on Monday. Before his incarceration, he released
a video message in which he continued to claim his
innocence.
This is very painful for my family and loved ones,
he said. I had the privilege of serving Israel, and while
I have made mistakes, they did not amount to criminality. Today attests to the strength of democracy. No one
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Palestinian activists from the Boycott, Divestment and

Sanctions movement are criticizing the voucher for a
$55,000 all-expenses-paid trip to Israel that is being
offered to major Oscar nominees as part of this years
$200,000 Academy Awards gift package.
Israels Tourism Ministry is offering the trip to the 26
nominated in the directing and acting categories, such
as Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt
Damon, said ministry spokeswoman Lydia Weitzman,
according to the Associated Press.
BDS movement co-founder Omar Barghouti said that
through the trip voucher, Israel is desperately trying to
fight its increasing international isolation through bribes
and intimidation rather than by ending its occupation
and apartheid, and that there are no Hunger Games
in Gaza, but there is real hunger.
Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, however, said the
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LAS VEGAS Jewish voters in Nevada suffer the same
affliction as anyone else ahead of caucuses in the presidential race: No one is quite sure how the damn thing
works.
A big part of what we do is to educate people about
what a caucus is, said Joel Wanger, the point man for the
Hillary Clinton campaign in this citys Jewish community.
The Democratic caucus takes place on Saturday a
problem for Sabbath-observing Jews. Orthodox groups,
including the Orthodox Union, have registered complaints. Republicans will hold their caucus on the following Tuesday.
Wanger, who also is the Clinton campaigns regional
organizational director, listed the questions he encounters: What is a caucus? How does it work? Will Hillary be
there? Does it cost any money?
This is how it works for Democrats: Party voters meet
and talk until a majority in the room is ready to elect delegates to a county convention. The presidential candidate
who accrues the most delegates is the winner.
Clinton may turn up at one or two caucuses. A voter
need not pay to vote, but only to register with the party
and it is possible to do that as late as the day of the caucus.
Wanger said he gets those questions at get-togethers targeting Latinos, blacks, or Jews. For the Jews, Wanger, who
has been in the state since last summer, has organized
Sukkot parties and run an explanatory session at the Adelson Educational Campus, a Jewish school. Students who
will be 18 by November are eligible to vote in the caucuses.
Wanger says hes probably reached 300 Jewish voters.
Republican Jews say its no different for them.
The average person I talk to doesnt know what a caucus is, said Sandy Mallin, who has headed Jewish campaigns in the state for Republicans in previous elections.
I dont know anybody who is going to caucus, she
said, quickly adding that most likely she will.
Part of the problem is that caucuses are a relatively new
phenomenon out here. Until 2008, the state held regular primaries. Statewide caucuses were established that
year to help raise Nevadas consequence as the first in
the West state the third nominating state after Iowa and
New Hampshire.
Nevadans, unlike Iowans, have yet to internalize the
hours-long experience of meeting in a living room, school
auditorium, storefront, or church hall, and grouping
themselves according to a preferred candidate.
Another problem is the states turnover. Unlike Iowans,
who might be part of generations-old families in the
state, the Nevada population is much more transient,
with a population that booms when times are good and
decreases when the economy sours. For many voters, the
caucus will be a first-time experience.
At one point we were the fastest-growing community in
the country, said Todd Polikoff, the CEO of the Las Vegas
Jewish Federation. In 2004, 6,000 people were coming
to Nevada a month, 600 of them Jews.
Then came the bust in 2007-08. Polikoff thinks that now
the states Jewish population is well below the 89,000
assessed the last time the federation commissioned a
study, in 2005.
Voters departure and replacement makes it hard to
figure out exactly what the political composition of the
Jewish community is at any given moment, said Michael
Green, an associate professor of history at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas, who specializes in the states history.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, showing a family photo in her office last week, says the Clinton names
means a whole lot here.
RON KAMPEAS
More recently, he said, there appears to be an influx

of Orthodox Jews and retired Jews, suggesting that the
community is likelier to tack further to the right than
other Jewish communities.
Democrats in that demographic tend to lean more
conservative, he said of Jews over 55. Regarding the
Orthodox, he said: There are more Republicans here
in the Jewish community than there used to be, and
theyre not all named Sheldon Adelson.
Adelson, the Jewish casino magnate who is worth
some $18 billion, is a major Republican backer.
Clintons campaign has attracted some out-of-state
Jews to push for her in Nevada.
At a debate party at a Clinton campaign office in suburban Las Vegas on February 11, there were at least four
out-of-state Jews. Three were women who had just graduated from Northeastern colleges, and the fourth was
Randy Gingiss, a 70-year-old law professor from the University of South Dakota who was exploring retirement
opportunities in Las Vegas and was lured into working
the phone bank.
Until Senator Bernie Sanders trounced Clinton in the
New Hampshire primary, Nevada was seen as likely to be
an easy win for the former secretary of state because of its
substantial population of Latinos, blacks, and union members. But absent accurate polling over the last couple of
months, its hard to tell if that is still the case. Sanders
signs have popped up throughout the city since the New
Hampshire vote, especially on the UNLV campus.
The preferences of Las Vegas wealthiest Jews are well
known particularly those of Adelson and his wife,
Miriam, who are kingmakers in Republican politics.
They reportedly are wavering between Sen. Ted Cruz of
Texas and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. The newspaper
Adelson recently bought, the Las Vegas Review-Journal,

has endorsed Rubio.
Brian Greenspun is among the citys most prominent
Jewish friends of the Clintons (and the son of Hank Greenspun, who helped smuggle arms to the nascent State of
Israel). The head of the Greenspun Corp., which is deeply
involved in an array of Las Vegas entertainment and media
businesses, the younger Greenspun roomed with Bill Clinton at Georgetown University and has been close to both
Clintons for decades.
Bill Clinton would come out with regularity and stay
with the Greenspuns, Carolyn Goodman, the citys mayor
and herself the matriarch of a prominent Las Vegas Jewish
family, said in an interview in her high-rise office overlooking the strip. The Clinton name means a whole lot here.
Shelley Berkley, a former Democratic congresswoman
who is now CEO of the Touro University campus in neighboring Henderson, said that the Democrats failure to find
a solution to the Shabbat problem is likely to exacerbate
the aggravation arising from tensions between the Obama
administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over last years Iran nuclear deal.
I offered to open up Touro after sundown to enable
practicing Jews that want to participate in the process to
caucus, but I was told that was not possible, she said of
the state Democratic Party.
Theres a large segment of the Jewish community that
is very unhappy because of the vote on the Iran agreement most Democratic lawmakers in Congress backed
the deal, though many did so with trepidation. Those
that are chafing because of the vote, followed by the Democratic Party caucusing on Saturday its left a bad taste
in a number of peoples mouths, said Berkley, who is
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eople are considered an organic life form

meaning a living structure capable of
growth and reproduction. As organisms, we
are complex chemical systems organized
to promote our survival. As a group, Homo sapiens
have done a pretty good job in evolving over a million years and successfully populating our blue planet.
And as individuals, we are a wonder of organization,
structure, and harmony with trillions of cells working
together to guide us through a lifetime of the human
condition. Our systems seem to work with a natural
grace and symmetry. From our youth, we do not ask
our bodies to digest our food, to walk or run, or talk or
sing. These functions are performed almost automatically, so effortlessly in fact that we take it for granted.
So it seems for most animals. Look at an eagle, the
symbol of our country due to its grace, strength, and
beauty. They soar through the skies much like a leaf
gently flutters in the breeze. Relentless hunters, they
are fast and strong and utilize their power to insure
their survival. As walking and running come naturally
to us, flying is inbred to them. Young eaglets from
nests one hundred feet in the air, spring into the sky
as if the air is a cushion of comfort. Yet, upon closer
examination, we can see much underlying preparation for their flights and many hard lessons about landing without catastrophic results. Eaglets learn quickly
to hone their bodies and skills to avoid hard landings
and soar through the skies as their natural medium.
Is it not the same for humans? We jump into life
with careless abandon treating our bodies as the natural carriers of our ambitious natures. Yet we learn
as we age that our bodies require respect and care to
avoid an eventual hard landing. And as we age, those
hard landings can cause serious trauma. Let us learn
from our national bird who keeps its muscles lean
and strong, its talons sharp and feathers clean and
groomed. An eagle cares for its body with the certain
knowledge that to do otherwise means to be unduly
vulnerable to lifes unforgiving challenges. We would
be wise to do the same.
Let us pretend to follow the eagles into the air, but
ours would be a flight of fantasy. Let us imagine but for
a moment that we use our muscular system as nature
intended. No longer do automobiles and mass transit
transport our bodies through our environment. We
cannot now ignore the obstacles of weather, distance,
hills, and valleys. Miles must be traversed on foot by
walking or jogging to store or job. Visiting a neighbor
or friend requires the heart, lungs, and leg muscles to
perform with aerobic efficiency. Carrying packages,
chopping wood for heat, or pulling a sled through the
snow requires a strong upper body, dense biceps, and
powerful back muscles. We are suddenly transformed
into an eagle, one who uses their body to perform necessary tasks that in turn benefit that body and make it
an efficient machine. Do not worry, our fantasy has
not made us bereft of the modern worlds medicines,
cities, or foods. But to truly use our bodies as function
demands would in fact dramatically reduce the incidence of diabetes, coronary problems, lung disease
(no smoking equals no COPD) and many cancers. Diseases would not disappear, but they would be pushed
back into the recesses and not demand the emotional
and financial resources now required. Simply utilizing our bodies for maximum effectiveness would
necessitate the use of less drugs, hospitalizations, and medical intervention.

