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Joe Biden
speaking in
an Atlanta
synagogue in
September. We
were unable to
find a picture of
Hillary Clinton
wearing a
yarmulke.

Whoopi Goldbergs

Chanukah sweater
l Although she isnt a Member of the
Tribe, Whoopi Goldberg may have been
feeling inspired by her Jewish-sounding
last name when she designed her holiday sweater collection for Lord & Taylor.
The actresss line of silly sweaters features a multicultural, multispecies cast
of characters, including a kippah-wearing octopus that had fashioned itself
into a menorah.
Another design depicts a black Santa
and a white Santa preparing to kiss; yet
another shows a Chrismukkah celebration, with a kippah-wearing, dreidelholding boy decorating a Christmas tree.
You cant call them ugly. Mine are
kind of funny Christmas sweaters or
Christmas sweaters with a twist, Goldberg told Vogue of the collection. They
are actually quite wonderful, and they
feel good.
In designing the sweaters, Goldberg
said she thought about her Jewish
friends, who felt left out during the holiday season.
Most of my Jewish friends are like,
The holiday thing is okay, but we are
here too! she said, adding that she
plans to include Kwanzaa- and Ramadan-themed sweaters in next years
collection.
In creating her inclusive designs,
Goldberg probably wasnt aware that
octopus imagery can be associated
with anti-Semitism; in the Nazi era,
Jews (and those allegedly influenced
by Jews) were drawn as octopuses
whose tentacles encircled the globe.

More recently, the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung came under

fire in 2014 for publishing a caricature
of Mark Zuckerberg as a hook-nosed
cephalopod that controls social media.
But we believe that Goldbergs unisex designs which will retail for $139
come from a desire for inclusivity.
Maybe it takes a silly sweater to defuse
an ugly image.
The holidays, regardless of what you
believe it should be a day, a week, a
month of lets all be together, she said.
Silly sweaters can unite us and what
is better than that?
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Joe Biden says he is

more Jewish than Clinton
l Joe Biden wants you to know that
hes more Jewish than Hillary Clinton.
The famously Catholic vice president let slip this revelation last week
in Dayton, Ohio, where he was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nominee and for former Ohio
Governor Ted Strickland, the Democrat who now is attempting to unseat
Republican Senator Rob Portman.
The moment came 19 minutes
into the speech, counterintuitively
enough after Biden crossed himself
to emphasize that he does not like
saying the words Donald Trump.
The crowd laughed appreciatively,
and Biden tossed out a self-deprecating line he often uses when
he gets a little irreverent: No one
ever doubts I mean what I say. The
problem is, I sometimes say all that I
mean, and it gets me in trouble.
Someone in the crowd interjected,
Youre a real mensch!
Biden grinned. Thank you, its
a high compliment, a high compliment, he said, and digressed for a
moment into one of the favorite lines
he uses when hes stumping the Jewish circuit.
By the way, Im the only Irish
Catholic you know who had his
dream met because his daughter
married a Jewish surgeon, I just want
you to know that, he said, to applause and laughter.
(Bidens daughter, Ashley, married
Philadelphia surgeon Howard Krein

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in 2012.)
Marc Daniels, who has been ubiquitous selling specialized kippahs
on the campaign trail this year, told
me he was in the second row with
a stack of Hillary kippahs. Biden
seemed to notice.
I have more yarmulkes as many
yarmulkes as you do, Biden said,
and suggests hes contemplated
conversion. If Im going to switch,
I know where Im going. Then he
tried out another line hes tested on
the Jewish circuit. I just want you to
know, the oldest Catholic church in
Delaware, my daughter got married
several years ago and there was a
chuppah on the altar.
This is where Daniels interjected,
I have Hillary yarmulkes! and Biden
replied: Those are Hillary yarmulkes,
Im more Jewish than Hillary is, I been
there a lot longer than even Hillary.
He may be right on the length of
his Jewish involvement, although
well leave how Jewish someone is
up to a higher power. One marker:
Biden was in Israel in 1973; Clintons
first visit was in 1981.
Hes also got twice the machatainisters. In other words, Biden has two
sets of Jewish in-laws, as opposed to
Clintons one. In addition to Ashleys
marriage to Krein, Bidens late son,
Beau, married Hallie Olivere, who is
Jewish, in 2002. Clintons daughter,
Chelsea, is married to Marc Mezvinsky.

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Who needs Tiny Tim when weve got a

super-sized hero like Judah Maccabee?
ExperienceLA.com praising the MeshugaNutcracker, a Chanukah musical that
blends Tchaikovskys beautiful score with witty lyrics and traditional Jewish songs.

SHOWING SECHEL:

Gibson hedging
new movie bets
Hacksaw Ridge is
really a two-layered
movie event. First, its a
biopic about Desmond
Doss, a real Army medic
and Seventh Day
Adventist whose
religious beliefs prohibited taking human life.
His heroism during the
WWII battle of Okinawa
(including evacuating
the wounded under fire)
won him the Medal of
Honor. His life story is
perfect for an action film
that also explores deep
questions about the
morality of war and
courage. (Opens Friday,
November 4)
The other layer is
whether Ridge will be
a big comeback vehicle
for director Mel Gibson.
His films have flopped
since the infamous 2006
anti-Semitic incident and
later reports of spousal
abuse. Gibson already
is doing a lot of Ridge
promotion in interviews
in which he says he repents his past sins.
Its possible that
Gibson cast ANDREW
GARFIELD, 33, as Doss,
because Garfield is
Jewish. The media-wise
Gibson probably was
thinking ahead to film
promotion interviews
and Garfield being asked
about Gibsons past. I
think Gibson was correct
if he was thinking that
Garfield will say something like, Im Jewish
and Mel treated me with

respect. Many will take

that to mean Gibson has
repented. However, Gibson reportedly always
had amicable personal
relations with Jewish
actors, directors, etc.
on set. It was his off-set
words and actions that
were appalling.
By the way, while
many sources refer to
Garfield as Jewish, and
he has at least once
called himself Jewish,
theres an asterisk. A
friend whos a family history maven discovered
that Garfields American
mother is not Jewish. His
late British father was
Jewish, and my sense is
that the actor is secular. His complete background isnt something
Gibson would have
known during casting.
Man with a Plan is
a CBS comedy
series that started on
October 24; new
episodes air Mondays at
8:30 p.m. Matt LeBlanc
stars as a stay-at-home
dad whose wife has
returned to work.
JESSICA CHAFFIN, 34,
has a regular supporting
role as Marie, a neighbor
LeBlanc consults about
parenting. Chaffin and
her comedy partner,
JAMIE DENBO, 43, have
had a biweekly comedy
podcast (Ronna and
Beverly) on the Earwolf
podcast network. They
play two 50-something
Jewish women who

Andrew Garfield

Stephen Fry
dispense advice and
interview real celeb
guests.
A CBS series, The
Great Indoors,
premiered on Octpber
27, and new episodes air
Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
Joel McHale stars as a
reporter who travels the
globe for an outdoors
magazine. Then the
magazines owner
(STEPHEN FRY, 59),
decides to turn it into a
web-only publication
and McHale finds himself
office-bound and
supervising a staff of

Jessica Chaffin

Jamie Denbo

Christopher Mintz-Plasse
raw millennials. CHRISTOPHER MINTZPLASSE, 27, playing a
tech nerd who knows
everything about
surviving on Mars but
never has been out of
the city, co-stars.
Both actors are the
sons of Jewish mothers
and non-Jewish fathers.
Fans of Brit TV will know
Fry, a U.K. native, from
the Blackadder shows
in the 80s. His film roles
include the Master of
Lake-town in two Lord
of the Rings movies.
Mintz-Plasse is most as-

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Perry Farrell
sociated with his debut
film role in Super Bad
(2007), playing a teen
with a phony I.D. that
hilariously says that his
name is McLovin.
Well, BOB DYLAN,
75, has finally broke
his silence about
accepting his Nobel
Prize. (Ill have more to
say in a future column
about Dylan and an
interesting connection
to another legend,
LEONARD COHEN, 82,
who has just released a
new album.) Im pretty
sure that the Jewish

musicians listed below

will be very happy to be
inducted either into the
Songwriters or Rock Hall
of Fame. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is a big
deal even if its not as
famous as the Rock Hall.
Nominated for 2017
induction are Jewish
songwriters STEVE
BARRI, 74; the late P.F.
SLOAN; and KENNY
NOLAN, 65ish. Barri
(born Steve Lipkin) and
Sloan (born Philip
Schlein) co-wrote many
60s hits, including Eve
of Destruction, Secret
Agent Man, and You
Baby (Nobody But
You). Nolan co-wrote
many 70s hits, including
I Like Dreamin, My
Eyes Adored You, and
Lady Marmalade.
Rock Hall Jewish members of the
nominated bands
are listed The Cars
(ELLIOT EASTON, 62,
lead guitar); J. Geils
Band (Magic Dick
SALWITZ, 71, harmonica;
PETER WOLF, 70, lead
singer; SETH JUSTMAN,
65, keyboards; and
DANNY KLEIN, 70, bassist. Everyone in the band
except guitarist J. Geils
is Jewish); Janes Addiction (lead singer PERRY
FARRELL, 57, was born
Peretz Bernstein. Last
I heard, hes a practicing Jew; and STEPHEN
PERKINS, 49, drummer.
He had his bar mitzvah
in Tel Aviv in 1980). N.B.

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Local
Whys the Bible
the way it is?
Duke scholar will explain
at Beth Rishon in Wyckoff
For example, Dr. Brettler said, take
the scrolls that were found at Ein Gedi
How did the Bible come to be as we know
in 1970. They most likely were written in
it now? How did it assume the form that
the third or fourth centuries of the common era. They didnt look like scrolls
it has now? How were the books that
- instead, according to National Public
make up its three sections Torah,
Radio in September, they looked like
Neviim, and Ketuvim, in English the
lumps of charcoal but archaeoloFive Books of Moses, the Prophets, and
gists could tell what they once had been.
the Writings compiled and ordered?
They could not be unwound theyd
How did the Bible become the Bible?
fused together and they could not be
Dr. Marc Brettler, professor emeritus
read until technology
of Bible and the retired
advanced to where it is
head of the department
now. Using miraculousof Near Eastern and Judaic
sounding specialized
Studies at Brandeis and
imaging techniques, scinow the Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of
entists have been able
Jewish Studies at Duke in
to unroll them virtually but not physically,
other words, an extremely
because to do that would
prominent and well-credentialed scholar will
have been to destroy
discuss that question at
them and to read them.
Temple Beth Rishon in
They held the text
Wyckoff on November
of the biblical book of
Dr. Marc Brettler
13. (See the box for more
Leviticus.
information.)
Those Ein Gedi scrolls
Hebrew, like many other Semitic lanhave the same consonantal texts as
guages, is written in consonants; thats
Leviticus, Dr. Brettler said. If you go
something not only yeshiva and day
back a few centuries from that, and look
school students, but just about anyone
at the Dead Sea Scrolls, you see that
with any Jewish education at all, knows.
some of the scrolls have the same texts,
The vowels a Morse Code-like system
but others have different spellings, or
of little dots and lines that dance below
even different words.
Dr. Brettler and his colleagues can
and occasionally above the letters come
look at those differences and analyze
later and sparingly, a sort of idiots guide
how, when, and why the text might have
for new readers. (That storys not quite
changed, and how, when, and why it
true, though. In fact, although the vowels
was canonized. The main thing that I
often do not appear, some of the letters
will be looking at in my talk is how the
themselves are vowels, or at least function
text of the Bible became the text of the
as if they were vowels. But its useful.)
So, functioning as an archaeologist, a
Bible, he said. How was it determined
linguist, a historian, and a literary detecthat certain books belong in Bible, and
tive, Dr. Brettler can compare various
other do not? And what is the exact text?
versions of biblical texts to see what subAnd when and why was it that the vowel
tle changes indicate shifts in time, place,
points were added?
or thought.
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Joanne Palmer

Who: Dr. Marc Brettler of Duke University

What: Will address How did the Bible Become the Bible
When: On Sunday, November 13, at 9:45 a.m.
Where: At Temple Beth Rishon, 585 Russell Ave., Wyckoff

It was like catnip

American Jewish Archives head
to speak in River Edge, Ridgewood
Larry Yudelson
Gary Zola will be talking about George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln next
weekend, but the American historical figure who really gets him excited is Jacob
Rader Marcus.
Dont feel bad if that name doesnt ring
a bell. Marcus made his name not in the
fields of battle and politics, but in the considerably more arcane realm of American Jewish history, a field that he often is
credited with inventing as a
scholarly pursuit.
When he first met Dr.
Marcus, Dr. Zola was a
rabbinical student at the
Hebrew Union College in
Cincinnati. Dr. Marcus then
was 83, a professor of history at HUC, head of its
American Jewish Archives
and acknowledged as the
dean of American Jewish
historians.
Gary Zola
He was an unbelievable
human being, Dr. Zola said.
He had the mind of a computer. He had
the ability to remember facts and figures
and dates. In my entire 17 years of studying
with him he lived to 100 I never asked
him a question that he did not know the
answer to.
But it wasnt just Dr. Marcus mastery of
facts that made young Gary Zola a devotee.
His ability to tell stories, to teach Jewish history through case studies, to make a
generalization and illustrate it with a fabulous example was an inspiration. It was like
catnip. I couldnt get enough of it from him.
I was very fascinated by the American
nation and its history, and once Dr. Marcus introduced me to the contributions
that Jews made to the nation I was hooked.
Dr. Zola wrote his rabbinical school
thesis under Dr. Marcus. After he was
ordained, he took an administrative job on
campus, and then he started studying for a
doctorate under Dr. Marcus.
All the rest was history. Now Dr. Zola
serves as Dr. Marcuss successor as executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus
Center of the American Jewish Archives.
In that capacity, Dr. Zola has to raise

money for an institute devoted to American Jewish history. So why does any of this
the archives 16,000 manuscript collections, the 25,000 images in its photograph
collection, the 10,000 audio and video
recordings, the digitized synagogue bulletins (including that of Teanecks Temple
Emeth) actually matter?
Dr. Marcus put it this way: A people
that has no cognizance of its past can have
little hope for its future.
The past does not repeat itself. but the
past is a record of human
b e h av i o r a n d h u m a n
response to challenge.
When you study it, you realize that though the details
of the challenges and the
nuances and actual characteristics of the problems you
face contemporaneously
may be very different from
those in the past, knowing how they responded
in a whole variety of ways
serves to strengthen ones
own ability to face, to cope
with the realities of the present.
But history is not just a practical topic
for research.
For many Jewish historians, history is
in a way a form of theology. One finds in
Jewish history the presence of the transcendent in life, that which surmounts the
ordinary. Many of us, myself included, find
our identity as Jews, that which inspires us
to identify with and see our place within
that chain of tradition, comes from a
knowledge of the glories of our past.
Not that historians explore only the
glories.
Dr. Zolas first published paper, written
when he was a graduate student, told the
story of Reform Judaisms pioneer Zionist, Rabbi Max Heller. He was ordained
in the 1884, in the second class of Hebrew
Union College, Dr. Zola said. That made
him a classical Reform Jew.
Reform Judaism of that era did not welcome Theodor Herzls Zionist vision. Isaac
Mayer Wise, the architect of American
Reform Judaism and the founder of HUC,
lambasted Zionism in 1897 as a dance of
madness.

Why: For the Food for Thought Distinguished Speaker series; sponsored by the
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Thats why there was a broad, unenthusiastic response to Zionism in the first
decades of the 20th century by Reform
rabbis, Dr. Zola said.
Broad but, as Dr. Zola explored, not
unanimous.

Rabbi Max Heller was the rabbi in New

Orleans. Within six months after Rabbi
Wise died in 1900, Rabbi Heller wrote a big,
long article about Zionism in a national Jewish newspaper titled Our Salvation.
He declared himself to be a political

Zionist like Herzl. I argue that he was the

first graduate of HUC to do so. He was very
active as a Zionist, though a devout Reform
Jew in every way.
For his dissertation and first book, Dr.
Zola explored another figure in the south
this time in Charleston, in the early 19th
century. Isaac Harby, who was a teacher,
playwright, newspaper editor, literary
critic, and journalist, and was the leading figure, the intellectual force, behind
the very first organized attempt to reform
Judaism in the United States, Dr. Zola said.
That attempt began in 1824, he said. This
was just 14 years after the first stirrings of
Reform Judaism in Germany.
One of the arguments I make in my
book is that it is wrong to say that Reform
starts in Germany and then continues in
America. In fact, the impulse for reform
appears almost concomitantly in the
United States and in Europe.
Charlestons Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
had been founded in 1749, one of the first
five American synagogues.
Seventy-five years later, 50 congregants
drafted a petition calling for a number of
reforms in the synagogue. They think the
worship service is ridiculous because people are standing around mumbling things
they dont understand, Dr. Zola said.

They make it explicit that young people are alienated from Judaism. They dont
speak Hebrew, they cant read Hebrew.
When the synagogues board rejected
their petition, they formed the Reformed
Society of Israelites, and created their
own prayer book. Its the third oldest
Reform prayer book in all of modern
Judaism. They meet regularly for worship
services for about three years, and then
they peter out.
But their impact is not lost. Because six
or seven years after they stop meeting regularly, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim burns
to the ground. There is no insurance. The
Jews of Charleston want to rebuild their
beautiful synagogue, and to do that they
need every Jew in the city to help out and
they agree to consider some of the reform
ideas. That creates a level of compromise
that ultimately will transform Beth Elohim
from a strictly Spanish Portuguese ritual
into a bastion of Reform Judaism.
Dr. Zola said this story, from nearly two
centuries ago, is an example of the relevance of history. The founders of the
Reform Society were upset because their
children were alienated from worship services. The same basic problem faces us
today, he said.
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What is a surrogate?
Pompton Lakes woman runs for the office in Passaic County
JOANNE PALMER

hat is a surrogate?
The straightforward
definition is someone
who is substituting for
someone else; generally it is a more skilled,
sophisticated, or other privileged person
who is acting in the interest of someone
weaker or somehow more vulnerable.
In the legal system, a surrogate is a judge
who handles mainly estates, wills, trusts,
and adoptions a judge who oversees the
disposition of the affairs of the vulnerable.
In New Jerseys political system, each
county has a surrogate, and for some reason mainly having to do with political
history that surrogate has to run for the
office. (Other judges are appointed.)
And that brings us to Terri Reicher of
Pompton Lakes, a lawyer and active member of the Jewish community whos running for surrogate in Passaic County.
Ms. Reicher, who was born on Long
Island, moved to Wayne in 1984 and then
to Pompton Lakes just a mile from the
Wayne border, she said, so she and her
husband, Dr. Oscar Reicher, an orthopedic surgeon, were able to maintain their
longtime membership in Shomrei Torah:
the Wayne Conservative Congregation. In
fact, she has been on the shuls board, and
shes also been involved in the precursor
organization to todays Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey.
It is, she said, at least in part Jewish values that have driven her in her work as
an advocate for the elderly, work that has
taken her logically to this surrogates race.
Ms. Reicher, whose undergraduate
degree comes from the University of
Pennsylvanias Wharton School her
law degrees from Vanderbilt University
also was a member of the first class in
Seton Halls LLM program. An LLM is an
advanced law degree; usually it focuses
on finance, but part of Seton Halls program, which, Ms. Reicher said, is nationally ranked, focuses on health care law.
Thats where Ms. Reichers credentials
come from.

Terri Reicher as she was given the 2016 Jeydel Award. Shes in a conference
center; behind her is an American flag made out of baby shoes.

I have always been interested in end-oflife planning, she said. When I was in private practice, I did a lot of trusts and estate
planning, and I also became very involved
in planning living wills and advanced directives. Trusts and estate planning deal with
the disposition of assets once someone is
dead; living wills and advanced directives
are meant to guide relatives and healthcare workers as a patient nears death. For
nearly 20 years, shes been Chilton Hospitals bioethics attorney, and she speaks
around the state, trying to demystify living wills, and in general helping people get
over the emotional hurdles the fear and
trembling that keep them from thinking
about end-of-life issues.
Ms. Reicher is also a volunteer debate
moderator. (Who knew that was a thing? But
it is.) She trained for the position with the
League of Womens Voters, an organization
to which she belongs, and whose debates
she has moderated for decades. She is also a
mediator, and a longtime member of Pompton Lakes town council. In that role, she has
been active in the redevelopment work that
town leaders hope will bring its center back
to thriving life.

I got involved in politics for very nonpolitical reasons, Ms. Reicher said. Thats
why the job as surrogate seems logical; it
deals with issues she cares about passionately, and although its obtainable only
through the political process, it is inherently apolitical.
The surrogates office doesnt have to
be headed by a lawyer, but typically it is,
she said.
What has struck me more than anything else as I have been campaigning
I was asked to run in March was that
almost no one knows what a surrogate is,
she said. I have been doing outreach into
the community, talking about living wills
and advanced directives as a volunteer, for
decades. If I were to win, I would have a
broader range. My goal will be community
outreach.
Its a five-year term. If I were to win, my
goal is that five years from now, I wouldnt
constantly encounter people who dont
know what a surrogate is.
My goal isnt only to talk to seniors.
They are receptive. They are willing to
talk about wills and trusts and the end
of life. But I also want to go into religious

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institutions and PTAs and PTOs, and talk

to the parents, so they understand what
the surrogates office is, and how a little bit
of planning can make their lives so much
better.
It is the surrogates job to assure that
the wishes of the decedent as they are outlined in the will are properly followed. The
office works with the executor or executrix who is named in the will. In that sense,
you are in the shoes of the decedent.
Generally, the surrogate is dealing with
people who are vulnerable, or in circumstances that are vulnerable. Thats true
not only of the elderly and their survivors,
but also of children who are about to be
adopted, and their families.
Jewish values say that those of us lucky
enough to have the education and the ability and the know-how to look out and protect those who are vulnerable should do
it, she added.
Ms. Reichers work with alternative dispute resolution mediation led her to
the presidency of the Justice Marie Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court, and this year she
was awarded the Richard Jeydel prize for
excellence, civility, and professionalism in
that work. Both are prestigious.
There is one slight catch to Ms. Reichers
run. Although the position of surrogate is
nonpartisan, the race to attain it is not.
Ms. Reicher is running as a Republican.
In many years, that would be anomalous
but nearly irrelevant, given the apolitical
nature of her work; in this extraordinarily
rancorous political season, she is finding
the designation somewhat uncomfortable.
She is, however, grateful to the party for
giving her the opportunities that have led
to her run for surrogate, and hopes that
the necessarily bipartisan work the office
demands will smooth over any difficulties
should she win her race.
This should be a nonpartisan position,
Ms. Reicher said. Those who are in need
of the services of a surrogate really have no
interest in political affiliation. It is a difficult time in their lives. What they are looking for is someone who has had a lifetime
of experience.

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Local

Brotherly love
Bergen County man gives sibling a kidney, then trains for the NYC Marathon
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

orey Zaretsky is training hard for the TCS New

York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6. Yet
he confesses that he does not enjoy running.
He chose to participate in the high-profile marathon to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation
and to raise awareness of the critical need for live kidney
donors.
And one other thing keeps his legs pumping: He wants
people to see that someone who donated a kidney is perfectly capable of running a marathon.
Corey, 26, was raised in Upper Saddle River. His only sibling, Matty, now 24, was born with a rare genetic disorder
that negatively affects many of his bodily systems, including
his kidneys.
It was always known that one day hed need a kidney
transplant, but we assumed it would be far in the future,
said Corey, who now lives in Manhattan.
That time came sooner than expected. During 2013, Matty
was in and out of the hospital, suffering from repeated bouts
of pancreatitis. In May 2014, a specialist at the University of
Minnesota Medical Center surgically removed Mattys pancreas, gall bladder, spleen, and appendix, as well as part
of his intestines. Next, the overwhelming stress on Mattys
body that year caused his kidneys to fail.
Realizing that his brother would need a new kidney soon
and knowing both parents had health conditions that
ruled them out as donors Corey already had begun the
rigorous testing process the previous March. He wanted to
know if he could donate a kidney to his brother.

They found out I was as perfect a

match as they could get, said Corey, who
works as director of travel for Elite Travel
and Media Group. Ive always looked
after my brother we are best friends
and there was never a question in my
mind that I would do this. If youre lucky
enough to have a sibling close to your age,
that person will probably be in your life
the longest of anyone in your family, and
you want to make sure hell be around.
The surgeries took place on August
14, 2014, at the University of Minnesota
Medical Center. A day later, both brothers
were out of bed.
It was instant gratification for me,
Corey said. Matty is a completely different person. Within a week his color was
back, and he regained a normal body
weight after having lost a tremendous
amount while he was sick. He went 20
years of his life lagging behind, and his
body is finally working the way it should.
Matty plans to move in with Corey
in December, after finishing his final
semester at Sarah Lawrence College in
Bronxville, N.Y.
Corey Zaretsky, right, shares a post-surgical popsicle with his
Jane Zaretsky said that she and her
ailing younger brother, Matty. 
JANE ZARETSKY
husband, Steven, always encouraged
their sons to bring a positive change in
the world and help people in need.
It ended up that Coreys brother Matty was the one in
need, so Corey did whatever he could to help save Mattys
life, she said. We are very proud of both boys. We raised
them to be giving, respectful, and empathetic to those less
fortunate. To us, these are the respected values of a strong
Jewish family.
Her parents, Florence and Edward Paley of Saddle River,
are strong supporters of Israeli and Jewish causes and are
active members of Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley.
Now that Corey has saved his brothers life, his attention
has turned to publicizing the need for more kidney donors.
As of January 1, 2016, about 122,000 people were on the
transplant list waiting for organs, and another person is added
to the list every 10 minutes. Of those 122,000, about 101,000
running 26 miles, he said. I dont even like to run around
are waiting for kidneys, Corey said, citing statistics from the
the block. But its a good opportunity for me to be unique
American Transplant Association, the National Kidney Foundation, and Organdonor.gov.
and challenge myself and push my message out there.
He noted that kidney and liver disease kill about 120,000
Corey started with a modest goal of raising $5,000. When
Americans every year. That makes those diseases more lethal
that goal was met in less than two days, he doubled the
than either breast cancer or prostate cancer.
amount to $10,000 and hes almost there. His fundraising
Each year, 8,000 people die waiting for an organ, he said.
page is at https://www.crowdrise.com/nationalkidneyfdnnyc2016/fundraiser/coreyzaretsky. In total, runners on the
So theres clearly a problem in the thought process behind
National Kidney Foundation team have so far raised more
the idea of donating an organ.
than $28,000.
Its very important to me that you know if you donate
Corey hopes that when people see him running they will
youre saving that persons life, and you are also impacting
understand more clearly that donating a kidney does not
the lives of that persons family, friends, and co-workers. Its
compromise the donors own life. Rigorous medical and
definitely a tough commitment to make, but when you see
psychological screening assures that only people in excelthe impact on not just the person but on the dozens of others
lent condition become donors, and the lack of one kidney
around that person, it makes it worthwhile.
does not change the picture.
The same could be said for his decision to run the marathon. Though his grandfather, Bob Zaretsky of Upper
People are so afraid that if they donate they wont be
Saddle River, has participated in four marathons and is
able to live normally and I want to show them that thats
helping Corey train, the young man much prefers playing
completely false, Corey said. My real goal in running the
baseball and soccer.
marathon is to show you can donate an organ, save someones life, and still fulfill all your dreams.
In my mind, there arent a lot of things crazier than

Each year, 8,000

people die waiting for
an organ. So theres
clearly a problem in
the thought process
behind the idea
of donating.

