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You read it here first

As U.S. senators were considering how to respond to
the proposed Iranian nuclear
deal, they were served some
advice in last Fridays Washington Post advice that
you read first in these pages
two weeks ago.
Writing in the Posts opinion pages, Columnist Colbert
I. King opened his column,
The Iran deal is about restraining a barbaric regime
by quoting Rabbi Shmuley
Boteachs column in our
opinion pages two weeks
ago:
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach,
writing about Iran in the New
Jersey Jewish Standard on
April 1, sought to alter per-

spectives on that country

with some speculation about
race. Imagine if Ayatollah Ali
[Khamenei] was threatening
to murder all blacks in the
Middle East, he wrote. What
if he tweeted regularly that
people of dark skin are of the
devil and must be annihilated. Would the American
government be negotiating
with him?
In the end, Mr. King took
exception to Rabbi Boteachs
attack on President Obama.
Thats fine with us; we run our
opinion section to start conversations, not end them. Its
just particularly nice to see
the conversations continue in
LARRY YUDELSON
the capital.

Candlelighting: Friday, April 17, 7:20 p.m.

Shabbat ends: Saturday, April 18, 8:22 p.m.

The rabbi versus the Wizards

On Sunday afternoon, Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner of Temple Emanu-El of Closter will go
up against, and certainly will lose to, a team of
wizards: The Harlem Wizards, that is, basketball
players who play exhibition matches for charity
offering spectators a show of tricks, hoops, and
alley-oops!
Rabbi Kirshner will be playing against the Wiz-

ards for a fundraiser for the Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. His teammates
will be school administrators, teachers, and high
school students.
This is a great way to celebrate our community and celebrate our kids, he said. If it helps the
community it helps our shul.
The game begins at 1 p.m. at the high school. LY

Invisible woman
Kim Kardashian is no stranger to Photoshop.
The celebritys many
magazine appearances have
featured improbably slender
waists and impossibly balanced fountains of Champagne.
But a photo opportunity
in Jerusalem turned her into
a blurred ghost, when the

charedi Kikar HaShabbat

website edited her out of her
lunch with her husband, Kanye
West, and Jerusalem Mayor
Nir Barkat. In another photo
in the article, she was covered
over by a receipt from the
meal a meal to which the
paper objected, because it
was not kosher.
Nissim Ben Haim, an editor
at Kikar HaShabbat,
later told the Associated Press they
removed Kardashian
because she is a pornographic symbol
who contradicts ultra-Orthodox values.
Which raises the
question: How would
they know?
LARRY YUDELSON

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Noshes

In America, the Jews became the people of

the brisket.
Queens College Sociologist Harry Levine, quoted in a New York Times
article on the high price of pastrami.

PLAY BALL:

Working the diamond:

Jewish baseball players
The following
Jewish players
were on a major league
roster as of April 6
opening day. All the
players listed below
have at least one Jewish
parent and were raised
either Jewish or secular.
Players: RYAN BRAUN,
31, outfielder, Milwaukee
Brewers. Braun was
named rookie of the
year in 2007, the only
Jewish player ever to
win this award. He stole
30 bases and hit 30
homers in two seasons
(2011, 2012). He had a
so/so season in 2014,
after being suspended
for 65 games in 2013 for
violation of the MLB
drug policy. He had
hand surgery in the
off-season and this
season will tell us
whether the surgery will
return him to top form.
CRAIG BRESLOW, 34,
reliever, Boston Red Sox.
Like Braun, 2015 will be
a pivotal season for
Breslow. He lost part of
2014 to injuries and his
pitching quality was way
below his career-average. The Sox signed him
to a one-year deal
off-season, clearly
making this his test year.
Breslow is an honors
Yale grad from a
religious home. IKE
DAVIS, 28, first base,
Oakland As. Davis broke

in to the majors with the

Mets in 2010 and
remained with them
until early 2014, when he
went to Pittsburgh. He
was traded to the As in
the off-season. He has a
lot of power but suffers
from anemic batting
streaks. SCOTT FELDMAN, 32, starting
pitcher, Houston Astros.
A 10-year veteran,
Feldman had a good
season in 2014, with a
career best ERA. SAM
FULD, 33, outfielder,
Oakland As. Hes a
veteran of a lot of
teams, including Tampa
Bay (2011-13). IAN
KINSLER, 32, second
base, Detroit Tigers.
Named several times to
the all-star teams, most
recently in 2014, Kinsler
has speed and power.
RYAN LAVARNWAY, 27,
catcher, Baltimore
Orioles. Hes been
shuttling between the
majors and minors since
being called up by
Boston in 2011. Hes a
Yale grad like Breslow.
JASON MARQUIS, 36,
starting pitcher, Cincinnati Reds. The muchtraveled Marquis broke
into the majors in 2000.
Hes had some very
good seasons, but 2014
wasnt one of them. JOC
PEDERSON, 22, outfielder, L. A. Dodgers.
Great things are expect-

Caption
Ryan Braun

Caption
Jonah Hill
ed from Pederson, who
was called up by the
Dodgers last September
after a stellar minor
league season. He
played for Israel in the
2012 World Baseball
qualifiers. KEVIN
PILLAR, 26, outfielder,
Toronto Blue Jays. This
former bar mitzvah boy
has been shuttling
between the big club
and the minors since
mid-2013. DANNY
VALENCIA, 30, third
base, Toronto. Like Pillar,
the much-traveled
Valencia had a bar
mitzvah. He had a good
season with two clubs in
2014.

Caption
Scott Feldman

Danny Valencia

Caption
James Franco

Billy Ray

True Story,
starring JONAH
HILL, 31 and JAMES
FRANCO, 36, is opening
today. In November,
2001, NY Times journalist MICHAEL FINKEL
(Hill), then 32, found out
over the course of two
days that he was being
fired by the Times for
presenting a composite
character as a real
person in a Times article
and that a criminal,
Christian Longo (Franco), was using his
identity while evading
the FBI in Mexico. Other
media outlets wouldnt
hire the disgraced Finkel,
but weirdly enough, the

only journalist Longo

would talk to was Finkel.
So, needing the work,
Finkel opted to do
prison interviews with
Longo, who was accused of killing his wife
and three young children. After Longo was
convicted and sent to
Oregons death row,
Finkel wrote a book
about their interviews
that is the basis of this
film.
In early 2014, Hill and
Leonardo DiCaprio,
fresh off their success-

ful collaboration in The

Wolf of Wall Street,
started to put together
a film project called
The Ballad of Richard
Jewell. Its about the
security guard who
found a backpack that
contained a bomb at
the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. His quick action
minimized the bombs
damage and saved a lot
of lives. His hero status
turned to villain, however, when media reports
that he was a suspect
spread. His life was in
tatters by the time the
FBI cleared him, weeks
after the bombing. Hill
is set to play Jewell,
and DiCaprio will play
Jewells lawyer. Already Oscar-nominated
screenwriter BILLY RAY,
50, a Jewish guy with
a country music name,
has written a script.
Last week, there were
reports that Clint Eastwood wants to direct
if he can get his home
studio, Warner Brothers,
onboard. Meanwhile, Hill
is now filming a black
comedy, Arms and
Dudes, about two Orthodox Jewish stoners
from Miami who somehow got a Pentagon
contract to supply the
Afghan army with ammunition. Its based on a
true story.
N.B.

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Local
Election fever
Local candidates running for World Zionist Congress
Larry Yudelson

heres an election taking place

and some of your neighbors are
asking for your support.
Theyre candidates for the
World Zionist Congress. And if youre Jewish, at least 18 years old, live in the United
States, and believe in the centrality of
Israel to the Jewish people, youre eligible
to vote for them. (See box.)
But you cant vote directly for a candidate you know. Elections for the Zionist
Congress, like elections in Israel, are on
the parliamentary system: You vote for a
specific party. Each party presents a list
of candidates ranked in order. The more
votes the slate gets, the more of its candidates will make it to the World Zionist
Congress in December. Most of the parties competing offer a full slate of 155 delegates. And among all those would-be delegates are many from northern New Jersey.
In fact, most of the 11 slates competing
have local candidates. And if the election
results turn out to be similar to those of
2006, the last time elections were held, its
a safe bet that many local delegates actually will be going to Jerusalem in December
to take part in the Congress.
Among them is Avi Siegel, a candidate
on Mercaz USA, the Conservative movements Zionist organization. Mr. Siegel
lives in Hoboken and works at a Jewish day
school in New York.
The Zionist movement has placed an
emphasis on recruiting young people
for the Congress. Thats why Mr. Siegel
is already a veteran of a Zionist Congress
at 25; he was recruited as a delegate to
the 2010 Congress when he was a student at Hebrew University. (In 2010, in
lieu of holding elections, delegates were
apportioned based on the previous 2006
elections.)
The experience changed his under
standing of how Israel and the diaspora

From left, Avi Siegel, Rabbi Neal Borovitz, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Laura Fein, Mel Parness, Seffi Kogen

work together.
I had no idea that when world Jewry
comes together to discuss and talk, Israelis hear and care, he said.
He knew, of course, the origins of the
Zionist Congress how it had been organized in 1896 by Theodore Herzl, with
each community sending representatives
to discuss his revolutionary plan. The Congress continued to meet, deliberating both
small details and crucial transition points
in the years leading up to the founding of
the State of Israel.
But he hadnt known that the institution
had continued, even after the founding
of the state. Now he is enthusiastic about
the Zionist Congress and the elections
as an avenue for connecting with Israel
though he admits that the inherently
political nature of the Congress meant
that sometimes it was a screaming match
between different sides, he said. Sometimes I felt I was watching a grudge match
being played out on stage.
Young and a rookie, he still felt he made
a personal impact. We had a plenary session going on just for our Mercaz slate. I
was 21 and not very confident or sure of
myself. They were talking about what the
future was going to look like. I spoke up.
It was unbelievable. They were very much
wanting to hear it. I felt I made some small
impact, it made me want to continue and
feel I have a voice.
Why vote? Because every vote matters.

Is a Zionist vote worth it?

We crunch the numbers.
If your vote in the Zionist elections
costs $10, how much is it worth?
By some measures, quite a lot. Putting aside the intangibles of democracy and freedom, lets look at what
your piece of global Jewish governance is worth.
Half of the Jewish Agency for Israel
and Jewish National Fund leadership
is appointed by the Congress. Those
two budgets come to more than $400
million a year. Half of that is $200 mil6 Jewish Standard APRIL 17, 2015

lion. That adds up to $1 billion during

the Congresss five-year term.
Thats the pie youre dividing.
How big a piece does your vote
represent?
If theres a last minute surge in
voting, turnout might reach 50,000
voters. That would give each voter a
$20,000 share of the $1 billion. Since
thats paid for with a $10 voting fee,
the leverage comes to 2,000: 1.
Thats not a bad deal at all.

A vote by you for your beliefs will go a

long way, he said.
Why vote for Mercaz?
Because it stands for religious pluralism,
he said. The question of religious pluralism in Israel has dominated the agenda of
the American Zionist elections in recent
decades.
The United States sends 145 delegates to
the 500-member Congress; in 2006, 122
of them came from Reform, Conservative,
and Orthodox organizations. That broke
down to 55 Reform, 35 Orthodox, and 32
Conservative. Israel sends 190 representatives allocated to parties based on their
size in the Knesset and the rest of the
world sends 165.
It was the Association of Reform Zionists
of America ARZA that launched focus
on religious platforms with its founding in
1977. Rabbi Neal Borovitz, rabbi emeritus
of Temple Avodat Shalom in River Edge,
exemplifies the shift from the pre-ARZA
world of Zionist politics, with roots in
Herzls 19th century debates, to todays
synagogue-centric Zionism. In 1982, Rabbi
Borovitz attended the 1982 Zionist Congress as the national director of the Labor
Zionist Alliance, which effectively was the
American wing of Israels Labor Party.
Now he is a delegate for ARZA.
As number 140 on the roster, hes
unlikely to be elected. But for each delegate the parties send to the Congress, they
also can send two alternates. I absolutely
would go if I were selected as an alternate,
he said.
Rabbi Borovitzs post-retirement ability
to spend a week or more in Jerusalem is
what let him offer his candidacy this year
for the first time. But his real purpose in
running is to show his support for ARZA
and help rally the support of others.
Ive had scores of people who have
contacted me to say they voted ARZA in
response to emails and articles Ive written
in different places about my role, he said.
If, though, youre not inclined to support his slate, Rabbi Borovitz still wants
you to vote. My firm goal is to get every

Jew in America who possibly can to vote

in this election, he said.
Zionism from its inception has been a
movement that involved a partnership of
diaspora Jews and Jews living in the land
of Israel working together. The future of
Israel, the future of the Zionist movement,
and the future of the diaspora are dependent on cooperation and coordination
between Israeli and diaspora Jews. The
World Zionist Congress is the platform and
forum that offers us that opportunity, he
said.
Concretely, it will determine to a great
extant how the philanthropic dollars
raised around the world to support Jewish
life in Israel are allocated and spent.
Thats because not only does the WZO
have its own budget, largely for Jewish Zionist education; it also has a say in
choosing the leadership of the Jewish
National Fund and the Jewish Agency for
Israel, whose budgets come to hundreds
of millions of dollars a year.
I believe my contribution to the UJA is a
Jewish tax, he said. I have a responsibility to support Jewish communal life, in our
community and around the world, including in the State of Israel. I also believe that
there shouldnt be taxation without representation. Its really important for people
to vote so we have a voice where our dollars are going.
Of course, for every reaction there is
an opposite reaction. If the Reform movement wants to use the WZO elections to
advance non-Orthodox Judaism, the
Orthodox community will work harder
to rally its forces. Not only are leaders
of the Rabbinical Council of America,
including Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood
and Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun of Teaneck, on the
Religious Zionist slate, but religious Zionist leaders reached out to the heads of the
Orthodox communitys universities. That
brought two Teaneck academic leaders
to the slate: Dr. Alan Kadish, president
of Touro University, and Rabbi Kenneth

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Brander, Yeshiva Universitys vice president for university and community life.
Were really not doing that much campaigning, Rabbi Brander said of the university. There are other important organizations that are not academic who are
doing more aggressive recruitment. Weve
been helpful where weve can. Weve had
students who have been pushing this,
recruiting voters on campus.
On the whole, the Religious Zionist platform reflects YUs belief in religious Zionism, in enriching Jewish life globally, and
building bridges and increasing unity for
the Jewish people, he said.
Within the Orthodox community, Im
very surprised, in a positive sense, about
how much info Ive seen about voting for
the Congress. And if hes elected as a delegate to the Congress which is likely given
his ranking I look forward to helping
with that.
The religious parties have an obvious
advantage when it comes to these elections: They have synagogues helping
them recruiting votes, through sermons,
mailings, and ongoing community. Most
Jews affiliate with synagogues; far fewer
through Zionist politics.

But on all sides of the political aisles,

there are local advocates on the slates,
even if the odds are stacked against them
making it into the Congress.
Mark Gold of Teaneck has been at several Congresses the last in 1997 and
even served on the Zionist Executive,
which governs the WZO between Congresses. He is a candidate for Hatikvah,
representing the Zionist left wing.
The Congresses, he said, are remarkable events. They involve leading Israeli
personalities, and it is a chance to meet
activists who are working globally. You get
to hear about Jewish conditions around
the globe. There are very serious discussions about Zionism and Israel.
The elections are one of the rare examples in Jewish life where American Jews get
to vote on anything. This is exceptional in
American Jewish life, that an organization shapes its representation through a
democratic process of going to the Jewish
people and saying, Here are our views, go
and vote.
As for Hatikvahs views, We have a
platform supporting social justice and the
struggle for peace on the basis of a twostate solution. We would like to see greater

See election page 51

How to vote
Elections for the American representatives to the World Zionist Congress
are taking place at www.myvoteourisrael.com through April 30. They
are open to residents of the United
States who are 18 or older, Jewish,
and assert the Jerusalem Platform of
Zionist principles.
The website includes the slates and
platforms of all 11 participating parties.
Registration fee of $10 ($5 for under
30) can be made through credit card
or PayPal.