As adults, take greater care of the body which has allowed
you to soar amongst lifes meandering winds. Keep your
muscles honed and your balance tuned. Work at maintaining your strength, walking with confidence, rising and sitting in a chair, climbing stairs and being independent. Follow the eagles and perform the activities of daily life more
naturally. Follow the eagles and make a hard landing avoidable and spreading your wings effortless.
Richard Portugal is the founder and owner of Fitness Senior
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cognitive fitness in their own homes. He has been certified as
a senior trainer by the American Senior Fitness Association.
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Cancer Center at Holy Name Medical
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1 tablespoon raw organic ground
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2 tablespoons organic grade b pure
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cal Center.
In this role, Dr. DonoWe are excited to welhue-Ryan will oversee the
come Dr. Donohue-Ryan
nursing department and its
back to New Jersey, where
patient care services and
she spent many years servDr. Mary Ann
operations, including working our communities at disDonohue-Ryan
ing with physician leadtinguished institutions, said
ers, hospital leadership,
Warren Geller, president and
and the entire nursing team to enhance
CEO of Englewood Hospital and Medical
clinical performance, quality and safety,
Center. As a Magnet-designated hospital
patient-centered care, and the patient
in recognition of excellence in nursing,
experience. She most recently served as
Englewood Hospital is committed to the
the chief patient care services officer at
highest standard of nursing care one
Stony Brook University Hospital on Long
that Dr. Donohue-Ryan has spent her
Island and has held nursing leadership
entire career advocating and fostering.
Dr. Donohue-Ryan is a former president of the New Jersey State Nurses Association and
has consulted nationally and internationally for the American Nurses Credentialing
Centers Magnet Recognition Program. She received her nursing diploma from St.
Francis Hospital School of Nursing, bachelor of science in nursing from Jersey City State
College, master of arts in nursing from New York University, doctorate in nursing from
Adelphi University, and nurse practitioner certificate from Columbia University.
Dr. Thomas Bernik Joins Englewood

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Englewood Hospital and
Most recently Dr. BerMedical Center has named
nik was associate profesDr. Thomas R. Bernik, FACS,
sor of surgery and chief of
as its new chief of vascular
vascular surgery at Mount
surgery.
Sinai Beth Israel. Prior to
A vascular and endovascuthat, he was chief of endolar surgeon, Dr. Bernik spevascular surgery at St. Vincializes in complex open surcents Hospital and Medical
gery and minimally invasive
Center.
Dr. Bernik received
Dr. Thomas Bernik
surgery for aortic aneurysms,
his medical degree from
carotid disease, peripheral
George Washington University School
vascular disease, dialysis access, and
of Medicine and completed his surgicomplex venous thrombosis. In his new
cal residency at St. Vincents Hospiposition, Dr. Bernik will continue to
tal and Medical Center and New York
expand vascular surgery services and
Medical College. He completed a felwill oversee the leadership of the Wound
lowship in vascular surgery at North
Care/Limb Salvage Center and the NonShore University Medical Center, as
Invasive Peripheral Vascular Laboratory.
well as additional training in the endoDr. Berniks vast experience and
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sion of vascular and cardiac care, using
included in New York Magazine Best
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Castle Connolly New York Metro Area
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ren Geller, president and CEO of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. The
Dr. Bernik is a member of MD Partners,
appointment of Dr. Bernik builds on the
the physician network of Englewood
legacy of longtime vascular surgery chief
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Dr. Herbert Dardik, who will continue to
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Achieving optimal
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KIMBERLY AGRESTA, MSW, LCSW
Optimal emotional well-being can mean different things
to different people. Working in private practice for the
last twenty years, I have learned from my clients that
there is one recurrent theme in the guarantee toward
achieving this goal and that is the theme of connection.
By this, I mean connection not only to others but also to
oneself and the physical world in which we live.
Connection is what grounds us, centers us, and
enables us to thrive. It also provides us with a sense of
happiness and joy, both of which are essential to a sense
of overall well-being.
So, the question is, how do we create healthy connections with others, the environment, and ourselves in
order to achieve this goal?
Connection is what
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to thrive.
Eight of the best tools I have found both personally
and professionally to do just that are diet, exercise,
meditation, deep breathing, sunshine, laughter, gratitude, and connecting with others. Most of these tools
are self-explanatory.
Eating properly along with 30 minutes of daily aerobic activity can significantly aid in the reduction of
anxiety. Meditation helps us to feel more connected
to both the world and ourselves while also decreasing stress and anxiety. Sometimes just breathing
deeply can help center and relax you. Thanks to new
research, there is now scientific evidence that gratitude also produces health benefits. Some believe that
the real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you
are, the more present you become. People who keep
a daily gratitude journal report fewer health problems
as well as feeling more optimistic about the future.
Lastly, connection with others is essential in achieving optimal well-being. The importance of having a
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On World Cancer Day, Kenyan nurses used an Israeli device from
MobileODT to screen hundreds of women for cervical cancer
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Hundreds of women in Kenya had their first screening
for cervical cancer recently using Tel Aviv-based MobileODTs Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) System,
which needs no infrastructure but a mobile phone and
Internet connection.
We have donated 20 of our EVA systems to health providers in Nyeri County, Kenya, for the Ministry of Healths
nationally sponsored screening camp. On February 4, to
mark World Cancer Day, they planned to screen over 700
women for cervical cancer in a single day, MobileODT
CEO Ariel Beery said earlier in the month.
Piloted successfully in the United States, Haiti, Guatemala, Botswana, Kenya, Nepal and Mexico, EVA is an
advanced optical technology that pairs with a smartphone camera to capture and securely transmit biomedical images for diagnosis and analysis. This makes cervical
cancer screenings possible in places lacking more sophisticated medical infrastructure. The company provides
training and support.
No woman should die of cervical cancer, says Beery.
If caught early, cervical cancer can be prevented, and
existing early-stage cervical cancer is treatable. MobileODT is committed to bringing mobile cervical cancer
screening technology to all women, everywhere.
Less than a year ago, MobileODT began exploring
opportunities in Kenya, and is now working with primary
healthcare providers in clinics run by the government, by
private nurses and by NGOs.
Private nurses provide half the healthcare in Kenya,
so in the past two months weve started to devote more
energy to them although its a difficult market to crack
because each nurse is like a small business owner with his
or her own clinic, says Curtis Peterson, MobileODTs vice
president for global health.
These nurses have few resources to make capital investments, so after confirming interest in its product, MobileODT launched a program enabling the nurses to rent
the device on a monthly basis.
Theyre getting a lot of support from us, says Peterson. We dont just hand over the device but have an
ongoing relationship. Our incentive is to make sure they
use the technology and that it meets their needs to help
patients. For this to be worthwhile, we help them educate