Corey Zaretsky hopes his donation of a kidney to

his brother will spur more donors to come forward.

CHRISTIAN MILES
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A cantors cantor remembered

Teanecks Beth Sholom recalls Lawrence Avery the man and the voice
LARRY YUDELSON

heres a case to be made that if

you want to get to know Cantor
Lawrence Avery, dont bother
reading this story. Get yourself to
Teanecks Congregation Beth Sholom on Sunday, November 13, and listen to the concert,
presented in his memory, performed by his
students, now cantors themselves, filled with
music he wrote, music he sang, and music he
listened to, and join in to sing some of the
songs he composed.
But then, Cantor Avery wasnt only a man
of music, though he was that, through and
through. He also was a mensch. And thats
something better conveyed through words.
Cantor Avery was 88 when he died in 2015.
He grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, said
Adina Avery-Grossman of Teaneck, one of his
two daughters. He grew up around the synagogue and chazanaut, she said.
His father was an amateur chazzan; his
mother a pretty talented pianist, Ms. AveryGrossman said. Both were devoted to developing his talent.
So after attending the Yeshiva of Crown
Heights, Cantor Avery went to Manhattans
High School of Music and Art. Then he went
to the Juilliard School, where he earned a
bachelors and a masters degrees in vocal
performance and met my mother Sara
Lee Liss of Baltimore a Juilliard mezzo
soprano. It was a Jewish match made in
heaven at the Juilliard school.
Along the way, Avery Cohen changed
his name. He thought that Lawrence Avery
sounded more like a tenor.
After graduating, the Averys decided
not to take their voices on a grand tour of
Italy, their daughter said. Instead, they
settled down and built a home and family.
The place my father took his first job was
where they stayed.
That place was Beth El Synagogue Center,
in New Rochelle, N.Y., the Conservative synagogue where Cantor Avery sang for 45 years.
The Averys lived in New Rochelle until Ms.
Avery died, and the cantor moved to Teaneck
to be close to his daughter.
I really grew up under a baby grand piano
in our living room, Ms. Avery-Grossman
said. There always music. My parents sang
together for many many years in concerts. My

Save the Date

What: A musical tribute to Cantor
Lawrence Avery
Who: Six cantors, three choirs, and one
pianist
Where: Congregation Beth Sholom,
354 Maitland Ave., Teaneck
When: Sunday, November 13, 4 p.m.
What else: Free and open to the
community
12 JEWISH STANDARD NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Sara Lee Liss and Cantor Lawrence

Avery met while both were students
at Juilliard. A young Cantor Avery, left,
was renowned for his light, lyrical tenor.

first memories are of fabulous accompanists

coming to the house and running programs
with them. There was always some opera or
Hebrew or Yiddish music in the house.
When they werent rehearsing or he
wasnt prepping for the next set of holidays,
he was composing. Id be upstairs studying
and he would be tinkering on the piano for
hours, banging out melodies.
My parents were really accomplished
singers, Ms. Avery-Grossman said. Imagine
going to your shul for a concert on Chanukah
and hearing the cantor and his opera-singer
wife. It did not hurt that she looked like Jacqueline Onassis. They really brought glamour
to Jewish music in that day.
As I got a little bit older, 12 or 13, I was
invited to sing in some of the concerts he was
putting together, with arrangements he had
made for two voices, she said.
But there was much more to his life than
performance. The phone would ring nightly
with students who would ask my dad for a
recommendation, or can you mail this
then it was fax me, and then email me an
arrangement for a particular key or a particular number of voices. He was very generous.

In 1992, as the congregation marked

Cantor Averys 40th anniversary there,
the New York Times wrote about him.
The story quoted Arlene Bookman, whose
daughter, Pamela Bookman, had been
declared the cantors thousandth bar/bat
mitzvah student.
Whats remarkable is his enthusiasm,
Ms. Bookman said. Its not like Pamela is
his first student, its like shes his only one.
(In what may be a tribute to his work
with her or to be fair, may be unrelated
Pamela Bookman went on to clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and now teaches
contract law and civil procedure at Temple
University Law School.)
Its a devotion to teaching that was
appreciated when he taught and coached
cantorial students, first at the Reform
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion and later at the Conservative
Theological Seminary of America.
Cantor Jeff Klepper was one of Cantor
Averys students at HUC in the 1970s. Cantor Klepper was the sort of guitar-wielding
singer who would go on to record Dylan
parodies Just like a Chazzan and Cantillation Row in other words, someone of
a very different background than an oldschool cantor like Lawrence Avery.
Yet they connected.
I could see that Cantor Avery was
someone who drew you in, with eyes that
sparkled and the sweetest voice that God
ever created, Cantor Klepper wrote. He
was like a master magician with a secret
knowledge to impart.

I saw him as a cantors cantor, a teacher

with an incredible wealth of knowledge.
And that voice of his! Because his tenor
voice was light and lyrical rather than
powerful, he had to rely on his brains
his phrasing and interpretation to dazzle
you, which he did, always. He was a consummate vocal artist, driven to excellence.
Having developed his vocal gifts to their
fullest potential, he could communicate
like no other cantor I have known.
This side of Cantor Avery was something
Ms. Avery-Grossman understood fully only
after her father died.
My sister and I did not realize the legacy
he left for so many people, who have their
own prized handwritten musical scores of
arrangements he wrote just for them, she
said. Its spooky how much of someones
soul can be transferred through the music
into their students.
An early iteration of next weeks concert
was held in New Rochelle, featuring many
of performers who will sing in Teaneck
next week.
The most moving thing was to hear how
many of them, even if they werent a tenor,
sounded like my father, Ms. Avery-Grossman
said. There was something in the way he
could turn the phrase and interpret the text.
One of those singers is Cantor Ronit
Wolff Hanan, who is Beth Sholoms musical director.
Our connection goes back to my father,
who was a cantor in White Plains for 25
years, Cantor Hanan said. He and Cantor
Avery were colleagues, and kind of had a
mutual admiration society going on.
When she moved to Teaneck, Cantor
Hanan became friends with Ms. Avery-Grossman and met Cantor Avery on his visits to
Teaneck. Later she studied with him at the
JTS cantorial school. He was a wonderful
teacher, she said. He had high standards.
He pushed people to be their best.
When he moved to Teaneck, he would
often be in Beth Sholom for services, and
you could always count on him for a great
critique, Cantor Hanan said. It might be
the choice of melodies, or he might say you
should really sing a little lighter here, or you
should give a little more feeling to this particular part of the text, or slow down here, make
us feel the changes. The text changes and the
music changes from minor key to major and
you want everybody to feel that.
Cantor Hanan and Ms. Avery-Grossman
run a program called Lunch and Lein,
where they teach Beth Sholoms fifth graders
to read the Torah.
We have always used the musical trope
sheets that Cantor Avery wrote out, Cantor
Hanan said. He used to sit in on the classes
when he was in Teaneck. He would pipe in,
Take that slowly; dont rush through it. He
would give the fifth graders a taste of his wonderful critiques even then.

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Briefly Local
Tribute dinner salutes
Israels lone soldiers

Brigitte Gabriel

Friends of the IDFs New Jersey chapter will honor lone soldiers
at its 12th annual IDF tribute dinner on Monday, November 21,
at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel.
Brigitte Gabriel, New York Times best-selling author and
expert on global terrorism, will be the guest speaker. For more
information or reservations, call (646) 274-9646, email Cara.
Chernin@fidf.org, or go to www.fidf.org/NJTributeDinner.

NCJW hosts LGBT equality forum

The Bergen County section of the
National Council of Jewish Women
hosts a community-wide advocacy
forum, LGBT Equality: Our Work Has
Just Begun, on Wednesday, November 9, at 12:30 p.m., at Temple Emeth
in Teaneck. Steven Goldstein, executive director of the Anne Frank Center
for Mutual Respect, will give the keynote address, and state Senate Majority
Loretta Weinberg
Steven Goldstein
Leader Loretta Weinberg will moderate
a panel discussion by experts from the
LGBT community.
begin at 12:30; the program follows at
The event is free and open to the public.
1:15. For information or reservations, go to
Refreshments and the business meeting
www.ncjwbcs.org or call (201) 385-4847.

New English-Yiddish dictionary

will evoke words of praise

Jeff Silvershein and Fred Feinstein, left, of Daughters of Miriam Center/the

Gallen Institute, join Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic board
members Mark Levenson, Gordon Braverman, Herb Klein, Jane Gurtman
Grubin, Morris Yamner, and Joan Gottlieb. Federation board member Marc
Lenner is not pictured. 
Courtesy DOMC

Daughters of Miriam honors

Clifton-Passaic Federation
The Daughters of Miriam Center/Gallen Institute unveiled a plaque in recognition of the contributions of the Jewish
Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic to
the center and in commemoration of
almost a half century of partnership.
Jeff Silvershein, DOMCs president, and Fred Feinstein, its executive director, welcomed federation
board members Gordon Braverman,
Joan Gottlieb, Jane Gurtman Grubin,
Herb Klein, Mark Levenson, and Morris Yamner to the center for the tribute ceremony.
With a combined history of almost
200 years, the Daughters of Miriam
Center and the Jewish Federation of
Greater Clifton-Passaic have worked
with generations of residents and families in the Jewish communities in northern New Jersey, providing services and
programs that care for everyone from
infants to the elderly.
Often these clients and their family
members, who have benefited from
such federation agencies and programs
as Jewish Family Services and the Holocaust Resource Center, find a home
at the Daughters of Miriam Centers
skilled nursing facility or its independent living senior apartments, or they
are clients of the centers sub-acute and
rehabilitation services.

Jewish children in the area also participate in cross-generational programs

at the Daughters of Miriam Center, joining in holiday celebrations and activities alongside senior residents. The
federations partnership with the center has helped Daughters of Miriam
integrate families and children into our
programs so that our residents and tenants continue to feel connected to the
larger Jewish community, Fred Feinstein said.
As part of one of the largest and most
enduring networks of social services in
North America, the Jewish federations
mission of building and strengthening
Jewish communities ties in with the
Daughters of Miriam Centers efforts
to provide a caring, dignified, kosher
community for seniors who no longer
are able to live independently. Both
the center and the federation help
to connect people of all ages to Jewish experiences.
Additionally, philanthropic support
from the federation has played an integral role in the renovation of the physical spaces within the center, including
the expanded state-of-the-art rehabilitation department. Occupational therapy workstations also help patients
who need the help to regain some dexterity and flexibility.

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On Sunday, November 13, at

6 p.m., the Comprehensive
English-Yiddish Dictionary,
the first English-Yiddish dictionary in nearly 50 years,
will be celebrated at the program in honor of Mordkhe
and Charne Schaechter. The
celebration will be held at
the YIVO Institute for Jewish
Research at the Center for
Jewish History in Manhattan.
Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath of Teaneck
and Paul Glasser, who will be part of the
panel, were co-editors; their work was
based on the groundbreaking research of
Ms. Schaechter-Viswanaths father, linguist

Mordkhe Schaechter. The

dictionary was published by
the League for Yiddish and
Indiana University Press.
Sholem (Solon) Beinfeld,
the dictionarys editor-inchief, will the guest speaker.
After the panel discussion,
which will also include
Chava Lapin, the dictionarys associate editor, and
will be moderated by Leyzer Burko, Lorin
Sklamberg, the Klezmatics lead vocalist,
will perform.
For reservations, go to www.yivo.org/
Celebration-of-the-New-ComprehensiveEnglishYiddish-Dictionary.

School board group selects

Sheli Dansky as its honoree
Sheli Dansky, a long-time
finance, public relations, curriculum, and Bi-Boro/Tri-Dismember of the River Edge
trict (River Edge, River Dell,
Board of Education, has
and Oradell). At the county
been named this years New
level, Ms. Dansky has been an
Jersey School Board Member of the Year by the New
active participant in the Bergen County School Boards
Jersey School Boards Association. She was honored durAssociation for 26 years, and
ing the associations annual
was the groups president
workshop in Atlantic City
since 2013. She also has been
last week.
the county association vice
Sheli Dansky
Ms. Dansky, who has lived
president and secretary/treasurer, and was the boards
in River Edge for more than
representative to the NJSBA Delegate
40 years, is a member of Temple Beth
Assembly, where the organization sets
Rishon in Wyckoff and Hadassah, and
state-level policy on educational issues.
belonged to the JCC in Paramus for many
In 2004, she received the Archie F. Hay
years. I first joined the board in River
award for Distinguished Service from the
Edge to ensure my children and the community had the best school system posBergen County School Boards Association.
sible, she said. Working on behalf of the
Ms. Dansky, a pediatric physical therapist, is also a member of a community
students for River Edge and the state of
environmental committee for the BorNew Jersey is a responsibility I cherish.
ough of River Edge. River Edges superinMs. Dansky was president of the River
tendent, Dr. Tova Ben-Dov, nominated her
Edge school board for nine years and was
for the honor. An independent panel from
vice president for another nine years. She
the Pennsylvania School Boards Associahas been on all of the boards committees,
tion judged nominations.
including negotiations, personnel, policy,

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Election 2016
Important Jewish moments emerge
during a tumultuous campaign
JOSEFIN DOLSTEN

his presidential campaign has

made Jewish history, for reasons
good and bad. Bernie Sanders
became the first Jewish candidate to win a U.S. presidential primary,
and the families of both presidential nominees had strong Jewish ties.
But the campaign also saw heated
debate on Israel and Iran and a troubling
rise in anti-Semitism, specifically online
invective directed at Jewish reporters.
Here are the top Jewish moments the
uplifting, the expected, and the frightening that have taken place during the 2016
election cycle.

June 2015
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
announce their candidacies for president. In his speech, Trump says Mexican

immigrants to the United States bring

drugs and crime, and that [t]heyre rapists. His comments, as well as later calls
to ban Muslims from entering the country, draw criticism from Jewish groups
throughout the campaign and become the
centerpiece of a national debate on immigration, religious freedom, and civility
in politics.

February 2016
Sanders, a 75-year-old Brooklyn-born Independent from Vermont, wins the New
Hampshire Democratic primary, making
history as the first Jewish candidate to
win a presidential primary. Drawing on
a wildly enthusiastic youth vote, Sanders handily defeats Clinton, commanding 60 percent of the ballots to Clintons
38 percent.
Trump disavows the support of David
Duke after earlier claiming he knew

From top left, clockwise: Pepe the Frog, Bernie Sanders kippah, Hillary Clinton
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nothing about the former Ku Klux Klan

leaders views. In response, the AntiDefamation League announces it will be

providing all presidential candidates with

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to accept and which to reject.

March 2016
Trump, appearing amid walkouts by
critics of his bigotry, gets a standing ovation from the crowd for a speech that his
Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly helped him write. Audience members cheer when Trump celebrates the
conclusion of President Barack Obamas
term in office, prompting AIPAC later to
apologize to the president for the attack
and the loud applause it earned. Trump
also mentions that his then-pregnant
daughter Ivanka, a convert to Judaism, is
about to have a beautiful Jewish baby. A
week later, Ivanka gives birth to a son, but
Trump chooses to campaign rather than
attend the bris.
Meanwhile, Clinton derides Trump as
a feckless negotiator and tells the AIPAC
crowd that walking away from the Middle East is not an option for the United
States. In her speech, she also recalls
the U.S. failure to take in Jewish refugees
from Nazi-occupied Europe and noted the
forthcoming holiday, Purim, when Esther
risked her life to speak up against the
oppression of Jews in a plea to stand up
against bigotry. Let us never be neutral or

Senator Bernie Sanders waves in Concord on February 9, the day of the primary
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silent in the face of bigotry, Clinton urges

the crowd.

April 2016
During a visit to Brooklyn before the New
York Republican primary, Ted Cruz makes
a presidential campaign stop at a matzah

baking factory in Brooklyn. He helps bake

the unleavened bread and joins in singing
the traditional Passover song Dayenu.
John Kasich gives Orthodox Jews in
Brooklyn his interpretation of the Bible.
He asks a group of yeshiva students, who
likely spend their days studying Jewish

texts, whether they had ever read about

Joseph, and tells them that Abraham
trumps Moses, whom many Jews consider
to be the most important biblical figure.
Days before the New York primary,
Sanders and Clinton engage in a heated
exchange over Israel at a debate in Brooklyn, with the Vermont senator accusing
the former secretary of state of neglecting
the Palestinians and repeating his charge
that Israel used disproportionate force
in Gaza in 2014. Clinton says she worked
hard to bring peace to the region as secretary of state. Clinton won the primary in
New York, home to the countrys largest
Jewish population, 58 to 42 percent.
Sanders suspends his Jewish outreach
director after revelations of social media
posts that used profanity to describe
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Simone Zimmerman, a former
activist with J Street, reportedly called
Netanyahu a manipulative ahole,
though she later changed the expletive to
politician.

May 2016
Julia Ioffe, a Jewish reporter who wrote a
profile about Trumps wife, Melania, that
its subject did not like, is deluged with
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anti-Semitic phone calls and messages on

social media from self-described Trump
supporters, including a cartoon of her as
a Jew being executed. Ioffe files a police
complaint about the threats. Many other
Jewish journalists receive similar threats
from Trump backers; recipients include
New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman
and Politico reporter Hadas Gold. This
leads the ADL to appoint a task force on
the harassment of journalists.
Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate
and major backer of Republican candidates, endorses Trump for the presidency
in an op-ed in the Washington Post. As
Election Day approaches, however, Adelson reportedly gets increasingly frustrated
with Trump and is said to shift his focus
to maintaining Republican control of
the Senate.
The Republican Jewish Coalition congratulates Trump after his primary victory
in Indiana makes him the presumptive
GOP presidential nominee. The statement
offers no praise for Trump, but refers to
Clinton as the worst possible choice for a
commander in chief.
The pro-Trump site Breitbart News
slams conservative commentator Bill Kristol for not supporting Trump, calling him
a Renegade Jew. In August, the Clinton

campaign references the incident in accusing the news site of being anti-Semitic,
and a month later a Breitbart columnist calls a Washington Post columnist
a Polish, Jewish, American elitist. Also
in August, Trump now the Republican
nominee names the chairman of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon, his campaigns CEO.
Sanders names three prominent critics of Israel to the committee charged
with formulating the Democratic Party
platform: Representative Keith Ellison
(D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress; James Zogby, the president of the
Arab American Institute, and Cornel West,
a philosopher and supporter of the antiIsrael Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
movement. Days later, Sanders releases
a statement emphasizing that while he
supports Israels right to live in peace,
lasting peace will not come without fair
and respectful treatment of the Palestinian people.

July 2016
Trump is criticized after retweeting an
image of Clinton that features a six-pointed
star reminiscent of a Star of David on a
background of dollar bills. The image,
which critics note originated among the
anti-Semitic members of the budding altright movement, later is deleted, against

Jewish journalist Julia Ioffe received neo-Nazi death threats from Donald Trump
supporters, including an image depicting her as a concentration camp inmate,
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Trumps wishes.
In response to the Star of David tweet,
the ADL and 27 other Jewish groups sign
an open letter condemning racism, xenophobia, and other forms of intolerance.
Jared Kushner responds to his father-inlaws critics in the pages of his newspaper, the Observer. I know that Donald
does not at all subscribe to any racist or

anti-Semitic thinking, Kushner writes, citing his own grandparents experience as

Holocaust survivors.
The Republican Partys platform committee unanimously agrees to language
on Israel that omits references to a twostate solution, a longtime bipartisan
policy in the region. The change comes
with little resistance from the pro-Israel

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lobby AIPAC.
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the prominent modern Orthodox rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trumps conversion to Judaism, withdraws from speaking at the
Republican National Convention. His
initial decision to speak there was seen
as an endorsement of Donald Trump
and drew criticism, including a petition
started by alumni of the Ramaz School,
where Lookstein had been principal for
many years.
Clinton becomes the first female
presidential nominee of a major U.S.
political party on the second evening
of the Democratic National Convention.
Sanders endorses Clinton for president.
At a rally in New Hampshire, Sanders
says he will work with the former secretary of state to keep Trump from
being elected.
Representative Debbie Wasserman
Schultz (D-Fla.) steps down as leader of
the Democratic National Committee following the emergence of emails showing
that senior DNC staffers sought to undercut the Sanders campaign. One email,
from Chief Financial Officer Brad Marshall, alleges (inaccurately) that Sanders
is an atheist and that it could be used

against him. Marshall resigns in August.

August 2016
Clinton breaks barriers when a Monsey,
New York-based charedi Orthodox newspaper that typically bans women from its
pages prints a photo of her. Sort of. Only
her arm and the very top of her head
are visible.

September 2016
Trump dons a Jewish prayer shawl given
to him by a pastor during a visit to a
black church in Detroit. The custom,
which the pastor explains is a way of
anointing prominent travelers, leads
to puzzled and critical comments by Jewish observers.
Israeli Trump supporters open a campaign office in the West Bank in an effort
to get Americans living there to cast their
votes for the Republican nominee.
At a news conference at a Washington
hotel, leaders of the alt-right movement
praise Trump and try to explain their
groups support of white legitimacy in
the face of immigration and the power of
minority voters. The speakers disagreed
on whether Jews have a place in their
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In New York for the U.N. General
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Both presidential candidates pledge
close defense cooperation with Israel,
but Clinton lauds the Jewish state for
serving as a model for pluralism, while
Trump praises its erection of a separation wall between the country and
the Palestinians.
While Israel is not a big topic of discussion in the first presidential debate,
the two candidates spar on the Iran
nuclear deal. You started the Iran deal,
thats another beauty, they were about
to fall because of sanctions, Trump says
to Clinton. The former secretary of state
responds: I would rather deal with the
other problems having put that lid on
their nuclear program. Trump continues during the next two debates to use
the nuclear agreement as an example
of Clintons ineffectiveness, while she

boasts of brokering the sanctions regime

that bought Iran to the table.

October 2016
The ADL teams up with the creator of
the cartoon character Pepe the Frog in
order to reclaim the image after it was
co-opted by white nationalists as a symbol of their movement. An ADL task
force also credits Trump supporters
with the lions share of the anti-Semitic
tweets aimed at journalists. The analysis
sees a significant uptick in anti-Semitic
tweets from January to July as coverage
of the presidential campaign intensified
and found that the top 10 most targeted
journalists were all Jewish.
Hacked emails released by WikiLeaks
show that Clinton hopes to repair ties
with Netanyahu if she is elected president. One email quotes Clinton as telling American-Israeli Democratic donor
Haim Saban that she hopes to invite the
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hedge fund manager; J.B. Pritzker, a venture capitalist, and his wife, M.K.; Saban, the Israeli-American
entertainment mogul, and his wife, Cheryl; George
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liberal causes, and Daniel Abraham, a backer of liberal pro-Israel causes and the founder of SlimFast.
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz donates $35
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progressive causes. The relatively unknown Jewish billionaire says he believes stakes are extremely high
in this election.
FBI Director James Comey is widely criticized for
announcing 10 days before Election Day that the FBI
had discovered additional emails that appear to be
pertinent to the agencys probe of Clintons private
email server. The source? A computer belonging to
defrocked Jewish congressman Anthony Weiner,
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messages he allegedly sent to an underage girl.
Weiner is the estranged husband of top Clinton aide
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Justice reform

WASHiNGTON Marijuana? Greater

availability. Cigarettes? Less availability.
Justice reform? Were there. Guns? Fewer,
please. Charter schools? Also fewer.
Beneath the cacophony of calls in the
presidential campaign to build walls,
end sexual assault, stop race baiting, and
lock her up are a host of ballot measures of compelling Jewish interest.
Jewish officials, naturally, are preoccupied with the top of the ticket, although
with some notable exceptions they have
refrained from pronouncing on the
record because of tax rules governing
nonprofits and partisanship.
But ballot measures are not partisan,
at least not formally, so Jewish groups
are less reticent in promoting and opposing measures that would fund new initiatives or change constitutions.
Ballotpedia, a nonpartisan professional clearinghouse for campaign information, lists 162 statewide ballot measures in 35 states, potentially affecting
205 million people.
Jewish groups are watching a number
of these closely, and in some cases have
taken on advocacy roles. The Jewish
Social Justice Roundtable, an umbrella
for 52 groups, has rounded up affiliates
activities in the states before November 8.
Heres a review of some ballot
measures:

Californias Proposition 57 may be attracting more Jewish support than any other
state ballot. Advocates for its passage
include the Reform movements Religious Action Center, the National Council
of Jewish Women, and Bend the Arc.
Should it be approved by a majority of
voters, the proposition would increase
opportunities for nonviolent offenders
to be released on parole, as well as the
transfer to judges from prosecutors the
discretion to try minors as adults.
The Religious Action Center has made
Prop 57s passage a hallmark of its Tikkun Tikvah campaign, a statewide
campaign of California Reform congregations to reform the states criminal
justice system.
For this measure to win on the
November ballot, we must educate
the Jewish community about sentencing reform and partner with congregations of color to make sure those most
affected by the measure turn out to
vote, the center said in a fact sheet on
the measure.
Bend the Arc, the liberal Jewish social
justice advocacy group, has published a
13-page guide on Californias ballot initiatives, and its emphasis is on justice
reform. It endorses Prop 57 as well as
Proposition 62, which would end the
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advocating for Prop 62 and Truah: The
Rabbinic Call for Human Rights backs
it, although the group is not directly
involved in advocacy.)
Bend the Arc argues that Prop 57 would
redress imbalances that lead to disproportionate sentencing of African-American
and Latino minors by transferring discretion to judges on whether they should
be tried as adults. It quotes Maimonides:
The release of prisoners takes priority
over the maintenance of the poor.