Cafe Europa

that so many American Jewish institutions

have essentially abandoned Jews who live
across the Green Line.
And then there is the position that American Jews shouldnt take political positions.
You can vote for that position by supporting a slate called the Zionist Spring. The
Zionist Spring incorporates several small
old-time Zionist groups, among them
Bnai Zion, whose executive vice president
emeritus, Mel Parness, lives in Englewood
and is a candidate.

transparency for the Zionist organizations

and have promoted resolutions to that
effect. This is an opportunity for Jews who
are concerned about a Jewish democratic
future for the State of Israel to express
themselves by voting.
The Zionist Organization of America is
at the other political extreme.
Laura Fein of Teaneck, head of the New
Jersey ZOA office, is one of several local
people on ZOAs slate.
The elections are tremendous, she
said. I find it very inspiring that we as a
Jewish people have maintained this effort
to have a collective governance whereby
Jews from around the world have an
opportunity to vote on our collective
representatives.
As for the ZOA platform: First of all,
the priority for ZOA is to be fighting antiSemitism. We want to make the security of
Jews a priority.
It also wants to fight the possibility of a
Palestinian state, and is one of a handful of
slates that supports the right of all Jews living in all parts of the land of Israel that Israel
controls, she said. The ZOA affirmatively
seeks that funds be distributed fairly to all
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Surviving Monuments Man

to speak in Teaneck, Paramus
Former soldier recovered priceless art treasures
Lois Goldrich

arry Ettlinger of Rockaway has

nothing negative to say about
the movie The Monuments
Men. In fact, he said, it is both
educational and recreational.
Still, he pointed out, Hollywood made
it. So its not surprising that the film doesnt
show what the former soldier, a real-life
member of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and
Archives section of the Allied Armies the
MFAA really did during his 15 months with
the group.
The MFAA, established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943, worked to retrieve
and return priceless works of art looted or
displaced from private and public collections
in Nazi-occupied countries.
Mr. Ettlinger escaped from Germany with
his family in September 1938 and was the
last bar-mitzvah boy in Karlsruhe, before the
synagogue was burned down. The family
settled in Newark. He was drafted into the
U.S. army in 1944. He was trained as an infantryman, and before he volunteered to work
with the MFAA, he had little knowledge of
fine arts.
My grandfather on my mothers side was
a collector of prints, he said, and his grandfather had thousands of ex libris book plates
from the inside covers of books. Some were
signed by the artists.
During my time as a soldier in Germany,
I was able to retrieve his collection, Mr.
Ettlinger continued. The prints now hang
on his wall. Although he helped retrieve the
stained glass windows from the Strasbourg
Cathedral, as well as a Rembrandt self-portrait, he calls recovering his grandfathers
prints one of his proudest moments.
Mr. Ettlinger said his work with the MFAA
was not dangerous Nobody was shooting
at me. It was peace time. Nevertheless, he
had some close calls.
Assigned to retrieve art belonging to
French institutions from two salt caves in
Germany I was a 19-year-old Jewish kid
bossing a number of German miners around

Harry Ettlinger, right, and another MFAA member discover a

Rembrandt hidden in a salt mine in 1945. Inset: Harry Ettlinger
he ordered the workers to break down the
door to a previously unknown chamber.
The door to it was locked. I ordered them
to break it down. Inside the chamber, there
were tables holding huge jars filled with a
clear liquid with yellow bubbles. It was nitroglycerine. They didnt know about it. Nobody
knew. I told the mine manager. He removed
it, took it outside, and exploded it.
Had it not been discovered, he said, sooner
or later the mine would have exploded.
Because Mr. Ettlinger could both speak
and read German, he was pulled out of the
Battle of the Bulge (in which three of his buddies were killed and five wounded) to work as
an interpreter. He expected to be assigned to
the Nuremberg court proceedings. But when
he heard that the MFAA could use someone,
I went there the next day and volunteered.
The groups leader was James Rorimer, later
a director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(played in the movie by Matt Damon).
As a member of the team, Mr. Ettlinger

who believes he may be

the only remaining member of the group helped
discover a hideout at the
Neuschwanstein Castle
near Munich, where the
Nazis had kept some of
the Rothschild familys art
treasures, and the salt mine in Heilbronn,
from which he helped recover the Strasbourg
windows and the Rembrandt.
Old mines are clean places, he said.
The chambers were 60 feet wide, 40 feet
high, and a mile long. President (then
General) Eisenhower wanted to bomb
these facilities, he said, because he had
received information that they were to
be converted into underground factories.
Indeed, Mr. Ettlinger pointed out, the last
battle in Europe was fought in Heilbronn.
The Nazis were going to use Hungarian
Jewish slave laborers to make jet engines
for the German air force, he said. Had they

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been able to accomplish that, the German

air force would have been able to shoot down
our planes and extend the war by two years.
Noting that it is important to save art
because it provides a culture in which we
feel comfortable in our surroundings, Mr.
Ettlinger described Adolf Hitler as a frustrated artist and pointed out that Hitler
and Hermann Goering stole art for their
own collections.
Hitler was going to turn the city of his
birth in Austria into the art capital of the
world, he said. He did not have the ability
to be creative.
One of the ironies of Mr. Ettlingers work
was that he saved some pieces that originally had been displayed in an art museum
three blocks away from where he was born.
But in those days, he said, I
was not able to see it.
He said he was also instrumental in retrieving the 73
stained glass windows from
the cathedral in Strasbourg,
a city about 40 miles south
of where I was brought up. My
family had a store there in the
late 1800s. Strasbourg, he
explained, lies in a province
that is sometimes German,
sometimes French. I was very
familiar with it.
After the return of the windows, there was a big celebration. It was one of the first works of art
returned to another country. They had big
shots there. But he a mere buck private
was not invited to share the festivities,
he recalled with a smile.
Mr. Ettlinger said his life continued to be
exciting after he returned home.
Soldiers in the U.S. armed forces were
given benefits, he said, referring to the G.I.
Bill, which provided veterans with money
for education, among other things. One
of the benefits I got was tuition for an engineering college, $125 per semester. Using
the money to study at the Newark College of
Engineering (now the New Jersey Institute

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of Technoloy), he studied together with others in similar circumstances.
My classmates were not high school students, he
said. We were all in our early 20s. It was a totally different atmosphere. He graduated from the school in
June 1950 with a BA in mechanical engineering. Later,
he earned a masters degree in the same subject from
Brooklyn Polytechnic, now a part of NYU, and later he
was awarded two honorary doctors degrees.
He put that education to good use. Ive had quite
a number of jobs, he said. The last one was to provide the U.S. Navy with a missile guidance system for a
nuclear deterrent. He worked with a very sharp group
of men, who saw to it that we had a missile system that
could deter a war.
Still, he laughed, this was before the invention of
lasers. The missiles he worked on could travel 600
miles, and we prided ourselves on the fact that if we
shot a missile from Boston to RFK Stadium in Washington, we would be able to hit the infield. Now theyre able
to pinpoint the target within a few inches.
Mr. Ettlinger, married for 54 years to the late Mimi
Goldman, has two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren. He passes down a proud legacy.
The Monuments Men were involved not in stealing
art but in returning it to their rightful owners, he said.
We cannot live in a society without a peaceful culture
that respects other peaceful cultures.
What we had done was something that every American should be proud of. Instead of taking things, we
gave them back. He was awarded the Congressional
Gold Medal in June 2014.
According to Ann Levenstein, co-president of the
Bergen County Section of NCJW, the NCJW meeting at
which Mr. Ettlinger will speak will include a commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Remembering the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust becomes more important than
ever as fewer and fewer survivors remain to give their
first-hand accounts, she said.
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Eight days of Yom Haatzmaut celebrations

Federation holds Israel Week
LARRY YUDELSON

n Tuesday night Israel will mark

its memorial day, remembering
the thousands of Israelis who
fell in battle or to terrorism.
On Wednesday night Yom Haatzmaut,
Israels Independence day, marking Israels
67th anniversary, begins.
But two days marking Israel arent enough
for the Jewish Federation of Northern New
Jersey, which is sponsoring and promoting
a variety of events from this Sunday through
next Sunday, under the banner of I Heart
Israel Week.
Its a whole week where the whole entire
community is celebrating Israel, said Danit
Sibovits, director of the federations Center
for Israel Engagement.
The I Heart Israel events include activities at synagogues and community centers
as well as those organized by and at the
federation.
The federation is the go-to place to celebrate Israel, Ms. Sibovits said. Anyone can
pick and choose what works for their family.

On Thursday evening, the federation will

host a panel on high-tech business in Israel.
The keynote speaker is State Senator Loretta
Weinberg of Teaneck, who sits on the New
Jersey Israel Commission.
Federation has been part of the commission for a long time, said Miriam Allenson,
director of marketing services at the Jewish
Federation. But this is the first time weve
highlighted that relationship.
Other speakers at the panel include Jeff Pulver, founder of Vonage and an avid investor
in Israeli start-ups; a representative from the
Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and
Development Foundation, which funds joint
commercial research ventures between U.S.
and Israeli companies; Ari Rabban, an Israeli
entrepreneur who founded the New Jerseybased phone.com, and Leslie Gurland, a vice
president of Tadbik, an Israeli company with
operations in New Jersey.
On a less businesslike note, on Saturday
night the federation is sponsoring a Yom
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Praying while female at the Kotel

Women of the Wall representative to speak locally
JOANNE PALMER

hats going on with the Women of the Wall

now?
Whats happening with gender equality
and pluralism in Israel, now that the Israeli

election is over?
Women of the Wall, made up of women from across the
Jewish spectrum, has fought for the right to pray at the Kotel
Jerusalems Western Wall, the symbolic center of Jewish life,
the magnet that draws observant and non-observant Jews,
non-Jews, poets, and often even skeptics, close to it, as if they
were pure iron filings.
The group, which was formed in the late 1980s, has been
bolstered by legal wins. Its most important recent victory was
the April 2013 decision by Judge Moshe
Sobel of the Jerusalem District Court, who
ruled that the city police were wrong when
they arrested five women for the crime of
wearing tallitot at the womens section of
the Kotel.
The Walls rabbinic supervisor, Rabbi
Shmuel Rabinowitz, has been adamant in
his refusal to allow Women of the Wall to
pray as they see fit; it is a mode of prayer
that he has called a provocation, suggesting that the women seek only to agitate
and disrupt, not to practice religion.
Basically what Judge Sobel said is that
women can pray in the womens side, with what we call the
four Ts, Lesley Sachs, Women of the Walls executive director,
said. Ms. Sachs, who has been involved with WOW for many
years, and worked for the group since 2008, is touring North
America, and will speak at Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes
on April 19. (For more information, see box.)
The Ts are Torah, tefillin, tallit, and tefillah, or prayer, Ms.
Sachs said. Women have been arrested at the Kotel for wearing tefillin or tallit, for carrying a Torah, and for praying, she
said, but the focus for their opponents outrage has shifted
with time. At the beginning, it was womens voices voices
raised in prayer that they were opposed to, she said. All
the arrests except for the first two were about tallit. There
were 29 arrests, beginning in 2010, she said; some women
were arrested more than once.
We used to wear the tallit around our necks, like scarves,
but one day I just said no, this is not acceptable. This is a tallit.
It is not a scarf. Were not going to do it.
Thats when the arrests started.
Many liberal Jews objected to the arrests; the idea of Jews
being arrested for practicing Judaism in Israel upset them
greatly. We had tremendous support, both from Israel and
abroad, Ms. Sachs said. I told Michael Oren, who then was
Israels ambassador to the United States and now will be a
member of Israels next Knesset, that you are losing Jewish
support because of Women of the Wall. Everyone who comes
from Israel is asked this question. When we speak, it is the first
thing we are asked.
In response to the pressure from abroad, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Natan Sharansky to head a
commission to investigate ways to fix the situation. He came
up with a plan that pleased almost no one and was unlikely
to work it involved extending the Kotel plaza through
archeological sites and areas governed by the Islamic
authority, the Waqf.
Sharanskys job was to defuse the support for Women of
the Wall, Ms. Sachs said, and in large part it worked. He
12 JEWISH STANDARD APRIL 17, 2015

Women of the Walls executive director, Lesley Sachs, inset and holding the miniature
Torah scroll at a weekday rosh chodesh service at the womens section of the Kotel.

MIRIAM ALSTER
The second was the administrative structure. Pretty
didnt speak to us in the beginning. He
much everything was decided.
talked to the Conservative and Reform
When we came to the third part, the geographic and
movements and the federation in the
topographic structure, we got stuck. Because when people
United States. He said that we would build a huge new plaza
come, they wont see the financial or administrative strucover Robinsons Arch the place where non-Orthodox Jews
tures. Theyll see if we are at the back of the bus or not.
have been allowed to hold egalitarian services, away from the
We demanded visibility, joint
plaza and the main part of the Kotel.
entrance, and contact with the
The plan was controversial; many
wall itself.
liberal Jewish leaders signed onto it
There are 60 meters of contact
but many others were unhappy, and
with the Kotel at the existing plaza,
the practical barriers to its execution
she continued. Twenty-two of
became increasingly clear.
them are for women. The womens
The government quickly built
section contracted some time ago
a small platform over Robinsons
and has grown since, but it has been
Arch; it was met with derision.
expanding from the back. Women
Although the plan was introduced
have not been given any more space
with great fanfare, it was allowed to
at the Wall.
wither slowly. Eventually, it shriveled
Rabbi Rabinowitz refused to
and died.
allow the Women of the Wall to be
Next, Mr. Netanyahu formed a
visible, so the discussions ended.
committee headed by Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit, about 18
It reminds me of 2010, after the
months before the government fell
arrests with the Torah, Ms. Sachs
in 2013. This was about the time
said. Rabbi Rabinowitz put out a
that Judge Sobel made his decision.
regulation that no Torah scrolls can
Mandelblit discussed it with us,
be brought into the plaza from the
and brought us to the table, Ms.
outside. His claim was that there
Sachs said. That was significant for
are hundreds of Torah there. But,
This image is from the Women of
us. The government of Israel says
she continued, they were all in the
the Walls new campaign, Demand
come to the table so you go.
mens section.
Equality.
Representatives of the ConservaJudge Sobels ruling allowed
tive, Reform, and federation movewomen to pray with Torah scrolls,
ments were there as well; they were represented by Israelis
but Rabbi Rabinowitzs regulation did not allow them to
for much of the talks, but occasionally the American leaders
bring them into the enclosure. How is that possible? It is a
would take their places. Women of the Wall was represented
thin line, Ms. Sachs said.
by its chair, Anat Hoffman, and its vice chair, Batya Kallus.
We tried to bring in our Torah many times. We stood outside there for months with the Torah, saying, Let our Torah
There were three topics on the table, Ms. Sachs said.
go. Let us get in with the Torah. We told Mandelblit that we
The first is the financial structure of a new plaza, which
were not giving up our right to pray with a sefer Torah. It is
would be at the southern part of the plaza, where Robinsons Arch is today.
an integral part of our tefillah.

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Recently, the women managed to get a really minute Torah scroll, which measured just 28 centimeters
in length, into the womens section. We managed to
smuggle it in twice, she said; it was a loan from a British family, the Cohens. We were able to hold the first
bat mitzvah at the Kotel, she said. It was a wonderful
young girl, Sasha Lutt.
(Rabbi Rabinowitz is reported as having said, A small
group of Women of the Wall carried out a deception
because they cunningly took a small Torah into the
womens section, according to YNet.)
Rabbi Rabinowitz can claim that we didnt obey his
regulations, but what we are doing is legal, Ms. Sachs
said. We broke a regulation, but the penalty for breaking it is less severe than it would have been for wearing
a tallit. We could have been tried according to Rule 4 of
the Regulation of Holy Places, and we could have gone
to jail for up to six months.
Now, though, there soon will be a new government in
place, and it is not clear what it will mean for Women
of the Wall.
That is the million-dollar question, Ms. Sachs said.
First we need to see the government, and who will be
in it. There will be 29 women in the Knesset the largest
number ever. Probably 16 will be in the opposition, and
13 in the government. It is very possible that there will
be a cabinet with no woman minister.
The question is who will be in the coalition, and
whether Women of the Wall will be a topic in pre-government agreements. Hopefully it will not be. Hopefully
the charedim will have more important things that they
want to get.
Thats why she is taking this trip, Ms. Sachs said.
The only way we will get back to negotiations will be
pressure from North America.
The pressure has to be on the fact that a woman cannot read from the Torah in the womens section. This is
something that should make every sane liberal persons
blood boil that a girl cannot have a bat mitzvah at the
Kotel, in the holiest place for the Jewish people.
Everybody in North America should feel that he
or she could make a difference. The Kotel is a place
that doesnt belong only to Israelis. Really and truly
it belongs to every Jew. Wherever they are, they pray
toward Israel, and in Israel they pray toward Jerusalem,
and in Jerusalem they pray toward the Kotel.
It is our duty to fight for equality, even if it is not
something that we ourselves want to do.
Every time that someone comes from Israel, or
speaks for the government, get up and say that it is not
acceptable that women cannot pray with a Torah scroll
in the womens section. Write to the ambassador. Be
vigilant. We need this support behind us.

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New Jersey Holocaust
commemoration in Newark
Newarks 28th annual Holocurriculum will attend
caust remembrance will be
this years observance.
on Thursday, April 23, at
The event also will feature
11:30 a.m., at the Best Westmusical performances by
ern Robert Treat Hotel,
the Arts High School choir.
50 Park Place in the citys
Newarks Mayor Ras Baraka
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and the Newark Holocaust
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Memorial service at West Point

American Veterans of Israel Legacy
holds its 49th annual memorial assembly on Sunday, April 26, at the U.S.
Military Academy West Point Jewish chapel. The special service honors
Colonel David Mickey Marcus, who
was among the 41 U.S. and Canadian
volunteers who fell in Israels War of
Independence.
Major Henry Soussan will officiate at
the program, which begins at 11 a.m.,
after a 10 a.m. breakfast. The program includes a service by chaplains,
choir performances, and speeches by
Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Israels consul general in New York, and Major

General (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir, Friends

of the IDFs national director and CEO.
The ceremony concludes with the
presentation of colors by the U.S.M.A.
honor guard, wreath laying, a six-gun
salute, and a bugler playing Taps.
The American Veterans of Israel is a
fraternal organization of American and
Canadian volunteers who served in Israels War of Independence or on one the
clandestine immigrant ships. The community is invited to attend. West Point
Security requires a government-issued
photo ID. For information, email Donna
Parker at donnakparker@verizon.net or
Rafi Marom at rafi_marom@hotmail.com.

Long-time Jewish Home

recreation leader turns 90
Audrey Vion of Tenafly, who
has worked in the recreation
department at the Jewish
Home since 1990, turned 90
in February. Her career began
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and then continued at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh when it
opened 11 years ago. She also
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Becky Troodler is Areyvut honoree

Becky Troodler of Teaneck will
(Helping Organizations Proreceive Areyvuts Community
vide Essentials), a teen phiLeadership award on Sunday,
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April 26, at Areyvuts annual
teaches participants what
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of an organization. H.O.P.E.
at 9:30 a.m. Matthew and Jesparticipants learn leadersica Lish of Queens, NY, will
ship skills, gain knowledge of
receive the Young Leadership
various agencies within their
award at the breakfast.
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introduces students to an assortment
Noam for eight years, since the schools
of volunteer opportunities within their
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communities, including Areyvut.
now its middle schools assistant princiAccording to Areyvuts founder and
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director, Daniel Rothner, We are thrilled
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community centers, and families opporimpact she has made on her students, the
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Editorial
Thank you, Mr. Lincoln

ast Tuesday was the

150th anniversary of the
assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Even now, a century and a
half later, the story of his murder is chilling. President Lincoln, a charismatic, brilliant
man, a gifted, poetic, emotionally charged writer, an inventive, skillful, and intuitive politician, a doting and grief-stricken
father, was also a melancholic
and fatalistic man who allowed
himself only the most inadequate
of safeguards.
John Wilkes Booth, a mad, bad
man, came up behind Lincoln as
he sat at the theater just as the
end of the bloody, uncivil Civil
War was being celebrated, and
shot him through the head. It is
impossible to hear the story without wanting to scream, to grab
Booths arm, to throw something
at him, somehow to stop him.
This season, two exhibits in
Manhattan look at Mr. Lincoln.
One, at the Morgan Library, at 225
Madison Avenue, offers Lincoln
Speaks: Words That Transformed
a Nation. Even more to the point
to our point the New-York
Historical Society, at 170 Central Park West, shows Lincoln

Speaks: Words That Transformed

a Nation. Both are on display
until June 7.
The New-York Historical Societys exhibit is based on the historians Jonathan Sarna and Benjamin Shapells book, Lincoln and
the Jews: A History.
There is something oddly
moving about looking at objects
that Lincoln touched, the actual
words that moved him, the pages
that gave birth to the ideas by
which he lived and for which he
died.
It is both thrilling and on some
deep level not surprising to know
that Abraham Lincoln, who after
all lived in a time and place where
there were not very many Jews,
was a Judeophile, who counted
Jews among his closest friends
(and not in a my-best-friendsare-Jews kind of way). It does
not seem accidental that he was
called Father Abraham, which of
course is Avraham Aveinu in English. In many ways, both fathers
Abraham were founders of the
two groups our people and our
nation in which we live.
It was President Lincoln who
moved the nation away from
the Christian-centric language of
the founding fathers to the more

TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES

inclusive language we know today.