the community about why screenings are important.
MobileODTs cervix selfie has proven popular, says
Peterson. We find women love to see their cervixes.
After the screening, the nurse uses the images to show the
patient what is happening inside her own body, whether
she is healthy or unhealthy, and its a transformative,
empowering experience rather than an opaque clinical
process.
The ability to see the images as the nurse explains them
leads more women to agree to follow up on results, Peterson says. When we use the system to educate the patient
they have a much better understanding of the situation.
The visual really facilitates the conversation.
MobileODT is now providing its device to obstetrician/
gynecologists in Afghanistan who have limited access to
proper infrastructure and continuing medical education,
says Peterson. Rotary International spearheaded this
partnership.
Its incredible that a company based in Tel Aviv is
supporting the medical practice of physicians based in
Afghanistan to make sure women have proper access to
screening, says Peterson.
Training was arranged in an unusually roundabout way:
Fary Moini, an Iranian-American member of the La Jolla
Golden Triangle Rotary Club in California, came to Tel
Aviv for training and then went to Turkey to train Afghani
physicians who had convened there.
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Afghani doctors about the technology, says Peterson,
and we discovered their need for more clinical training.
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can have clinical supervision from any of our partners in
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securely.
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the life of women who are our mothers, daughters, sisters
and aunts, Moini wrote to fellow supporters of healthcare
projects in Afghanistan. We as Rotarians are very proud
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People who need people are the luckiest people in
the world. We can all hear Barbra Streisand singing
the song People and her amazing voice making it
so easy for us to understand the need and the gift of
being open to connecting with others. Jewish life has
always been aware of the need for companionship and
for that reason community life is central.
Research has shown over and over that we are
social beings. Not only do we benefit greatly from
being around others but it is essential for our mental
health. Loneliness might be more detrimental than
heart disease as we age. A recent study reviewed by
the Journal of Medicine stated that a healthy social
life may be as good for your long-term health as
avoiding cigarettes.
In our later years, we lose some of our friends and
this is very difficult. I remember visiting a woman who
was 100 years old. As I was admiring the many photographs of friends and family she had all over her apartment she said, Most of these people are no longer
with us. I asked her how she coped with this. I will
never forget her very simple but very useful answer;
she said I just always make sure that I am always making new friends. Now this woman was in no way saying that the people she lost could be replaced. She
was however stating a reality, the need to keep adding
people to her life and the gift of new people coming
into her life. Its OK and healthy to acknowledge that
we need people.
So how does someone keep adding to their list of
friends? Everyone is different. Some people are very
social while others are content with much less social
contact. Are you matching up with your typical ways
as you are getting older? Are you as social as you
would like to be?
In my experience as the administrator of a senior
community, I have found that making new friendships is not always easy. Many are a bit rusty. Some
are surprised to find some insecurities rise to the
surface. Here are three simple tips that I hope that
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lives.
1. Get involved in things that you enjoy. This is an
easy way to be around people who are similar to you.
While you are attending the activity make an effort
to connect with people and offer to help out in some
way. It does not happen if you sit on the sidelines.
2. Speak 30 percent of the time and listen 70 percent of the time. Get to know a person by listening first
and speaking second. People become overwhelmed
when they hear too much all at once about your life.
3. Stay with it. Have reasonable expectations that
friendships take time to foster and that not everyone
wants to be our friend. Do not lose heart if you have
some bumps in the road.
Like my 100-year-old friend, make up your mind
that you will continue to make new friends for your
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Dvar Torah
Parshat Tetzaveh: Finding the Divine light
You shall further instruct
the Israelites to bring you
clear oil of beaten olives for
lighting, for kindling a ner
tamid

(Exodus 27:20)
he ner tamid of the Bible refers

to the continuous fire that symbolized Gods presence in the
portable Tabernacle, and later
the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Since the destruction of the Temple
in 70 C.E. it has been a custom that a ner
tamid, an eternal light, shines in the sanctuary of every synagogue. Both the continuing fire that burned in the Tabernacle
in biblical times and the synagogue lamp
that carries its name today are the symbol
of Gods presence.
In looking back upon the many divrei
Torah I have written on this parsha, I
found that the most recurring theme for
me has been my understanding that the
ner tamid, the Eternal Light, is not only
an affirmation of the presence of God,
but also a confirmation of the presence
of a Jewish community. If there are not
Jews tending to the ner tamid, the light
will go out. In biblical days someone had
to bring the oil. In modern times where
electric light bulbs have replaced olive oil,
someone still has to change

told that it is to be a ner tamid
the bulb and someone or
(an eternal light). This light
some community has to pay
is to remind us that the covenant between us and God is
the electric bill. For me, the
forever, it is an active part of
emphasis in the opening
our daily lives, and the way to
verse of our Torah portion
bring our living in line with
has been that Bnai Yisrael,
our covenantthat is, to live
referring to we, the Jewish
a life of integrityis to study
people, have a stated responRabbi Neal
sibility to God that in the
and be with Torah. The ner
Borovitz
words of an old Motel 6
tamid illuminates the teachRabbi emeritus,
ings and the road map to livcommercial we will keep
Temple Avodat
ing with God in Gods world.
the light on for You.
Shalom, River Edge,
He then asks the following
While reading the galleys
Reform
questions:
of a book that Jewish Lights
What is your most precious
will release next month by
covenant with God?
my brother, Rabbi Mark Borovitz, Finding Recovery and Yourself in Torah, it
What illuminates your path, keeping
dawned on me that my emphasis upon
you in integrity and living well?
seeing the ner tamid only as a symbol of
What is your practice of study and
our responsibility as a community to open
action that continually adds fuel to your
our communities to the transcendent light
ner tamid?
of God overlooked that it was also a call to
The greatness of Torah is that it speaks
each of us to search for the ner tamid, the
to each of us as individuals and to all of us
light of God that is imminent in myself and
collectively. My brothers challenging questions on this parsha point me this week to
in every other human being.
search for the light of Gods presence,
The format of my brothers new book
within myself. He challenges each of us to
is seven short divrei Torah on each of
not only question ourselves, but to recogthe 54 weekly Torah readings. Each essay
nize that the ner tamid is a source of both
poses questions that individuals or groups,
illumination and enlightenment. Torah is
can use to see both themselves and God in
not only a covenant between, We, the
the text of Torah.
People and God, but simultaneously, a
Regarding Parshat Tetzaveh, Mark
contract between every individual, every
writes: In lighting the menorah, we are
BRIEFS
Jerusalems Zion Square to be

renamed in honor of slain teen
Jerusalems Zion Square is slated to be renamed as
Tolerance Square in honor of 16-year-old Shira
Banki, who was stabbed to death last summer by a
religious extremist during the citys Gay Pride Parade.
Zion Square in the historic heart of downtown Jerusalem which for many years attracted protests, demonstrations and clashes will soon become a square
to represent tolerance and mutual respect in the spirit
of the late Shira Banki, murdered during the Gay Pride
Parade, the Jerusalem municipality said in a statement, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Banki was murdered by Yishai Schlissel, a charedi
extremist who had been released from jail after a
10-year sentence he served for stabbing people during
the 2005 Gay Pride Parade. Schlissel also wounded five
others during the 2015 attack.
We decided together with the Bankis to make the
square a place that promotes connection, tolerance,
and mutual respect, as represented by their late
daughter, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said. JNS.ORG
me, and God. The challenge for 21st century Judaism is to teach that each of us is
commanded to use the ner tamid, the light
of Gods presence, as both a flashlight to
illuminate our search for God within us
and as a beacon to see Gods presence in
the world beyond us. Moreover, each of
us is commanded to not only see this as a
responsibility of Bnai Yisrael, the community as a whole, but also, as a personal
obligation.
Sforno, the great Italian Jewish scholar
of the 15th century, confirms this last challenge, in his commentary on the opening
word of our Parsha, which is Atah, you
singular, in English, that the command to
light the ner tamid is one of three places
in the sanctuary narrative where Moses
is commanded to do this mitzvah himself
rather than merely delegate its fulfillment
to others.
Sfornos commentary from half a millennium ago, and my brothers message, after
thirty years of using Torah as a lamp to
light the path to recovery from addiction
for himself and thousands of other Jews,
teach me that you and I are commanded
to not only keeping the ner tamid burning
by continually re-creating Jewish community, but that each of us is personally commanded to find the Divine Light within
us and to use it to see both the beauty of
our individual souls and as a beacon to
brighten the world beyond.
Hezbollah leader irked by growing

Sunni Arab ties with Israel
Lebanese paper claims Hezbollah

found missing IDF soldiers items
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah appeared upset with

reports that Sunni Arab leaders increasingly see Israel as
an ally in the fight against Iran.
In a speech broadcast on Hezbollahs Al-Manar television in honor of Martyrs Leader Day, Nasrallah said
that Israel was taking advantage of Sunni Arab states
confrontation with Iran to forge relations and alliances
with the Sunni Arab states. He also said that Israel
viewed the Islamic State as a lesser threat than Iran
and Hezbollah.
Do you accept a friend occupying Sunni land in Palestine? Can you become friends with an entity that has
committed the most horrible massacres against the
Sunni community? he said.
You are free to consider Iran an enemy but how
can you consider Israel a friend and an ally? he asked.
In an address to American Jewish leaders on Sunday in
Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said some Arab leaders are forming discreet ties with
Israel.
They dont see Israel anymore as their enemy, but
they see Israel as their ally, especially in the battle
against militant Islam with its two fountainheads: the
militant Islamists led by Iran, and the militant Islamists
led by Daesh (Islamic State), Netanyahu said. JNS.ORG
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar has reported that the