Marijuana legalization
There are nine states with initiatives
related to marijuana legalization, more
than any other issue.
Bend the Arc backs Proposition 64,
which would add California to the
four states where marijuana has been
approved for recreational use. (Its
also legal in the District of Columbia.)
Medical marijuana is already legal in
California.
The strong case to support marijuana
legalization on the basis of Jewish values
stems from the deeply harmful impacts of
the war on drugs marked by discrimination, mass incarceration, and gross misdiagnosis of the solution to addiction, the
groups California ballot guide argues.
Jewish texts drive us to take responsibility for those around us. The Talmud
(Shabbat 31a) states: What is hateful to
you, do not do to your neighbor.
Bnai Brith International, a leader in
the Jewish community in health care
advocacy, also is tracking marijuana
ballots.
Because so many of the serious and
chronic conditions for which marijuana
is prescribed (or used) are more common among older adults, we are interested in developments in this area,
said its spokeswoman, Sharon Bender.
We are aware that state laws loosening
restrictions are often in conflict with federal policy, and that there are no simple
answers from a policy perspective.

Groups favoring the measures in some

or all of the states include the National
Council of Jewish Women, Bend the Arc,
Bnai Brith, and Truah.
These kinds of state measures are an
end run around federal gridlock, Bnai
Briths Bender said.
NCJW backs gun controls, said Cheryl
Berenson, the groups Washington state
policy advocate, in part because of the
lead role the group takes in combating
domestic violence.
Women are the ones who are the
most highly likely to be injured or killed
by guns, she said.
In the case of Washingtons Jewish
community, there is a special resonance
because of the 2006 shooting at the Jewish federation there, which killed one
and injured five.
It had a huge impact on the Jewish
community, Berenson said, recalling
that before the gunman, Naveed Afzal
Haq, attacked the federation, NCJW was
pretty much alone in advocating for gun
controls. That really brought people in.
The community has taken a lead in the
alliance in lobbying for passage of Initiative 1491.
Berenson noted that Haqs parents
have said they noticed his extreme
behavior, and had a protection order
been available to them, as it is in other
states, a tragedy that still haunts the
community might have been averted.

Charter schools

Californias Proposition 56 would add a

tax increasing the cost of a pack of cigarettes by $2. The money would go to public education on the dangers of smoking.
Bend the Arc also favors this proposition, arguing that inequities in smoking
and tobacco-related disease persist across
the country by race, ethnicity, education
level, and socioeconomic status.

Massachusetts has an initiative, Question

2, which would allow the state to add up
to 12 charter schools per year.
The argument has played out across
the United States. Charter supporters
note that there are tens of thousands of
students on waiting lists for the schools.
Opponents say the schools perpetuate
discrimination, taking away funding and
resources from public schools that serve
inner cities.
The Jewish Alliance for Law and Social
Action, a Boston-based group, is working
with opponents, posting on its website
a letter from an alliance of parents who
say that if Question 2 passes, the opportunity gap between the suburban and
urban schools will grow into a chasm.
No word from Orthodox groups as to
whether they back the initiative, but generally Orthodox advocacy groups back
greater choice for parents when it comes
to schools.

Gun safety

Schlep forward

Four states have gun control initiatives.

California, Maine, and Nevada would
increase background checks for gun and
ammunition purchases. In Washington,
Initiative 1491 would allow police, family, and roommates to petition courts for
extreme risk protection orders that
would separate an at-risk person from
his gun for up to a year.

There are countless ballot initiatives at

the local level as well.
Detroit Jews for Justice is advocating
for a $1.2 million tax measure that would
fund a master plan to improve public
transit in the down-on-its-luck city.
The moniker for its advocacy? Schlep
for Transit.
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Groups examine sex assault policy

in wake of Ari Shavit scandal
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Hillel Internationals swift decision to cancel a campus
tour featuring Israeli journalist Ari Shavit has prompted
other organizations to consider similar policies on speakers and sexual assault.
Last Thursday, in response to allegations that Shavit
sexually assaulted a reporter, Hillel nixed a speaking tour
featuring Shavit scheduled for later this year.
We actively oppose rape culture and sexual assault on
campus and are committed to supporting survivors, Hillel
International President Eric Fingerhut said in a statement.
Other Jewish organizations that frequently host or
arrange speaking tours said that they did not have
defined policies on speakers accused of sexual assault,
but that the Shavit incident would prompt consideration
of such a policy.
Earlier that day, Shavit acknowledged that he was the
unnamed journalist described in reporter Danielle Berrins account of an interview during which he grabbed and
propositioned her. He did not deny her account, which
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she published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, the

newspaper she writes for. Instead, he issued an apology
in which he called the encounter a misunderstanding.
Later, reports that Shavit had grabbed another young
woman, who works for J Street and chooses to remain
anonymous, led to more consternation; among other reasons, the fact that J Street no longer works with Shavit but

did not warn any other organizations about him caused

some angry reactions in the Jewish world.
Shavit issued another apology, this one seemingly more
heartfelt, and withdrew from his posts at the newspaper
Haaretz and Israels Channel 10 News. Saying that he was
taking full moral responsibility for his actions, his second statement said I am ashamed of the serious mistakes
I have made in my relations with people in general and
with women in particular. I am ashamed that I have not
behaved properly toward my wife and my children.
I am ashamed of the consequences of my deeds. In the
past few days I have realized that until now I was stricken
with blindness.
A spokesman for Hillel said the organizations statement
stems from a strong commitment to fight rape and sexual
assault on campus. In August, two Hillel students were
named to the White House Student Advisory Committee of
Its On Us, an initiative to combat sexual assault on campus.
As individuals, we may not have all the tools to eliminate
the scourge of sexual assault on campus, but as a community, we have the responsibility to educate ourselves and
others in order to increase campus safety, and to support
survivors when they share their stories, Sheila Katz, Hillel
Internationals vice president of social entrepreneurship,
wrote in an op-ed this month in New Voices magazine.
The Hillel statement came just hours after Shavit
acknowledged his role in the encounter.
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KARNEI SHOMRON, WEST BANK The Chicago Cubs
faced the Cleveland Indians in a historic World Series,
and most of Israel could not care less.
This Jewish settlement is different.
The Neve Aliza neighborhood of Karnei Shomron is
overwhelmingly American. Among the some 200 families from the United States or Canada who live here,
about two dozen have roots in Chicago and Cleveland,
according to residents. A main street even is nicknamed
Chicago Road.
These families left their lives in the United States
behind to participate in a controversial version of the
Israeli dream. But seeing their home teams in Major
League Baseballs seven-game series is stirring old American passions.
I think theres something about baseball more than
any other sport that transcends generation to generation, Doug Mandel, who has been waking up in the
wee hours of the morning to watch the World Series
live from his house in Neve Aliza, said. Theres nothing more exciting than a walk-off homer in the bottom
of the ninth.
Neve Aliza originally was part of a separate settlement
called Ginot Shomron; American and Canadian families
founded it in 1985. The leafy suburban-looking neighborhood merged into the municipality of Karnei Shomron, which is north of Jerusalem in the Samaria region
of the West Bank, in 1991.
Karnei Shomron, home to about 7,000 Jews, is among
about 120 settlements recognized by the Israeli government, in contrast with about 100 unauthorized outposts.
But most of the world does not make such distinctions,
and considers all Israeli settlements illegal under international law.
About 60,000 American Jews live in West Bank settlements, where they account for 15 percent of the settler
population, according to a forthcoming book by Oxford

University historian Sara Hirschhorn. Even as Americans settlers have become part of Israeli society, they
have retained some of their American heritage, she said.
Americans do not abandon their history, culture,
and values in moving to the occupied territories to
create a city on a hilltop, whether that be a baseball
mound or a settlement, she said, in a nod to her book,
City on a Hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement.
Rabbi Sidney Golds values brought him to Neve Aliza
from Chicago in 1985, along with his wife and four children. He and his wife since have had three more children. It is important to him that his family be in the West
Bank during these pre-messianic times.
I always wanted to be part of Jewish history, not
just a footnote of Jewish history, Gold said. By living
in Samaria, Im trying to influence Jewish history in a
direction I believe in, and I want to lead others to do
the same.
For Gold and his wife, that has meant being educators.
After leading the local modern Orthodox synagogue,
Young Israel, for 15 years, Gold, 60, stepped down this
year and is teaching at a local elementary school and
providing counseling. His wife, Karen, teaches English
at a high school in Kfar Saba.
Their children followed a typical path for modern
Orthodox Israelis. They went from religious schools to
hesder yeshivas, which combine Jewish study with army
or national service, and on to university. They now are
marrying and having babies.
Cubs baseball may be a world apart from his familys
life in Israel, but its part of Golds personal Jewish history. He grew up going to games, sitting in the bleachers and betting on the outcome of each inning. He has
been watching the World Series live at 2 or 3 a.m. when
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When the screen is
42 inches and blaring in
your face and your husband is screaming, you
dont have much choice,
she said, laughing.
The children are spared
watching the games live,
but their sons have to be
ready to take part in postgame analysis. The Golds
son Harel, a 26-year-old
electrician who was born
in Israel and was wearFrom left, Doug and Iris Mandel and their son
ing a Cubs T-shirt, said
Mitch talk baseball at their house in Karnei
he is following the series
Shomron.
mostly for his father.
Talking about the
Cubs gives us quality bonding time. I
It didnt even didnt even cross my
support his passion, Harel Gold said in
mind that we were going across the
Israeli-accented English.
Green Line Israels 1967 border
Asked if he thought Cubs fandom
because in my mind its just Israel.
would survive another generation in his
The Mandels son, Mitch, watched
family, Harel Gold said he would try to
the World Series from bed on his smartinculcate it in the sons he expects to one
phone. He is living in his parents house
day have with his new iance. If that
with his wife and two sons until their
failed, he said, they always could bond
apartment in one of the Karnei Shomover soccer.
rons new housing developments is inAround the corner from Chicago
ished (over the objections of anti-settleRoad, Doug Mandel, a 64-year-old
ment activists).
retired podiatrist, has been spending
Mitch Mandel was 8 when the famnights rooting for the Indians. Fortuily made aliyah. By then, hed already
nately for his wife, Iris, the TV is in the
fallen in love with Cleveland sports, and
living room.
with the Indians in particular. In Israel,
The couple settled in Neve Aliza with
he grew up playing in the Israel Baseball
their four children in 1993. Three years
Association. He anticipates that his sons,
earlier they had left their spacious house
now 5 and 2, one day will do the same.
in Cleveland for a trailer in a West Bank
They have already learned to shout
immigration center.
the Indians rallying cry, Go Tribe.
Iris Mandel, an English teacher who
A block away, Michael Rich has been
works with Karen Gold, said they were
recording the World Series games. A
attracted to the neighborhoods tight76-year-old retired math professor, he
knit English-speaking community.
and his wife made aliyah with their four
Our attitude was that making aliyah
children in 1990. They fell in love with
was a huge sacriice, she said. We left
Israel during a year they spent in the
our family. We left our culture. We left
country while he taught at Ben-Gurion
everything we knew.
University of the Negev, Rich said.
We didnt have to be 100 percent
Neve Aliza, where they moved in 1997,
Israeli, but we were proud our children
offered the appealing prospect of allowwere 100 percent Israeli.
ing them to help start a new community
on undeveloped land. Rich said he was
not motivated by an ideological desire
to settle the Land of Israel, as settlers refer to the biblical patrimony, but
he believed the settlements gave Israel
more strategic depth.
Having grown up selling newspapers
and scorecards at Wrigley Field, he
never stopped being a Cubs fan. He said
its like being a Zionist, a bug that gets
you. But he did not pass on his obsession to his four children, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren dont
know a balk from a bunt.
Baseball is not holy to me, and theres
absolutely no reason why I should
impose it upon them, Rich said. Its a
Michael Rich shows off his Chicago
craziness of mine. I dont have to pass on
Cubs cap at his house in Karnei
my craziness to other people.
Shomron.
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House elections: Doubling the contingent

from Memphis and other Jewish takes
Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON California condors? Ill
show you rarities: Jewish congressmen from
Memphis and Jewish Republicans in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
And both demographics may be set to
double in population to two.
Seven Jews either running for open seats
or challenging incumbents in Congress have
a shot at winning; five in the House and two
in the Senate. One Jewish Democrat, Senator Barbara Boxer of California, is retiring. If
the other Jewish lawmakers keep their seats,
the unofficial Jewish contingent in Congress
would rise to 34 from 28 (24 in the House
and 10 in the Senate).
Democrats have a chance of taking the
Senate, although the race is so tight and
unpredictable that everything is up for
grabs. The House always was a tougher challenge, but at this point nothing is impossible.
Heres a look at six House races with
unusual Jewish repercussions.
Lets start at home, with a look at a race
that weve covered before

Josh Gottheimer: Iran deal skeptic aims to

oust hard-core conservative
Representative Scott Garrett, serving
northern New Jerseys 5th District, is a
deeply conservative Republican in a state
famous for producing GOP moderates like
incumbent Governor Chris Christie, former
Governor Christine Todd Whitman, and
U.S. Representative Chris Smith.
Redistricting after the 2010 census added
heavily Jewish towns like Teaneck to what
had been the largely rural and exurban 5th,
but it didnt help. Garrett kept winning.
Josh Gottheimer of Wyckoff, a former
speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and
Microsoft executive, hopes to change that
calculus. He has gotten help from an unexpected quarter: Garrett.
The congressman, in a closed door meeting in 2015, reportedly infuriated fellow
GOP lawmakers when he said he would
no longer redirect funds to assist others in
the party now that it was backing openly
gay candidates. (He denies thats what
he meant.) Lawmakers in safe seats are
expected to share the wealth with their

more vulnerable party colleagues; a refusal

to do so is a recipe for isolation.
Wall Street, notably, took notice and
started redirecting its financial support to
Gottheimer.
Garrett has fought back hard. Garretts
accusation making headlines is that Gottheimer assaulted another condo member
in his building in Washington, D.C. (The
lawsuit alleging the assault was withdrawn
without settlement, and Gottheimer says
the charge, which involved finger wagging,
is absurd.) Gottheimer, who started out
trailing substantially, was leading Garrett at
the beginning of October, according to a poll
by a Democratic political action committee.
More pertinently to a corner of the state
with a large Orthodox Jewish population
and a politically conservative one in a
radio ad Garretts campaign accused Gottheimer, who is Jewish, of backing the Iran
nuclear deal.
In fact, Gottheimer opposed the deal
his first statement against it was in this
newspaper but he does not advocate
dismantling it now with the agreement in

Jacky Rosen speaks to campaign

volunteers at the Nevada Democrats
field office in southwest Las Vegas.

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place. Instead he favors strict implementation, a view that has become doctrine for
the minority of Democrats who last year
opposed the deal.
Tellingly, thats the position of three of
the six other Jewish Democrats with realistic
shots at election next week: Brad Schneider in Illinois, Jacky Rosen in Nevada and
Jason Kander, running for the Senate from
Missouri. David Kustoff, the Memphis
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Congressman Scott Garrett

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On issues close to home, there can be no compromise we can never compromise the security of
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and Muslim; Reid vehemently denied

the charge.)
So he settled on Jacky Rosen, an
unknown he liked. A software developer,
her sole public office was president of Ner
Tamid in Henderson, a Reform synagogue
that is the largest shul in the region.
With Reids backing, she handily won
the primary. Her candidacy seemed the
kind of stretch that plays out on political satires like Veep and, well, presidential elections in 2016. She avoided
hard issues, preferring buzzy words like
empowerment. An LGBTQ group hosting a town hall for candidates printed
Jack Rosen on her nameplate (she
recovered with a quip about transgender
bathrooms). She touted her synagogues
conversion to solar energy as a qualification for office.
Democrats still hope to win the seat;
both parties have released polls showing
their candidate in the lead.

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Republican, outright opposes the deal.

Jamie Raskin, running for the House in
Maryland, and Russ Feingold, a Senate
candidate in Wisconsin, back the deal.
The election of all seven Jewish contenders would nudge an important metric where Jewish lawmakers stand on
an Israel-related issue back toward the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Last year, 19 of the 28 Jewish lawmakers in both chambers supported the
deal and nine opposed it, a balance that
did not look good for AIPAC, which was
unsuccessful in its bid to kill the deal in
Congress and claims to speak for the
American Jewish community. With the
pro-deal Boxer retiring, should all seven
Jews vying for Congress be elected, the
balance would move to 20 Jewish lawmakers supporting the agreement and
14 who would have opposed it. Also,
an anti-deal lawmaker, Senator Charles
Schumer (D-N.Y.), will be leading the
party in the Senate.

Jacky Rosen:
From synagogue politics
to the real thing
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the minority leader with a reputation for hardball,
is retiring and as one of his legacies, he
wants his state to look a little bluer.
Once Representative Joe Heck, a
Republican, announced his candidacy
for Reids Senate seat, the outgoing senator seized upon Hecks district, the 3rd,
comprising Las Vegas suburbs, as an
opportunity.
Republicans were backing Danny Tarkanian, a businessman and son of the late
legendary basketball coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Jerry Tarkanian. Reid wanted name recognition.
But Reid couldnt persuade local
luminaries to contest the swing seat,
and he didnt like the crop of unknowns
who were vying for it. (One of the contenders, Jesse Sbaih, an attorney, said
Reid rejected him because he is Arab
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Brad Schneider and

Bob Dold: Tag, youre it.
In 2010, Bob Dold, a moderate Republican, succeeded Mark Kirk, another moderate Republican who ascended to the
Senate, in Illinois 10th District comprising Chicagos northern suburbs.
In 2012, Brad Schneider, a centrist
Democrat, took the seat from Dold.
In 2014, Dold took it back from
Schneider.
This year, Schneider wants to return
the favor. Each party ran polls in recent
weeks showing its candidate in the lead
but its close. As in 2012, Schneider
hopes to capitalize on larger Democratic
turnout in presidential election years.
Both candidates are close to the proIsrael community. Dold has visited the
country multiple times as a congressman
and as a candidate, and has taken the
lead on pro-Israel legislation. Schneider,
who is Jewish, has been active locally
and nationally with AIPAC.
Both candidates opposed the Iran
nuclear deal. Schneiders vocal opposition cost him liberal Jewish support in
the primary this year, although he won

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Jamie Raskin: Anti-establishment,

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How establishment is Jamie Raskin, the Maryland
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Apart from their religion, the two congressman
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KEEPING THE FAITH

his extraordinary political

season is over; given that
it marks the end to more
than a year of angst, disbelief, anger, and fear, in some ways
Election Day will function almost as
an early Thanksgiving.
But of course its not that easy.
The emotions that this years debacle has produced will not die down
quickly. This election has made clear
that we dont understand each other
in any way whatsoever; I know, to be
personal, that I do not begin to understand in any way how anyone could
vote for the candidate I do not favor. I
know that I am not alone in that feeling, and that my disfavored candidates supporters feel that same about
the people on my side.
We now think tribally. Its my
smart, good, thoughtful, sane side
and other, stupid, benighted, uneducated, idiotic side.
We cant keep doing that.

Its easy to look at the electoral maps

that FiveThirtyEight has put out and
fantasize about becoming two countries; both coasts would make up one of
them and the middle states the other. Of
course, that wouldnt work even if the
two countries would be contiguous; as it
is, it would be more like India, Pakistan,
and Bangladesh. A very bad idea.
So if were all stuck with one another,
we must learn to get along. Its trite, but
its entirely true.
We all have to go and vote. Its our last
chance to vote for the person we see as
better in fact, some of us are actively
excited about our choice. In that case,
we get to pull the lever with pleasure. If
its merely a lesser of two evils, still, vote
to ward off what you see as evil.
Vote for civility. Vote for decency.
Vote for truth-telling. Vote for candor.
Vote for experience. Vote for knowledge.
Vote for your own values. And also vote
on the down-ballot races. They matter
too. In fact, they matter a lot.

And then, when its all over, lets

try to accept the results with grace.
(Canadas a huge country, with a lot
of empty space, but it cant handle
about 49.9 percent of the United
States, all headed north at the same
time.) Lets hope that the anti-Semitism that has emerged goes back into
its slimehole. Lets try to remember
that we all are Americans, that we
all live in this great country, which
welcomed us or our parents or our
grand parents or our great grandparents. Lets keep in mind that most of
our ancestors were not able to vote
in the countries they came from, or
to own land, or to live and breathe
freely. Lets try to overlook the ugliness of the last year.
We are after all one country, the
coast and flyover states, blue states
and red ones, Democrats and Republicans alike. Its one country, indivisible. From sea to shining sea.
Lets keep it that way. Go vote! JP

A reassuring verdict

n Tuesday afternoon, a
jury in Hackensack found
Aakash Dalal guilty of
17 counts, including terrorism charges, for his role in masterminding the attacks on Bergen
County synagogues in December 2011
and January 2012.
The attacks began with graffiti
on Temple Beth Israel in Maywood.
That could have been dismissed as a
rash act, but when there were more
attacks at different synagogues, culminating in the actual throwing of
Molotov cocktails at Congregation
Beth El in Rutherford, the situation
grew frightening.
Public officials responded reassuringly. Police stepped up patrols in
towns throughout the county, and
the Bergen County Prosecutors Office
made the investigation a top priority.

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who bought the ingredients for the
Rutherford bombs. And then other
clues including a mysterious message left as a comment on the Jewish
Standards website fingered Dalal as
a co-conspirator and partner in some
of the crimes.
In May, in a separate trial, Graziano
was convicted of terrorism and other
charges. In Dalals trial, prosecutors
brought in text messages proving that
he egged on Graziano, promising that
he could be fuhrer some day. The two
of them, the trial showed, gloated, as
the Jewish community held solidarity
evenings with the attacked synagogues.
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The verdict underscored, importantly
but not surprisingly, that we are blessed
to be in a place where crimes against our
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Dalals fate, like Grazianos, will be
decided at sentencing. They face life
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Our one disappointment in the trial
is this: While the prosecution proved
beyond a shadow of a doubt that Dalal
hated Jews, it failed to answer the most
vexing question. How did he come to
that hatred? What led a Rutgers student down a path that ended with him
and a friend facing years behind bars,
their lives permanently warped by
their youthful hate? It is a question that
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Gender barriers
rise and fall
through the Torah

hether a woman can ever be president of

the United States may not be answered on
Tuesday. This election, after all, is more a
vote on which candidate voters dislike the
least. At the end of Election Day, gender may have had
little to do with the outcome.
Gender, however, remains an issue in Jewish life, at
least in some more rigidly observant circles. Barriers may
have come down in all of Judaisms streams, but not all
barriers and not in all quarters. The tendency is to blame
the Torah for this, because it
is at the very least paternalistic, and at worst misogynistic.
As this column has noted
in the past, however, the
opposite is the case. What
the Torah actually has to
say about womens rights
has been so distorted over
time as to be unrecognizable.
Rabbi
Some people, for example,
Shammai
continue to believe the
Engelmayer
Torah itself forbade women
from studying sacred texts.
Deuteronomy 31:11-12 says otherwise. Blame the creative
interpretations applied to those verses by some men for
the prohibition (which, thankfully, has been discarded
by most sects). Neither the Torah nor the Judaism that
emerged from it are to blame.
The Judaism espoused by the Torah always has held
women to be the equals of and at times, better than
men. Individual rabbis may have held chauvinistic views,
but their opinions must be considered for what they are,
not for what their proponents claim them to be (i.e., the
definitive explanation of a Torah text).
At the same time, we also must be able to distinguish
between talmudic opinions and legal pronouncements,
which carry with them the stamp of Sinai itself. The Talmud tells us a woman is entitled to be called to the Torah,
but then adds that men should not to do so for the honor
of the congregation. (See the Babylonian Talmud tractate
Mgillah 23a.)
Clearly, that a woman is entitled to be called to the
Torah is a statement of law, but is the rest also a statement
of law or merely an opinion?
Shammai Engelmayer is the rabbi of Congregation Beth
Israel of the Palisades in Cliffside Park.

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One way the Torah transmits information is through narrative. The women who play major roles in the Torah are the
matriarchs and Miriam, the sister of Moses. Sarah, Rebekah,
Leah, and Rachel all were strong figures. It was to Rebekah
that God revealed that Jacob would be dominant over Esau
(see Genesis 25:23). When Isaac seemed intent on thwarting
Gods will by passing the torch to Esau, she acted decisively
to prevent it.
Miriam stood beside Moses in Egypt and in the desert. If
that is not clear from the Torah itself, the prophet Micah
leaves little room for doubt. He quotes God as saying, For I
brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from
the house of slavery; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and
Miriam. (See Micah 6:4.)
The matter-of-fact tone of Micahs reference testifies to an
early Israelite belief that Moses headed a troika, of which a
woman, Miriam, was a God-appointed part.
Throughout the Torah, we see the law striving to achieve
equality for women, usually accompanied by an understanding of human nature and the power of societal norms.
It was not uncommon in ancient Near Eastern cultures,
for example, for a man to sell his daughter into slavery if he
needed money. The Torah accepts that such things will happen regardless of what it says, so it makes no effort to ban the
practice. Instead, it takes steps to protect the young girl. (See
Exodus 21:7-11.)
As its law was developed over time by the Sages of Blessed
Memory, that girl must be raised in the masters house and
assigned only light duties; when she comes of age, she must
be married to the master or his son; she may not be sold to
anyone else, and if the marriage is not to take place, she is to
be set free. If the master or the son do marry her, and then
marry someone else, the former slave girl is guaranteed her
food, clothing, and conjugal rights.
Indeed, it is from this law that the rabbis determined that
a woman has all the conjugal rights, while the man has all
the conjugal obligations. Simply stated, even though only a
woman can give birth, only the man is obligated to have children. Thus, a woman may say no to her husband, but he cannot say no to her. This means that he cannot force himself on
her legally.
This kind of protection extended to all women, not just Israelite ones, as you can deduce from the way an Israelite soldier
in wartime had to treat a woman who caught his fancy. (See
Deuteronomy 21:11-14.)
In essence, the Torah in these two cases (and many others) covers what it actually is saying in a chauvinistic veneer,
in order to level the playing field. This approach may not sit
well with us today, but the Torah was dealing with a different
reality when it first appeared. The Near East of 3,500 years
ago saw nothing wrong in men treating women as mere property, and any system of laws that said otherwise risked being
ignored by those men. The Torah, therefore, accepts these
norms, but then imposes rules that have the opposite effect,
especially as the majority of Sages over time interpreted them.
It also is unfair to condemn the Torah and Judaism for the
objectionable opinions of some sages. There are a few pretty
disgusting ones, such as the statement in BT Shabbat 152a that
a woman is as a pitcher full of filth and her mouth is full of
blood.
For all the negative opinions you can pull out, there are
plenty of positives to counter them. Genesis Rabbah 17:7 tells
us of a righteous man and a righteous woman who divorced
after 10 years because they were childless. The man married a
wicked woman and became wicked himself. His ex-wife married a wicked man and he became as righteous as she was.
This shows, the rabbis said, that everything depends on
the woman.
Regardless of whether Americas political glass ceiling
comes crashing down on Tuesday, clearly Judaisms stainedglass ceiling never should have gone up.