Fittingly, Rabbi Joseph Prouser
of Temple Emanuel of North Jersey in Franklin Lakes translated
the Gettysburg Address, that stirring document that still has the
power to make a readers eyes
tear and her hair stand up on the
back of her neck, into Hebrew.
Its the kind of speech spare,
intellectually dense, and strongly
metered, with a strong sense of
cause and effect that brings
biblical text to mind. Next, he
set it to haftarah trope, and then,
on the Monday of Presidents Day
weekend 2014, he chanted it, after
the Torah reading.
Even 150 years later, we mourn
Lincoln, murdered at 56. Who
knows what he would have done
had he lived. Maybe the aftermath
of the war might have gone better.
Maybe some of the scourged scars
of racism might have been healed
had he been able to oversee the
process or maybe the damage
was too deep for that. Certainly he
deserved better.
Still, we Americans, we Jews,
we human beings, are better than
we would have been had Abraham Lincoln not had the life he
led, and for that we are grateful.
JP


Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut

t is a complicated emotional trip from Pesach

t o Yo m H a s h o a h t o
Yom Hazikaron to Yom
Haatzmaut (and of course from
there to Shavuot, which begins
on the evening of May 24 this
year).
Yom Hazikaron is the tribute we pay to the people who
gave their lives in the creation
of the State of Israel, and Yom

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birth. The way those two things
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that the series of new holidays
ends with joy.
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two days we list them on page
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Bob Menendez:
Irans nemesis,
Israels loving friend

n May 28, my organization, the World Values Network,

will host our third annual Champions of Jewish Values
international awards gala. The theme this year is 70
years, six million lives. ensuring never again means
never again. The gala will commemorate 70 years since the liberation of Europes death camps and recognize those individuals who
are engaged in Holocaust memory and are dedicated to defending
the State of Israel.
Foremost among this years honorees is Elie Wiesel, receiving a
lifetime achievement award for being the supreme Jewish light unto
the nations. Then there is Anne Franks best friend, Jacqueline Van
Maarsen, who we are bringing from Amsterdam by ship. She is mentioned all over the famous diary, including a letter of farewell written
to her by Anne when she went into hiding with her family in July, 1942.
Then there are global Jewish philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson and Birthright Israel co-founders Judy and Michael Steinhardt. Texas Senator Ted Cruz and former Speaker Newt Gingrich will receive
awards for their staunch defense of Israel,
as will Democratic New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.
Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben
Kingsley will receive an award for his dedication to Holocaust memory, including
a roles in Schindlers List and playing
Otto Frank in Anne Frank: The Whole
Rabbi
Story. The dinner will be rounded off
Shmuley
with Israels outstanding diplomatic
Boteach
corps in the United States, including Israels ambassador to the United States, Ron
Dermer, UN Ambassador Ron Prosor, and New York Consul-General
Ambassador Ido Aharoni.
But the honoree who is attracting the most attention is New Jerseys
senior senator, Robert Menendez. Ever since we announced that we
are giving him an award for being Israels great champion in the Senate, we have received criticism due to his indictment. A steady stream
of calls have come from the media. Are you sure you want to honor
him?
Here is my answer.
The highest of all Jewish values and we are a Jewish values-based
organization is gratitude. It was this value that God insisted on when
he told Moses that he could not change the Nile river into blood, or the
dust of Egypt into lice, because both had earlier saved his life. Imagine
that. Judaisms greatest prophet being commanded to show gratitude
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toward inanimate objects. How much more so to human beings.
And how much more so to our greatest allies.
Bob Menendez is arguably the best friend Israel has in the entire
U.S. Senate. A man of ferocious courage and ironclad conviction,
he has stood up valiantly for the people of Cuba against the Castro
dictatorship and its vast human rights abuses.
The scourge of tyrants everywhere, Menendez is a man who puts
principle before party loyalty and speaks truth to power. No senator has been more bold in condemning the Obama administrations
rush to conclude a deal with Iran that would endanger the security
of both the United States and Israel.
Watching Menendez defy those who would appease Iran is like
watching an American lion, tall and proud, often alone and condemned, but never breaking, bowing, or bending.
Of the White Houses proposed accord with Iran, Menendez
famously said, I have to be honest with you. The more I hear from
the administration and its quotes, the more it sounds like talking
points that come straight out of Tehran.
Israel faces an existential threat from radical anti-Semite Ayatollah Ali Khameini, who calls Jewish Zionists rabid dogs and
recently tweeted that Israel has no cure but to be annihilated.
This was followed by one of Irans top generals publicly vowing that
Israels annihilation is non-negotiable.
Senator Menendez has stood up to a government that stones
women to death. A government that hangs gays from cranes in
public squares. A government that murders American soldiers, as
former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen put it: Iran is very directly supporting extremist Shia groups
which are killing our troops ... shipping high-tech weapons ... which
are killing our people. A government that shot 26-year-old philosophy student Neda Agha-Soltan through the heart in cold blood for
peacefully protesting a stolen Iranian election in what Time Magazine calls probably the most widely witnessed death in human
history.
Im assuming that President Obama would not buy a used car
from Ayatollah Khameini. So why would he trust him with a peaceful nuclear program?
Senator Menendez is the vital, bipartisan link against a deal with
the worlds foremost state sponsor of terrorism, a deal that would
leave Irans mullahs with less than a one-year breakout capability
toward a nuclear bomb.
Menendez mirrors the bravery of the senators JFK included in
Profiles in Courage, a leader prepared to be castigated by some
in his party in the pursuit of his principles, convictions, and the
public interest.
Some, including Alan Dershowitz, have argued that the Menendez indictment is linked with his staunch opposition to the administrations Iran deal and President Obamas intent to create a foreign
policy legacy that Menendez is blocking. I have no idea if this is true.
What I do know is that the Justice Departments leak last month of
the impending indictment, just four days after Menendezs brilliant
and audacious speech at AIPAC in support of Israel and against the
Iran deal, was absolutely illegal and should trouble every American.
So here is my answer. Our organization is proud as hell to honor
Senator Menendez on May 28. We salute his unwavering friendship
with the Jewish people and his stalwart efforts to make America safe.
Last week, Thomas Friedman of the New York Times interviewed
President Barack Obama about the Obama doctrine.
After two weeks of watching the president appease the Iranians
and then publicly legitimize dictator Ral Castro all while continuing to assail Israels democratically elected leader, Benjamin
Netanyahu we might define the Obama doctrine thus: a steadfast
refusal to be repulsed by evil. There seems to be almost no dictator
on earth whom the president will punish for his cruelty to his own
people, no autocrat to whom he will not reach out in the nave belief
that his recognition will change their behavior.
A powerful example of the presidents refusal to identify evil is
his broken promise to recognize the Armenian genocide, the 100th
anniversary of which is this month.
We live in dangerous times, times where evil is given a pass and
continues to stalk the earth. And there has never been a more
important moment to stand with, and thank, our friends.

Seder in the south

Reliving old memories,
making new ones at a different pace

e had no idea what we were in for.

All we knew was that it had been
a really long time since we had
Passover together. In fact, it hadnt
happened since the Bubby and Zaidie of our family
passed away.
This Passover, we spent the first days of Yom Tov by
my husbands cousin, Rabbi Eytan Yammer, of Knesseth Israel Congregation in Birmingham, Alabama, and
his wife, Marisa, who is also highly active in synagogue
life. By we, I mean the 25 of us family members and
one dog who trekked down in a mass exodus from
the hustle and bustle of the tristate area (as well as a
few who came from Israel) to experience the warmth
of both the weather and of the southern hospitality
that the area is so known for.
Away from the tumult, away from the noise, the lot
of us had a good 15-hour drive to prep ourselves for a
weekend for which we had no idea what to expect. All
we knew was that we had traveled from our suburban
homes to a slower-paced atmosphere, away from our
usual comfort zones.
There are no kosher restaurants in Birmingham,
Alabama. No glatt marts
or glatt worlds or glatt
universes. There is a JCC,
though, with a modest
cafeteria that serves small
delights like grilled cheese,
hash browns, salmon on
top of green salad, and
Dena
the like. The lady behind
Croog
the counter knows most
customers by name. The
JCC is attached to a Hebrew day school where young
residents of different affiliations receive their Jewish
education. Theres also a mikvah in town. And, interestingly, though maybe not surprisingly, among this
greater-Birmingham population of about 5,000 or so
Jews, there are synagogues of different affiliations
Reform, Conservative, Chabad, and Orthodox (I sense
a joke in there somewhere.)
Rabbi Yammer, of the Orthodox KI Congregation,
also happens to have been recently named by the Jewish Daily Forward one of Americas most inspiring rabbis. A student from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Rabbi
Yammer has certainly gained the respect and admiration of the 100 families of KI as well as other town
residents who learn with him, attend special events,
and seek halachic advice. But to us, his relatives, its
no surprise that Eytan, as we all know him, and Marisa
are incredibly inspiring and hospitable people.
Thirty of us packed in one house seemed less
cramped that first Passover weekend than you
might imagine. Like during many family holidays,
the children ran around playing, the adults conversed in different rooms (some sneaking a nap in
here and there), there were walks to the park nothing so out of the ordinary on the surface level. But if
you were to look more closely, you might recognize

something that doesnt often exist in the holiday

pandemonium of NY/NJ.
It wasnt just that everyone in the neighborhood
seemed friendlier, like when the cashier at the supermarket said, You have a good day, yall after ringing
up our order on that last shopping run before the holiday. And it wasnt just when, on the second night at KI,
our 30 family members were joined by 40 congregation
members for a meaningful, community-oriented seder
led by Rabbi Yammer. And it wasnt just the sense of
community that existed among members of KI.
It was all of those, but more than that, there was
something in the air a feeling of relaxation, maybe
that allowed the family members to really reacquaint each with one another. During the first seder,
especially, many noted how blessed we were to have
so much family around. Had we been back up north,
would the same sentiment ring true? Yes, perhaps.
But the distinction between the holiday up north and
that down south is that down south, when family dysfunction occurred, as it does in most families, there
was really nowhere to run, nowhere to hide (insert
evil laughter here). There was only the opportunity
to engage with family members over and over again.
Which is interesting, because despite everyone living
on top of each other for those couple of days, there
really wasnt much by way of family drama. What I did
find that weekend was a whole lot of love and appreciation for the circle of life.
After the holiday, I asked different family members
to reflect on their time in Birmingham, before, during,
and after the first days of Passover. While some regretted not getting to see more of the city, the biggest
regret was not spending more time with each other
during the year. A few of the young adults reflected on
how nice it was to see the next generation of children
playing together just as they had done not so long
ago. Some enjoyed playing with the children as well,
such as by creating relay races in the park or teaching a new generation of card players. Most enjoyed
a Sunday night kumzits and bonfire on the deck, the
moon peeking out from behind the clouds as the family sang in harmony with accompanying guitar playing
for hours or, at least until The Prince of Egypt was
over and it was time for the little ones to go to bed.
Overall, family members mused on the importance of
connecting the generations and remembering where
the importance of family all started with ancestors
no longer present.
Id imagine this description above rings true for
many families during the holidays. Whether youre
in the north or the south, it makes little difference.
And I think that is part of the beauty of Passover
no matter where you are at present, to spend it
with family and pass the experience of freedom
down from one generation to the next. As one family member so aptly put it:
The celebration of freedom and returning to our
roots also allowed my family to connect and drink
from our original roots, to relive memories and create new ones.

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A renewed Jewish identity experience in Israel

h e n e ws f ro m
a stronger Jewish identity
and about Israel
among young people through
for the last numJewish camping. But as an
ber of weeks has
individual philanthropist, I
been troubling from many
am keen to observe trends,
perspectives. I feel fortunate
learn from thought leaders,
to offer at least some respite
ask big questions, and seek
from the challenges and connew approaches.
troversies we face.
In doing so at this years
Jeremy J.
Right before Pesach, I
conference, I experienced a
Fingerman
travelled to Israel to parrenewed, encouraging, positicipate in the 25th annual
tive view of Israel reflected
International Conference of
neither in the headlines nor
the Jewish Funders Network. Its largest to
in our communal debates.
date, the JFN conference brings together
One important trend has been the
funders from around the globe to learn, to
growth in Israeli philanthropy and in the
discuss, and to engage with one another
number of participating Israeli philanthropists. Over the years, I have observed this
on issues of common interest. Past conferences have yielded new funding collaborachange in Israels philanthropic culture,
tions to support inclusion efforts for peoespecially in strategic, impactful grant
ple with disabilities, Israel advocacy, and
making. The significant growth in Israelis attending this years conference bodes
Jewish camping, to name a few.
well for our global Jewish community.
I participate in the JFN gatherings wearing two hats. Of course, working as the
I had the pleasure to visit with Saul
lead professional for a granting foundaSinger, a Start Up Nation co-author. (It
tion, I am seeking to advance collaboraturns out our kids attend Camp Yavneh in
tive relationships to further the FoundaNew Hampshire together!) I continue to
tion for Jewish Camps mission of building
marvel at the story of Israels economic

Kids play soccer at a summer camp, URJ Six Points Sports Academy.

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miracle, created in many ways by the 21st

century skills acquired by those serving in
the Israel Defense Forces: leadership, selfreliance, collaboration and teamwork,
and problem-solving. As Saul described,

these skills have spawned successful

industries that are respected around the
world. I marvel, too, at the social entrepreneurial spirit in Israel, again, built in
part by these skills, which are changing

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transfer their possession to
before Passover,
another person for the duraI called Father
tion of the festival. Anything
Mike, the pastor
that I (or rather my wife) had
at the Catholic church in my
not cleaned, or any product
community.
that remained locked in a cupI began by wishing him and
board, would not be considhis community a happy Easter
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and he responded by offering
Rabbi Paul
until after the conclusion of
his wishes for a happy PassJacobson
over to our congregation and
Passover.
my family. With the celebraHaving enjoyed many contion of Passover beginning on
versations with Father Mike in
Friday night, I explained to Father Mike that
the two years since I moved to the community, I was hopeful that he would accept my
I needed his help.
request and allow me to sell my chametz to
In accordance with the ancient story of
him. Knowing that Friday was Good Friday,
the Israelite exodus from Egypt and the
I figured that it was out of the question, so
commandment, Seven days shall you eat
I asked Father Mike if he could spare a few
unleavened bread; even the first day you
minutes for me on Thursday night after dark.
shall put away leaven out of your houses; for
He chuckled and then politely explained that
whoever eats leavened bread from the first
his community was having its Holy Thursday until the seventh day, that soul shall be
day mass then, and he would be engaged in
cut off from Israel (Exodus 12:15), I briefly
prayer all night long. He invited me to attend
walked Father Mike more formally, the Rev.
the mass, and at an appropriate point in the
Michael J. Sheehan of St. Peter the Apostle in
service, he would invite me to come forward
River Vale through the process of cleaning
to sell my chametz to him. Although initially I
the house before the holiday, thereby ensuring that no leavened products or crumbs
was excited by the idea, I hesitated, but with
remained inside my home. I then said that in
the assistance of a few colleagues, I decided
accordance with rabbinic tradition, in order
to proceed and to enjoy what I thought might
to observe the festival I needed, by way of a
be a good teachable moment.
legal transaction, to sell my chametz to someOver the years, I have been fortunate to
one who is not Jewish. Such a sale of these
attend mass with my Catholic friends, and I
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even had been present for interfaith events

at this particular Catholic church. But I had
never attended a mass on Holy Thursday.
Until last Thursday evening, I had no reason
to do so. And focused only on my need to sell
my chametz, I underestimated the power,
spirituality, symbolism, and holiness of the
entire evening.
I arrived late I took a little extra time to
put my kids to bed and chose to stand at
the back. I was invited to sit toward the front
but preferred the sweeping panoramic view
of the full-to-overflowing church in front of
me. Regularly officiating from our bimah and
conducting services, I rarely get to sit in the
back and appreciate what a service looks like,
so I relished the experience.
I listened to Father Mikes colleague,
Father Camilo Cruz, preach a homily on
Jesus instruction to his disciples to wash
one anothers feet. Father Camilo carried the
metaphor beautifully, explaining that feet
represent different walks of life, feet bear
burdens and carry us, feet have cracks and
callouses, and feet often can be smelly. The
key, he said, was to tend to each others feet,
wash them, and see the dignity, the presence
of God, in each person with whom we come
in contact. What a beautiful message.
About an hour later, standing on my own
tired feet, the liturgy concluded and Father
Mike invited me to come forward. He introduced me as a special guest, and I was given

This chametz was discarded, not

sold, but it soon it will make the
pigeon happy.

a rousing ovation. I felt confused. The ovation swelled as I approached the pulpit, and
Father Mike welcomed me with a handshake
and a warm hug.
Father Mike began by explaining our
phone call on Wednesday and taught his
parishioners about the ritual transaction that
we were about to perform. Then he invited
me to share a few words. I thanked Father
Mike and his community for their graciousness in allowing me to perform this ritual at
such an auspicious time. I noted that there
have been times in history when relations
between Christians and Jews were not as
they are today. In essence, the very fact that
I could sell my chametz to Father Mike, my
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the social environment in Israel today. In the United
States, many of these 21st century skills are developed
in the summer camp environment, where campers
and counselors create a magical environment that is
refreshed and enhanced each year.
While I was in Israel, I was fortunate to be introduced to the Jordan River Village, which has been
created by a number of committed Israeli and global
philanthropists to provide a camp experience to kids
suffering from disabilities and chronic illnesses. This
camp provides such a powerful impact on its campers and such an appreciated experience for the families. Regardless of their background or condition,
children come to the Village to experience a sense of
normalcy and just plain fun. JRV is the only member of
Paul Newmans SeriousFun Childrens Network in the
entire Middle East. This is yet another positive example where our Jewish community serves as a humanitarian beacon for the world.
On the final morning of the conference, I attended
a fascinating session called Renewing Jewish Identity
in Israel. Rabbi Donniel Hartman, who is the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, and Member of
Knesset Ruth Calderon gave a stirring account of the
renaissance of pluralistic Jewish activity in the context
of contemporary Zionism and Jewish sovereignty. This
young, diverse, and complex phenomenon seems to
be blurring the boundaries between religious and
secular that long have polarized Israeli society. The
Avi Chai and Posen foundations, in particular, have
been leading investors in this growing trend. It is clear