former Defense and Operations Chief of Hezbollah Imad
Mughniyeh, whose 2008 assassination has been attributed
to Israel, led a unit that found the parachute and uniform
of Ron Arad, the Israeli Air-Force navigator who disappeared after being imprisoned in Lebanon in 1986.
During the first year of Arads imprisonment, two letters and one photo were sent to Israel. Representatives
from the Red Cross were able to see Arad in 1987. Since
then there has been no contact with him.
In a story marking the anniversary of Mughniyehs
death on Tuesday, Al Akhbar reported that Mughniyeh formed a special team whose role was to investigate the traces of Arad from 2004 to 2006 and that the
team succeeded in finding some of his belongings: like
a parachute, his weapon and his uniform. Mughniyeh
then allegedly approached the Israeli government to
negotiate the return of the items.
Hezbollah said in 2008 that Arad had died 20 years
earlier, a claim that never was confirmed. Mughniyeh
was killed in 2008 during the prisoner swap negotiations that ultimately led to the release of the bodies of
murdered IDF soldiers Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser.
The newspaper did not say whether Arads alleged items
JNS.ORG
were ever returned to Israel.
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Rabbi Mel Hecht marries Craig Silver and Karen Butt of Connecticut at Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas on February 12.
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LAS VEGAS Rabbi Mel Hecht clutches
his black coffee and paces in front of the
Dunkin Donuts, just down the road from
the Red Rock Casino.
Its 2:27 p.m., and the couple said theyd
be here by 2:20. The photographer has an
appointment at Bellagio at 5 p.m., and he
wanted to get started by 2:30.
Here she comes, says the photographer, Britt Pierson.
Karen Butt, resplendent in a teal bridal
gown and carrying a bouquet of cloth
flowers, is waving from the stretch limo
idling in the parking lot, unable to fit into
a space. She trots across and apologizes for
being late, but its all good, because Hecht
has turned on his rabbinical calm, flashing a huge toothy grin framed by his trim,
white beard.
Her bridegroom, Craig Silver, follows in
her wake, patting his inside pocket, making sure he has the rings.
Hecht sets about calming the nervous
couple. Silver seems relieved a little
relieved, anyway. Hes getting married,
after all. Hecht explains how to get from
the parking lot to the actual Red Rock

not the casino, but the geological formation just west of this city.
Meet us at the first turnoff, he says.
The rabbi slips into his white SUV and
checks the back seat for his gear: the battered black leather briefcase stuffed with
a kiddush cup, a golden tallit, an array
of marriage certification stamps, and an
ancient Rabbinical Assembly prayer book.
And a wine glass wrapped in a napkin.
Hecht has this routine down. Hes about
to turn 77, and hes been doing it since
he arrived in Las Vegas in 1980 from Fort
Pierce, Florida, where he was a congregational rabbi.
Call Graceland Wedding Chapel, scroll
through the five Elvis options (from $199
for basics to $799 for dueling Elvises), ask
about the Yes, we do offer Jewish ceremonies on the websites FAQ page, and the
lady on the phone will tell you, Call Rabbi
Mel. There used to be another guy, she
says, but hes gone. Now its just Rabbi Mel.
Hecht confirms there was another guy,
but he also cant remember his name.
Thats Las Vegas: People come and go and
are forgotten.
Or it once was Las Vegas. Hecht is a

holdover from the last of the citys Wild
West days, the 1980s, when there wasnt
much of an established Jewish community
here, just two or three synagogues and
people moving in and out.
He came to serve an established synagogue but it didnt work out, and he
became the go-to guy for idiosyncratic
Jewish weddings and funerals rites that
would make sense nowhere else but ring
true in a town built by the Jewish mob,
where roads just end and buildings rust
half-completed, where Jewish would-be
entertainers come to fail and Jewish onetime entertainers come to fade.
What once was Hechts side vocation
ministering to the transient has become
his full-time job. Other rabbis build community; Hecht tends to those fleeing communities. Some are pornographers, gamblers, or gangsters who disappear until
they die, when they want Hecht to make
sure their long-estranged families know
that in the end, they did not forget they
were Jewish.
Others are like Butt and Silver, pretending for one fantastical weekend that all
they have is each other, leaving behind

families complicated by divorce and generational tensions.
Las Vegas is perhaps the only place that
is not so much interested in someones
past as it is in how that person performs
in the present, says Hecht, who charges
$400 for your basic nuptials.
At the Graceland Wedding Chapel, Hecht
has never played Elvis the rabbi. But yes,
there were Jewish brides who wanted an
Elvis impersonator to sing before the ceremony, or after the ceremony, or in the
middle of the ceremony. There was the
bride who wanted Elvis walking her down
the aisle.
Dont brides want their parents to give
them away? I ask.
They dont come with the father,
Hecht says. With a select group, but not
their parents.
Family in Las Vegas is not the one youre
born into, its the one you create. There
was the Jewish showgirl who married an
actor in the show. Like other wedding parties, she and her bridesmaids coordinated
outfits. Unlike others, these were mesh
dresses with very little underneath.
For the couple who wanted a Western
wedding, Hecht appeared in dungarees, a
three-quarter black coat, a wide-brimmed
hat, and a shotgun. (It was not loaded.)
The Jewish costumers at Ballys who threw
a Renaissance wedding for themselves
dressed Hecht in the flat hat and cassocklike garment a contemporary rabbi might
have worn.
Two days before Butt and Silver wed,
Hecht meets me at a Starbucks near his
home. (In Las Vegas, distances are marked
by outlets, casinos and strip malls. Its the
one just past the Best Buy, he explains.)
Outfitted in a black pinstripe suit and
white shirt, hes about to do a funeral: a
man born to a Jewish mother and an Italian father who spent his life driving a cab
and tending bar. He had started a family,
abandoned it, then raised another never
marrying Jews, never raising his children
as Jews. But one thing everyone in his family from estranged to recent knew was
that he wanted to go out as a Jew.
Hecht will recite the El Malei Rachamim
in English, to be true to the dead mans
wishes, but also so the families will feel
connected.
The funeral home knew who to call
because of my reputation, he says. Im a
rabbi for all people, not just Jews.
Karen Butt got to Hecht by googling
rabbis and Las Vegas; Hecht had incredible reviews. (Not that he would know;
he hates computers and his wife handles
emails.)
Butt, 49, a clinical social worker in Old
Lyme, Connecticut, and Silver, 59, who
develops real estate, met on JDate two
years ago, and they talked with Hecht
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Calendar
health - Communicating
with your doctor, 1 p.m.
10-10 norma ave. Varda,
(201) 791-0327.
Stephanie Prezant
Saturday
february 20
Shabbat in Emerson:
Networking in Franklin
Lakes: Barnert
Congregation Bnai
israel congregants
share their memories
of the congregations
recent israel trip during
shabbat services, 10 a.m.
Light lunch with israeli
foods. 53 Palisade ave.
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
temple joins Beth

rishon of wyckoff
and Beth haverim shir
shalom of Mahwah
for job networking at
Barnert. doors open at
6:30 p.m., program at 7.
747 route 208 south.
(201) 848-1800 or www.
barnerttemple.org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
a shabbaton at
temple emeth includes
Leonard Bernsteins,
Candide, an opera in
concert starring Jerry
hadley, June anderson,
Christa Ludwig, and
nicolai Gedda, 2 p.m.
introduction by Mark
shapiro, music director
of Cecilia Chorus of nY
and artistic director
of Cantori nY. Coffee
and dessert between
the operas two acts.
1666 windsor road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Zumba in Tenafly:
the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades hosts a
Zumba party with exotic
rhythms, high-energy
Latin and international
beats, and easy-to-follow
moves, for everyone 12
and older, led by a team
of skilled, inspirational
JCC Zumba instructors,
7:30 p.m. rescheduled
from January 23 blizzard.
411 east Clinton ave.
roberto santiago,
(201) 408-1481 or
rsantiago@jccotp.org.
Sunday
february 21
dealing with
relationships: the
nanuet hebrew Center
in new City offers a
discussion for individuals
and couples with imago
relationship therapist
Michael Jason sherman
on Better Listening
after 9 a.m. minyan. 411
south Little tor road,
off exit 10, Palisades
interstate Parkway.
(845) 708-9181 or www.
nanuethc.org.
Book discussion in
Wayne: as part of
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades presents

More Songs that She Loved, a tribute
concert in memory of Stephanie Prezant,
Saturday, February 27 at 8 p.m. Friends,
family, and guest artists, including Jeffrey Prezant,
Jonathan Prezant, Liat Tretin, Diane Honig, Keren
Makleff, Daphne Amir, Sharon Amir, and Victor Lessor,
the musical director of Manhattan City Music, all will
perform. Ms. Prezant died in a rock climbing accident
in 2012, a month before she would have graduated
from the University of Delaware. Funds raised will
support the JCCs Stephanie I. Prezant Maccabi Fund.
(201) 408-1406 or www.jccotp.org.
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the Jewish Federation

of northern new
Jerseys One Book,
One Community
programming, shomrei
torah offers a discussion
on this years selection,
a Backpack, a Bear,
and eight Crates of
Vodka by Lev Golinkin,
10 a.m. Books for sale
for $11. 30 hinchman
ave. (973) 696-2500
or adminassist@
shomreitorahwcc.org.
its author, Mike Kelly, a

veteran record reporter,
10:30 a.m. 115 Park ave.
(201) 659-4000 or office@
hobokensynagogue.org.
Author in Edgewater:
israeli author Karen
ashram reads from her
book seasons and
Colors at My Kinder
Club, 10:30 a.m. Open
play included. 880
river road, 2nd Floor.
(201) 366-4501 or
mykinderclub.com.
Film in Wayne: the