A rainbow in someones cloud

y classmates sent me diverse responses

bus in slick yellow mackintoshes their heads kept
to my reunion column (The memories
dry by souwester caps. They lived no more than a
are still green, August 18). There was the
mile or two from my house, but they might as well
supportive email from the prettiest girl in
have come from another planet. Joe also notes the
the class who probably didnt know I existed way back
fawning respect shown to some parents but not to
then. Ah well. (Note: vis--vis my reunion, were all boys
his (although there were some exceptions), and that
and girls.) And the boy with the unusual baseball swing
this attitude trickled down to the students, resulting
responded to tell me that, sadly, he lost his wife to canin Joe being dismissed thoughtlessly by some in shul.
cer, and then, happily, found love again. Good for him!
Dina was right; children can be cruel.
He also noted, as did others, that he shared my warm
I recently read of a partial though not by any means
memories of a time and place long gone.
complete antidote to this cruelty in a Facebook post by
But there is another side to the story. The most
Rabbi Shai Held shortly before Rosh Hashanah. Always
intriguing response was from Dina (the name she has
reflective and sensitive, Rabbi Held wrote, again in part,
used since making aliyah, not the name she used at
that after decades of studying and teaching Torah, philosophy, and theology, and having students share their
Hebrew Institute of Long Island), who poignantly wrote,
questions and struggles with him, he came to the conin part: Your memories of your HILI days are very different from mine. Not all of us lived in Far Rockaway.
clusion that the most important question you can ask
Many of us came from Arverne, Belle Harbor and
yourself while doing teshuva is this: Am I kind? Am I
even, God save us, the Hammels Projcommitted to growing kinder? He goes on
ects. Not all saw each other on Shabbatot
to ask: If you are blessed with children, do
and after school hours. Children in general
they know, truly and unambiguously, that
tend to be cruel, especially to those who
whether or not they are kind is what matters most to you? That you value kindness
are different, have different lifestyles and
more than success; that you value it more
live outside the close-knit community you
than brilliance or mitzvot like Shabbat
described. There were some who wanted
and kashrut?
nothing to do with the reunion because of
Kindness, Jewish tradition teaches, is
negative experiences during our elementary school years.
one
of the elements with which the world
Joseph C.
I had known that the class had a conwas
created and upon which it stands,
Kaplan
tingent from Arverne and other areas less
and it is one of the qualities that serve the
affluent that the middle-class Far RockaDivine Throne. The Dalai Lama believes
way of single-family homes with backyards (on the borthat my religion is very simple; my religion is kindder of Lawrence) where I grew up. I had not, however,
ness, and Mark Twain astutely observed, kindness
heard of the government-financed Hammels Projects.
is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind
So Google taught me that this home to some classmates
can see.
had rampant crime, and, as typical of many of RobPutting this idea into practice, a number of high
ert Mosess urban renewal projects, also was used as
school and college basketball and football teams
a dumping ground for those on public assistance and
arranged for developmentally challenged youngsters
troubled families and individuals.
to dunk the ball or score a touchdown in an actual
I also was not that surprised that some of my classgame the exuberance felt by all is right there on
mates memories were different from mine. I rememYou Tube. Or watch the video of the star college athber the trepidation I felt calling the lovely girl who
lete joining the lonely autistic high school student for
was unmercifully bullied by some of the boys and her
lunch. As Aesop sums it up: no act of kindness, no
understandable, though gentle, response that shed
matter how small, is ever wasted.
rather not reune. And when I called a still-good friend
I told my family that I often regretted not doing something to try to stop the bullying of the girl who didnt
to berate him for not responding to the myriad of email
care to reune. One of my wonderful daughters, a highly
invitations, he exclaimed Joseph, didnt you know I
skilled and experienced middle school teacher, told
hated HILI? (No, I didnt.)
me: Daddy, dont beat yourself up. Thats not the job
But when planning the reunion I didnt focus on
of an eighth-grader. The thoughtfulness she showed
and certainly didnt realize in the 1950s the effect
me and that I appreciate mitigated my regret, but
the issues Dina raised had had on my classmates. But I
it did not eliminate it. Just a bit of kindness, a thoughtshould have focused more. My wife had gone to Manhattan Day School at the same time I was in HILI, and
ful word, a plea to the tormentors might have, I truly
she had told me that it was only as an adult that she
believe, eased some of the pain.
began to understand the differing experiences and
And now, the 17-word sermon: When I was young I
home lives of the children of those parents who came
admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind
to this country before the war and those who came
people. (Abraham Joshua Heschel) Amen.
after. Joseph Berger, the New York Times journalist
Joseph C. Kaplan
who also is a graduate of MDS, captured this gulf in
Joseph C. Kaplan, who has lived in Teaneck for more
his book Displaced Persons. On rainy days, having
than 31 years, frequently contributes essays to Jewish
no raincoat, I would arrive with wet hair and damp
publications when he is not practicing law in Manhattan.
cloths and see my schoolmates come dashing off the

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Help civic activism triumph over political cynicism

vividly recall my favorite scene in the

blockbuster film Thirteen Days,
which told the story of the Kennedy
administrations insider perspective of
the 1963 Cuban missile crisis.
No, Im not referring to the famous episode where the character playing Adlai Stevenson courageously stands up to the Russian representative Valerian Zorin at the
United Nations, but rather to the seemingly
much less remarkable scene around Robert
Kennedys breakfast table in the movies
opening moments.
Kennedy is surrounded by his wife and
children at this daily family gathering.
While most of the children are in elementary or middle school, still they are actively
engaged in a substantive, age-appropriate
discussion about world events. Kennedy
challenges his children, sampling their ability to name government officials or the powers they represent accurately. It is a family
learning exercise, and one that ensures that
the next generation develops a foundation
in basic civics.
While Friday evening dinner conversation
at my home largely is focused on the challenges of that particular weeks Torah portion,
Shabbat lunch takes on an entirely different
character. Surrounded by my home library
and an overflowing basket of newspapers, I
actively engage my children, stepchildren,
and the friends who routinely straggle home
from shul with us in conversations that challenge their knowledge of the world around
them. From BDS to the efforts being made to
improving the local ice arena, the children are
challenged to construct their own individual
opinions and taught the connection between
such issues and the social responsibilities that
ultimately they will inherit.

While the children at my table are only

between 7 and 13, this election cycle has
indelibly affected their growing awareness
of government and politics and not in a
good way. As the children watch pieces of
the debates, see the sensationalist media
headlines, or simply eavesdrop onto the
adult conversations at our shul Kiddush,
the imprint being made in their psyche will
contribute negatively to my parental goal for
them a healthy dose of civic engagement
and comprehension.
Just last week, my wifes 13-year-old son
innocently said that he heard that Hillary
Clinton is a criminal, while his friend across
the table countered that Mr. Trump beats up
girls. This is not the kind of conversation that
they should be having!
As I attempt to steer the children toward
discussing the fundamental basis for each of
the major parties platforms, given their ages,
they obviously find the bruising name calling
and finger pointing more exciting. Two years
ago, I encouraged my now 9-year-old son to
watch half an hour of the State of the Union
address. Fortuitously for me the time slot my
son happened choose was the environmental
segment. That did lead him to question me
about our need for clean water every time I
attempted to turn on the faucet but he was
interested in learning about substantive matters as well. At the second presidential debate
this fall, the moderators opening question
was if the candidates thought that their own
first performances would encourage parents
to ask their children to watch again that night.
The need for such a question makes the candidates responses almost unnecessary.
Before I was blessed by my appointment
as director of the East Coast for the Simon
Wiesenthal Center, for more than 15 years I

Carry the right stick

hen O.J. Simpson first

was on trial, I lived in Los
Angeles and worked in
Brentwood, where his exwife, Nicole, and her friend, Ron Goldman,
were murdered.
I was a senior fellow at the Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies, and our main
office was in a large commercial building
about a mile from the crime scene.
When the jury came back unexpectedly
quickly, everyone on my floor gathered in
an office with a large anteroom and television set. We all crowded together and wondered aloud at this turn of events, united in
our interest, anxiety, and sense of community. When Simpson was found not guilty,
every white, Hispanic, and Asian person
in the room groaned or gaped in astonishment. Every black person cheered with
delight. Then we looked at one another,
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and there was a long, awkward moment

as we all silently acknowledged the divide.
I remember thinking to myself as we filed
back to our offices, We are living in two
separate realities.
In some ways, of course, African Americans in fact do inhabit a distinct reality when it comes to policing, criminal
justice, and racism. In comparison with
whites, they are hassled more, arrested
more, convicted more, and imprisoned for
longer terms. Those injustices command
attention and deserve redress. But when
that verdict came in, for that moment, the
concern wasnt race or justice. The concern was: Who are we to one another?
How can we call ourselves a community
when we look at the same information and
read the facts so very, very differently? It
was surreal and alienating. It was hard to
see a united way forward.

served in many levels of government, and increasingly

would be asked by friends
and neighbors, in an almost
derogatory way, if I were still
involved with politicians.
As I attempted to engage my
peers come election time,
what they said far too often
Michael
was to ask me why I bother,
Cohen
given that all politicians are
either graft seekers or simply
outright corrupt.
My peers perception of government officials did not start recently, but was fermented
through many years of the political ambivalence whose foundations originate at table
conversations with our children, like we
ourselves experienced, unless we can move
them strategically away from the historical
levels of cynicism this particular election
cycle is producing.
In the fight for our communal agenda, we
need a supportive government. From building an eruv and expanding our physical
institutions, to protecting everything from
accurate kashrut display manipulation to the
yeshiva tuition crisis to fighting against antiSemites on campus and in our communities
as BDS advances, we need a supportive government. We have to make sure that the idea
of disengaging from politics as a result of our
national disgust with the presidential political
display we see now does not infect the next
generation.
Now more than ever, we have to show
our children the positive side of politics and
government, so that they will play an active
role after we have exited the stage. As the
Simon Wiesenthal Center advocates for additional municipalities to introduce anti-BDS

resolutions, I take my 13-yearold stepson with me and have

him testify.
I take him because he has to
see the positive side of political
activism.
Throughout our communities there are ways to expose
our next generation to the subD.
stance of politics, government,
and civic affairs. The opportunities range from local public
meetings on a municipalitys
recreational activities, to candidate nights
for local council and school board officials, to
missions to Washington such as those sponsored by NORPAC.
Perhaps, sadly, we have to censor how
much our children see of presidential politics during this election cycle, but to make
this cycle into an excuse to keep our children
away from such activities altogether to
leave such lasting thoughts in their impressionable young minds would be a travesty
of incalculable proportions.
I will continue to remember that early
scene in Thirteen Days fondly, and to
impress upon my children and stepchildren
the need to be actively engaged in the process for the benefit of our people. As someone who has seen the effects of that activity
firsthand and who has seen potential consequences of ambivalence as well I hope
you will join me in finding ways to encourage
your children to do the same.
Michael Cohen of Englewood is the eastern
regional director of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. He represents his citys second ward on
Englewoods City Council, and he belongs to
Congregation Ahavath Torah there.

With Election Day just a

I pray that we will have a
few days away, it is, once
clear winner and that there is
again, hard to imagine a
no violence. But even in that
united way forward. The
scenario, we are sure also
campaign has been surreal
to have bitterness, disbelief,
and alienating. We seem to
shock, anger, and opposition
be living in separate realities,
in the face of the outcome.
not just on the persistent
This election puts me in
issues of race, policing, and
mind of another bitter conRabbi Debra
test one that I hope we can
criminal justice but on many
Orenstein
learn from.
even most political concerns. What one major party
In the year 80, ten years
or candidate considers to be
after the Romans destroyed
self-evident is often considered skewed or
the Second Temple, Rabban Gamliel II was
even delusional by the other. Fox News
appointed as nasi, or president, of the Sanhedrin, the ancient rabbis highest court.
and MSNBC, consecutive channels on my
Rabban Gamliels father, Rabbi Shimon ben
cable box, are light years apart not just
Gamliel, had held that post, and so had the
in how they assess the candidates, but in
grandfather after whom he was named. Both
how they understand words, deeds, facts.
Jews and Romans alike thought of Rabban
Many people in both major parties dont
Gamliel as the leader of the Jewish people.
just think that the opposing partys candidate
Rabban Gamliel interviewed two witnesses
is uncivil, unlikeable, and unqualified; they
about the timing of the new moon and found
think that anyone who could support the
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their testimony valid, thereby establishing the

date of Rosh Hashanah and consequently Yom
Kippur. Rabbi Dosa questioned Rabban Gamliels
judgment and called the witnesses liars, based on
the astronomy. Rabbi Joshua concurred with his
objection. In response, Rabban Gamliel sent a
message to Rabbi Joshua, saying, I decree upon
you that you shall come to me with your walking stick and your money on the day that falls out
to be Yom Kippur according to your calculation.
(Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2:9.)
Rabbi Joshua was in a quandary. Should he
honor the authority of the Sanhedrin and its
head, even if that meant getting the Jewish calendar wrong and violating Yom Kippur? Among
those he consulted before deciding was Rabbi
Dosa, who first asserted that Rabban Gamliel was
wrong. Rabbi Dosa argued for unity. If we judge
the court of Rabban Gamliel, we must also judge
all the courts which have stood, from the days of
Moses until now. In other words, no court is perfect, and if we second-guess this decision, then
there will be no calendar and no rule of law.
Rabbi Joshua did in fact travel, with walking
stick and money purse in hand, to see Rabban
Gamliel on the day that by his and the Talmuds
reckoning should have been Yom Kippur. The
Sabbath of Sabbaths is the holiest day of the year,
and its timing is crucial but an even greater
principle was at stake.
When Rabbi Joshua arrived, Rabban Gamliel
stood up and kissed him on his head. He said to
him, Come in peace, my teacher and my student! My teacher in wisdom and my student in
that you accepted my words.
Elections are no more perfect than courts of
law; error and fraud are part of every human
enterprise. Fair and free elections demand
recounts in close cases, and they also demand
acceptance of the results. If we question every
election, we will have to go all the way back to
George Washington, and we wont be satisfied
even then. Sometimes the good of the nation
demands if I may mix American and Talmudic
idioms that you speak words of gracious concession and carry a big (walking) stick.
So the ancient rabbis supported the proper
authority in his exercise of power even when
the authority was, seemingly, wrong. But wait
Not necessarily. Not always. Not even in this case.
These are Jews were talking about, after all, and
more than one opinion is represented in the history of the relationship between Rabban Gamliel
II and Rabbi Joshua.
The New Moon episode supports respect for
existing power structures, but that support was
not unconditional.
At least twice after this incident (Berachot
27b-28a, Bechorot 23a), Rabban Gamliel humiliates Rabbi Joshua for disagreeing with him. Rabban Gamliel proves to be touchy about his own
honor and insensible to that of others. He is dictatorial and a bully; he excludes people unnecessarily, sometimes based on their heritage.
Eventually, the rabbis get fed up. Now [Rabban
Gamliel] insults [Rabbi Joshua] again. Come, let
us depose him. And so they do, replacing him
with an 18-year-old prodigy of impeccable family
background.
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Among the rabbis, failing to confer respect

will lose you not only respect in turn, but power,
as well. You deserve to lose your authority if
you persistently insult and belittle others. The
modern-day relevance of this principle is all too
obvious.
But even that is not the end of the story.
Because, eventually, Rabbi Joshua and Rabban
Gamliel debate again, and Rabbi Joshua wins
the argument. Rabban Gamliel goes to his colleagues house to concede, and only then realizes
that Rabbi Joshua does difficult and dirty menial
labor to support himself. Rabbi Joshua upbraids
the leader of the Jewish people for being an elitist who doesnt have genuine interest in or compassion for those whom he is supposed to serve.
Rabban Gamliel answers, I am humbled before
you. Forgive me.
After an initial hesitation, Rabbi Joshua accepts
the apology. He then advocates for Rabban Gamliels reinstatement. Rabban Gamliel ends up
sharing the post with his replacement, Rabbi
Elazar ben Azariah, who cannot be demoted
because we have a rule that we ascend in holiness, but do not descend.
This last principle is also the reason we add
more light on each night of Chanukah. It explains
why you can forget facts, but cant unlearn spiritual insight. The rule is: we rise.
This is Rabban Gamliels very human pattern:
he shows wisdom and humble respect for the
office he holds; then he overreaches, lashing out
at opponents, falling out of favor, and thereby
gaining a bit more wisdom and humility until
the next time. Hopefully, however, this is not
an endless circle, but an ascending spiral. Each
next time, he rises. Each new ceiling becomes
his floor.
We dont yet know who will win this election
and become our next American nasi. And, notwithstanding the evidence until now, we dont
definitively know what kind of winner and colleague the victor will prove to be. Regardless, we
as individuals and as a community can choose
to rise. Ascend in compassion and in patriotism.
Ascend with humility and forgiveness. Ascend
with grace whether in victory or defeat. Carry
your walking stick, and climb past the underbrush of this campaign to higher ground.
On November 10 at 7:30 pm, my synagogue,
Congregation Bnai Israel, at 53 Palisade Ave.
in Emerson, will host a Torah Town Hall. It is
open to the entire community. The theme of the
evening will be Beyond Winning or Losing: Cultivating Dialogue & Finding Common Ground After
the Elections. Rev. Mark Suriano will be present,
among other local faith leaders. We will have a
civil conversation about civic society. People with
deeply held, values-based convictions will debate
and respect one another. Rabbi Joshua, Rabban
Gamliel, and all the worthy but imperfect leaders
going back to Moses would be proud.
You can email questions and topics to me, at
rabbi@bisrael.com, before the conversation. If
you decide to join us, you are welcome, but not
required, to bring your walking stick.
Rabbi Debra Orenstein, spiritual leader of
Congregation Bnai Israel in Emerson, is
the author or editor of five books, including
Lifecycles 2: Jewish Women on Biblical Themes in
Contemporary Life.

The travesty continues

To add insult to injury, it is so appalling that the United Nations cultural

body, UNESCO, passed a resolution
just last week condemning Israeli
actions at Jerusalems holy sites while
totally ignoring Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. The
travesty continues, and this declaration
comes on the heels of the Palestinians
currently calling to sue the United Kingdom for issuing the 1917 Balfour Declaration, one hundred years later. It is
so very obvious and should be to the
world that they will stop at nothing to
insist that the Jews have no rights to the
land of Israel. Their justification and
commitment, time and time again, is
to rain terror on our land till they wipe
us out completely.
Ever wonder when some group of
people will protest the United States
Declaration of Independence of
1776, and try to overturn all that was
achieved, more than 240 years ago,
while maintaining that the United
States has no right to claim the land of
America? In reality, those who want to
condemn our Jewish state prove over
and over that they do not recognize
agreements and historical facts that
prove otherwise. You have to wonder
when these absurd conundrum of
mockery and accusations against the
state of Israel will ever cease to exist.
Or will they?
Ruby Kaplan, Teaneck

Yes, Scott Garrett

I find it odd that Scott Garrett, a man

who isnt Jewish, seems to know and
obey our God more than we as Jews
do. We read previously that Mr. Garrett, a born-again Christian, supports traditional marriage, staunchly
opposes same-sex marriage, and is
unswervingly anti-abortion (Meet
Scott Garrett, Oct. 14). On the other
hand, Josh Gottheimer, a Jew, believes
people should be able to love and
marry whomever they want, and is
also in favor or a womans right to
choose to terminate a pregnancy
(Meet Josh Gottheimer, Oct. 21.)
Two men, two opposing views. What
we as Jews should be asking is What
is Gods view?
When we read the Tanach, the Jewish Bible, we see that God supports
traditional marriage between a man
and a woman and opposes same-sex
relationships and marriage. And
God created man in His image; in the
image of God He created him; male
and female He created them (Genesis 1:27). Therefore, a man shall leave
his father and his mother, and cleave
to his wife, and they shall become
one flesh (Genesis 2:24). You shall
not lie down with a male, as with
a woman: this is an abomination
(Leviticus 18:22). And a man who

lies with a male as one would with a

woman both of them have committed
an abomination (Leviticus 20:13).
Regardless of the culture or the law
of the land, what God calls holy is
holy, what God calls sin is sin, and we,
as His people, are to obey the voice of
our God.
Regarding abortion, God is antiabortion. You shall not murder (Exodus 2013). It was You who created my
conscience; You fashioned me in my
mothers womb. I praise You, for I am
awesomely, wondrously made; Your
work is wonderful, I know it very well
(Psalm 139:13-14). In the days of old, the
Israelites ignored the commands and
ways of God and followed the ways of
the world, as we Jews are doing today.
And they built the high places of Baal
to burn their children with fire as burnt
offerings to Baal, which I did not command, neither did I speak nor did it
enter My mind ( Jeremiah 19:5). The
Israelites used fire to kill Gods creation
today we Jews use abortion clinics.
What was Gods response to our murder defeat by our enemies, captivity of our people, the destruction of
the Temple. What shall His response
be today, when we murder babies
that God Himself is fashioning in their
mothers wombs?
Six million Jews, 1 million of whom
were children, were exterminated at
the hands of the Nazis. Over 50 million babies have been exterminated
through abortion. Murder is murder. This time it is our hands that are
stained with blood.
As Jews, we are called to follow
and obey God, and not accept and
follow the ways of the world. It
seems that Mr. Garrett, and not Mr.
Gottheimer, has chosen the path of
heeding Gods voice and following
His ways. Yes, he may lose support
in the pubic eye, but in Gods eyes,
the only eyes that should matter to
us, he is accepted and applauded for
his obedience and faithfulness. May
we Jews heed the voice of the LORD
that cries out, Obey Me so that I am
your God and you are My people,
and you walk in all the ways that I
command you, so that it may be well
with you ( Jeremiah 7:23).
Sherry Silk, Montvale

Yes, Josh Gottheimer

I am a lifelong resident of Bergen

County and a registered Republican.
That being said, I have felt compelled
to split my vote and vote for Josh
Gottheimer for Congress in the 5th
Congressional District. Scott Garrett
is completely out of touch with our
district. Although I believe in smaller
government and less taxation and
wasteful spending, I do expect us to
get something back from Washington.
With Scott Garrett, the 5th District

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gets back 33 cents for every dollar we pay
in federal taxes.
That is just downright insulting.
Perhaps the worst example of this
occurred in 2014, when Garrett refused to
help the Paramus Police Department apply
for a federal grant to hire five new police
officers. They instead had to turn to Bill
Pascrell, a congressman who represents an
adjacent district, for help. I am the mother
of a first responder, and I think that this is
outrageous!
And for all you fellow animal lovers out
there, Scott Garrett has one of the worst
animal welfare records in Congress. That
alone should be reason enough to send
him packing!
I will proudly be voting for Josh Gottheimer on November 8, and encourage
others to do the same.
Enid Kossar Kannry, Emerson

Yes again for Josh Gottheimer

I have been a Bergen County resident for

over 25 years. I have been a volunteer for
Josh Gottheimers campaign since July and
have met and talked with him on numerous
occasions.
Personally, I have not felt much personal benefit in having Mr. Garrett as my
congressman since 2003. On issue after
issue, he puts Tea Party extremism before
our needs. For example, because he does
not apply for federal grant funding for our
district, we subsequently only get 33 cents
back for every dollar we pay in taxes.
Its a terrible return on our investment,
and without an advocate in Congress,
we wont have the resources we need to
repair our decaying roads and bridges. In
addition, Garrett consistently has voted
against women, minorities, and LGBT
individuals. The Star-Ledger even called
him a shameless bigot.
Josh Gottheimer seems to really care
about the 5th Congressional District.
He cares about each and every voter,
whether they are Democrats, Republicans, independent, or unaffiliated.
Josh Gottheimer is the kind of bipartisan leader we need in Washington. He is
fiscally conservative and socially progressive. He has diverse public and private
sector experience and wants to help our
district by lowering our taxes and bringing jobs back to Bergen County. He has
formed a womens advisory group and
believes in a womans right to choose and
that every woman is entitled to equal pay
for equal work. Josh is an AIPAC member,
and he is endorsed by both Democrats
and Republicans throughout our district,
state, and around the country, as well as
teachers, law enforcement, firefighters,
and business owners.
Josh has pledged his intention to work
across the aisle with both Republicans
and Democrats to solve our governments
problems, rather than just vote along
party lines. Thats the main reason Ive
been volunteering in his office, and I will
vote for Josh.