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ensuring that I could observe the Passover festival properly. I was in his care and under his protection. And if you
take the legal transaction of the sale of chametz literally,
then Father Mike owned my home until the conclusion of
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another, wished each other a happy Easter and happy
Passover, and I descended from the pulpit to another
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church were clapping. Then I realized that they werent
clapping for me. They were clapping for us and they were
clapping for what that moment symbolized for any person of faith. They were clapping for two men, standing
in respect of one anothers tradition, finding a way to create a bridge and celebrate their differences at a most profound and holy juncture in both our calendars. They were
clapping for goodwill, for love, and most of all for hope.
This Pesach, I was reminded that we live in community with people from all different walks of life. As war is
waged throughout the world, as countries try to prevent
one another from developing weapons of mass destruction, as we see others try to obliterate and annihilate those
who are different, something special, memorable, spiritual, symbolic, and holy happened in River Edge, New
Jersey, that Thursday night. I, a rabbi, sold my chametz
to Father Mike, a Catholic priest, in the presence of hundreds of witnesses. My presence during a Holy Thursday
mass added meaning to the Catholic communitys celebration of the Easter season. Father Mikes gesture made
it possible for my congregation and me to properly keep
the Passover festival.
Based on our actions in that time and space, we remembered that we are in each others care and that is as it
should be.

significant interest, by funders, by organizations, by the Jewish Agency, and by the government of Israel itself, in serving
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for North American children and teenagers for decades. I
know this is an area in which our foundation and our North
American Jewish community can offer guidance and support as Israel embarks on its version of immersive summer
experiences that can make a different in building a stronger,
more joyous Jewish future, even in Israel.

from the large attendance at this session that many funders

are evaluating this approach to uniting Israelis in a collective commitment to the Jewish state and to Jewish identitybuilding in Israel.
Rabbi Hartman challenged us to unite people across
party lines, to transcend right-wing/left-wing distinctions,
and to combine efforts in Israel and of world Jewry. In an
effort to educate and inspire a new generation of Jews, I was
reminded once again of my own interest as a philanthropist
and as a communal leader in the power of our work, in particular here in North America, of bringing diverse perspectives together.
Throughout my week in Israel, many people who are
greatly interested in bringing the summer camping experience to Israel approached me. While there have been a
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Opinion

ASHINGTON Many
observers remain profoundly unsure about
whether the framework
agreement with Iran will be successful
in preventing Tehrans acquisition of a
nuclear weapon.
Under the terms of the agreement,
much of Irans nuclear infrastructure
will remain in place. Its Shahab-3 missiles
are still capable of reaching
Tel Aviv, and its capacity to
produce enriched uranium,
while diminished, would
not be erased.
The diplomats negotiating with Iran are understandably focused on two
key fuels, uranium and plutonium, but they ignore the
Edwin
one ancient fuel driving the
Black
entire process: oil.
Petrodollars have been
financing Irans nuclear program for almost two decades. The world
powers negotiating with Iran are struggling to establish a robust monitoring
system to ensure that Iran cannot break
out to build a bomb, but average people
can help slow the centrifuges simply by
reducing their household and commercial demand for oil.
Even though Iranian oil has been proscribed by international sanctions, all
oil is fungible. When oil consumption
is measurably reduced in America and
elsewhere, it lowers the value of oil in
global markets. That cheapens the value
of Irans oil, the financial furnace of its
nuclear program.
According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Iran needs oil to sell at approximately $143 per barrel to maintain its
social, governmental, and military

programs. But the global glut, combined

with the recession and some conservation, have driven recent prices into
the high $40s and $50s per barrel. This
means that even if sanctions are relaxed,
Iran still will be hurting at the pump and
in the bank.
Iran has been storing its unsellable
surplus in 13 supertankers parked in the
Persian Gulf, Bloomberg reported. Each
tanker can carry about 2 million barrels, and estimates
based on the depth of their
hulls suggest the ships are
laden with crude. These
ships have floated like seaborne warehouses for more
than a year, and many suggest more than two years. In
the meantime, Iran has cut
its output from a pre-sanctions 2012 level of 2.5 million
per day to just over 1 million
today.
Oil impoverishment is the only reason
Iran is now negotiating on its uranium
enrichment. The two are linked.
In any international accord, it would
take Iran some time to recover from its
oil glut, especially with millions of barrels at sea waiting for customers. The
floating oil reserves likely would be sold
first.
Consumers and businesses can make
that recovery more difficult without buying an electric car, peddling a bicycle to
work, or canceling a road trip. Transportation accounts for roughly two-thirds of
U.S. petroleum imports. Most gasoline
today contains 10 percent ethanol, an
alcohol fuel derived from corn and other
crops. The recent Hollywood documentary Pump, in which I made a brief
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Letters
They should be celibate

I am writing because I felt that two letters had to be

responded to.
First of all as to the letter from Paul Frazier (On gay
marriage, April 10), Orthodoxy differs from the contemporary Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Judaism in that the Jewish law is the total authority.
It does change but does so within a narrow framework.
Rabbi Weiss and others who have supported more
involvement in religious leadership by women do so
because they believe that there is precedence within
the halachic system. The same cannot be said about gay
marriage or intermarriage, which can never be brought
within the halachic system without gutting it, just as abolition of kashrut or Shabbat would.
These are neither family nor communal decisions.
Secondly, as far as Shel Haass letter goes (Love is
a human right, April 10), you have a perfect right to
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believe that all romantic relationships, be they of the

same sex or another religion, are great. Orthodox Judaism does not share your belief. An interfaith marriage or
a same sex marriage cannot be seen as a positive but as a
negative. The only permissible option is an in-faith marriage or, in the case of gay or lesbian, celibacy.
While gays should not be excluded from an Orthodox synagogue, their lifestyle cannot be seen as being
permitted.
Alan Mark Levin
Fair Lawn

Some thank-yous

Thank you to Abby Leichman for her wonderful article

about our hands-on 4th grade kashrut unit at the religious school at Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley
in Woodcliff Lake (Kosher or not? April 10). We are
thrilled with the impact of our experiential approach to

mitzvot and other subjects and we feel that Ms. Leichman really captured that in her article.
I want to add a shout out to Margie Shore, our
fantastic school administrator, who handles the many
detailed logistics for this unit including doing a preshopping trip to our A&P in Woodcliff Lake to make
sure they have all the ingredients with heksherim that
we need! I would also like to thank Jordyn Freedman,
our talented high school volunteer resident photographer, for the photos you published for the article.
We are very fortunate to have her talent for our special
events year-around.
We are so pleased to have been included in the
Standard!
Rabbi Shelley Kniaz
Director of Congregational Education
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley
Woodcliff Lake

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ing a hard time
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If a deal with Iran cant
on the feeble understandbe sold on the basis of
ingits not a deal, since
its substance, how can it
nothing was signedthat was
pass muster? There are
reached recently with Iran
two factors that Obama
over its nuclear program.
and his flock are bankBen Cohen
Lets start with President
ing on. The first relies on
Barack Obama himself.
scaremongering: if we
Interviewed by Thomas
dont make this deal, we
Friedman of the New York Times after
may be condemning ourselves to further
the understanding was announced,
military engagements in the Middle East.
Obama was confident and buoyant,
The second relies on a leap of faith: Iran,
declaring that there was no formula
Obama told NPR, may well become a
more effective than the diplomatic inimore open society in the aftermath of a
tiative and framework that we put fordeal, focused on its economy, on trainward when it comes to preventing Tehing its people, on reentering the world
ran from developing a nuclear weapon.
community. But even if the Iranian
Then National Public Radio turned up.
regime doesnt modify its behavior, he
In that interview, an awkward-soundadded, it is still much better if we have
ing Obama admitted that a little over a
this deal in place than if we dont.
decade after a final deal is signed, Irans
The only people who will be peradvanced centrifuges would have shrunk
suaded by this fatuous argumentsupthe nuclear weapon breakout time
port the deal whether or not you trust
almost down to zero. It was a stunning
the Iranian regimeare those already
and possibly unintended confession
predisposed to a diplomatic outcome
that sent both the White House and the
regardless of the medium and long-term
State Department scrambling to offer a
costs. Those with a more questioning
clarification. State spokeswoman Marie
nature surely will understand that a deal
Harf described Obamas words as mudbased on the conviction that the Iranian
dled and confusing, before attemptregime is more likely than not to coopering to persuade us that the president was
ate is the first step on the road to hell.
explaining what would happen without
This is why so much of the commena deal. But look at what Obama actually
tary lauding Obamas efforts with Tehran
said: Were purchasing for 13, 14, 15
has avoided the details of the agreement,
years assurances that the breakout is at
focusing instead on sanitizing the nature
least a year ... thatthat if they decided
of the Iranian regime while demonizing
to break the deal, kick out all the inspecthe Israelis. Take one of the more dreadtors, break the seals and go for a bomb,
ful pieces of late by Obamas cooing
wed have over a year to respond. And
we have those assurances for at least
well over a decade. Its painfully clear
that the scenario he outlined is one with
a deal in place.
So, either Obama doesnt know what
hes talking about or hes lying. Either
way, his pledge that Iran wont obtain
a nuclear weapon is about as worthless
as, well, an Iranian clerics signature on
a deal. And when you factor in all the
other disputes that have emerged since
the understanding was made public
admirer, Peter Beinart. Writing in The
Iran ruling out the presence of security
Atlantic, Beinart tried to argue that Iran
cameras in its nuclear facilities, Irans
is not a totalitarian regime, just a bruinsistence that all sanctions will be
tal onethe difference being that not all
lifted when the deal is agreed despite
brutal regimes are able to exercise comAmerican assurances that these will be
plete control over the inner and outer
removed in a phased manner, the reallives of their subjects.
ization that Iran will continue to operIs that a reasonable summation of the
ate advanced centrifuges despite (again)
nature of Irans Islamist regime? AbsoAmerican assurances to the contrary
lutely not. Glaring by its absence from
its tempting to believe that the goal of a
Beinarts article was the concept of
final deal by June 30 will collapse amid
velayat e faqih, or guardianship of the

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jurisprudent, a method of Islamic governance devised by Ayatollah Ruhollah

Khomeini that gives the mullahs custodianship of the entire societya totalitarian idea if ever there was one.
The implication in Beinarts article
is that its easier to trust bad regimes
that are not totalitarian because they
are comparatively more sensitive to the
desires of their people as well as to the
imperatives of the international community. Of course, Irans history since 1979
demonstrates beyond reasonable doubt
that neither of these considerations
weigh heavily on the mullahs, precisely
because they run a totalitarian regime.
Thats why they used extraordinary
repression to crush democracy protests
in 2009, another crucial detail missing
from Beinarts piece.
In tandem with this polishing of the
Iranian regimes image come the appeals
to support the deal because the most
dangerous leader in the Middle East
aka Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahuis against it. That was the
core message of an on-air rant by MSNBC
host Chris Matthews, who, in addressing
U.S. Sen. Rand Pauls decision to seek the
Republican presidential nomination, targeted neocons and the piggish money
behind them as the true enemy. All the
neocons want, according to Matthews,
is a foreign policy that creates pro-Israel
democracies in the region.
It doesnt require a huge leap of the
imagination to figure out that neocons here is code for a different word
that starts with the letter J. (Matthews
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Dentistry in Africa
Local father-daughter duo fix teeth in Jewish Ugandan village
JOANNE PALMER

ayla Grunsteins parents, Shira

and Dr. Robert Grunstein,
didnt want her to be a brat,
Kayla said.
They wanted her to learn something
about the world and her place in it, about
the importance of work and the satisfaction of a job well done, about gratitude
and generosity and giving.
They also were not adverse to allowing the 14-year-old some excitement and
adventure at the same time.
In fact, a lot of excitement and adventure. With the Abayudaya in Uganda.
This is how it happened.
Her father, Dr. Robert Grunstein, is a
dentist. He lives in Teaneck but has spent
his career working mainly with lowerincome children in Passaic and Paterson.
He had the brilliant idea (yes, this is journalism, but some things are so clear that
they just must be said, so brilliant idea it
is) of buying an old fire truck and turning it
into a mobile dental office. Kids love fire
trucks, and they are ambivalent at best
about going to the dentist, he said. If you
mix the two, it becomes more palatable.
Kids love coming on the fire truck, so they
will open their mouths and let me look
inside because that is the price of being in
a fire truck.
Once he has made the preliminary onthe-truck assessment, he can talk to the
childs parents, and if necessary do dental
work in a more conventional office.
How do you buy a fire truck? You go on
eBay. Theyre very cheap, Dr. Grunstein
said. His was excessed by Newtons fire
department, and cost just $5,000; on the
other hand, it cost over $50,000 to retrofit it to make it useful, he said.
Also, he said, it is hard to park. I had to
get a tractor-trailer drivers license. It is 35
feet long, almost eight feet wide, 38,000
pounds, and I cant tell you how many
times I knocked down the driveway gate
with it.
Its fun to ride on in parades, he
added. We stand on top, blast music,
and when everyone else throws candy, we
throw toothbrushes.
From the time she was 11, Kayla has spent
24 JEWISH STANDARD APRIL 17, 2015

Above,
Dr. Robert
Grunstein and
his daughter
Kayla with a
young patient
in Uganda;
at left, Dr.
Grunstein
stands by his
fire truck in
northern New
Jersey.

time in her fathers office; the first year, she

shadowed him. I looked at everything,
and I enjoyed it, she said. Since then, I
have been going back to his office for summers and winter breaks, and I do whatever a normal dental assistant would do,
she said. I suction, I clean instruments, I
help calm the patient. You do not need a
license or specialized training to do these
tasks, she added. (Her younger siblings,
Liel and Judah, will do the same things
when they are old enough.)
Dr. Grunstein is very serious about his
need to give back. He has gone on dental
missions for five or six years, to Peru,
Guatemala, and a bunch of countries all
over South America, Kayla said. The trips,
which he undertakes as a volunteer, have
been organized by a New Jersey-based
group called KinderSmile.
In the last two years, Kayla accompanied her father on similar trips, closer
to home one was in Kentucky and one
in Virginia and well as to Nicaragua. A
video from one of those trips and a Facebook tag brought him to a retired dentist,
David Abromovitz, who often volunteers
in Uganda, and that connection eventually
brought the pair to another dental trip,
this one to Jews. In Uganda.
The Abayudaya people converted to
Judaism in the early twentieth century,
and have lived as Jews ever since.
The Abayudaya (the name is said to
mean the Jews in Luganda, a local language) are not a long-lost tribe, people
whose storied ancestry begins with King
Solomon, say, or the Northern Kingdom.
Instead, they became Jews because of their
leader, Semei Kakangulu, an early-20thcentury warrior who converted to Christianity in order to win favor with the British
and become king of at least part of Uganda.
When that didnt work, at least according to legend, he shed Christianity for Judaism, and that conversion stuck. The community grew, and sporadic contact with
the Jewish world gave it the background
that until it had lacked. In the 1970s, the
despot Idi Amin, the murderous strongman who was responsible for his countrys
debacle at Entebbe, outlawed Judaism. But
the Abayudaya outlasted Amin, and today
their numbers are back up.

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Only their religion differentiates them

from their Christian and Muslim neighbors; they are mainly subsistence farmers in a lush, spectacularly beautiful but
impoverished countryside, in a country
that is at least so far unaffected by the
Islamism that is rampant and violent in
next-door Kenya. (The Ugandans are a
lot less militant in personality than the
Kenyans are, Dr. Grunstein said; many
Kenyans belong to the warrior Masai tribe,
he added.)
So just before Pesach, Kayla and Robert Grunstein went to Uganda. The kids
would be lined up outside by grade, and
we would put them into groups, Kayla
said. That triage work ensured that they
would see the children most in need of
dental work some of them in massive
pain and get to the ones who needed
little attention later. The children came
from miles around; not all were Jewish.
The Grunsteins and another dentist saw
everyone.
Communication wasnt difficult. Most
of the older kids knew English very well,
Kayla said; that is because English is
Ugandas official language, her father
added. That is because Uganda, like India,
has so many tribal languages that it was
necessary to import one that would begin

Scenes from village life.

Kayla helps with a patient; at left, her father does triage as students
wait for their turn with him.
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Clockwise from top, Torah reading at a daily minyan

at the local shul, a menorah drawn on the outside wall
of a mud hut, members of the Jewish community, the
Grunsteins on a trip to a local attraction, Sipi Falls, and
the communitys leader, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu.

26 JEWISH STANDARD APRIL 17, 2015

as equally foreign and could become

equally familiar to everyone.
We were there for 10 days, Kayla said.
It took us one day to get to the plane and
one to get back. We did three days of dentistry, half a day to set up and half a day to
clean up, and one day at a tourist place,
Sipi Falls. And then there was Shabbat.
It really is a privilege to go on these
trips with my father, Kayla, who is an
eighth- grader at Yeshivat Noam and will
begin high school at Frisch next year, said.
I get to see things in real life that I ordinarily would see only in a textbook in school.
They are eye-opening things.
I met this girl, named Binah everyone
has Jewish names and she took me to her
school. We were talking and talking and
getting to know each other, and Im like,
Do you ever miss things? All these thing
that you see in magazines or in movies? Do
you see things you want?
And shes like, No, I am so happy. And
I was thinking to myself that I always want
more, but they are happy with what they
have.
I was asking her questions they are
such happy and welcoming people. We
were walking around and everyone was
saying hi to us, even though they had no
idea who I was. They were giving us hugs.
The kids were surrounding me.
The town may be poor in many material
things, but not in the ability to use social
networking. They love it, Kayla said.
Someone donated 20 computers to their
shul, so they have computers. Dells. And
they have wifi. It isnt the best wifi it is
very slow but they have it. And they all
have Facebook, and Im Facebook friends
with them.
They might not have reliable electricity
or safe drinking water, but they have wifi
because it comes from a mobile hotspot,
Dr. Grunstein said wryly.
Yes, and every time the rabbi leaves, he
takes the hotspot with him, Kayla added.
There would be a power outage, but
their wifi was okay, my phone had power,
and were all sitting there by the light of
the phone, her father recalled.
Shabbat was in many ways similar to
Shabbat at home, but not in all ways, the
Grunsteins said.
Dr. Grunstein wanted to sponsor a village kiddush, he said. He asked what to
bring, and he was told a goat would be
good. He brought two of them.
We were sitting around on Friday afternoon, and the rabbi said, Do you want to
see the schechting of the goat? Kayla
said. (Schechting is performing ritual
slaughter.) So we all huddle around a tree
and someone brings in a goat, and Im like,
What? Because I dont walk into a store
and see this.
The kids huddled around the tree like it
was a show. It is unusual for them to have
meat, her father explained; that would
happen only occasionally, on Shabbat
afternoon, particularly if a guest like Dr.
Grunstein brings them a goat. They usually have only carbs rice, beans, mango,

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sugar cane, he said.
At first I was a little scared, because I
am watching a goat die in front of my face,
Kayla said. And then it got skinned. It was
all bloody. There were two goats the second time it wasnt as scary to watch, but it
was an amazing experience.
We watched a goat get schechted, and
then I ate the meat an hour later.
The meat they ate, her father clarified, was a small chunk, barbecued just
for them. The rest of it was made into
chulent for lunch the next day. Chulent?
That seems very Askenazi but, as Dr.
Grunstein said, they adopted Judaism,
with many customs intact. When they
imported Judaism, they imported chulent, he said.
Kayla isnt sure if she wants to be a dentist when she grows up, but if she does, she
will have come by it naturally. Her grandmother is a dental technician, and her aunt,
like her father, is a dentist. I enjoy dentistry, she said. And I love helping people.
It is such a rewarding experience. And
even in my fathers practice here, in New
Jersey, there are kids who dont have a ton
of money, or who are poor. Even in America, there still are people who need help.
Dr. Grunstein said that he is gratified by
being able to help people. Its what I do,
he said. He was drawn to inner-city dentistry because I saw a huge underserved
population that was sorely in need of care.
So much of dentistry is about making
good-looking people a little better looking.
That never interested me. I wanted to be
involved in health care, and this is basic
bread-and-butter health care. That makes
me feel good as a doctor.
His clienteles parents are just one generation removed from the patients he sees

on his Latin American trips, he said. They

literally come from the same countries
Guatemala, Nicaragua, the Dominican
Republic.
But this last trip was new for him, just as
it was for Kayla. It was the first time he had
worked with underserved African Jews.
I never before saw a mezuzah on a mud
hut, he said. I have seen a lot of mezuzot.
I have entered a lot of Jewish homes. But I
have never seen a mezuzah on a mud hut.
The first hut he saw was not wider than
10 feet, probably 5 by 10 feet.
Not only is the village poor, its people
are not healthy, he said. There is a huge
amount of malaria. People suffer from
all sorts of preventable diseases but in
Africa, that is a way of life.
The village has a Jewish school, he
added. The Hadassah School. They all
learn parashat hashavuah, and they know
some Hebrew. They are proudly Jewish,

and they coexist with the Christian and

the Islamic school down the street. It is a
boarding school; even very young children
are sent there, if their parents can afford it,
because a school any school, much less a
Jewish one is a rare commodity.
The community is known for its music;
in fact, in 2005 one of its two CDs, Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of
Uganda, was nominated for a Grammy in
the traditional world music category. (It
lost to Ladysmith Black Mambazo.)
The synagogues rabbi, Gershom
Sizomu, was ordained at the Conservative
movements Ziegler School of Rabbinic
Studies in Los Angeles in 2008; he was the
first black rabbi from sub-Saharan African
to have American smicha. He grew up in
the Abayudaya community; despite many
peoples assumption that he and his family
would not return to the village once they
had lived in the West and knew what they

were giving up, they came back.