Chabad Center of Passaic
County shows woman in
Gold, 7 p.m. 35 Jessica
way. (973) 694-6274 or
Chanig@optonline.net.
heart health:
february 22
44 Jewish standard FeBrUarY 19, 2016
hadassah meets: Fair
synagogue of hoboken
hosts a Book Brunch
about the Bus on Jaffa
road: a story of Middle
east terrorism and the
search for Justice with
Lawn hadassah meets

at the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation
Bnai israel to hear susan
Breithaupt, a health
educator for Valley
hospitals Community
health and Community
Benefit department,
discuss Partners in
Book club in Tenafly:

the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades continues a
monthly book club with
Ben nelson, professor
emeritus of english and
comparative literature
at Fairleigh dickinson
University, 1:30 p.m.
Books include albert
Camuss the stranger,
Kamel daouds the
Meursault investigation,
alice Munros dear Life,
and Joseph Conrads
the secret agent.
Course through May
25. 411 e. Clinton ave.
(201) 408-1457 or jccotp.
org.
Thursday
february 25
Tuesday
february 23
Special needs paint
program: J-add
holds a paint night
program for people
with a developmental
or intellectual disability,
as part of expressions
through art, at the
Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades in tenafly,
6 p.m. Fee includes all
materials and dinner.
411 e. Clinton ave.
(201) 457-0058, ext. 18,
or email ezeifman@mail.
yu.edu .
february 24
Monday
Book brunch: the United
Kaplen JCC on the

Palisades in tenafly
screens Gentlemans
agreement, 7:30 p.m.,
as part of a series, top
Films You May have
Missed or want to see
again. Coffee and
snacks. 411 e. Clinton ave.
(201) 408-1493.
Wednesday
Dr. Randy Cohen

Manhattan cardiologist
randy Cohen talks
about approaches to
prevention, screening,
and risk management
for heart disease at
temple israel & Jewish
Community Center in
ridgewood, 10:30 a.m.
Breakfast. 475 Grove st.
(201) 444-9320 or www.
synagogue.org.
Feature film: the
Ben Nelson
Cooking in Washington
Township: the YJCC of
Bergen County offers
JCafe, with a cooking
demonstration of healthy
and easy recipes with
holistic food chef/author
Christine Okezie, at
temple Beth Or, 11 a.m.
56 ridgewood road.
(201) 666-6610 or
aleipsner@yjcc.org.
Ellen Ross
Women of u.N. relief:
ellen ross, a ramapo
College of new Jersey
professor emerita,
discusses Food and
shelter for seven Million:
the women of the
United nations relief
and rehabilitation
administration,
at ramapo, noon.
sponsored by ramapos
Gross Center for
holocaust and Genocide
studies. 505 ramapo
Valley road, Mahwah.
(201) 684-7409.
Challah baking in
Wayne: the Chabad
Center of Passaic County
holds a Mega Challah
Bake for women, 7 p.m.
194 ratzer road. www.
Jewishwayne.com.
Challah baking in
Tenafly: the Kaplen
offers Challah Madness,
a how-to, hands-on
challah-making class,
7:30 p.m. 411 east Clinton
ave. (201) 408-1418 or
ryung@jccotp.org.
Calendar
Friday
february 26
Shabbat for seniors: The
YJCC of Bergen County
offers a traditional
Shabbat dinner for
seniors at Temple Beth
Or, noon. 56 Ridgewood
Road. (201) 666-6610 or
aleipsner@yjcc.org.
Music in Fair Lawn:

The Sisterhood of
the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel presents
Twiddlin Thumbs, a
folk/blues/Americana
band. Doors open at
7:30 p.m. Refreshments.
10-10 Norma Ave.
(201) 796-5040 or
RFlanzman@aol.com.
Cabaret in Wyckoff:
Rahel Musleah
Shabbat in Englewood:
Congregation Kol
HaNeshamah offers
the Shirley Passow zl
Shabbaton, featuring
scholar/writer/singer
Rahel Musleah, a seventhgeneration member
of a Calcutta Jewish
family, 6:15 p.m. Kabbalat
Shabbat services,
dinner, and talk on the
Jewish community of
India. Services continue
Shabbat morning at
9:45 a.m. with Sephardicstyle services and a
lunch and learn. On the
premises of St. Pauls,
113 Engle St. Dinner
reservations, (201) 816-1611
or www.KHNJ.org.
Shabbat in Closter:
Rinat Beth El Junior
Choir join Rabbi David S.
Widzer and Cantor Rica
Timman for a familyfriendly service at Temple
Beth El of Northern
Valley, 6:45 p.m. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112.
Shabbat in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai Israel
offers Town Hall, a
service with a discussion
on contemporary
issues led by Rabbi
Debra Orenstein,
8 p.m. 53 Palisade Ave.
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
Saturday
february 27
Shabbat in Franklin
Lakes: Barnert Temple
offers yoga, prayer, and
the chance to renew
body and spirit using
themes inspired by
the Jewish calendar
and teachings, 9 a.m.
Bring a yoga mat and
wear comfortable,
nonrestrictive clothing.
Young family Shabbat
with breakfast is at 9:30.
747 Route 208 South.
(201) 848-1800 or www.
barnerttemple.org.
Temple Beth Rishon

offers cabaret-style
music including classical,
Broadway stage and
opera, contemporary
compositions, jazz,
classic rock, and dance
performances by the
Syncopated Seniors
Tap Dance Troupe and
Cathy Wycks Dance
Fusion, 7:30 p.m.
Cheeses, hors doeuvres,
fruit, and desserts.
BYOB. 585 Russell
Ave. (201) 891-4466 or
cantor@bethrishon.org.
Comedy in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai Israel
hosts a comedy night
with three comedians.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.;
show at 8:30. BYO
kosher wine. 53 Palisade
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
Sunday
february 28
Womens program
in Teaneck: Yeshiva
Universitys Graduate
Program in Advanced
Talmudic Studies
holds The Changing
Landscape of Women
and Talmud Torah, a
community yom iyun
(study day) for women,
at Congregation Keter
Torah, 9 a.m.-noon. Rabbi
Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
will give an introduction.
Participants will choose
two lectures from four
presentations. 600
Roemer Ave. gpats@
yu.edu.
Playgroup in Fort Lee:

Shalom Baby, a project
of Jewish Federation
of Northern New
Jersey, offers Super
Heroes, a playgroup
for newborns to 3-yearolds and their parents,
with songs, stories,
crafts, and playtime, at
Congregation Gesher
Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee,
9:30 a.m. 1449 Anderson
Ave. (201) 820-3902 or
SarahD@jfnnj.org.
Book discussion in Fair

Lawn: The sisterhood
of the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/CBI hosts a
review of All I Love and
Know by Judith Frank,
10 a.m. 10-10 Norma Ave.
(201) 796-5040.
Eagle Award ceremony:

Avi Samuel receives his
Eagle Award from Boy
Scout Troop 226 at a
ceremony at the Jewish
Center of Teaneck,
11:30 a.m. The Jewish
Boy Scout troop is a
shomer Shabbat group
for 11- to 18-year-old
boys. 70 Sterling Place.
troop226info@gmail.com.
Illusionist in Closter:
Master illusionist and
Americas Got Talent
finalist Oz Pearlman
performs at a family
event at Temple EmanuEl, noon. 180 Piermont
Road. (201) 750-9997,
mikeisrael@yahoo.com,
or www.templeemanu-el.
com.
Talk about Russian

Jews in River Edge:
As part of Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys One
Book, One Community
programming, Temple
Avodat Shalom offers
a panel discussion,
Leaving the Soviet
Union for the United
States, with five local
people who immigrated
from the Soviet Union,
2 p.m. Program based
on this years book
selection, A Backpack, a
Bear, and Eight Crates of
Vodka, by Lev Golinkin.
385 Howland Ave.
(201) 489-2463 or www.
avodatshalom.net.
Concert in Tenafly: The

JCC Thurnauer School
of Music at the Kaplen
hosts the faculty
Musical Montage
showcasing Thurnauers
distinguished teachers/
performers, 3 p.m.
411 East Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1465 or
thurnauer@jccotp.org.
Film in Franklin Lakes:

As part of its Israel Film
Series, Barnert Temple
presents Tarek, 7 p.m.
747 Route 208 South.
(201) 848-1800 or www.
barnerttemple.org.
In New York
Monday
Fried Chicken and