Bergen County needs to send Josh Gottheimer to Congress, and I encourage 5th
District voters to support him on Tuesday,
November 8. Every vote counts. Please
make your voice heard on election day.
Jill Strassberg, Woodcliff Lake

No to Donald Trump

Jews once again are divided. This time it is

over a political question, the current presidential election. Never in my life have I
questioned an American politicians commitment to the Jewish community and to
Israel. This year, I do.
Donald Trump is no friend of the Jews.
What saddens or even frightens me so
much, is how easily many Jews have been
able to accept Trump, just 70 years after the
worst pogrom in human history.
I am shocked that they do not see the
parallels with Il Duce, Benito Mussolini,
and by extension, with Adolf Hitler. Some
of his followers (whom he has not repudiated in any way) clearly do. The bombastic styles, the lynch mob party gatherings,
and even Trumps physical gestures as he
makes speeches all are eerily familiar. We,
the Jews, always have been on the receiving end of that treatment. And Trumps
supporters continue this drumbeat in the
media and on social networks.
I am aghast that these American Jews can
overlook Trumps treatment of women,
which may extend even to pedophilia.
They disregard his disdain (a very mild
word) for the ger, the stranger. They are not
bothered by his constant stream of aspersion and invective hurled at so many others. The man is a living personification of
lashon hara. It is no coincidence that Jewish sages warned so strongly against the evil
tongue. Bad words lead to bad action.
I am horrified that my Jewish brothers
and sisters can ignore the considerable
evidence that Trump is an anti-Semite. A
short list would include the facts that he
never has visited Israel, despite repeated
invitations. (Sheldon Adelson gave him
$100 million as an incentive, and reportedly was disappointed that Trump did
not carry through on his promise.) Donald Trump has not invested one shekel in
Israel, while at the same time he has done
a great deal of business with the Arab
world. He has not condemned the likes of
David Duke. He has used the international
banks canard in his attacks on Clinton a
page taken right out of the Protocols of the
Elders of Zion. And finally, he invited Malik
Obama to a debate as his personal guest.
Malik Obama is the Muslim half-brother
of Barack Obama. Malik is an avowed supporter of Hamas, and has been quoted as
saying Jerusalem is ours we are coming.
So, someone please tell me, if it walks like a
duck, is it not a duck?
I am not a fan of Hillary Clinton, but I
am able to recognize a modern day Shabbetai Tzvi when I see one. If modern American Jews do not know who Shabbetai
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ou probably havent heard

of Karlheinz Kopf. Hes one
of three Austrian politicians
now sharing that countrys
presidency, following the departure of
the previous incumbent in July.
Kopf just returned to Vienna from
Iran, where he distinguished himself
by calling on the United States to ditch
those sanctions against the Tehran
regime that have remained in place
since the Iran nuclear deal was signed
last year. And that wasnt the half of it.
Frankly, Kopf s statements during
his visit might have been drafted by
his Iranian hosts. Asked about trade
with Iran, he waffled on about 140
years of friendship between the two
nations before touting the growing
trade between them, which includes a
roadmap for the expansion of comAustrian politician Karlheinz Kopf
mercial ties over the next four years.
WIKI COMMONS
He expressed regret that continuing
U.S. restrictions on Iranian banks prevent investment in the Islamic Repubin which Austria can assist Iran with
lic. When asked about the zealous
water management, waste disposal,
imposition of the death penalty in
and tourism development.
Iran, he retorted that he had not come
Among the leaders Kopf met was
to Tehran to moralize. Since prisonthe speaker of the Iranian parliament,
ers can face execution in
Ali Larijani. During an
the United States, who
elec tion se ason with
are westerners to deliver
plenty of loose talk about
lectures?
nasty politicians, AmerYou can only imagine
icans who want to see a
the delight with which
genuine example of this
the Iranians greeted these
phenomenon could do
remarks, which sound
much worse than exammore suited to someine Larijani.
one like Noam Chomsky
In 2009, when he was
Ben Cohen
than a provincial AusIrans foreign minister,
trian politician in a gray
Larijani addressed an
suit. And you can hardly
audience of top Euroblame them. European leaders, like
pean political, military, and busiKopf, are the gift that keeps on giving,
ness leaders at the annual Munich
all the way up to publicly admitting,
Security Conference. An incredulous
while standing in Tehran, that there is
audience heard him describe Iranian
no essential moral difference between
support for Hamas, the Palestinian
America and Iran while Irans proxy
Islamist organization, as an honor,
in Syria, the regime of Bashar al-Assad,
before defending (on German soil!)
is pulverizing thousands of children in
the Holocaust-denying statements
Aleppo with air strikes. In that regard,
of Irans then president, Mahmoud
Kopf had nothing but praise for Irans
Ahmadinejad.
regional role, describing it, accordSince that time, Larijani, has been
ing the regimes official mouthpiece,
shunted around from role to role in
Press TV, as helping to reduce conthe regime. He served as a nuclear
flicts and restore peace and stability
negotiator and in the parliament. But
to the Middle East.
he remained a central figure and conAnd yes, you did read that correctly.
tinues to meet with foreign politicians.
Were the Iranians as sensitive to
During his encounter with Kopf, LariKopf s position as the representative
jani, apparently straight-faced, told
of a parliamentary democracy? No,
the Austrian that Iran always stresses
they werent. They probably didnt
the importance of political dialogue
need to be. Kopf was treated to a
and negotiations as the only solutions
full-on display of Iranian fanaticism.
to the existing problems in the region
We can be quite certain he smiled
instead of using military means. But
politely through all of it, before turnthat didnt prevent him, according to
ing the conversation back to the ways
the Austrian activist group Stop the

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Bomb, from labeling Israel as the fabricated Zionist regime responsible for the terrorism plaguing
the Middle East.
Of course, Larijani didnt say anything we hadnt
heard from the mullahs before. Whats much
harder to accept is even as these disgraceful slurs
are uttered, European leaders, together with the
Obama administration, perpetuate the fiction that
Iran has moderated under its current president,
Hasan Rouhani. And a big part of it is greed, plain
and simple.
Austria is a particularly odious example of a state
that cant stop salivating publicly at the prospect of
lucrative Iranian business contracts. In 2015, right
after the announcement of the nuclear deal, Kopfs
predecessor, Heinz Fischer, became the first western
leader to visit Iran in more than a decade. Two hundred and forty Austrian business executives, whose
path to commercial success was smoothed considerably by Fischers ludicrous self-portrait, accompanied him. Austria is a land of dialogue. We reject
violence, Fischer gushed. We want to build bridges
and want to seize every opportunity to reduce tensions and promote a climate that promises a better
future than if we remain stuck in confrontation.
Since the British are the only European nation
with a proper grasp of irony, you shouldnt expect
Austrians, including Fischer and Kopf, to reflect
upon their antics in front of a regime that sponsors
suicide bombings and terrorist outrages across the
globe. Its clear that their yardstick of success is the

number of contracts secured for Austrian banks

and businesses, like the OMV oil company and the
Erste Bank; the gutter, conspiracy-laced political
rhetoric of the mullahs is just part of the local scenery. Seeing things in this way eases any guilt that
might arise when the representatives of a country
that enthusiastically united with Nazi Germany in
1938 leave the naked anti-Semitism of Irans leaders
today unchallenged.
On this side of the Atlantic, we have to ensure
that our own politicians dont follow Kopf s
wretched example. One of the first pieces of business that Congress will face in November is the
renewal of the Iran Sanctions Act, which enables
a range of sanctions targeting Irans nuclear program and ballistic missile tests. The vote is likely to
pass in the House of Representatives, but may well
face a tougher ride through the Senate, as well as
the possibility that President Barack Obama wont
sign it into law. Getting the ISA renewed is, in the
current circumstances, the best message we can
send to the Iranians that the United States isnt as
easily fooled and seduced as their lackeys in the
European Union.
Ben Cohen, senior editor of TheTower.org and the
Tower magazine, writes a weekly column for JNS.org
on Jewish affairs and Middle Eastern politics. His
work has been published in Commentary, the New
York Post, Haaretz, the Wall Street Journal, and
many other publications.

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nearest rabbi. Tzvi was a 17th-century version of Jesus, believed

by many to be the Messiah. He converted to Islam and ultimately
was regarded as a heretic and reviled by his followers. chasidism
emerged as a reaction to him. As a Jew, it is impossible for me to
follow a false prophet. Torah is very clear on this. And that is what
American Jews who support Trump are doing following someone blindly, on the strength of his emotional appeal and nothing
more.
I understand that some Americans do not like Hillary Clinton,
or her policies, or both. Thats fair and normal in politics. But to
support Trump in reaction to these sentiments goes beyond the
pale. If a Jew does not like or trust Clinton, there is an alternative.
It is the Libertarian party.
I am no Libertarian, but there is nothing wrong with supporting
Gary Johnson and William Weld. They are honest men, Republican governors, with credible public experience. Weld, in particular, is an exceptionally qualified candidate. Or people can take a
close look at Tim Kaine. He too is an honest human being, with
demonstrated commitment to the Jews and Israel. The country
could do much worse than to wind up with Kaine as President.
On the other hand, if Donald Trump is elected, I will fear for
the Jews. He will abandon Israel, because the Arabs have more
money. He will cooperate with Putin in supporting Assad and
Syria. He will fuel the animosity of fundamental Islam by barring
Muslims from America. Daesh is undoubtedly praying that Trump
becomes the next American president. He will be their greatest
recruiting tool.
And then he will come after us. Mark my words.
Eric Weis, Wayne

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At the 2012 London Olympics, Ankie Spitzer talks about the Israeli athletes murdered in Munich and demands a
moment of silence. Shame on you, IOC, for forsaking 11 members of the Olympic family, she told the audience.

I will never stop

talking about it
Panel for Gerrard Berman Academies to look at the Munich Olympic massacre

JOANNE PALMER
any of us know a little about what happened at the Munich
Olympics in 1972.
Eleven Israeli
athletes were murdered. That we remember. Clearly it was
a bad thing, the curtain raiser for the new
age of terror in which we live.
But it happened 44 years ago, the edge
of the horror has worn dull, the raw hatred
that has fueled it is too uncomfortable to
think about much, and we tend to forget
about it as the rush of atrocities that have
followed seem to have eclipsed it.
If we think that, though, were wrong.
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That act of extraordinary brutality the

athletes were not murdered in some clean,
gleaming, Olympic way, but tortured and
mutilated by their psychotic captors
was an act of inhumanity that we should
face and acknowledge. It was woven with
strands of anti-Israeli feeling, anti-Zionist
fervor, and plain old anti-Semitism, seemingly one of the most ancient of all loathings, the ur-hatred that has fueled so many
other, newer hatreds.
On November 19, as part of its Torch
Talk series, the Academies at Gerrard Berman in Oakland will host a panel discussion on Munich at Columbia Universitys
law school. The discussion, called Lessons of Munich, will consider what happened in Germany, as well as the fight to

keep its memory, and thus its message,

in the public consciousness, by including
a moment of silence at an Olympic opening ceremony. The headliner will be Bob
Costas, NBCs star sports reporter, who
has won 27 Emmys, and whose insistence
on remembering the Munich 11 at all the
Olympics he had covered has kept the
story alive.
The panel will include eight speakers,
each with a connection to the Munich
Olympics or with the ongoing fight to
memorialize it.
Before we look at some of the speakers, an interview with a woman whose
schedule precluded her from being on
the panel, but whose work in the 44 years
since the massacre has been instrumental

in keeping alive the idea of a moment of

silence, can set the stage.
Ankie Spitzer, who has a full, throaty
voice, laughs frequently, and occasionally
stops for an audible draw on a cigarette,
talked from her home in Israel, on the
Mediterranean coast just outside Tel Aviv.
She is the widow of Andre Spitzer, the
fencer who coached the team. Although
Ms. Spitzer went on to have a lovely life
as a mother and a grandmother, and also
as a successful journalist and although
it is important to her that the world know
that she was able to live that normal, even
lovely life after the Olympics those days
in Munich marked her and have driven her
ever since.
Ms. Spitzer, 70, was born in Holland

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A masked terrorist appears at the window in the Olympic village.

Above, the New York
Times reports on the
massacre. Actually,
11 Israelis were slaughtered. At left, six of
the victims; clockwise,
from top left, they
are Moshe Weinberg,
Yossef Romano, Mark
Slavin, Eliezer Halpin,
Zeev Friedman, and
David Berger.

soon after the end of World War II. Her

family was large, prominent, and Catholic.
Like many Dutch preteens, I read Anna
Frank that, of course, is the Diary
of Anne Frank, whose story unfolded
in Amsterdam, Ms. Spitzers city. Anna
Frank was a Dutch girl, about my age, and
the book made such an enormous impression on me that then and there I decided
that when I was done with high school, I
would spend at least a year in Israel, she
said. I had to know the Israelis history.
I had to know what made them tick. Ms.
Spitzer was not alone in that desire. A lot
of young people from Western Europe
were fascinated by the kibbutz then. We
were used to organized countries and
laws, with everything fixed, nothing new.
Nothing dynamic. Like a lot of other people my age, I was looking for a little more
action, more challenges.
And the fact that Israel was Jewish added
to its appeal, she said.
Still she didnt go to Israel right away.
First, Ms. Spitzer, who had skipped a few
grades, finished high school in Holland at
15, in 1961, and began a decade of travel
and exploration. She went to Youngsville,
Pennsylvania, a small town about an hour
from Lake Erie, on a high school exchange

program, and spent what sounds like an

idyllic year there, taking only the classes
she wanted to take English, speech, and
band and forming relationships that still
are strong today.
Next she spent a year at the Sorbonne,
in Paris, and then she went to a kibbutz,
and I must admit I wasnt impressed, she
said. It was not quite what I expected. I
wanted to sit on a tractor and pick oranges.
Instead, I was sent into the kitchen, and
I peeled onions. I did it for two months
until I found out that the onions came
from Holland.
She stayed at the kibbutz for a year anyway, and then traveled through Greece,
Turkey, Iran, and India remember,
it was starting to be the 60s and then
went back home. Stints in other parts of
the world yielded such part-time jobs as
as stint as hostess in the Dutch Pavilion at
Expo 67 in Montreal, and a two-year stay
in South America. I had been traveling for
10 years, studying in different places, and I
ended up with only one meager B.A., she
said ruefully. From a Dutch university, in
the history of art, mind you. Which I never
did anything with, but it was a lovely study.
But that was not the point. The point was
to be in different places.

Andre Spitzer talks to the crisis team before hes pulled back and hit. Its the last
time anyone other than his captors and teammates ever saw him alive.
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In the end, in 1969, I went back to
Israel. But that attempt to live in the
country that kept drawing her didnt work
either. I was upset by the lack of politeness, by the way people treated each
other. So once again she left; she moved
back to her familys home in Holland while
she considered her next move.
I decided that I come from a very athletic family. We have all done all sorts of
sports. I wondered what sport I didnt
know yet. Fencing! So I decided to go to
fencing school. One of my coaches there
spoke very good Dutch, but with a slight
accent. I thought he was from Eastern
Europe. Maybe Hungary.
He was training me, making me run
like mad, and at one point I said Maspik!
(Thats Hebrew for enough!) And he
looked at me, and said From where do
you know this word? And I said I spent
some time in Israel. He said I am from
Israel. I have to finish my coaching here,
but maybe then afterward we can meet for
a beer. And I said Great. And we sat there
and met and talked, and that is where I fell
in love with Andre Spitzer.
Mr. Spitzer was born in Transylvania,
the part of Hungary that often transferred to Romania, right after the war, as
his accent revealed. His parents survived
the war in labor camps. He made aliyah to
Israel, joined the army, and then, once he
was out, became a fencing coach. He was
sent to Holland by Israels fencing federation to further his own training.
When Ankie and Andre fell in love,
Andre offered to stay in Holland with her.
I told him that I had been disappointed in
Israel because I expected a type of idealism that I didnt find. He had wanted me
to go back with him, but he said Ankie, if
you say you dont want to go back to Israel,
I will respect that and stay here with you.
But I said No. You promised to go back,
and I will join you.
So they went back to Israel. Andre was
a very gentle person, Ms. Spitzer said. He
was very kind. He explained to me that
those people who were very grouchy you
dont know. Maybe they had a son at the
Lebanese border. Maybe they were worried. He found explanations. He never said
that the lack of politeness was okay, but he
made me look at Israel through his eyes.
The fencing federation sent the couple to the Lebanese border. There was
nothing there, Ms. Spitzer said. Just an
academy for fencing, and for some other
sports. Andre was the head of the academy. In Holland, I would go to a concert
or a play every week. Here there was nothing. We didnt even have electricity. We
couldnt even leave the place where we
were living after 7 at night, because they
would shoot at us from over the border.
And they were young and in love and
alone together, and it was madly romantic. We were there for a year, she said. It
was the best year of my life.
After three months, Ankie and Andre
got married. Their first wedding was a civil

Ankie and Andre

were married
twice; this is their
civil ceremony, in
Holland, in 1971.
At left, Andre
holds his daughter, Anouk. He was
27 in that photo,
as he was when
he was killed.
COURTESY ANKIE SPITZER

one, in Holland, because Ankie was not

Jewish. But I said I want to become Jewish. I am living here, with you. I am making
my life here with you.
So I became the first convert of Chief
Rabbi Shlomo Goren.
Rabbi Goren was a very pragmatic person, Ms. Spitzer said. He wanted to solve
the problem of people who want to convert.
Now, she added, talking parenthetically but
with great passion about the controversy
about conversion in Israel, it is a disaster.
But I was very lucky. He took me on.
She converted in 1971, and she and her
husband remarried in a Jewish ceremony.
It was a very easy decision for me, she
said My whole family was very supportive and very loving. They totally accepted
it. I was 24. They said, Ankie, you are old
enough to make the decision that you want
to make. They couldnt stand under the
chuppah with me, because they werent
Jewish, but they totally accepted that.
They stood next to me next to the chuppah. A year later, the Spitzers daughter,
Anouk, was born.
Soon, the academy up on the Lebanese border became too dangerous, and
the Spitzers moved to the center of the
country, and then he heard that he was
selected to be the fencing coach for the
Olympic Games. Every athletes goal is
the Olympics. He was elated. Absolutely

40 JEWISH STANDARD NOVEMBER 4, 2016

elated. And I was so happy for him!

We had just had our baby girl, and I
thought, well, Ill just stay home, but he said
There is no way that Im going alone. Youll
come with me. So we decided to bring the
baby, who was only two months old. I flew
with her to my parents house in Holland,
and they took care of her. My brother was a
pediatrician, and he was there too.
Today, when I think about that, I think
how stupid that was, leaving her. But then
I had no clue.
The Spitzers rented a room in Munich.
Andre could have stayed at the Olympic Village, but it was divided into two parts, one
for men, one for women. (Now, teams stay
together; then, they did not.) And we were
a young married couple, Ms. Spitzer said.
Andre never slept in his room in the
Olympic Village until the fatal night, she
continued. But we did go into the village
every day.
Those were joyous games. There were
not a lot of police or army protecting
anything. And I understand the mentality of the Germans. They think that you
go in through the entrance and you go
out through the exit. It wouldnt occur
to them that, say, terrorists could go in
through the door marked out. That, as it
turned out, was stupid.
Ankie checked in with her parents every
night, in those way-pre-cellphone days,

and soon they told her that baby Anouk,

who had not stopped crying, was in the
hospital. Nothing seemed to be wrong, but
her brother the pediatrician was worried.
Ankie worried too, but she kept the news
from Andre until after the competition.
Once their games were over, the Israeli
delegation celebrated in a Munich beer
hall, and then they went to Dachau. Ankie
finally told Andre about Anouk, and they
went to see her; Andre wanted more time
off, but the head of the delegation granted
him only a few days. So they went to Holland Anouk, as it turned out, was fine,
but had to stay in the hospital for observation for another few days. Ankie stayed
with her. Andre nearly missed his train
back to Munich, but Ankie, driving like
the wind, got him to the station on time.
So Andre Spitzer who had not slept
in the Olympic Village until that last night,
who had wanted to spend that night in
Holland, not Munich, and who had almost
missed the last train that could have gotten him there on time was back in his
room when the Black September terrorists
invaded.
He should have missed the whole
thing, his widow said. This is probably
what fate is like. He shouldnt have been
there. But he was. And I was in Holland,
staying with my parents.
The next morning, my parents came to
wake me up at 7, Ms. Spitzer said. They
said, Ankie, how many people are there
in the Israeli delegation? I said, I dont
know. I had just woken up. Maybe 20, 25.
And they said, Who is the boxing coach?
And I said, There is no boxing coach.
Israel didnt send any boxers. Why are
you asking? And my father said, Well, you
should know that on all the TV programs,
and on the radio, they said that terrorists
came into the Israeli building and took an
unknown number of Israelis hostage.
And I said, What happened to the boxing coach? And he said They already shot
him, and put his body outside the building.
I jumped out of bed and said There
is no boxing coach. So I called the Israeli
embassy in Holland. No one there had
any more firm information. So I had to
wait until 9 in the morning on that day, the
fifth of September, to get word that Andre
was one of the hostages.
The murdered man was Moshe Weinberg, the wrestling coach, whose son,
Guri, is on the panel.
Ms. Spitzer wanted to go back to Munich
immediately, but the Israeli ambassador
told her not to. There are thousands of
people trying to get in, and you will not get
in, she reports that he told her.
This was the first time that the Olympics
had been televised live, so the nightmare
played out in public view. The terrorists
kept giving ultimatums, Ms. Spitzer said.
They wanted something like 236 Palestinians released; they said they would start
systematically killing the Israeli athletes.
At first, the release had to be by 10, then
3, then 5. Every couple of hours, I would

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think, now they will kill Andre, and I sat
like an idiot, with the baby in the hospital
and him there.
I had one TV on in Dutch, and one in
German, and the radio next to me. I was
crazy. And all my relatives, my brothers
and sisters, were there, and I said Go away
from me. I just wanted to be alone.
And then, I was watching, it was about
5:30, and I saw the curtains at the window
on the second floor was open, and I suddenly saw Andre in front of the window.
His hands were tied behind his back.
He was the only one who spoke German,
so he was the go-between. He had to
answer questions from the crisis team, asking him what the situation was. I couldnt
hear him on TV, but I heard that later from
the crisis team.
I could see that he didnt have his
glasses on, and I knew that he couldnt see
anything. He was so humiliated, there with
his hands tied behind his back and a terrorist holding him. He said that everyone was
okay except for one person, and they asked
him who it was, and he said something,
and he was pushed back into the room,
and I could see him being hit in the back.
And that was the last time I saw him.
Later, she learned that the Israeli hostage hed been talking about was Yossef
Romano. He had tried to grab a Kalashnikov, and as an example they shot him
four times.
And they tortured him.
They castrated him. In front of all the
hostages, sitting there, with their hands
and feet tied. They said, If any of you guys
have any ideas about doing this, this will
be your fate. This is what we will do to
you. Romano bled to death there, slowly,
over a couple of hours.
Nobody watching television knew that at
the time; that news came out much later.
Then later at night, 10, 10:30, the German authorities brought two helicopters
inside the Olympic village. They wanted
to take the hostages out, fly them to a
nearby airport, and there would be a Lufthansa plane ready to take them to an

Juan Antonio Samaranch, fourth from right, gives a Nazi stiff-arm salute in 1974, six years before becoming the IOCs president.

Arab country.
I will never forget sitting there in front
of the TV, watching the two helicopters
going up from the Olympic village, and I
remember my mother saying Maybe now
they have a chance. Maybe they will negotiate. Maybe it will take a year, but at least
we know that they will not be shot. And I
said, No, Mother. This will be over.
The Germans just want this whole
show over, out of the Olympic village. They
just want them out of the country. They
want them somewhere else.
The helicopter ride took only six minutes. They arrived at the airport, and the
terrorists immediately shot the lights out
so it was pitch dark. Then I heard an enormous amount of shooting, and then it was
quiet. And then, after about half an hour,
enormous bursts of machine-gun fire and
then suddenly one of the helicopters just
went up in flames. And then it was dark
and quiet again.
And then, after that, at midnight, the

German police surround the building, but it proved too little, too late.