Men and women sit separately at the
village shul, but services are egalitarian
both men and women are counted, and
women, like men, can read Torah.
Shabbat comes with a sense of occasion,
Dr. Grunstein said. People wear the same
outfits every day, and they are very dirty.
You cant imagine that they are the same
people on Shabbat they wear fine fabrics, silks, satins. They dance at kabbalat
Shabbat, to welcome the Sabbath Queen,
he said.
There are no musical instruments
allowed on Shabbat. But the bimah is made
of very thin wood because its cheaper
than thicker boards would be and when
the chazzan davens, he bangs on it with an
African rhythm, Dr. Grunstein said. Its
not a musical instrument. It is not a drum.
He is just tapping it. He is drumming
the bimah. And it sounds amazing.

Above, one of the many inspirational or educational slogans on the schoolhouse wall; at right,
Kayla stands by its entrance.

Students at the primary school.

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President Barack Obama has said that Iran should be granted sanctions relief
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Competing views of Iran deal

highlight challenges ahead
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Now that the outline for an Iran nuclear agreement has
been released or, more precisely,
two outlines, one by Iran, the other by
the Obama administration, have been
released major gaps have emerged.
They will have to be resolved before
June 30. Thats the deadline for a final
deal, which includes the agreement
about when sanctions on Iran are lifted.
President Barack Obama and Irans
supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, issued
conflicting statements on the sanctions
issue in the past week, with Obama suggesting sanctions would be relaxed only
once Iran begins to implement its obligations and Khamenei demanding that
all sanctions be suspended upon signing an agreement. Khamenei also vowed
that military sites would not be open to
nuclear inspectors. That clashes with the
American text, which says that inspectors have the right to visit suspicious
sites anywhere in the country.
The next round of talks is likely to be
held within three weeks in New York
City, on the sidelines of a meeting of the
United Nations Disarmament Commission. Both Obama and Khamenei have
said that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
In the coming weeks, both sides will
endeavor to sell the deal to its various
constituencies: Iran to its domestic hardliners, and the Obama administration to
Congress, Jewish groups, and skeptical
allies, Israel chief among them.
What does the Obama administration
want to see?
In its outline of a framework accord
reached earlier this month in Switzerland, and in subsequent statements and

interviews, the Obama administration

has focused preeminently on the strict
limits it is seeking on Irans capacity to
enrich uranium.
These include limiting Irans advanced
centrifuges to scientific research and
reducing the number of active first-generation centrifuges from 19,000 to 5,060,
for 10 years. Enrichment would be limited to 3.67 percent, the level required
for medical research and well short of
weaponization levels. Irans stockpile of
enriched uranium would be limited to
300 kilograms for 15 years. The deal also
would provide for a regimen of intrusive
inspections at all Iranian facilities.
You have assurances that their stockpile of highly enriched uranium remains
in a place where they cannot create a
nuclear weapon, Obama told National
Public Radio last week.
According to the administrations outline, sanctions relief is conditioned on
Iran abiding by its commitments. The
sanctions architecture will remain in
place, so they can be reimposed quickly
if Iran defaults.
Additionally, Obama administration
officials have emphasized that Irans
breakout time will be extended from
two to three months, as it is now, to a
year. How this will be quantified is not
yet clear, however.
What does Iran want to see?
In contrast with the phased relief outlined in the U.S. document, a fact sheet
published by the Iranian Foreign Ministry posits an immediate lifting of sanctions as soon as a deal is reached. On
Thursday, in a speech broadcast live on
Iranian television, Khamenei said there
would be no point to the negotiations if
they did not yield immediate sanctions
relief.

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All sanctions should be removed

when the deal is signed, Reuters quoted
Khamenei as saying. If the sanctions
removal depends on other processes,
then why did we start the negotiations?
On Twitter, Khamenei went further,
accusing the United States of overall bad
faith.
Hours after the #talks, Americans offered a fact sheet that most of
it was contrary to what was agreed,
said a tweet posted on his feed Thursday. They always deceive and breach
promises.
On the enrichment question, the Iranian and American outlines are not
mutually exclusive.
None of the nuclear facilities or
related activities will be stopped, shut
down, or suspended, and Irans nuclear
activities in all of its facilities including
Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan, and Arak will
continue, said the Iranian document,
which goes on to name only Natanz as
a site for 3.67 percent uranium enrichment, which is consistent with the U.S.
document. The other sites are deemed
acceptable for scientific research in the
American version, a status that conceivably is consistent with related activities in the Iranian document.
What does Israel want to see?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said in the immediate wake of the agreement that the framework deal would
threaten Israels survival. He counseled standing firm and increasing the
pressure on Iran until a better deal is
achieved.
Netanyahu did not provide details,
but in interviews he has said that Israel
could tolerate a deal that left hundreds
of centrifuges in place, as opposed to
the 5,060 the U.S. outline anticipates
itself a significant concession for Netanyahu, who had previously said that Israel
would tolerate no more than a zero
capacity for uranium enrichment.
Yuval Steinitz, Israels minister of intelligence, also provided more details of
Israels desires for a final deal in a briefing for reporters in Jerusalem, demanding a complete end to research and
development of advanced centrifuges,
the shuttering of the underground Fordow facility, and freedom for inspectors
to go anytime, anywhere.
In an April 8 Washington Post op-ed,
Moshe Yaalon, the Israeli defense minister, called for dismantling much of Irans
nuclear infrastructure.
Intelligence and inspections are
simply no substitute for dismantling
the parts of Irans program that can be
used to produce atomic bombs, Yaalon
wrote.
Israel also has an eye on Irans destabilizing activities elsewhere in the region.
The Obama administration and its five
negotiating partners China, Russia,
France, Germany, and Great Britain
see the nuclear deal as discrete from

other Iranian actions.

Restrictions imposed on the Islamic
Republics nuclear program will expire
in about a decade, regardless of Irans
campaign of murderous aggression in
Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere
across the Middle East; its arming, funding, training and dispatching of terrorists around the world; and its threats
and violent efforts to destroy Israel, the
regions only democracy, Yaalon wrote.
Netanyahu recently also demanded
Irans recognition of Israel as a component of a final deal, a requirement that
Obama has said is unrealistic.
What does Congress wants to see?
Two bills under consideration in Congress, both backed by the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee, could
affect the outcome of an Iran deal.
One sponsored by senators Mark Kirk
(R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.),
would mandate new sanctions if Iran
defaults on a deal or walks away from
the talks. Obama has said that such a bill
would scuttle the talks and has pledged
to veto it. The Senate Banking Committee approved it in January. Now its fate
is in the hands of Sen. Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.), the majority leader, who must
decide whether it advances to the full
body.
McConnell has not shown his hand,
but he is unlikely to move it forward
unless he can build a veto-proof majority of 67, which would require the support of 13 Democrats. With Menendez
sidelined as he faces indictment on corruption charges, that is unlikely.
The other bill, backed by Sen. Bob
Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee, would
require congressional review of an Iran
deal. That bill stands a better chance of
passage.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who
is in line to become his partys Senate
leader in the next Congress, backs the
bill as it is. Other Democrats, including
key Obama allies like Sen. Ben Cardin
(D-Md.), Menendezs replacement as the
top Democrat on the Foreign Relations
Committee, and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.),
the top Democrat on its Middle East subcommittee, say they would back the bill
if Corker removes non-nuclear related
elements, among them requirements
that Iran cease backing for terrorism.
The Corker bill comes up for review
by the Foreign Relations Committee on
Tuesday, and Cardin said he hoped to
shape it to make it a process bill rather
than one that prescribes the terms of an
agreement.
One of my concerns is that the bill
carries out its mission a way for Congress to review and take action, Cardin
said.
Obama, who earlier had said that he
would veto the Corker bill, indicated this
week that he could work with a modified
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Obama meets
Jewish leaders
and donors
Works hard to show
them how much he cares
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Jewish leaders expected President
Barack Obama to sell them hard on the Iran nuclear
deal.
Instead, participants in two White House meetings on Monday said he offered a softer pitch on how
deeply he cares for Israel and the Jewish people.
He tried to explain he understands Jewish trauma,
history, the Jewish feeling of being alone in a bad
neighborhood, said a participant in the first meeting,
which was attended by 15 top officials from Jewish
organizations.
Another described the meeting as intense.
There was an openheartedness, there were some
deep reflections by the president, this participant
said.
Sources said the second meeting, for Jewish fundraisers for the Democratic Party, had a similar cast.
He said, I consider it a moral failure if something
happened to Israel on my watch, a participant in the
fundraisers meeting said. He said, I feel like Im a
member of the tribe.
JTA spoke to six participants in the meetings, both
of which were off the record. None agreed to be identified because of ground rules set by the White House.
Additionally, representatives of a number of groups
gave JTA descriptions of the meetings. The accounts
did not differ.
All six participants used therapeutic to describe
the tone of the meetings.
Obamas tone at times anguished, according to
participants signals his concerns about how his presidency, heading into lame duck territory, is perceived
in terms of his relationship to Israel and to Jews.
He raised these concerns in an interview with the
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman that was
posted on the newspapers website on April 5.
It has been personally difficult for me to hear the
sort of expressions that somehow we dont have, this
administration has not done everything it could to
look out for Israels interest, Obama told Friedman.
And the suggestion that when we have very serious
policy differences, that thats not in the context of a
deep and abiding friendship and concern and understanding of the threats that the Jewish people have
faced historically and continue to face.
The worries come in the wake of a crisis in U.S.Israel relations, focused mostly on disagreements
over the Iran nuclear talks, but also fueled by lingering
resentments over last years collapse of the U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the difficulties that Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu have in communicating with one another.
Jewish voter approval of Obama is at 54 percent,
Gallup reported last week, just eight points above the
national average of 46 percent. Jewish approval of
Obama has routinely run 10 to 15 points higher than
the national average throughout his presidency.
Earlier this month, the major powers and Iran
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Jewish World
At Cannabis Seder, Bob Marley tunes and a blessing over the weed
REBECCA SPENCE
PORTLAND, ORE. This seder included a legal
disclaimer.
The cannabis products at this Seder are available to
OMMP cardholders only, the sign at the check-in table
read, referring to the state of Oregons medical marijuana program. All others consume at your own risk.
The fine print explained the facts: Although Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana use last
November, the measure wouldnt take effect until July
1. Portlands district attorney had vowed not to prosecute in the meantime, but the message was clear: If
I wanted to get stoned on pot chocolates, the hosts
of the countrys first official Cannabis Seder bore no
responsibility.
Heading into the airy warehouse where the thirdnight seder was held, I ran into Roy Kaufmann, one
half of the married couple behind the evenings festivities. Kaufmann, a seasoned activist, directs the advocacy group LeOr, which has worked to put marijuana
legalization on the Jewish communal agenda since it
was founded last year.
The Cannabis Seder for a New Drug Peace billed as
a place for an honest Jewish conversation about topics we were taught were strictly taboo about drugs,
race, and justice, marked LeOrs inaugural event. It
attracted about 50 people.
Seated around reclaimed hardwood tables, sedergoers parsed the failings of Americas long-running
drug war which has had devastating consequences
for people of color and passed joints to celebrate
Oregons newfound cannabis freedoms.
When it came time to begin the seder and say the
blessing over the wine, a new tradition was added to
the service reciting the blessing over the weed.
In the absence of a prayer for cannabis, Kaufmann
author of the Drug War-themed Haggadah that guided
our seder borrowed from the Havdalah ritual. The
prayer Blessed are you, Lord, our God, the king of
the world, who creates myriad fragrant spices, traditionally recited over the fragrant spices at the close
of every Shabbat, became the de facto ganja blessing.
Later, a vocal soloist led us in singing Bob Marleys Redemption Song (Emancipate yourselves
from mental slavery/None but ourselves can free our
minds.), and we chanted the Shema prayer to the
beat of an African djembe drum.
LeOrs major sponsor, Dr. Bronners Magic Soap
Companys president, David Bronner, was seated at
my table. So was his partner in hemp activism, Adam
Eidinger, who had flown in from Washington D.C.,
where he led last years successful campaign to legalize recreational marijuana use in the nations capital.
Other seder guests included Marsha Rosenbaum
and Amanda Reiman of the Drug Policy Alliance a
driving force behind marijuana legalization efforts
nationwide and Diane Goldstein, a 53-year-old
retired police lieutenant from Rendondo Beach, Calif.,
who traded in her badge to speak out against the Drug
War.
At the LeOr seder, while some Passover rituals were
left intact the washing of the hands, for one most
were subject to reinvention. Even the seder plate
looked different from all other seder plates: As a symbol of freedom and protest, a marijuana leaf had been
substituted for the usual piece of lettuce.
By the time the seder meal wild-caught salmon
was finished, glass mason jars previously stuffed with

Oregons Finest cannabis flowers sat empty,

and the spread of dark chocolate truffles
made with full extract cannabis oil, according to the Leif Medicinals label, had been
plundered.
What remained was a sordid array of hemp
wick, unopened jars of cannabis butter, and a
room full of activists who committed to ending
Americas Drug War in the name of the Jewish ideal of tikkun olam, or building a better
world.


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In meetings with Jewish leaders, President Barack Obama expressed concern

over how he is perceived in the Jewish community.
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Obama
FROM PAGE 30

announced the outline of a deal that

would exchange sanctions relief for
restrictions aimed at keeping Iran from
acquiring a nuclear weapon. Congress
was considering legislation that would
require its review of any deal, and
Obama had said he would veto it.
Last week, Secretary of State John
Kerry held a meeting with Jewish leaders
from the same organizations attending
the White House meeting. He asked them
not to lobby in favor of the legislation.
By Monday afternoon, however, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate were
close to a compromise on the legislation
that would address White House concerns, and Obama told the second meeting with Jewish leaders that his concerns
about the bill were allayed.
Its not clear what the compromises
were, but Democrats were seeking to
remove determinations for the contents
of a final deal, which is due by June 30,
from the bill, instead confining it to mandating congressional review of any deal.
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told MSNBC on Tuesday morning
that a deal had been reached and that
the bill was ready for a committee vote
to take place that afternoon.
A number of the more conservative
organizational leaders attending the
first meeting, among them Rabbi Marvin
Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center, and Allen Fagin, the Orthodox
Unions CEO, challenged Obama on the
particulars of the Iran deal, including
concerns that the sanctions relief went
further than merited by the restrictions
on Irans nuclear activity.
The meeting with the fundraisers
became more of a strategy session on
how Obama could improve his messaging to American Jews, Israelis,
and the wider American community.
Advice included being more open with

Congress, which has seen the White

House as insulated, and engaging
directly with the Israeli public, which
is still reeling over the bitter exchanges
before Netanyahus speech to Congress
in March. The address was arranged
without consulting the White House.
Along with Obama, National Security
Adviser Susan Rice attended the first
meeting. The second meeting included
Vice President Joe Biden, who has been
close to the pro-Israel community for
decades, and Valerie Jarrett, one of
Obamas closest advisers.
Organizations represented at the first
meeting included the World Jewish Congress, the Anti-Defamation League, the
American Jewish Committee, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,
J Street, the National Council of Jewish
Women, Bnai Brith International, the
Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the
Jewish Federations of North America,
the National Jewish Democratic Council,
the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations and the
Israel Policy Forum, as well as representatives from the Reform, Conservative,
and Orthodox streams.
The second meeting, with 14 invitees,
included major Democratic givers and
fundraisers, including Haim Saban, the
Israeli-American entertainment mogul
who has been critical of Obamas Middle
East policies; and Democratic donors
associated with AIPAC, including past
presidents Amy Friedkin and Howard
Friedman, and with J Street, including
Alexandra Stanton, Lou Susman, and
Victor Kovner.
Not all of the Jewish leaders at the first
meeting were won over by the presidents appeal for understanding.
People who come in with an anger
and a dislike still walked out with an
anger and a dislike, said a participant
who was sympathetic to the president
but asked tough questions. But a little
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Israeli film about female soldiers

a hit at Turkish festival
despite strained ties
An Israeli film about female Israel Defense Forces soldiers
has had a successful run at the Istanbul International Film
Festival despite strained diplomatic relations between the
Jewish state and Turkey.
Zero Motivation tells the story of a female IDF unit at
a remote desert base. It was screened three times at the
festival.
It was exciting seeing Israeli humor, especially military
humor, cracking up the Turkish audience, said Israeli
Deputy Consul General in Istanbul Ohad Avidan Kaynar.
Military terms crossed the border and created laughter
and excitement in Turkey.
The films stars, actresses Dana Ivgy and Nelly Tagar,
attended its third screening in Istanbul. At the festival,
Ms. Tagar had a conversation with Iranian filmmaker Ayat
Najafi. We started talking about Iran, about Lausanne
(where the framework nuclear agreement was reached),
about Yemen, a bit about [Prime Minister Benjamin]
Netanyahu, a bit about [Turkish President Recep Tayyip]
Erdogan, Tagar said, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
And then we spoke about films, about Gondi (a Persian
Jewish dish), about Isfahan, about Tel Aviv, about parties,
and about girls. And then we hugged and pretty much
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solved the conflict, she added.