Latkes with Rain Pryor,
7 p.m. 36 Battery Place.
(646) 437-4202 or www.
mjhnyc.org.
february 22
Conversation/songs
in NYC: The Museum
of Jewish Heritage A
Living Memorial to the
Holocaust offers Behind
the Scenes of Fiddler on
the Roof with Danny
Burstein, Jessica Hecht,
and Sheldon Harnick,
6:30 p.m. 36 Battery
Place. (646) 437-4202 or
www.mjhnyc.org.
Wednesday
february 24
Theater in NYC: The
Museum of Jewish
Heritage A Living
Memorial to the
Holocaust offers
Singles
Sunday
february 21
Seniors meet in Suffern:
Singles 65+ of the JCC
Rockland meets for lunch
at Sutters Mill, noon. 214
Route 59, Suffern, N.Y.
Individual checks. Gene,
(845) 356-5525.
Singles meet in
Caldwell: New Jersey
Jewish Singles 45+ meet
at Congregation Agudath
Israel for food, fun, and
mingling, 12:45 p.m.
20 Academy Road.
(973) 226-3600, ext. 145,
or singles@agudath.org.
Childrens theater in
Tenafly: ArtsPower
presents The Funny
Monster Who Ate My
Peas for the Kaplen
Professional Childrens
Theater series, 2 p.m.
411 East Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1493 or www.
jccotp.org.
Elissa Kline
Genealogy in Wayne:
The Jewish Genealogical
Society of North Jersey
meets at the Wayne
YMCA for a discussion,
Sourcing: What, When,
Why, and How, 2:30 p.m.
The Charles & Bessie
Goldman Library opens
at 7 for resources and
socializing. Refreshments.
Free. Y, (973) 595-0100;
or Susan, (732) 412-7606,
president@jgsnj.org, or
go to www.jgsnj.org.
Film in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah shows The
Intern with Robert De
Niro and Anne Hathaway,
3 p.m. Snacks served.
Deli follows for those
with dinner reservations.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.
PBS celebrates the life of Carole King

The documentary American Masters
Carole King: Natural Woman, will premiere tonight, February 19 at 9 p.m. on
PBS, as part of the 30th anniversary season of the American Masters series. It
is also in honor of the 45th anniversary
of her landmark album Tapestry.
The show highlights the singer/songwriters life and career from 1960s New
York to 1970s Los Angeles to the present. King joins collaborators and family
in new interviews, rare home movies,
performances, and photos.
According to Songwriters Hall of
Fame, Carole King was born Carole
Klein to Jewish parents in Brooklyn in
1942. She was a proficient pianist by the
age of four, and a prolific songwriter by
her early teens.
She also is a four-time Grammy
Award-winner, Rock and Roll Hall of

Famer, recent Kennedy Center honoree,
and the first woman to be awarded the
Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for
Popular Song. So far, more than 400 of
her compositions have been recorded
by more than 1,000 artists, resulting in
100 hit singles, including songs co-written with Gerry Goffin: Will You Love
Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles), Up on
the Roof (The Drifters), and You Make
Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (Aretha
Franklin).
Check local listings. The show will be
rebroadcast on February 23 at 4 a.m.,
and it will also be on WLIW21 World on
February 20 at 8 p.m. and February 21
at 12 a.m. The DVD will be available on
February 23 via Virgil Films.
Crossword
Initially By Yoni Glatt
Calendar
koshercrosswords@gmail.com
Difficulty Level: Medium
Family game day this Sunday

New Jersey Yachad presents Game Day at
the Teaneck General Store, Sunday, February 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. Games will be
discounted 10 percent during Game Day.
TGS is at 502a Cedar Lane.

Call (201) 530-5046, visit www.teaneckgeneralstore.com, or email info@
teaneckgeneralstore.com.
Travel to Newport in May

The Jersey Hills Section of the National
Council of Jewish Women is sponsoring
a four-day, three-night trip to Newport,
Rhode Island. It will leave from Fair Lawn
on May 16 and return on May 19.
Trip highlights include Olde Mistick Village, a Newport Harbor cruise, an historic
tour of Newport, and visits to the mansions, Green Animals Topiary Garden,
and Touro Synagogue. A stop at the Submarine Force Museum is included on the
way home.
Lodging for the three nights is at the
Howard Johnson Inn, with three breakfasts
and dinners provided, including one at the
Atlantic Beach Club. All taxes, meal gratuities, luggage handling, and transportation
by motor coach are covered, and every
participant will get a souvenir gift.
For information, call Joan Donow at
(201) 796-0524.
JWI plans trip to the ballet

Jewish Women International is going to
see the American Ballet Theatre perform
Ratmanskys The Sleeping Beauty at the
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. The trip is set for June 29. A bus will
pick up attendees at 200 Winston Drive in

Cliffside Park at 10:30 a.m. Lunch is not
included.
For information, call Arlene at (201) 2244105 or Thelma at (201) 886-8998.
Tickets for Ringo

on sale
Ringo Starr and his All Star Band will perform at bergenPAC in Englewood on Tuesday, June 7, at 8 p.m., at the 11th annual
gala to benefit the Performing Arts School
at bergenPAC.
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band features Todd Rundgren, Gregg Rolie, Steve
Lukather, Richard Page, Warren Ham, and
Gregg Bissonette. Tickets are available at
www.ticketmaster.com or from the box
office, (201) 227-1030.
Ringo Starr
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Across
1. Like a slightly open ark
5. Hatzolah people
9. Many a Jerusalem morning in
February
14. Challah option
15. Celine not for BDS
16. Genre for Maurice Stern
17. Bills in America, but not Israel
18. Ragtime novelist (1975)
20. Vesper drink in Casino Royale
22. Job experience?
23. It held for Joshua
24. Like Mamilla Mall on a Saturday
night
25. Goes out, like Shabbat
27. Lansky had to worry about them
28. Crab even gentiles cant eat
30. Sals Exodus role
31. Thats life!
34. His The Magician had artwork by
Chagall (1917)
38. Gwyneths Sky Captain co-star
Ling
39. Provider of kosher recipe chat
rooms, once
41. Article in France-Soir
42. Loyalist to David and Solomon (1
Kings 1:8)
43. The Brothers Ashkenazi writer
(1936)
46. Say ken
48. Gefilte fish fish option
49. Kosher cruise kitchen
51. Chinese dynasty that started the
same time as the Davidic line
53. Kosher alternative to a Pop-Tart
54. Wise one, often
58. ___ Rand (born Alisa Rosenbaum)
59. Comic persona G
60. Like Wilpons Mets fielding in the
World Series
62. Franny and Zooey author (1961)
65. Tom and Megs Youve Got Mail
director
66. An archangel
67. King David star Richard
68. Shomea K___ (Shofar related law)
69. Director Meyers
70. Kacha kacha
71. Emperor who the Talmud says
became a proselyte
Down
1. Stewing cholent creates one
2. First name of a vaccine creator
3. Rocket red flag
4. Fear Street creator (1989)
5. Biblical plot?
6. (Jewish) environment
7. Anti-Nazi Manns Der ___ in Venedig
8. A cat on Sam Simons The Simpsons
9. Kotel item
10. Facebooks was $38
11. Make like Jonathan Maccabee after
Judahs death
12. Many a parent at a graduation
13. Makes like many a sibling at a graduation
19. Bonets disgraced TV dad, informally
21. Chaim Herzogs original home land
26. ___ eyen hora
27. Pro (Bibi)
29. Possible venue for Torah writing
30. Babka, perhaps
31. He protected Padm, for short
32. The ___ (Uris novel)
33. Where Golda Meir spent most of her
childhood
35. Reverberation (from the audience at
a Billy Crystal show)
36. Notable list number
37. Bat Mitzvah bummer
40. They might be worn with skirts
44. Shtar letters
45. Schmatta
47. The Bridal Canopy scribe (1931)
50. Moses and Elijah, atop Mount Sinai
51. Kosher ___, New Orleans eatery
52. Lees Marvel meanies
53. Teacher of Samuel
55. Pat who Elvis once opened for
56. The shamir worm, for one
57. Latke state?
59. US to Israel
61. Cookie that hasnt been tref since
1998
63. Post-Manhattan Project org.
64. Political prefix for Netanyahu and
Obama
The solution to last weeks puzzle

is on page 51.
Gallery
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n 1 Sixty women gathered at Chabad of Fort Lee to celebrate

the beginning of the Jewish month of Adar, the month of
celebration and happiness. Pastry chef Benett Harmolin led a
dessert demonstration on making truffles. COURTESY CHABAD
n 2 The Nursery 3 class at the Academies at Gerrard
Berman Day School celebrated Presidents Day by
dressing up in red, white, and blue and learning about
the presidents and our country. COURTESY GBDS
n 3 Last week, students from Ganeinu Preschool in

Teaneck learned about presidents including George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln. COURTESY GANEINU
n 4 Temple Emanu-El of Closter sixth and seventh graders
joined Jews around the world as they wrapped their
tefillin for the World Wide Wrap. COURTESY EMANU-EL
n 5 Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of the Orthodox Unions
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n 7 The Valley Chabad Mitzvah project raised more
than $1,300 for Israeli soldiers at its Hebrew school.
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Heres a look at Justice Scalias Jewy moments

RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Its a matter of
dispute as to whether Antonin
Scalia, who died Saturday, was
the Supreme Courts most conservative jurist. Some think Clarence Thomas deserves the title,
while others say Samuel Alito
soon may claim it.
Scalia, however, was the conservative jurist likeliest to stir
passions with his acerbic, slashing style, which was apparent in
both his opinions and his speaking appearances. Conservatives
adored him as a truth-teller
upholding the Constitution,
and liberals derided him as an
ideologue trashing the founding
document.
That also generally was
reflected in Jewish reactions to
Scalia: Orthodox Jewish groups
praised many of his parsings of
church-state separations, and
non-Orthodox groups critiqued
them.
A typical instance of divided
reactions was in 1992, when he
referred to Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, the Satmar rebbe who had
fled Nazi-occupied Hungary, in
his dissent to the ruling that said
New York State had overreached
in creating a separate school district for the chasidic enclave of
Kiryas Joel.
The Grand Rebbe would be
astounded to learn that after
escaping brutal persecution and
coming to America with the modest hope of religious toleration
for their ascetic form of Judaism, the Satmar had become so
powerful, so closely allied with
Mammon, as to have become an
establishment of the Empire
State, he wrote, mocking the
majoritys assertions that New
York State had violated the Establishment Clause.
Other interactions between
Scalia and Jews and Judaism
were less predictable. Heres a
roundup:
Scalia argued against making
compliance with the Arab boycott illegal.
As an assistant attorney general under President Gerald
Ford, in 1975 Scalia told Congress, which then was considering anti-Arab boycott legislation,
that the practice of denying Jews
travel visas to Arab countries did
not contradict U.S. anti-trust laws
because the scope of such denials
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia addresses the Legal Services Corp.s 40th anniversary
conference luncheon in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2014.
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was narrow.
There is a question whether
a boycott of this sort, which, in
effect, requires an American
company to choose whether it
wishes to have certain types of
business relations with Israel
or to have dealings with the
Arab countries, has a sufficient impact upon U.S. foreign
commerce to come within the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, he
said. The act only proscribes
activity which has a material
adverse affect upon our foreign
commerce.
Scalia also argued that the
refusal to hire Jews to do the
work was not in of itself discriminatory; the companies could
argue it was against their interest
to hire someone unable to obtain
a visa, whatever the reasons were
for that inability.
Scalia was arguing administration policy and he was not yet a
judge, when his opinions would
be his own.
Scalia overruled the FBI,
allowing a civil rights rabbi to buy
his first computer.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, who
founded Philadelphias Shalom
Center, wrote in an email Monday that he remains amazed
that Scalia was one of three federal appeals court justices who
upheld a lawsuit in 1986 that
he and eight other activists had
brought against the FBI a decade
earlier for violating their right to

assembly through wiretapping
and other illegal means.
When the FBI appealed, we
won again. The DC Circuit Court
of Appeals unanimous decision
in 1986 included then Judge Antonin Scalia a fact that astonished
me then and still does, Waskow
wrote three years ago, recounting the case.
The damages I received were
$8,000. With $2,000 I bought
my first computer, for use in The
Shalom Centers work. To each
of my two children I offered a
$3,000 grant to support them for
a year if they chose to do political
activist work of their choice.
Waskows son, David, used
the money to advocate for tenants rights, and his daughter,
Shoshana, worked at a shelter for
battered women for a year.
Jews were anything but
trippy when Scalia ruled against
the use of a hallucinogen.
Scalia wrote the majority
opinion in a 1990 ruling against
a Native American church that
used peyote as part of its sacrament. A number of Jewish groups
had backed the church in friendof-the-court briefs.
We have never held that an
individuals religious beliefs
excuse him from compliance
with an otherwise valid law prohibiting conduct that the state is
free to regulate, Scalia wrote.
The effort to overturn the

courts ruling through legislation,
in this case the Religious Freedom Restoration Act first passed
in 1993, was the rare occasion
when there was wall-to-wall Jewish organizational agreement on
a church-state issue.
Scalia was a big fan of Aharon
Barak, Israels famously liberal
chief justice.
Conservatives attacked Justice
Elena Kagan during her 2010
Supreme Court confirmation
process over her admiration for
Aharon Barak, the longtime president of Israels high court, who
spearheaded an activist role for
Israels judiciary.
Kagan said her expression of
admiration in 2006 was a matter of courtesy in introducing
Barak when he visited Harvard,
where she was dean of the law
school, and applied to a country
where there was no constitution,
so there was no comparison to
the role of a U.S. Supreme Court
justice.
Scalia did not speak directly
on Kagans behalf, but those who
knew him made it clear at the
time that he also admired Barak,
and that he had defended Barak
from conservatives who decried
his activism.
I mean they dont even have a
constitution over there, he once
told the late journalist David
Twersky.
Scalia was a big fan of the

female Jewish justices on the
Supreme Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote
yesterday of the love of opera
that she shared with Scalia and
she called him her best buddy.
David Axelrod, President
Barack Obamas top political
adviser in his first term, wrote on
Monday on CNN that Scalia made
it clear in 2009 that if Obama was
going to appoint a liberal to the
court, it should be a smart one.
Concerned that Axelrod was not
getting his drift, he named his
preferred candidate: Send us
Elena Kagan, he said.
And whereas Ginsburg was
a fine opera companion, Scalia
preferred taking Kagan hunting.
He also had the jump on her in
terms of supreme judicial use of
the word chutzpah: He used
it in a 1998 decision, apparently
the first such use, whereas Kagan
used it in a 2011 dissent.
Scalia was a big fan of Jews,
period.
Supreme Court justices are
sparing in when and where they
speak outside the courts confines; they dread opportunities
for their remarks to be taken
out of context. Scalia was no
different.
Yet he appeared to enjoy
appearing in Jewish forums,
addressing Agudath Israel of
America, Chabad, the Jewish
Council for Public Affairs, and
the Conservative movement
over his career, some of the
groups many times. Together
with fellow justices Ginsburg
and Stephen Breyer, who also
is Jewish, he inaugurated the
National Institute for Judaic Law
in 2002.
Only one incident appeared
to end on a sour note: Sammie Moshenberg, who then
directed the Washington office
of the National Council of Jewish Women, remembers Scalia
cutting short his appearance at
the 1999 JCPA plenum. She had
just asked him a question about
diversifying the courts staff.
He said he preferred the best
and brightest for his staffers;
she countered that the standard
did not preclude women and
minorities.
Immediately Scalia turned on
his heels and said no more questions and left, she recalled.

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Selma Klein
Selma Klein, 81, of Waldwick, died February 7.

A Holocaust survivor,
she was a Cub/Girl Scout
leader, volunteer, and
past president of the New
Jersey Master Hairdressers
Association.
Predeceased by her husband Robert, she is survived by children Wendy
(Frank), Ronald (Melody),
Samuel (Toby), and Aaron
(Michelle); a sister, Inge;
and six grandchildren.
Donations can be made
to the Ovarian Cancer
Research Fund Alliance,
New York. Arrangements
were by Robert Schoems
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Paramus.
Traude Pins
Traude Eva Pins, ne

Teutsch, 86, of Norwood,
formerly of Teaneck, died
February 7.
She emigrated with
her family at age 9 from
Germany and was a 1951
graduate of Montclair
State Teachers College.
Before retiring, she
taught middle and high
school in Hackensack.
She volunteered at Temple Beth El of Northern
Valley in Closter and at
Margaret Tietz Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center
in Queens.
Predeceased a few
months ago by her husband of 51 years, Bob,
she is survived by sons,
George (Rebecca), of Massachusetts, and Richard
(Heather), of Minnesota;
and grandchildren, Aaron,
Noah, Anna, and Caroline.
Arrangements were by
Gutterman and Musicant
Jewish Funeral Directors,
Hackensack.
Cathy Plavin
Cathy Lynn Plavin, ne

Alper, 60, of Boynton
Beach, Fla., and Fort Lee,
died February 15.
Born in New York City,
she is survived by her
husband, James; sons,
Michael of New York and
Robert of Oregon; and a
brother, Steven Alper of
Nanuet, N.Y.
Eden Memorial Chapels,
Fort Lee.
Evelyn Rader
Evelyn Rader, 73, of

Elmwood Park, formerly
of Philadelphia, died
February 14.
She worked for
Friends Central School
in Wynnewood, Pa., and
volunteered for Jewish
Family Service of North
Jersey and Valley Hospital.
She is survived by her
children, Robyn Freedman
( Jay) of Upper Saddle
River, and Wayne (Michele)
of Connecticut; a sister,
Barbara Abraham ( Joel) of
Woodcliff Lake; and five
grandchildren, Jordyn,
Jamie, Maisyn, Camryn,
and Justin.
Donations can be made
to Jewish Family Service
of North Jersey or the
American Cancer Society.
Hackensack.
Leya Rozenberg
Leya Rozenberg, 87, of