German governments official spokesman

came on and said, Well, we have had a
very difficult day, but I am very happy to
announce that all the Israelis have been
saved, and all the terrorists have been
killed. So its a very happy ending to a very
difficult day.
So at my house, everyone who had
been waiting, from the early morning
until midnight, was very happy. My father
took out the champagne bottle, and everybody started to dance around. But I said
Nobody should say mazal tov to me,
because I dont understand how everybody got saved. We heard the shooting
and we saw the explosion.
And no matter what state he was in, if
he was alive, Andre would call me.
That call never came.
Ankie kept calling the Israeli ambassador. I waited and waited and waited, and
called every hour, but nobody could give
me an answer.
And then finally, at 3:10 in the morning,

Jim McKay, the sportscaster who was

doing all the TV commentary for ABC,
said: There were 11 hostages taken by Palestinian terrorists, and they all were killed.
They are all gone.
So pandemonium broke out in my
house, and I said I have to go.
The Israeli ambassador organized her
trip to Munich at 4 in the morning, and she
got there quickly. There was a big memorial service in the stadium, with 80,000
people. I still remember running in the
Olympic village to get to the ceremony, and
on both sides of the path there were athletic
fields, and athletes were running and jumping and training. I thought, They murdered
my husband and his friends, and right here
life is still just going on. It was surreal.
The surviving team members the
ones who were in other rooms or other
parts of the village were asked to go into
the room where the hostages had been
held; the idea was that theyd lived with
each other so long that they could easily

Ankie Spitzer looks at the chaos in the room where her husband and the other
Israelis spent most of their hours.
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identify whose belongings were whose.
I said okay, Im going to pick up Andres
stuff, Ankie said. They said that I cannot
go there, but I said why not? I hadnt been
hysterical, Id been there every day, and I
know Andres stuff. She went.
She recalls that she walked to the building with Dan Alon, a fencer who survived
and who will be on the panel and they
opened the door and you could see the
staircase, and the blood of Romano just
came running down the stairs. Mr. Alon
told her not to go up, she said, but I said
I have to see where Andre spent the last
minutes of his life.
I went up the stairs and I looked at the
room, and chaos you could not believe
it. The four shots were from a machine gun
and they went into the wall. And all the
blood of Romano. The room was just full
of blood. They the crisis team had
gotten them food but no one ate any of it,
so it was there, and they the terrorists
didnt let them the hostages go to the
bathroom, and the room was total chaos.
And I looked there, and I thought that
if someone did this to Andre, who was
such a gentle and peace-loving guy, who
did no wrong to anybody if he had to go
through this, in pure fear for his life and
the lives of his friends if he had to witness this whole thing then I will never
stop talking about it.
Ankie Spitzer took only two of her husbands belongings from that terrible room.
He had bought a mascot, a dachshund,
for Anoukie, and he bought a little bear.
Those she took. And I said that I will never
shut up about this for the rest of my life.
If people can do this to each other
and in the Olympic village, which symbolizes peace and brotherhood and friendship and fair play then I cannot stop
talking about it.
The next day, she and the other Israeli
families flew back to Israel with the coffins
of 10 of the murdered Israeli athletes; the
body of David Berger, an Israeli American,
was flown back to the United States. All the
athletes whose bodies were returned to
Israel were buried the next day except for
Mr. Spitzer; his funeral was held the next
day, giving his widowed mother time to get
there from Transylvania.
Mr. Berger, who was not only an Olympic weightlifter but also a lawyer, earned
his law degree at Columbia; he will be honored at the panel at his alma mater.
Ankie Spitzer remarried 10 years later;
she is now divorced, but she had three
more children and is a deeply-in-love
grandmother. As a journalist, she covers
the Middle East for Dutch and Belgian television and radio, and has had an impressive career. And as an advocate, she has
been tireless.
She and Ilana Romano, Yossefs widow
I found a tremendous partner in Ilana,
she said decided that If you forget history, you will repeat it, so they went to
Olympic Games after Olympic Games,
pushing to have the story acknowledged
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and the deaths honored. They

wanted a minute of silence at an
opening ceremony. The request
seems innocuous, but the International Olympics Committee does
not see it that way.
There always was a reason why
nothing could be done, Ms. Spitzer
said. At the first Olympics after
Munich, in Montreal, we were told
that there were 21 Arab countries
participating, and theyd walk out
if there were a moment of silence.
I said Wonderful! If they do not
understand the meaning of the
Olympic Games, let them go. Her
approach did not succeed.
In 1992, in Barcelona, they told
me that I am bringing politics into
the Olympic Games. I said I am
bringing politics? Thats ridicuSportscaster Bob Costas, who spoke out forcelous! What is your problem? That
fully against the IOCs refusal to allow a moment
they were Israelis or that they
of silence, will moderate the panel.
were Jews? Just say that there were
11 members of the Olympic family
That outraged Bob Costas.
who were murdered.
Mr. Costas first covered the Olympics
The answer again was no.
in 1992. We did an hour-long documenMs. Spitzer and Ms. Romano kept fighting and kept losing. And then something
tary looking back on the events of 20 years
changed.
prior, he said. I narrated it. And then, 20
In 2012, the Olympics were held in Lonyears later, in 2012, knowing that the 50th
don. And the JCC of Rockland which, to
anniversary of the events would not be an
be straightforward, is not a huge instituOlympic year and that therefore the 40th
tion; nobody will mistake it for the 92nd
anniversary became even more important,
Street Y decided to begin a campaign for
I thought that there should be a commemoration for the widows and children of the
a moment of silence.
Israeli athletes and coaches who died.
David Kirschtel, its CEO, who will speak
They asked the IOC for some official
on the panel, recalls that the push began
recognition, and the logical place would
as a community service project as it hosted
have been at the opening ceremony. And
the Maccabi Games. Those games, for Jewish teenagers in North America, always
the IOC in my mind callously said no.
has some kind of remembrance, and it was
They fell back on their old thing we cant
40 years since the Munich massacre, so we
recognize political factions or political
thought that we would dedicate the games
demonstrations, etcetera. And my feeling
to the athletes memories.
is that this was completely different. This
He drafted a plan, and took advantage
happened within the Olympics.
of an already planned trip to Israel to
And, he added, because the 2002 Olympics were in Salt Lake City, the opening
meet Ankie Spitzer. Her energy, intensity,
ceremonies at those games included an
and drive, combined with the JCCs growing understanding of the real symbolic
acknowledgment of the September 11
importance of what could be seen as a
attacks that targeted the United States, the
mere gesture, proved combustible. And
host country.
the increasing importance of social media
No one is asking the IOC to take a position on every single controversy or tragand online petitions added structure and
edy, Mr. Costas continued. This was difreach to the effort.
All of a sudden, the online petitions
ferent. It took place in the context of the
gathered 5,000 signatures, 10,000 signaOlympic Games. And it was murder. But
tures, from 160 countries, and large Jewish
they wouldnt do it.
organizations like Hadassah and non-JewThey just had a small ceremony, not
ish organizations like Catholic University
on television, and it didnt have anything
joined the effort, Mr. Kirschtel said. And
like the impact it should have. So I felt that
then governments took notice; President
I should make mention of these circumstances, and I did the only thing that made
Barack Obama and his Republican rival,
sense when the delegation came in.
Mitt Romney, both supported it. Even
What Bob Costas did moved a great
Israel, which oddly enough had not yet
many people very deeply. When the Israeli
had a minute of silence in the Knesset, did
delegation marched in at the opening cerso. It was a huge steamroller, Mr. Kirschtel said.
emony in London, he said, on the air:
There was not a moment of silence at
These games mark the 40th anniversary of the 1972 tragedy in Munich, when
the London Games. The IOC still could not
11 Israeli coaches and athletes were murbring itself to do it. There was a small ceremony at the Olympic village instead.
dered by Palestinian terrorists. There have

been calls from a number of quarters

for the IOC to acknowledge that, with
a moment of silence at some point in
tonights ceremony. The IOC denied
that request, noting it had honored
the victims on other occasions. And,
in fact, this week, Jacques Rogge
then the IOCs president led a
moment of silence before about 100
people in the athletes village.
Still, for many, tonight, with the
world watching, is the true time and
place to remember those who were
lost, and how and why they died.
And then he paused for 12 seconds
which feels like a much longer time
than it sounds waiting until the
whole Israeli delegation had entered
before cutting away to a commercial.
Apparently a good many Jewish
Americans appreciated the gesture,
Mr. Costas said.
Did it take courage for him to do it?
It may take a dollop of nerve, compared to what you usually find in
broadcast TV sports, but when you look
around and see examples of real courage
I wouldnt put that adjective next to what
I did, he said.
Why does he think that the IOC did what
it did? I cant make this charge with certainty, but there were people who speculated that the IOC was afraid of negative
reactions from Arab nations, Mr. Costas
said. My thought is that no one is taking
a political stand, and that if it offends you
that the IOC commemorates the victims of
coldblooded wanton murder, that should
be your problem, not the IOCs.
About a week after the London games,
we had our own memorial service, Ms.
Spitzer said. We Israelis and Jews organize
one in every town, and we always invite the
president and members of the IOCs. And
all those anti-Semites they came.
And I have always talked to them very
nicely it is the way that I was raised but
this time I decided to take my gloves off.
There were 1,000 people in this beautiful hall in London, the mayor and the
American ambassador to London and a
representative of Prince Charles. And I
said, Shame on you, International Olympic Committee, for having forsaken 11
members of your Olympic family. And you
did it only because they were Jews and
Israelis. I have never taken the word discrimination in my mouth before, but now
I am going to use that word.
You are discriminating against the 11
Israeli sportsmen who were brutally murdered because they were Israelis and Jews.
Shame on you. Are you, IOC, only about
power and money and politics, or are you
about the Olympic ideas of peace and brotherhood and fair play? I still believe in the
Olympic ideal but I dont think you do.
That speech earned her the enmity of
the IOCs president but she has a far better relationship with the new one, Thomas
Bach, who led a moment of silence at
the Olympic village at the Rio games this

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summer. She thinks she hopes
anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, or anti that there might be a moment
Semitic, Dr. Igel said. Its
of silence at the next games, in
undeniable that it was antiJapan.
Israel, and that dumps into the
Just as Ms. Spitzer and Ms.
next question, was it anti-Zionist, and then to the next, about
Romano were able to continue
being anti-Semitic. But Im not
with their lives, and live them
sure that the Black September
well, but also to understand that
terrorists who did the job made
they had changed irrevocably
much of a distinction between
and now pain and longing would
these three dimensions.
be inescapable, so too were the
How did the brains behind
lives of the dead athletes teammates and their children.
the terrorists, whoever they
Dan Alon was a fencer because
might have been, recruit and
his father, Meir Ufalvi, had been
train such brutal assassins? Its
one too. He was a junior chama really sick story, Dr. Igel said.
pion in Hungary, Mr. Alon said.
They werent only murdered,
Before the Second World War,
they also were mutilated. Its
he went to play in a competition
not just garden variety terrorism. To the extent that terrorin Yugoslavia, and he got a telegram from a friend, telling him to
ism is sick, this is even sicker.
come back. He tried to get a visa
So how do you raise someone
to America or to Australia, but he
sick enough to do that? Give
couldnt, so he decided to join
them enough early enough.
the Jabotinsky group in Yugosla- Panelists for the Lessons From the Munich Olympics program are top row, from left, David
When people are taught things
via. Those groups, better known Kirschtel, Dan Alon, Guri Weinberg, and Dr. Lee Igel, and bottom row, Danny Ayalon, Emanuel
early enough, whether good
as Betar, formed a militant Jew- Rotstein, Carla Stockton, and Karol Stonger.
or evil, it taps into their values
ish youth movement. They took
and their consciousness. Terrorists are primed over a long period of
him directly to Palestine. All he brought
Olympic movement are deep and fairly
I have done a lot of research, because
time, and they have a mission in mind.
with him was his fencing equipment. That
well known. Even the Olympic torch, the
there were a lot of missing pieces, and
Thats how you raise a terrorist. In a
was in 1943. He met my mother, Blanca,
movements symbol, was a Nazi symbol.
what we knew just didnt make sense, Mr.
way, its the same way that you raise an
who was from Austria, they got married in
The first time they did it was at the OlymWeinberg said. The story is that the PLO
pics in Berlin in 1936, and they continue it
athlete.
1943, and I was born in 1945.
decided to do it because they were upset
to this day.
You need an environment for good or
So of course he fenced. My father was
that Palestine wasnt accepted at the Olympics as a country. But that would have
Avery Brundage, the American who
evil that gets them to that level. And they
my fencing coach when I was zero years
given them about a month to prepare; the
was the IOCs president from 1936 to 1972,
need the sharpness of mind to convert it to
old. I fenced all the way through. My
attack was too sophisticated for that to
was a Nazi sympathizer and a friend of
action. These terrorists were psychopaths,
dream was to be in the Olympics and it
make sense.
Hitler. And then another president, Juan
and then some.
became my nightmare.
About four years ago, it came out
Antonio Samaranch, who held that office
As for the IOCs refusal to allow a minAfter the massacre, which he survived through the simple luck of being in
ute of silence, How dare they? Dr. Igel
in the German newspaper Der Spiegel
from 1980 to 2001, was a fascist, and
another room and therefore not having
said. Olympic athletes were murdered.
that a group of Nazis helped the PLO get
a close friend of Francisco Franco. He
been taken hostage, at first, it was very
The IOC says, still says now, almost 50
fake documents, get the weapons, get
also was a Nazi sympathizer. They both
hard, he said. I had to recover. I was sick,
years later, that its too political for them
places to stay, and scouted the village.
worked very hard to stand with the Palestinians and against Israel, and thats why
physically and mentally sick, and for a few
to touch? No, thank you. How dare they?
The paper had been able to pressure the
the Israeli athletes were never given the
months I had to take medicine to calm
The other panelists will be Danny Ayagovernment to release some documents
lon, the Israeli politician who has been
proper respect or justice.
myself. I had to quit fencing completely
about the massacre.
A bunch of high Nazis officers fled to
In memory of my father, I want justice,
instrumental in the fight for a moment of
and start a new life.
Egypt after the war, and Nasser, the presiMr. Weinberg said. His father and the other
silence; Emanuel Rotstein, the filmmaker
I was 27 years old, and I decided to take
dent then, was very friendly with them.
Israelis were murdered in such a horrenwho directed a documentary on the maslife more seriously. I started a big industrial company in Israel, doing plastics, and
dous way, and then the Olympic world
sacre; Carla Stockton, who worked with
He introduced them to the Grand Mufti of
I managed it for 40 years, until 10 years
body has really done its best to muddy
Dan Alon on his book, and Karol Stonger,
Jerusalem, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini
ago, when I made an exit.
up the story, and to say no no no, its an
a sportswriter who was in Munich cover a notorious anti-Semite whose connections to the Nazis went way back and
ing the Olympics in 1972.
I got married, I had three children, and
Israeli-Palestinian issue, and thats that.
Dr. Lee Igel of Haworth, who teaches
they helped the PLO learn guerilla fighting.
now I have a grandchild, but Im still not
Who: Sportscaster Bob Costas will
about sports and society, among other
The connection between the PLO and
recovered. I have a lot of problems with
moderate
things, at NYU and at NYUs Tisch InstiNazis goes way back, and it is very convomy stomach. And I have a lot of paranoia
luted, he said.
tute, is another panelist. This is an opporabout going to the airport.
What: A panel, Lessons From the Munich Olympics
tunity to get out the call to action never
Remember, Mr. Weinberg added, that
I only feel safe in Israel. With all the
to forget what happened in Munich, he
in 1972 Germany was still divided. Munich
problems we have here, it is still more safe
When: On Saturday, November 19, at
said. Details keep coming out. There were
was in West Germany, and East Germany
than outside.
7 p.m.
a number of actors behind the scenes. If
still was in the Soviet sphere. There were
I am still schlepping all my problems
Where: At the Center for Israeli Legal
people, some of them fairly high up, didnt
a lot of Nazi politicians in East Germany
with me, he said.
Studies at Columbia Law School, 435
know exactly what was going on, they cerwho werent hiding it, and were supGuri Weinberg, another panelist, is
West 116th St., Manhattan
porting the PLO, Mr. Weinberg said. He
tainly should have had a fairly good clue.
an actor who was a month old when his
Why: For the Torch Talk series sponthinks that once the two Germanys were
And in todays highly wired world, where
father, Moshe Weinberg, the wrestling
sored by the Academies at Gerrard
reunited, the government continued to
WikiLeaks eventually spits everything out
coach who was the terrorists first OlymBerman Day School in Oakland
pic victim, was killed. He is haunted by the
shield those people who were complicit
on all of our screens, we can expect details
For prices, tickets, sponsorships or
games and is another ardent advocate of
in abetting terrorism because it was easier
that have been hidden for 44 years to start
more information: Call the Academies
at Gerrard Berman Day School at (201)
the moment of silence. He also has many
that way. I believe that the German govto trickle out.
337-1111, email gbds@ssnj.org, or go
ernment still has more information that it
questions about what happened. How
Was what happened in Munich antito ssnj.org and click on the link for the
will not release, he said.
was it funded? How were the terrorists
Semitic? It depends on where you draw
evening.
The ties between the Nazis and the
recruited and trained?
the line on the relationship between being
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Jewish World
Elections
from page 29

calls himself a law-and-order candidate.

Kustoff says the No. 1 priority for the United
States is fighting terror in the Middle East
and calls the Iran nuclear deal a threat.
Cohen was one of the first Jewish lawmakers
backed by J Street, the dovish Middle East
Jewish policy group that advocates greater
diplomatic engagement, and also one of the
first to favor the Iran deal.
Kustoff boasts of deporting illegal immigrants when he was a U.S. attorney. Cohen
sponsored a bill that sought to guarantee
children legal representation before being
deported.
Cohen was an early backer of Hillary
Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, although from the start he counseled
conciliation with backers of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who challenged Clinton
from the left. Kustoff is a Trump Republican, or was until he went into radio silence
after it emerged earlier this month that the
partys nominee in a 2005 video boasted of
sexual assault. (Trump says he was all talk,
no action.)
But hey, they can trade shots maybe
even share them on the plane back to
Memphis for the Chanukah break.

Steve Cohen is at the Baseball and the

Civil Rights Movement Roundtable
Discussion at the National Civil Rights
Museum in Memphis, Tenn., on March 30,
2007. Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images

Lee Zeldin:
Its all about the Trump
In 2009, Senator Norm C oleman
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the late Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switched parties, leaving Eric Cantor
as the sole Jewish Republican in Congress.
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dozens of times.
Cantor, who rose to majority leader, was
defeated by a Tea Party insurgent in the
2014 primary and promptly quit meaning those of us on the Jewish politics beat
switched for a while to no Jewish Republicans in Congress.
Lee Zeldin, in New Yorks 1st District,
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Zeldin has called Trumps talk on the tape
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It might be too late for that: In August,
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Keeping Kosher
Challah baking 101 with WIZO NJ
will feature expert Rochie Pinson
This years Shabbos Project and WIZO New Jerseys
Great Big Challah Bake,
which is expected to draw
2,000 women and teenage
girls, is set for Wednesday,
November 9, at Factory
220, 220 Passaic St. in Passaic. The doors open at 5:30
p.m., and the bake begins at
6:30.
Funds raised at the
hands-on multigenerational
event will support WIZO
New Jerseys Gina Fromer
Battered Womens Shelter in Jerusalem.
WIZO NJ chairs are Galina Shenfeld and
Janet Hod.
This years guest speaker is Rochie Pinson, a.k.a. the Challah Bake Expert and
the author of The Rising Life. Books will
be for sale at the bake.
Everything at the challah bake is
donated, and 100 percent of the funds
raised are donated. The sponsors include
the new M3 Caterers (formerly Main
Event, Mauzone & MD Hospitality), Benzel

Busch, and partnering organizations including the Jewish Federation of Northern

New Jersey.
Last years bake attracted
more than 1,300 women
from the greater Bergen
County area. This year,
women from Passaic, Essex,
and Bergen counties are
expected; the program will
include a special Kristallnacht commemoration.
Admission includes two
challot to make, an apron, a
mixing bowl, a challah cover, and a laminated placemat with challah recipes and
brachot. Tickets are $25 per person; there
are no walk-ins.
Volunteers are needed. All middle and
high school girls seeking chesed/community service hours are invited. Volunteers
can sign up at bit.ly/ChallahBakeVolunteers. For questions, email Sara@wizony.
org. For more information, email Wizo@
wizony.com, call (212) 751-6461, or go to
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Game day cookbook scores big

with creative homegating ideas
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With football season under way, celebrity cook Daina
Falk, the founder of the Hungry Fan (hungryfan.com),
has written her first cookbook, The Hungry Fans
Game Day Cookbook.
The book offers some healthy recipes (and some
not-so-healthy ones) for the sports season and more.
One thing is for certain fans truly love to eat fun food
while they watch the games.
Although not a kosher cookbook, the 165 easy-tofollow recipes the book offers are easily adaptable for
use in a kosher kitchen. They include 40 that Falk collected from Olympians and
professional athletes, including LeBron James, Boomer Esiason, Michael Jordan, and
Andre Agassi. Some fun offerings include Pot Roast Sliders, Vegan Lentil Burgers, and
Guinness Cupcakes with Baileys Frosting.
Here is a fun recipe to try:

Black bean salsa

Makes about 3 cups
(This is Mark Schlereths black bean
salsa recipe. Hes an ESPN regular.)
1 (14-ounce) can black beans, rinsed
and drained
1 cup homemade salsa (see below)
14 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Juice and zest of 1 lime
Sea salt and freshly ground
black pepper
Combine the black beans, salsa, cilantro, and lime juice, and zest ingredients in a bowl. Season with the salt
and pepper, and stir well.

Homemade salsa
(Makes about 2 cups)
Heres a very simple recipe to make
good quality salsa at home, so you
dont have to buy the packaged stuff
at the store.

2 green onions, chopped

Juice of 1 lime
Sea salt and freshly ground
black pepper

1 pint cherry tomatoes

2 jalapeos, roughly chopped, seeds
included
12 cup fresh cilantro leaves

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Cedar Market, the home for fine foods and great savings, has
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The ever-growing supermarket in Teaneck now sells UrbanPops,
wildly popular ice pops. The delicious desserts are made in Brooklyn from a variety of fruits and are dished in a variety of flavors,
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The menu of flavors changes constantly because UrbanPops

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The reaction has been phenomenal, Eli Langer, Cedar Markets
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our store, to learn more and get their hands on the ice pops. Cedar
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Bergenfields Foster Village Deli

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The restaurant, which Joseph Yossi Mizrahi and his son, Tal, owned,
continued its catering business offsite, at Temple Beth El in Hackensack.
The redesigned deli, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is in the same
place, 469 S. Washington Ave., in Bergenfield. The restaurant and deli
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Michelle Berger is a trained chef, returning to the food
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The Cedar Lane store, which is under RCBC supervision, offers fresh produce, including many local varieties, delivered three times a week; high-quality American meats, with special and custom cuts available, and
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Gallery

5
n 1 Last month, Sheila Barbach, left, coordinator at
the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School in Oakland, and Robin Kelly, a GBDS science teacher, received
a Bergen County Utilities Authority Environmental
Awareness Challenge Grant for the school. Next to
Ms. Kelly, from left, are Bergen County Freeholder and
vice chair Tracy Silna Zur, and BCUA commissioners
George Zilocchi and Catherine Bentz. COURTESY GBDS
n 2 Shomrei Torah religious school students marched around with lulavs and etrogs
on Sukkot. COURTESY SHOMREI TORAH

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n 3 Students at the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies celebrated Sukkot by drinking lulav shakes,
playing Sukkot bingo, and decorating fall frames. Here,
eighth-graders put photos into their frames. COURTESY BCHSJS
n 4 Children at Temple Emanu-El of Closter had fun building with Legos in the shuls sukkah. COURTESY EMANU-EL
n 5 Jewish Family Service of North Jersey recently held
a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. Among the attendees were: front row, from left, Melanie Lester, JFSNJ community outreach coordinator; Stuart Emont,
Roz Levinson, Gillian Volerich, Arline Herman, Judi Pitkowsky, Sue Feldman, David Greenfield, Leah Kaufman,
JFSNJ executive director; and Ron Rosensweig. Scott

Figman, Irwin Markow, and Jerry Pitkowsky are in the

back. JFSNJ has over 70 volunteers who are Friendly
Visitors to homebound seniors, deliver Kosher Meals
on Wheels, assist at Caf Europa, and transport those
unable to drive to appointments. COURTESY JFSNJ
n 6 Temple Emeths musical accompanist of 21 years,
James Chiappini, retired after the High Holy Days. On
October 14, the shul celebrated his achievements. Front,
from left, Cantor Ellen Tilem, adult choir member Marcia
Bronswick, Mr. Chiappini, childrens choir member Austin
Steiner, and Rabbi Steven Sirbu. Choir member Idajean
Fisher, shul band member David Kohane, and shul president Marc Chelemer are in the back. BARBARA BALKIN

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63. Number of commandments
64. Shalom ___ (domestic goal)
65. Piece of work from Aaron Sorkin

Down
1. ___ Men (1987 Barry Levinson film)
2. Letters that links many kohanim
3. ET carrier
4. Precious times (like a bris or wedding)
5. Nobel and Israel
6. ___ Dodi
7. Output from a Timna Valley mine
8. Jeffrey of Arrested Development
9. Layers at Acre Municipal Stadium
10. William Steigs Shrek is one
11. Maniac jokes
12. Like each answer of this puzzle
13. Classics Director Frank who often
worked with writer Robert Riskin
18. Those who may spend next year in Israel
22. Affirm to a beth din
23. Like honey
24. Split a challah into two

25. A rasher lion

26. ___ Purim
29. Motor or schnozz suffix
30. Start of a Mitzvah?
32. World War II president
33. Adam Levines former co-judge ___-Lo
Green
34. Remove Fauda from the DVR, e.g.
35. Zuckerberg is responsible for billions
and billions of them
37. Traif sushi option
38. Letter equal to 50
41. Passover sacrifice
43. Haman, for one
45. Lech mipoh!
46. Jewish kindness
47. With 45-Across, city east of Tel Aviv
48. Like Moses when he first left Egypt
49. Jewish scholar 1,800 years ago
50. What (unethically) made Bonds and
Braun better: Abbr.
52. Melville captain or Israeli king
53. Like young Ishmael, perhaps
56. My dad
57. Koufax stat.
58. Acronym for Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi
59. Casspi makes it go swish

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6. You can win a lot of shekels from it
11. Org. that might have a pool, Torah
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14. Have it ___ (Like Hitler and the
Jews)
15. Daniel of Munich
16. 51-Across, for short
17. Harmonise me
19. Seder utensil for Elijah
20. Book before Nehemiah
21. One ending a fast
23. Jon Bernthal on The Walking Dead
(and others)
26. Pad option for cleaning a cholent pot
27. Viva La ___ (Coldplay song that
mentions Jerusalem)
28. Skin protuberances that invalidate
sacrifices
29. Its light
30. Unwelcomed sukkah guest
31. Manning and Roth

32. Swine woe that briefly broke out in

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33. Israeli mount or winery
36. First grandmother
37. Endears
39. Bush spokesman Fleischer
40. Rabbi Hanoch known for stories
with a fitting last name
42. Gradation (like on Josephs coat)
43. Decision by a rabbi
44. Mineo of Exodus
45. See 47-Down
46. Make like many an Israeli store on
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47. Chicago Mayer Emanuel
49. ___ Center (skyscraper in Emanuels
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Dvar Torah
Enslavement: In Noahs time and ours

o sooner have we
read the majestic
opening chapter
of Bereshit, and
the more complex story of the
Adam and Eve family, than we
hear Gods resolve to bring
ruin upon... all the earth.
The reason for this drastic
Rabbi Lee S.
response: Now the earth had
Paskind
gone to ruin before God, the
Consultant,
earth was filled with wrongRabbinical
doing. God saw the earth, and
Assembly
here: it had gone to ruin, for all
Social Justice
Commission,
flesh had ruined its way upon
Conservative
the earth.
Our medieval commentators
identify this ruining of the proper way as sexual immorality or idolatry. But these terrible crimes against God were
not sufficient, according to the Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin
108a. What sealed the fate of the generation of the flood
was the wrongdoing (hamas). Rashi, following the Aramaic Targum, identifies this as robbery (gezel). The characteristic of this kind of stealing is taking by force. Rabbi
Yohanan points out that this shows the terrible power of
robbery, that it brought about the destruction of all life.
If robbery is so great a crime, it would seem that there
would be no greater crime than robbery of ones own person. Today, in every country in the world, people are stolen by force, compelled to do someone elses work. This
crime is slavery. It is also known as human trafficking. It is
a crime on par with that of the generation of the flood. It
cries out for us to take action.
Yet how can it be that this crime, which imprisons some
27 million human beings today, is all but invisible to us?
Where is it hiding?
It is really all around us. Occasionally an occurrence is
picked up by the media. On October 16 the FBI freed a

16-year-old girl from White Plains, N.Y. who had been trafficked since she was 13. Eighty two children in all were
rescued, and 239 traffickers and their associates were
arrested. In Canada, authorities recovered 16 children,
while in Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines, 25 children, including a 2-year-old girl, were recovered.
This is the daily reality for millions, especially women
and children.
Even less well known is that the majority of trafficking in
persons is labor trafficking. Men, women, and children are
forced, often sold, into working in inhuman conditions,
for less than subsistence wages that will never enable
them to escape their situation. The best known industries
employing slave labor are coffee and chocolate. But many
others use the same methods. Fishing is another industry
that is prone to abuse.
The total income to traffickers worldwide is estimated
to be $150 billion per year.
With such a huge payout, what can individuals hope to
do to combat this staggering crime, which deprives people
of all but their very humanity?
The first important thing to do is to learn about human
trafficking today. One of the most respected organizations
is Polaris (polarisproject.org) which works to rescue trafficked people and gathers information on trafficking in the
U.S. and worldwide. It also operates the National Human
Trafficking Hotline (1-888-3737-888). There is also a great
deal of information, including relevant sources from a
variety of religions, and a full curriculum based on Jewish sources curated by Rabbi Debra Orenstein, at www.
freetheslaves.org.
One of the populations most at-risk for trafficking is
runaways. It is estimated that between 1.6 and 2.8 million
youth run away from their homes each year in this country. November is National Runaway Prevention Month.
There is a toolkit available at the National Runaway Safeline (www.1800runaway.org) and support is available
there at 1-800-RUNAWAY.