Senate Foreign Relations

Committee reaches deal
A bipartisan deal has been reached among the leading
members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
on modifying a bill that would give Congress oversight of a
final nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran.
According to the parameters of the deal negotiated by
committee leaders U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the initial 60-day period for Congress to review a nuclear deal in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 would be cut in half to 30 days,
the New York Times reported. The review period also
includes a maximum period of 12 days for the president
to decide whether to accept or veto a congressional decision on the deal.
Additionally, Corker agreed to modify the bills language on terrorism. The bill originally called for the president to certify to Congress every 90 days that Iran was not
involved in terrorism against Americans, with sanctions
being re-imposed if Iran was found complicit in terror.
Under the new language, the president would need
to send Congress periodic reports on Irans involvement
in terrorism and on its ballistic missile program, but the
details of those reports would not set off the renewal of
sanctions that were lifted under the nuclear deal.
While President Barack Obama has said he would veto
any congressional oversight bill on Iran, Democrats in the
Senate are hoping that with strong bipartisan support,
Obama would reconsider.
The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act in its new
form is scheduled to be voted on in the Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday afternoon, and would then
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Hillary Clinton, then the U.S. secretary of state, meeting with Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu during a 2012 trip to Israel.
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Hillarys dilemma
Clinton weighs loyalty to Obama
with distinctions on Israel issues
rON KAMPeAS
WASHiNGTON Hillary Clinton does
not appear until 90 seconds into the twominute video rolling out her campaign.
No one among the bright and diverse
array of everyday Americans in that
video mentions foreign policy. Or Barack
Obama.
Jewish Democrats say the video
released last weekend is emblematic
of the approach that Clinton is likely to
take as she tries to balance her loyalty
to Obama with the perceived need to
distance herself from the tensions that
have characterized his administrations
relationship with Israel.
That tack is embedded in a statement
from her, issued March 29 through Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organizations.
Secretary Clinton thinks we need to
all work together to return the special
U.S.-Israel relationship to constructive
footing, to get back to basic shared concerns and interests, including a two-state
solution pursued through direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians,
Hoenlein said, describing a phone conversation he initiated with Clinton.
Clinton, notably, is once removed
from the statement, delivered in Hoenleins voice. Obama is not mentioned,
but she calls for a return to constructive footing, an acknowledgment that
the relationship has gone off track.
The language she used very much
indicated it is time to reignite the bonds
that are essential to the countries and
how the U.S.-Israel relationship is perceived by the rest of the world, said

Steve Grossman, a past president of the

American Israel Public Affairs Committee, who supported Clinton in her first
presidential bid in 2008 and is backing
her for 2016.
Grossman chaired the Democratic
National Committee during the presidency of Clintons husband, Bill Clinton.
Steve Rabinowitz, a senior communications official in the Bill Clinton administration who now runs a public relations
consultancy, said there is no needle to

It will be
obvious she
has her own
vision of the
world and that
none of this is
disrespectful of
the president.
STEVE RABINOWITZ

thread: Clinton and Obama worked

well together when she was his secretary
of state in his first term, Rabinowitz said,
and she would be able to distinguish herself from the president without diminishing his accomplishments.
It will be obvious she has her own
vision of the world and that none of this
is disrespectful of the president, said
Rabinowitz, who backed Clinton in 2008
and helped found the fundraising group
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Hillary
from page 37

Jewish Americans for Hillary this year.

Barbara Goldberg Goldman, a Democratic activist who campaigned for Obama
in 2008 and 2012 and now backs Clinton,
said attempts to cast Obama as harmful to
Israel were shameful. She expected Clinton would focus on the domestic issues
that draw Jewish majorities to Democrats.
When you look at polls and talk about
the Jewish community in terms of what
issues are most important, Israels not
on there, Goldman said, noting that Jewish voters are concerned mostly with the
economy the issue on which Clintons
campaign launch video focused.
Some Jewish Democrats who have had
longstanding relationships with the Clintons said Hillary Clinton could ill afford to
alienate the partys base by appearing to
attack Obama.
Shes really in between a rock and a
hard place, said a former top party official who worked closely with the Clintons
in the 1990s and has strong ties to the proIsrael community.
Most Democratic voters in primaries
in particular will look for someone who
is agreeing with Obama on everything,

said this former official, who spoke anonymously in order not to alienate any candidate. Some of the most prominent Jewish Democratic donors are very concerned
about the relationship the president has
had with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin)
Netanyahu and the Iran deal.
Obama and Netanyahu have been at
odds for years over Israeli-Palestinian
peacemaking and the nuclear negotiations between the major powers and Iran.
Obama backs the outline of an Iran deal
released earlier this month, which trades
sanctions relief for restrictions aimed at
keeping Iran from becoming a nuclear
power. Netanyahu has said the deal, to be
completed by June 30, would leave Iran
a nuclear weapons threshold state and
endanger Israel.
Clinton, as secretary of state in Obamas
first term, was deeply involved in the ultimately failed Israeli-Palestinian talks as
well as in laying the groundwork for the
Iran talks.
In statements since then, she has simultaneously endorsed Obama administration
efforts while subtly staking out a position
to its right. After this months deal outline
was released, Clinton called it an important step but added that the devil is in
the details.

A major donor both to the Democratic

Party and pro-Israel causes wondered
whether Clinton is the unalloyed Israel
supporter she was during her term as
U.S. senator from New York, from 2001 to
2009, or is she the secretary of state loyal
to Obama.

After this
months deal
outline was
released, Clinton
called it an
important step
but added that
the devil is in
the details.
The senator was good on Israel, the
secretary was average, said this donor,
who also asked not to be identified in
order not to alienate candidates.
In her most recent autobiography,

Hard Choices, Clinton depicts herself

as unabashedly in love with Israel. But
like Obama, she also is clearly ambivalent
about Netanyahu.
In the book, she called the slain prime
minister Yitzhak Rabin a close friend
and former prime minister and president
Shimon Peres an old friend. She said
Tzipi Livni, a former opposition leader
and a key negotiator in the talks with the
Palestinians, was smart and tough. And
then, upon Netanyahus 2009 election: I
had known Netanyahu for years. He is a
complicated figure.
She describes her March 2010 phone
call to Netanyahu after Israels government
embarrassed Vice President Joe Biden by
announcing plans for new building in eastern Jerusalem while he was in Israel.
I didnt enjoy playing the bad cop, but
it was part of the job, she wrote.
But Republicans wont let her get off the
hook so easily.
Matt Brooks, who directs the Republican
Jewish Coalition, said he will cast a Clinton
presidency as a third term for Obama.
She was the one who proudly talked
about spending 45 minutes on the phone
yelling at the prime minister, he said,
referring to the 2010 call.

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Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger speaks to a class participating in the Facing History and Ourselves curriculum.
COURTESY OF FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES

Fewer survivors are around

Holocaust education is in transition
PENNY SCHWARTZ
BOSTON On a recent morning, a
group of seventh-graders in Natick,
Massachusetts, was absorbed in a video
of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesels
acceptance speech of the 1986 Nobel
Peace Prize.
Why did he win? asked their teacher,
Tracy Sockalosky.
She guided the discussion to the importance of remembrance, a theme reflected
in Wiesels book Night, which the class
had read earlier in the year as part of an
eight-week unit on the Holocaust that
Sockalosky co-teaches with a colleague.
Sockalosky, a 39-year-old history and
world geography teacher at Naticks Wilson Middle School, was one of 25 educators from around the world who went to
Poland in January for the commemoration ceremonies of the 70th anniversary
of the liberation of Auschwitz. The fiveday trip, organized by the University of
Southern Californias Shoah Foundationthe Institute for Visual History and Education, in partnership with Discovery
Education, included workshops at Warsaws new Polin Museum of the History
of Polish Jews, visits to Jewish historical
sites, and meetings with survivors.
A webcast produced during the trip,
Auschwitz: The Past is Present Virtual
Experience, will be made available to
teachers and high-school students on
May 13 through the foundations recent
partnership with Discovery Education, a
company that streams educational content to teachers and classrooms across
the country.
With the last cohort of survivors in
their final years, Holocaust education,
which once relied heavily on classroom

visits from survivors, is in a period of

transition.
Were on the cusp of a shift, when it
will no longer be easy to find survivors
to speak directly with students, Roger
Brooks said. He is the president of Facing
History and Ourselves, a Boston-based
nonprofit that offers multidisciplinary
professional development, curricula,
and resources for teaching about the
Holocaust and other genocides.
Founded in 1976, Facing History,
which now has programs in 150 locations around the world, including Northern Ireland, Israel, South Africa, and
China, combines teaching the history of
the Holocaust with readings that explore
ethics and questions of civic responsibilities. Its Center for Jewish Education,
started in 1990, works with educators in
more than 750 Jewish educational settings, including about 100 day schools.
While no one knows how many
schools in the United States teach about
the Holocaust its a topic the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington
is hoping to study at some point, officials
there say people in the field sense that
it has become more of a mainstream
phenomenon in public, private, and
parochial schools all over the country,
even in communities that do not have
significant Jewish populations.
Five states New Jersey, New York,
California, Illinois, and Florida have
some type of mandate to teach about
the Holocaust in public K-12 schools,
according to Peter Fredlake, director of
teacher education at the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum. Others encourage
Holocaust education or make curricular
recommendations.
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But approach, quality, and goals vary dramatically,

Fredlake and others in the field say. Some schools
teach about the Holocaust strictly for its historical
significance and others hope to impart lessons about
civic responsibility and the dangers of intolerance.
Meanwhile, more than 80 groups throughout the
United States offer resources and training for Holocaust educators, according to the U.S. Holocaust
Museum. A new museum in Brooklyn, the Kleinman
Family Holocaust Education Center, is the first to focus
on the experience of Orthodox Jews in the Holocaust.
Many are grappling with how to teach about the
Holocaust in a post-survivor age.
For the past 20 years, in anticipation of the shift,
USCs Shoah Foundation has collected more than
52,000 testimonies of Holocaust survivors for its
Visual History Archive. More than 1,500 of the testimonies are included in the foundations IWitness,
a program designed for classroom use that enables
students to stream video and audio testimonies and
create their own multimedia presentations. The pro-

at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, said,
People assume that if you teach about the Holocaust,
students will understand that they shouldnt bully.
Theres a disconnect between whats being asked of this
history and what students are getting from it.
The lessons must be made more explicit, she said.
Sockalosky, the suburban Boston teacher, acknowledges that the material she has presented to her students

requires high-level critical thinking skills and can be

challenging for seventh-graders. But the experience of
standing with survivors at the gates of Auschwitz in January has deepened her commitment to reaching students
at their own level, she said.
I have to find a way to make learning about the Holocaust not just another historical event we study, Sockalosky said. Its not just about the history; its about the
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With the last cohort

of survivors in their
final years, Holocaust
education, which once
relied heavily on
classroom visits from
survivors, is in a
period of transition.
gram reaches some 39,000 educators, and the January trip, in addition to seeking to deepen teachers
understanding of the historical landscape of Poland
before and after the Holocaust, sought to promote
the use of the IWitness program.
This is really bringing the power of storytelling in
the digital environment, said Kori Street, director
of education at the Shoah Foundation. Its putting a
human face to history.
Testimonies cant be presented on their own, however, Street and others caution. Instead, they say, testimonies must be supplemented with lessons about
the context of anti-Semitism and the history that led
to the Holocaust.
By looking at the small and insidious steps as they
unfold, it helps students learn about warning signs,
and to recognize and respond to them in their own
lifetimes, Jan Darsa, director of Facing Historys
Jewish education program, said.
At its best, said Simone Schweber, the Goodman
professor of education and Jewish studies at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose research
has focused on Holocaust education, teaching the
Holocaust challenges students to examine their own
deeply held ideas.
Its really hard to do, she acknowledged, noting
that students dont always construct the moral lessons that their teachers assume they will, particularly if they bring in stereotypes and preconceptions
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Gallery
1

n 1 Holocaust survivor Abe

Citrin, center, is flanked by his
granddaughters, Michelle and
Gabriella Citrin, at the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation Bnai Israels Yom
HaShoah memorial service.
Stuart Alper, the programs
co-chair, is at left. EVAN MARCUS
n 2 Herb Keinon, center, a
correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, talked about
Israel at the JCC of Paramus/Congregation Beth
Tikvah. He is shown here
with Rabbi Arthur Weiner,
left, and Harlan Cohen, the
shuls immediate past president. COURTESY JCCP/CBT

Contestants, from left, Jane Menegus, Tobi Schwartz, Evalyn Brownstein, and Jean Rosenblum,
are shown with JHRs kitchen manager, Dominic Ackerman.

n 3 Chirlane McCray, wife

of New York Citys Mayor
Bill de Blasio, headlined
Ohel Childrens Home and
Family Services annual Legislative Breakfast, hosted
by Jeffrey Wiesenfeld of
AllianceBernstein L.P. Here,
Moshe Zakheim, Ohels
co-chairman of the board,
at left, stands with Ohels
co-president, Moishe Hellman; Councilman David
Greenfield; FDNY Chief of
Department James E. Leonard; Ohel co-chairman Elly
Kleinman, and Ohels CEO,
David Mandel. COURTESY OHEL

JHR resident Lenore Lippert, one of the judges, critiques

the four charoset entries. PHOTOS COURTESY JHR

Charoset Cook-Off sweetens Passover for JHR residents

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Charoset Cook-Off during chol hamoed. The event, for residents and their families, followed successful Shavuot cheesecake and Chanukah latke cook-offs. JHR
kitchen manager, Dominic Ackerman, served as the emcee.

50 JEWISH STANDARD APRIL 17, 2015

Family and friends of residents signed up to be contestants. Ingredients and

supplies were supplied by JHRs kitchen staff; recipes were supplied and prepared by the guests. A panel of judges included a few residents and Beth Chananie, the Jewish Standards food editor.

Dvar Torah
Shimini

hile every day is the yahrzeit for thousands of Jews

who perished in the Holocaust, the 27th of Nissan
has become a special day of commemoration because of its association with the
Warsaw Ghetto uprising, which began on
the Seder night of April 19, 1943. On April
19, 1948, Albert Einstein, speaking at the
dedication of the first memorial to the martyred Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, said the
following:
This monument shall serve as a
reminder for us who have survived to
remain loyal to our people and to the
moral principles cherished by our fathers.
Only through such loyalty may we hope
to survive this age of moral decay. Let us
clearly recognize and never forget this; that
mutual cooperation and the furtherance of
living ties between the Jews of all lands is
our sole physical and moral protection in
the present situation. But for the future our
hope lies in overcoming the general moral
abasement which today gravely menaces
the very existence of mankind.
Juxtaposed to the words of Einstein, in
this weeks Torah reading from Parshat
Shimini we hear the sound of silence from
Aaron the high priest.
Aarons sons, Nadav and Abihu, each
took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid
incense on it; and they offered before
God alien fire, which He, (God), had not
enjoined upon them. And fire came forth
from God and consumed them; thus they
died at the instance of God. Then Moses
said to Aaron: This is what God meant
when he said: Through those near to Me
I show Myself holy, and assert My authority before all the people. And Aaron was
silent. (Leviticus 10:1-3)
The Biblical text then turns away from
the wilderness narrative and for the next

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Im a strong believer in getting American

Jewry involved in the Zionist world without any
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American Jews should be sticking our nose into
the political world in Israel. The entire country
should be supported by us and helped by us in
every way we can.
Mr. Parness is a third generation member
of Bnai Zion; he joined the staff in 1964. He
attended every Zionist Congress since 1978.
Its an educational experience, he said. You
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and around the world.
Just one more thing you need to know before
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five chapters instructs us concerning laws

pertaining to diet, public health, and ritual observances. However, for neither the
reader nor the author has this incident
been forgotten. In chapter 16 where the
narrative resumes we will read;
God spoke to Moses after the death of
the two sons of Aaron who died when they
drew too close to the Presence of God. God
said to Moses: Tell your brother Aaron that
he is not to come at will into the shrine
behind the curtain, in front of the cover
that is upon the ark, lest he die; for I appear
in the cloud over the cover.(Leviticus
16:1-2)
By first ignoring and then simply noting
that after the death of Aarons sons Nadav
and Abihu Aaron and his remaining sons
continue performing their ritual responsibilities, the Torah raises for me the questions: How could Aarons response to his
sons deaths be silence? Why did the High
Priest of Israel continue to perform Gods
service without seeking an explanation for
the death of his two sons?
Many of the classic commentators, such
as Ibn Ezra, have inferred from the reading
of chapters 10 and 16 as a continuing narrative that the sin for which Nadav and Abihu
were executed was entering the Holy of
Holies without Divine invitation. Others
have suggested that the alien fire is a reference to some form of idolatry.
This year I want to suggest that we use
the words of Albert Einstein, which were
spoken on the day of my birth, April 19,
1948, and which are included in the Reform
movement Haggadah as an additional reading to the traditional text of the wise son of
the seder, as a lens through which we read
the story of Aarons response to the alien
fire. My question to the Torah text in light
of the alien fires of genocide and terrorism that have continue to fill the headlines

of our morning papers and

one of the founders of The
our unending news channel
Hebrew University. In his
reports, 67 years after Einrecent biography of Einstein,
steins hope, that we would
Michael Isaacson points out
overcome the moral abasethat while Einstein rejected
ment of that age, is: When
the idea of a personal God,
should our response to death
he did come to believe in the
be silence and when must our
existence of a Source of Being
response be action?
that was beyond the knowRabbi Neal
able universe. I therefore
If we look at the silence
Borovitz
choose to hear in the words
of Aaron in strictly personal
Rabbi emeritus,
I quoted earlier from his 1948
terms, I do understand his
Temple Avodat
address, a message from the
silence. There are times when
Shalom, River
man whose very name has
the only response to a tragic
Edge, Reform
become a synonym for inteldeath, especially the loss of
ligence, as a call to me and to
a child or a young parent or
each of us to understand that we do have a
sibling, is silence. Silence on the part of
responsibility to be Gods Voice and Hands
the bereaved and silence on the part of the
in the world.
comforters. The Book of Job reminds us of
Einstein called out from the Warsaw
this as it teaches us that life is not always a
Ghetto 67 years ago this week that We
zero-sum game and Gods presence in the
Jews must both remain loyal to the moral
world as master of both Justice and Mercy
principles of our tradition and that the
is both complicated and complex. There
furtherance of living ties between the
are times when the path back to faith takes
Jews of all lands is our sole physical and
time, which the more than five chapter
moral protection in the current situainterruptions in our narrative affords the
tion. As we hear the world respond with
reader, and perhaps the characters in our
silence to ongoing genocide in Darfur; to
unfolding Jewish drama.
the slaughter of innocent Palestinians and
As I reread this familiar story this year
other Arab minorities at the hands of ISIS;
through the lens of Einsteins words at the
and the countless other acts of terror and
Warsaw Ghetto dedication in 1948 between
destruction that plague our world today,
Passover and Yom Ha Shoah, I see it as not
we cannot be silent. As we remember the
only a descriptive lesson in pastoral care,
six million Jews who perished in the Holobut also as a story that challenges me to
caust, we must as Pope Francis called out
question when silence in the face of death
to the world this week remember the 1.5
is inexcusable and immoral.
million Armenians slaughtered by their
Einstein, who was not a ritually observant Jew, was, however, an early and strong
Ottoman oppressors in WWI, and the all
supporter of Zionism. In fact his first trip
too frequent repetitions of acts of genocide
to the United States, in 1921, was not for a
throughout the 20th and 21st centuries and
scientific conference but rather to use his
across the globe.
Let us this Yom HaShoah distinguish
international fame as a draw to Jews to
between the silent comfort we can offer a
come out and support Zionism both politically and financially. Einstein was also
mourner and the sin of silence in face of evil.

expenses. In 2006, 80,000 people voted in the

election. As of last week, fewer than half that
many people had voted. The election ends in
less than two week, on April 30.
Why spend $10 to vote?
Its worth it, Seffi Kogen said.
Another young candidate for Mercaz USA,
Mr. Kogen, who grew up in Fair Lawn, graduated from the joint program run by Columbia
University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He now works for a New York Jewish
organization.
If youre someone who is engaged Jewishly,
who is passionate about your brand of Judaism,
whatever it might be, there is a slate that speaks
to you, he said. Most people who are engaged
Jewishly will find a cause within the World Zionist Congress compelling enough to move them
to spend $5 or $10, he said.