Elmwood Park, died February 15.
Louis Suburban Chapel,
Fair Lawn.
Gloria Susser
Gloria Susser, 93, of Clifton and Palm Beach, Fla.,

previously of Paterson and
Fair Lawn, died February 10. She was a member
of the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center, past president of
the Womens Club of the
YM-YWHA of North Jersey,
and a volunteer at the
Helen Sanders Thrift Shop
at the Daughters of Miriam
Center.
Predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Herbert,
a judge of the Superior
Court, she is survived
by sons, Jack (Bonnie),
Mark, and Allen (Andrea);
a sister, Rae Gross; three
grandchildren, and two

great grandchildren.
Donations can be sent
to Daughters of Miriam
Center, Clifton. Arrangements were by Robert
Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Leon Taub
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Fla., and Teaneck, 99,
died February 11.
A World War II Army Air
Corps lieutenant, before
retiring he was an executive salesman for Pioneer
Paper Corp. He was a
member of the Teaneck
Jewish Center.
Predeceased by his
wife, Anne, ne Duddy, in
2007, he is survived by a
daughter, Linda Taub of
Fort Lee.
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The story, Rev. Neumark said, is that prisoners in Theresienstadt were offered the chance to take a train to Switzerland and freedom. The prisoners knew better, of
course by then they knew that trains went only in the
direction of hell. Almost no one took them up on the
offer, but after two years in Theresienstadt, Ida Neumark
was ready to die. She volunteered to take the place of a
woman who wanted to go with her young son but was
not allowed to bring him with her.
Astonishingly, the train did go to Switzerland, the
one-time result of a deal Himmler made with an Orthodox rabbinical organization that was trying desperately
to get people out. (Himmler, of course, was trying to
enrich himself.) Ida Neumark lived another quarter of
a century.
Rev. Neumark found all this information out through
trips to Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, from consultations with scholars and historians, and from visits to
both virtual and physical archives.
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her identity as the daughter of a Jew, and the overwhelming question of how her father could have kept such a
terrible secret, and what the cost to him of such repression must have been, she also grappled with the intersection of Christianity and Judaism, of Martin Luthers
toxic anti-Semitism, of her deep belief in Jesus and her
unmistakable respect for Judaism.
As deeply moving as her family history is like most
Holocaust memoirs, some of her descriptions are almost
too painful to read, and certainly too horrific to try to
imagine her questions about her own faith, and her
honesty as she tackles them, are gripping.
She writes a great deal about baptism; about what it
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from hunger, but from shame. This, said Dr. Rubenstein,

reflects one of the Babylonian Talmuds central concerns,
the evil of shaming someone.
Dr. Rubinstein and Ms. Anton were featured presenters;
they gave three or four talks and were guests of the conference. Another such featured presenter was Rabbi Avi
Weiss. I went to his session on Shabbat afternoon; it was
an intimate talk about how he created and named Open
Orthodoxy. He began and concluded with a nigun. He
told stories. And it was a way to hear someone who in
another context might be a headline speaker, filling a hall
talk softly and take questions before a relatively small
group perhaps 50 people.
Nikolai Borodulin displayed a different kind of magic. He
is the coordinator of Yiddish learning at Workmens Circle,
which presented three sessions of Yiddish Ulpan. Mr.
Borodulin used exaggerated dramatic movements and facial
expressions to help a class understand Yiddish, one word at
a time. His core texts were two famous Yiddish songs, one by
Sholom Aleichem. He crouched, he jumped, he stretched,
he importuned and he gave us, if only for a moment,
enough Yiddish to understand Tumbalalaika.
But it wasnt only the invited guests who taught. A principle of Limmud is that everyone is a teacher and everyone
is a learner. Anyone who attends Limmud can offer to present a class. And presenters are not secluded backstage when
theyre not speaking; they eat meals with everyone else and
they attend sessions that interest them. The program lists
140 presenters, with topics ranging far beyond Talmud and
Yiddish to include film, American Jewish life, Israeli politics,
parenting, and even home organizing.
meant to Jews, how the medieval blood libel stained red

the clear water in the font, about how the act that she
has performed so many times for so many congregants
has taken on a double meaning. Water is for cleansing,
and also for drowning.
My fathers baptism was a moment of alienation
and unrecorded dismemberment, she wrote. And my
fathers baptism was an act of saving grace. The font was
a place of death and a place of salvation.
Its very complicated.
The Rev. Neumark remains a devout Lutheran, albeit
one who cherishes her Jewish ancestry and at times
longs for the embrace of the Jewish community she sees
all around her on Manhattans Upper West Side, where
she lives. But her story has an interesting coda.
She and her husband, Gregorio, have two children,
Ana, who made the initial discoveries about her familys
history, and Hans, who accompanied her on many of her
European trips.
Ana got married a year ago, Rev. Neumark said. She
was dating the woman she married in high school, long
before this.
Her wife is Jewish. Initially, when they got married,
and even before, they were saying that they wanted to
have children and they would raise them as both Jewish
and Lutheran. I think thats impossible I think you end
up having nothing but I couldnt say that.
But although Ana made the discovery, she hadnt
read my book until it was published. Then she read it.
They decided that they would raise their children as
Jews, Heidi Neumark said.
Before this, I would have been supportive but a little
sad, wishing that my grandchildren were Christian, but
now I am happy. I feel like there was a break, and now
there is a coming together. It is a beautiful thing to me.
My Limmud experience accordingly was only one of

many possible paths through the overstuffed program
sessions ran until after 11 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday nights they were followed by concerts. Could I have
been in two or three places at a time, I would have loved to
have listened to the two panels by people who had grown
up in the charedi world and left; the discussion on liberal
Zionism by former Knesset Member Ruth Calderon; the
panel on coming out as an Orthodox parent of a gay child;
and the discussion between two Manhattan rabbis Shai
Held of Mechon Hadar and David Ingber of Romemu on
their different paths from Ramaz, where they both went
to high school, and on Rabbi Helds egalitarian halachic
approach to Judaism, compared with Rabbi Ingbers Jewish Renewal perspective.
There are other places where Jews of different denominations come together conventions of the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee and the Jewish Federation of North
America put religious differences aside in common cause
but I can think of no place where the barriers between one
kind of Jew and the next are as porous as they are at Limmud. A traditionalist Jew can discretely try out a Renewal
service featuring musical instruments. And a Reconstructionist professor can say, as she heads to the train station,
that this was her first time really meeting and getting to
know Orthodox Jews.
The Limmud application form is pretty straightforward,
but one question has stumped me time and again. What
kind of a Jew do I identify as? I dont feel comfortable checking off any of the standard denominational boxes. Generally I make up something, more or less clever, for the box
labeled Other. This years Limmud, though, solved that
question for me once and for all. I know what kind of Jew I
am. Im a Limmud Jew.
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the appointment of real estate veteran,
Steven Kopf, to their leadership team as
the new vice president and broker-ofrecord for their expanding firm. Steven
has the perfect blend of real estate experience. We are so thrilled to have him take
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to our firm, said Anderson.
Kopfs real estate career spans 25 years
during which he acquired his broker
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on both residential and commercial real
estate, making him an ideal fit for the Alexander Anderson Real Estate Group, which
is unique for serving both areas of the
industry. For the last 12 years, he was the
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Company overseeing 170 agents focusing
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sales. Previously, he was the operations
manager at Town and Country Developers
where he was instrumental in the development of such properties as The Westbury
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As vice president and broker-of-record,
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firms presence within the community.
The Alexander Anderson Real Estate
Group has a history of being very active
within the Bergen and Hudson County
communities, explains Anderson. Currently, Steven serves as the vice chairman of the Housing Authority of Bergen
County, which manages 3,700 units of
affordable and senior housing and also
manages the Housing Health and Human
Services Center. Kopf is working countywide on the Zero 2016 initiative to end veteran and chronic homelessness in Bergen
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Charity Navigator, Americas leading
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Founded in 1972, AMHSI provides a
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Joseph Wolfson, JNF Assistant First
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Forbes, Business Week, and Kiplingers Financial Magazine, among others, have profiled and celebrated Charity
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The Aretsky Law Group welcomes Marcia K. Werner
Marcia K. Werner has joined the Aretsky Law Group as a
senior associate. She has been practicing law in New Jersey
for over 35 years. A native New Yorker who initially worked
in the publishing industry, she moved to Bergen County in
the early 1970s. Ms. Werner graduated from Rutgers Law
School in 1977 with honors.
She was admitted to practice law in New Jersey in 1977
and admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for
the Third Circuit in 1986. Ms. Werner argued on behalf of
the Kiwanis Club of Ridgewood when it sought to admit
women to membership but was denied the right to do so by
Kiwanis International. She was admitted to the United States
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Ms. Werner served a term as the River Edge zoning board
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Ms. Werner served as president of the Bergen County Bar
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Additionally, Ms. Werner has served on or chaired numerous Bergen County Bar Association committees, including
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Through these valuable experiences, Marcia K. Werner
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As China rings in the Year of the Monkey this month, the

ever-growing China-Israel bond just got $200 million stronger via investors in the Catalyst CEL Fund, the first dedicated Israel-China private equity fund.
Catalyst CEL is a partnership between Tel Aviv-based
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Limited (CEL) of Hong Kong.
Our vision is to support the growth of innovative Israeli
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said Yair Shamir, cofounder and managing partner of Catalyst and managing partner of Catalyst CEL Fund.
Shamir and Catalyst partners Edouard Cukierman, Alain
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at it, says Shamir, who was Israels minister of agriculture

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technology improves quality of life in urban areas by providing better access to fresh water. We are looking for real
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Our intention is to make meaningful investments, with a
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participate in significantly larger investment rounds.
Investments will not be limited to Israeli companies
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a clear plan for China, that is a bonus for the company and
for us.Our Chinese partner, CEL, has strong relationships
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