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The federal government issues an annual report about

human trafficking around the world, including many powerful personal accounts by survivors (http://www.state.
gov/j/tip/).
We can also learn about our own slavery footprint.
This refers to the number of enslaved human beings
whose labor sustains our lifestyle. It is uncomfortable to
realize that the cheap prices for food and all manufactured
items that we all desire are affordable because, down the
production line, someone is sorely underpaid. You can

Men, women, and

children are forced,
often sold, into
working in inhuman
conditions, for less
than subsistence
wages that will never
enable them to escape
their situation.
get an idea of what it takes to provide your quality of life
at www.slaveryfootprint.org.
There are also actions we can take. One is to purchase
food and products that are certified as Fair Trade. This
is particularly important in buying chocolate and coffee
products. Look for the Fair Trade seal on the package. Fair
Trade Judaica (www.fairtradejudaica.org) is the place for
kosher (including Kosher for Pesach) Fair Trade products
and educational material.
There is also important legislation that can directly
affect the lives of trafficked people and
survivors. You can support laws that
remove punishment for trafficked people arrested for prostitution and related
offenses. For a state-by-state rundown
on legislation for trafficked people go to
http://www.vsconfronts.org/state-guide/.
In Noahs world, the only solution to
the depravity of widespread robbery
was nothing less than the ruination, the
destruction, of almost all life. If we multiply that theft by millions of innocents,
who themselves are stolen, robbed of
their youth, their independence, and far
too often, their lives, we can barely imagine what might be in store for our world,
if we fail to act. There will always be those
who oppress the vulnerable. We have the
opportunity to be like Noah, righteous,
or at least righteous enough. We can act
now to learn about this most pernicious
crime, and to take steps to help free and
support those who are most vulnerable
or have already been ensnared by exploiters and abusers. Let ours be the generation that puts an end to the ruinous crime
of human enslavement.

Dear Rabbi Zahavy

Your Talmudic advice column

Dear Rabbi Zahavy,
As far as your actions
Recently a friend and mentor of
regarding other forms of
mine passed away after a long
consolation, the same above
illness. We had been close for
factors apply.
many years, but in recent times
Our rites of passage connected with death are
we were estranged after we had
ancient and simple. You
a falling out, precipitated several years ago by my friends
may have observed over
unethical actions.
time that some people are
Rabbi Tzvee
I had ample time to make
more comfortable than othZahavy
ers with respect to aspects
plans to attend his funeral,
of death and mourning.
but it would have meant that I
G ive n th e se c irc u mwould miss work for a full day.
stances, it seems clear to me that you
I decided not to go, and then I was not able
acted appropriately.
to go to the shiva. I did send an email and left
a voicemail and sent a card expressing my
Dear Rabbi Zahavy,
condolences to his wife and children.
I often travel with a friend who drives aggresDid I act properly?
Chilly Consoler in Cresskill
sively in traffic. It is his practice not to wait in
long lines in lanes when merges are coming
Dear Consoler,
up. Instead he finds ways to drive all the way
The conduct in which a person engages
up to a merge point and then force his way in
related to mourners always is based on
line at the last moment.
complex personal and social issues. It is
I think this is a rude and possibly dangerous action, and I have suggested that to him,
made more complicated by the specific
but he wont listen to me. What more can I
conditions that you describe. Rest assured
do?
that there cannot be absolute requirements about which relative or friends
Polite Passenger in Paramus
funeral you ought to attend, and under
Dear Polite,
what circumstances you should do so.
I will agree with you that cutting in line at
There always are extenuating factors that
the last moment appears to be rude and
you have to respect when you make your
could lead to trouble. In our metro area,
decision to go or not to go. In this case
the rule to follow is not to antagonize
there are additional items to mull over.
other drivers. You never know what they
No matter what provoked the breakup
may do in response. I have seen some
of your friendship, and how strongly motivated we might be to dance on a former
New York and New Jersey drivers take it
friends grave, the higher path to take
on themselves to block last-minute mergers with lane straddling and other aggresis to say and act generously toward the
sive actions.
departed and his family. The Talmud prescribes that we refrain from speaking ill
By todays standards of etiquette, line
of the deceased, since they cannot reply.
cutting is not acceptable. Studies have
That seems correctly to be your attitude.
shown that people in any line resist being
Its far-fetched to imagine that the family
generous to those who wish to cut in front
would see your appearance at the funeral
of them. They will allow it only if the cutter
as a gloating, but that could be the case,
has a reason.
and you should have factored what others
Take note. Recently a published study
might think into your thinking.
showed that this so-called zipper merging
In cases of a close friend, you may want
that you describe is in fact beneficial to the
to make sacrifices, entailing inconvesmooth flow of traffic. It helps ease conniences and loss of income, to attend the
gestion and drivers frustrations, experts
funeral or shiva. This would be particuhave said, according to the New York
larly true if you are close to the family as
Times. (Why Last-Second Lane Mergers
well. But for an acquaintance, or someone
Are Good for Traffic, October 12, 2016.)
who is no longer part of your life, you may
The Times cited Tom Vanderbilt, the
feel different. The decision always involves
author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way
weighing the relationship and making
We Do (and What It Says About Us), who
judgments.
wrote, Merging late, that purported symbol of individual greed, actually makes
Tzvee Zahavy received his Ph.D. from
things better for everyone.
Brown University and his rabbinic
Overall, waiting patiently on lines is a
ordination from Yeshiva University. He is
varying cultural dynamic. I have observed
the author of many books about Judaism,
that Israelis are not always good at it. And
including The Book of Jewish Prayers in
in many other societies, queuing up is not
English, Gods Favorite Prayers, and
highly prized as a sign of sophistication.
Talmudic Advice from Dear Rabbi, which
Bottom line, there are different styles
includes his past columns from the Jewish
of driving, ranging from polite and meek
Standard and other essays.
to rude and aggressive. If you save two

minutes each day cutting in line, yes, that

adds up to six or seven hours over the span
of a year. Is it worth it to take a safety risk,
and to present yourself as overly forceful,
to gain that time? Some people will say no,
some will say yes.
Yes, consider also that our biblical wisdom literature teaches us the general virtues of patience: Whoever is slow to anger
has great understanding, but he who has a
hasty temper exalts folly (Proverbs 14:29)
and Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a
city (Proverbs 16:32). But those maxims
were easy for King Solomon to write. He did
not have to drive over the George Washington Bridge every day at rush hour.
So finally, if your friend cuts in line,
does that make him a bad person? No. But
should you continue to protest? Yes, but
not based on ethical principles.
Simply put, you have to be comfortable
in your travels with your buddy. Ask your
friend, as a favor, if he can slow down
and be cooler while driving you around.
That seems like a reasonable request. You
might be surprised by his ready compliance with it.
Dear Rabbi Zahavy,
I had a discussion with my friend in shul
about the historical importance of the synagogue dating back to antiquity. He maintains that since the Romans destroyed the
Temple in 70 CE, the synagogue has been
the mainstay of the communities of the Jewish people.
I told him there is little evidence to support
that claim. Who is right?
Historical Doubter in Ho-Ho-Kus
Dear Historical,
It would be wonderful if we had surveillance cameras and other recordings from
ancient Israelite towns and could examine
them and see what the realities of the past
were like. But we do not. The evidence
we do have, from textual traditions and
archaeological digs, is partial at best. Historians who study that material must fill in
many blanks to draw their conclusions.
Archeological finds do confirm that
there were many synagogues in the postTemple periods in Israel and the ancient
Jewish world. But the importance and
role of those places of worship is not fully
understood.
In many cases, it is difficult to say who
is right in his interpretation of the past.
I recently published a study of the work
of several historians of ancient Judaism.
I started with a postmodern question:
Before we look at their conclusions do
we know where they are coming from?
Do we take cognizance of each scholars
personal biases?
I found in critical readings of todays
historians of Judaism that Orthodox,

The Dear Rabbi Zahavy column

offers mindful advice based on
talmudic wisdom. It aspires to be
equally open and meaningful to all
of the varieties and denominations
of Judaism. You can find it here on
the first Friday of the month. Please
mail your questions to the Jewish
Standard or email them to zahavy@
gmail.com

Conservative, and Reform scholars emphasize different aspects of the past, and fill in
the gaps of history according to their personal religious viewpoints and priorities.
Writers from the three main schools of
scholars varied in their historical accounts
as follows.
The Orthodox Jewish writer searched
the data of antiquity for Torah-true ideals, and emphasized that the ancients such
practiced rituals as prayers. He confirmed
that the early Jews focused on the value
of sacred texts and that they depended
on an elite rabbinic leadership for guidance. He highlighted internal sectarian
debates, and downplayed the existence of
interfaith relations. He denied that there
were significant changes and adaptations
in Judaism in the past, based on social and
historical circumstances. He showed that
the ancients considered acculturation and
assimilation evil. And finally, he emphasized particularism as a dominant theme
of ancient Judaism.
The Conservative Jewish scholar tended
toward the discovery and analysis of
ancient family structures. He sought to
show that Judaism of old adhered to democratic ideals and underwent evolutionary changes. He examined institutional
development of synagogues and communal leadership patterns. He suggested that
rites of passage, like marriages and funerals, were more important than other rituals. And he suggested that acculturation
and assimilation in antiquity were struggles for the Jews, leaving them fraught with
contradictions and ambivalences.
The Reform Jewish scholar sought to differentiate ancient Jews from early Christians. He highlighted the opportunities in
antiquity for interfaith understanding and
cooperation. He emphasized the theology
from the past that was expressed philosophically, as Protestants do in modernity.
He found signs of ancient assimilation of
Jews to other cultures as a positive force.
Do these writers offer us a full disclosure in their history books to make
their inherent biases and their differing
accounts of ancient Judaism transparent?
No, they do not. So then, it is up to you
to be critical and analytical when you read
about the past.
And even if we had the video recordings of the streets of ancient Israel, you
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the NRA at the 2016
Teaneck International
Film Festival at Temple
Emeth, 2:15 p.m. 1666
Windsor Road. www.
teaneckfilmfestival.org or
(201) 203-1723.

Friday
NOVEMBER 4

Film in Teaneck:
Carvalhos Journey is
screened at the 2016
Teaneck International
Film Festival at Temple
Emeth, 5:05 p.m.
Talkback with director
Steve Rivo, Lenapes
expert David Oestricher,
Rabbi Steven Sirbu of
Temple Emeth; and
author and historian
Arlene Hirschfelder. 1666
Windsor Road. www.
teaneckfilmfestival.org or
(201) 203-1723.

Genocide survivor
in Mahwah: Eugenie
Mukeshimana, a
Rwandan genocide
survivor and founder of
the Genocide Survivors
Support Network,
gives an update on
developments in her
native country and
neighboring Burundi
at the Robert A. Scott
Student Center at
Ramapo College, 2 p.m.
Sponsored by Ramapos
Gross Center for
Holocaust and Genocide
Studies. 505 Ramapo
Valley Road, Mahwah.
(201) 684-7409.

School open house in

River Edge: Rosenbaum
Yeshiva of North Jersey
holds an open house,
7 p.m. 666 Kinderkamack
Road. Tamar Kahn,
(201) 986-1414, ext. 338,
welcome@rynj.org, or
www.rynj.org.

Comedian Avi Liberman will headline Comedy for Koby,

Israels acclaimed comedy tour with top American comedians,
at Congregation Keter Torah on Saturday, November 12.
It will benefit the Koby Mandell Foundation. Wine and
dessert reception at 8 p.m.; show at 8:45. 600 Roemer Ave., Teaneck.
ComedyforKoby.com/USA. (201) 684-7409.

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12

Rabbi/Cantor Meeka
Simerly
HARVEY HENDLER

Shabbat in Wayne:
Temple Beth Tikvah has
dinner, 6 p.m., followed
by the installation of
its new rabbi, Meeka
Simerly. 950 Preakness
Ave. Reservations,
(973) 595-6565.

Saturday
NOVEMBER 5

Jazz and pasta in Fair

Lawn: Temple Beth

Maggie Anton
Shabbat in Jersey City:

Ann Arnold
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Beth El in Closter
invites the community to
hear father-and-daughter
scholars-in-residence,
Holocaust survivor
Mark Schonwetter and
author Ann Arnold,
7:30 p.m. Ms. Arnold,
a TBE congregant,
will discuss her book
Together: A Journey for
Survival. Books available
in the shul office. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112 or www.
tbenv.org.

Dairy refreshments.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.

Author Maggie Anton,

the scholar-in-residence
at Congregation Bnai
Jacob, will discuss her
newest book, Fifty
Shades of Talmud: What
the First Rabbis Had to
Say About You-KnowWhat, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Havdalah reception with
the author at 7. She
also will be at the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center on
Monday. 176 West Side
Ave. www.bnaijacobjc.
com or rabbiAaron@
gmail.com.

Game night in Paramus:

The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah offers adult
game night with
mah jongg, canasta,
Rummikub, Scrabble,
and poker, 7:30 p.m.

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Sholom hosts Jazz

and Pasta Pizazz, with
music by the West Hills
Project Jazz Ensemble
(aka Bnai Jazz), dancing,
and a buffet pasta
dinner, 8 p.m. BYOB
kosher only, set-ups
provided. 40-25 Fair
Lawn Ave. Reservations,
(201) 797-9321.

Marking Kristallnacht
in Fair Lawn: Dr. Gary
Lelonek discusses his
book, We Fought Like
Lions, at Congregation
Shomrei Torahs annual
Susan Nelson Glasser
Memorial Kristallnacht
commemoration,
8 p.m. Dr. Leonek
is the grandson of
Charles Lelonek, the

books subject. Book

sale and signing
follows. Refreshments.
Sponsored by the Kovacs
family. 19-10 Morlot
Ave. (201) 791-7910 or
mediahappenings@
gmail.com.

Sunday
NOVEMBER 6
Community mitzvah
day: Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey
holds Mitzvah Day, a
community-wide day
of volunteering, local
collections, and blood
drives, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Choose from more than
40 activities around
northern New Jersey.
Jane, (201) 820-3962 or
www.JFNNJ.org.

School open house in

Teaneck: Maayanot
Yeshiva High School for
Girls has an open house.
Registration, 9 a.m.;
program begins at 9:30;
academic fair and lunch
at noon. Nina Bieler,
(201) 833-4307, ext.
255. 1650 Palisade Ave.
admissions@maayanot.
org or www.maayanot.
org.

School open house:

Schechter Westchester
High School in Hartsdale,
N.Y., holds an open house,
9:30 a.m.-noon. Brunch
served. (914) 948-8333,
hsadmissions@
schechterwestchester.
org, or www.
schechterwestchester.
org.

Film in Ridgewood:
Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jerseys
Israeli Film Festival
presents Rock In the
Red Zone, showing
life on the edge in the
war-torn Israeli city of
Sderot, at the Warner
Theater, 7:30 p.m. 190
East Ridgewood Ave.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
jfnnj.org/filmfestival.

School open house

in Teaneck: Torah
Academy of Bergen
County has an open
house. Registration,
9:15 a.m.; program,
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Donna
Hoenigh, (201) 837-7696,
ext. 107. 1650 Queen
Anne Road. www.TABC.
org.

Yard sale in Cliffside

Park: Congregation Beth
Israel of the Palisades has
a sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 207
Edgewater Road. Park
in the municipal lot on
Palisade Avenue behind
the synagogue, or on the
street. (201) 945-7310

Film in Teaneck: The

Bergen County section
of the National Council
of Jewish Women
sponsors Making a
Killing: Guns, Greed, &

Mel Brooks in the

Last Laugh
Film in Teaneck: The 11th
Teaneck International
Film Festival screens
The Last Laugh, a
feature documentary
looking at humor and
the Holocaust, at Temple
Emeth, 7:30 p.m. A
discussion featuring
director Ferne Pearlstein
and writer/producer
Alan Zweibel, who is
in the film, follows.
1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 203-1723 or www.
teaneckfilmfestival.org.

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Dr. Efraim Zuroff

presents Wedding
Doll at the Tenafly
Cinema, 7:30 p.m. The
story focuses on a
young woman with a
childhood brain injury
who falls in love with a
factory owners son. 4
West Railroad Ave.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
jfnnj.org/filmfestival.

School open house

in Paramus: Yeshivat

Ruta Vanagaite

Noam invites families of

prospective students to
an open house, 7:30 p.m.
70 West Century Road.
Esther Feil, (201) 261-1919,
ext. 380, efeil@
yeshivatnoam.org, or
YeshivatNoam,org.

Combatting Holocaust
distortion: Dr. Efraim
Zuroff, the chief Nazihunter at the Simon
Wiesenthal Center and
the founder/director
of its Israel office, and
Lithuanian author Ruta
Vanagaite, this years
Wiesenthal Centers
Woman of Valor award
recipient, discuss
Traveling With My
Enemy: Combating
Holocaust Distortion
in Eastern Europe at
Congregation Rinat
Yisrael in Teaneck, 8 p.m.
389 West Englewood
Ave. (201) 837-2795.

Monday
NOVEMBER 7
Book discussion in
Fair Lawn: The Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel
continues its Book and
Lunch program as Rita
Jacobs discusses Philip
Roths Indignation,
noon. 10-10 Norma
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 796-5040 or www.
fljc.com.

Hillel in Mahwah: Dr.

Rachel Adatto, an
Israeli doctor, lawyer,
politician, and former
Knesset member, speaks
to students in Hillel in
the Alumni Lounge at
Ramapo College, 1 p.m.
She will talk about Israels
Photoshop Law, which
bans ads featuring
underweight models, and
about the impact of overediting. Talia Mizikovsky,
(973) 885-3433 or Talia@
HillelNNJ.org.

Film in Tenafly: The

Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jerseys
Israeli Film Festival

Feature film: The Kaplen

JCC on the Palisades
in Tenafly screens
Campfire (Medurat
HaShevet), 7:30 p.m.,
as part of a series, Top
Films You May Have
Missed. Winner of five
Israeli Academy Awards.
Commentary by Andrew
Lazarus, coffee, and
snacks. 411 E. Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1493 or www.
jccotp.org.

Author in Fair Lawn:

Maggie Anton will
discuss her newest book,
Fifty Shades of Talmud:
What the First Rabbis
Had to Say About YouKnow-What, for the
sisterhood of the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel,
8 p.m. Books, $10. 10-10
Norma Ave. Ilene Laufer,
RFlanzman@aol.com or
(201) 796-5040.

Tuesday
NOVEMBER 8

Elaine Freed Lindenblatt

Red Apple Rest:
Englewood & Cliffs
chapter of ORT
AMERICA hosts a
nostalgic program on
the Red Apple Rest at
the JCC of Fort Lee/
Congregation Gesher
Shalom, 12:30 p.m.
Author Elaine Freed
Lindenblatt, the youngest
child of Red Apple
Rests founder, Reuben
Freed, discusses her
book, Stop at the Red
Apple. The restaurant
was on old Route 17
on the way to the
Catskills. 1449 Anderson
Ave. Refreshments.
(201) 947-1735.

Wednesday
NOVEMBER 9
Advanced directives
seminar in River Vale:
The Jewish Home
Assisted Living holds
a free seminar on
advanced directives
and the POLST form.
The seminar, From
Karen Ann Quinlan to
Advanced Directives
and Now POLST, will
be given by lawyer
Robert J. Romano of
Andora & Romano, LLC.,
8:30 a.m. Case and
social workers, nursing
home and assisted
living administrators
can earn two CEU
credits for attending.
Continental breakfast.
685 Westwood Ave.
Anette, (201) 666-2370
or Alipman@
jewishhomefamily.org.

Improve your balance:

Film in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah shows Counsellor
At Law, a 1933 film
written by Elmer Rice
and starring John
Barrymore, as part of
a Jewish Film Festival,
hosted by Cantor Sam
Weiss, 8:15 p.m. East
304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691.

Joyce Bendavid
continues a Feldenkrais
Awareness Movement
class, Feeling Taller,
for improving balance,
feeling steadier, and
preventing falls, at
Congregation Rinat
Yisrael in Teaneck,
11 a.m. Donation to Nerot
womens organization.
Bring a mat. Other
sessions follow. 389 West
Englewood Ave. Joyce,
(201) 759-4222.

Womens challah bake

in Passaic: The Shabbos
Project and WIZONJ
partner for the Great
Big Challah Bake at
Factory 220, 6:30 p.m.
Funds raised will support

WIZO New Jerseys

Gina Fromer Battered
Womens Shelter in
Jerusalem. Admission
includes two challot to
make, an apron, a mixing
bowl, a challah cover, and
a laminated placemat
with challah recipes and
brachot. Rochie Pinson,
author of The Rising
Life, is guest speaker.
No walk-ins. 220 Passaic
St. Wizo@wizony.com,
(212) 751-6461, or www.
wizonj.org.

in the war-torn Israeli

city of Sderot, at United
Synagogue of Hoboken,
7:30 p.m. 115 Park Ave.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
jfnnj.org/filmfestival.

Friday
NOVEMBER 11
Shabbat in Park Ridge:
Temple Beth Sholom
of Pascack Valley holds
services honoring
Jewish American war
veterans, 8 p.m. Guest
speakers, music, and
refreshments. 32 Park
Ave. (201) 391-4620
or www.temple-bethsholom.org.

Film in Ridgefield Park:

Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jerseys
Israeli Film Festival
presents Baba Joon
at the AMC Starplex
Ridgefield Park 12,
7:30 pm. The comingof-age drama is set in
a Persian immigrant
moshav in the Negev
during the early 1980s. 75
Challenger Road. Tickets,
(201) 820-3907 or www.
jfnnj.org/filmfestival.

School open house

in Teaneck: Yeshivat
HeAtid holds an open
house, 8 p.m. 1500
Queen Anne Road. Yair
Daar, (201) 374-2272,
ext. 305, admissions@
yeshivatheatid, or www.
yeshivatheatid.org.

Thursday
NOVEMBER 10

Film in Wayne: Jewish

Federation of Northern
New Jerseys Israeli Film
Festival presents Apples
From the Desert,
the story of Rebecca,
who lives a cloistered
life in Jerusalem with
her strictly religious
Sephardic parents until
she runs away from
home, forcing the family
to confront their faith
in one another. Wayne
YMCA, 1 Pike Drive,
Wayne 7:30 pm. 201820-3907 or www.jfnnj.
org/filmfestival

Film in Hoboken: Jewish

Federation of Northern
New Jerseys Israeli
Film Festival presents
Rock In the Red Zone,
showing life on the edge

designer labels, toys,

baby accessories,
collectibles, and
household goods. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112 or www.
tbenv.org.

The Bible: Dr. Marc

Brettler, the Bernice and
Morton Lerner professor
in Judaic studies at Duke
University, discusses
How Did the Bible
Become the Bible? for
the Food for Thought
Distinguished Speaker
series at Temple Beth
Rishon in Wyckoff,
9:45 a.m. Sponsored by
the Fred Emert Memorial
Adult Education Fund
with TBR patron
support. Breakfast
buffet. 585 Russell Ave.
(201) 891-4466 or www.
bethrishon.org.

Honoring veterans: The

Dr. Gary Zola

Shabbat in Ridgewood/
River Edge: Temple
Israel & Jewish
Community Center and
Temple Avodat Shalom
in River Edge co-host
a scholar-in-residence
weekend featuring
Dr. Gary Zola for the
inaugural Rabbi Selig
Salkowitz Distinguished
Speaker Program. www.
synagogue.org/events/
scholar-in-residenceweekend.

Saturday
NOVEMBER 12
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Emanu-El
welcomes scholarin-residence Alan
Dershowtiz, Harvard Law
professor/author/ and
civil and human rights
advocate, during services
that begin at 9 a.m.
Sponsored by Eva and
Mark Horn. 180 Piermont
Road. (201) 750-9997.

Sunday
NOVEMBER 13
School open house in
Paramus: The Frisch
School, the Henry &
Esther Swieca Family
Campus, holds an open
house, 9 a.m.-noon. 120
West Century Road.
Judith Goldsmith,
(201) 267-9100,
admissions@frisch.org.
Register at www.frisch.
org/openhouse.