BRIEF

Wiesenthal Center downgrades U.S.

in annual Nazi-hunting report
In its annual Nazi-hunting report, the
Simon Wiesenthal Center downgraded
Americas efforts, marking the first
time the United States has been ranked
that low in the report.
According to Nazi-hunter Efraim
Zuroff, director of the Wiesenthal Centers Israel office, the U.S. ranking was
lowered in part because America did
not take any action against Michael
Karkoc, who was living in Minnesota
and was found to have commanded an
SS unit in an investigation by the Associated Press in 2013.

Afterward, Germany began its own

investigation into Karkoc and determined that he had commanded a
hunt that allegedly involved burning
villages filled with women and children. The investigation also found
that Karkoc lied to immigration officials in order to get into the U.S. several years after World War II.
The Wiesenthal Centers report
also praised Germany for loosening
the rules on the prosecution of former Nazis.


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Crossword
BIBLICAL LEADERS BY ALAN OLSCHWANG
EDITOR: DAVIDBENKOF@GMAIL.COM
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM

Across
1 Deli delight
6 Joel Siegel was its film critic for over
25 yrs.

9 Bar mitzvah planners fears

14 Zohar verse: Whosoever sleepeth at
night in his bed tasteth of death, for
his soul leaveth him for the ___
15 Abrahams sacrifice
16 Make like David and Jonathan
17 Where tzitzit are attached
18 Without wavering
20 A. J. Ayers alma mater
21 Movie in which Stephen Lang played
Colonel Miles Quaritch
22 Dayenu stanza starters
23 A chance for the big bucks
26 Indias equivalent of Reb
27 Some pour them on their matzo brei
30 Fischer chess opponent, a number
of times
33 Rends, as garments
37 Emulate A. M. Rosenthal
38 Tzimmes
39 Snobbish sort
42 With out, a phrase equivalent to
scramble for in the song Tradition
43 Hot stuff that helped create the
Hexagon Pool in the Golan
45 Outbreak at a Women of the Wall service
46 Adam and Eve do it to fig leaves when
they realize they are naked
47 What God does in the first sentence of
Genesis
50 When Hanukkah begins, briefly
52 City in Michigans Upper Peninsula
59 This is to be kept in check, according
to Micah 6:8
61 Esaus birthright transaction, e.g.
62 Kosher ocean denizen
63 Yellow invader
65 2014 Lenny Kravitz album
66 Isaac Sterns son Michael recorded his
Enigma Variations
67 Insect praised in Proverbs 6:6-9
68 Boothe Luce who had a love affair with
Bernard Baruch
69 All the fowls of heaven made their ___
in his boughs . . . (Ezekiel 31:6)
70 Bandleader Brown who played
Leapfrog in Jerry Lewiss The Nutty
Professor
71 Spurrell who translated the Old
Testament from the original Hebrew

The solution to last weeks puzzle

is on page 59.
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Down
1 Some do this during Yom Kippur services
2 Acknowledge on Tisha BAv, perhaps
3 Unit of a Franklin Mint late 1970s issuance with books of the Old Testament

4 Qualities created by anointing with oil

5 Like the namesakes of the twelve tribes
6 Its sometimes served atop kishke
7 Displeased, as with the child who
wouldnt sit quietly during the rabbis
sermon
8 Instrument auctioned by Isaac Sterns
estate in 2003
9 Anderson on whose team Richie
Scheinblum played in the outfield
in 1973
10 Photographer Goldin
11 Matter of interest to some 49D employees
12 ___ of Eilat
13 1974 Elliott Gould spoof
19 Rapper Miller and others
21 Statesman Sharon
24 Tree of Life menorah sculptor
25 Before as it might appear in an Isaac
Rosenberg poem
28 Gefilte fish ingredient
29 What Esau received when he engaged
in 61A
30 If its pure, the OU says it can be used
on Passover without certification
31 When Purim occurs
32 Some Billy Joel music
34 Davids was perfect
35 The International Coastal Highway,
for one: Abbr.
36 Part of an abbreviation appearing on a
bar mitzvah invitation
40 Meal that includes a hunt
41 Be fruitful and multiply, and multiply?
44 Org. that can help you get from Zion to
Mt. Carmel without ever leaving Utah
48 Latke ingredients
49 Its skyward in Hebrew
51 Kine, today
53 Dreyfus or Beilis
54 Execute, one way
55 Campers live in them in Colorados
Ramah Outdoor Adventure
56 Like many kibbutzim
57 Make someone less of a greenhorn
58 What Adams apple was to be
59 Location of Adams apple
60 Dorothy who sings Arlen and Harburgs
Over the Rainbow
64 Cant Help Lovin ___ Man (Kern/
Hammerstein song)
65 Weizmann Inst. of Sci., for one

Arts & Culture

MICHAEL PRIEST PHOTOGRAPHY

A parents plea
Do This One Thing for Me

MIRIAM RINN
ane Elias is a very good daughter.
Her one-woman play, Do This
One Thing for Me, now at the TBG
Theatre on West 36th Street, is a love
letter to her father, a Greek Jew who survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
Whether the play has relevance to a general audience is another matter.
Elias is an actor and writer whose work
has been developed with Naked Angels,
Access Theater, Core Artist Ensemble, and
Stony Brook Southampton. While touching
in parts, Do This One Thing for Me, written and performed by Elias and directed
by Tracy Bersley, feels like a work still in
development. Elias has not yet translated
her personal experience into a more universal one, or perhaps the play is not personal enough to become more than one
womans story. It often feels that Elias is

skimming over the surface of her emotions, hesitant to descend into depths that
may be murky or frightening. Her father
seems like a genuinely nice man, but a
play should do more than express the anodyne sentiments appropriate to a family
celebration.
On stage, Elias switches smoothly from
her fathers persona to her own as she tells
a familiar story of overprotective parents
and guilt-ridden children of survivors.
Eliass father doesnt see anything unreasonable in expecting his adult daughter to
call him every morning just to announce
that shes still alive. Cant you do this one
thing and call me every day? he demands.
And he feels perfectly comfortable reminding her that she isnt getting any younger
and should be married and a mother
already. His fondest wish is to dance at her
wedding. This doesnt make him stand out
from the crowd of other anxious parents

of artistic young adults who want them to

settle down already.
What makes him unusual, of course,
is his life story. For the first half of the
65-minute play, we learn a lot about it as
Elias recreates her fathers oral Holocaust
history. Although we have heard many
Holocaust stories, the details of horror
never fail to mesmerize. Eliass father
was 15 when he arrived at the concentration camp with his brother and cousins in
1944. The teenagers somehow managed to
stay alive, through hustle and luck, until
the day they were scheduled to be killed.
Miraculously, that was the day that British
troops liberated the camp.
The second half of the play veers off
to the adult March of the Living trip Elias
took in 2010. While she initially conceived
this as a journey she and her father would
go on together, she insists on going even
after he refuses. Elias cleverly captures

the varying degrees of self-righteousness

and obliviousness among the guides, educators, and members of the international
group visiting Auschwitz, but she achieves
the true purpose of her play when she
recites the names of her large, extended
Greek Jewish family at the death camp.
She reports this communal kaddish to her
father with genuine satisfaction and pride.
This is the one thing that she has done
for him, even though it isnt the thing he
asked for.
It is 70 years since the end of World War
II, yet the Holocaust retains its dark power
to consume our imagination. Elias is a
young member of a generation of children
of those who survived that nightmare and
one of a large group who have described
their experience through theater and literature. Soon, we will hear from grandchildren
and then from great-grandchildren. This is a
story we will be telling for a very long time.
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Calendar
Friday
APRIL 17

Cantor Israel Singer

Tikkun Olam Lecture

at Temple Beth Tikvah.
He will discuss Can
One Jew Really Make
a Difference?: From
Nachshon to Dresner
to, 8 p.m. Rabbi
emeritus Israel Dresners
86th birthday will be
celebrated at the Oneg
Shabbat. 950 Preakness
Ave. (973) 694-1616.

Meaningful retirement:
A discussion, Creating a
Meaningful Retirement,
is offered by Carole
Miller at the Jewish
Home Assisted Living
in River Vale. Program
part of the Jewish
Home Familys 100 year
celebration. Brunch at
10:45 a.m.; program at
11:30. 685 Rivervale Road.
Reservations, (201) 7504231 or dmcgovern@
jewishhomerockleigh.org.

Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers
a musical Shabbat
service with the Temple
Emeth band, 8 p.m. 1666
Windsor Road. (201) 8331322 or www.emeth.org.

Bernie Weinflash
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Emanu-El honors
Cantor Israel Singer for
his 25 years at the shul
and honors the memory
of Bernie Weinflash,
who loved music, with
a musical Shabbat
featuring the Hamptons
Synagogue Choir,
7 p.m. Special dessert
reception after services
and a Kiddush lunch
after 9 a.m. services.
180 Piermont Road.
(201) 750-9997 or www.
templeemanu-el.com.

Shabbat in Parsippany:
Award-winning journalist
Allan Chernoff, former
senior correspondent
for CNN and CNBC,
presents the annual
Joseph Gotthelf
Holocaust Memorial
Lecture at Temple Beth
Am, 7:30 p.m. He will
discuss the experiences
of the child survivors of
Tomaszow-Mazowiecki,
Poland, including his
mothers, Rena Margulies
Chernoff, one of the
youngest survivors of
the Holocaust, as told
in his new book, The
Tailors of Tomaszow. 879
Beverwyck Road. (973)
887-0046.

Shabbat in Washington
Township: Temple Beth
Or offers an interactive
tot family service, 6 p.m.
Oneg and craft activity
follow. Meet Rabbi
Noah Fabricant and
Cantor Sarah Silverberg.
56 Ridgewood Road.
(201) 664-7422 or
templebethornj.org.

Shabbat in Wayne:
Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff,
past president of the
Central Conference of
American Rabbis and
Association of Reform
Zionists of America,
author, and rabbi
emeritus of Temple
Emanu-El of Westfield,
gives the fourth annual
Rabbi Israel S. Dresner

Toddler program in
Washington Township:
As part of the shuls
Holiday Happenings
program, the sisterhood
of Temple Beth Or offers
music, stories, crafts, and
snacks for children up
to second graders and
their parents, 11:15 a.m.
56 Ridgewood Road.
(201) 664-7422 or www.
templebethornj.org.

Shabbat in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
celebrates the Latin
American Jewish
community with
Shabbat La Vida Loca,
8 p.m. Cantor Mark
Biddelman and guest
cantor Ilan Mamber of
Temple Beth Rishon in
Wyckoff will be joined
by a band. 87 Overlook
Drive. (201) 391-0801 or
www.tepv.org.

Saturday
APRIL 18
Shabbat in Teaneck: The
Jewish Center of Teaneck
offers services at 9 a.m.;
then congregant Barbara
Schneider moderates a
discussion, Exploring
the Symbols of Israel,
as part of the Three Cs
Cholent, Cugel, and
Conversation. Kinder
Shul for 3- to 8-year-olds,
while parents attend
services, 10:30-11:45. In
conjunction with the
centers monthly simcha
Kiddush. 70 Sterling
Place. (201) 833-0515 or
www.jcot.org.

Broadway music
in Wayne: Temple
Beth Tikvah presents
Broadway on the
Bimah featuring
comedian Joe Cardone,
Broadway baritone
James Michael and
soprano Gay Willis, star
of Show Boat and
Phantom, performing
the music of Andrew

54 JEWISH STANDARD APRIL 17, 2015

Beth-El screens a
new documentary
film, The State of the
Jewish Nation, 4 p.m.,
followed by a Q&A
with the award-winning
filmmaker, Gloria Z.
Greenfield. Co-sponsored
by Congregation Bnai
Jacob and United
Synagogue of Hoboken.
$10 suggested donation.
2419 Kennedy Boulevard.
(201) 333-4229, www.
betheljc.org, or www.
bodyandsoulthemovie.
com.

A great heretic: Temple

The Wayne YMCA

hosts a 50s-style sock
hop with music by the
Golden Gup, Saturday,
April 18, 7:30 p.m. Food, contests,
and prizes. The Metro YMCAs of
the Oranges is a partner of the
YM-YWHA of North Jersey. 1 Pike
Drive. (973) 595-0100.

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Lloyd Webber, 7:30 p.m.

Dessert buffet follows.
950 Preakness Ave.
(973) 595-6565 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org.

County offers music,

stories, crafts, and snacks
for pre-k students and
their parents, 9:30 a.m. 1
Engle St. (201) 568-3035.

Aphasia center
fundraiser in
Leonia: The social

Casino night in Teaneck:

Temple Emeths
Spring Casino Night, a
professionally run event,
includes a Texas Hold
Em poker tournament,
designer Bling Bingo,
black jack, craps, poker,
roulette, and a big six
wheel, 7:30 p.m. Ticket
includes $50 in chips, full
bar, buffet dinner, and
dessert. 1666 Windsor
Road. (201) 833-1322 or
www.emeth.org.

Israel documentary in
Jersey City: Temple

Film in Teaneck:
Congregation Rinat
Yisraels adult education
committee presents
the prize-winning
documentary Blessed
is the Match: The Life
and Death of Hannah
Senesh, 9:30 p.m. 389
W. Englewood Ave. (201)
837-2795.

Sunday
APRIL 19
Toddler program
in Tenafly: As part
of the shuls Holiday
Happenings program,
Temple Sinai of Bergen

action committee of
Congregation Adas
Emuno sponsors a
fundraiser for Maywoods
Adler Aphasia Center
at the shul, 10 a.m.
Light breakfast, short,
informative session,
and a sale of handmade
jewelry and other gift
items made by Aphasia
Center participants. 254
Broad Ave. (201) 592-1712
or www.adasemuno.org.

Preschool program in
Woodcliff Lake: Temple
Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley holds Club Katan
for children who will
begin kindergarten in
September, 10:15 a.m.
87 Overlook Drive. (201)
391-0801, ext. 12.

Sinai of Bergen County

in Tenafly begins a threesession course, The
Great Heretic: The Life,
Times and Thought of
Baruch Spinoza, led
by Rabbi Lawrence
Troster, noon. 1 Engle St.
Registration, (201) 5683075 or bwaldman@
templesinaibc.org.

Yom HaShoah in
Hackensack: Temple
Beth Els commemoration
includes a screening
of a film about Varian
Fry, the American
journalist, originally from
Ridgewood, who ran a
rescue network in France,
helping anti-Nazi and
Jewish refugees escape,
2 p.m. Memorial service
follows. 280 Summit Ave.
(201) 342-2045.

Berlins music in
Franklin Lakes: Temple
Emanuel of North Jersey
continues an Irving
Berlin series, this week
featuring a screening
of the acclaimed 1988
CBS television concert
celebrating the 100th
birthday of songwriter
Irving Berlin, 2 p.m. Ice
cream and refreshments.
558 High Mountain Road.
(201) 560-0200 or www.
tenjfl.org.

Family games in
Teaneck: The Teaneck
General Store offers
a family game day,
led by game maven
Leora Verbit, 4-6 p.m.
10 percent discount
on games with
reservation/coupon.
502a Cedar Lane. (201)
530-5046 or www.
teaneckgeneralstore.com.

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J.

Schacter
Yom HaShoah in
Teaneck: Congregation
Rinat Yisrael presents
a lecture by Rabbi
Dr. Jacob J. Schacter,
professor of Jewish
history and Jewish
thought and senior
scholar at the Center
for the Jewish Future at
Yeshiva University, 8 p.m.
He will discuss The
American Chaplain and
the Survivors in honor
of the second yahrzeit of
his father, Rabbi Herschel
Schacter zl, and in
commemoration of the
70th anniversary of the
liberation of Buchenwald.
389 W. Englewood Ave.
(201) 837-2795.

Monday
APRIL 20

Film in Wayne: The

Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey
hosts a screening of
Beneath the Helmet:
From High School to
the Home Front, a
coming-of-age story that
follows five Israeli high
school grads who are
drafted into the army
to defend their country,

Tuesday
APRIL 21
Yom Haatzmaut
playgroup in Oakland:
Shalom Baby, a project
of Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey,
holds a playgroup for
newborns to 3-yearolds and their parents,
with songs, stories,
crafts, and playtime,
celebrating Israels 67th
birthday. at Gerrard
Berman Day School,
Solomon Schechter of
North Jersey, 9:30 a.m.
45 Spruce St. (201) 8203917 or www.jfnnj.org/
shalombaby.

on the Eichmann trial

and Hannah Arendts
book Eichmann in
Jerusalem, 7 p.m. Also
April 22. 1 Engle St. (201)
568-3075 or bwaldman@
templesinaibc.org.

Thursday
APRIL 23
Israels Independence
Day in Wayne: The
Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey
hosts a Yom Haatzmaut
celebration at the Wayne
YMCA, with a tour
of Israel, crafts, Israeli
dinner from the Ys Tel
Aviv Caf, and Israeli
dancing, 5-7 p.m. The
Metro YMCAs of the
Oranges is a partner of
the YM-YWHA of North
Jersey. 1 Pike Drive. (973)
595-0100.

PHOTO COURTESY NCJW

Monument Man
speaking in Teaneck:
Harry Ettlinger, the
last of the original
Monuments Men, speaks
to National Council of
Jewish Women Bergen
County Section at
Temple Emeth, 12:30 p.m.
The Monuments Men
recovered precious art
and artifacts stolen by
the Nazis during WWII.
Light refreshments. 1666
Windsor Road. (201) 3854847 or www.ncjwbcs.
org.

Blood drive in Teaneck:

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

Heart saver CPR with

AED: The Valley Hospital
offers a Heart Saver adult
CPR/ class with AED
(automated external
defibrillator) certification,
good for two years,
6:30 p.m. 605 Pascack
Road. (201) 666-6610 or
www.yjcc.org.

The Eichmann trial:

Temple Sinai of Bergen
County offers a course

Preschool program in
Woodcliff Lake: Temple
Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley holds MazelTots
for 3-year-olds and their
parents/grandparents,
10 a.m. 87 Overlook
Drive. (201) 391-0801,
ext. 12.

APRIL 24
Shabbat in Wayne:
Shomrei Torah has tot
Shabbat, 5 p.m. 30
Hinchman Ave. (973)
696-2500.
Temple Beth Rishon has
a music-filled Celebrate
Israel service featuring
choral pieces and folk
songs in honor of Yom
HaAtzmaut and the
State of Israels 67th
anniversary, 7 p.m.
Musical accompaniment
by Kol Rishon, the
Temples adult choir;
Cantors Ilan Mamber
and Summer GreenwaldGonella; Itay Goren, and
Jimmy Cohen. Oneg
Shabbat with Israeli
desserts. 585 Russell Ave.
(201) 891-4466 or www.
bethrishon.org.

Shabbat in Ridgewood:
Temple Israel and Jewish
Community Center offers
family services for 4
to 13-year-olds, led by
Cantor Caitlin Bromberg
on her guitar, 7 p.m.
Oneg Shabbat follows.
475 Grove St. (201) 4449320 or www.synagogue.
org.

Shabbat in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai
Israel holds its monthly
learning service in
celebration of Israel,
7:30 p.m. 53 Palisade
Ave. (201) 265-2272 or
www.bisrael.com.

Sunday
APRIL 26
Jewelry show/sale
in Tenafly: Norma
Wellington, a prominent
international jewelry
designer, offers a benefit
show/sale at the Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades,

Book discussion/nosh
in Pompton Lakes:
As part of the One
Book One Community
project, sponsored by
the Jewish Federation
of Northern New
Jersey, Congregation
Beth Shalom offers a
discussion Modern
Day Golems, 12:15 p.m.
211 Passaic Ave. (973)
835-3500 or www.
bethshalomnj.org.

Book discussion/
breakfast in Paramus:
As part of the One Book
One Community project,
sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jersey, JCC
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah offers a
discussion by Carolyn
Kaufman on this years
book selection, The
Golem and the Jinni,
10 a.m. 304 East Midland
Ave. (201) 262-7691 or
www.jccparamus.org.

Blood drive in Emerson:

Congregation Bnai
Israel holds a community
interfaith blood drive
in conjunction with
Community Blood
Services, 10 a.m.3 p.m. Co-sponsored by
churches in Westwood
and Park Ridge, including
the Lebanon Baptist
Church, Parkside
Community Church,
Zion Lutheran Church,
Westwood Methodist
Church, Grace Episcopal
Church, St. Andrews
Church, and the PPT
Worship Center. 53
Palisade Ave. (201) 2652272 or www.bisrael.com.

Israeli soldiers visit

Englewood: As part of
StandWithUs, two young
reserve duty Israeli
soldiers will talk about
their combat experiences
in the Israeli Defense
Forces with students of
the Bergen County High
School of Jewish Studies,
at the Moriah School,
11 a.m. A delegation
of high school juniors
visiting from Nahariya,
Israel, in a joint Young
Leadership program
with BCHSJS students,
will kick off the program.
53 South Woodland St.
(201) 488-0834 or www.
bchsjs.org.

8:30 p.m. Program

features works by Ravel,
Debussy, Schumann,
Carter, and Zohar
Sharon. 129 W. 67th
St. (212) 501-3330,
boxoffice@kaufmancenter.org, or at www.
kaufmanmusiccenter.org.

Singles
Sunday
APRIL 19

Sunday
APRIL 19

Camp open house in

Haledon: Camp Veritans
offers an open house
with walking tours,
1-4 p.m. 225 Pompton
Road. (973) 956-1220 or
registrar@campveritans.
com.

Music/entertainment
in Fair Lawn: Lazer

Friday

Shabbat in Wyckoff:

Harry Ettlinger and

George Clooney

9 a.m.-4 p.m. A large

percentage of sales will
benefit the Kaplen Adult
Reach Center, a day
care program for seniors
with Alzheimers disease
and related forms of
dementia. 411 E. Clinton
Ave. (201) 408-1450 or
jnahary@jccotp.org.

Lloyd, Israels king

of blues rock, makes
his Northeast U.S.
debut at a concert at
the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel,
7:30 p.m. Doors open
at 7. The Connecticutborn entertainer is also
a writer and storyteller.
10-10 Norma Ave. (201)
796-5040.

In New York
Saturday
APRIL 18
Israeli music: The
Cleveland Orchestras
principal flutist, Joshua
Smith, joins the Israeli
Chamber Project at
Merkin Concert Hall,

Author at brunch in
Clifton: North Jersey

Film in Manhattan:
Greenhorn, based on
the childrens book by
Anna Olswanger of Fair
Lawn, is screened at the
Museum of Tolerance,
1 p.m., followed by a
Q&A and book signing.
The film is the true story
of a young Holocaust
survivor named Daniel,
who arrives at a Brooklyn
yeshiva to study and
live in 1946. Produced
by Olswanger and Tom
Whitus, Greenhorn
is a 2015 Audience
Award-winner for Best
Short Film Drama in
the Morris and Mollye
Fogelman International
Jewish Film Festival.
226 East 42nd St.
(212) 697-1180 or www.
mseumoftolerancenew
york.com.

Jewish Singles 45-60s at

the Clifton Jewish Center
offers a brunch and
presentation by Boris
Fishman, who will discuss
and sign copies of his
book, A Replacement
Life, noon. 18 Delaware
St. Karen, (973) 772-3131
or join North Jersey
Jewish Singles 45-60s, at
www.meetup.com.

Sunday
APRIL 26
Singles meet in
Caldwell: New Jersey
Jewish Singles 45+ meet
for lunch, and a group
game with prizes, to
celebrate the groups
fourth anniversary, at
Congregation Agudath
Israel, 12:45 p.m. $10. 20
Academy Road. Sue,
(973) 226-3600, ext. 145,
or singles@agudath.org.

Author coming to Tenafly

The annual James H.
Grossman Memorial Jewish Book Month at the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades will feature Maggie
Anton, author of the highly
acclaimed historical trilogy
Rashis Daughters, who
will discuss her new book,
Enchantress. The community event is set for Tuesday,
April 28, at 7:30 p.m.
Based on five years of
research and characters
from the Talmud, Enchantress is a novel that weaves together Talmudic lore, ancient Jewish magic and a
timeless love story.
Set in 4th century Babylonia, the story
centers around a courageous woman
with special gifts, and her husband,
who possesses knowledge of the secret
Torah. Together, they safeguard their
people against demons, the evil eye, and
even the angel of death.

PHOTO COURTESY JCCOTP

at the Wayne YMCA,

6 p.m. Film is from the
creators of the PBSfeatured documentary
film Israel Inside: How a
Small Nation Makes a Big
Difference. The Metro
YMCAs of the Oranges
is a partner of the YMYWHA of North Jersey.
1 Pike Drive. (973) 5950100.

Maggie Anton

E n c h a n t re s s i s
part of a new series,
Rav Hisdas Daughter, which made
Maggie Anton a National Jewish Book
Award finalist and earned her the
Library Journals choice for Best Historical Fiction.
A book signing and sale will take
place after the presentation. To register
online, go to the JCC website at www.
jccotp.org. For information, call Ruth
Yung, at (201) 408-1418.
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Jewish World

Amazing photos of the soon-to-be gone Streits matzah factory

GABE FRIEDMAN
As the Streits matzah factory on Manhattans Lower East Side gets ready to close,
Jews in New York City and beyond are feeling the nostalgia.
The last family-owned matzah company
in the United States has still not set an
official closing date latest reports indicate that the Rivington Street factory may
remain open until May or early summer
but its plans remain the same. Streits
matzah-making operations will be consolidated in a Moonachie factory very soon.
Brooklyn-based photographer Joseph
O. Holmes set out to document the Lower
East Side factory as it finished up its Passover-season production in February and
March. Holmes, who is represented by the
Jen Bekman Gallery in New York, is a veteran artist who specializes in photographing interesting workplaces, such as film
projector booths and machinery stores.
But, he said, still he found that working in
Streits was overwhelming in a good
way.
The first time I went in with my tripod,
I shot for five hours and didnt end up
using any of the original photos, Holmes
said. It took me a while to train my eye
to it.
He described the factorys outdated production lines, which contain equipment
from the 1930s and span several floors, as
a complicated Rube Goldberg setup.
Holmes eventually spent 10 days in the
building over a span of five weeks. In the
process, he got to know some of the workers. He did not have to use any additional
lighting. The factorys windows provided
ample natural light, and its scattered fluorescent light sources produced a shady,
artistic effect.
Holmes results, as seen here, are an
awe-inspiring tribute to the Lower East
Side landmark.
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ALL PHOTOS BY JOSEPH O. HOLMES

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He was a World War II Army veteran and a former
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Predeceased by his wife, Elaine, ne Yankelevsky,
and a daughter, Merille, he is survived by a daughter,
Ivy Urdang (Robert Lenrow), two grandchildren, and
one great- grandchild.
Donations can be sent to Temple Beth Sholom, Park
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formerly of New York City, died April 7.
She is survived by her husband, Professor Joel I.
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brothers, Leon Lewis (Dixie), and Martin Lewis
(Beverly); and two grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Louis Suburban Chapel,
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Paterson and Fair Lawn, died April 10.
Before retiring, he worked for many years in the
pharmaceutical industry. He was an Army World War II
veteran and a former member of Temple Emanuel and
the Eastside Hebrew Center in Paterson.
Predeceased by his wives, Jean and Tuve, he is
survived by his children, Jack (Kathleen), and Judy
Glick (the late Barry), and David (Margaret); eight
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one
great-great grandchild.
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Rose Neiditch

Rose R. Neiditch, 93, of Fair Lawn, died April 14.

Before retiring, she was a medical secretary for
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Temple Avoda in Fair Lawn, volunteered at Valley
Hospital in Ridgewood, and was a member of National
Council of Jewish Women.
Predeceased by her husband, Oscar, she is
survived by her children, David, and Deborah
Cunningham (Lee); four grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Donations can be made to Life Source Hospice,
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Anne Roth

Anne L. Roth, ne Morgenthau, 87, of Fair Lawn, died

April 13.
She was a member of the Hebrew Association of the
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Predeceased by her husband, Jay, she is survived by
her children, Gail Cebular (Edward), Alice Candaras,
and Joedy Puleio ( James); and two grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to the Fair Lawn Volunteer
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She was a graduate of Lasell College and Lesley
University, a life member of Hadassah and a member
of Bnai Brith. She served on the boards of Barnert
Hospital and Lasell College, where she and her
husband established the Elisse A. and Jennifer A.
Share Scholarship Fund. At Barnert Temple, she was
sisterhood president and served on many committees.
She is survived by her husband, Neil; a daughter,
Jennifer; a brother, Marc Allinson (Claire); and nieces,
nephews, and cousins.
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Join Tony Award winner Hal Linden

for a unique and memorable journey across Israel

havuot is a time of celebration and spiritual

renewal, and there is no
better way to bring those
feelings into your own life than a
nine-day excursion across Israel.
On May 27, Jewish National Fund
( JNF) will offer active adults, ages
55 and over, its fourth annual Sunshine Tour, co-chaired by Tony
and Emmy Award winning actor,
musician, and singer Hal Linden.
Participants will restore their
spirits and souls while traveling
across Israel, experiencing some
of the best the country has to
offer from the northern city of
Haifa, through the Negev, and to
the top of Masada.
I am thrilled to once again
have the opportunity to lead a
group on the trip of a lifetime
across Israel with JNFs Sunshine

Tour, says Mr. Linden. I know

this will be a remarkable and
unforgettable experience.
Destination highlights from
JNFs Sunshine Tour include:
Four days in Jerusalem to
explore Ben Yehuda Street,
visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust

60 JEWISH STANDARD APRIL 17, 2015

Museum & Memorial, and

walk through the Western Wall
Tunnels before paying respects
at the Western Wall (the Kotel).
A scenic tour of the Western
Galilee including stops at the
Atlit Illegal Immigration Camp
(a site JNF helped restore in

partnership with the Society for

the Preservation of Israel Heritage
Sites) and one of Israels first
microbreweries, Malka Brewery.
A day trip to the north to
visit the Bahai Hanging Gardens
in Haifa and tour Caesarea, the
former Roman capital of the
region.
Two quintessential days
in Tel Aviv featuring strolls
though Old Jaffa and the openair Carmel Market, as well as
visits to the Rabin Museum and
Independence Hall.
Visits to the Sderot Indoor
Recreation Center in the Negev,
Aleh Negevs state-of-the-art
rehabilitative village, and a trip
to the Beer Sheva River Park to
see the results of JNFs Blueprint
Negev campaign first hand.
JNF has a reputation for

trips that are not only exciting,

but offer ways to connect our
travelers to each other and the
land of Israel, says Mr. Linden.
It doesnt matter if this is your
first trip or one of many, there
are always new people to meet
and new ways to discover Israel.
Open to active adults 55 and
over, the Sunshine Tour is priced
at $4,735, not including flight and
based on double occupancy. The
single supplement is $1,735, and
the optional day trip to Masada
and the Dead Sea is $135 per
person. Flights may be arranged
upon request by contacting
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contact Matt Bernstein at (800)
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Weve included many of the areas

most popular restaurants, as well as
those that have the greatest amount of
buzz, the places your brother-in-law or
neighbor are always talking about, said
Mr. Goldin. From a somewhat sleepy
event that started four years ago, this
event has taken on a life of its own. Were
expecting a full house.
The Rotary Club will be raising
money for both local and global causes.
Locally, money will go towards food
pantries to feed the homeless, the
Teaneck Ambulance Corps, toys for
needy children, and various school
projects that include sending promising
high school students to leadership
development camp, giving college
scholarships, taking students on a
field trip to the United Nations, and
buying dictionaries for third graders.
On a global level, the money will go
towards providing solar paneling for a
girls boarding school in Sierra Leone
and providing biosand water filters for
families in Haiti.
One hundred percent of the money
raised from Taste of Teaneck and the
clubs other fundraisers goes directly
to the causes. Any administrative costs
come from internal fundraising and
membership dues.
Sponsors for the Taste of Teaneck are
Residential Home Funding Corp., Myers
& Pico, First Commerce Bank, Marriott
Hotel at Glenpointe, Freedom Bank,
Heritage Pointe of Teaneck, Five Star
Premiere Residences of Teaneck and
Davis Saperstein & Salomon.
For more information on the Taste of
Teaneck or to buy tickets online, visit
www.tasteofteaneck.com.

David Intercontinental launches

Instagram campaign of Tel Aviv

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SALES AWARD 2014
WEICHERT EXECUTIVES CLUB
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or three hours, you find yourself in a large room walking

from station to station, indulging yourself in food offered by
some of the areas most popular eateries.
Welcome to the annual Taste of
Teaneck.
Taste of Teaneck 2015 comes to the
ballroom at the Teaneck Marriott at
Glenpointe Hotel (100 Frank W. Burr
Blvd.) on Monday, April 20 from 6 to
9 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person in
advance; $40 at the door.
Just think, you can go from Greek to
Thai, Italian to sushi, Chinese to South
American, soul to Mexican, and then
cap it all off with a gourmet dessert and
beverage, said Joel Goldin, the events
co-chairman. If you like to eat, youre
not going to want to miss this years
event.
The fourth annual event not only
exposes the public to some of the areas
top restaurants and gives them the
opportunity to win top prizes through
tricky tray raffles, but it provides the
Teaneck Rotary Club with its biggest
fundraising opportunity of the year. Last
year, the event drew over 300 people
and raised $11,000.
Participating in the event are Vitales,
Sapphire Thai Food Express, Cake and
Co., Riviera Maya Mexican Cuisine,
Maggianos Little Italy, Chopstix,
My B elize an G ourmet , Marr iott
at Glenpointe, Five Star Premiere
Residences of Teaneck, Heritage Pointe
of Teaneck, Mortgage Apple Cakes,
Rock and Roll Sushi and Noodle Bar,
Thai Palace, Coffeecol, Cafe 22, Sal
and Pimienta Colombian Restaurant,
Maadan, Arya Bhayan, Greek Island
Grill, and Axia.

The David InterContinental Tel Aviv has

launched a social media campaign to
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unique and inspiring images of the city,
complete with the hashtag #ICShowandTel for a chance to win a weekend stay at
the luxurious 5-star hotel.
The cosmopolitan city has risen to
prominence as a leading global tourist destination in recent years, but the
David InterContinental will now provide
the people who make Tel Aviv such a
vibrant destination with the platform to
share their own experiences and capture
the citys secrets themselves.
As part of the campaign, which will
run through the summer, the David
InterContinental will be selecting the

most alluring and scintillating photos

uploaded to Instagram, and offering
monthly prizes that include a complimentary weekend stay at Tel Avivs most
premium property.
As a premier Tel Aviv property, the
David InterContinental understands its
responsibility to help visitors unlock the
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help make this city so special, be it firsttime visitors, expats or locals, and we
are delighted to be empowering them to
continue putting this city on the global
map and exposing the best kept secret of
the Middle East that is Tel Aviv.
For more information, please visit
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