Rummage sale in
Closter: The sisterhood
of Temple Beth El of
Northern Valley holds its
semi-annual rummage
sale, 9 a.m.-noon, and
1-3 p.m. Gently used
clothing, many with

Mens Club of Temple

Beth Sholom in Fair Lawn
hosts its annual program
in recognition of Veterans
Day. The program
features an interview
with Harry Feinberg, a
World War II veteran
who served in General
Pattons 4th Armored
Division at the liberation
of Buchenwald and
Ohrdruf concentration
camps, 10:30 a.m. It also
includes posting colors,
readings, and singing the
Armed Forced medley.
Refreshments. 40-25 Fair
Lawn Ave. (201) 797-9321
or mensclub@tbsfl.org.

Mah jongg in New City:

The West Clarkstown
Jewish Center hosts Mah
Jongg Madness, with
lunch, refreshments, and
prizes, noon. 195 West
Clarkstown Road, New
City, N.Y. (845) 352-0017.

Film in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah shows Hitlers
Children, a 1943 RKO
film based on a book
called Education for
Death, as part of a
Jewish Film Festival,
hosted by Cantor
Sam Weiss, 1:30 p.m.,
and again at 8:15 p.m.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691.

Film in Tenafly: The

Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades screens Fire
Birds as part of Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys Israeli
Film Festival 7:30 p.m.
411 East Clinton Ave.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
jfnnj.org/filmfestival.

Monday
NOVEMBER 14
Jewelry/gifts in
Teaneck: The sisterhood
of Congregation

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Beth Sholom holds a
boutique with Earthly
Treasures Jewelry and
gifts in all price ranges,
7-9:30 p.m. 354 Maitland
Ave. (201) 833-2620.

In New York
Saturday
NOVEMBER 12
Ramaz School open
house: The Rabbi
Joseph H. Lookstein
Upper School of Ramaz
holds an open house
beginning at 7:15 p.m.;
program at 7:45. 60
E. 78th St., Manhattan.
(212) 774-8093,
admissions@ramaz.org.
Register at www.ramaz.
org/openhouse2016.

Sunday
NOVEMBER 13
YU High School open
house: The Yeshiva
University High School
for Boys (MTA) holds an
open house. Registration,
9 a.m.; program at 9:30.
2540 Amsterdam Ave.,
Manhattan. Avi Matansky,
(212) 960-5400, ext.
6676, info@yuhsb.org.
Register at yuhsb.org/
openhouse.

Singles
Friday
NOVEMBER 4
Teaneck Shabbaton:
The Shidduch Project
hosts a Shabbaton for
modern Orthodox/
machmir singles, 21-38,

at Congregation Bnai
Yeshurun. Speakers
include Rabbi Steven
Pruzansky of Bnai
Yeshurun, Rabbi Michoel
Goldin of Chabad of
Teaneck, and Dr. Shani
Ratzker, author of
Finding Your Bashert
and the Survival Guide
to Shidduchim. Includes
all meals, oneg with
dating mentors, speed
dating, interactive meals,
musical Havdalah/
kumsitz with Jeremy
Gasin. Hosted by
Rachel Ruchlamer
and Dr. Ratzker.
Shidduchprojects@
gmail.com or call
(201) 522-4776.

Singles Shabbaton
in Brooklyn: Sharon
Ganz & Friends host a
Shabbaton weekend for
Orthodox Jewish singles,
30s-50s, at Young
Israel Avenue J. There
will be three Shabbat
meals, oneg Shabbat,
singles mixers, group
discussions, tour of
Flatbush, Saturday night
party. Home hospitality
available. 1721 Ave. J.
Sharon, (646) 529-8748
or (718) 575-3962.

Sunday
NOVEMBER 6
Seniors meet in West
Nyack: Singles 65+
meets for a social bagels
and lox brunch at the
JCC Rockland, 11 a.m. All
are welcome, particularly
those from Hudson,
Passaic, Bergen, or
Rockland counties. 450
West Nyack Road. Gene
Arkin, (845) 356-5525.

Singles meet in
Caldwell: New Jersey
Jewish Singles 45+
meet at Congregation
Agudath Israel, 2:30 p.m.
Group Trivial Pursuit,
dessert, prizes. 20
Academy Road. Sue,
(973) 226-3600, ext. 145,
or singles@agudath.org.

Monday
NOVEMBER 7
Support group in
Tenafly: The Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades
begins a seven-session
bereavement group
with therapist Judy
Brauner, Widows and
Widowers: You Are
Not Alone, 6:15 p.m.,
through December 19.
411 E. Clinton Ave. Esther,
(201) 408-1456.

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Holocaust art exhibit in Fair Lawn

Multimedia ar ti st
Ruth Bauer Neustadter of Hackensack,
the daughter of Holocaust survivors, will
display her work at
the Pine Gallery of
the Maurice M. Pine
Free Public Library in
Ruth Bauer
Fair Lawn. There will
Neustadter
be an opening reception on November 6,
from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., for the Go Figure
exhibit ,which runs through December 30.
The exhibition includes a tribute to the
survivors and the thousands of children
who died during the Holocaust.
Ms. Neustadters work is online at www.
ruthbauerneustadter.com. For information about the exhibition, call Emiliana
Tuohey at (201) 796-3400, ext. 16, or email
her at emtuohey@live.com.
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NCJW partners with film festival

to present a look at gun violence
The Bergen County section
of the National Council of
Jewish Women is sponsoring
a film at the 2016 Teaneck
International Film Festival
this weekend. This is the
first year that NCJW BCS
has joined TIFF as a partner. With state Senator and
NCJW life member Loretta
Weinberg, it will sponsor Robert Greenwalds new documentary, Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA. The film
will be screened on Sunday, November
6, at 2:15 p.m., at Temple Emeth, 1666
Windsor Road, Teaneck.
Making a Killing features personal
stories from people across the country who have been affected by gun violence, including survivors and victims
families. The film shows how the powerful gun companies and the NRA resist

responsible legislation for

the sake of profit, putting
people in danger. It looks
into gun tragedies, including unintended shootings,
domestic violence, suicides,
mass shootings, and trafficking, and concludes with suggestions about actions that
people can take to end the
profit-driven crisis.
Senator Weinberg and producer Tara
Kelton will participate in a talkback
after the screening. NCJW welcomes
the opportunity to sponsor this film
because it is committed to using education, advocacy, and outreach to eliminate the threat of gun violence in our
communities.
Tickets available online and at Teaneck
Cinemas. www.teaneckfilmfestival.org
or (201) 203-1723.

YU community beit midrash

will run through December
Yeshiva Universitys Center for the
Jewish Future will present a community beit midrash for six Wednesdays in November and December.
The program will be on YUs Israel
Henry Beren Campus at 215 Lexington Ave. in Manhattan. Lectures will
explore themes of Jewish prayer and
leadership
Nechama Price, Rabbi Menachem Penner
Rabbi Menachem Penner, the Max

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and Marion Grill Dean at the Rabbi
Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, will present a series of lectures,
Sefer Shoftim who embody six very distinct models of leadership.
From Text to Transcendence: Finding
On each Wednesday, Rabbi Penner
Meaning in Tefillah, exploring the philosophical and mystical underpinnings of
will teach from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., and
prayer.
Ms. Price will teach from 11:45 a.m. to
In Less Than Perfect Leadership,
12:30 p.m. The dates are November 9,
Nechama Price, the director of the
16, and 30, and December 7, 14, and 21.
graduate program for advanced talmuRegistration is at www.yu.edu/sterndic studies and an instructor in Jewish
learn. For information, email Rabbi
studies and Bible at Stern College for
Aryeh Czarka at sternlearn@yu.edu or
Women, will analyze six leaders from
call him at (212) 960-5400, ext. 6826.

Drisha Institute releases schedule

for its fall learning programs

Where Have All the Children Gone?

is a painting about children who died
in the Holocaust.PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ARTIST

Manhattans Drisha Institute will continue a course on the Book of Numbers, Sundays, at 10 a.m., through
December 18. Was the Golden Calf So
Bad? Literary and Kabbalistic Perspectives on Avodah Zarah (alien worship)
in the Tanakh is on Mondays, at 10
a.m., through December 19. Parashat
HaShavua is on Tuesdays, at 9:30 a.m.,

through December 20. The High Road

to Heresy: The Life and Times of Elisha
B. Abuyah is on Wednesdays, at 10 a.m.,
through December 14, and Narrative
Art in Judges is on Thursdays, at 11:15
a.m., through December 15.
The institute is at 37 West 65th St.,
fifth floor. For information, call (212) 5950307 or go to drisha.org.

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Participants at last years Yavneh run.

COURTESY YAVNEH

Yavneh Academy sponsoring

5K and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
The 12th annual Yavneh Academy Benjamin Schwartz Memorial 5K Run and
1 Mile Fun Run/Walk is set for Sunday,
November 13, at the Westfield Garden
State Plaza in Paramus. The run, in
memory of the brother of Yavneh parent
Mendy Schwartz, offers an opportunity
for the community to join the Yavneh
Academy family in support of the school.
Last year, it drew more than 800 participants and raised more than $50,000 for

Yavneh scholarships.
Participants of the 5K Run and 1 Mile
Fun Run/are offered a pre-race workout
and buffet breakfast. At the end, medals
are presented to the top runners in various age groups.
To register or to sponsor a runner, go
to www.yavnehacademy.org and click
on Fun Run/Walk. For information, call
Robin Tare at (201) 262-8494, ext. 309.

1776: The Musical in Tenafly

The Palisades Players at the
political comedy 1776.
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
The story is about how John
presents 1776: The MusiAdams, Benjamin Franklin,
cal, from Saturday, Novemand Thomas Jefferson conber 12, through Sunday,
vinced a group of congressmen from the loyalist states
November 20. The show,
to vote for independence
directed by Nancy Ringham, is presented by spefrom England. The show
cial arrangement with Music
won the Tony Award for
Theatre International.
best musical in 1969. Music
Nancy Ringham
After the sold-out run of
and lyrics are by Sherman
its Summer Stage producEdwards and the book is by
tion, My Name is Asher Lev, Palisades
Peter Stone.
Players is back at the Kaplen JCC on the
For information, go to www.jccotp.
Palisades to present the award-winning
org/shows or call (201) 408-1494.

Bless your pets online

with Rabbi Blane this Shabbat
Tonight, November 4, at 7 p.m., Rabbi
Steven Blane offers anyone with a computer the opportunity to participate in
an online interactive musical service
to bless their animals. Rabbi Blane,
formerly of Bergenfield, heads Sim
Shalom, the worlds only e-synagogue.
Holding the blessing service at the
beginning of the new year reaffirms
our covenant of compassion and kindness, Rabbi Blane said.
To participate, go to www.simshalom.
com tonight. There will be live interaction. If you want to share a photo on
Sim Shaloms Facebook page, email in
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Rabbi Steven Blane

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Jewish World
Bible
from page 6

Eventually, the Jewish community

agreed on these things - what books
belong in the Bible, what order they
should go in, and how they are divided.
Christians have made different decisions,
he added; their Bibles are divided into
more than three sections.
People are surprised to know that the
Bibles text was not always so stable, Dr.
Brettler said. Consider the question of
how many people went down to Egypt
with Jacob. According to the Book of
Exodus, there were 70; according to the
Greek translation of the Bible, the Septuagint, based on the Dead Sea Scrolls, there
were 75. How and why did that variation exist? Dr. Brettler asked rhetorically. And then we have Im not even
sure what to call them some shortened
biblical texts, that might have been some
peoples Bibles. Their Torah. So some
people might have had a longer Torah,
and others might have had the Readers
Digest version.
We take for granted that each Torah is
going to be identical, but really, the text
was a result of a process. I am so curious
about that process, and that is what I will
talk about.
Another anomaly that interests Dr. Brettler is different orders of biblical books,
he said. Jeremiah appears in different
orders in the Greek and Hebrew text; even
when you have more of less the same
chapters, their order can be different.
And sometimes it looks like there can be
longer or shorter versions of a particular
book. It looks like we now use a longer version of the books of Samuel; the Dead Sea
Scrolls use a shorter version. There, every
few verses have lost a couple of words.
That seems to imply that our version has
expanded over time.
And theres more about the Dead Sea
Scrolls. We know that the Samaritan Jewish community has a different Torah, Dr.
Brettler said. (The Samaritans, who are
closely related to normative Jews, follow
a religion that branched off from rabbinic
Judaism. There are very few Samaritans
left.) Until the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, most scholars thought that the
Samaritans created all those differences,
he continued. But many of those differences were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls,
therefore proving that they predated the
Samaritans split with the rest of the Jewish world.
Dr. Brettler has been writing about the
Bible and teaching people how to read it
throughout his career. His publications
include, among many others, the Jewish
Study Bible hes a co-editor, and it won
a National Jewish Book Award The Jewish Annotated New Testament, and The
Bible and the Believer: How to Read the
Bible Critically and Religiously.
Hes always been an active member of
the Jewish community; hes from Brooklyn, and grew up as an active member
56 Jewish Standard NOVEMBER 4, 2016

of the Conservative community, whose

approach to biblical criticism he models
(if not actively embodies). It was easier to
be an active Jew in suburban Boston; its
possibly a bit more demanding in North
Carolina, where there are fewer Jews, and
therefore more is asked of each one. But,
as his career shows and as his talk is
likely to make even more clear Dr. Brettler is up to that challenge.

Zola
from page 7

Making that sort of research possible

is where the American Jewish archives
comes in. Its the largest freestanding
research center dedicated solely to the
study of North American Jewry.
These primary sources are the bricks
out of which you reconstruct the story of
the past, he said.
In 2014, Dr. Zola published We Called
Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry, a Documentary History.
The book focuses on why Jews became
so enamored with Lincoln. I try to show
what happened to win the Jewish community over as a group, especially in the North,
and how Lincoln remains a force in Jewish
life in America even up to the present.
Jews tried hard to Judaize Abraham
Lincoln, and Lincoln in return became a
vehicle for Americanizing the Jews. There
are American heroes who have earned the
admiration of the Jewish community
Franklin Roosevelt or George Washington
or John Kennedy, for example but there
is only one American icon who Jews have
consistently identified as one of our own,
as if he were Jewish.
The title, We call him Rabbi Abraham, comes from a document I found,
a eulogy in April 1865 by Louis Brandeis
uncle in Louisville.
He says, Brothers, most of you know
joculously we call him Rabbi Abraham.
Then he goes on to say that there is not a
Jew in the United States who more aptly
fits and emulates the character and personality of our father Abraham than Abraham Lincoln.
Dr. Zolas present project takes him back
to his scholarly roots: He is preparing Dr.
Marcus World War I diary for publication.
In 1917, Marcus took a leave of absence
from the HUC rabbinical program to join
the war.
Because he was educated, he became
a stenographer, working in an office and
taking dictation.
As a 20-year-old, you see the foundations of the 80-year-old Marcus. He was
extremely insightful. He was passionately
committed to excellence. You can see his
keen eye for personality.
He talks a lot about Judaism. Hes
despondent about how many of his fellow
soldiers exhibit anti-Semitism. They talk
about Jews in front of him in a way that is
hurtful. He doesnt understand. He writes
in one passage, We are all fighting the
same cause.

Dear Rabbi Zahavy

from page 51

do know that camera angles surely

would obscure or emphasize various
parts of the reality of the past. Historians angles of vision do the same thing.
The answer to your question, then,
is that we do not know for sure how

important the synagogue was in ancient

Israel. We know there were synagogues
and we assume Jews went there often to
pray and read the Torah, prophets, and
scrolls in public. Beyond that, be confident that the various experts will help you
fill in the blanks of history, in harmony
with their own personal preconceptions.

Briefs

Rivlin praises Bezalel Academy

as example of Israeli hope, diversity
Israels President Reuven Rivlin formally opened the academic year at
Jerusalems Bezalel Academy, praising the 111-year-old art institutions
diversity as an example of his vision of
Israeli hope.
After meeting with students, alumni,
and lecturers, Rivlin reflected on Israels growing diversity and the importance of bringing together the countrys communities.
Israels society has been undergoing far-reaching changes in recent
decades, Rivlin said. Today it is made
up of four groups secular, modern
Orthodox, Arab, and ultra-Orthodox
each of increasing parity in size
though each with very different world
views. The separate education systems
in which they learn only widens the
divides between them.

Founded in 1906, the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is considered

the birthplace of Israels art culture. This
year, the school will host 2,000 undergrads and 200 graduate students at its
Jerusalem campus.
Our students and the communities
they represent in more than 106 towns
throughout the country are growing,
Bezalels president, Professor Adi Stern,
said. A decade ago there were only 16
Arab students throughout the academy,
and today we are proud to have over 100
students from this demographic, close
to half of them coming from east Jerusalem. We have an unimaginably popular and innovative program specifically
catered to the more than 150 Orthodox
women studying art and architecture at
Bezalel, the first and only program of its
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Canadian Jewish group outraged

by BSD stickers found on Israeli products
Stickers supporting the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement have been found on SodaStream
boxes in two department stores in one
of Winnipegs largest malls.
The stickers warn buyers not to purchase the products because they were
Made in Israel, a country violating international law, the 4th Geneva Convention
and fundamental human rights. They
continue: stand up for human rights
and boycott Israel until it respects international law.
SodaStream is the Israel-based producer of a popular beverage carbonation
machine.

Adriana Glikman, Bnai Briths Winnipeg programming coordinator, said she

was told about the stickers, which she
found on SodaStream products in Hudsons Bay and Sears department stores
at Winnipegs Polo Park shopping center.
She notified both store managers, who
were shocked and disturbed, she said.
We had to address a very angry call
about this, Glickman said, according to
the Canada Free Press. The couple took
photos of the stickers and brought them
to the office. They wanted Bnai Brith to
take action. I was disgusted and upset, but
its important to let people know that the
managers took action quickly. JNS.ORG

American Express pulls Roger Waters

$4 million sponsorship over anti-Israel views
Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger
Waters reportedly suffered a large
financial setback for his upcoming
North American tour over his antiIsrael views.
American Express has declined to
spend up to $4 million to sponsor
Waters 2017 US + Them North American tour, the New York Post reported.
Roger is putting on a huge show,
a source at American Express told the

Post. The company was asked to sponsor his tour for $4 million, but pulled
out because it did not want to be part
of his anti-Israel rhetoric.
Waters has been one of the most
vocal figures behind the anti-Israel
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
movement. Hes often on the forefront
in pressuring other musicians and artists to boycott performing in Israel.
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Fay Greenblatt

Fay Greenblatt, ne Lerner, 96, of

New York, formerly of Jersey City,
died on October 29.
Born in Hoboken, she was a
homemaker and is survived by a
daughter, Rachelle.
Arrangements were by Eden
Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.

Leon Levy

Leon Levy, 85, of North Bergen

died October 30.
He is survived by his wife, Mira,
children, Robert and Martin;

daughter-in-law, Robin, and grandchildren, Joshua, Ethan, and Jordan.

Donations can be sent to Temple
Israel Community Center/Congregation Heichal Yisrael, Cliffside Park.
Arrangements were by Gutterman
& Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors, Hackensack.

Ruth Thal

Ruth Thal, ne Wurzburg, 93, of

Cliffside Park died October 23.
Born in Germany, she survived the
Holocaust in hiding and immigrated
to the U.S. in 1947. A homemaker,

she was an active volunteer for UJA,

NCJW, and HIAS.
Predeceased by her husband,
Rudolf, she is survived by children,
Susan and Gary (Kathy); grandchildren, Joshua Thal-Pruzan ( Jennifer
Aho-Glele), Gabrielle Thal-Pruzan
( Jesse Horowitz), and Adam, David,
and Jonathan Thal, and great-grandchildren, Neta and Benji.
Donations can be sent to www.
hias.org or www.ncjw.org. Arrangements were by Gutterman &
Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors,
Hackensack.

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Israeli scientists may have found a new AIDS cure

Israeli scientists may have found a cure for AIDS. Its an
experimental new drug called Gammora, which eliminated the virus up to 97 percent in test tubes, Israeli
media has reported.
Gammora was developed at Jerusalems Hebrew University and now is being tested at the Neve Or AIDS
Treatment and Research Center at Kaplan Medical
Center in Rehovot. The drug was injected in test tubes
containing blood from AIDS patients and HIV carriers undergoing treatment at the Kaplan facility. After
an eight-day period, the virus in the test tubes was cut
down by 95 percent to 97 percent causing the death
of HIV cells, said Professor Abraham Loyter of Hebrew

Universitys biological chemistry department, according

to press reports.
Loyter and Assaf Friedler developed a peptide, the
drugs active ingredient, which causes infected cells to
disintegrate.
Anti-AIDS drugs now on the market curb the viruss
growth but do not eliminate it entirely. In our approach,
we eliminate the cells, so theres no chance that the virus
will return one day because there are no cells, or there
will be no cells, containing the virus, Loyter said.
The Israeli start-up Zion Pharmaceuticals is developing the medication, which has a long way to go before
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Israels nuclear research facility named for Shimon Peres

Israels nuclear research facility in Dimona will be named
to honor the memory of former President Shimon Peres.
On Friday, the Israeli leaders tombstone was unveiled
at a service held at Jerusalems Mount Herzl national
cemetery and attended by 1,800 people, including
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven
Rivlin, the Peres family, and other public figures.
Speaking at the service, Netanyahu said the decision to name the nuclear facility to honor Peres was
made almost immediately. Before I even asked, the
Israel Atomic Energy Commission decided to name

the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona for Shimon

Peres, he said. He walked among us as a beacon of
knowledge and curiosity, with shining eyes filled with
hopes and dreams. He left us one instruction: Establish
a state that would not shame our children nor disappoint our grandchildren. We will do everything, dear
Shimon, to make that happen.
At the request of Peress family, the tombstone
includes a passage from the Book of Isaiah as well as a
quote by Israels first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.
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Dr. Howard Zvi Goldschmidt of Teaneck

will be honored by the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center
in Jerusalem for his extensive work on
the hospitals behalf.
He is to receive the Rofeh Yedid (Physician-Friend) Award at the upcoming
Heart of Jerusalem Dinner benefiting
Shaare Zedek at Guastavinos in Manhattan on Wednesday, November 16.
Dr. Goldschmidt is senior cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic Valley Heart
and Vascular Institute in Ridgewood and
is listed in the guide to Top Doctors in
the NY Metro Area. He subspecializes in
interventional echocardiography for the
diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment of valvular heart disease.
Last February, Dr. Goldschmidt took a
month off from his practice for a minisabbatical at Shaare Zedek, where he
taught and practiced cardiology. He
blogged about his experiences and later
talked about them in person in an interview on the Nachum Segal Network.
Dr. Godschmidt first visited Shaare
Zedek in 1998 and attended coronary
care rounds. On subsequent visits he volunteered for weekend duty on the cardiology unit with the on-call physician,
attended the pulmonary hypertension
clinic, and observed procedures.
We are delighted to honor Dr. Goldschmidt, who arranges his schedule to
be able to teach and practice in our Jesselson Heart Center and the Weinstock
Department of Emergency Medicine on
the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Floor, said
Morrie Libman, director of major gifts
for the American Committee for Shaare
Zedek. His professional expertise benefits both our physicians, with whom he
works and, of course, our patients, and
we are truly grateful.
Shaare Zedek has been important
to Dr. Goldschmidts family for many
years. In prewar Germany, his maternal

grandfather, Herman Warisch, was a

classmate and lifelong friend of Dr. Falk
Schlesinger, the hospitals second director-general. His paternal grandfather,
Carl Goldschmidt, served as a board
member of the American Committee
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and was honored posthumously in the
early 80s. His parents, Helen and Eric
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attended many Shaare Zedek events.
Dr. Goldschmidts wife, Debbie, is an
immigration lawyer in Manhattan. Their
son Ari is a consultant with Price Waterhouse and their son Noah is a biomedical engineering student at Rutgers. Their
daughter and son-in-law, Alyssa and Eli
Magid, live in Modiin, Israel, with their
three sons.
The Heart of Jerusalem dinner is raising funds toward the completion of
Shaare Zedeks new brain center. At its
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The 2016 Teaneck International Film Festival will
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filmmaker Steve Rivo, introduces Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815-1897), an observant Sephardic Jew born in
Charleston, South Carolina, and his life as a groundbreaking explorer and artist.
The Teaneck connection to this film is Arlene
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and curricula dealing with American history and contemporary social issues.
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She will participate in a talkback following the
screening on November 6, at 5:05 p.m., in Temple
Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road. Director Rivo will also
participate, as well as Lenape expert David Oestricher.
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of new business district
Israel21c staff
We knew the Jerusalem Gateway cornerstone-laying ceremony wouldnt be
a run-of-the-mill press event as soon as
we reached the registration desk on the
bare ground on which the $100 million
business district will be constructed over
the next few years.
Along with the usual nametag necklace, each participant was handed an
orange safety vest not for safety as
much as for a kitschy sense of excitement for this event on Shazar Boulevard
near the western entrance of the capital city.
Giant earth-movers were backlighted
in purple atop huge piles of rocks on
the edges of the site, located near Jerusalems convention center and central
bus station. Members of the press, politicians, corporate, and philanthropic
VIPs and lots of security and support
personnel mingled over plates of hors
doeuvres.
When we were asked to take our seats
facing a stage and video screen, we
found that care had been taken to keep
us comfortable in the normally cool Jerusalem night air. Heat lamps glowed at the
end of each row, and every other seat
had a soft, warm throw blanket folded
on top of it for the taking.
Naturally there would be speeches at
this ceremony, held last week, announcing the start of a massive project: 24
buildings spread over 52 acres, encompassing business centers, government
offices, tourist attractions, hotels, leisure, and culture venues, all at the nexus
of what will be Israels largest integrated
transportation hub.
Indeed, we heard from Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Minister of

Transportation Yisrael Katz and Minister

of Jerusalem Affairs Zeev Elkin.
Later on, these men collectively hit a
button that lit up a tunnel leading from
the construction site of the Jerusalem-Tel
Aviv fast train to the Jerusalem Gateway
construction site, from which emerged
a bulldozer with its clawed ripper decorated in colorful paint splotches.
But before the speeches, we were
treated to a high-energy, percussionheavy performance by Mayumana,
one of Israels premiere modern-dance
troupes. Their first number had them
popping up in one of the purple-lighted
earthmovers on the hill of rocks.
We sat next to Israel Ganot, managing
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accelerator, which will occupy one of the
planned skyscrapers expected to be finished in five to seven years. Ganot said
that the complex will include centers for
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The location is exciting because it will
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One of our goals is to connect the ecosystems of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and
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